Pages 1-10 of Franklin Township, Decatur County, Iowa are now on the 1885 Iowa State Census Page on the Decatur County IAGenWeb Website. _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/CensusDocs/1885StateCensus.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/CensusDocs/1885StateCensus.html) Surnames include: Machlan Walker Thompson Wills Hines Blair Elhson Corbett Devore Roberts Howell Ironside Davison John Lantz Harvey John Stearns Samson Gallop Bullard Roby Easter Smith Bates Landes Pierce Mullins Campbell Walker Stan? Maxey Twitchell Larrackman Hollingshead Mathers Hall Chapman Davis Manchester Wyatt Norton Bribble Fisher Worden Standish Wright Boyce Eals Hoagland Boyd Trisler Kline Leadford Overholtzer Eaton Breneman Myers Everett Foxworthy Terry Landis Maxwell Critchfield Jenison Chase