Mills County, Iowa

The Iowa Orphans Asylum Residents

1870
NAME AGE SEX WHERE BORN
Adams, Henry 16 M Michigan
Adams, Jane 15 F Michigan
Adams, Mary 5 F Iowa
Adams, Newton 11 M Iowa
Adams, Robert 13 M Michigan
Beauchamp, Frank 8 M Iowa
Beauchamp, John 11 M Iowa
Beny, Charlie 9 M Iowa
Beny, Nellie 7 F Iowa
Britton, Frank 12 M Iowa
Britton, Lottie 13 F Iowa
Brown, Charlie 12 M Illinois
Brown, Dexter 12 M Illinois
Brown, Elmer 7 M Iowa
Brown, Mary 10 F Illinois
Cladget, Ira 5 M Iowa
Cladget, Taylor 9 M Iowa
Clark, Alice 12 F Iowa
Clark, Edward 6 M Iowa
Crawford, Ester 6 F Missouri
Crisson, Ella 10 F Ohio
Crisson, Emma 8 F Iowa
Crisson, Mary 14 F Ohio
Cummings, Effie 8 F Missouri
Cummings, Marion 11 M Missouri
Cuskland, Fannie 9 F Iowa
Cuskland, Minnie 15 F New York
Cuskland, Willie 10 M Iowa
Devon, Martha 12 F Pennsylvania
Devon, Mary 9 F Iowa
Devon, Wesley 14 M Pennsylvania
Didgins, Nellie 7 F Missouri
Emmis, Henry 12 M Pennsylvania
Emmis, Leover 10 F Pennsylvania
Graham, Charles 12 M Illinois
Graham, Frank 14 M Illinois
Hampton, Carrie 12 F Ohio
Hepinflow, Eddie 5 M Iowa
Hepinflow, James 9 M Illinois
Hofer, Lydie 7 F Iowa
Hofer, Samuel 10 M Iowa
Hughes, Charles 11 M Iowa
Hughes, Edie 8 M Iowa
Hunter, Eliza 18 F Missouri
Hunter, Ellen 14 F Missouri
Hunter, Gilbert 12 M Missouri
Hunter, Shepard 9 M Iowa
Irwin, Frank 7 M Iowa
Irwin, William 5 M Iowa
Isegry, John 13 M Iowa
Isegry, Lulu 7 F Iowa
Ivae, Carrie 12 F New York
Ivae, Dennis 14 M New York
Keeler, John 16 M Ireland
Keeler, Mary 18 F Ireland
Kingham, Walter 15 M New York
Lee, Charles 10 M Indiana
Lee, Joseph 6 M Iowa
Lee, Laura 6 F Iowa
Lee, William 12 M Indiana
Martin, Lucy 6 F Iowa
Massell, Cassin 9 M Iowa
Maston, George 11 M Iowa
Maston, Nettie 9 F Iowa
Maston, Oren 8 M Iowa
Murrey, Cady 12 F Iowa
Murrey, Frank 10 M Iowa
Newton, Elizabeth 14 F Iowa
Norris, Belle 5 F Iowa
Norris, Bessie 8 F Iowa
Norris, Eva 13 F Pennsylvania
Norris, Rosa 10 F Pennsylvania
Robinson, Belle 9 F Ohio
Robinson, John 7 M Iowa
Robinson, Seylia 12 F Ohio
Russel, Aspberry 10 M Iowa
Russel, Jessie 9 F Iowa
Russel, Lucy 5 F Iowa
Russel, Orpha 7 F Iowa
Shadden, Jasper 12 M Iowa
Shadden, John 14 M Indiana
Steed, William 14 M Missouri
Stickler, Frank 9 M Ohio
Stickler, John 10 M Ohio
Stroud, Carrie 13 F Iowa
Stroud, Jay 12 M Iowa
Stroud, John 18 M Iowa
Swatman, Alice 13 F Iowa
Swatman, Benjamin 9 M Iowa
Swatman, Milton 14 M Iowa
Swatman, Willie 11 M Iowa
Vagan, Charley 10 M Iowa
Vagan, Jennie 15 F Pennsylvania

EMPLOYEES
NAMES AGE SEX NATIVITY POSITION
Butcher, Margaret 40 F Indiana Cook
Jackson, John 21 M Illinois Janitor
Keeler, Catherine 40 F Ireland Cook
Lee, Mary 35 F Iowa Cook
Martin, Martha 40 F Ohio Cook
Source: 1870 Mills County Census, LDS Film #0545910; Census of the "Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home"
In 1876 the orphans were transferred to an orphanage in Davenport IA.
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