Transcribed 12 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 4

 

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

 

 

Hazlett Minnie

68

25

12

 

1

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

22

22

Betherds Ezra

 

 

12

 

29

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Bethards Josephine

 

 

12

 

25

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

23

23

Gammon Eugene

 

 

12

 

26

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Gammon Francis

 

 

12

 

20

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

24

24

Dorsey Mary

 

 

12

 

38

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Dorsey Voloney

 

 

12

 

41

F

 

M

 

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insane Hospital

8

 

 

Dorsey John

 

 

12

 

18

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Indiana

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Dorsey Grant

 

 

12

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

25

25

Brooke David

 

 

13

 

29?

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Brooke Sarah S.

 

 

13

 

25?

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

26

26

Boyer G. C.

 

 

15

 

64

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

13

27

27

Poole P. F.

 

 

15

 

45

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Poole Margarett

 

 

15

 

38

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Illinois

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Poole Orpha

 

 

15

 

18

F

 

S

School Teacher

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Poole Alma

 

 

15

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Poole Louella

 

 

15

 

12

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Poole Gracie

 

 

15

 

2

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

28

28

Vandle Charles W.

 

 

15

 

44

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Illinois

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Vandle Sarah

 

 

15

 

44

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Illinois

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Vandle Sada

 

 

15

 

15

F

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Vandle Almeda

 

 

15

 

13

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Vandle Clarinda

 

 

15

 

9

F

 

S

 

Warren

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Vandle Lodema

 

 

15

 

11

F

 

S

 

 

Illinois

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Vandle Susan

 

 

15

 

7

F

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Vandle Bertha

 

 

15

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

29

29

Dye R. E.

 

 

11

 

58

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Dye Elizabeth

 

 

11

 

49

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Verginia

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Dye Edwin E.

 

 

11

 

21

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Dye Clyde W.

 

 

11

 

8

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Dye R. E. Jr.

 

 

11

 

6

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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