Transcribed 30 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 23

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

146

147

Maxwell Arum

68

25

30

 

24

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Maxwell Polly A.

 

 

 

 

23

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

3

 

 

Maxwell Alfred

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Maxwell Hattie B.

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

147

148

Cox A. W.

 

 

29

 

63

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Tennasee

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Cox Mary A.

 

 

 

 

54

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Tennasee

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

7

 

 

Cox George W.

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Cox Absolum F.

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Cox Sarah M.

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Cox Mary A.

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

148

149

Walters Robert H.

 

 

29

 

23

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Walters Lydia A.

 

 

 

 

27

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Wisconsin

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Walters Robert E.

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Walters Bessie M.

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Walters Moddie E.

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

149

150

Wells W. A.

 

 

19

 

20

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Wells Mary M.

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Wells Minnie M.

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

19

 

 

Wells Ollie

 

 

 

 

2

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Notson Eliza

 

 

 

 

66

F

 

W

 

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

21

150

151

Baker John W.

 

 

19

 

59

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Baker Mary M.

 

 

 

 

54

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

23

 

 

Baker Thomas

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Baker Stephen E.

 

 

 

 

15

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Baker Joseph W.

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Mcnelly? Walter

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

27

 

 

Gravatt Nancy

 

 

 

 

76

F

 

W

 

 

Tennasee

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

28

 

 

Baker Julia A.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

M

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

151

152

Linstrum C. A.

 

 

19

 

29

M

 

M

Workman at Bridge

 

 

Sweden

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Linstrum Malina

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

Keeping house

Wappelo

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Linstrum May

 

 

 

 

2

F

 

S

 

Marion

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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