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1856 Iowa State Census
Cass Township, Page 2

COLUMN NOTES: ST PG = Stamped Page Number;     HW PG = Handwritten Page Number;     LN = Line Number (No line numbers appear on original pages)
See Key to Column Headings for other column headings

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                                                  ACRES OF ACRES OF ACRES TONS BUSHELS      WHEAT      OATS      CORN      POTATOES   HOGS   CATTLE LBS. OF LBS. LBS. VALUE OF VALUE OF  
ST HW   NBR NBR               YRS     NATIVE NATUR     DEAF/       OWNER   IMPROVED UNIMPRVD IN OF GRASS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS ACRES OF BUSHELS NO. VALUE NO. VALUE BUTTER OF OF DOMESTIC GENERAL TRANSCRIBER'S
PG PG LN DLS FAM GIVEN NAME SURNAME AGE SEX CLR MRD WID RES BORN OCCUPATION VOTER VOTER ALIENS MIL DUMB BLIND INSANE IDIOTIC LAND PAUPER LAND LAND MEADOW HAY SEED SPRING WHEAT HARVESTED WINTER WHEAT HARVESTED OATS HARVESTED CORN HARVESTED POTATOES HARVESTED SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD MANUFD CHEESE WOOL MANUFS MANUFS REMARKS
      1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45  
44-4521121Wm.Wells28M X 0IndianaCarpenterX  X       11         72801/49          1
  2  S. J.Wells20F X 0Indiana                                    2
  3131JamesSmith22M X 0VermontFarmerX  X                               3
  4  LucySmith19F X 0Vermont                                    4
  5141Wm. C.Croff39M X 3Ny.NoneX  X                               5
  6  Julia A.Croff39F X 3Ohio                                    6
  7  Wm. L.Croff16M   3Ohio                                    7
  8  JuliaCroff15F   3Ohio                                    8
  9  J. A.Croff13M   3Ohio                      825      20     9
  10  G. A.Croff10M   3Ohio                                    10
  11  B. L.Croff8M   3Ohio            40                       11
  12  WilliamCluff22M   0IlliniosFarmerX  X                               12
  13  BelindaSpoor40F  X0Mass.                                    13
  14  JaneSpoor14F   1Vermont                                    14
  15151E. W.Buckwalter26M   3Pa.                                     15
  16161JosepRogers75M X 2MarylandFarmerX          30   360    6240 1/4100  3?5300     Bottom total would make ?5 = 7516
  17  M.Rogers75F X 2Pa.                                    17
  18171D. W.Welman32M X 6Ky.FarmerX  X                              Surname s/b Wellman18
  19  RebeccaWelman28F X 6Indiana                                   Surname s/b Wellman19
  20  Mary E.Welman7F   6Indiana                              100    Surname s/b Wellman20
  21  S. A. M.Welman6F   6Iowa                      840 1/440115  150    Surname s/b Wellman21
  22  W. N.Welman4M   4Iowa            ?3                      Surname s/b Wellman22
  23  E. M.Welman2F   2Iowa                                   Surname s/b Wellman23
  24  M. B.Welman0M   0Iowa                                   Surname s/b Wellman24
  25181HarvyBales35M X 5N. CarolinaFarmerX  X           8160  4180301500 3/4100  160      25
  26  SarahBales29F X 5N. Carolina                                    26
  27  Wm. D.Bales8M   5Indiana            ?0                       27
  28  J. W.Bales6M   5Indiana                                    28
  29  Madison C.Bales4M                                         29
  30  Adison F.Bales4M   4Iowa                                    30
  31  George W.Bales1M   1Iowa                                    31
  32191JamesHodges50M X 11Ky. X                                  32
  33  JaneHodges39F X 11Maryland                518 1/2  31008410 1/250  12850     33
  34  S. M.Hodges20F   11Indiana                                    34
  35  M. A.Hodges19F    Indiana            ?2                       35
  36  ElizaHodges15F   11Indiana                        1/4 40    20     36
                                                 End of Households  
 Males 20                                          
 Females 16                                          
 Married/Widowed   141                                       
 Voters        8                                   
 Militia           6                                
 Land/Farm                6  ?6   16238 1/2  7200672485 2 1/43391155163640      
                                              
COLUMN 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45    

NOTE: Center columns (especially #19-23) very difficult/impossible to read due to census pages being tightly bound together into a volume.


Transcribed by Sandy Mullins, September, 2014
Columns 1-22 transcribed from hand-numbered page 2 (stamped page 44) and columns 23-45 transcribed from stamped page 45.
 
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