This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ruse Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1847 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, "Madison towship" David Ruse.....1m....2f 2.--1854: Fremont County Census, "Sidney township" David Ruse....1m....2f....1 voter....1 militia...no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" David Ruse.....29....b. Ohio....6 years in the State Maryan...........30........ILL......6 Caroline............5........Iowa...5 James A...........1........Iowa....1 Nancy F...........0.........Iowa....0