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1856 Iowa State Census
Pymosa Township, Page 1

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    
77-7811126William P.Hamlin30M X 7KtyFarmerX  X    X      30200  87545100012003015030900100 25   1
  2  JustinaHamlin29F X 7Kty                                    2
  3  Samantha A.Hamlin9F   7Kty                                    3
  4  Nathaniel L.Hamlin7F   7Ohio                                    4
  5  James S.Hamlin5M   5Iowa                                    5
  6  Elizabeth J.Hamlin3F   5Iowa                                    6
  7227SamuelKnepper37M X 2PaFarmerX  X    X                          7
  8  MarthaKnepper25F X 2Ohio                                    8
  9  EdwardKnepper6M   2Ohio                                    9
  10  ElelaKnepper1F   1Ohio                                    10
  11  William Blossom22M   0VermontLaborerX  X                               11
  12  WalterParmenter25M   0VermontLaborerX  X                               12
  13  JohnHyland22M   0IrelandLaborer X X       15                       13
  14  JamesHyland19M   0IrelandLaborer   X                               14
  15128John C.Cannon35M X 3N. CarolinaFarmerX  X    X                          15
  16  Elizabeth J.Cannon29F X 3Linn                18200  130   1/2100    200     16
  17  William E.Cannon11M   3Ind                                    17
  18  HenriettaCannon9F   3Ind                                    18
  19  George W.Cannon7M   3Ind                                    19
  20  Nancy C.Cannon4F   3Ind                                    20
  21  Benjamin P.Cannon2M   2Iowa                                    21
  22  Tamzy E.Flora33F  W 1N. Carolina                                   Sic? Tamsy E. Flora (John Cannon's sister); later married Samuel Donnel22
  23 29WilliamCannon63M X 2VirginiaFarmerX       X                    100     23
  24  NancyCannon62F X 2N. Carolina                                    24
  25  Elizabeth J.Cannon31F   2N. Car                                     25
  26  George W.Cannon27M   3IndFarmerX  X    X  75         11670            26
  27  Nancy A.Cannon18F   2Ind                                    27
  28  John S.McGill17M   1CanadaLaborer                                   28
                                                 End of Households 
 Males 16                                          
 Females 12                                          
 Married/Widowed   81                                       
 Voters        71                                  
 Militia           8                                
 Land/Farm                5  380   48400   91055616701 1/23003015030900400 25    
                                              
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 #22) very difficult/impossible to read due to census pages being tightly bound together into a volume.

Handwritten Signatures from bottom of page (also difficult to read):
I John C. Cannon ???y of the s??
of ?ry
July ??
State of Iowa, Cass County I do hereby?
personally ???

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, February, 2020
Columns 1-22 transcribed from stamped page 77 and columns 23-45 transcribed from stamped page 78.
 
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