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 Township Page 24

 

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

9

9

Wills Uriah W.

69

26

4

NWNE

30

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Mo

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Naoma

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Myrtle

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

William L.

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

10

10

Weldon John

 

 

5

NENE

34

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

36

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Michigan

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Harry D.

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Lonie? M.

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

John W.

 

 

 

 

2

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

11

11

Weldon Julia

 

 

5

NENE

58?

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

W Verginia

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Andrew F.

 

 

 

 

32

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Henrietta

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indania

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Rina ?

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

35

35

Williams John

 

 

19

NWSE

48

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Harriet L.

 

 

 

 

37

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indania

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Clarence A.

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

George S.

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

William A.

 

 

 

 

13

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Fred L.

 

 

 

 

8

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

40

40

Waller, William N. or V.

 

 

35

NWSW

35

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ill

 

F

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Elizabeth J.

 

 

 

 

32

F

 

S

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Thomas J.

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Anna M.

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

52

52

Ward, Thomas

 

 

28

NWNW

55?

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

England

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Lucinda

 

 

 

 

52

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Frank R.

 

 

 

 

16

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Emma

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Alfred B.

 

 

 

 

13

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

53

53

Welch James

 

 

28

SENW

68

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

Ireland

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

73

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Rouser, Alfred

 

 

 

 

48

M

 

S

 

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

 

|

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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