Transcribed 31 August 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

Decatur City Page 1

 

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

Schenck Jane

69

26

27

Decatur (streets not named)

79

F

 

W

 

 

Ohio

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

2

 

 

Rebecca

 

 

 

 

49

F

 

S

Keeping house

 

Ind

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Samuel

 

 

 

Decatur City

44

M

 

W

Carpenter

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

4

2

2

Gardner, J. D.

 

 

 

 

33

M

 

M

Carpenter

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Francis A.

 

 

 

 

34

F

 

M

Housekeeper

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Nina V.

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Clarance

 

 

 

 

4

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

2

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

3

3

Zornes William

 

 

 

 

47

M

 

M

Blacksmith

 

Indiana

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Mary Ann

 

 

 

 

46

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Charley

 

 

 

 

23

M

 

S

Laborer

 

Kansas

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Pleasant

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

James

 

 

 

 

15

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Lillian

 

 

 

 

11

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Estella

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

4

4

Holmes Frank

 

 

 

 

29

M

 

M

Tinner

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Holmes Sarah L.

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

5

5

Lake John

 

 

 

 

38

M

 

M

Merchant

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Jane

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ind.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Della

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Lula

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

 

 

 

Mo

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

John J.

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Thomas

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

James

 

 

 

 

4

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Bertha

 

 

 

 

2

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

6

6

Hornor William

 

 

 

 

30

M

 

M

 

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Eliza

 

 

 

 

29

F

 

M

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Halla

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Akers Harry

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

7

7

Carpenter Hopkins

 

 

 

 

44

M

 

W

Farmer

 

Lousiana

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Harry

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

 

Kan.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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