This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lowder Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1807 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Phineas Louder....21....b. VA 2.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Franklin township" P. Louder....3m....3f 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Phineas Lowder....32....b. NC.....6 years in the State Elizabeth.............22........Ind.....14 Mary E.................4.........Iowa...4 Phebe J................2........ Iowa....2 Emly Isb...............0.........Iowa....0