Transcribed 4 July 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 31

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Leon Original Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

Fred

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

205

208

Hildreth Isaac F.

 

 

 

 

63

M

 

M

Drug Store

 

Maine

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Laura D.

 

 

 

 

61

F

 

M

Keeping H

 

N.Y.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Robberts John D.

 

 

 

 

31

M

 

M

Druggist

Powshiek

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Sadie M.

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

 

Monroe

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Laura

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

206

209

Bobbitt William H

 

 

 

 

31

M

 

M

Blacksmith

Washington

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Sarah A.

 

 

 

 

30

F

 

M

Keeping H

Jones

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Garland

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Hattie L.

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

207

210

Caldwell Alexander

 

 

 

 

63

M

 

M

Notion Store

 

Virginia

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Maxey B.

 

 

 

 

60

F

 

M

Keeping H

 

Ken.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

208

211

McConn Richard

 

15

 

 

32

M

 

M

Lumber

Lee

 

 

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Emily

 

 

 

 

32

F

 

M

Keeping H

Des Moines

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

209

212

Sales Louis C.

 

 

 

 

34

M

 

M

Hotel Keeper

Washington

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Dora

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Frank B.

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Mary E.

 

 

 

 

8

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Lorenzo H.

 

 

 

 

65

M

 

M

 

 

N.Y.

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Mary A.

 

 

 

 

57

F

 

M

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Platter William

 

 

 

 

48

M

 

D

Porter Hotel

 

Ind.

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Sales Frank K.

 

 

 

 

31

M

 

S

Brick Layer

Washington

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Pagan Samuel P.

 

 

 

 

55

M

 

S

Retired Shoemaker

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

24

210

213

Harrow William J.

 

 

 

 

28

M

 

M

Restaurant & Bakery

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Maggie

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

 

Benton

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Staley Charles

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

 

 

Adair

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Brand George

 

 

 

 

26

M

 

M

Restaurant Clerk

 

N.Y.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Emma

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

 

Benton

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

211

214

Corona Chas. F.

 

 

 

 

40

M

 

M

Tailor Shop

 

 

Sweden

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Ella J.

 

 

 

 

27

F

 

M

Keeping H

 

 

Sweden

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Mary E.

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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