Transcribed 21 April 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

Leon Page 1

 

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

1

1

Lunbeck Narcassis L.

Block Shaetters? Or Shaeffers Add.

 

 

 

34

M

 

M

Painter

Henry

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Cora A.

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Mo.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Claridel

 

 

 

 

11

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Richard L.

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Florence M.

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

2

2

Mitchell Rufus J.

 

 

 

 

28

M

 

M

Carpenter

Marion

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Emma M.

 

 

 

 

30

 F

 

M

Keeping H

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Charles W.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

3

3

Kemp Andrew J.

 

 

 

 

45

M

 

M?

Carpenter

 

Penn

 

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Sarah

 

 

 

 

38

F

 

M

Keeping H.

 

Ind.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Ella M.

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

John L.

 

 

 

 

7?

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

William E.

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Freddie H.

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

4

4

Sell James W.

 

 

 

 

26

M

 

M

Carpenter

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Lenore

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping H.

 

Wis.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Daisy E.

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

5

5

Boyd John B.

 

 

 

 

33

M

 

M

Laborer

Mahaska

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Rebecca J.

 

 

 

 

25

F

 

M

Keeping H.

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Rothe D.

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Daisy E.

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

6

6

McDougal John F.

 

 

 

 

40

 M

 

M

Laborer

 

Wis.

 

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Carrie P.

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping H.

 

Mo.

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Ettie M.

 

 

 

 

10

F

 

 

 

 

Kansas

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Lillie F.

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

George

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Nellie A.

 

 

 

 

1

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

7

7

Wood Mahala

 

 

 

 

60

F

 

W

Keeping H

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

David P.

 

 

 

 

33

M

 

S

Laborer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Smith Nancy

 

 

 

 

65

F

 

W

Laborer

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

8

8

Johnson Walter

 

 

 

 

52

M

 

MLaborer

 

 

 

Eng

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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