This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Study, Forney Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1864 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.--1845 - 1846: D.C. Study was one of the Mormons who came to Scott township from Hancock county, ILL in 1845 - 1846; first settlers in Scott township.--Mill - Fremont, section 2, p. 11. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa David Study........54....b. Penn. Mary..................59........Penn Henry Forney......21........Ohio Archibald............18.......Ohio Sarah Forney.......17.......Ohio Francis Forney.....12.......MO. Emma Forney.......9........ILL Susan Forney.......7........ILL 3.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" David Study.....3m.....3f 4.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" David C. Study......2m....4f....1 voter....no militia....no aliens 5.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" David C. Study.....67.....b. Penn......9 years in the State Mary...................66.........Penn......9 Henry..................27.........Ohio.......9 Sarah..................23.........Ohio.......9