The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. 1885 Washington Territory Census for Douglas County, including present day Grant County, was extracted by Ed Godfrey from public records ©1997. Submitted by Ed Godfrey March 22, 1997. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. edgodfrey@seanet.com _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Co., Washington Territory, 1885 Territorial Census Note: The columns "Black", "Mulatto", "Indian halfbreeds", "Kanakas", and "Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Insane or Idiotic" are blank for each person and are not shown. Key to other headings, when they are shown, are: M Male W White M Married F Female C Chinese S Single P Profession, Occupation, or Trade, of Male or Female N Nativity. State, Territory, or Foreign Country CR Can not Read, age over 15 years CW Can not Write, age over 15 years MC Male citizens of U.S. over 21 years of age FC Female citizens of U.S. over 21 years of age MA Aliens over 21 years of age, Male FA Aliens over 21 years of age, Female [p. 1] Okanogan Precinct Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons residing in Washington Territory on the first Monday in February, 1885 Age M F W C P M S N CR CW MC FC MA 1 C. G. Tibbets 22 / / Farmer / Wisconsin / 2 O. A. Dale 37 / / " / Norway / 3 A. A. Dale 34 / / " / " / 4 Ada Dale 34 / / / " / 5 Alfred Dale 8 / / / Wiconsin 6 Stewart Barnham 33 / / Farmer / New York / 7 Ella Barnham 31 / / / Wisconsin / 8 W. H. Gorman 12 / / / " 9 Nellie Hooverson 21 / / / " / 10 Frank Zuehlke 32 / / Farmer / Germany / 11 B. Zuehlke 33 / / / Canada / 12 Frank Zuehlke 9 / / / Michigan 13 Mary Zuehlke 7 / / / " 14 Bertha Zuehlke 5 / / / " 15 Jake Zuehlke 2 / / / " 16 Lana Zuehlke 1 / / / " 17 V. R. Wilson 21 / / Farmer / " / 18 A. Wallace 56 / / " / Ohio / 19 Lucinda Wallace 16 / / / Illinois 20 Eli Collins 29 / / Farmer / England / 21 J. C. Wallace 24 / / " / Illinois / 22 J. A. Wallace 17 / / / Michigan 23 J. E. Hetley 27 / / Farmer / Canada / 24 M. J. Hetley 26 / / / " / 25 S. P. Hetley 2 / / / Michigan 26 L. Tibbets 51 / / Farmer / New York / 27 Alice Tibbets 45 / / / Ohio / 28 J. E. Hopper 20 / / Musician / Iowa 29 B. L. Martin 29 / / Merchant / " / 30 Clara E. Martin 27 / / / Missouri / 31 S. A. Coyle 47 / / Hotel Keeper / Penn. / 32 John Ewing 28 / / Farmer / Wisconsin / 33 Carrie Ewing 26 / / / " / 34 Walter Mann 27 / / Farmer / Virginia / 35 J. W. Adams 40 / / " / Ohio / 36 Luey 40 / / Miner / China / / / 37 Ah Lue 38 / / " / " / / / 38 Ah Ny 32 / / " / " / / / 39 Pang 42 / / " / " / / / TOTALS 23 16 35 4 19 20 4 4 14 10 4 [p. 2] Okanogan Precinct (continued) Names of persons Age M F W C P M S N CR CW MC FC MA 1 R. Ricketson 41 / / Farmer / New York / 2 C. Ricketson 25 / / " / Minnesota 3 Mary Ricketson 17 / / / " 4 Margaret Ricketson 8 / / / " 5 L. Donaldson 20 / / Farmer / Rhode I. 6 Nelson Bowen 57 / / " / Indiana / 7 Chang Ling Yuen 45 / / Miner / China / TOTALS 4 3 6 1 2 5 1 1 1 [p. 3] Badger Precinct Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 A. C. Gillespie 29 / / Farmer / Ohio / 2 W. D. Gillespie 24 / / " / Kansas / 3 E. A. Gillespie 25 / / / Iowa / 4 A. C. Gillespie 5 / / / Kansas 5 W. L. Gillespie 4 / / / " 6 K. E. Snow 48 / / / Ohio / 7 W. H. Snow 46 / / Farmer / Mass. / 8 D. L. Gillespie 20 / / " / Missouri 9 J. W. Livers 33 / / Druggist / Maryland / 10 S. Doust 46 / / Miner / England / 11 R. R. Rounds 55 / / Farmer / New York / 12 F. W. Rounds 22 / / " / Oregon / 13 Isadore Rounds 26 / / / Maine / 14 Harris Rounds 6 / / / " 15 P. J. Rounds 1 / / / Idaho 16 Louis Rounds 20 / / / Oregon 17 Alfred Pierpoint 26 / / Farmer / Illnois / 18 R. S. Steiner 29 / / " / Ohio / 19 Emma Steiner 23 / / / Indiana / 20 S. C. Robbins 36 / / Farmer / Ohio / 21 Helena Robbins 24 / / / Indiana / 22 E. S. Robbins 3 / / / " 23 J. A. Bannick 35 / / Farmer / Germany / 24 H. Patterson 33 / / " / Wisconsin / 25 E. H. Cornell 48 / / " / New York / 26 F. S. Steiner 22 / / " / Ohio / 27 M. Miller 26 / / " / W. Virginia / 28 J. W. Thannon 32 / / " / Penn. / 29 R. P. Webb 27 / / " / Kentucky / 30 J. Brown 52 / / " / Ohio / 31 M. E. Brown 46 / / / Penn. / 32 E. E. Brown 25 / / / Wisconsin / 33 G. B. Brown 22 / / Farmer / " / 34 Elsie E. Brown 16 / / / " 35 C. F. Brown 13 / / / " 36 F. W. Brown 8 / / / " 37 H. B. Thompson 24 / / Farmer / Germany / 38 R. J. Waters 28 / / " / Illinois / 39 H. L. Waters 19 / / / Mich. TOTALS 29 10 39 15 24 21 7 [p. 4] Badger Precinct (cont.) Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 E. C. Waters 1 / / / Idaho 2 F. M. Alexander 32 / / Farmer / New York / 3 Smith Harding 52 / / " / Tennessee / / 4 M. W. Wixson 30 / / " / New York / 5 L. E. Wixson 24 / / / Illinois / 6 L. M. Wixson 2 / / / Oregon 7 H. N. Wilcox 31 / / Farmer / Iowa / 8 Harmon Wilcox 23 / / " / Kansas / 9 B. C. Boyce 30 / / " / Ohio / 10 J. M. Brownifield 36 / / " / Missouri / 11 N. M. Brownifield 36 / / / " / 12 C. H. Brownfield 11 / / / " 13 S. Hundley 36 / / Farmer / Kentucky / / / 14 W. S. Crouch 53 / / Merchant / " / 15 Orvill Clark 46 / / Farmer / Michigan / 16 M. Clark 31 / / / Ohio / 17 Ira Tipler 22 / / Farmer / Wisconsin / 18 W. M. Tipler 22 / / " / " / 19 J. E. Hall 33 / / " / Maine / 20 Samuel McCoy 49 / / " / Canada / 21 Ernest Kummer 36 / / " / Germany / 22 Caroline Kummer 28 / / " / " / 23 Charles Kummer 8 / / / " 24 Clara Kummer 7 / / / " 25 Ida Kummer 6 / / / " 26 Alfreda Kummer 3 / / / Illinois 27 Montana Kummer 1 / / / Montana 28 George Knuver 44 / / Farmer / Germany / 29 Lizzie Knuver 42 / / / " / 30 Annie Knuver 14 / / / Ohio 31 John Knuver 12 / / / " 32 Lina Knuver 10 / / / Indiana 33 T. A. Powers 25 / / Farmer / Iowa / 34 David Soper 46 / / " / New York / 35 M. F. Soper 45 / / / " / 36 A. Soper 14 / / / Michigan 37 Maud Soper 8 / / / " 38 Graff Soper 5 / / / " 39 O. L. Brownfield 5 / / / Missouri TOTALS 24 15 39 14 25 1 2 18 6 [p. 5] Badger Precinct (cont.) Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 J. D. Wilson 22 M / Farmer / Illinois / 2 A. W. Borrowman 29 M / " / Ohio / 3 John Borrowman 32 M / " / " / 4 James Lemon 45 M / " / Penn. / 5 Richard Corbaley 64 M / Minister / Indiana / 6 A. L. Corbaley 23 M / Farmer / " / 7 M. M. Corbaley 27 M / Stockman / " / 8 Nellie M. Corbaley 23 F / / Wisconsin / 9 Ida M. Corbaley 2 F / / Wash. Ter. 10 M. A. Jefferson 60 F / / Vermont / 11 J. B. Smith 47 M / Farmer / Ontario Can. / 12 John Huff 67 M / " / Kentucky / 13 H. H. Huff 30 M / Blksmith / Illinois / 14 L. A. Huff 26 F / / Missouri / 15 L. B. Huff 5 F / / " 16 John Huff 2 M / / " 17 Wm. Walters 25 M / Farmer / " / 18 Wm. Wilson 26 M / " / Illinois / 19 Ed Walberg 24 M / " / Russia / 20 James Skey 30 M / " / Ireland / 21 J. Stephens 40 M / " / Scotland / 22 J. W. Stephens 42 M / Millman / Virginia / 23 E. D. Nash 45 M / Farmer / Penn. / 24 Martha Harding 48 F / / Missouri / 25 Leona Harding 18 F / / " 26 Charles Harding 13 M / / " 27 Rosa Harding 11 F / / " 28 Morgan Harding 6 M / / " 29 Henry Harding 3 M / / Kansas 30 Nettie Harding 3 M / / " TOTALS 22 8 30 9 21 17 4 [p. 6] Crab Creek Precinct Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 John Palmer 25 M / Laborer / Wisconsin / 2 James Coutts 40 M / " / Scotland / 3 Geo. Popple 51 M / Sheep-raiser / New York / 4 Wm. Hanson 23 M / Laborer / California / 5 W. E. Barber 29 M / " / Illinois / 6 E. J. Barber 21 F / / Oregon / 7 C. E. Barber 1 M / / Wash. Ter. 8 Phoebe Hill 17 F / / Oregon 9 Geo. Bowker 30 M / Stockman / Ohio / 10 T. F. Richardson 30 M / " / Illinois / 11 D. Urquhart 33 M / " / Scotland / 12 C. M. Sprague 27 M / Farmer / Maine / 13 H. Parker 54 M / Stockman / Penn. / 14 L. F. Parker 50 F / / New York / 15 Zilla Parker 20 F / / Colorado 16 Alpha Parker 18 F / / Oregon 17 Chas. H. Parker 16 M / / Illinois 18 J. R. Vent 23 M / Laborer / Wash. Ter. / 19 T. J. Webb 16 M / " / " 20 W. S. Burnell 28 M / Farmer / California / TOTALS 15 5 20 4 16 12 2 [p.7] Grand Coulee Precinct Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 John O'Flaherty 37 M / Farmer / Michigan / 2 H. O'Flaherty 32 F / / Iowa / 3 Melvin O'Flaherty 8 M / / Wash. Ter. 4 Albert O'Flaherty 4 M / / " 5 Israel Sanford 44 M / Farmer / Indiana / 6 Nettie Sanford 21 F / / " / 7 Rosa Sanford 2 F / / Wash. Ter. 8 J. Zimmerman 28 M / Farmer / Canada / 9 Wm. Zimmerman 21 M / " / " / 10 John Clausen 29 M / " / " / 11 Tillie Sanford 51 M / " / Illinois / 12 Dora Sanford 26 F / / New York / 13 Emma Sanford 5 F / / Dakota 14 M. Sanford 7 F / / " 15 Julia Sanford 2 F / / Wash. Ter. 16 Ella Sanford 1 F / / " 17 Thos. Burke 50 M / Stockman / Ireland / 18 Edmund Burke 23 M / " / Minnesota / 19 Mary E. Burke 20 F / / " 20 Alice E. Jones 41 F / Farmer / Wisconsin / 21 G. O. Jones 17 M / / " 22 M. H. Jones 15 F / / " 23 W. E. Jones 11 M / / " 24 Clara Jones 13 F / / " 25 Nellie Jones 8 F / / " 26 J. G. Jones 6 M / / " 27 Phoebe M. Jones 1 F / / Wash. Ter. 28 O. F. Osborne 27 M / Stockman / Tennessee / 29 C. L. Osborne 20 M / " / " 30 P. J. Sherlock 33 M / Farmer / Canada / 31 J. P. Schrock 34 M / " / Missouri / 32 Sarah Schrock 25 F / / " / 33 E. F. Schrock 25 M / Farmer / " / 34 L. V. Schrock 1 M / / Wash. Ter. 35 Frank Rusho 44 M / Farmer / New York / 36 M. Rusho 37 F / / Austria / 37 H. E. Rusho 19 M / / Minnesota 38 Alvira Rusho 15 F / / " 39 Effie Rusho 13 F / / " TOTALS 21 18 39 10 29 13 6 [p.8] Grand Coulee Precinct (cont.) Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 Earl Rusho 9 M / / Nebraska 2 Lizzie Rusho 7 F / / " 3 Francis Rusho 5 M / / " 4 Nellie Rusho 1 F / / Wash. Ter 5 Anthony Rusho 47 M / Farmer / Canada / 6 Ellen Rusho 32 F / / Wisconsin / 7 Ada Rusho 12 F / / Minnesota 8 Ella Rusho 11 F / / " 9 Flora Rusho 7 F / / Nebraska 10 Lina Rusho 5 F / / " 11 Ray Rusho 1 M / / Wash. Ter. 12 P. J. Youngk 39 M / Farmer / Indiana / 13 L. J. Youngk 33 F / / Denmark / 14 Edward Youngk 12 M / / Iowa 15 Ida Youngk 9 F / / " 16 Francis Youngk 4 F / / " 17 G. C. Alexander 24 M / Farmer / Indiana / 18 Chas. F. Youngk 72 M / " / Germany / 19 Julia Youngk 64 F / / " / 20 Jacob Youngk 23 M / Farmer / Iowa / 21 A. H. Youngk 25 M / " / " / 22 Wm. Youngk 20 M / " / " 23 Louis Youngk 18 M / " / " 24 F. B. Fulton 58 M / " / Vermont / 25 Jas. Fulton 26 M / " / Maine / 26 John O'Neil 41 M / " / N.B. / 27 David Wilson 25 M / " / Illinois / 28 Wm. Scully 35 M / " / N.B. / 29 Lyman Wilson 23 M / " / Canada / 30 Robert Kirby 31 M / " / Illinois / 31 Geo. Bechtold 24 M / " / Missouri / 32 Patrick Kelly 38 M / " / Illinois / 33 Maggie Kelley 28 F / / " / 34 Maggie Kelley 11 F / / " 35 John Kelley 8 M / / " 36 Wm. Kelley 10 M / / " 37 Chas. Kelley 2 M / / " 38 Wm. F. Hall 40 M / Farmer / Vermont / 39 J. H. Smith 39 M / / Missouri / TOTALS 26 13 39 9 30 17 4 [p.9] Grand Coulee Precinct (cont.) Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W C P M S N CR CW MC FC MA 1 Fannie Smith 30 F / / Kentucky / 2 Wm. J. Smith 18 M / / Missouri 3 Jas. H. Smith 16 M / / " 4 Lucinda Smith 9 F / / " 5 A. E. Smith 6 M / / " 6 Bertha A. Smith 5 F / / " 7 Frank Day 39 M / Farmer / Penn. / 8 Mary Day 39 F / / " / 9 Edward Day 15 M / / " 10 Wm. Day 12 M / / " 11 Frank Day 9 M / / " 12 James Day 7 M / / " 13 George Day 4 M / / " 14 James Day 34 M / Farmer / New York / 15 Mary Day 64 F / / Penn. / 16 Maggie McCan 40 F / / " / 17 Frank McCan 78 M / / " 18 Frank Payne 35 M / Farmer / Wisconsin / 19 Michael Conner 26 M / " / Ireland / 20 R. B. Roberts 32 M / " / Missouri / 21 M. A. Roberts 26 F / / Indiana / 22 Ida Roberts 4 F / / Montana 23 W. B. Holbert 22 M / Farmer / Missouri / 24 W. B. Whitmore 33 M / Stockman / California / 25 Minnie Whitmore 2 F / / Wash. Ter. 26 Dan. E. Teahy 32 M / Stockman / Canada / 27 D. J. Teahy 21 M / " / " / 28 T. McJute blnk M / " / Ireland / / / 29 G. R. Roberts 28 M / Farmer / Wisconsin / 30 J. E. Heathamn 29 M / " / England / 31 F. H. Bosworth blnk M / " / New York / 32 (blnk) Bosworth blnk M / " / " / 33 On 40 M / Miner / China / / / 34 Georgie 29 M / " / " / / / 35 Toi 46 M / " / " / / / 36 Yen 35 M / " / " / / / 37 Yen 38 M / " / " / / / 38 Yugh 32 M / " / " / / / TOTALS 29 9 32 6 9 29 7 7 14 5 6 [p.10] Bracken Precinct Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N CR CW MC FC 1 O. H. Kimball 43 M / Farmer / Vermont / 2 Frank Kaufman 28 M / " / Iowa / 3 Edward Owens 48 M / " / Maine / 4 Amanda Owens 46 F / / Virginia / 5 Jas. S. Owens 16 M / / Oregon 6 Rachel Owens 14 F / / " 7 John T. Owens 12 M / / Idaho 8 Ellen Owens 11 F / / " 9 Edward Owens 1 M / / Wash. Ter. 10 B. F. Akers 54 M / Farmer / Virginia / 11 Peter Bracken 46 M / " / Ireland / 12 Myrtle Owens 2 F / / Virginia 13 D. H. Ford 63 M / Farmer / Tennessee / 14 O. Ruud 37 M / " / Norway / 15 Wm. Domrese 41 M / " / Germany / 16 Helen Domrese 31 F / / " / 17 Chas. Domrese 11 M / / Minnesota 18 Delia Domrese 8 F / / " 19 Louis Domrese 7 M / / " 20 Henry Domrese 2 M / / Kansas 21 Lucy Domrese 1 F / / Wash. Ter. 22 Thos. Payne 60 M / Farmer / Kentucky / 23 Martha Payne 45 F / / Ohio / 24 John Payne 8 M / / Iowa 25 K. J. Tichinal 57 M / Farmer / W. Va. / 26 Mary Tichinal 50 F / / Illinois / 27 Louis H. Tichinal 25 M / Farmer / " / 28 Norman Tichinal 22 M / " / " / 29 Nimrod S. Tichinal 20 M / " / Missouri 30 Nancy M. Tichinal 15 F / / " 31 Jas. R. Tichinal 13 M / / " 32 Phebe E. Tichinal 11 F / / " 33 Ole Erlandson 29 M / Farmer / Norway / 34 Richard Miles 55 M / " / Vermont / 35 A. M. Miles 46 F / / Ohio / 36 Geo. G. Miles 18 M / / Minnesota 37 H. S. Miles 15 M / / " 38 Nellie A. Miles 13 F / / " 39 Fred W. Miles 12 M / / " TOTALS 26 13 39 10 29 14 5 [p.11] Bracken Precinct (cont.) Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W C P M S N CR CW MC FC MA 1 E. G. Miles 10 F / / Minnesota 2 Lula Miles 7 F / / " 3 Frank Miles 5 M / / " 4 D. W. Martin 39 M / Farmer / Indiana / 5 A. L. Martin 26 F / / " / 6 Lydia Martin 8 F / / Iowa 7 Frank Martin 7 M / / " 8 Nellie Martin 6 F / / " 9 Henry Martin 6 M / / Indiana 10 Daniel Martin 2 M / / Oregon 11 R.W. Bonwell 45 M / Farmer / Illinois / 12 M. P. Bonwell 39 F / / " / 13 Albert Bonwell 18 M / / " 14 J. W. Bonwell 17 M / / " 15 F. E. Bonwell 14 M / / " 16 Bertha Ann Bonwell 12 F / / " 17 A. N. Wallace 31 M / Farmer / Vermont / 18 H. A. Miles 60 M / " / " / 19 N. W. Mitehill 27 M / " / Penn. / 20 L. Detweiler 30 M / " / " / 21 Wan Puck 32 M / Miner / China / / / 22 Ching 45 M / " / " / / / 23 Ah Hen 37 M / " / " / / / 24 Quai 28 M / " / " / / / 25 Ensie 45 M / " / " / / / 26 Oscar Redfield 29 M / (blank) / Wisconsin / 19 7 21 5 7 19 5 5 7 2 5 [p.12] Moses Coulee Precinct Enumerated this 5th Day of June 1885, by Oscar Redfield, County Assessor Names of persons Age M F W P M S N MC FC 1 Wm. Jammison 38 M / Stockman / Scotland / 2 John Eddon 43 M / " / England / 3 L. C. Gandy 37 M / Farmer / Iowa / 4 M. Lambert 40 M / " / France / 5 Chas. A. Wilcox 45 M / " / Michigan / 6 Lorena Wilcox 10 F / / Wash. Ter. 7 Mark Wilcox 7 M / / " 8 J. H. Sutherland 30 M / Farmer / Utah / 9 R. H. Hoering 25 M / " / Iowa / 10 O. G. Smith 24 M / " / " / 11 J. C. Smith 20 M / " / " 12 O. H. Christianson 37 M / " / Denmark / 13 J. H. Christianson 32 M / " / " / 14 H. A. Rowell 36 M / " / N.H. / 15 L. Lyons 22 M / " / N.B. / 16 P. J. Oknu 23 M / " / Sweden / 17 B. R. Oknu 21 M / " / Sweden / 16 1 17 1 16 14 I hereby certify that the foregoing is an exact copy of the Census of Douglas County and returned by the Assessor of Douglas County, Washington Territory for the year 1885. Signed this 12th B.L. Martin day August 1885 County Auditor By James E. Hoppe, Deputy Recapitulation Total No. of Males 254 " " " Females 108 total 362 Total No. of Whites 346 " " " Chinese 16 " " " Married 108 " " " Can Not Read 2 " " " Can Not Write 3 " " " Male Citizens 162 " " " Female Citizens 52 " " " Male Aliens 16