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1856 Iowa State Census

Clayton County Statistics
Table 4a & 4b - Professions

Exhibiting the Professions, Trades or Occupations
of the Inhabitants of Clayton County, for 1856

go to: TABLE 4c & 4d

Table 4a

Township Farmers Laborers Blacksmith Carpenters Wagon makers Brick layers Plasterers Masons Stone
cutters
Carriage makers Machinists Engineers Millers Sawyers Millwrights Painters Cabinet makers Chair makers Tinners

Broadman

75

 

5

       

2

     

1

1

   

1

3

1

 

Buena Vista

21

16

 

2

           

1

1

 

1

         

Cox Creek

98

11

2

5

     

3

                     

Clayton

58

68

5

10

1

2

 

5

1

1

1

3

1

7

4

2

4

3

3

Elk

70

22

6

5

4

 

2

1

       

3

2

2

 

1

   

Giard

115

21

 

7

               

2

           

Grand
Meadow

111

     

1

                     

1

1

 

Garnavillo

168

84

10

19

1

3

1

         

3

 

2

1

     

Farmersburgh

148

1

4

2

1

       

1

       

2

       

Highland

89

13

3

9

     

5

         

1

         

Jefferson

154

215

9

55

4

   

47

     

1

7

1

 

1

4

 

4

Lodomillo

149

1

2

10

     

1

   

2

   

1

1

       

Monono

127

40

2

10

1

   

1

         

6

   

2

   

Millville

89

1

4

8

     

2

       

1

3

         

Mendon

73

36

8

16

3

 

1

2

         

1

 

1

1

 

5

Malloy

119

14

5

2

     

3

2

     

5

           

Morasser

87

3

         

1

                     

Read

49

 

3

3

     

1

1

                   

Sperry

123

12

2

8

               

1

     

1

   

Volga

65

 

3

3

     

1

     

1

   

1

 

2

   

Wagner

92

 

2

1

                             

Cass

115

 

8

19

     

1

       

4

   

1

 

1

 

Total

2195

558

83

200

16

5

4

76

4

2

4

7

27

23

12

7

19

6

12

 

Table 4b

Township Milliners Tailors Shoemakers Harness makers Bakers Butchers Mechanics Manufacturers Merchants Agents Druggists Hotel keepers Physicians. Dentists Lawyers Clergymen. Teachers Musicians Printers Daguerre’n artists

Broadman

   

5

1

       

6

     

1

 

1

2

   

2

 

Buena Vista

               

1

     

1

     

1

     

Cox Creek

                                       

Clayton

 

2

3

2

1

1

   

6

   

2

2

     

1

     

Elk

1

 

4

                       

2

4

     

Giard

 

1

                         

1

       

Grand
Meadow

 

1

1

               

1

               

Garnavillo

3

2

7

3

   

2

 

7

     

3

 

6

3

4

 

1

 

Farmersburgh

   

4

     

15

 

1

     

1

   

3

       

Highland

               

1

   

1

     

3

     

1

Jefferson

 

9

8

2

2

4

   

22

 

2

3

4

 

1

 

5

 

2

 

Lodomillo

   

4

       

2

4

     

1

 

1

2

       

Monono

   

3

4

       

9

   

4

2

             

Millville

           

7

 

3

     

1

 

1

         

Mendon

1

2

4

3

1

     

8

1

1

4

3

4

1

 

3

1

   

Malloy

1

 

2

1

               

1

   

4

2

 

1

 

Morasser

   

1

                                 

Read

   

2

1

                     

1

   

2

 

Sperry

   

3

         

2

     

1

   

1

2

     

Volga

   

2

3

   

2

 

4

             

1

     

Wagner

   

1

                                 

Cass

 

1

3

         

4

     

1

   

2

       

Total

6

18

57

20

4

5

26

2

78

1

3

15

22

4

11

24

23

1

8

1

go to: TABLE 4c & 4d


- source: The Census Returns of the Different Counties of the State of Iowa for 1856; Printed by the Authority of the Census Board. Census Board: James W. Grimes, Gov., E. Sells Secretary of State, J. Pattee, Auditor of State; Crum & Boye, Printers, Iowa City, 1857; Page 74.

- Misspellings and errors uncorrected.
- Transcribed & submitted by George Mills for the Clayton co. IAGenWeb

Go to:
Table 1
general demographics
Table 2
industry/agriculture
Table 3
agriculture
Table 5a & 5b
Table 5c & 5d
nativity of the inhabitants

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