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Object Name

Record, Census

Source

Cedar Falls Historical Society

Iowa History Era Tag

Statehood and the Civil War Era (1847-1868)

Chronological Tag

Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Catalog Number

2018.018.008

Credit line

Cedar Falls Historical Society - Cedar Falls, Iowa

Description

This 1860 census record lists the names of William Sunderlin and his family, who lived in Tompkins County, New York at the time. In 1856, the family migrated to Iowa in an ox-drawn wagon, as many of the early pioneers did, and settled in Mount Vernon Township in Black Hawk County. Elizabeth Sunderlin, William's wife, passed away in December 1856, and William returned to New York, where he remarried. His 15-year-old son, Martin, stayed in Iowa. William returned to Mount Vernon Township sometime after 1860 and died there in May 1877 after a sudden illness. He was buried in Mount Vernon Township Cemetery.

Content can be used with the following standards: 3rd grade SS 3.27 Immigration and Migration in a lesson on families' migration towards the West.

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Notes on Related Objects

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Catalog #: 2018.045.028 Crossroads on the Cedar: A Story of Two . Cities

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General primary source

County Tag

Black Hawk

People

Sunderlin, William

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