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ECONOMIC WORTH (REAL AD PERSONAL PROPERTY)
OF SELECTED COMMUNITY LEADERS, 1870*
| Name | Economic Worth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ambler | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ | 75,500 |
| Washington I. Babb | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5,000 | |
| Rev. and Mrs. Belden | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11,500 | |
| T.A. Bereman | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,300 | |
| Wellington Bird | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20,500 | |
| O.H.P. Buchanan | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25,660 | |
| W.R. Cole | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55,000 | |
| George B. Corkhill | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13,200 | |
| W.F. Daugherty | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13,000 | |
| M.L. Edwards | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 10,480 | |
| J.P. Gratham | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4,500 | |
| Colonel N. Greusel | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11,100 | |
| James Harlan | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33,500 | |
| Frank Hatton | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,500 | |
| W.R. and Enoch Hill | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35,000 | |
| Samuel Luke Howe | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5,000 | |
| George W. McAdam | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4,800 | |
| Belle A. Mansfield | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,000 | |
| W.S. Marsh | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15,000 | |
| L.G. Palmer | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,000 | |
| E.L. Penn | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 66,020 | |
| Daniel Phillips | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 90,000 | |
| F.C. Pitcher | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14,000 | |
| Dr. & Mrs. Mark Ranney | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . | |
| J.W. Satterthwaite | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,500 | |
| Presley Saunders | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 90,250 | |
| Theodore Schreiner | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2,500 | |
| Charles Snider | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56,000 | |
| James A. Throop | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17,250 | |
| Edwin A. Van Cise | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9,000 | |
| Timothy Whiting | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 69,700 | |
| John S. Woolson | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8,600 | |
| Theron W. Woolson | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34,000 | |
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*From The Ninth Census of the United States, manuscript on microfilm, in possession of The State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and Tax List of Mount Pleasant for the Year 1870, Henry County Courthouse, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. |
| Compiled by Robert D. Marshall for his June 1963 Master's Thesis - "Mount Pleasant - The Athens of Iowa" |
Transcribed and contributed by Conni McDaniel Hall, July 2018