Transcribed 20 November 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

Fayette Twp. Page 22

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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

135

 

Peter Harris

67

27

2

Walnut St.

47

M

 

M

Black Smith

 

 

Scotland

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Elmira

 

 

 

 

37

F

 

M

K House

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Nellie

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

 

 

 

Wis

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Charles

 

 

 

 

13

M

 

 

 

 

Wis

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Alma

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

 

 

 

Wis

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

George

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Minnie

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

136

 

Joseph Rodger

 

 

10

Main St.

22

M

 

M

Black Smith

 

Cal

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Annie

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

K House

 

Mich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

137

 

Samuel Shaffer

 

 

11

Chestnut St

27

M

 

M

R. R. Carpenter

 

Virginia

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Della

 

 

 

 

27

F

 

M

K House

Dellaware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Lois

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Walter

 

 

 

 

0

M

 

 

 

Decatur