Transcribed 15 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 12

 

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

69

70

Henderson John

69

26

25

NENE

37

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

|

 

 

2

 

 

Elmira

 

 

 

 

37

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Frank

 

 

 

 

15 or 13

M

 

S

 

 

Mo

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

4

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

10

F

 

S

 

 

Mo

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

5

 

 

Caty

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

92

93

Holmes Milton

 

 

35

NENW

70

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Martha

 

 

 

 

56

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

 

France

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Eliga

 

 

 

 

22

M

 

S

 

 

Indania

 

N

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

George

 

 

 

 

25

M

 

S

 

 

Indania

 

N

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

10

97

97

Hall Elizabeth

 

 

11

NWSW

51

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

Unknown

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

20

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Laura

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

67

68

Johnson Henry L.

 

 

13

NESE

32

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Wisconsin

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Cora B.

 

 

 

 

27

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Michigan

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

23

23

Johnson James L.

 

 

8

NWNW

48

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Georgia

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Matilda

 

 

 

 

35

F

 

M

Keeping house

Mashaska

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Joseph W.

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

 

Mo.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Edda

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Warren

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

19

 

 

James

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

Warren

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

36

36

James Harriet C.?

 

 

19

NWSW

34

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

Verginia

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

John W.

 

 

 

 

16

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Richard

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Earnest

 

 

 

 

12

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Limington

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Jimmy

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

42

43

Jennings James

 

 

20

NENE

32

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Jennings Margaret

 

 

 

 

32

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Cora

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Stella

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Frank

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Lula

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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