1860 Federal Census - Products of Industry
| Another important source of information relative to Dallas County residents to be obtained from the 1860 Federal Census is the Products of Industry Schedule. |
Des Moines Township
| Name of Firm | Type | Township | Power | Hands | Product | Value |
| R H Elder & Co | Sawmill | Spring Valley | Water | 2 | Lumber | 2250 |
| Atkinson & Probst | Oil Mill | Dallas | Water | 4 | Oil | 5600 |
| Flourmill | Water | 2 | Flour | 10800 | ||
| Sawmill | Water | 1 | Lumber | 2250 | ||
| William Shillito | Sawmill | Union | Water | 2 | Lumber | 3000 |
| Harvey & Burnham | Flourmill | Linn | Water | 2 | Flour | 7150 |
| Harvey Adams | Sawmill | Sugar Grove | 20 horse | 5 | Lumber | 5850 |
| A Rinehart | Flourmill | Sugar Grove | Water | 1 | Flour | 2850 |
| John W Wilkin | Sawmill | Boone | Steam | 3 | Lumber | 2200 |
| S Knight & Co | Sawmill | Boone | Steam | 4 | Lumber | 7000 |
| I Margaret | Sawmill | Adel | Steam | 4 | Lumber | 1800 |
| Bilderback & Co | Flourmill | Adel | Water | 2 | Flour | 20400 |
| Sawmill | Adel | Water | 2 | Lumber | 2100 | |
| Williams & Dillin | Sawmill | Adel | Steam | 4 | Lumber | 3240 |
| Samuel J Garoutte | Harness | Adel | - | 2 | Harness | 800 |
| George McLaughlin | Boots & Shoes | Adel | - | 2 | Footwear | 1125 |
| Moffatt & Co | Flourmill | Adel | - | 3 | Flour | 17080 |
Source: Dallas County Records, Vol. II compiled by Howard E. Snedden and Barbara A. Snedden, 1972
Transcribed and formatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, August 2013