CENSUS: 1856 State Census; Grand River Twp., Decatur County, Iowa
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1856 Iowa Census for Decatur County
Transcribed by Pam Shelton-Anderson July 1999
Grand River Township
KEY
Dw ... Dwelling Number NVV... Native Voter
Fam... Family Number Ali... Alien
Sx ... sex Mil... Military
Ma ... Married D/D... Deaf/Dumb
Di ... Divorced Idi... Idiotic
YIS... Years living in State of Iowa LO ... Land Owner
NLV... Naturalized Voter
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
1 108 1 1 *** S Byrd 50 M 1 VA Caryyn 1 1 Years in state not marked. First initial could be L or F
2 108 Rachel Byrd 39 F 1 14 OH
3 108 Joseph Dixon 16 M 14 IN
4 108 Catharine Byrd 12 F 14 IN Years in state is marked as 14 for her
5 108 Lydia Byrd 9 F IA
6 108 Lucinda Byrd 8 F IA
7 108 Martin Byrd 4 IA Sex is not marked in census
8 108 Margret Byrd 0 M IA Sex is marked as M in census
9 108 John Bonebrake 66 1 14 PA 1 1
11 108 2 2 Henderson Cook 36 M 1 VA farmer 1 1 1
12 108 Phebe Cook 37 F 1 OH
13 108 Nathan Cook 16 M OH
14 108 Mollherson Cook 14 M OH
15 108 Eleaner Cook 7 F OH
16 108 Catharine Cook 5 F OH
17 108 Alexander Cook 3 M OH
18 108 Phebe Cook 1 F IA
19 108 Eleaner Cook 63 F 1 MD
20 108 Locky Stump 43 F VA
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
21 108 Eleaner Cook 18 F OH
22 108 3 3 John Bidle 40 M 1 15 TN farmer 1 1 1 Last name is spelled Bidle on census
23 108 Mary Biddle 34 F 1 15 VA
24 108 *ion Biddle 18 M 15 IN 1 First letter of first name may be a Z
25 108 High Biddle 16 M 15 IN
26 108 William Biddle 13 M IA
27 108 Elisabeth Biddle 10 F IA
28 108 Mary Biddle 5 F IA
29 108 Sarah Biddle 2 F IA
30 108 4 4 R H Best 27 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 1
31 108 Diey Best 25 F 1 1 IN
32 108 Laura Best 3 F 1 IN
33 108 James Best 1 M 1 IA
34 108 5 5 Samuel Long 50 M 1 0 MD Carpente 1
35 108 Hanah Long 53 F 1 0 MD
36 108 Lidy Long 18 F 0 MD 6 4 5 The column totals appear in her row
37 108 Lucindy Long 16 F OH
38 108 Thommas Long 13 M OH First name is as it appears on the census
2 110 6 6 Jermey Robinnet 31 M 1 1 MD farmer 1 1 1
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
3 110 Margrt Robinnet 21 F 1 1 MD
4 110 Jacb Robinnet 3 M 1 OH
6 110 7 7 Gideon Teter 26 M 1 2 OH farmer 1 1 1
7 110 Emily Teter 26 F 1 2 OH
8 110 Samuel Teter 5 M OH
9 110 John Teter 4 M OH
10 110 Sarah Teter 2 F OH
11 110 8 8 Reson Tippie 39 M 1 2 OH farmer 1 1 1
12 110 Sophia Tippie 40 F 1 2 OH
13 110 John Tippie 14 M 2 OH
14 110 Lewis Tippie 12 M 2 IN
15 110 Rhoda Tippie 8 F 2 IN
16 110 Michael Tippie 6 M 2 IN
17 110 Newton Tippie 4 M 2 IN
18 110 Sarah Tippie 2 F 2 IA
19 110 F C Simpson 40 M 2 OH None 1 1 1
21 110 9 9 William Hoffman 21 M 1 14 OH farmer 1 1 1
22 110 Emaline Hoffman 17 F 2 OH
23 110 Catharine Grubaugh 63 F 1 2 PA
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
24 110 10 10 Leuis Hoffman 44 M 1 14 OH farmer 1 1 1
25 110 Sarah Hoffman 44 F 1 14 OH
26 110 Eisabeth Hoffman 19 F 14 OH
27 110 Martha Hoffman 15 F 14 OH
28 110 Jane Hoffman 13 F IA
29 110 Samuel Hoffman 7 M IA
30 110 Catharine Hoffman 5 F IA
31 110 11 11 Adam Ader 23 M 1 1 IN farmer 1 1 1
32 110 Margrt Ader 23 F 1 1 IN
33 110 Lou*sha Ader 2 F IN
34 110 Nameless Ader 1 M IA First name is listed as Nameless in census
2 112 12 12 Danniel Ball 29 M 1 1 IN farmer 1 1 1
3 112 Margret Ball 27 F 1 1 VA
4 112 Prythena Ball 0 F 0 IA
5 112 James Raines 70 M 1 1 VA Blacksmi 1
6 112 Margret Raines 67 F 1 1 VA
7 112 Wiliam Smith 24 M 2 IN None 1 1
8 112 13 13 James Riley 64 M 1 2 Ireland farmer 1 1 1
9 112 Grace Riley 64 F 1 2 England farmer 1 1 1 The voter/militia/land columns were marked for her
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
10 112 James Riley 27 M 1 Ireland farmer 1 1 1
11 112 William Riley 23 M 2 Ireland farmer
12 112 Roseann McCalister 28 F 1 2 Ireland
15 112 14 14 Martha Beck 44 F 1 1 PA
16 112 Haston Beck 28 M 1 PA Taler 1 1
17 112 Thaeus Beck 27 M 1 PA farmer 1 1 1
18 112 Westley Beck 23 M 1 PA 1 1
19 112 Marylen Beck 16 F 1 OH
20 112 Clark Beck 14 M 1 OH
21 112 David Beck 12 M 1 OH
22 112 Lipton Beck 10 M OH
24 112 15 15 John Eaves 48 M 1 4 Blacksmi 1 1 Could not decipher birthplace
25 112 Mary Eaves 41 F 1 4 TN
26 112 Nelson Eaves 12 M 4 IN
27 112 George Eaves 10 M 4 IN
28 112 Sarah Eaves 5 F 4 KY
29 112 Analisa Eaves 2 F IA
30 112 16 16 Jacob Martin 58 M 1 2 OH Millrite 1 1
31 112 Abagal Martin 57 F 1 2 OH
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
32 112 Manda Martin 18 F 2 OH
33 112 Emiley Martin 16 F 2 OH
34 112 Jacob Martin 13 M 2 OH
36 112 17 17 Edward Martin 29 M 1 2 OH Carpente 1 1
37 112 Martha Martin 20 F 1 2 OH
38 112 Emley Martin 1 F 2 OH
2 114 18 18 Dellia Smith 51 F 1 6 ?? 1 Birthplace says Kan in the census (poss Canada since Kansas wasn't a
3 114 Chistena Smith 28 F 6 ??
4 114 Francis Smith 23 M 6 IN farmer 1 1
5 114 John Smith 20 M 6 IN
6 114 James Smith 17 M 6 IN
7 114 Dellia Smith 13 F 6 IN
8 114 Susan Smith 10 F 6 IN
9 114 19 19 Peter Hawins 38 M 1 5 PA farmer 1 1 1
10 114 Emley Hawins 28 F 1 4 IN
11 114 Dannel Hawins 4 M IA
12 114 John Hawins 2 M IA
13 114 Joseph Hawins 0 M IA
14 114 20 20 Olover Clark 25 M 1 16 TN farmer 1 1
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
15 114 Dolley Clark 23 F 6 Germany
16 114 Barbrey Clark 2 F IA
17 114 21 21 Josep Crees 40 M 1 12 PA farmer 1 1 1 First name is as it appears on census
18 114 Catharin Crees 43 F 1 12 PA
19 114 Mic*le Crees 19 M 12 PA
20 114 Robecka Crees 18 F 12 PA
21 114 John Crees 16 M OH
22 114 Maria Crees 14 F PA
23 114 Catharine Crees 7 F IA
24 114 Sarah Crees 5 F IA
25 114 22 22 Henry Brendmin 50 M 2 PA farmer 1
26 114 Easter Brendmin 43 F 2 PA
27 114 Peter Brendmin 14 M 2 PA
28 114 Sarah Brendmin 13 F 2 PA
29 114 Mary Brendmin 8 F 2 PA
30 114 Blair Brendmin 5 M PA
31 114 Rolin Brendmin 0 M IA
33 114 23 23 Richard McCarty 32 M 4 PA farmer 1 1 1
34 114 John McCarty 27 M 1 4 PA farmer 1 1 1
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
35 114 Sophia McCarty 21 F 1 2 PA
36 114 Lewis McCarty 0 M 0 IA
37 114 Polley McCarty 65 F 1 4 PA
38 114 Willim McCarty 24 M 4 PA 1 1
39 114 Henry McCarty 15 M 4 PA
2 116 24 24 Jaes L Davison 43 M 1 1 VA farmer 1 1 First name is as it appears on census
3 116 Ann Davison 48 F 1 1 PA
4 116 John Davison 21 M 1 VA 1 1
5 116 George Davison 18 M 1 VA 1
6 116 Rober Davison 15 M 1 VA First name is as it appears on census
7 116 Mariah Davison 14 F 1 IN
8 116 James Davison 11 M 1 IN
9 116 Samuel Davison 9 M 1 IN
11 116 25 25 Dannel Otto 36 M 1 4 PA Carpente 1 1 1
12 116 Nancy Otto 33 F 1 4 PA
13 116 Salvester Otto 11 M 4 PA
14 116 Fi*** Otto 9 M PA
15 116 William Otto 7 M PA
16 116 Isah Otto 3 M IA
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
17 116 Adaline Otto 0 F IA
18 116 John Otto 70 M 1 4 PA 1
19 116 Elizabeth Otto 62 F 1 4 PA
21 116 26 26 France Gubler 32 M 1 2 Bavaria Shoemaker 1
22 116 Mary Gubler 22 F 1 2 Bavaria
23 116 John Gubler 5 M 2 NY
24 116 France Gubler 3 M 2 NY
25 116 George Gubler 1 M IA
27 116 27 27 David Hasin 46 M 1 7 MA
28 116 Marinda Hasin 44 F 1 7 VT
29 116 Joseph Hasin 16 M 7 VT
31 116 28 28 Lenard Funk 42 M 1 9 PA None 1 1 1
32 116 Sophia Funk 41 F 1 9 PA
33 116 George Funk 15 M 9 PA
34 116 Jane Funk 13 M PA Sex is marked as M on census
35 116 Debra Funk 12 F PA
36 116 Frances Funk 9 F PA
37 116 Rudolph Funk 3 M IA
38 116 Mikle Mcguire 21 M PA 1 1
Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS
2 118 29 29 Esrey Loule 29 M 1 2 OH Millrite 1 1 1
3 118 Margrt Loule 23 F 1 8 PA
4 118 Frank Daniel 4 M 4 PA
6 118 30 30 Charles Allin 29 M 1 10 NY None 1 1 1
7 118 Calaforna Allin 28 F 1 4 KY
8 118 Theadore Allin 5 M 4 MO
9 118 Mary Allin 1 F IA
11 118 31 31 John Holmes 29 M 1 0 OH Cabet 1 1
12 118 Elizabeth Holmes 26 F 1 0 PA
13 118 Ann Holmes 1 F 0 OH
14 118 32 32 Arvi Thomis 35 M 1 5 VA farmer 1 1
15 118 Luisa Thomis 35 F 1 5 IN
16 118 Alonzo Thomis 10 M 5 No birthplace marked
17 118 Elliner Thomis 8 F IA
18 118 Redaple Thomis 1 M IA
20 118 33 33 Robrt Campell 40 M 1 0 ?? Birthplace is kan (since kansas not a state, could it be Canada?)
21 118 Rabhel Campell 40 F 1 0 ?? Birthplace is kan (since kansas not a state, could it be Canada?)
22 118 Joseph Campell 18 M IN
23 118 Martha Campell 16 F IN
24 118 Robecka Campell 14 F IN
25 118 Manda Campell 12 F IN
26 118 Sarah Campell 8 F IN
27 118 John Campell 4 M IN
End of Grand River Township
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