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1856 Iowa State Census
Cass Township, Page 1

COLUMN NOTES: ST PG = Stamped Page Number;     HW PG = Handwritten Page Number;     LN = Line Number (No line numbers appear on original pages)
See Key to Column Headings for other column headings

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                                                  ACRES OF ACRES OF ACRES TONS BUSHELS      WHEAT      OATS      CORN      POTATOES   HOGS   CATTLE LBS. OF LBS. LBS. VALUE OF VALUE OF  
ST HW   NBR NBR               YRS     NATIVE NATUR     DEAF/       OWNER   IMPROVED UNIMPRVD IN OF GRASS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS NO. VALUE NO. VALUE BUTTER OF OF DOMESTIC GENERAL TRANSCRIBER'S
PG PG LN DLS FAM GIVEN NAME SURNAME AGE SEX CLR MRD WID RES BORN OCCUPATION VOTER VOTER ALIENS MIL DUMB BLIND INSANE IDIOTIC LAND PAUPER LAND LAND MEADOW HAY SEED SPRING WHEAT HARVESTED WINTER WHEAT HARVESTED OATS HARVESTED CORN HARVESTED POTATOES HARVESTED SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD MANUFD CHEESE WOOL MANUFS MANUFS REMARKS
      1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45  
42-431111SamuelDyer30M X 0OhioBlacksmithX  X    X                         Cols 22 & 23 hidden in shadow1
  2  E. A.Dyer21F X 0Illinois                                    2
  3  GeorgeDyer6M    Illinois                                    3
  4  RosannaDyer5F    Illinois                                    4
  5  JamesDyer2M    Illinois                         1/4 30        50 5
  6  J. H.Dyer0M    Iowa                                    6
  721Wm. P.Cross35M X 5OhioMillerX  X    X                  13575     7
  8  MatildaCross19F X 13Indiana                                    8
  931JamesRand26M X 3Ny. X  X    X                          9
  10  CarolineRand26F X 3Ny.                                    10
  11  Charles C.Rand6M   3Ny.                                    11
  1241EdmondManly36M X 2IndianaCarpenterX  X    X                          12
  13  SusanahManly29F X 2Ohio                      17600 1/41219.8013540     13
  14  JohnManly3M   2Indiana                                    14
  15  J. B.Manly1M   1Iowa                                    15
  1651F. M.Hosttetter25M X 20MissouriLawyerX  X                     825520025    Sic? Hostetter?16
  17  J. A.Hostetter20F X 10Ny.                                    17
  18  May M.Hostetter F    Iowa                         1/820111  60     18
  1961V. M.Bradshaw26M X 9OhioFarmerX  X                               19
  20  M. A.Bradshaw24F X 12Indiana                              20     20
  21  JermiahBradshaw4M   4Iowa                                   Sic? Jeremiah?21
  22  M. E.Bradshaw1F   1Iowa                                    22
  2371J. B.Ferrell27M X 2OhioSawyerX  X    X      850    28   1015        23
  24  SarahFerrell20F X 1Ny.                                    24
  25  JamesFerrell M X  Iowa                                    25
  2681P.Cranney39M X 2OhioSadlerX  X    X                            26
  27  LouisaCraney32F X 2Ohio                                      27
  28  HellenCraney11F X 2Ohio                                     28
  29  A. W.Craney8M   2Wisconsin                530  3 1/25515350             29
  30  AdladeCraney1F   1Iowa                                      30
  3191AlmondBreister27M X 2Ny.Farmer X  X    X                         Surname Breister or Brewster?31
  32  ClarisaBreister23F X 2Ny.                                   Surname Breister or Brewster?32
  33  J. E.Brewster2F   2Illinios                                   Surname Brewster or Breister?33
  34101JohnDyer25M X 1OhioBlacksmithX  X                               34
  35  MaryDyer17F X 1Illinios                                    35
  36  DavidCosper22M    Pa.                                    36
  37111T. F.Rogers47M X 2TexasBlacksmithX                                  37
  38  SarahRogers42F X 1Ky.                                    38
  39  DarthulaRogers16F   1Illinios                                    39
  40  HoratioRogers7M   1Illinios                                    40
  41  May J.Rogers F   1Illinios                                    41
                                                 End of Households  
 Males 22                                          
 Females 18                                          
 Married/Widowed   24                                      2 ARE CHILDREN 
 Voters        11                                   
 Militia           10                                
 Land/Farm                7      1382  3 1/26660950 5/8622060 3/47270220   50  
                                              
COLUMN 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45    

NOTE: Center columns (especially #21-23) very difficult/impossible to read due to census pages being tightly bound together into a volume.


Handwritten Signatures from bottom of page (very difficult to read):
State of Iowa, Cass County
Transcribed as sworn to on 7th July AD 1856 [befo]re me. Wm. N. Dickerson, Cass, Iowa.
SS.
I Job Haworth Assessor of Cass Township as solemnly swore that this list is a true copy of the original and that I have enlisted all to the best of my ability so help me God. Job S. Haworth, Assessor

Transcribed by Sandy Mullins, September, 2014
Columns 1-22 transcribed from hand-numbered page 1 (stamped page 42) and columns 23-45 transcribed from stamped page 43.
 
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