Transcribed 28 July 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

Davis City P. 1

Burrell Twp.         

 

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

1

1

Adkins, Josephus

 

 

 

Davis City

33

M

 

M

Laborer

 

Ill.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Adkins, Viola B.

 

 

 

29

F

 

M

Housekeeper

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Adkins, Earnest

 

 

 

10

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Adkins, Alice

 

 

 

8

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

2

2

Aubry, Enoch

 

 

 

35

M

 

M

Schoolteache

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Aubry, Carrie

 

 

 

24

F

 

M

Housekeeper

 

Missouri

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Aubry, Martha C.

 

 

 

0

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

3

3

Abbott, W. M.

 

 

 

Block 4 Davis City

51

M

 

M

Carpenter

 

Newhampshire

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Abbott, Alma

 

 

 

48

F

 

M

Housekeeper

 

Vermont

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

4

4

Arnold, Mary

 

 

 

Davis City

59

F

 

W

Housekeeper

Wappelo

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Arnold Frank J.

 

 

 

18

M

 

 

Laborer

Polk

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Arnold, Cora

 

 

 

15

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

5

5

Adams, John

 

 

 

51

M

 

M

Laborer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

|

 

 

14

 

 

Adams, Elmira

 

 

 

41

F

 

M

Housekeeper

 

Pensylvania

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

15

 

 

Adams, Wilbur

 

 

 

11

M

 

 

 

 

Illinois

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Adams, Eddy

 

 

 

8

M

 

 

 

 

Illinois

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Adams, Mabel

 

 

 

5

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Adams, Samuel

 

 

 

0

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

6

6

Anson, A. H.

 

 

 

41

M

 

M

Bridge Carpenter

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Anson, Lydia

 

 

 

38

F

 

M

Housekeeper

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Anson, Allie

 

 

 

17

F

 

 

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Anson, Mary

 

 

 

12

F

 

 

 

Jones

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

7

7

Arnold, John

 

 

 

38

M

 

M

Bank Cashier

 

NY

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Arnold, Ruth

 

 

 

30

F

 

M

Housekeeper

 

Ind.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Arnold, Mary

 

 

 

10

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Arnold, Henry

 

 

 

8

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Arnold, Rubie

 

 

 

1

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

8

8

Atha, A. J.

 

 

 

29

M

 

M

Bridge Carpenter

 

Va

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Atha, Sarah

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

Housekeeper

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Atha, F. M.

 

 

 

8

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Atha, J. W.

 

 

 

22

M

 

S

Artist

 

Ill.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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