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Subject: 1880 Census
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 13:30:42 -0400

The 1880 census for O'Brien County is finished (except for extensive
proof-reading). The summary extract on the O'Brien site has been updated
to include Sheldon and Floyd Twp. How many people were in O'Brien County
in 1880? --the 1979 history says 4155. My count is about 4166. There were
no census listings for Dale, Omega, and Union Townships. Dale Twp wasn't
organized until June 8, 1880- probably too late to be recognized in the
census. I can't find any history for Omega or Union but the towns
located in those areas were not organized until after 1880. It surprised
me how the population was not uniformly distributed in 1880. It was
grouped along the railroad construction route, Sheldon, Sanborn, Hartley.
Approximate population distribution was: Sheldon-740, Highland/Liberty
twp-730, Floyd Twp-370, Grant Twp-365, Sanborn-360, Center Twp-350,
Carroll Twp- 320, Baker Twp-200, Caledonia Twp-175, Waterman Twp-165,
Primghar-140, Hartley-120, Franklin Twp-85, Lincoln Twp-20, and Summit
Twp-15. Don't add them because I rounded.
If you have any corrections, improvements to suggest on the census
listing, or anything else, let me know.

My wife and I will start our summer travels soon so I will be checking
email on the road. I will be back in O'Brien County for a few days next
week to attend to some family affairs. We will attend the NGS convention
in Richmond, VA on May 12-14 and then on up to WV and PA. I have changed
my email address to
this is a forwarding service as I will have to change my internet
provider when we get to PA.
I still don't have a valid email address for Joan Lajoie. If anyone knows
her and can provide her correct email address, let me know.

A new query came in recently and is included below.

From: (John Stewart)
To:
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:53:58 -0700
Surnames: STONE THOMAS PARRISH JOHNSON ROHLIN SIMPSON RINGLING ANDERSON
CRESAP
Submitter: John Stewart ()
Date: 21 Apr 1999
URL: http://members.aol.com/johns2rt

Would like to exchange information with anyone interested in the
following STONE & associated families:

Walter STONE b. ca. 1830 NY m. 16 Apr 1845? in Lake Co., OH Esther Ann
THOMAS b. ca. 1834 NY. Known children were:
1. Abner W. STONE b. ca. 1849 OH m. ca. 1871 Harriet "Hattie" ___ b. ca.
1848 MI. Abner and Harriet resided in Waterman Twp., O'Brien Co., IA in
the 1880's. They had children Walter b. ca. 1872 IA; Eleazer?, b. ca.
1874 IA; Viva, b. ca. 1879 IA.

2. Nelson "Nels" Edwin STONE b. 21 Jul 1856 IA? or Lake Co., OH, a
druggist, m1 25 Dec 1880 in Spencer, Clay Co., IA, Eva Elizabeth PARRISH
b. 10 May 1854 Fond du Lac, WI (dau. of Sylvenster PARRISH and Melissa
Lucretia KELLOGG). m2 1915 Minnie ___ b. ca. 1875. Nelson & family
resided in Peterson, Clay Co., IA, , Waterman Twp., O'Brien Co., IA,
Flasher, Morton Co., ND and Stanwood, Cedar Co., IA. 2nd wife Minnie ___
was prev. married and had 3 daughters. Nelson and Eva (PARRISH) STONE
had the following children:
a. Lottie Ann b. 13 Nov 1882 m. Ernest Franklin JOHNSON, resided Swea
City, Kossuth Co., IA; children: Orren Elsworth JOHNSON; Myrl A. JOHNSON;
Elsie May JOHNSON, Florence Z. JOHNSON, Roy JOHNSON, Evelyn V. JOHNSON m.
Roy Hop; Mildred J. JOHNSON m. Ray SIMPSON; Elmer F. JOHNSON m1 Harriet
CRESAP m2 Leona RINGLING; Mabel E. JOHNSON m. Cassie P. ANDERSON res Swea
City, Kossuth Co., IA; Floyd K. JOHNSON m. Virginia D. CRESAP res.
Stockton, CA
b. Edwin Nelson b. 30 Aug 1884 Peterson, Clay Co., IA, m. Cordelia
RUSSELL, resided Kossuth Co., IA, Morton Co., ND and Nampa, ID.
c. Mabel Esther b. 13 Apr 1886 Peterson, Clay Co., IA m. ___ DOPKING,
resided Bismark, ND.
d. Myrle P. b. 27 Mar 1888 D. 8 Jul 1915
e. Ray (twin) b. 15 Dec 1890 IA
f. Roy (twin) b. 15 Dec 1890 IA

John Stewart


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