Transcribed 23 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 5

 

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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

30

31

William B. McDonough

69

25

10

SWSE

58

M

 

M

Farming

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

63

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Alice

 

 

 

 

25

F

 

S

Teacher

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Isaac N.

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

|

 

 

5

 

 

William

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Lizzie E.

 

 

 

 

11?

F

 

S

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Bries

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

31

32

George S. Whiteaker

 

 

15

NENW

58

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ten.

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Nancy E.

 

 

 

 

?6

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Annie E.

 

 

 

 

25

F

 

S

Teaching

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Charles C.

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

S

 

 

Mo.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Frank U.

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Estella

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

32

33

William H. Frost

 

 

15

NWSE

45

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Milinda J.

 

 

 

 

46

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Martha J.

 

 

 

 

21

F

 

S

Teaching

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Ora E.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

John M.

 

 

 

 

13

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

William M.

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Mary A.

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Angie M.

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

33

34

John J. Sears

 

 

12

NWSW

51

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ill.

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Mary J.

 

 

 

 

43

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Ida

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

S

Teaching

Jefferson

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Susan C.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

Teaching

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Alvin L.

 

 

 

 

15

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Benjamin T.

 

 

 

 

8

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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