1847 VAN BUREN COUNTY IOWA CENSUS
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The Iowa Constitution of 1846 provided that within one year after its ratification and within every subsequent term of two years, an enumeration of all the white inhabitants of the State should be made. In accordance with this provision an act was passed by the First General Assembly, and approved January 20, 1847, requiring the assessors to take an enumeration of white inhabitants on or before the first day of August, 1847. In the census of 1847, the first of the State, the counties of Dallas, Iowa, Jasper, Keokuk and Winneshiek appeared. Thirty-two counties in all made report. Total population ascertained was 116,454. The following 1847 record for Van Buren County, the original of which is in Census Division at the Iowa State Department of History and Archives, was prepared and edited by Mrs. Vernon Harris with the assistance of Miss Linda Harris, who undertook the tedious assignment of alphabetizing this entire list of names. Head-of-family and number in each household are given.
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PAINTER John W. 3
PARK George 3
PARK James 4
PARK John 4
PARK John 4
PARK John 5
PARK Stephen 6
PARK William 6
PARK William H. 5
PARKER Benjamin 5
PARKER George 1
PARKER Henry 7
PARKER Isaac 9
PARKER James H. 5
PARKER William K. 4
PARMENTER Ranson 1
PARR Eli 1
PARRISH Adonizak 6
PARRISH Henry S. 8
PARSONS Andrew 1
PARSONS Andrew 4
PARSONS James 5
PATCHETT John 8
PATTEN Archbald 8
PAXTON John 5
PAYTON George W. 6
PAYTON James 4
PEARSON B. F. 8
PECK Dorastus 9
PECK Ezekiel 7
PECK G. H. 5
PENDER Robert 10
PENWELL William W. 1
PERKINS F. 6
PERKINS William 4
PERRINE Samuel 3
PERRY A. 5
PERRY Adam 7
PETEMAN George 5
PETERS Uriah 3
PETERSON Martha 4
PETERSON Ralph 8
PETTIT Daniel 4
PETTIT Edwin R. 1
PETTIT George R. 5
PETRIE John 4
PETTINGGILL Elihu 1
PETTINGGILL John 3
PEUGH Ananias 6
PEUGH James A. 2
PHILLIPS Asa 9
PHILLIPS George B. 5
PHILLIPS John 10
PHILLIPS Moses 5
PHILLIPS Joseph 12
PHIPPS George 6
PICKET James 4
PIERCE Joseph W. 6
PIERSON James T. 3
PIKE Joseph 4
PIRVINE James 7
PITCHER Charles 3
PITKIN Erastus 1
PLUNKITT Robert 8
POLING Martin 6
POLLOCK Cynthia 6
POMPHREY William F. 1
POMPHREY William F. 14
POPE Lewis C. 1
POPE Samuel 6
POPE Squire 2
PORTER Charles 3
POST Jacob 8
POST Jacob 7
POTRUM Henry 3
POTTER Martin 5
POTTS Adam 1
POUNDS Joseph 3
POWELL Edward 11
POWELL Elisha 6
POWELL William 3
PRATT William 9
PREEN Charles 3
PRENTICE Robert 8
PRICE Charles W. 10
PRICE Daniel P. 3
PRICE Elisha 5
PRICE Henry 8
PRICE James W. 3
PRICE John 3
PRICE Joseph T. 8
PRICE Morris 3
PRICE William H. 4
PRICHETT John 1
PRISHARD J. S. 4
PRIVE James 5
PROCTER William 5
PROPER Lewis W. 4
PROUTY Alvie 5
PRUDEN Betherel 5
PRUITT Thomas 5
PRUWITT A. T. 6
PRUTHER B. R. 3
PUCELER George 1
PULSIFEX Elias 11
PURDOM E. B. 4
PURDOM John 8
PURDOM Josiah C. 8
PURDOM U. C. 5
PURYEAR Thomas 3
PUYER Samuel 6
RABB Elias 1
RABB Joseph 7
RABB Samuel 2
RAIL Adam 5
RAIL Benjamin 3
RAIL Joseph 4
RAINY John 4
RAINY John W. 5
RAINY Steven 6
RAINY William 1
RALPHS Thomas 6
RALSTON M. 7
RAMBO Caroline 3
RAMBO Jackson 2
RAMSEY William 2
RAND Ezra S. 4
RANKIN Thomas 4
RANY James 7
RANY James 7
RANEY John (Estate 8
RANY John 4
RANY John 1
RANY John Jr. 1
RATHBONE Robert 2
RAY John 10
RAY Samuel P. 5
RAY Thomas 8
READ Reuben 7
REAM Daniel 8
REAM George 6
REAM Jacob 6
REAM Samuel 1
REAM William 1
REANY Cyrus 8
REDMAN Solomon 7
REECEMAN David 6
REED E. B. 1
REED John 4
REED William C. 5
REEK Samuel C. 13
REEVES Samuel R. 3
REID Andrew 5
REIGLER Anna 6
RENIKER John 3
REYNOLDS Jacob 8
RHODES Jacob 4
RHOADS James 6
RHOADS Joseph 7
RICE Phillip R. 8
RICHARDS James A. 8
RICHARDS William 3
RICHARDSON Lyman 6
RICHARDSON Montillion ~
RICHARDSON Nathan 8
RICHISON Frederick 4
RICKETS Joshua 3
RICKETS Joshua 7
RICKEY James E. 6
RIGON James B. 5
RILEY Lilbourn E. 2
RINEBURGER Adam 10
RINEBURGER Henry 10
RIPLEY Erartus 3
RIPPLE Henry 7
RISONER Frederick 1
RISONER Henry 6
ROBBINS William C. 6
ROBBINSON George 7
ROBBINSON Jesse 1
ROBBINSON R. R. 4
ROBERSON John 1
ROBERTS Benjamin 7
ROBERTS Edward E. 6
ROBERTS John F. 2
ROBERTSON Hezekiah 3
ROBERTSON James 5
ROBERTSON John D. 10
ROBERTSON John D. Adr. 7
ROBINSON Bereford 4
ROBINSON E. K. 8
ROBINSON Elizah 1
ROBINSON James Mr. 2
ROBINSON James Sr. 1
ROBINSON John 2
ROBINSON Samuel 9
ROBISON James 4
ROGERS J. M. 7
ROGERS Thomas 5
ROGERS William 3
ROGERS Zephaniah 7
ROGGERS John 8
ROLAM James 7
ROLL Robbinson 4
ROLLEY George 6
ROOB James 7
ROOD Cyrus 8
ROSS James 2
ROSS Nathaniel 6
ROGGER G. N. 5
ROUSH Samuel 8
ROWAN Alexander 3
ROWBERRY John 4
ROWLAND James B. 1
ROWLAND James J. 10
RUBB Harvy 4
RUDDLE William G. 5
RUG George O. 5
RUGH George 1
RUGH Michael 5
RUNNELS John 9
RUNNELS H. 6
RUP George 8
REPELEY Jacob 4
RUPLE Isaac 4
RUSH Abner 7
RUSSELL Benjamin 7
RUSSELL John 5
RUSSELL William 6
RUSSLE John 2
RUSSLE Robert 7
RUTLEDGE John M. 5
RYLAND A. S. 6
RYSER Andrew 7
SADDLER William 8
SAGE Alexander R. 5
SAMPLE Andrew 4
SAUNDERS James 11
SAUNDERS Job T. 4
SANFORD J. D. 7
SANFORD J. T. 4
SARGEANT Luther 3
SARGEANT Nahum 3
SAVAGE Daniel S. 8
SCHUYLER William 10
SCOLF Isaac 3
SCHOOLCRUFT James 3
SCOTT Charles 6
SCOTT J. H. L. 1
SCOTT James 8
SCOTT John 5
SCOTT Joseph 7
SCOTT Peter 1
SCOTT Samuel 3
SCOTT Steven 9
SCOTT T. A. J. 7
SCOTTEN James 9
SEAMON John 4
SELBY Obediah 1
SELBY Polly 2
SELBY William H. 2
SELGROVE Eli 2
SELGROVE Edward 7
SELVING William H. 4
SEUSLER Leonard 2
SEWARD Byrum 8
SEWEL David W. 5
SHAFER Daniel 7
SHAFER George 4
SHAFER Gerge 11
SHAFER Jacob 2
SHAFER John 3
SHAFER Samuel 9
SHARON James 7
SHARTS Robert 10
SHAW Jacob 1
SHAWG C. W. 4
SHELMAN John 6
SHELBY David 4
SHELBY H. W. 2
SHELMAN Martin 10
SHEPHERD J. M. 3
SHEPHERD James 2
SHEPHERD James 13
SHEPHERD Nathun 9
SHEPHERD Orlando 2
SHEPHERD William 5
SHINN Moses F. 4
SHORT Benjamin 4
SHRAM Charles 1
SHRAM George 4
SHREVIS Samuel 3
SIGLER Meshack 7
SILSBY H. A. 2
SIMMONS John 3
SIMMONS Roley 1
SIMMONS William 5
SIMMONS William H. 8
SINGLETON Henry 8
SKEENS J. K. 1
SKINNER Benjamin S. 6
SKINNER Charles D. 6
SKINNER Elisher 7
SKINNER Henry 9
SKINNER John 4
SLAUGHTER John U. 8
SLAUGHTER H. H. 4
SMART James 8
SMITH A. 7
SMITH A. 4
SMITH Abram 1
SMITH Asa 7
SMITH Daniel 3
SMITH Daxcus 2
SMITH Delazon 6
SMITH Elius 3
SMITH George 3
SMITH Haug 3
SMITH Hezakial 4
SMITH Jacob 5
SMITH Jacob 7
SMITH Jesse 8
SMITH John 5
SMITH John 7
SMITH Joseph 4
SMITH K. A. 1
SMITH Michael 8
SMITH Newton 9
SMITH Noah 10
SMITH Robert 3
SMITH Robert 6
SMITH Rufus D. 3
SMITH Russie 6
SMITH Samuel 11
SMITH Samuel Jr. 2
SMITH Silas 7
SMITH Thomas H. 7
SMITH Warren 12
SMITH William 4
SNIDER Samuel 4
SNOW Gardner 3
SNOW George 3
SNOW J. C. 7
SNOW Warren 3
SOUTHER Joseph J. ~
SPAIN Albert 10
SPAIN Job 6
SPEELMAN Joseph 1
SPEES John B. 3
SPENCER Absalom 4
SPENCER Charles 4
SPENCER John 1
SPENCER John 8
SPENCER Lorenzo 5
SPENCER William 4
SPERGEN Thomas 3
SPOON Adam 3
SPOON John 9
SPRAGUE John G. 1
SPRAY James 4
SQUIRES Sydner 5
STALLINGS Joseph 11
STANARD Obed 8
STANLY Katharine 3
STANLY Moses 5
STANLY William 10
STARR J. K. 8
STARR Moses 10
STARR Samuel B. 2
STARR W. F. 5
STARR W. W. 2
STRAW Christiana 2
STEDMAN James 8
STEDMAN James 10
STEEL James 4
STEEL Richard 3
STEEL William 8
STEELEY William 7
STENMYER Frederick 5
STEVENS Andrew N. 8
STEVENS William 4
STEVES John 4
STEWARD John 2
STEWARD John 3
STEWART James 4
STEWART John 6
STEWART Zachariah 8
STINE J. H. 4
STINE John 8
ST. JOHN Seth 9
STODDARD Amos A. 6
STODDARD Orville 7
STODDARD Simeon 4
STOKES Nelson 4
STONE Amos 4
STONE A. W. 7
STONE Crawford 4
STONE Silas 5
STONEBRAKER Samuel B. 3
STONG Joseph 7
STORY William 8
STOUT Ephraim 4
STRONG William E. 6
STUFFLE Jacob 6
STUFFLE Peter 4
STUMP George 10
STUNKARD James 1
STURDIVANT Robert 10
STURGESS Aaron B. 6
STYLES John 5
SWAIN John 3
SWALLEY Benjamin 3
SWALLEY John 9
SWARTS William J. 5
SWASEY H. D. 4
SWAZEY H. M. 6
SWEETMAN Thomas 8
SWIRES William 7
SWIRES William 5
SULLIVAN A. 6
SUMMERLIN Rufus 4
SUTHERLAND Isaac 4
SUTTON Absalom 3
SUTTON Bronson 4
SUTTON Jesse ~
SUTTON Samuel S. 1
SYFERT John A. 3
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