New today on the Decatur County, Iowa IAGenweb Website are pages 1-12 of Eden Twp. of the 1885 Iowa State Census of Decatur County, Iowa. You can find these pages here: _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/CensusDocs/1885StateCensus.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/CensusDocs/1885StateCensus.html) Stacey Dietiker momdit@aol.com Decatur Co IA List Administrator Decatur Co IA Website Coordinator Surnames included in these pages of Eden Twp. 1885 are: Manchester Butts Anderson Smith Gammon Jenkins Watsabaugh Shinn Wallis Wallace Gassett Meek Artt Dillon Webster Ketcham Lee Mitchell Hazlett Betherds Dorsey Brooke Boyer Poole Vandle Dye Burke Bassett Campbell Hollinger Cornett Still Ray Travis England Cozad McDaniel Shirley Vanderpool Woolsey Hullinger Cox Cesler Tullas Frazer Stanford Bright Waddell Powers Clover McMorris Kelley Atha Reed Williamson Stephens Truitt Epurly Gardner

Stacey, Thank you for your diligence. I found my husband's great grandfather and great grandmother, Volney & Mary Dorsey, on the Eden Township list just as I knew I would along with their two sons, the younger of which became my husband's grandfather. The Website is amazing. Jane Dorsey