Transcribed 24 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.

1885 Iowa State Census

Burrell Twp. Page 12                                                                           

 

 

L#

D#

F#

NAME

Twp

Rng

Sec

Descrip

Age

Bday

1884

Sex

C

Marital

Occupation

Place of

Birth

County If

Iowa

Place of

Birth

Other

State

Place of

Birth

Other

Country

Father

Foreign

Or Native

Mother

Foreign

Or Native

Subject

To

Military

Duty

Entitled

To Vote

Alien

Taken

First

Papers

Alien

Not

Taken

First

Papers

Cannot

Read/

Write

Over

10

Can

Read

Not

Write

Over 10

Deaf

Dumb

Blind

Insane

Idiotic

1

61

66

Dobson, Joseph

68

26

2

NENW

47

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Dobson, Elisabeth

 

 

 

 

33

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Joseph

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Jessie

 

 

 

 

6

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Nora

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Lewis

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

62

67

Mires, Joseph

 

 

2

NWNW

70

M

 

M

Wagon Maker

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

|

 

 

8

 

 

Mires, Delila

 

 

 

 

59

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

Va

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

62

68

Mires, David

 

 

2

NWNW

25

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Mires, Mary A.

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

M

Keep Hse

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Mary A.

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

63

69

Benton, Richard

 

 

10

NENE

43

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Penn

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

|

 

 

13

 

 

Benton, Minerva

 

 

 

 

37

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

Mo.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

William H.

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Ira C.

 

 

 

 

16

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Garrett O.

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

John C.

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Anna M.

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Mary E.

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

64

70

Dingman, Joseph

 

 

11

SWNE

63

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

Canada

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Dingman, Jane

 

 

 

 

57

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

 

Canada

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Alonzo

 

 

 

 

26

M

 

W

Laborer

 

Ill.

 

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

John

 

 

 

 

4

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

65

71

Thompson, Henry

 

 

10

SESW

43

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Thompson, Nancy

 

 

 

 

40

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Ida M.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

Housekeeper

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Sarah E.

 

 

 

 

27

F

 

S

 

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Neta A.

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

 

 

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Nora

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

 

 

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Fredric M.

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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