This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCurdy, Wilson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1819 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.--1852: Fremont county census, "Sidney township" J.A. McCurdy....3m....2f 2.--1854: Fremont county census, "Sidney township" J.R. McCurdy.....3m....3f....1 voter....no militia...no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" John McCurdy....48....b. Ind....12 years in the State Mary..................29.......Ind.....12 Albert.................10.......Iowa....10 Almeda...............8........Iowa.....8 Samuel...............6........Iowa.....6 Margaret.............6........Iowa......6 Martha................2........Iowa......2 John Wilson........52......NJ........1