Transcribed 4 February 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

Garden Grove Twp. Page 1

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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

1

1

John B. Calhoun

70

24

10

NE ¼ SE ¼

27

M

M

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

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2

Mary E. Calhoun

22

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

3

James L. Calhoun

1

M

Decatur

N

N

4

2

2

Coleman Artley

12

NE ¼ NW ¼

49

M

S

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

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5

3

3

M. C. Ross

15

SE ¼ NE ¼

34

M

M

Farmer

Illinois

N

N

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6

M. M. Ross

44

F

M

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

7

Ida A. Rucker

22

F

S

House keeping

Linn

N

N

8

Wm. A. Ross Jr.

1

M

S

Decatur

N

N

9

4

4

Newton Baumgarner

11

NE ¼ Ne ¼

26

M

M

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

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10

Laura Baumgarner

26

F

M

Keeping house

Decatur

N

N

11

Nellie Baumgarner

1

F

Decatur

N

N

12

5

5

Eden P. Lewis

2

NE ¼ SE ¼

20

M

S

Farmer

Ohio

N

N

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13

John Sayers

23

M

S

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

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