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1885 Iowa State
Census
Bloomington Twp., Decatur County IA, Page 1
Transcribed 3 June 2004 by Stacey McDowell Dietiker
This transcription is meant to be a guide only. It is the
transcriber's interpretation.
Always refer to the original document (or microfilm) for your own
interpretation. NO CHANGES will
be made to this transcription. It
has been transcribed to the best of the transcriber’s ability exactly as it is
on the census
record. A transcription is an exact copy of the original
record. Therefore spellings of names and ages, etc. will not be changed.
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D#
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F#
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NAME
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Twp
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Rng
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Sec
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Descrip.
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Age
Bday
1884
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Sex |
C
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Marital
|
Occupation
|
Place of
Birth
Co. if IA
|
Place of
Birth
Another
State
|
Place of
Birth
Other
Country
|
Father
Foreign
Or Native
|
Mother
Foreign
Or Native
|
Military
Duty
|
Entitled
To Vote
|
Alien
Taken
First
Papers
|
Alien
Not
Taken
First
Papers
|
Cannot
Read
Or Write
Over 10
|
Can Read
But
Not Write
Over 10
|
Deaf
Dumb
Blind Insane
Idiotic |
| 1
|
1
|
1
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Tapscott, David S.
|
68
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27
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8
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SWSW
|
27
|
M
|
|
M
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Farmer
|
Decatur
|
|
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N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 2
|
|
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Hannahstasie
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
F
|
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M
|
Keep Hse
|
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MO
|
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N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3
|
|
|
Lennie M.
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
M
|
|
|
|
Decatur
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4
|
|
|
Jennie B.
|
|
|
|
|
1
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F
|
|
|
|
Decatur
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5
|
|
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John A.
|
|
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|
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0
|
M
|
|
|
|
Decatur
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6
|
|
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Scott, Harrison E.
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|
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|
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15
|
M
|
|
S
|
Farm Hand
|
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Ind
|
|
A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7
|
2
|
2
|
Brown, Bazel G?
|
|
|
18
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NENE
|
42
|
M
|
|
M
|
Farming
|
Louisa
|
|
|
N
|
A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8
|
|
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Amanda
|
|
|
|
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>35
|
F
|
|
M
|
Keep Hse
|
|
Ind.
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 9
|
|
|
Oliver
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
M
|
|
S
|
|
Muscatine
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10
|
|
|
Orpha
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
F
|
|
S
|
|
Ringgold
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11
|
|
|
John
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
M
|
|
S
|
|
Ringgold
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 12
|
|
|
Elmer
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
M
|
|
|
|
Ringgold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 13
|
3
|
3
|
J?er, John M.
|
|
|
7
|
SWSE
|
35
|
M
|
|
M
|
Farmer
|
Mahaska
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 14
|
|
|
Margaret G.
|
|
|
|
|
31
|
F
|
|
M
|
Keep Hse
|
Monroe
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 15
|
|
|
Charles B.
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
M
|
|
S
|
|
Monroe
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16
|
|
|
Dora May
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
F
|
|
|
|
Monroe
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 17
|
|
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Ora Pearl
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
F
|
|
|
|
Decatur
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18
|
4
|
4
|
Kramer, William
|
|
|
19
|
NWNW
|
69
|
M
|
|
M
|
Farmer
|
|
Penn
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 19
|
|
|
Maria R.
|
|
|
|
|
62
|
F
|
|
M
|
Keep Hse
|
|
KY
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 20
|
|
|
Knott, Priscilla.
|
|
|
|
|
76
|
F
|
|
S
|
Retired
|
|
Penn
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 21
|
4
|
5
|
Kramer, Wilber S.
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
M
|
|
M
|
Farming
|
|
Ind.
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 22
|
|
|
Emma A.
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
F
|
|
M
|
Keep Hse
|
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Ill.
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 23
|
5
|
6
|
Rhoads, Jacob
|
|
|
26
|
SWNW
|
45
|
M
|
|
M
|
Farming
|
|
Ohio
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 24
|
|
|
Jane Ellen
|
|
|
|
|
42
|
F
|
|
M
|
Keep Hse
|
|
Ohio
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 25
|
|
|
Rosa Alpha
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
F
|
|
S
|
|
|
Ohio
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 26
|
|
|
Florance Eva
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
F
|
|
S
|
|
Muscatine
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 27
|
|
|
Charles J.
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
M
|
|
S
|
|
Muscatine
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 28
|
|
|
William C.
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
M
|
|
S
|
|
Muscatine
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 29
|
|
|
Iva Jessie
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
F
|
|
|
|
Muscatine
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 30
|
|
|
Frank
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
M
|
|
|
|
Decatur
|
|
|
N
|
N
|
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