Transcribed 29 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 21

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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

 

 

Davis Jefferson

68

25

31

 

43

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Tennasee

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

|

 

 

2

 

 

Ellis J. H.

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

S

Schoo Teacher

 

Illinois

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

3

134

135

Deck Jacob

 

 

20

 

52

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Pennsylvania

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Deck Nancy

 

 

 

 

50

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

5

 

 

Deck Ames

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Missouri

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Deck Nathan

 

 

 

 

12

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

135

136

Deck Alfred

 

 

 

 

32

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Indiana

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Deck Rhoda

 

 

 

 

29

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Deck Fred

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Deck John

 

 

 

 

8

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

11

 

 

Deck Harle

 

 

 

 

2

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

136

137

Mitchell Mark W. D.

 

 

21

 

24

M

 

M

Farmer

Louisa

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Mitchell Marietta

 

 

 

 

23

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N