Transcribed 19 December 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

Long Creek Township Page 5

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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

31

28

Gibson Temple

70

26

12

SE SW

74

M

 

M

Retired Farmer

 

North Carolina

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

|

 

 

2

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

68

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

North Carolina

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

3

 

 

Withem Catherine

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

Housekeeping

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Temple

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

32

29

Branscomb William J.

70

26

12

SE SW

39

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

|

 

 

6

 

 

Nancy E.

 

 

 

 

48

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

North Carolina

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

7

 

 

Phila E.

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Craft Leneus L.

 

 

 

 

25

M

 

S

RR Laborer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Lynch John

 

 

12

SE NE

50

M

 

S

RR Laborer

 

 

Ireland

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

|

 

10

33

30

McCann Matilda

 

 

12

SW SE

53

F

 

W

Keeping House

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Pickrel Horace J.

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

 

RR Agent

 

Illinois

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

George Bessie S.

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

34

31

Gemmill John

70

26

13

SE NW

51

M

 

M

Retired Merchant

 

Pennsylvania

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Susan

 

 

 

 

46

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

Indianna

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Robert A.

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

 

 

 

Indianna

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Ray

 

 

 

 

2

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

35

32

Wilson Lucy

70

26

11

SE SE

71

F

 

W

Keeping House

 

New York

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Harvey O.

 

 

 

 

36

M

 

S

Teacher

 

Indianna

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Albert B.

 

 

 

 

31

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Indianna

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Williamson Lucy B.

 

 

 

 

11

F

 

 

 

Wapello

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

36

33

Walker Benjamin R.

70

26

14

NE NE

55

M

 

M

Physician & Farmer

 

Indianna

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Eliza A.

 

 

 

 

59

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

North Carolina

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

37

34

Steen Wesley

70

26

13

NW NW

34

M

 

M

Farming

Polk

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Selinda R.

 

 

 

 

24

F

 

M

Keeping House

 

North Carolina

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Florence

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Gough John F.

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

 

 

 

Arkansas

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

38

35

Gould Fredrick

70

26

12

SW NE

26

M

 

M

Farming

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Lydia M.

 

 

 

 

23

F

 

M

Keeping House

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Alta

 

 

 

 

2

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Collier James H.

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

 

 

 

Indianna

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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