I am in the process of transcribing the 1850 Federal Census of Wapello County, Iowa. I ran across the following. Perhaps this can help someone. District 13- 6 September 1850 Enumerator Jos HD Street Page 818 Household and Dwelling#145 (next door to Smith and Shoemaker families.) Name/Age/Sex/Birthplace Jonathan A. Young 30 M Ind Eliza A. Young 30 F Ind Mary 12 F Ills Margaret 10 F Ills Martha 6 F Iowa Maria 4 F Iowa Samuel 1 M Iowa Note: Color, Occupation, Real Estate Value, Married within year, attended school within year, adult who cannot read are all left blank. This does seem to be a farming area. All other heads of household were farmers on this page. All other households have real estate value. Perhaps he rented or share cropped.