This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Cowles, Morgan, English, Fletcher Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1887 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.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Thaddeus Williams....23....b. KY Rebecca...................29........MO Elizabeth...................1.........Iowa Charles Cowles..........21........Ohio 2.--1853: Land entry by Thaddeus Williams dated May 23, 1853 for the southwest quarter of section 17 township 67 range 41. 3.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" Thaddeus Williams....1m...3f...1 voter...1 militia...no aliens 4.--1856: Iowa State Census,. Fremont county, "Madison township" Thaddeus Williams....29....b. KY....7 years in the State Rebecca...................25.......NC Elizabeth...................7........Iowa Mary A......................4........Iowa Howard J....................1.......Iowa Thomas Morgan.........23.......ILL.....6 Charles English.........19........ILL.....7 Jacob Fletcher...........22........MO....2