1854 State Census of Iowa, Benton County, Canton Township
Transcribed by Polly Eckles, copyright (c) 2003 by Polly Eckles
for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/
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Census Year: 1854
Microfilm Number: H.Q.# 221-5, FHL# 1022206 Items 2-16
State: Iowa
County: Benton
Township: Canton
Enumerator: David Kirkpatrick - Assessor
Enumeration Date: [unknown]
Transcriber's Notes:
No page or line numbers appear on the original census. Page and line
numbers have been assigned by the transcriber to indicate the enumeration order.
Update: 2008 Feb 9 - Changes to Lambert family entries: John D. to John B.; Therebiah to
Sherebiah; Abinanse to Abiram.
2008 Feb 15 - Changed Isel Mather to Uel Mather, pg 67.
2009 Jun 15 - Changed Wilcan to Wilcox, pg 66.
Update: August 2009, names proofread by Sue Soden (Benton Co. IaGenWeb).
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Canton Twp ENUM: David Kirkpatrick ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S
PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS
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66 1 Kirkpatrick David 2 5 1 7
66 2 White Enoch 2 2 1 1 4
66 3 Thompson Richard 1 1 1 1 2
66 4 Riggle George 1 1 1 1
66 5 Dilling John A 1 1 1
66 6 Stillings Wm 1 1 1 1
66 7 Spurgin John 5 6 2 1 11
66 8 Davis Wm 2 6 2 1 8
66 9 Cue Isaiah 2 1 1 1 3
66 10 Aboard Menzo 6 4 1 1 10
66 11 Wilcox Hiram J 1 3 1 1 4
66 12 Harbert Perry M 1 2 1 1 3
66 13 Hull Jeremiah 7 4 1 1 11
66 14 Recise Eli 6 5 1 11
66 15 Hull Ebenezer 1 4 1 5
66 16 Tarpenning Israel 3 4 1 1 7
66 17 Shamp George 1 1 1 1 2
66 18 Patrick Levi 1 1 1 1 2
66 19 Inman John M 5 2 1 1 7
66 20 Moodey Alexander 7 3 1 1 10
66 21 Penrose Mary 4 3 1 7
66 22 Luther Andrew 5 3 1 8
66 23 White John 5 5 2 2 10
66 24 Cantonwine Jacob 4 6 1 1 10
66 25 Fluke Emanuel S 2 6 1 1 8
66 26 Donaldson Andrew 3 4 1 1 7
66 27 Hinkle Christian 3 5 1 1 8
66 28 Stern David M 3 2 1 1 5
66 29 Lane James 4 1 1 5
66 30 Sells John 3 2 1 5
66 31 Stern Jacob M 3 1 1 4
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Canton Twp ENUM: David Kirkpatrick ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S
PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS
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67 1 Dwiggins Bennet R 1 1 1 1 2
67 2 Stern Jacob 3 1 1 1 4
67 3 Moodey Samuel 4 4 1 1 8
67 4 White William J 3 1 1 1 4
67 5 Taylor Benjamin 2 2 2 1 4
67 6 Robins William C 2 1 1 1 3
67 7 Viles Joel G 1 3 1 1 4
67 8 Stern John M 3 2 1 1 5
67 9 Miskimmen James 5 4 2 2 9
67 10 Kisling Peter 1 1 1 2
67 11 Johnston Thomas 4 3 1 1 7
67 12 Robb David 2 3 1 1 5
67 13 Hicks Thomas 2 4 1 1 6
67 14 Parker John 2 1 1 1 3
67 15 Donelson Abraham 3 5 1 1 8
67 16 Gilchraist William 3 1 1 4
67 17 McBroom Isaac 3 4 1 7
67 18 Brode David D 1 1 1 1
67 19 North Loyal F 4 3 1 1 7
67 20 Case Leander 2 2 1 1 4
67 21 Thomas Albert 3 1 1 1 4
67 22 Mather Uel 5 3 1 1 8 'Isel' or 'Uel'; research shows Uel.
67 23 Laird John 5 4 1 1 9
67 24 Campbell Robison 3 1 1 1 4
67 25 Fish William 4 3 1 7
67 26 Webb Isaac 5 3 1 1 8
67 27 Seely James 2 1 1 1 3
67 28 Webb Hannah 2 4 1 6
67 29 Miller Christopher 4 2 1 1 6
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Canton Twp ENUM: David Kirkpatrick ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S
PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS
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68 1 Stephens John 1 3 1 1 4
68 2 Lee Andrew 4 1 1 1 5
68 3 Evans Jeremiah 5 2 1 1 7
68 4 Myers Phebe 5 3 2 3 8
68 5 Riggle George 1 1 1 1 Line crossed out
68 6 Dilling John A 1 1 1 Line crossed out
68 7 Lamer Jacob 3 7 1 2 10
68 8 Dilling Henry A 4 3 1 1 7
68 9 Hadley Jonathan W 6 2 1 1 8
68 10 Finney William 4 3 1 1 7
68 11 Grubb Jacob 2 1 1 1 3
68 12 Lane Isaac 2 4 1 6
68 13 Cantonwine George 2 3 1 2 5
68 14 Stephens Henry 4 2 1 1 6
68 15 Stephens Nicholas 1 1 1 2
68 16 Kuhn Peter 3 3 1 1 6
68 17 Voshel John 2 3 1 1 5
68 18 Dorsey Beal 3 3 1 1 6
68 19 Sullivan James 4 3 1 1 7
68 20 Cline William 1 4 1 1 5
68 21 Ake Daniel C 4 2 1 1 6
68 22 Fry Wm 1 1 1 1
68 23 Onstott Joseph 1 1 1 1
68 24 Onstott Isaac 4 6 1 1 10
68 25 Hite David 7 6 3 3 13
68 26 Cantonwine Abraham 4 1 1 1 5
68 27 Greaser Philip 1 4 1 1 5
68 28 Lambert John B 2 3 1 1 5
68 29 Lambert David 2 1 1 1 3
68 30 Evans John 1 2 1 3
68 31 Evans George 2 1 1 1 3
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Canton Twp ENUM: David Kirkpatrick ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S
PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS
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69 1 Merriman Peter 5 2 1 1 7
69 2 Riggle Abraham 1 2 1 1 3
69 3 Albin Russel 4 2 1 1 6
69 4 Kingery John 1 2 1 1 3 Gingery
69 5 Lane James 4 1 1 1 5
69 6 Johnston Charles 1 1 1 1 2
69 7 Summers John C 1 1 1 1 2
69 8 Onstott Elisabeth 1 2 1 3
69 9 Bogle Orson 3 3 1 1 6
69 10 Lambert Abiram 3 1 1 1 4
69 11 Lambert Sherebiah 2 2 1 1 4
69 12 Surls William 3 5 1 1 8
69 13 Carter William 2 5 1 7
69 14 Carter Richard F 1 1 1 1 2
69 15 Tatum James 2 2 1 1 4
69 16 Barr John 4 5 1 1 9
69 17 Wayson Selar 3 2 1 1 5
69 18 Graham John 2 2 1 1 4
69 19 Royal John 4 4 1 2 8
69 20 Freeman William 4 2 1 1 6
69 21 Thompson James 1 2 1 1 3
69 22 Lion William 3 3 1 1 6
69 23 Myers Joseph 4 3 1 1 7
69 24 Miskimmen David 6 4 1 1 10
69 25 Sellock James L 1 1 1 1 2
69 26 Summers John 2 5 1 1 7
69 27 Maxson Simeon 6 4 1 2 10
69 28 Webb Edward 2 1 1 1 3
69 29 Webb John 5 5 1 1 10 End of Canton Twp
