Iowa Old Press

The Gazette
Davenport, Scott, Iowa


Jan 6, 1848
Died
In this place Thursday, Dec 23d, Irene daughter of Jonathan and Esther Ann
Croasdale, aged one year, 14 months and 23 days.

Jan 13, 1848
Died
With Inflammation of the brain, on the 8th inst., Mr. Almira Cook, wife of
Wm L Cook at their residence 1 ½ miles west of Davenport.


Jan 20, 1848
Married
In Davenport, on the evening of Jan 12th by Rev. E Adams, Dr. Philander
Chamberlain of this place to Miss Mary Ann Hill of Bridgewater, Susquehanna
co., Pa.

At Port Byron, Ill., on 8th inst., by Geo E Holmes, Esq Mr. Nelson Rich of
Parkhurst, Scott co, Iowa to Miss Jane Smith, daughter of Henry M Smith of
Port Byron.

----- Submitted by C.J.L.

January 27,1848


 REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
  On the 12th inst., Elisha Cutler Jr, Secretary of State, submitted to the
General Assembly the following report:--
  In reply to a resolution of the Senate of yesterday, I have the honor to
transmit to you an abstract of the returns
of the census of this State fur the year 1847, showing the counties arranged
according to the number of inhabitants in
each, and the time when said returns were filed in this office.  By which it
will be perceived that the counties of Van
Buren, Jefferson, Jackson, Dubuque, Benton, Marion, Scott and Winneshiek,
were not filed in this office until after the
time prescribed by the 3d section of the 8th chapter of the laws of lowa of
1846-7.
  No returns have yet been received from the county of Buchanan, and it may
be proper to state that it is doubtful if
this county and that of Winneshiek were organized in time to render the
assessors and clerks of the same liable for the
forfeiture oceasioned [sic] by the neglect of duly in the premises.
<i>AN ABSTRACT of the returns of the Census
of this State for the year</i> 1847.
NO. COUNTIES     WHEN FILED     NO. INHAB.
1 Lee,          August 21st '47  13,231
2 Van Buren,    October 28 h "   10,203
3 Des Moines,   July 28th    "   10,071
4 Jefferson,    Nov 12th     "    8,463
5 Dubuque,      Dec 21st     "    7,440
6 Henry,        Sept 19th    "    6,759
7 Wapello       Sept 4th     "    5,660
8 Jackson       Nov 15th     "    4,639
9 Davis,        August 20th  "    4,467
10 Linn,        Sept 28th    "    3,954
11 Mahaska      July 26th    "    3,774
12 Scott,       October 23d  "    3,652
13 Louisa       Sept 22d     "    3,648
14 Washington   August 18th  "    3,518
15 Johnson      August 12th  "    3,387
16 Muscatine     do     do   "    3,010
17 Keokuk        do    21st  "    2,918
18 Cedar        Sept 10th    "    2,809
19 Marion       October 18th "    2,350
20 Clayton       do     1st  "    2,176
21 Polk         Sept 19th    "    1,792
22 Jones         do  28th    "    1,779
23 Clinton      October 5th  "    1,570
24 Monroe       August 5th   "    1,222
25 Delaware     July 26th    "    1,111
26 Appanoose    Sept 4th     "      948
27 Jasper       July 15th    "      560
28 Iowa         October 13th "      435
29 Benton       Nov 29th     "      312
30 Winneshiek   Jan 6th '48, unofficial 182
31 Dallas       Sept 19th '47       164
32 Buchanan     No returns,    --------
           Total,               116,204



-----Submitted by: S.F., June 2006