CEDAR CO. IA
Formed 1837 from Wisconsin Territory
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1840-1850 Cedar Co. IA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Cedar Co. IA Census
Centre Twp.
Pg.59, #416-419, Thomas B. DUNCAN 25 OH day laborer $0-$25
                  Magdaline 24 PA
                  Isaac F. 4, Esther A. 2 IA
Farmington Twp.
Pg.132, #887-905, Robert DUNCAN 47 PA farmer $0-$200
                  Anne 46 PA
                  Frederick 22 OH farm laborer $0-$100
                  Jacob H. 17, Lydia A. 15 OH
                  John 12, Sarah M. 12 OH
                  Daniel I/J. 9 OH
                  Alonzo 4 IA
                  (MAD: 1850 Morrow Co. OH census; Frederick and John in 1870 Muscatine Co. IA census, ? Daniel also in 1870 Muscatine Co. IA census)
Iowa Twp.
Pg.140, #944-963, Edmond W. ATKINS 35 OH farmer $1500-$1000
                  Mary 31 OH
                  Albert S. 11 OH
                  Charles DUNCAN 53 PA farmer
                  (MAD: ?? 1850 York or Somerset Co. PA census ??)
Red Oak Twp.
Pg.262, #59-61, John P. DUNCAN 22 OH farmer $0-$200
                  Susanna 19 IRE
                  Samuel H. 1 IA
                  Thomas SMITH 15 OH

1870 Cedar Co. IA Census
Centre Twp.
Pg.142, #74-75, DUNCAN, Samuel 56 PA stone mason $0-$0
                  Margaret 47 OH keeping house
                  James 19, Jack 22 OH laborers $0-$0
                  Elizabeth 17, Agatha 14 OH
                  Henderson (m) 8 OH
                  (MAD: 1860 Richland Co. OH census)
Pg.148, #157-161, DUNCAN, Thomas 36 OH laborer $0-$0
                  Magdalina 33 PA keeping house
                  Isaac 14, Hester D. (f) 12 IA
                  John 8, Erwin (m) 4 IA
Tipton City, Centre Twp.
Pg.160, #37-43, WOLF, W.V. (m) 36 OH Senator $3000-$1500
                  Alie (f) 30 OH keeping house
                  Mary 9, Lucy 4, Clara 2 IA
                  John 1/12 IA b.May
                  MACY, Wm. R. 13 IA
                  LARUE, Sarah M. 20 b."Ross Com. Co." "native"
                  DUNKIN, Cathern (f) 22 OH domestic servt.
Pg.172, #247-249, DUNCAN, Aaron 34 OH laborer $0-$150
                  Margaret 25 OH
                  Aaron 7, Sarah F. 5 OH
                  Emma 2 IA
                  John 4/12 IA b.Jan.
                  (MAD: 1860 Richland Co. OH census)
Farmington Twp.
Pg.210, #79-86, DUNCAN, Robert 57 PA farmer $0-$500
                  Ann 36 PA keeping house
                  Sarah 23 OH
                  Daniel 18 OH farmer
                  Alonzo (m) 14 IA
                  (MAD: Ann's age plainly 36, not 56; KDC & MAD: 1880 Muscatine Co. IA census)
                  (KDC: ? George W. Cooley mar. Sarah Duncan 13 Oct. 1872 in Muscatine Co. IA; 1880 Pawnee Co. KS census)
Mechanicsville City
Pg.312, #9-7, DUNCAN, J.P. (m) 32 OH laborer $0-$120
                  Susan 30 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Samuel H. 10, Alexander 9 IA, mother of foreign birth
                  Ida B. (f) 7, Mary 4 IA, mother of foreign birth
Red Oak Twp.
Pg.322, #33-33, HANLEN, J.W. (m) 56 PA farmer $12,000-$2800
                  Eliza A. 52 PA keeping house
                  Anna M. 20, Clinton (m) 17 IA
                  Mary E. 12, Clementine 13, William 7 IA
                  DUNCAN, Samuel J. 22 OH farm laborer
                  HANLEN, Corinda (f) 28 (blank birthplace)
Rochester, Rochester Twp.
Pg.328, #5-5, DUNCAN, McL. (m) 55 PA laborer $1000-$50, parents of foreign birth
                  Sarah J. 37 IN housekeeper
                  Thomas J. 8 IA
                  Margaret 10/12 IA b.Sept.
 

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Cedar Co. IA Marriage Records (FHL film 986,805)
      MAD: Index 1840-1893 to Books A to G; grooms only, no bride index. Index shows columns for O (original request for license) and R (Minister's return or record); no dates in index; following brides found page by page through book E; no license or return book A on film; Vol.B 1841-1847, Vol.C 1847-1851, Vol.D 1851-1861, Vol.E 1841-1875. Film includes later index, not looked at.
      A-5, Floyd Duncan to Elizabeth Southern, A-5
      D-99, Thomas B. Duncan to Magdelana McLain, D-99
      --, John P. Duncan to Susan Murey, D-163
      --, Wm. M. Baker to Mary J. Duncan, D-157
      C-54, Abigah B. Green to Emiline Duncan, E-178
      Returns:
      Thomas B. Duncan to Magdelana McLain, lic. Oct. 31, 1854, married Nov. 2, 1854 by J. Reeves JP. (License D-99, Return D-99)
      Wm. M. Baker to Mary J. Duncan, mar. Oct. 11, 1857 by Wm. Coheltree JP. (Return D-157)
      John P. Duncan to Susan Murey, mar. July 15, 1858 by R.M. Long JP. (Return D-163)
      Abigah B. Green to Emiline Duncan, mar. Feb. 23, 1864 by H.A. Emmerson (License C-54, Return E-178)
 

MILITARY RECORDS

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, Frederick T., widow Duncan, Alice M., minor Spence, Alice M., Gdn.; G 35 Iowa Inf.; 1896 Sept. 10, Invalid Appl. #1056190, Cert. #991669, Iowa; 1904 Jan. 18, Widow Appl. #798249, Cert. #570524 Iowa; 1905 Feb. 13, Minor Appl. #821827, Cert. #592406, Iowa; remarks XC2674695. (MAD: ? 1860 Cedar Co. IA census)
      Duncan, John P., widow Gillilan, Susan Duncan; I 46 Ia. Inf.; 1890 Sept. 2, Invalid Appl. #966025, Cert. #776268, Iowa; 1916 Oct. 2, Widow Appl. #1077645, no cert., Cali. (MAD: 1860 Cedar Co. IA census; ?? 1850 Jackson Co. IA census)
 

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