Residents of the Settlement of Preparation, Monona County, Iowa
Residents
1856 Iowa State Census
The 1856 Iowa State Census is the first official document, listing the residents of Preparation. The following information was listed on the state census in Preparation, Monona County, Iowa. The names listed are in bold print. If they were listed in the 1860 U. S. Census, their information follows and is referred to by Dwelling number. Corrections and additional information are in red type.Silas Willcox (age 79) (Connecticut) (farmer) (Silas Wilcox) (born 1795) (see Dwelling #605)
Eunice Willcox (age 30) (Missouri) (Eunice Abigail Mosier Wilcox) (born 1836)
Milinda Willcox (age 2) (Iowa) (Malinda Viola Wilcox) (born 1854)
The family stayed in Monona County until Silas died and then Eunice went to Washington state.
John S. Porter (age 42) (Ohio) (farmer) (born 1814)
Hannah Porter (age 26) (Ohio) (Hannah Whitsell Porter) (born 1820)
Jesse W. Porter (age 18) (Indiana) (farmer) (Jesse Whitsel Porter) (born 1837)
Nancy Porter (age 16) (Indiana) (Nancy Lee Porter) (born 1840)
Sarah E. Porter (age 14) (Indiana) (Sarah E. Porter) (born 1842)
George W. Porter (age 12) (Indiana) (George W. Porter) (born 1844)
Mary E. Porter (age 7) (Indiana) ( Maryetta Porter) (born 1848)
John W. Porter (age 5) (Indiana) (John William Porter) (born 1851)
Noah Porter (age 2) (Indiana) (Noah LaRose Porter) (born 1854)
Edward Porter (age 0) (Iowa) (Lycurgus Livingstone Shields Porter) (born 1856)
Stayed in Monona County, Iowa.
Saloma Whitrell (age 58) (North Carolina) (Salome Sherer Whitsell) (born 1792) (mother of Hannah Whitsell Porter)
Died in Iowa City, Wright County, Iowa in 1860.
Silas Bower (age 53) (New York) (blacksmith) (born 1805)
Maryann Bower (age 44) (Ohio) (Mary Ann Trux Bower) (born 1814) (wife)
William W. Bower (age 21) (Ohio) (farmer) (William M. Bower) (born 1832)
Emory M. Bower (age 15) (Illinois) (Emory M. Bower) (born 1840)
Elisabeth A. Bower (age 13) (Illinois) (Elizabeth Ann Bower) (born 1843)
Silas S. Bower (age 11) (Illinois) (Silas Sylvester Bower) (born 1845)
Amelin P. Bower (age 7) (Iowa) (Amelia Jane Bower) (born 1849)
Baby Bower (age 2) Iowa)
Other family members not listed
Eunice Melissa Bower (born 1854)
The family stayed in the Omaha area.
Mary Craney (age 39) (Indiana) (Mary Haws Craney) (born 1818) (wife of James Craney, deceased)
Annmelia Craney (age 17) (Indiana) (Mariah Craney) (born 1838)
Florance Craney (age 6) (Indiana) (Florence Ann Craney) (born 1850)
Pixey Craney (age 2) (Indiana) (Mary Craney) (born 1854)
Other family members not listed
James Craney (husband, deceased)
Hezekiah Craney (born 1847)
John Haws (age 30) (Ohio) (farmer) (born 1825)
Edward Haws (age 21) (Ohio) (farmer) (Edward L. Haws) (born 1834)
Margret Haws (age 66) (Margaret "Peggy" Hester Haws) (born 1787) (mother of Mary Haws Craney)
The family did not go west.
Jesse Whitrell (age 38) (Ohio) (farmer) (Jesse Sherer Whitsell) (born 1818)
Nancy Whitrell (age 20) (Ohio) (Nancy A. Haws Whitsell) (born 1825)
Vinson Whitrell (age 9) (Indiana) (Vincent Whitsell) (born 1846) (son of Jesse Sherer Whitsell and Eliza Griffin)
Thomas P. Whitrell (age 5) (Indiana) (Thomas Jefferson Whitsell) (born 1850)
Mary A. S. Whitrell (age 3) (Indiana) (Margaret Salome Whitsell) (born 1852)
John W. W. (age 0) (Iowa) (John Wilks Whitsell) (born 1855)
Other family members not listed
Eliza Griffin (born 1829) (died 1849)
Job B. Whitsell (born 1850)
After about 1880, the Whitsell family went west to Oregon.
Charles B. Thompson (age 42) (New York) (editor, clergyman, teacher) (Charles Blanchard Thompson) (born 1814)
Catherine Thompson (age 30) (Pennsylvania) (Catherine Ann Houck Thompson) (born 1827) (wife)
Ameline E. Thompson (age 17) (Illinois) (seamstress) (Amelia Elizabeth Thompson) (born 1839) (daughter of Charles Blanchard Thompson and Elizabeth Jenks)
Eliza A. Thompson (age 10) (Missouri) (Ida Eliza Amanda Thompson) (born 1847)
David Thompson (age 7) (Missouri) (David Leo Thompson) (born 1849)
Charles W. Thompson (age 2) (Missouri) (Charles William Thompson) (born 1853)
Oseneth Thompson (age 1) (Iowa) (Asenath Effina B. Thompson) (born 1855)
Other family members not listed
Elizabeth Jenks Thompson (born 1817) (died 1845) (wife)
Lucinda Thompson (born 1837) (daughter of Charles Blanchard Thompson and Elizabeth Jenks)
Isabelle Thompson (born 1851) (died 1852)
Abraham Daniel Thompson (born 1857)
George Washington Thompson (born 1860)
From Preparation, the family moved to St. Louis and then to Philadelphia.
Andrew G. Jackson (age 50) (Saxony) (merchant)
One of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
Andrew Kain (age 42) (Pennsylvania) (farmer)
No further information.
Luther C. Cottingham (age 28) (Indianna) (Luther A. Cottingham) (born 1828)
Other family members not listed
Martha Bonnewell Cottingham (born 1809)
Luther was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
Samuel Scott (age 55) (Connecticut) (carpenter)
Other family members not listed
Amy Lyman Scott (born 1824) (died 1854)
One of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
Daniel W. Bott (age 21) (New York) (printer) (Daniel Watson Butt) (see Dwelling #608)
George M. Scott (age 20) (Ohio) (farmer) (George Marion Scott) (see Dwelling #596)
George was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
James M. Durphy (age 18) (Vermont) (farmer) (James Madison Durfee) (see Dwelling #607)
Dorman Lewis (age 14) (Illinois) (son of Thomas Jefferson Lewis) (see entry below)
Julia N. V. Scott (age 18) (Ohio) (printer) (Julia Victoria Scott) (see Dwelling #596)
Triphenia M. Butt (age 16) (New York) (seamstress) (Tryphine Malinda Butts) (see Dwelling #607)
Job V. Barum (age 68) (Vermont) (farmer) (Job Vassell Barnum) (born 1788)
Marcia Barum (age 58) (Vermont) (Marcia Collins Barnum) (born 1798) (wife)
Job was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
Gay C. Barum (age 31) (Vermont) (farmer) (Guy Collins Barnum) (born 1825)
Mirand Barum (age 31) (New York) (Miranda J. Fuller Barnum) (born 1824) (wife)
C. Barum, Jr. (age 8) (Iowa) (Guy Collins Barnum, Jr.) (born 1847)
George E. Barum (age 6) (Iowa) (George E. Barnum) (born 1850)
Frances L. Barum (age 3) (Iowa) (Frances Lorana Barnum) (born 1853)
Helin Barum (age 1) (Iowa) (Helen Barnum) (born 1855)
Henry Kening (age 20) (Ohio) (blacksmith)
No further information.
Isaac Swell (age 18) (Massachusetts) (farmer) (Isaac Swett) (born ) (see Dwelling #597)
Roland Cobb (age 59) (Vermont) (farmer) (born 1802) (see Dwelling #597)
Elisa Cobb (age 45) (Vermontn) (Eliza Butts Cobb) (born 1810) (wife)
Maria Cobb (age 14) (New York) (born 1842)
Harriet M. I. Cobb (age 6) (Pennsylvania) (Harriet Cobb) (born 1849)
Homer C. Hoyt (age 36) (New York) (farmer) (Homer Collins Hoyt) (born 1820)
Julia H. Hoyt (age 35) (New York) (Julia Ann Burr Hoyt) (born 1821) (wife)
Emory H. Hoyt (age 10) (Illinois) (Homer Emory Hoyt) (born 1846)
Syntha M. Hoyt (age 2) (Iowa) (Cynthia Marila Hoyt) (born 1854)
Other family members not listed
Sarah Lucinda Fuller Hoyt (born 1820) (died 1842) (wife)
Ammon Beaumont Hoyt (born 1842) (died 1843) (son of Homer Collins Hoyt and Sarah Lucinda Fuller)
James Nathan Hoyt (born 1849) (died 1850) (son of Homer Collins Hoyt and Julia Ann Burr)
Chloe Beulah Hoyt (born 1851) (died 1851) (daughter of Homer Collins Hoyt and Julia Ann Burr)
Charles Henry Hoyt (born 1852) (died 1853) (son of Homer Collins Hoyt and Julia Ann Burr)
Rachel Roxanna Hoyt (born 1856) (daughter of Homer Collins Hoyt and Julia Ann Burr)
Homer served in the Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign in 1844. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson. The family resided in Mills County, Iowa.
Charles C Perrin (age 43) (New York) (farmer) (Charles Chauncey Perrin) (born 1812) (see Dwelling #598)
Hannah Perrin (age 43) (New York) (Hannah Williams Perrin) (born 1811) (wife)
Thomas J. Perrin (age 15) (Wisconsin) (Thomas Jefferson Perrin) (born 1841)
Charles C. Perrin (age 10) (Illinois) (Charles Chauncey Perrin, Jr.) (born 1845)
John W. Perrin (age 5) (Iowa) (John William Perrin) (born 1849)
Ephraim Perrin (age 4) (Iowa) (Ephraim Perrin) (born 1851)
David Perrin (age 2) (Iowa) (David Everett Perrin) (born 1853)
George Rarick (age 50) (Pennsylvania) (farmer) (born 1808)
Mirinda Rarick (age 30) (Illinois) (Marinda Salisbury Rarick) (born 1818) (wife)
Augusta Rarick (age 9) (Illinois) (Orice Augusta Rarick) (born 1848)
James P. Rarick (age 7) (Illinois) (James Rarick) (born 1849)
Mirinda Rarick (age 3) (Illinois) (Marinda Viola Rarick) (born 1853)
George N. Rarick (age 0) (Iowa) (George Rarick) (born 1856)
The family did not go west. George was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson. They moved to Illinois.
William Swett (age 50) ( Massachusetts) (shoemaker) (born 1806) (see Dwelling #598)
William did not go west. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson. He died in Massachusetts.
Steven Blackman (age 71) (England) (farmer) (born 1784)
Rebecca Blackman (age 68) (North Carolina) (Sarah Rebecca Clarissa Green Hall Blackman) (born 1788) (see Dwelling #598)
Both died in Monona County, Iowa.
George Warner (age 69) (farmer) (England) (born 1787)
Mary Warner (age 58) (Vermont) (Mary Rosalie Guyle Warner) (born 1802)
Other family members not listed
Mary Salisbury Warner (born 1785) (died 1846) (wife)
Some of George's children came west and resided in Utah.
Thomas Lewis (age 46) (Ohio) (farmer) (Thomas Jefferson Lewis) (born 1810)
Priscilla Lewis (age 41) (Ohio) (Priscilla Rude Lewis) (born 1814)
Branson F. Lewis (age 21) (Ohio) (farmer) (Branson Laughlin Lewis) (born 1834)
Lucetia Lewis (age 19) (Ohio) (Lucretia Lewis) (born 1839)
Square T. Lewis (age 16) (Illinois) (Squire Thomas Lewis) (born 1839)
Mary Lewis (age 8) (Missouri) (born 1847)
Hiram Lewis (age 6) (Iowa) (born 1850)
Sylvanius Lewis (age 0) (Iowa) (Sylvania Lewis) (born 1856)
Other family members not listed
David Lewis (born 1841)
Zephaniah Lewis (born 1845)
Dorman Lewis (born 1849)
Stayed in Monona County, Iowa.
Edward Johnson (age 70) (Ireland) (weaver) (born 1785) (see Dwelling #604)
Percy Johnson (age 54) (Vermont) (Persis "Percy" Baldwin Curtis Johnson) (born 1802) (wife)
Orrin Johnson (age 11) (Illinois) (Orson Edward Johnson) (born 1844)
Orrin Butts (age 47) (Vermont) (cooper) (born 1809) (see Dwelling #608)
Rebecca Butts (age 51) (New York) (Rebecca Ludden Butts) (born 1805) (wife)
Amos M. Anderson (age 5) (Missouri) (Amos Martin Anderson) (born 1851) (son of Aaron Burr Anderson and Miranda Butts) (grandson of Orrin Butts)
Orrin was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
Sarah G. Canfield (age 55) (Vermont)
Emma S. Canfield (age 18) (New York)
Joseph D. C. Canfield (age 14) (Illnois)
Sophia Gordon (age 31) (New York) (Sophia Jordan Gordon) (born 1824) (mother) (see Dwelling #606)
Stephen G. Gordon (age 13) (New York) (Steven Josiah Gordon) (born 1843)
Gilman H. Gordon (age 7) (Missouri) (Henry Gilman Gordon) (born 1848)
Alphonzo Gordon (age 1) (Iowa) (born 1855)
Nelson Turner (age 46) (brickmaker) (Lower Canada) (born 1809) (see Dwelling #602)
Nelson was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson.
Cornelas Dunham (age 54) (Massachusetts) (farmer) (Cornelius Dunham) (born 1796)
Margretta Dunham (age 48) (Ohio) (Margaretta Scott Dunham) (born 1809)
Cornelas Dunham (age 24) (Illinois) (farmer) (Cornelius Dunham) (born 1832) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Sophronia Esther Blake)
Sophrona Dunham (age 21) (Illinois) (Sophronia J. Dunham) (born 1835) (daughter of Cornelius Dunham and Sophronia Esther Blake)
Margrat Dunham (age 15) (Illinois) (Margretta Dunham) (born 1840) (daughter of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Samuel Dunham (age 18) (Iowa) (Samuel S. Dunham) (born 1843) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Martha F. Dunham (age 9) (Martha L. Dunham) (born 1847) (daughter of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Talor Dunham (age 7) (Iowa) (Zachary Taylor Dunham) (born 1849) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Other family members not listed
Sophronia Esther Blake Dunham (born 1804) (died 1839) (wife)
John A. Dunham (born 1826) (died 1854) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Sophronia Esther Blake)
Louisa Ann Dunham (born 1828) (daughter of Cornelius Dunham and Sophronia Esther Blake)
Katherine Dunham (born 1837) (daughter of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Jasper H. Dunham (born 1845) (died 1853) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Warren Dunham (born 1849) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Flora Dunham (born 1851) (son of Cornelius Dunham and Margaretta Scott)
Most of the family stayed in the Harrison County, Iowa area.
Hiram B. Ernst (age 25) (Illinois) (farmer) (Hiram Bell Ernst) (born 1827)
Married Hannah Jordan in 1861. She died in 1870 and is buried in the Manteno Cemetery. Hiram died in Washington state.
William H. Rigg (age 24) (Illinois) (farmer) (William A. Rigg) (born 1832)
Married Rebecca P. Ballard in about 1856. Lived in Wabash County, Illinois.
George F. Rigg (age 22) (Illinois) (farmer) (George Franklin Rigg) (born 1834)
Married Margaret Ellen Hushaw in 1862. Eventually moved to Seattle, King County, Washington.
1860 U. S. Census
Preparation is referred to in the 1860 U. S. Census. Corrections and additional information is typed in bold type.Dwelling #595
DeLong, Henry (age 25) (farmer) (Henry Peter Delong) (born 1834)
DeLong, Amantha L. (age 22) (Lodusky Amantha Miller) (born 1838)
DeLong, Maria (age 3) (Lilah Amantha DeLong) (born 1857)
DeLong, Sarah A. (age 1) (Anna Katharine DeLong) (born 1859)
The family stayed in Council Bluffs.
Jordan, Henry (age 10)
Found an H. M. Jordan in the Washington State Census in 1892 living in Tacoma.
Shaffer, Jacob (age 21) (farmer)
No further information found.
Dwelling #596
Scott, Samuel (age 59) (wagon maker) (born 1800)
Scott, G. M. (age 24) (wagon marker) (George Marion Scott) (born 1835) (son)
Other family members not listed
Amy Lyman Scott (born 1806) (died 1854) (wife)
Drusilla Scott (born 1825)
Julia Victoria Scott (born 1838)
The family settled in Nebraska.
Dwelling #597
Cobb, Rowland (age 58) (farmer) (Roland Cobb) (born 1802)
Cobb, Eliza (age 49) (Eliza Butts Cobb) (born 1810) (wife)
Cobb, Maria (age 18 ) (born 1842)
Cobb, Harriet (age 10) (Harriet Minerva Cobb) (born 1849)
Other family members not listed
Charles Elijah Cobb (born 1830)
Elisha Cobb (born 1833)
The family settled in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa.
S. Isaac (age 23) (farm laborer) (Isaac Swett) (born 1837)
Came west with an unknown company in about 1850. By 1856, he was listed in the Iowa State Census.
Dwelling #598
Perrin, C. C. (age 48) (farmer) (Charles Chauncey Perrin) (born 1812)
Perrin, Hannah (age 48) (Hannah Williams Perrin) (born 1811) (wife)
Perrin, Thomas J. (age 19) (farm laborer) (Thomas Jefferson Perrin) (born 1841)
Perrin C. C. (age 17) (farm laborer) (Charles Chauncey Perrin, Jr.) (born 1845)
Perrin, J. W. (age 10) (John William Perrin) (born 1849)
Perrin, Ephraim (age 9) (Ephraim Perrin) (born 1851)
Perrin, David (age 6) (David Everett Perrin) (born 1853)
Perrin, Meloniah (age 2) (Hannah Malvina Perrin) (born 1857)
Charles served as a Private in Company D. Charles was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson. The family stayed in Monona County, Iowa.
Swett, William (age 50) (shoemaker) (born 1810)
Came west with an unknown company in about 1850. By 1856, he was listed in the Iowa State Census. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson. He was still in Preparation by the 1860 Census and was listed as a pauper. Isaac Swett (listed above) may have been his son.
Blackman, Rebecca (age 72) (Sarah Rebecca Clarissa Green Hall Blackman) (born 1788) (wife of Stephen Blackman, born 1784, deceased)
Dwelling #601
Thompson, Henry (age 21) (carpenter) (Henry Eugene Thompson) (born 1831)
Thompson, Sarah (age 23) (Sarah Curtis Thompson) (born 1837) (wife)
Thompson, Francis (age 6) (Francis Lucius Thompson) (born 1853)
Thompson, Alice (age 4) (Alice Browmley Thompson) (born 1855)
Thompson, Etta (age 2) (Henrietta G. Thompson) (born 1857)
Thompson, Travis (age 8/12) (Travis Crockett Thompson) (born 1859)
Sarah married Miles Smith Outhouse in 1865 while living in Monona County. Henry may have died in the Civil War.
Dwelling #602
Turner, Nelson (age 51) (basket maker) (born 1809)
Apparently, Nelson married Lucinda Morgan in 1840 in Madison County. Illinois. Lucinda had been married to John Turner who may have been a relative. Lucinda then married Samuel Fuller Howd in 1847 while at Winter Quarters. Nelson was in St. George, Washington County, Utah by 1868.
Dwelling #603
Porges, J. A. (age 51) (farmer) (John A. Forgeus) (born 1809)
Porges, R. (age 55) (Rosanna Ackers Forgeus) (born 1805) (wife)
Porges, Sarah (age 25) (Sarah Forgeus) (born 1833)
Porges, J. H. (age 16) (farm laborer) (John H. Forgeus) (born 1844)
Porges S. A. (age 8) (S. A. Forgeus) (born 1852)
Other family members not listed
Joseph R. Forgeus (born 1836) (died 1843)
Catherine Theresa Forgeus (born 1838) (died 1843)
Eve Anna Forgeus (born 1840) (died 1843)
The family resided in Little Sioux, Monona County, Iowa.
Dwelling #604
Johnston, Edward (age 73) (farmer) (Edward Johnson) (born 1785)
Johnston, Jucy (age 57) (Persis "Percy" Baldwin Curtis Johnson) (born 1802) (wife)
Johnston, O. E. (age 15) (Orson Edward Johnson) (born 1844)
Other family members not listed
Sarah Frances Brown Johnson (born 1781) (died 1844) (wife)
George William Johnson (born 1840) (died (1844) (son of Edward Johnson and Persis Baldwin Curtis Johnson)
Family stayed in the Preparation area and Edward and Persis are buried in the Preparation Cemetery.
Dwelling #605
Wilcox, Silas (age 63) (farmer) (born 1795)
Wilcox, Eunice (age 24) (Eunice Abigail Mosier Wilcox) (born 1836) (wife)
Wilcox, Melinda (age 5) (Malinda Viola Wilcox) (born 1854)
Other family members not listed
Margaret Belinda Allen (born 1799) (died 1848) (wife)
Child Wilcox (born 1858) (died 1859)
The family stayed in Preparation.
Tharp, Matilda (age 47)
No further information is found.
Dwelling #606
Gordon, S. (age 36) (Sophia Jordan Gordon) (born 1824) (mother)
Gordon, S. J. (age 17) (farmer) (Steven Josiah Gordon) (born 1843)
Gordon, Gilman (age 12) (Henry Gilman Gordon) (born 1848)
Gordon, Alphionjo (age 5) (Alphronsi Gordon) (born 1855)
Other family members not listed
Gilman Henry Gordon (born 1821) (husband of Sophia Jordan Gordon)
Clorlia Gordon (born 1842)
Sophia Katharine Gordon (born 1845)
Gilman served as a Private in Company A in the Mormon Battalion. He may have died before the 1860 U. S. Census was taken. Sophia remarried in 1861. She married Napoleon Bonaparte Alexander. She lived Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa.
Dwelling #607
Durfee, Jas. (age 23) (farmer) (James Madison Durfee) (born 1837)
Durfee, Melaidy (age 20) (Tryphina Malinda Butts Durfee) (born 1840) (wife)
Durfee, Miron (age 2/12) (Myron James "Jay" Durfee) (born 1860)
Other family members not listed
Marian Durfee (born 1862)
Bryon Durfee (born 1864) (died 1864)
Henry Carl Durfee (born 1865)
Moved to Idaho around 1880.
Dwelling #608
Butt, Oron (age 50) (cooper) (Orrin Butts) (born 1809)
Butt, Rebecca (age 54) (Rebecca Ludden Butts) (born 1805) (wife)
Butt, A. Martin (age 9) (Amos Martin Anderson) (born 1851) (son of Aaron Burr Anderson and Miranda Butts) (grandson of Orrin Butts)
Butt, D. W. (age 21) (farm laborer) (Daniel Watson Butts) (born 1835)
Other family members not listed
Josephus Deardorf Butts (born 1824)
Miranda Butts (born 1832) (died 1851) (married Aaron Burr Anderson in 1850)
Dennis Arthur Butts (born 1838)
Tryphosa Matilda Butts (born 1840) (died 1848)
Gerrett Butts (born 1842) (died 1846)
Daniel was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ephraim under Charles B. Thompson. Most of the family stayed in Monona County, Iowa.
Dwelling #609
Brooks, Henry (age 26) (Henry Saul Brooks) (born 1834)
Brooks, Harriet (age 27) (Harriet Horsfall Brooks) (born 1832)
Brooks, John (age 2) (John Lorenzo Brooks) (born 1857)
Brooks, Wm. (age 1) (William Fredrick Brooks) (born 1859)
Other family members not listed
Henry George Brooks (born 1856) (died 1856)
The family came west in about 1860 and settled in Provo, Utah County, Utah.
Dwelling #610
Wm. Conchan (age 32) (farm laborer)
Came from England. No further information.
Many of these families from Preparation did not come west with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints movement. However, if they did stay in Iowa, many of the served in the Civil War.
Others
William Marks (born 1792)
Rosanna Robinson Marks (born 1785) (wife)
William affiliated with Charles B. Thompson in leadership of new Latter-day Saint movements (1).
John Richard Mc Intyre (born 1823)
Elmira Fry Mc Intyre (born 1824)
Stayed in Harrison County, Iowa.
Possible Births
| Name | Father | Mother | Birth Date |
| Frances Lorana Barnum | Guy Collins Barnum | Miranda J. Fuller | 1853 |
| Malinda Viola Wilcox | Silas Wilcox | Eunice Abigail Mosier | 8 Jan 1854 |
| Alphronsia Gordon | Gilman Henry Gordon | Sophia Jordan | 1855 |
| Alice Browmley | Henry Eugene Thompson | Sarah Curtis | 20 Aug 1855 |
| Eunice Wilcox | Silas Wilcox | Eunice Abigail Mosier | 1856 |
| Rachel Roxanna Hoyt | Homer Collins Hoyt | Julia Ann Burr | 17 Aug 1856 |
| Svlvania Lewis | Thomas Jefferson Lewis | Priscilla Rude | 3 Dec 1856 |
| Child Wilcox | Silas Wilcox | Eunice Abigail Mosier | 1858 |
| Henrietta G. Thompson | Henry Eugene Thompson | Sarah Curtis | 15 Apr 1858 |
| Belinda Wilcox | Silas Wilcox | Eunice Abigail Mosier | 1859 |
| Traverse Crockett Thompson | Henry Eugene Thompson | Sarah Curtis | 29 Oct 1859 |
| Myron Jay Durfee | James Madison Durfee | Tryphina Malinda Butts | 10 Apr 1860 |
| Idella Marie Wilcox | Silas Wilcox | Eunice Abigail Mosier | 17 Oct 1860 |
| Marian Durfee | James Madison Durfee | Tryphina Malinda Butts | 16 Oct 1862 |
| Bryon Durfee | James Madison Durfee | Tryphina Malinda Butts | 5 Apr 1864 |
Possible Marriages
| Groom's Name | Bride's Name | Date |
| William A. Rigg | Rebecca P. Ballard | 1856 |
| James Madison Durfee | Tryphina Malinda Butts | 29 May 1859 |
| George Franklin Rigg | Margaret Ellen Hushaw | 14 Aug 1862 |