Transcribed 5 January 2006 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

Franklin Twp. Page 11

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

Chase Clara V.

70

25

Wldon lot 1 blk 8

20

F

M

Keeping House

Madison

N

N

2

Nora Fell

4

F

S

Madison

N

N

3

69

70

Baker Wm

Lot 3 blk 24

32

M

M

Merchant

Appanoose

N

N

|

|

4

Della

27

F

M

Clerk

Appanoose

N

N

5

Claude

3

M

S

Decatur

N

N

6

Davis Alice

20

F

S

Clerk

Michigan

N

N

7

70

71

Coffee J.

Lot 1 blk 20

33

M

M

Merchant

Ireland

F

F

|

|

8

Elizabeth

27

F

M

Keeping house

Clarke

F

N

9

Jel?

5

F

S

Clarke

F

N

10

71

72

Norton J. W.

Lot 1 Blk 18

29

M

M

Merchant

Mo

N

N

|

|

11

F. N.

26

F

M

Keeping house

C

Ill

N

N

12

72

73

Gardner O. N.

Lot 4 blk 18

33

M

M

Merchant

Ohio

N

N

|

|

13

N. E.

28

F

M

Keeping house

Clarke

N

N

14

G. C.

9

M

S

Clarke

N

N

15

E. L.

7

F

S

Clarke

N

N

16

W. M.

5

M

S

Clarke

N

N

17

L. D.

2

F

S

Decatur

N

N

18

C. M.

0

M

S

Decatur

N

N

19

73

74

Foster Wm

Lot 1 blk 1

35

M

M

Laborer

Ind

N

N

|

|

20

Hattie

35

F

M

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

21

Willis

8

M

S

Decatur

N

N

22

M. A.

5

F

S

Decatur

N

N

23

Charles

3

M

S

Clarke

N

N

24

Spencer O.

78

M

W

Conn

|

25

74

75

Galvin John

Lot 3 blk 34

50

M

M

Laborer

Ireland

F

F

|

26

Mary

61

F

M

Keeping house

Ireland

F

F

|

27

75

76

Davis John E.

Lot 3 blk 18

29

M

M

Laborer

Clarke

N

N

|

|

28

Hattie

27

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

29

W. T.

5

M

S

Page

N

N

30

C. S.

3

F

S

Decatur

N

N

31

R. A.

2

M

S

Decatur

N

N

32

N. G.

0

F

S

Decatur

N

N

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