Transcribed 9 March 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 Town Page 13

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

 

 

Ruffcorn Oren

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

S

Merchant

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Ruffcorn Wm. A.

 

 

 

 

19

M

 

S

Clerk

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

93

93

Gates Rufus

 

 

 

Church St

38

M

 

W

Laborer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Gates Hester

 

 

 

 

80

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

New York

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Gates Hester C.

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Gates Ella

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Riseborough Walter

 

 

 

 

27

M

 

S

Laborer

 

Penn

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

8

94

94

Battle Collins

 

 

 

Railroad Add

53

M

|

W

Farming

 

Virginia

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Battle Nancy

 

 

 

 

14

F

|

S

Keeping house

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Battle John

 

 

 

 

13

M

|

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Battle Jerry

 

 

 

 

10

M

|

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Battle Ella

 

 

 

 

8

F

|

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Vail Joseph

 

 

 

Main St

21

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Md

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

95

95

Whitmarsh Horace

 

 

 

R R Add

33

M

 

M

Laborer

 

New York

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Whitmarsh Rachel

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

Keeping house

Louisa

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Whitmarsh Gass? M.

 

 

 

 

2

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Whitmarsh Sam’l J.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

96

96

Alexander Eugene C.

 

 

 

Main St

34

M

 

M

Horse Dealer

 

Ind

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Alexander Ester A.

 

 

 

 

31

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ind

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Alexander Rolla A.

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

 

Neb

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Alexander Edward C.

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

 

Neb

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Alexander James R.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

97

97

McKee Charles

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

M

Laborer

 

Ill

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

McKee Sarah

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

98

98

Sutherlan M. W.

 

 

 

Main St.

34

M

 

M

Carpenter

 

Ind

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Sutherlan Fanny

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Minn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Sutherlan Nelson

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

 

Minn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Sutherlan Walter

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

 

Minn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Brown George

 

 

 

Main St

24

M

 

S

Teacher

 

Ill

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

30

99

99

Shaw Frank E.

 

 

 

Penn

34

M

 

M

Merchant

 

Ohio

 

F

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Shaw Mary E.

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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