In 1895, there was a 5-year old male child named  Cleo Mcmains living at the Iowa Sodiers' Orphans Home, Davenport IA. The State of Iowa currently holds the records for this institution, but they do not have records going back this far. I have not been able to obtain much information on this child. I do know that  the Home was initially intended to care for the children of deceased and disabled Union soldiers. In later years, as the need for this service diminished, the Home opened its doors to orphaned and "destitute" children from all of Iowa. It is likely that Cleo was one of these children, as his birth date makes it unlikely that he was the son of a Union soldier. WHO ARE HIS PARENTS?

Iowa Soldier's Orphans Home, Administration Building
Used by permission, IA Genweb, Scott County

Contents

I.      Transcription of 1895 State Census entry for Cleo Mcmains
II .    Transcription of  1920 Federal Census,  New Sharon, Mahaska County, IA

1895 State Census,  Scott County, IA   Iowa  Soldier's  Orphans Home
Name	Age	Race	Marr/Sex	Place of Birth
Mcmains, Cleo	5	W	Single / Male	Mahaska County
Transcription:  IA Genweb, Scott County

1920 Federal Census,  New Sharon, Mahaska, Iowa
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marr/Sgl	Born	Father	Mother	Occup.
Mcmains, Cleo	Head	M	W	28	S	IA	IA	IA	Printer / Printing Office
There is an age difference between this census, and the 1895 census, but as this is the only male Cleo Mcmains I have located, and being that both sets of data have Mahaska County in common, I believe this to be the same person. This transcription also found on 1920 Mahaska County Census page

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