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1856 Iowa State Census

Clayton County Statistics
Table 4a & 4b - Professions

Exhibiting the Professions, Trades or Occupations
of the Inhabitants of Clayton County, for 1856

go to: TABLE 4c & 4d

Table 4a

Township Farmers Laborers Blacksmith Carpenters Wagon makers Brick layers Plasterers Masons Stone
cutters 		Carriage makers Machinists Engineers Millers Sawyers Millwrights Painters Cabinet makers Chair makers Tinners

Broadman

75

  

5

        

2

      

1

1

    

1

3

1

  

Buena Vista

21

16

  

2

            

1

1

  

1

          

Cox Creek

98

11

2

5

      

3

                      

Clayton

58

68

5

10

1

2

  

5

1

1

1

3

1

7

4

2

4

3

3

Elk

70

22

6

5

4

  

2

1

        

3

2

2

  

1

    

Giard

115

21

  

7

                

2

            

Grand
Meadow

111

      

1

                      

1

1

  

Garnavillo

168

84

10

19

1

3

1

          

3

  

2

1

      

Farmersburgh

148

1

4

2

1

        

1

        

2

        

Highland

89

13

3

9

      

5

          

1

          

Jefferson

154

215

9

55

4

    

47

      

1

7

1

  

1

4

  

4

Lodomillo

149

1

2

10

      

1

    

2

    

1

1

        

Monono

127

40

2

10

1

    

1

          

6

    

2

    

Millville

89

1

4

8

      

2

        

1

3

          

Mendon

73

36

8

16

3

  

1

2

          

1

  

1

1

  

5

Malloy

119

14

5

2

      

3

2

      

5

            

Morasser

87

3

          

1

                      

Read

49

  

3

3

      

1

1

                    

Sperry

123

12

2

8

                

1

      

1

    

Volga

65

  

3

3

      

1

      

1

    

1

  

2

    

Wagner

92

  

2

1

                              

Cass

115

  

8

19

      

1

        

4

    

1

  

1

  

Total

2195

558

83

200

16

5

4

76

4

2

4

7

27

23

12

7

19

6

12

 

Table 4b

Township Milliners Tailors Shoemakers Harness makers Bakers Butchers Mechanics Manufacturers Merchants Agents Druggists Hotel keepers Physicians. Dentists Lawyers Clergymen. Teachers Musicians Printers Daguerre’n artists

Broadman

    

5

1

        

6

      

1

  

1

2

    

2

  

Buena Vista

                

1

      

1

      

1

      

Cox Creek

                                        

Clayton

  

2

3

2

1

1

    

6

    

2

2

      

1

      

Elk

1

  

4

                        

2

4

      

Giard

  

1

                          

1

        

Grand
Meadow

  

1

1

                

1

                

Garnavillo

3

2

7

3

    

2

  

7

      

3

  

6

3

4

  

1

  

Farmersburgh

    

4

      

15

  

1

      

1

    

3

        

Highland

                

1

    

1

      

3

      

1

Jefferson

  

9

8

2

2

4

    

22

  

2

3

4

  

1

  

5

  

2

  

Lodomillo

    

4

        

2

4

      

1

  

1

2

        

Monono

    

3

4

        

9

    

4

2

              

Millville

            

7

  

3

      

1

  

1

          

Mendon

1

2

4

3

1

      

8

1

1

4

3

4

1

  

3

1

    

Malloy

1

  

2

1

                

1

    

4

2

  

1

  

Morasser

    

1

                                  

Read

    

2

1

                      

1

    

2

  

Sperry

    

3

          

2

      

1

    

1

2

      

Volga

    

2

3

    

2

  

4

              

1

      

Wagner

    

1

                                  

Cass

  

1

3

          

4

      

1

    

2

        

Total

6

18

57

20

4

5

26

2

78

1

3

15

22

4

11

24

23

1

8

1

go to: TABLE 4c & 4d


- source: The Census Returns of the Different Counties of the State of Iowa for 1856; Printed by the Authority of the Census Board. Census Board: James W. Grimes, Gov., E. Sells Secretary of State, J. Pattee, Auditor of State; Crum & Boye, Printers, Iowa City, 1857; Page 74.

- Misspellings and errors uncorrected.
- Transcribed & submitted by George Mills for the Clayton co. IAGenWeb

Go to:
Table 1
general demographics
Table 2
industry/agriculture
Table 3
agriculture
Table 5a & 5b
Table 5c & 5d
nativity of the inhabitants

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