Transcribed 10 September 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

Eden Twp. 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

Manchester Hiram

68

25

1

24

M

M

Farmer

Ohio

N

N

|

|

|

2

Mancester S. A.

1

17

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

3

Manchester Henry C.

1

1

M

S

Decatur

N

N

4

2

2

Butts Elizabeth

1

66

F

S

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

|

5

Butts Margaret

1

35

F

S

Ohio

N

N

6

3

3

Anderson W. D.

1

71

M

M

Farmer

N. Carolina

N

N

|

7

Anderson Sarah

1

72

F

M

Keeping house

N. Carolina

N

N

|

8

4

4

Smith R. A.

1

46

M

M

Farmer

Illinois

N

N

|

9

Smith Rebecca J.

1

30

F

M

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

10

Smith Undine

1

19

F

S

Vanburen

N

N

11

Smith Walter C.

1

16

M

S

Vanburen

N

N

12

Smith Harry T.

1

14

M

S

Vanburen

N

N

13

Smith Mettis A.

1

12

M

S

Decatur

N

N

14

Smith Fredrick T.

1

9

M

S

Kansas

N

N

15

Smith Mary B.

1

5

F

S

Decatur

N

N

16

5

5

Gammon W. E.

2

57

M

M

Farmer

Tennesee

N

N

|

17

Gammon Caroline

2

54

F

M

Keeping house

Indiana

N

N

18

Gammon Docia

2

21

D

S

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

19

Gammon Derby? H.

2

16

M

S

Decatur

N

N

20

Gammon Bertha M.

2

13

F

S

Decatur

N

N

21

Jenkins Henry

2

83

M

M

Farmer retired

Verginia

N

N

|

Blind

22

Jenkins Rachel

2

82

F

M

Keeping house

Kentucky

N

N

23

6

6

Watsabaugh P. C.

2

36

M

M

Farmer

Pennsylvania

N

N

|

|

24

Watsabaugh Mary

2

31

F

M

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

25

Watsabaugh Eva L.

2

12

F

S

Decatur

N

N

26

Watsabaugh Sarah E.

2

10

F

S

Decatur

N

N

27

Watsabaugh Ida A.

2

8

F

S

Decatur

N

N

28

Watsabaugh Mary E.

2

6

F

S

Decatur

N

N

29

Watsabaugh Berttia B.

2

2

F

S

Decatur

N

N

30

Watsabaugh Curtis L.

2

1

M

S

Decatur

N

N

31

7

7

Shinn D. W.

2

61

M

M

Farmer

Verginia

N

N

|

32

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