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1885 Iowa State Census

Logan Township, Calhoun County, Pg. 4

STATISTICS OF POPULATION, January 1, 1885.

	Dwellings numbered in order of visitation	Families numbered in or- der of visitation	NAME OF EACH PERSON (Write full first name)	RESIDENCE				Age at birthday in 1884	Sex	Color	Married (M), single (S), wid- owed (W), or divorced (D)	PROFESSION, EMPLOYMENT, OR OCCUPATION	PLACE OF BIRTH			PARENTAGE (N, Native, F, Foreign)		Subject to military duty	Entitled to vote	Alien who has taken out first papers	Alien who has not taken out first papers	Cannot read or write, over 10 years old	Can read but not write, over 10 years old	Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiodic	REMARKS
	Dwellings numbered in order of visitation	Families numbered in or- der of visitation	NAME OF EACH PERSON (Write full first name)	Township	Range	Section	Street and number, or other ac- curate designation, if in town plat Smallest legal subdivision, if in country	Age at birthday in 1884	Sex	Color	Married (M), single (S), wid- owed (W), or divorced (D)	PROFESSION, EMPLOYMENT, OR OCCUPATION	If in Iowa, what county	If in United States, name of state or territory	If abroad, what country	Father	Mother	Subject to military duty	Entitled to vote	Alien who has taken out first papers	Alien who has not taken out first papers	Cannot read or write, over 10 years old	Can read but not write, over 10 years old	Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiodic	REMARKS
	A	B	C				D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V
1	18	18	John Johnson	87	32	12	SW⁴ NW⁴	64	M		M	Farming			Sweden	F	F				✓		Sw			1
2			Casia Johnson					63	F		M	Keeping House			Sweden	F	F						Sw			2
3			Alfred Johnson					31	M		S				Sweden	F	F	✓			✓		Sw			3
4			Nelse Johnson					28	M		S				Sweden	F	F	✓			✓	Sw				4
5			Frank Johnson					26	M		S				Sweden	F	F	✓	✓	✓		Sw				5
6			Alfred Anderson					21	M		S	Farm Hand			Sweden	F	F	✓			✓	Sw				6
7	19	19	Andrew Rasmusson	87	32	11	NE⁴ NE⁴	42	M		M	Farming			Sweden	F	F	✓	✓			Sw				7
8			Annie Rasmusson					44	F		M	Keeping House			Sweden	F	F						Sw			8
9			Mary Rasmusson					12	F		S			Illinois		F	F									9
10			Charls Rasmusson					10	M						Sweden	F	F									10
11			Matilda Rasmusson					7	F					Illinois		F	F									11
12			Flora Rasmusson					5	F				Calhoun			F	F									12
13			Hanah Rasmusson					0	F				Calhoun			F	F									13
14			John Andeson					26	M		S				Sweden	F	F	✓	✓	✓		Sw				14
15	20	20	Elias Hall	87	32	29	NE⁴ NE⁴	37	M		M	Farming		Pennsylvania		N	N	✓	✓							15
16			Alice Hall					30	F		M	Keeping House		Indiana		N	N									16
17			William Hall					11	M		S		Benton			N	N									17
18			Bertha Hall					2	F				Calhoun			N	N									18
19			George Gross					22	M		S	Machienest	Tama			N	N	✓	✓							19
20	21	21	Eugene Purdy	87	32	20	SW⁴ NW⁴	28	M		M	Farming		Wisconsin		N	N	✓	✓							20
21			Emma Purdy					27	F		M	Keeping House		Michigan		N	N									21
22			Mabel Purdy					6	F		S		Calhoun			N	N									22
23			Merle Purdy					5	M				Calhoun			N	N									23
24			Fay Purdy					3	F				Calhoun			N	N									24
25			Merrick Purdy					35	M		S	Mining		Wisconsin		N	N	✓	✓							25
26	22	22	Samuel Binford	87	32	19	NE⁴ NW⁴	40	M		M	Farming		Ohio		N	N	✓	✓							26
27			Huldah Binford					39	F		M	Keeping House		Indiana		N	N									27
28			Clarence Binford					12	M		S		Marshall			N	N									28
29			Mary Binford					6	F				Marshall			N	N									29
30	23	23	John Shultz	87	32	19	NW⁴ NW⁴	38	M		M	Farming		Pennsylvania		N	N	✓	✓							30
31			Elizbeth Shultz					34	F		M	Keeping House		Pennsylvania		N	N									31
32								31										7	5		5					32
33																										33
	A	B	C				D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V

Notes for this census transcription:

Birth locations are listed according to the full name of the location when obvious (e.g. N.York = New York).
Quoted text (usually last names or occupations) is written out in full.
The letters under "Cannot read or write" appear to stand for the languages those people can read, G for German and Sw for Swedish.