This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whiting Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1882 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.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" Chauncy Whiting....6m...2f...1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 2.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Madison township" Chancy Whiting.....36....b. OHIO....9 years in the State J. M. (m)................15.......ILL Carmelia.................12......lLL Warren....................9.......Iowa Alonso.....................6......Iowa Lurret (m).................6.......Iowa Chancy....................5.......Iowa Edytha.....................0........Iowa