1856 Iowa State Census

Page No. 10 & 11

Census Schedule of Calhoun Township, Calhoun County, State of Iowa, 1856.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Agricultural Statistics. Hogs and Cattle. Domestic & General Manufacturers. 46
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Number of dwelling houses. Number of families. Name of Persons. Age. Sex. Color. Married. Widowed. Years resident in the State. In what State, or Foreign
Country, born.
Profession, trade, or oc-
cupation.
Native voters. Naturalized voters. Aliens. Militia. Deaf and Dumb. Blind. Insane. Idiotic. Owners of land. Paupers. Acres of improved land. Acres of unimproved land. Acres in meadow. Tons of hay. Bushels of grass seed. Wheat. Oats. Corn. Potatoes. Hogs. Cattle. Pounds of butter manu-
factured.
Pounds of cheese. Pounds of wool. Value of domestic manu-
factures.
Value of general manu-
factures.
Remarks.
Acres of spring wheat. Bushels harvested. Acres of winter wheat. Bushels harvested. Acres of oats. Bushels harvested. Acres of corn. Bushels harvested. Acres of potatoes. Bushels harvested. Number of hogs sold. Value of hogs sold. Number of cattle sold. Value of cattle sold.
1 19 22 Sarah M Smith 1 F 1 Iowa 160 2357 91 25 250 1 7 37 755 490 1
2 Waller Griffen 14 M 1 New York Laborer 169 2150 30 59 550 12 50 7 39 34 798 650 2
3 Charles Amy 40 M Vermont Surveyor 230 727 14 92 106 1450 1 328 19 646 1040 3
4 20 23 Jesse Marmon 24 M 3 Michigan Farmer 230 5 10 250 18 40 2 4 2 45 160 4
5 Priscilla Marmon 21 F 3 Ohio 5
6 Lydia J Marmon 3 F 3 Michigan 6
7 21 24 Sylrester McGeorge 30 M 0 Ohio Farmer 7
8 Sydna McGeorge 25 F 0 Ohio 8
9 Perry McGeorge 2 M 0 Michigan 9
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6 3 2 3 559 5464 14 218 200 2500 1 58 418 10 50 92 2244 2340

Note on the final page of the census:
I do solemnly swear that the foregoing census schedule is a correct census of this township and county of Calhoun in the state of Iowa subscribed and sworn to before me this day of July AD 1856 S. W. Davis Sec Assessor.

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This census was originally transcribed by Cindie Haskell Meincke for the IAGenWeb State Census Project, © 2005.
This census was re-transcribed and formatted for the web by Tyler Rasmussen, Calhoun County Coordinator for IAGenWeb, © 2012.