1880 Social Statistics Schedule

Below you will find a transcript of the 1880 Social Statistics Schedule for Adams County.

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Deaf-Mutes
Number of Page	Number of Line	Name	City or Town	County	Is he or she self-supporting	Age which deafness occured	supposed cause of deafness, If known.	Is this person semi-Mute?	Is he (or she) semi-deaf?	Has this person ever been an inmate of an institution for deaf-mutes? If yes, give the name of such institution.	What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) in any such institution?	Date of his (or her) discharge. (year only)	Is this person also insane?	Is he (or she) also idiotic?	Is he (or she) also blind?
26	48	Nelson Josephine	Douglas Township	Adams	no	2	Lung Fever		/	no
7	6	Thompson John James	Corning	Adams	yes	1	Brain Fever			Jacksonville Ill & Indianapolis	7	1879
2	9	Kepner, Gideon	Carl Township	Adams	yes	B				Indianapolis	6yr
2	10	Kepner, Mary Ann	Carl Township	Adams	yes	B				Indianapolis	6yr
2	15	Palmer, Joseph	Carl Township	Adams	yes	B		yes	yes	none
2	15	Palmer, Sarah R	Carl Township	Adams	yes	14	White Swelling	yes	yes	none
2	20	Palmer, Lena	Carl Township	Adams	yes	B		yes	no	none				/
9	31	Wilson, Henry	Carl Township	Adams	yes	B				Indianapolis	4yr
26	31	Joshua Sutton	Brooks	Adams	partly	B			/	Institution of Council Bluffs	5	1878
26	32	Francis Sutton	Brooks	Adams	partly	B			/	Institution of Council Bluffs	5	1878
35	34	John Hayes	Brooks	Adams	partly	B				Institution of Council Bluffs	7	1880
35	37	? Hayes	Brooks	Adams	no	B		/	/	Institution of Council Bluffs	1

Blind
Number of Page	Number of Line	Name	City or Town	County	Is he or she self-supporting	Age which blindness occured	Form of blindness	Supposed cause of blindness	Is the person totally blind?	Is the person semi-blind	Has this person ever been an inmate of an institution for deaf-mutes? If yes, give the name of such institution.	What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) in any such institution?	Date of he (or her) discharge. (year only)	Is this person also insane?	Is he (or she) also idiotic?	Is he (or she) also deaf-mute?
19	16	Samuel Drake	Douglas Township	Adams
34	7	James H Burch	Douglas Township	Adams
26	37	?, Walker	Brooks	Adams	?	64			/
7	12	Clafy, Rachel	Nevinville	Adams	partly	50		sore eyes	/
14	3	Cushi, Barbara	Colony	Adams
4	4	? Eunice	Washington	Adams	partly		total	scrofule	/		She has not
8	22	Skidmore Jane	Washington	Adams	no		total	neurolgia	/		She has not

Idiots
Number of Page	Number of Line	Name	City or Town	County	Is he or she self-supporting	Age which idiocy occured	Supposed cause of idiocy (if required)	Size of head. (Large, small, or natural.)	"Has this person ever been an inmate of a training school for idiots? If yes name the said training school.
"	What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) during life in any such training school or training schools.	Date of he (or her) discharge. (year only)	Is this person also insane?	Is he (or she) also blind?	Is he (or she) also deaf?	Is he (or she) also an epileptic?	Is he (or she) paralyzed? and if yes, on which side?
3	4	Widner Alice	Corning	Adams	No	6	unknown	natural	no			no	no	no	yes	lower R & L
37	31	Thompson Jane	Quincy Township	Adams	No	B		natural	no			no	no	no	yes
12	37	Erskine Claussa	Corning	Adams	NO	4	Brain Fever	natural	no			no	no	no	no
33	31?	Wilmarth Stephen	Quincy ?	Adams	Yes	B	unknown	natural				no	no	no	no	no
13	18	Mahony Nellie	Corning	Adams	NO	1	fright ??	larger				no	no	no	no	R
1	22	Rose W ?	Carl Township	Adams	Partly	B		small	No
2	8	Perry Aminda	Carl Township	Adams
2	20	Palmer, Lenor	Carl Township	Adams
23	26	Clara Hart	Nodaway Township	Adams	?	B		Natural
23	22	Parkinson Pearl	Union	Adams
5	36	Wood Bennie	Washington	Adams	No	16	A Fall on ice	natural	no			/			/
20	15	Schooling Harlan	Washington	Adams	NO	B	Idiotic from birth	small	no
8	2	Peterson George	Washington	Adams
In the case of "Wood" I could get very little information. He does not know enought to eat when hungary. Requires continual watching.
"Schooling" is very pleasant ? ? but knows nothing of any value. I think he shuld be put at school. His mother is the insane person reported alone. She has had 4 or 5 children since her insanity. She and her husband are 1st cousins. -Ella, a, g, Karsod ??S

Insane
Number of Page	Number of Line	Name	City or Town	County	If now an inmate of an institution, is this person a pay patient?	Form of Disease	Duration of present attack. (not including previous attacks.)	Total number of attacks.(including the present one.)	"Age at which first attack occurred.
"	Does this person require to be usually or often kept in a call or other apartment under lock and key, either by day or at night?	Does this person require to be usually or often restrained by any mechanical appliance, such as a strap, strait-jacket, &c.? and if yes, state the character of the appliance used.	Has this person ever been an inmate of any hospital or asylum for the insane? If yes, name the said hospital or asylum.	What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) during life in such asylums?	Date of discharge (year only).	Is this person also an epileptic?	Is this person suicidal?	Is this person homicidal?
45	?	Stoner Lillie E	Quincy Township	Adams	no	Mania	1yr	1		no	no	Hospital for Ins. Mt. Pleasant	8 mos		no	no	no
34	47	Krebs Mary	Quincy Township	Adams	no	Melancholia	intermittent		30	no	no	Hospital for Ins. Mt. Pleasant	1 week	1878	no	no	no
7	8	Thompson Ann	Corning	Adams	no	- - -				no	no	- -		-	-	-
20	13	Schooling Caroline	Washington	Adams		Melancholia - she recives no company will not speak to a stranger runs off has to be watched constantly.	12 yrs								\	\	\

Pauper and Indigent
Number of Page	Number of Line	Name	City or Town	County	How supported?	Is this person able-bodied?	Is he (or she) habitually intemperate?	Is he (or she) epileptic?	Has he (or she) ever been convicted of crime?	If disabled, state form of disability (cripped, consumption, dropsy, old age, lying-in, etc.).	Was this person born in this institution?	Date of admission. (Give day or month and the year. The latter in two figures, thus: Jan. 15 '79)	What other members of the family of this person are in this establishment?	Date of discharge (year only).	note
3	23	Hann William	Prescott Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no	Consumption
25	43	H?? David	Grant Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no	Old Age		May 3 '80
34	14	Rowley Sarah	Grant Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no			May 1 '79	2 sons, 2 daughters
34	15	Rowley Hrauk	Grant Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no			May 1 '79
34	16	Rowley Ellen	Grant Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no			May 1 '79
34	17	Rowley Elizabeth	Grant Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no			May 1 '79
34	18	Rowley James	Grant Township	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no			May 1 '79
29	29	Swehrasm Elizabeth	?	Adams	At cost of county	no	no	no	no	Rhumatisim	x

Source: "Iowa Non-Population Census Schedules, 1850-1880," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9HF-RDP?cc=2274801&wc=MNYC-79Y%3A1041076301%2C1041076001 : 21 May 2014), 1880 Social Statistics Schedule > Adams > image 10 of 11; citing NARA microfilm publication T1156 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).