This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowman, Billups Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1508 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1850: Benjamin Bowman ORDERED to serve as grand juror in first District Court.--Minutes, Feb. 4, 1850. 2.--1850: Federal Census for Fremont county, Iowa. Benj. Bowman.....35.....b. Penn. Elizabeth............24.........Mich. Winfield................8.........Iowa Andrew.................6.........Iowa Lafayette..............2.........Iowa John Billups.........24........Mich. 3.--1852: Fremont county census: "Fulton township". B. Baueman.....5m....1f 4.--1854: Fremont county census: NOT SHOWN. 5.--1856: Iowa State Census, "Franklin township". Benjamin Bowman....41...shoemaker...b. PA....7 yrs in State Elizabeth..................33..........................OH...7 Winfield....................14..........................Iowa..14 (?) Lafayette....................8..........................Iowa..8 (?) Mary J........................3.........................Iowa...3