Transcribed 7 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 Township Page 11

 

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

2

2

Hilliker Adelbert

69

26

3

NENW

32

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Newyork

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Della

 

 

 

 

24

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Charles

 

 

 

 

4

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

6

6

Harrow Samuel

 

 

8

SENW

29

M

 

M

Farmer

Monroe

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Laura

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ind.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

98

99

Houston Amanda

 

 

22

NWSE

41

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

Verginia

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

John

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Netta

 

 

 

 

17

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

111

11?

Hamilton William B.

 

 

5

SWSE

30

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Eunice E.E.

 

 

 

 

30

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Dora M.

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Orville C.

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Harry B.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

McKee Marg A.

 

 

 

 

67

F

 

W

 

 

Verginia

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

16

8

8

Hammond Oliver

 

 

5

SWSE

38

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Eunice L.

 

 

 

 

24

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indania

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Blanch L.

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Wiley

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

S

 

Ringgold

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Harry

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

Louisa

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Arther

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

Ringgold

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

17

17

House John

 

 

1

SWSW

45

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

England

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Mary A.

 

 

 

 

53

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

 

England

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Frank E.

 

 

 

 

13

M

 

S

 

Dubuque

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

20

20

Hopkins Andrew C.

 

 

7

NWNW

47

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Indania

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

26

125

126

Harger Sedley J.

 

 

20

SENE

42

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

England

F

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Saloma A.

 

 

 

 

32

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indania

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Leroy

 

 

 

 

12

M

 

S

 

 

Missourie

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Elenory

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

 

Mo

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Clarke?

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

S

 

 

Mo

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Cloay

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

S

 

 

Mo

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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