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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DAILY Heirs of 5
DAILY Samuel 2
DARK James 6
DARRALL Wilson 6
DARRALL Wilson Jr. 3
DAVIDSON Albert 4
DAVIDSON Elizabeth 5
DAVIDSON Hiram 2
DAVIDSON John 7
DAVIDSON John 5
DAVIDSON John W. 6
DAVIS Alexander 6
DAVIS Asa F. 3
DAVIS Beden 10
DAVIS Extine 1
DAVIS Isaac 7
DAVIS John 2
DAVIS John 8
DAVIS John M. 7
DAVIS Nathaniel 6
DAVIS Peter 4
DAVIS Samuel 5
DAVIS Silas 10
DAVIS Theodore 1
DAVISON Benjamin F. 4
DARRSON James M. 7
DAVISSON Jesse 4
DAY Charles 6
DAY Samuel 7
DAY Timothy 11
DEBOLT Michael 11
DEGRAW Jacob 1
DEHART Bartley 1
DEHART Eli 8
DEHART John 6
DEHART Joseph 1
DENNING John 9
DERICKSON Joseph G. 1
DEVARE David 2
DEVIN Thomas 4
DEVIN Thomas J. 1
DEVOL David 5
DEWFIELD William 6
DEWITT Reuben 3
DIBBLE Chuney G. 6
DIBBLE Horace L. 3
DIBBLE Thomas 5
DICKERSON Zadock 3
DICKEY Adam 3
DICKEY John 6
DICKEY Joseph 4
DILL John 7
DILL Henry J. 3
DILLIE Buel 5
DIMBLER Morris 5
DOBBIN L. C. 4
DODRILL Edmond 7
DODSON Caroline M. 4
DODSON Joseph 7
DOFFEMEYER Benjamin 2
DOFFEMEYER Henry 3
DOFFEMEYER Isaac 3
DOFFEMEYER Louisa 3
DOHERTY Henrietta 5
DOLTON Charles W. 1
DONALDSON Alexander 3
DOREY Edmond 4
DOUD David Sr. 7
DOUD David 5
DOUD Eleab 2
DOUD Mason 4
DOUTHART Robert 7
DOWE Cabel 1
DOWE Eilliam 4
DOWNARD John 11
DOWNING Doel 4
DOWNING Joel 7
DOWNING Levi 12
DOWNS Jonathan 3
DRAIN Charles 1
DRAKE Allen 1
DRAKE David 5
DUDEN George 35
DRIVERLY John 6
DUFFIELD George 1
DUFFIELD James 8
DUFFIELD John 1
DUFFIELD William 1
DUKE Johnathan O. 7
DULSAN William 1
DUNLAP Robert 9
DUNN Aurrustus 6
DUNNING Festus 11
DUNNING George 1
DUNWOODY Alexander 6
EASLING Mirger 6
EATON Edward 9
EATON William 8
EATON William 6
ECKLEY John 10
EDMONSON Alfred 10
EDMONSON John 4
EDMONSON William 5
EDWARDS John 2
EDWARDS John T. 5
EHRMAN Henry 9
EILER John 12
ELDER Alexander 4
ELI William 1
ELL Peter 2
ELLIS Bradford 8
ELLIS George 1
ELLIS Jeremiah 3
ELLIS Lorenzo 3
ELMER Willard 7
EMERICK William 9
ENDERSBY Benjamin 7
ENDERSBY Edmond 7
ENDERSBY Frederick 1
ENLOW Edward 1
ENTLER John 5
ENTLER William 5
EPPERHART James 1
ERVIN Sarah 8
ETHERIDGE John 1
ETHERIDGE John 10
ETZLER Hannah 3
EVANS Alfred 6
EVANS John 2
EVANS William C. 5
EWING Andrew 4
EWING Arch 4
EWING R. H. 4
FAIRBROTHER Henry 8
FARMAN John 2
FARUM Fredrick 2
FARUM Jacob N. 4
FASNACHT Samuel 5
FATE Maslin 6
FATHERSON Thomas 3
FEARER George 1
FEE Christofer 9
FELLOWS Justus 6
FERGUSON David 6
FERGUSON John 5
FERRY Charles 2
FICKEY A. M. 6
FICKLE Isaac 4
FIRKINS George 1
FISHBURN William F. 7
FISHER Henry 8
FISHER James P. 6
FISHER Steven 5
FISHER Thomas 4
FITZGERALD Ambrose 9
FLASKETT William L. 5
FLEM Squire 9
FLETCHER William 6
FLOOD Stephen 3
FLORA John 4
FOLEY William 1
FOLKER George 9
FOLKER John 1
FOLTZ John D. 2
FORBES Alfred 3
FORBES Robert 8
FORBESS James 4
FORBESS Mary 4
FORD William H. 3
FORDICE Geth 5
FORDISE Asa 5
FOREMAN David 4
FOREMAN Joseph 8
FORREST Martin 7
FOSSETT Azuba 4
FOSSETT N. B. 3
FOSTER Joseph 9
FOSTER Thomas 4
FOUTS Reuben 3
FOUTS W. L. 4
FOWLER William K. 1
FRAIZ Henry 8
FRANKLIN Andrew 6
FRAZEE John 6
FRAZEE Jonas 1
FRAZEE Steven 9
FRAZEE William R. 7
FREEMAN Isaac F. 7
FREEMAN Joel 6
FREEMAN O. S. 3
FRENCH Enoch 10
FRENCH John 1
FRENCH William 3
FRO Benjamin 3
FRUME Robert 2
FRUZEE Thomas 1
FRY Michael 5
FULTON John 3
FUNK Henry 2
FUNK John 6
FUNK John F. 5
FUNKHOUSE Freirick 6
FUQUA David 3
FUQUEE William 4
GILASPEE Hugh 8
GALLAHER William C. 5
GALE William S. 10
GALOWAY G. G. 6
GAUBOL Henry 5
GAMES G. W. 5
GARDNER Aaron 7
GARDNER Hirum 3
GARDNER Robert 4
GARRETT Spotswood 6
GARRIGUS David U. 3
GARRIGUS Findley 3
GARRISON Jave 3
GARRISON Leir 1
GARTON William 3
GARVEL David 8
GEORGE Pasneck 7
GERMAN Raymond J. 10
GIBBO B. F. 1
GIFFIN Isaac 5
GIFFIN John M. 1
GILBERT Henry 1
GILBERT James 13
GILBERT Joseph 5
GILBERT Joseph H. 3
GILBERT Liley 2
GILBERT Truman 5
GILLIN Samuel 4
GILLIS Peter 9
GISH Samuel 5
GLOTFELTY Michael 6
GODDARD Josiah 7
GODDARD Josiah 1
GOOCH Dabony 4
GOODALL John 1
GOODALL John 1
GOODALL Joseph 1
GOODALL Thomas 5
GOODALL Thomas Jr. 4
GOODALL William B. 9
GORDON Samuel 8
GORHUM W. D. 6
GORRELL Henry 5
GORSLINE William 2
GORTENHOUSE Vincent 2
GOULD Samuel 7
GRADWELL George 5
GRAGG James 1
GRAVAT John 6
GRAY Moses 8
GRAY William 4
GREEN John 2
GREEN Richard 10
GREEN Rob 7
GREEN Thomas 1
GREENE Reynolds 2
GREENWOOD John 1
GREGORY J. 1
GREGORY Thomas 2
GRIDER Christopher 6
GRIFFIN Steven B. 4
GRIFFIN St. Clair 8
GRIFFITH Isaac 8
GRIFFITH Isaac 9
GRIFFITH Jacob 1
GRIFFITH James 1
GRIMM Jacob 7
GRISSOM John 3
GROOM William S. 5
GROSBECK Peter 7
GROSS Daniel 6
GROVE Leonard 7
HADING A. 5
HAGLER Amos 4
HAGLER John 5
HALE Edith 8
HALE John 7
HALE Joseph 4
HALE Lower 5
HALE William 7
HALL Augustus 3
HALLERY C. 6
HAM Henry 4
HAMILTON James 5
HAMILTON John 8
HAMILTON William 3
HAMMONS George 5
HANAN James 1
HANAN Samuel 11
HANCOCK Charles 3
HANCOCK Frederick 5
HANCOCK Solomon 2
HANFORD Edward 3
HANFORD William D. 8
HANSHAW James R. 5
HAPSON George F. 5
HARBISON John 7
HARBON Samuel 4
HARDIN John 9
HARDY Dudley 5
HARMAN Elisha 8
HARNESS Seatch 6
HARRELL Hirum 10
HARRELL Doddridge 3
HARRELL Stephen 3
HARRIDGE Thomas 6
HARRINGTON George J. 10
HARRINGTON Samuel 6
HARRIS A. 2
HARRIS John 7
HARRIS Joseph 5
HARRIS Stephen P. 10
HARRISON Simeon 6
HART Henry 6
HARTSELL Phillip 12
HARTSHON George D. 6
HARTZELL A. 1
HASTINGS Alexander 3
HATCH William 5
HAUGE James 3
HAUGE Samuel 4
HAUGHTON A. J. 7
HAUGHTON A. J. 3
HAVERSTICK Michael 3
HAWK Phillip 11
HAWK Phillip 1
HAWKE Robert 3
HAYNES David 9
HAYNES John N. 6
HAYS Lier 4
HAYT Thomas 5
HEARN Ebinezer 2
HEARN Lambert 1
HEARN Thomas 7
HECKATHORN George 8
HELM Daniel 9
HENDERSON John 6
HENDMAN William 1
HENDRICKS Edward 3
HENDRICKS Jesse 6
HENDRICKS Peter 3
HENDRICKSON John 6
HENKLE B. V. 4
HENKLE B. W. 7
HENNIS John 6
HENNIS Thomas J. 4
HENRY Joseph 3
HENRY Sylvester S. 8
HENRY William 4
HERRIMAN Francis 6
HERRINGTON James 5
HEWITT Hamilton 2
HEWITT Irvin 3
HEWITT Robert 1
HIBBS Isaac 8
HIGDON Isam 2
HIGDON Joseph 3
HIGGINS James 8
HIKES George 3
HILL Claiborne 12
HILL Hiram 4
HILL James 2
HILL John 5
HILLAVY John 7
HILLIS Charles 5
HILLIS Edmonson 1
HILLIS Eli 6
HILLIS Harmon 8
HILLS Elizabeth A. 6
HISKY John 5
HITE Samuel 4
HITT Daniel 7
HIX George 9
HIXON David 1
HOBSON Carmi 4
HODGE Abrum C. 6
HOLCOMB J. U. 3
HOLCOMB S. D. 3
HOLCOMB S. R. 8
HOLCOMB Stephen 2
HOLCOMB W. W. 7
HOLEMAN David 5
HOLGATE Abram 3
HOLLAND A. 1
HOLLAND William 7
HOLLARD Alexander 6
HOLLERDAY Isaac 8
HOLLINSON Thomas H. 5
HOLMES Henry G. 6
HOLT James 7
HOLVESTOT John 8
HOOPER William 5
HOOTMAN David 3
HOOTMAN Jacob 4
HOOTMAN Jacob 4
HOOTMAN William 2
HOPSON Steven 1
HORN Morris 3
HORN John 3
HOSKINS Augus 1
HOSKINS Erastus 4
HOSKINS H. H. 3
HOSKINS Heri 8
HOSKINS William 1
HOUK Jacob 8
HOUSTON John 9
HOVERSTOCK Samuel 3
HOWARD Henry 4
HOWARD James 9
HOWARD William 1
HOWARD William 8
HOWELL James B. 1
HUBBARD David 4
HUDDLESTON Charles 9
HUDDLESTON Samuel M. 13
HUDSON Samuel 1
HUFF Enos 8
HUFFMAN Burk 3
HUGHS James 8
HUGHS Jesse 7
HUIT John 2
HUME John 3
HUME Robert M. 5
HUMES George 6
HUMPHREYS David 12
HUMPHREYS Isaiah 1
HUMPHREYS William 8
HUNTER John 10
HUNTER Robinson 3
HUTCHINS Shepherd 5
HUYER Philip 3
INGLE Frederick 9
INGLE Levi 7
INGLES Charles 7
INGLES Joseph 5
IRONHOWER Caleb 3
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