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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Pam Shelton-Anderson July 1999 The submitter has granted permission to the IAGenWeb Project to utilize the files permanently for free access on IAGenWeb state or county pages. ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Decatur, Iowa Please visit the Decatur County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/decatur/ ____________________________________________________________________________ 1856 Iowa Census for Decatur County Transcribed by Pam Shelton-Anderson July 1999 New Buda 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 1 378 28 28 Hiram W Carr 30 M 1 2 OH farmer 1 1 1 2 378 Mary E Carr 23 F 1 2 OH 3 378 John P Carr 6 M 2 IN 4 378 Alexander C Carr 4 M 2 IN 6 378 29 29 Charles A Robbins 55 M 1 1 1/2 IN farmer 1 1 7 378 Liddy Robbins 44 F 1 1 1/2 OH 8 378 John Robbins 22 M 1 1/2 OH farmer 1 1 1 9 378 Joseph Robbins 18 M 1 1/2 OH farmer 10 378 Abigel Robbins 16 F 1 1/2 OH 11 378 George Robbins 12 M 1 1/2 OH 12 378 Charles A Robbins 10 M 1 1/2 OH 13 378 Henry H Robbins 8 M 1 1/2 OH 14 378 Almiria Robbins 6 F 1 1/2 OH 15 378 Alur A Robbins 3 F 1 1/2 OH 17 378 30 30 Nethan Perey 59 M 1 2 VA farmer 1 1 18 378 Elizabeth Pierey 53 F 1 2 Ky Her surname is spelled differently than the head of household 19 378 Elizabeth Jane Pierey 21 F 2 IL 20 378 James W Pierey 19 M 2 IL farmer 1 22 378 Nathan M Pierey 17 M 2 IL Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 23 378 John H Pierey 15 M 2 IL 24 378 Thomas B Pierey 13 M 2 IL 25 378 Newton C Pierey 11 M 2 IL 26 378 Sarah francis Pierey 9 F 2 IL 3 380 24 24 John Mclain 55 M 1 2 PA farmer 1 1 4 380 Mary Mclain 49 F 1 2 PA 5 380 Jacob Mclain 26 M 2 PA farmer 1 1 1 6 380 Juliann Mclain 22 F 2 PA farmer Farmer is listed as her occupation on the census 7 380 William Mclain 19 M 2 PA farmer 1 8 380 Adam Mclain 17 M 2 PA farmer 9 380 David Mclain 14 M 2 PA 10 380 Henry Mclain 12 M 2 PA 11 380 Samuel Mclain 9 M 2 PA 12 380 Mary Jane Mclain 5 F 2 PA 13 380 Elizabeth Mclain 2 F 2 PA 15 380 25 25 John Mclain 24 M 1 1 PA farmer 1 1 1 16 380 Catharine Mclain 23 F 1 1 PA 17 380 Wilson Mclain 3 M 1 PA 19 380 26 26 George E Mclain 28 M 1 1 PA 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 20 380 Sarah Mclain 22 F 1 1 PA 21 380 Rebecca Mclain 6 F 1 PA 22 380 Mary E Mclain 4 F 1 PA 23 380 Eliza Mclain 2 F 1 PA 25 380 27 27 John Ross 27 M 1 1 OH farmer 1 1 1 26 380 Mahala R Ross 24 F 1 1 OH 27 380 William * Ross 6 M 1 OH Middle Initial could be a T, J or I 28 380 Winfield Ross 3 M 1 OH 29 380 Mary Jane Ross 1 F 1 OH 1 382 12 12 John Ladderson 39 M 1 12 IN Farmer 1 1 1 2 382 Ruhamah Ladderson 38 F 1 12 OH 3 382 William Ladderson 18 M 12 IN 1 4 382 Mary Jane Ladderson 15 F 12 OH 5 382 Samuel Ladderson 13 M 12 OH 6 382 John Lewis Ladderson 10 M 10 OH Birthplace says "Do" even though he must have been born in IA 7 382 Joseph Ladderson 7 M 7 OH Birthplace says "Do" even though he must have been born in IA 8 382 Emy Elizabeth Ladderson 4 F 4 OH Birthplace says "Do" even though he must have been born in IA 9 382 Thomas J Ladderson 1/2 M 1/2 OH Birthplace says "Do" even though he must have been born in IA 11 382 13 13 Jonathan Bovarth 47 M 1 2 KY 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 12 382 Lear Bovarth 37 F 1 2 TN 13 382 Maryian Bovarth 14 F 2 IL 14 382 Joseph Bovarth 13 F 2 IL 15 382 Wesley Bovarth 10 M 2 IL 16 382 Syntha Jane Bovarth 10 F 2 IL 17 382 Iz+F93abela Bovarth 8 F 2 IL 18 382 Samuel Bovarth 4 M 2 IL 19 382 Nancy Bovarth 4 F 2 IL 21 382 14 14 John Leachman 30 M 1 3 KY Farmer 1 1 1 22 382 Elizabeth Leachman 26 F 1 3 KY 23 382 Mary Leachman 8 F 3 IN 24 382 James W Leachman 4 M 3 IN 26 382 15 15 George Ectin 32 M 1 3 KY Farmer 1 1 1 27 382 Sally Ectin 27 F 1 10 TN 28 382 William H Ectin 9 M 5 MO 2 384 16 16 Ferdinand Aufricht 35 M 1 3 Hungary Distilary 1 1 1 3 384 Mary Aufricht 32 F 1 5 Germany 4 384 Theresia Aufricht 3 F 3 IA 5 384 Gaisa Aufricht 1 M 1 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 6 384 Laddusaw Nemes 32 M 3 Hungary None 1 1 1 7 384 Ernest Drahos 37 M 5 Hungary None 1 1 1 8 384 Henry Klumka 28 M 0 Hanover 1 1 1 Native voter is marked for him 10 384 17 17 Josiah W Potter 61 M 1 1/2 MA Carpente 1 There was an ink blot on the age making the second digit hard to rea 11 384 Malinda Potter 58 F 1 1/2 VT 12 384 James H Potter 21 M 1/2 VT Carpente 1 1 14 384 18 18 John R Osborn 27 M 1 1/2 CT Carpente 1 1 15 384 Arvilla Osborn 19 F 1 1/2 VT 17 384 19 19 G S Herbert 45 M 1 1/2 NJ Bricklay 1 18 384 Mariah Herbert 35 F 1 1/2 VT Taylor 20 384 20 20 Andrew Arnduff 20 M 1 11 IL Labour 1 1 21 384 Sarah Arnduff 18 F 1 11 OH 23 384 21 21 Lewis H Mitchell 27 M 1 11 OH Ingenere 1 1 1 I suspect the occupation is really Engineer 24 384 Elizabeth Mitchell 25 F 1 11 OH 25 384 Sarah Jane Mitchell 5 F 5 IA 26 384 Eliza ann Mitchell 4 F 4 IA 27 384 Matilda C Mitchell 1 F 1 IA 29 384 22 22 Anthony Becker 45 M 1 3 Germany Farmer 1 1 30 384 Sibilla Becker 30 F 1 2 Germany Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 32 384 23 23 John Wood 32 M 1 10 VA None 1 1 1 33 384 Elizabeth Wood 28 F 1 10 VA 34 384 Mary Elizabeth Wood 11 F 10 VA 35 384 Syntha Jane Wood 9 F 9 VA Birthplace says "Do" even though she must have been born in IA 36 384 Manervy C Wood 7 F 7 VA Birthplace says "Do" even though she must have been born in IA 37 384 Edian Wood 4 F 4 VA Birthplace says "Do" even though she must have been born in IA 38 384 Setha addaline Wood 2 F 2 VA Birthplace says "Do" even though she must have been born in IA 39 384 Sarah C Wood 1/2 F 1/2 VA Birthplace says "Do" even though she must have been born in IA 2 386 1 1 John W Mitchell 29 M 1 14 IN Farmer 1 1 1 3 386 Mary Mitchell 29 F 1 14 VA 4 386 Thomas J Mitchell 5 M 5 IA 5 386 Mary Martha Mitchell 4 F 4 IA 6 386 Charlotty Jane Mitchell 1 F 1 IA 7 386 Martin L Mitchell 56 M 1 14 OH 1 1 1 1 Native voter, alien and militia are all checked for him 9 386 2 2 Francis Varga 38 M 1 4 Hungary Farmer 10 386 Josephine Varga 30 F 1 4 Hungary 12 386 3 3 Columbus Leachman 24 M 1 3 IN farmer 1 1 1 13 386 Elizabeth Leachman 21 F 1 3 IN 14 386 Harrietan Leachman 4 F IN Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 15 386 Mary francis Leachman 3 F IN 16 386 Milton Leachman 1 M IA 17 386 William Wadly 24 M 1 1/2 IN Farmer 1 1 1 19 386 4 4 Wesley Canady 32 M 1 1/2 IN farmer 1 1 1 21 386 5 5 Polly Coziah 60 F 1 13 TN 22 386 Hannah Coziah 35 F 1 13 TN 23 386 Minty Coziah 34 F 13 TN 24 386 Elizabeth Hill 39 F 1 KY 26 386 6 6 Iguaee Hainer 37 M 1 1 Hungary Farmer 1 1 1 First name is spelled as it appears on the census 27 386 Etel Hainer 28 F 1 1 Hungary 28 386 Laura Hainer 8 F 1 Hungary 29 386 Eugen Hainer 6 M 1 Hungary 30 386 Julins Hainer 3 F 1 Hungary 31 386 Mice Hainer 1 M 1 Hungary 2 388 7 7 John Berl 42 M 1 14 OH Farmer 1 1 1 3 388 Larsena Berl 37 F 1 14 VA 4 388 George W Berl 14 M 14 MO 5 388 Asa Berl 12 M 12 IA 6 388 Mary Elizabeth Berl 7 F 7 IA Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS 7 388 Hartela Jane Berl 4 F 4 IA 9 388 8 8 Joseph McMahon 41 M 1 2 Ireland farmer 1 1 1 Native voter is checked for him 10 388 Maryan McMahon 30 F 1 2 VA 11 388 Elizabeth McMahon 12 F 2 IA Birthplace is marked as Iowa 12 388 James H McMahon 5 M 2 IA 13 388 Francis H McMahon 2 M 2 IA 15 388 Felix Meredrelesk 45 M 1 4 Poland Farmer 1 1 There are spaces between him and the surrounding households 17 388 9 9 George Neace 42 M 1 11 PA Farmer 1 1 1 18 388 Verlinda Neace 26 F 1 11 VA 19 388 Charles W Neace 6 M 6 IA 20 388 Mary Jane Neace 2 F 2 IA 22 388 10 10 Urvin S Mitchell 26 M 1 11 OH Farmer 1 1 1 23 388 Hanah Mitchell 24 F 1 16 IL 24 388 William Mitchell 2 M 2 IA 25 388 Sarahann Mitchell 1 F 1 IA 27 388 11 11 James P Roland 36 M 1 7 GA Farmer 1 1 1 28 388 Malina ann Roland 23 F 1 15 IN 29 388 Nathan H Roland 5 M 5 IA 30 388 Henry F Roland 3 M 3 IA End of New Buda Township Kermit L. 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