Linn County, Oregon 1885 census

I have had a chance to look at the original books of the 1885 Linn County census. There are four slim books with the heads of family names, general number of males and females under and over 18 with details on wool, stock, produce, fruit, fish, minerals and lumber owned by each family.

I'm including images of all the pages with surnames starting with "S" as well as a full set of one of the "L" pages. I hope this will help other researchers evaluate if the census can help them in family history research.

I had read about the census, but didn't know exactly what it included. It may be of help to researchers who have a family member listed in the 1880 census but not in the 1900 census (almost all the 1890 census forms were destroyed by a fire). For me, it gave some evidence that my great-great grandmother probably died between 1880 and 1885.

One of the L pages (click on the image for a bigger size copy):





The "S" pages (the full page was bigger than the 14x17 copy machine could make, so I have included a list of names on the pages not included in these images along with the number of males and females listed under each age category):

















Saltmarsh, A. - 4 males 21 & up; 2 females 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18; 1 female under 10
Saltmarsh, J. C. - 2 males 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female under 10
Sawyer - 1 male 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female under 10
Sawyer - 1 male 21 & up
Schmidt, Wm. - 3 males 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up
Scott, Matt - 1 male 21 & up; 3 males over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up; 2 females under 10
Settle, J. M. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up; 2 females over 10 and under 18; 2 females under 10
Shea, J. - 1 male 21 & up; 3 males under 10; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18; 1 female under 10
Shelton, James - 1 male 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up
Shepherd, N. H. - nothing listed
Shidler, J. H. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female under 10
Shields, W. H. H. - 1 male 21 & up
Shilling, Jacob - 1 male 21 & up; 2 males over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up
Simpson, Geo. T. - 1 male 21 & up; 2 males over 10 & under 21; 1 female 18 and up; 2 females over 10 and under 18; 1 female under 10
Skelton - 1 male 21 & up; 2 male over 10 & under 21; 2 females 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18
Skinner, Wm - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up
Smith, A. M. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up
Smith, F. M. - 2 male 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 female 18 and up
Smith, J. K. - 1 male 21 & up; 2 males over 10 & under 21; 1 female 18 and up
Smith, Mrs. R. A. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 female 18 and up
Smith, T. F. - 2 males 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up; 3 females over 10 and under 18 (this may be 3 females under 10)
Smith, W. C. - 2 males 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 2 males under 10; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female under 10
South, J. A. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male under 10; 2 females 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18; 1 female under 10
Soverns?, C. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 3 females 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18; 2 females under 10
Spicer, W. E. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female under 10
Spink, E. B. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female under 10
Stanard, A. N. - 3 males 21 & up; 2 males over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18; 1 female under 10
Stanard, C. E. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up
Standish, N. B. - 3 males 21 & up; 1 male under 10; 2 females 18 and up; 2 females under 10
Starr, J. W. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up
Staton, G. ? - 2 males 21 & up; 2 females 18 and up; 3 females over 10 and under 18
Stevenson - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male under 10; 1 female 18 and up
Sturtevant, M. B. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 female 18 and up; 2 females under 10
Summer, Arnold - 2 males 21 & up; 2 males under 10; 2 females 18 and up; 1 female over 10 and under 18; 6 females under 10
Summer, J. C. - 1 male 21 & up; 1 male over 10 & under 21; 1 male under 10; 2 females 18 and up; 1 female under 10
Summerville, John - 2 males 21 & up; 1 female 18 and up
Susius?, Henry - 1 male 21 & up
Swank, J. H. - 1 male 21 & up
Swank, J. M. - 1 male 21 & up; 2 females over 10 and under 18
Swank, P. - 1 male 21 & up; 2 males over 10 & under 21; 1 female 18 and up; 2 females over 10 and under 18