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 6

 

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

34

35

Samuel V. Sears

69

25

11

SENE

48

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Evaline

 

 

 

 

41

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Tenia E.

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

S

Teacher

Jefferson

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

John W.

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

Jefferson

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Manuel M.

 

 

 

 

16

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Mary J.

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Samuel G.

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Garis

 

 

 

 

8

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Ann

 

 

 

 

6

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Angie

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

35

36

Harry F. Keller

 

 

5

NENW

39?

M

 

M

Farming

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Laura B.

 

 

 

 

33?

F

 

M

Keeping House

Clark

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

36

37

Farrand S. Gardner

 

 

6

NENW

62

M

 

M

Farming

 

New York

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Ellen M.

 

 

 

 

55

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

New York

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Frank A.

 

 

 

 

30

M

 

M

Farming

Cedar

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Isabella

 

 

 

 

30

F

 

M

Keeping House

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

George F.S.

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Carie?

 

 

 

 

1

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Miller Marples

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

Laborer

 

 

England

N

N

 

 

 

|

 

 

 

20

37

38

George W. Wadsworth

 

 

7

NWSW

39

M

 

S

Farming

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Margret

 

 

 

 

82

F

 

W

 

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Catharine Martin

 

 

 

 

57

F

 

W

Keeping House

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Esther A. Martin

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Everett D. Martin

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

Laborer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

38

39

James Farner?

 

 

17

SESW

67

M

 

M

Farming

 

Virginia

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

|

 

 

26

 

 

Phoeba E.

 

 

 

 

48

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

David H.

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Julia A.

 

 

 

 

19

F

 

S

 

 

Mo.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Albert R.

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Lecty? J.

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Luella

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

Dora B.

 

 

 

 

10

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

Lyda M.

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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