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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