Transcribed 26 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 45

 

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

 

 

James H.

69

25

28

N.E.S.W.

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Mary E.

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Charles M.

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Frederick W.

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Ida V.

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

300

304

Knapp Abel A.

69

25

28

S.E.S.W.

52

M

 

M

Meat Market

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Mary L.

 

 

 

 

51

F

 

M

Keeping H

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Dwight S.

 

 

 

 

19

M

 

S

Butcher

 

Ill.

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Clayton A.

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Knapp Charles E.

 

 

 

 

21

M

 

M

Butcher

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Hettie

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

M

Keeping H

Clarke

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Grace M

 

 

 

 

2

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

301

305

Hilliker Stephen

69

25

28

S.E.S.W.

55

M

 

M

Carpenter

 

N.Y.

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Paulina

 

 

 

 

53

F

 

M

Keeping H

 

N.Y.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

302

306

Clark William R.

 

 

 

 

25

M

 

M

Laborer

 

Mo.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Martha E.

 

 

 

 

26

F

 

M

Keeping H

Appanoose

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Claude

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

303

307

Young George T.

69

25

29

S.E.S.E.

53

M

 

M

Dry Goods Mer.

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Harriet A.

 

 

 

 

44

F

 

M

Keeping H

 

Penn.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Helen H.

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Lulu S.

 

 

 

 

18

F

 

S

 

Ringold

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

George W.

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

Ringold

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Harriet E.

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

S

 

Ringold

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

304

308

Peters Peter P.

69

25

29

S.E.S.E.

32

M

 

M

Books & Jewelry

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Julie R.

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

M

Keeping H

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Wharton Arthur

 

 

 

 

15

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

305

309

Warner Mary J.

 

 

 

 

40

F

 

W

Keeping H

 

Tenn.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Clyde V.

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Lovie?

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Wade

 

 

 

 

12

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 ?  S.

 

 

 

 

8

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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