Transcribed 22 March 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 3

 

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

16

17

Ida Blakesley

29

25

9

NWNW

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Ella

 

 

 

 

11

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

17

18

Moses A Cosler

 

 

3

NWNW

64

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ohio

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Pheby A

 

 

 

 

56

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

5

 

 

Marshal

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

 

Davis

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Bertha

 

 

 

 

21

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Della

 

 

 

 

19

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Orpha

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

18

19

Stephen Carrithers

 

 

4

SWSE

?8

M

 

M

Farming

 

Kentucky

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

?7

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Indiana

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Charles A.

 

 

 

 

22

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Edwin A.

 

 

 

 

19

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Mary C.

 

 

 

 

17

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

19

20

Isaac Peugh

 

 

4

NWSW

66

M

 

M

Farming

 

?

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Catharine

 

 

 

 

56

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

?

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Charles E.

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

20

21

John Frazier

 

 

5

SENW

59

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ohio

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Ludema?

 

 

 

 

57

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Martha S. or G.

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

 

Ohio

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

21

22

Edward L. McClure

 

 

9

NESW

49

M

 

M

Farming

 

Virginia

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

48

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Indiana

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

22

23

Francis H. Eaton

 

 

5

SENE

59

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ohio

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Sara

 

 

 

 

56

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Lizzie

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

S

 

 

Ohio

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

James O.

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

 

 

Ohio

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Mattie B.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

 

?

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Olin F.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Des Moines

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

23

24

Mary Sears

 

 

8

NWNW

58

F

 

W

Keeping House

 

Ill.

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Iva Sears

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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