Transcribed 26 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 20

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

21

21

Shinn Martin

69

26

5

NWNE

60

M

W

Farmer

Ireland

F

F

|

2

James

62

M

S

Farmer

Ireland

F

F

|

3

27

27

Stanley Thomas M.

7

SWSW

26

M

M

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

|

|

4

Amanda

18

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

5

66

66

Shy, Sarah E.

SENW

51

F

W

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

6

William N.

13

32

M

M

Farmer

Delaware

N

N

|

|

7

Josaphine

23

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

8

Frank P.

10

M

S

Decatur

N

N

9

Samuel L.

3

M

S

Decatur

N

N

10

Jessie

1

F

S

Decatur

N

N

11

72

72

Stanley John R.

25

SWSE

23

M

M

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

|

|

12

Julia

19

F

M

Keeping house

Tama

N

N

13

73

73

Stanley John W.

23

NWNE

47

M

M

Farmer

Ind

N

N

|

14

Elizabeth J.

44

F

M

Keeping house

Ill

N

N

15

Mattie

19

F

S

School teacher

Decatur

N

N

16

Jannete

17

F

S

Decatur

N

N

17

Mary M.

35

F

S

Marion

N

N

|

Idiot

18

83

83

Stanley Daniel

23

SWNW

52

M

M

Farmer

Ind

N

N

|

19

Rilda

43

F

M

Keeping house

Ind

N

N

|

20

Edward

14

M

S

Decatur

N

N

21

Frank

11

M

S

Decatur

N

N

22

Polla or Dolla

7

F

S

Decatur

N

N

23

Mary

5

F

S

Decatur

N

N

24

Sarah

3

F

S

Decatur

N

N

25

89

89

Smith Thomas W.

36

NWNE

24

M

M

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

|

|

26

Cora

24

F

M

Keeping house

Ind

N

N

27

Bessy L.

2

F

S

Decatur

N

N

28

Nanny

18

F

S

Decatur

N

N

29

113

113

Snavely John W.

10

NWSW

24

M

M

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

|

|

30

Sarah A.

19

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

31

Perry B.

0

M

S

Decatur

N

N

32

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