1880 Supplemental Schedule 5, for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes Blind

The object of this Supplemental Schedule is to furnish material not only for a complete enumeration of the blind, but for an account of their condition. It is important that every inquiry respecting each case be answered as fully as possible. Enumerators will, therefore, after making the proper entries upon the Population Schedule (No. 1), transfer the name (with Schedule paper and number) of every blind person found, from Schedule No. 1 to this Special Schedule, and proceed to ask the additional questions indicated in the headings of the several columns. In this enumeration will be included not only the totally blind, but also the semi-blind. No person will be carried on this Schedule, however, who can see sufficiently well to read. For the distinction between the totally blind and the semi-blind see Note E; it is of the greatest importance to note this distinction with care, by making the proper entry in columns 10 or 11. Number taken from Schedule No. 1 01 Number of Page 02 Number of Line 03 Name Residence when at home. -(See note A.) 04 City or Town 05 County (if in same State), or State (if in some other State) 06 Is he (or she) self-supporting, or partly so? (See Note B.) 07 Age at which blindness occurred. (See Note C.) 08 Form of blindness. (See note D.) 09 Supposed cause of blindness, if know. See Note F. 10 Is this person totally blind? (See Note E.) 11 Is this person semi-blind? (See Note E.) Institution Life 12 Has this person ever been an inmate of an institution for the blind? If yes, give the name of such institution. 13 What has been the total length of time spent by him (or her) in any such institution? 14 Date of his (or her) discharge. (Year only.) See Note F. 15 Is this person also insane? 16 Is he (or she) also idiotic? 17 Is he (or she) also deaf-mute? 17 NOTE A – A blind person may be found either at his own home or away from it in some educational institution, asylum, or poor-house. In the latter case, his residence when at home must be stated, in order that he may be accredited to the State or county to which he properly belongs, and that the county in which the institution is situated may not be charged with more that its due proportion of the blind. NOTE B – If self-supporting, say “yes;” if partly self-supporting, say “partly;” if not, say “no.” Indicate all inmates of institutions who are maintained or treated at their personal expense (not at the expense of any town, county, or State, nor of the institution) by the word “Pay.” NOTE C – If a blind from birth, say “B;” if not, state the age at which blindness occurred. Special pains should be taken to indicate all the blind from birth. NOTE D – Where practicable, get a statement from attending physician. NOTE E – The totally blind are unable to distinguish forms of colors; the partially blind can distinguish forms or colors, but cannot see to read, or at least not without such effort as to make reading practically impossible. NOTE F – In making entries in columns 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17, an affirmative mark only will be used, thus /.

Long Creek Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 55 Enumerated by W.J. Blades
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
10	47	Baker, Jonas	Long Creek	Decatur	No	45				1	no
Franklin Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 56 Enumerated by Merrick Davis
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
16	14	McBride, John	Garden Grove	Decatur	Partly	3		Sun Stroke	1		Vinton Blind College Iowa	4	1879
27	4	Bay, Thomas		Decatur	No	40		Scrofular	1	No
Decatur Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 57 Enumerated by James H. Gray
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
14	27	Winfield, Edward	Decatur Twp	Decatur	No	64	Totally Blind	Dropsy and feaver	1		no
Woodland Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 59 Enumerated by R E Dye
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
24	23	Mendenhall, Martha	High Point Tp	Decatur	No	68	Granulation	Neuralgia	1		No
17	35	Curry, James	Woodland Tp	Decatur						1
25	36	Bradney, Isabella	High Point Tp	Decatur						1
Burrell Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 60 Enumerated by W. H. Albaugh
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
21	28	Craig, Salina	Davis City	Decatur	No	3	Cataract	Inflamation of Brain	1		Asylum Columbus Ohio	7yrs	1850
Eden Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 62 Enumerated by C.F. Matsler
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
13	6	Lee, William H		Decatur	Partly	14	Amorosia	Weakness of nerve Optic	1
37	8	Wilson, Thomas G		Decatur	Partly	44	Cataract	Typhoid fever		1	Charleston Ills & Indianapolis Ind	6mo	1849
7	37	Houcher, Margaret		Decatur	No	33	Cataract	Sore Eyes	1							1
10	38	Ernest, Elbert		Decatur	Partly	27	Cataract	Small Pox	1		Vinton Ia	6mo	1847
6	11	Shinn, Laura A	Eden	Decatur
7	19	Bently, Rebecca	Eden	Decatur
Morgan Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 263 Enumerated by S.G. Wright
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
1	1	McDowell, Samuel	Morgan Tp	Decatur	No	61	Cataract	Exposure in Army	1
Richland Twp; Supervisor's Dist No. 3, Enumeration Dist. No. 255 Enumerated by W.H. Albaugh
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Notes
	1	Young, W.H.	Richland Tp	Decatur	Partly	12		numb palsy	1		Indiana Institute	1 3/12	1852
20	12	Henkle, Hiram	Richland Tp	Decatur	No	66		Erysipelas	1		No
22	24	Madarasz, Bela	Richland Tp	Decatur	No	13		Hereditary			No
22	26	Madarasz, Joseph	Richland Tp	Decatur	No	B		Hereditary			No

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