1854 State Census of Iowa, Benton County, Iowa Township Transcribed by Polly Eckles, copyright (c) 2003 by Polly Eckles for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/ ========================================================================================= IAGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================================= The transcriber has given permission to IAGenWeb to store and utilize the file permanently for free access on IAGenWeb state and county web sites. http://iagenweb.org. ========================================================================================= Formatted October 2003 by IAGenWeb Census Project Coordinator, Stephen David Williams. All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================================= Census Year: 1854 Microfilm Number: HQ# 221-5 State: Iowa County: Benton Township: Iowa Enumerator: S.R. Price, Assessor Enumeration Date: [none] Transcriber's Notes: No page or line numbers appear on the original census. Page and line numbers have been assigned by the transcriber to indicate the enumeration order. ===================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1854 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Benton DIVISION: Iowa Twp ENUMERATOR: S.R. Price MICROFILM: HQ #221-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY CLR'D CLR'D TRANSCRIBER'S PG LN LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI MALES FEMALES MALES FEMALES VOTERS MILITIA ALIENS TOTAL REMARKS ===================================================================================================================== 62 1 Blake Jason 4 2 . . 1 1 . 6 62 2 Rucker William 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 62 3 Stephen E.D. 2 5 . . 1 1 . 7 62 4 Rucker Eliot 5 2 . . 1 1 . 7 62 5 Stephen A.D. 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 62 6 Stephen R.D. 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 62 7 Furnas Henry S. 4 4 . . 1 1 . 8 62 8 Trueblood Elijah 3 4 . . 2 2 . 7 62 9 Guinn Hyramas 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 62 10 Higgins Moses D. 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 62 11 Howerton Henry 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 62 12 Beal William 2 4 . . . . 1 6 62 13 McNutt Sam'l 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 62 14 Stone Norman M. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 62 15 Hackbenberg Hiram 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 62 16 Spracklin Peter 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 62 17 Postlethwait Richard 3 1 . . 2 2 . 4 62 18 Guinn Jno. E.S. 2 3 . . 1 1 . 5 62 19 Pasco Ara 5 5 . . 1 1 . 10 62 20 Athey James W. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 "James Washington Athey" w/wife "Sarah Catherine Brown", md. 14 Jul 1853 in Johnson Co, IA - per research Penny Ellis Athey. 62 21 Parks S.S. 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 62 22 Bunting Levi 3 2 . . 1 . . 5 62 23 Lake S.H. 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 62 24 Clark Britton 3 1 . . 1 1 . 4 62 25 Young Joseph 2 6 . . 2 2 . 8 62 26 Handrucks George L. 2 4 . . 1 1 . 6 62 27 Bever Samuel 3 1 . . 1 1 . 4 62 28 Springer Jacob 3 3 . . 1 1 . 6 62 29 Morncal Daniel 2 1 . . 1 1 . 3 62 30 McQuin James 2 . . . 2 1 . 2 62 31 Ramage David B. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 62 32 Darnell Benjamin 3 2 . . 3 1 . 5 63 1 Brown Jesse 1 4 . . 1 1 . 5 63 2 Blaylash Oliver 2 2 . . 1 1 . 4 63 3 Wilkins Josiah 3 3 . . 1 . . 6 63 4 Wilkins Anson T. 1 2 . . 1 1 . 3 1st postmaster of the Linwood Post Office, according to Sue Soden's research 63 5 Hesenkamp William 4 3 . . 1 1 . 7 63 6 Fish Litches 2 2 . . 2 1 . 4 63 7 Cue James 5 4 . . 1 1 . 9 63 8 Rinor Charles S. 5 2 . . 2 1 . 7 63 9 Price S.R. 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2