This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: keyser, Lambert, Greenwood, Furgason, Moore Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1797 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.--1849: Benton township settlers in 1849 included Henry Keyser and wife from Missouri.--1881 Hist. of Fremont county, page 546. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Henry Kiser....36....b.VA Abigail...........35.......VA James............19.......VA Christopher.....18........VA Samuel...........16.......VA William............13.......VA Leander...........10.......VA John................10.......VA Mary................2........MO 3.--1851: Marriage license to Christopher Keyser and Olivia Ann Lambert, Oct. 6, 1851--Greenwood.....First wedding in Benton township.--1881 Hist. of Fremont County, page 541 4.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Henry Keiser....6m...2f 5.--1852: ORDERED Henry Keiser to serve as grand juror until Aug. 1, 1853.--Greenwood, Sept. 2, 1852. 6.--1853: Marriage license to James P. Keyser and Ellenor Furgason, Sept. 8, 1853.--Greenwood 7.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Henry Keyser....5m....2f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 8.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Henry Keyser....43.....b. VA.....6 years in the State Abigail..............42.........VA.....6 William P..........19.........VA.....6 Leander J..........17..........VA....6 John B..............16..........VA.....6 Samuel Keyser..22...........VA....6 Mary E..............8............VA......6 Melissa J. Moore...14.......Ind......4