Transcribed 7 April 2005 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

Center Township Page 14

 

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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

79

79

William Vanostrand

69

25

26

NWNW

62

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

51

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Laura

 

 

 

 

24

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Henry E.

 

 

 

 

20

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Sarah E.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Eliza A.

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Lemuel

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

80

80

William P. Conkle

 

 

20

SESW

58

M

 

M

Farming

 

Penn.

 

F

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Rachel S.

 

 

 

 

39

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

W. Virginia

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

John E. Anderson

 

 

 

 

35? Or 25?

M

 

S

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Albert A. Anderson

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

81

81

Ralph Southworth

 

 

25

SENW

78?

M

 

W

Farming

 

NY

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Amelia S.

 

 

 

 

36

F

 

S

Keeping House

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Dora B. Allen

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

82

82

Sarah Davenport

 

 

25

NESW

46

F

 

W

Keeping House

 

Penn

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Pierre W.

 

 

 

 

24

M

 

S

Farming

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Leford? C.

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Zelphia?

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Lydia A.

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

?amon?

 

 

 

 

12

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

83

83

Henry L. Walton

 

 

34

SWSW

68

M

 

W

Farming

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Henry Oney

 

 

 

 

36

M

 

M

Laborer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Henrietta

 

 

 

 

34

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Pocohontus

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Ellen

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Luis?

 

 

 

 

11

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Lizzie

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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