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1856 Iowa State Census
Pymosa Township, Page 5

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    
85-8651119James L.Byrd53M X 3KentuckyFarmerX       X  ?18   340  5100174303/4180  8178200     1
  2  SusanByrd36F X 3Kentucky                                    2
  3  AbrahamByrd27M   3IndianaFarmerX  X    X                          3
  4  MariahByrd11F   3Ind.                                    4
  5  James K.Byrd9M   3Ind.                                    5
  6  Sarah L.Byrd8F   3Ind.                                    6
  7  WilliamByrd5M   3Ind.                                    7
  8  CatherineByrd4F   3Ind.                                    8
  9  Isaac M.Wilson26M   0Pa.FarmerX  X       600   10010010 100200309002250    400    Not clear which row/line the 600 acres etc.is on; seems most likely Wilson9
  10120RobertBabbitt25M X 1Ill.FarmerX  X                               10
  11  MaryBabbitt20F X 1Ill.                                    11
  12  LouisaBabbitt2F   1Ill.                                    12
  13121HenryPuckett24M X 1Ill.FarmerX  X                               13
  14  AlvinaPuckett18F X 1Ind.                                    14
  15  IsabelPuckett F    Iowa                                    15
  16122ThomasMeredith32M X 2EnglandFarmer X         ?00                       16
  17  MarthaMeredith36F X 2England                                    17
  18  HenryMeredith15M   2England   X                                18
  19  ThomasMeredith12M   2England   X                                19
  20  JamesMeredith10M   2England   X                                20
  21  Olairs T.Meredith8M   2England   X                                21
  22  JosephLesley36M   1IrelandFarmer X X                               22
  23  JohnHuill25M   2Conn.FarmerX  X       ?5                       23
  24 23Fred B.Davis25M X 1Ind.FarmerX  X                               24
  25  EmmaDavis26F X 1England                                    25
  26124IsaacPucket52M X 3N. C.FarmerX          ?0                       26
  27  JanePucket25F X 1Kty.                                    27
  28  JohnPucket14M    Ill.                                    28
  29  RachelPucket6F    Ill.                                    29
  30  LeviPucket3M    Ill.                                    30
  31  ManfordPucket1M   1Iowa                                    31
  32225ThomasLeadley47M X 1EnglandFarmer X                                 32
  33  ElizabethLeadley49F X 1Pa.                                    33
  34  HarrisonLeadley18M   1OhioFarmer   X                               34
  35  RobertLeadley13M   1Ill.                                    35
  36  ElizabethLeadley12F   1Ill.                                    36
                                                 End of Households 
 Males 22                                          
 Females 14                                          
 Married/Widowed   14                                        
 Voters        834                                 
 Militia           8                                
 Land/Farm                   ?93   103140 1001053004713502 3/4430  8178600      
                                              
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 #20-23) very difficult/impossible to read due to census pages being tightly bound together into a volume. The rows on right page also don't clearly/easily align with left page rows.


Handwritten Signatures from bottom of page (also difficult to read):
??urer that this a t??y best
John C. Cannon Assesser of Pymosa Township Cass County Iowa
that this above Named John C. Cannon
?bove ???, took & subscribed to above oath
Given under my hand and seal
July 11th Sat 1856 William H. Millhollin
J P

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, February, 2020
Columns 1-22 transcribed from stamped page 85 and columns 23-45 transcribed from stamped page 86.
 
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