1860 Census of Van Buren County, IA p.266

1860 Census of Van Buren County, IA p.266
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Abstracted by Sharon Franklin, ©2001 from the National Archives and Records Administration Federal Population Schedules for the 8th Census of the United States in 1860.

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This is the 1860 federal census for Van Buren County, IA.

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation
FN = Families numbered in the order of visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1860, was in this family
RACE = Color (white, black or mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation,or Trade of each Male over 15 years of age
REAL VAL. = Value of Real Estate owned
PERS VAL. = Value of Personal Estate owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married within the year
SCH. = Attended School within the year
R/W = Persons over 21 yrs of age who cannot read & write
DDB = Whether deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.
CENSUS YR: 1860 TERRITORY: IA COUNTY: Van Buren DIVISION: Village REEL NO: M653-342 PAGE NO: 266 REFERENCE: P. O. Portland 5th day of June 1860 by Geo. C. Gebhardt =================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB =================================================================================================================================== 1 156 156 Shearer Julia 17 F House Keeper Md. 2 156 156 Shearer Margaret 16 F Md. 3 156 156 Shearer John 14 M Md. X 4 156 156 Shearer Mary A. 12 F Md. X 5 156 156 Shearer George 8 M Ind. X 6 156 156 Shearer Martin 6 M Ind. X 7 157 157 Mercer Jos. F. 41 M Farmer 1,600 2,500 O. 8 157 157 Mercer Eunice 19 M O. 9 157 157 Mercer Narcissus 12 F Iowa X 10 157 157 Mercer George 5/12 M Iowa 11 157 157 Mercer Barnet 13 M Iowa X 12 158 158 Hough John 28 M Farmer 325 O. 13 158 158 Hough Anneda 26 F O. 14 158 158 Hough Ann 5 F Iowa 15 159 159 McComas Danl. 36 M Farmer 110 O. 16 159 159 McComas Wm. N. 16 M O. X 17 159 159 McComas Mary E. 13 F O. X 18 159 159 McComas Caziah A. 10 F O. X 19 159 159 McComas Merriam 6 M O. X 20 160 160 Malcasan John 50 M Farmer 2,000 500 Ireland 21 160 160 Malcasan Ellen 52 F Scotland 22 160 160 Malcasan Margaret 22 F O. 23 160 160 Malcasan John 18 M O. 24 160 160 Gilbert Francis 10 M Ind. X 25 161 161 Lessensohn L. 34 M Farmer 700 50 Baden 26 161 161 Lessensohn Susannah 18 F O. X 27 161 161 Lessensohn Francis J. 10/12 M Iowa 28 162 162 Brown Wm. E. 70 F Farmer 1,800 500 Pa. REMARKS: sex written F should be M 29 162 162 Brown Cynthia 60 F Pa X 30 162 162 Brown Rachel 20 F O. 31 162 162 Brown Nianthas 8 M Iowa X 32 163 163 Jones J. 24 M Labourer 150 O. 33 163 163 Jones Eliza A. 27 F O. 34 163 163 Jones Thos. B. 3 M Iowa 35 163 163 Jones Alma 2 F Iowa 36 163 163 Green C. 29 M Labourer O. 37 163 163 Green A. 25 M Labourer O. 38 164 164 Ross F. M. 29 M Farmer 3,000 400 O. 39 164 164 Ross Matilda 27 F O. 40 164 164 Ross Thos. B. 2 M Iowa

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