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Monticello Township
The 1854 census included columns for "Colored Males" and "Colored Females," but none were listed for any of the townships.

MONTICELLO FACTS: This township, named after the home of Jefferson, is one of the northern tier of townships of the county, east of Castle Grove, the northwest township. The South Fork of the Maquoketa River enters the township near the northwest corner, runs diagonally across, and leaves the township some two miles north of the southeast corner. The Kitty Creek, a stream of considerable importance, enters the township from the south and unites with the Maquoketa near the city of Monticello. By means of these two streams and others flowing into them, the township is well watered, and water-power, for mill purposes, furnished the inhabitants.


NAME OF HEADS OF FAMILIES, &C

NO. OF
MALES

NO. OF
FEMALES

NO. OF
VOTERS

NO. OF
MILITIA

NO. OF
ALIENS

TOTAL

NOTES
Thomas Morse 2 4 1 1   6  
Richard Rice 2   1     2  
Thomas Rearick 3 2 1 1   5  
David Morse 4 3 1 1   7  
William Rearick 2 4 1 1   6  
James McGothlaun 4 3 1     7 Becky Teubner writes this is "McLaughlin."
Denis M. Hogan 1 1 1 1   2  
Ezra Springer 2 2 1 1   4  
Arthur Dawson 1 1 1     2  
Sinclair Springer 2 5 1 1   7  
Augustus Bartholomew 1 2     1 3  
Denis Hogan 5 5       10  
Thomas Galligan 3 2 1 1   5  
John Stephenson 3 5 1 1   8  
Chancie Mead 3 3 3 2   6  
Jesse Merriman 5 4 1 1   9  
Jossueh Clark 3 3 1 1   6  
Jonathan Drew 5 4 1 1   9  
Margret Blanchard 5 2 1 1   7  
Edward Troy 1 2 1 1   3  
John Stone 1 1 1     1  
Charles Chadwick 2 1 1 1   3  
George Rutherford 4 6 2 1   10  
Samuel Clark 1 1 1 1   2  
George Gates 1 2 1 1   3  
John A. Sawyers 7 3 1 1   10  
Patrick Meadey 3 4 1     7  
John Scott 6 3 1     9  
James M. Scott 1 5 1 1   6  
John Whitted 2 3 1 1   5  
T. S. Hulbard 3 3 1 1   6  
A. W. Darling 5 2 1 1   7  
John Bellnap 1   1     1  
{Page 1 Totals} 94 90 34 26 1 184  

NAME OF HEADS OF FAMILIES, &C

NO. OF
MALES

NO. OF
FEMALES

NO. OF
VOTERS

NO. OF
MILITIA

NO. OF
ALIENS

TOTAL

NOTES
Enock Higby 5 3 4 3   8  
Charles Tailor 4 2 1 1   6  
G. H. Cook 5 4     1 9  
Henry -idrow 7 3 1     10  
J. T. Christian 2 2 1 1   4  
Philip Sage 1 1     1 2  
Henry Lage 1 1     1 2  
Jane Vanwinkle 1 1 1 1   2  
Joseph Orcutt 5 2 1 1   7  
Hugh Howey 1       1 1  
Robert Howey 1     1 1 1  
Simeon Foreman 1       1 1  
Patrick Murphy 3 1       4  
Philip Mitchell 1 4 1 1   5  
Horis Downer 4 6 1 1   10  
Andrew A. Nowell 2 2 1     4  
Joseph Clark 3 1 1 1   4  
Henry Phemester 2 2 1 1   4  
George George 3 3 1 1   6  
James Skelly 3 3 1 1   6  
Jeremiah Lockwood 1 1 1 1   2  
Josiah Lamb 4 5 1 1   9  
Stephen Orcutt 1 1 1 1   2  
Widow Orcutt 1 1 1 1   2 Jill Orcutt, gr-gr-granddaughter of Isaac Orcutt, writes: "I believe the Widow Orcutt to be Susanna Orcutt, mother of Isaac, Joseph, Stephen, Henrietta, and Ella. The male listed with her would be Isaac, age 25. He married Emily Downer in Dec 1854. Susanna's husband died in Indiana, and I have traced Susanna and Isaac from Indiana to Iowa through the censuses. The 1850 US Census for Michigan lists Susanna and Isaac, and 1860 and 1870 US Census for Iowa, Jones County, list Susanna living in the same household as William and Henrietta Rearick, Henrietta being her daughter."
John S. Whitted 2 3 1 1   5  
Thomas S. Hubbard 3 3 1 1   6  
W. Ingram 4 4 3 2   8  
W. Hartley 1 1     1 2  
Charles Shane 4 4 1     8  
Mark Dodge 4 2 1     6  
James Selders 2 1 1 1   3 Thanks to Sandy Kiger for help in interpreting these entries.
Wm. Selders 5 2 1 1   7
Totals for Monticello Township 181 159 63 50 8 340  
Village of Monticello

NAME OF HEADS OF FAMILIES, &C

NO. OF
MALES

NO. OF
FEMALES

NO. OF
VOTERS

NO. OF
MILITIA

NO. OF
ALIENS

TOTAL

NOTES
Jacob Rearick 4 2 1     6  
John Moore 1 2 1 1   3  
T. C. West 2 3 1 1   5  
J. Sheppard 1   1 1   1  
Levi Gassett 1   1 1   1  
Naller Holston 1 1 1 1   2  
James Finton 1       1 1  
Lot Boody 4 2 1     6  
Daniel Varvel 2 4 1 1   6  
John Tabor 1   1 1   1  
Mead Vaughn 1   1 1   1  
Abram Holstan 1 3   1 1 4  
Totals for Monticello Village 20 17 11 8 1 37  
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