1854 State Census of Iowa, Benton County, Polk Township

Transcribed by Polly Eckles, copyright (c) 2003 by Polly Eckles
for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/

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Census Year:       1854
Microfilm Number:  H.Q.# 221-5, FHL# 1022206 Items 2-16
State:             Iowa
County:            Benton
Township:          Polk including Marysville Village
Enumerator:        W. Waitman - Assessor
Enumeration Date:  [unknown]

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.

  Update 2007-01-25 Changed all three "Grimmer" surnames to "Primmer".
  Update 2007-06-23 Changed one Griffen to Griffin.


  "I do here By certify this to be a True report to the Best of my Knowledge
   By W. Waitman  Assessor"

  "Marysville Benton Co Iowa
   In the aforesaid Township I do here by
   certify this to be a true * Report to the best ** Knowledge
   By W. Waitman  Assessor"

  Update: August 2009, names proofread by Sue Soden (Benton Co. IaGenWeb).


DIVISION: Polk Township
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Benton    DIVISION: Polk Twp   ENUM: W. Waitman    ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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      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
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70 1  Brammer        Merida         5     4                     1      1              9
70 2  Foglesang      Mickell        4     2                     1      1              6
70 3  Griffin        William A      1     6                     1      1              7
70 4  Berry          Joshua         5     2                     2      2              7
70 5  Hopkins        Walter W       3     2                     1      1              5
70 6  Garton         Allen G        1     4                     1      1              5
70 7  Miller         Eli            4     3                     1      1              7
70 8  Wyckoff        A J            3     3                     1      1              6
70 9  Robison        John           4     3                     1      1              7
70 10 Foglesang      Christian      1     2                     1      1              3
70 11 Foglesang      George         4     1                     1      1              5
70 12 Clark          S T W          1     1                     1      1              2
70 13 Jewel          David          3     4                     1                     7
70 14 Bryson         Elizabeth      2     3                                           5
70 15 Berry          Lewis          2     2                     1      1              4
70 16 Ferguson       Elizabeth      2     2                            1              4
70 17 McGuire        Jesse          1     1                     1              1      2     Blind (not Alien)
70 18 Hasken         Robert         3     5                     1      1              8
70 19 Brody          Hugh           5     2                     1      1              7
70 20 Kisling        Joseph         4     4                     1      1              8
70 21 Luther         George         1     1                     1      1              2
70 22 Brown          Abraham        4     3                     1                     7
70 23 Spencer        A N            4     3                     2      2              7
70 24 Woods          Hannibal       3     1                     1      1              4
70 25 Boardman       John           3     1                     1                     4
70 26 Mason          H C            3     3                     1      1              6
70 27 Hall           A C            4     3                     1      1              7
70 28 Shields        Samuel         3     1                     1      1              4
70 29 Lockhart       Samuel M       5     6                     2      3              11
70 30 Ketterman      Justus         3     2                     1                     5

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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Benton    DIVISION: Polk Twp   ENUM: W. Waitman    ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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      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
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71 1  Jewel          Edward         1                           1      1              1
71 2  Rouse          John C         1                           1      1              1
71 3  Primmer        P E            1                           1      1              1
71 4  Jewel          Henry J        1                           1      1              1
71 5  Waitman        Washington     2     1                     1      1              3
71 6  Heatherkile    A H            3     2                     1      1              5     Featherkile
71 7  Culver         Payton B       3     1                     1      1              4
71 8  Pheasant       Edwin          4     4                     1      1              8
71 9  Remington      Joseph         1     1                     1                     2
71 10 Belles         William        2     1                     1      1              3
71 11 Ferguson       Isa            3     3                     1      1              6
71 12 Hearndon       Albert         5     1                     1                     6
71 13 Helms          William        3     1                            1              4
71 14 Garwin         James          2     2                     1      1              4
71 15 Miller         John B         4     5                     1      1              9
71 16 Kisling        Peter T        5     7                     1      1              12
71 17 Epperson       Charles        8     4                     1                     12
71 18 Johnson        Alexander H    1                           1      1              1
71 19 Helms          Jackson        2     2                     1      1              4
71 20 Cooly          Julia                3                                           3
71 21 Barrows        Duff C         1     1                     1      1              2
71 22 Graham         Sarah Ann      1     4                                           5
71 23 Denison        Jacob          4     1                     1      1              5
71 24 Jackson        James          1     3                     1      1              4
71 25 Burk           John L         4     2                     1      1              6
71 26 Primmer        Robert M       2     2                     1      1              4
71 27 Primmer        James          2     2                     1      1              4
71 28 Lytle          Edward         3     2                     1      1              5
71 29 Canida         Catherine      4     2                                           6
71 30 Spencer        E B            4     1                     2      2              5
71 31 Brody          James          2     2                     1      1              4

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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Benton    DIVISION: Polk Twp   ENUM: W. Waitman    ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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      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
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72 1  Crawford       G S            1     1                     1      1              2
72 2  Michell        William        1     7                     1      1              8
72 3  Slattery       John           3                           1                     3
72 4  Picken         John N         3     2                     1      1              5
72 5  Harrison       James B        5     4                     3      2              9
72 6  Slattery       John           2     2                     1      1              4
72 7  Todd           Johnathan      3     1                     2      2              4
72 8  Aban           John           4     3                     1      1              7
72 9  Fitzgarold     John H         5     2                     1      1              7
72 10 Ferguson       John           7     4                     1      1              11
72 11 Bryson         John           1     2                     1      1              3
72 12 Ferguson       Lewis          3     1                     1      1              4
72 13 Shumker        Micheal        3     3                     1      1              6
72 14 Goodwin        Richard        4     1                     1      1              5
72 15 Cox            John           8     2                     1      1              10


DIVISION: Marysville Village, Polk Township
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CENSUS-YEAR: 1854    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Benton    DIVISION: Polk Twp, Marysville   ENUM: W. Waitman    ENUM DATE: [unknown]
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      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
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73 1  Waitman        John G         6     3                     1      1              9
73 2  Suttle         John           4     3                     1      1              7
73 3  Bryson         Joseph         2     1                     1      1              3
73 4  Milton         Joel W         4     4                     1      1              8
73 5  Osborn         Samuel         6     3                     1      2              9
73 6  Beeman         Jacob R        1     2                     1      1              3
73 7  Hopkins        W W            3     2                     1      1              5     First name was Walter - Line crossed out
73 8  Lee            James          1     3                     1      1              4
73 9  Guthrie        James A        2     4                     2      1              6     End of Marysville Village and Polk Twp