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Iowa Atlases, Gazetteers, Maps, Plat Books, and Farm Directories
- History and legends of place names in Iowa : the meaning of our map
This volume is a unique collection of historical facts and legends gleaned from available records concerning the names found on the map of Iowa.
Huebinger’s Map and Guides
The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adventurous motorists braved the primitive roads and uncertain terrain of Iowa and beyond. Noted landmarks on these road-maps include schools, houses, churches, piles of stumps, unusual rocks, cemeteries, and windmills. Today, these map collections are actually history books showing how towns and cities have developed, roads have changed, and some communities have disappeared.
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for Blue Grass Road: Council Bluffs, Burlington Ft. Madison, Muscatine
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for Des Moines, Ft. Dodge, Spirit Lake and Sioux Falls Highway: combining the Des Moines, Ft. Dodge and Spirit Lake Highway and the Sioux Falls, Spirit Lake official highway
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for Hawkeye Highway: Sioux City to Dubuque
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for North Iowa Pike: Sioux Falls, S.D. to McGregor, Iowa
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for Panora Speedway
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for Iowa official trans-continental route: Iowa division of the national highway New York – San Francisco
- 1912 Huebinger’s map and guide for Waubonsie Trail: Iowa and Nebraska division of the Waubonsie system
State of Iowa
- 1875 Illustrated historical atlas of the state of Iowa
- 1915 Map of Iowa, issued by the Board of Railroad Commissioners
- 1904 Atlas of the state of Iowa
Iowa Biographies
- History of Adair County Iowa and Its People, vol 2
Back in 1915, Lucian Moody Kilburn, was engaged to write a history of Adair County Iowa by the Pioneer Publishing Company of Chicago Illinois, he then being at that time a resident of the county for 50 years. The manuscript was divided into two volumes. This volume, numbered 2, provides biographical sketches of 348 leading men and women of the County of Adair including many of its founding families. You can read or download the free eBook. - Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa
The full manuscript contains a condensed history of the state of Iowa, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the state of Iowa, a descriptive history of Story county and 229 selected biographical sketches of the citizens of Story County, Iowa. - Ida County, Iowa Genealogy
Biographies specific to Ida County that were extracted from numerous sources. - Biographical sketches of the 25th General assembly of Iowa
Biographical sketches of the state officers and Iowa members of Congress for the session during 1894.
Iowa Cemetery Records
Iowa Census Records
Iowa Church Records
- Iowa Quaker Records
Compiled from membership & marriage records, Minutes [1875-1922], Hinshaw notebook.
Iowa Directories
- State Wide Barber License Beginning – Apr 1929
- Cedar Rapids City Iowa Directories
1876, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1883-6, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906-14, 1916-20, 1922-26, 1928, 1929, 1931-39, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956-60, 1962-91, 1993-98 - Cedar Rapids City Iowa Phone Books
1924-1937, 1939-1946, 1949, 1951-1954, 1956-1960, 1963, 1964, 1967-1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1981, 1983-1993. - 1921 Farmers’ Directory of Leroy Township, Iowa
- 1921 Farmers’ Directory of Lincoln Township, Iowa
- 1921 Farmers’ Directory of Melville Township, Iowa
- 1921 Farmers’ Directory of Viola, Iowa
- 1921 Farmers’ Directory of Sharon Township, Iowa
- 1921 Farmers’ Directory of Oakfield Township, Iowa
Iowa Genealogy
- History of the origin of county names of the state of Iowa
- Iowa pioneer families
Surnames include: Adams, Adkins, Alden, Alter, Avery, Bartlett, Beaton, Bohen, Blam, Call, Clark, Clarke, Dempster, Dodge, Douglass, Dunton, Gifford, Grinnell, Hackman, Haggard, Hatch, Hempstead, Hodges, Hyde, Kellogg, King, Knight, Korns, Laffer, Lagan, Langworthy, Long, Magoun, McDonald, McKnight, Meacham, Miller, Mooers, Moses, Munger, Murphy, Park, Porter, Read, Rist, Royce, Sanders, Sanderson, Simpson, Smith, Spencer, Sprague, Taylor, Tyler, Ward, Way, Wherry, William, Young. - Daughters of the American Revolution records: pioneers of Iowa
Biographical & family information sheets on pioneers in Iowa. - The Descendants of Franklin Mary Noyes Rowe of Humboldt County, Iowa
- History of the John Wilson Family
Iowa Genealogy Websites
United States GenWeb Project
Adair, Clay, Hancock, Madison, Sac, Adams, Clayton, Hardin, Mahaska, Scott, Allamakee, Clinton, Harrison, Marion, Shelby, Appanoose, Crawford, Henry, Marshall, Sioux, Audubon, Dallas, Howard, Mills, Story, Benton, Davis, Humboldt, Mitchell, Tama, Black Hawk, Decatur, Ida, Monona, Taylor, Boone, Delaware, Iowa, Monroe, Union, Bremer, Des Moines, Jackson, Montgomery, Van Buren, Buchanan, Dickinson, Jasper, Muscatine, Wapello, Buena Vista, Dubuque, Jefferson, O’Brien, Warren, Butler, Emmet, Johnson, Osceola, Washington, Calhoun, Fayette, Jones, Page, Wayne, Carroll, Floyd, Keokuk, Palo Alto, Webster, Cass, Franklin, Kossuth, Plymouth, Winnebago, Cedar, Fremont, Lee, Pocahontas, Winneshiek, Cerro Gordo, Greene, Linn, Polk, Woodbury, Cherokee, Grundy, Louisa, Pottawattamie, Worth, Chickasaw, Guthrie, Lucas, Poweshiek, Wright, Clarke, Hamilton, Lyon, Ringgold, UNKNOWN
American History and Genealogy Project
Buena Vista, Calhoun, Delaware, Harrison, Linn, Monona, Monroe, Pocahontas, Sac, Wayne, Woodbury
Iowa History
- Sagas of the Hawkeyes : being stories and incidents of early Iowa
These articles about history in Iowa have been culled from old newspapers, local histories and biographies and were published in 1945 as a manuscript.. - IGS Certificates (Pioneer, Statehood & Century)
- Annals of Iowa (1863-2014)
A quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of history published by the State Historical Society of Iowa. - Irving Weber’s Iowa City History Articles
In January 1973, at the age of 72, Irving Weber (1900-1997) began writing articles on local history for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Over the next 25 years the paper published 850 of his weekly columns. Half of the columns were reprinted in eight volumes titled Irving Weber’s Iowa City. This digital collection provides the complete set of Weber’s newspaper columns, either in their original formats or as reprinted in the books. - Iowa Pioneer Lives
Letters, diaries, and photographs documenting the lives of Iowa’s first white settlers, mid- to late-19th century. - Looking backward on Hawkeyeland
A reissue of the May 1947 printing, which is a revision and enlargement, prepared for the Iowa Centennial Committee, of an article published in the Morrell magazine, Dec. 1946. - Our Iowa : its beginnings and growth
The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Cumulative index, volumes I-XL, 1903-1942 - One hundred years of Iowa medicine, commemorating the centenary of the Iowa State Medical Society, 1850-1950
Iowa medicine prior to 1850. Iowa State Medical Society. The presidents, 1850-1950. Official branches of the State Society. City, district and county medical associations. Medical education in Iowa. Medical journalism in Iowa. Hospitals in Iowa. State Society Iowa Medical Women, and Branch 19 American Medical Women’s Association. Woman’s Auxiliary to the Iowa State Medical Society. Iowa State Medical Library. The doctor in Spanish American War, World War I, World War II. Iowa State Board of Health and Medical Examiners. Growth of psychiatry in Iowa. History of nursing in Iowa. Public health nursing. History of pharmacy in Iowa. Diary (1850-1913) of Dr. J.M. Shaffer, Keokuk. The Centennial session. - The first 75 years: History of education in Iowa
State Responsibility for Teacher Education in Iowa. Government and Maintenance of the Institution. The Faculty; Selection, Compensation, Tenure, Retirement. Scope and Limitation of the Institutional Program. The Program of Pre-Service and In-Service Education Teachers. The Students: Government, Social Education, and Extracurricular Activities. - History of P. E.O. in Iowa
P. E. O. is a society for women founded by seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College in 1869. - History of Adair County Iowa and its People – vol 1
Back in 1915, Lucian Moody Kilburn, was engaged to write a history of Adair County Iowa by the Pioneer Publishing Company of Chicago Illinois, he then being at that time a resident of the county for 50 years. The actual general history of the county, however, was prepared by Gordon K. Miller. The manuscript was divided into two volumes. This volume, volume 1, provides the general history of Adair County that Mr. Miller prepared. You can read or download the free eBook from this website.
Iowa Land Records
- U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908
3,907 land management tract books containing official records of the land status and transactions involving surveyed public lands arranged by state and then by township and range. These books indicate who obtained the land, and include a physical description of the tract and where the land is located. The type of transaction is also recorded such as cash entry, credit entry, homesteads, patents (deeds) granted by the Federal Government, and other conveyances of title such as Indian allotments, internal improvement grants (to states), military bounty land warrants, private land claims, railroad grants, school grants, and swamp grants. Additional items of information included in the tract books are as follows: number of acres, date of sale, purchase price, land office, entry number, final Certificate of Purchase number, and notes on relinquishments and conversions. - Arizona Land Patents online. Index.
Iowa Locality Genealogical Records
Adair County, Iowa Genealogy
- Adair County, Iowa Grave Registration
Transcribed in 1939. These grave transcriptions are compiled from all cemeteries in Adair County and then listed by surnames. Should make finding a particular person easier when the cemetery is not known. - Middle River Homestead
Written by Ernest Almon Smith and published in 1955. A history of his family and their settlement in Adair County, Iowa. - Iowa Genealogical Records – DAR Vol 13
Volume 13 of the Iowa Genealogical Records compiled by DAR in 1929. First marriage records for Adair, Calhoun, David, Mahaska, and Poweshiek counties; early settlers of Johnson county; History of Bethel Methodist Church, Sigourney; Mayflower list of passengers; first wills of Jefferson county; Genealogies of the Alden, Applegate, Atwood, Beaumont, Cozine, Eddy, Fuller, Hardenbergh, Higgins, Leech, Marshall, McCaddon, McHenry, Pierce, Pratt, Safford, Sampson, Smith, Stevens, Teater, Teter, Waldron, West, Wing, and Wormley families.
Adams County, Iowa Genealogy
- Monograph of Allen Abel Rawson, M.D. : and early days of Adams County, Iowa
- History of Washington Township, Adams County, Iowa
A project of the Riverside Garden Club of Mt. Etna, Iowa, from Febr. 1936 to February, 1937
Allamakee County, Iowa Genealogy
- Iowa Genealogical Records – DAR Vol 1955
Volume of the Iowa Genealogical Records compiled by DAR in 1953. Early wills of Allamakee County, 1854-1881; Early wills of Black Hawk County, 1853-1881; Record of Wills of Mahaska County up to 1900; Abstracts of wills, guardianships, and estates in Poweshiek County up to 1900; Woodbury County Will Book A, 1856-1885, Will Book B, 1880-1889.
Appanoose County, Iowa Genealogy
- Appanoose County, Iowa, 1850 Census
An extraction of the 1850 United States Federal Census for Appanoose County, Iowa.
Audubon County, Iowa Genealogy
- Audubon County, Iowa Grave Registration
Transcribed in 1939. These grave transcriptions are compiled from all cemeteries in Audubon County and then listed by surnames. Should make finding a particular person easier when the cemetery is not known.
Benton County, Iowa Genealogy
- Pioneer recollections
Stories and pictures depicting the early history and development of Benton county, selected from the family albums and libraries of the descendants of the pioneers of the county. Also stories as written or dictated by these residents, from records in their possession or tales related to them by their parents. Compiled by Harley Ransom and published in 1941. - History of Benton County, Iowa
Compiled from materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical society’s collection, the newspapers, and data of personal interviews. Compiled under the editorial supervision of Mr. Luther B. Hill, General Historian, and a corps of local editors. Published in 1910 by Lewis Publishing Company. Poorly photocopied book. - 1872 Atlas of Benton County, Iowa
Drawn from actual surveys and the county records, to which is added a rail road map of the state of Iowa - Benton County, Iowa Records
Contains marriage records from the Congregational Church of Belle Plaine, Iowa, 1896-1957 and cemetery records from four different cemeteries located in Benton County: Bear Creek Cemetery, Cox Cemetery, Keisling Cemetery, and Urbana Cemetery. There is an index to the cemeteries found on pages 25-26, but no index to the marriage records. - Iowa Genealogical Records – DAR Vol 3
Volume 3 of the Iowa Genealogical Records compiled by DAR in 1927. Marriage records from Black Hawk, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Muscatine, and Wapello counties; court records of Muscatine County; history of Cass County; Genealogies on the Arnold, Cantwell, Hatfield, Clark, Curtis, Goodrich, Harvey, Hopkins, Hutchinson, Kellogg, Moorman, Newhouse, Painter, Pasco, Rogers, Ryan, Speer, Stone, Wheeler, and Wright families. - Iowa Genealogical Records – DAR Vol 10
Volume 10 of the Iowa Genealogical Records compiled by DAR in 1928. Grave records [cemeteries] from the following counties: Black Hawk, Benton, Clayton, Dallas, Hardin, Henry, Humboldt, Marion, Story, and Woodbury. - Iowa Genealogical Records – DAR Vol 41
Volume 41 of the Iowa Genealogical Records compiled by DAR in 1937. Cemetery records from Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Butler, and Bremer counties. Also lists the 1859-1881 Bremer County marriage records. - Iowa Marriage Records
Consists primarily of D.A.R. records comp. from 1932-1955.- pt. 1 Marriage records from Christ Methodist Church, Belle Plaine, 1878-1954, Benton Co.
- pt. 2 Marriage register no. 2, Buchanan Co. 1859-1865.
- pt. 3 Lucas Co. marriages, 1881-1899.
- pt. 4 Marriages in Mahaska Co., 1844-1851.
- pt. 5 Union Co. marriage records, 1855-1880.
- pt. 6 Genealogical Dept. records of the early pioneers of Slaughter or Washington Co., 1836-1932; from newspaper records
Grundy County, Iowa Genealogy
Beaman Genealogy
- Beaman Iowa Receipts and Disbursements Book (1907-1938)
- Beaman Iowa Warrant Register Clerk Book (1933-1942)
- Beaman High School Annuals (1941-1958)
- Records of Andersonville Post 155 – G.A.R. (1883-1916)
Hancock County, Iowa Genealogy
- History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa
History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa together with sketches of their cities, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and 641 biographies of representative citizens. Also included is a history of Iowa embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, and a brief review of its civil and military history.
Harrison County, Iowa Genealogy
Ida County Genealogy
Kossuth County, Iowa Genealogy
- History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa
History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa together with sketches of their cities, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and 641 biographies of representative citizens. Also included is a history of Iowa embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, and a brief review of its civil and military history.
Story County, Iowa Genealogy
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa
The full manuscript contains a condensed history of the state of Iowa, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the state of Iowa, a descriptive history of Story county and 229 selected biographical sketches of the citizens of Story County, Iowa.
Webster County, Iowa Genealogy
- Centennial History of Webster County, Iowa
“Centennial History of Webster County, its towns and townships, and also the City of Fort Dodge.”
Winnebago County, Iowa Genealogy
- History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa
History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa together with sketches of their cities, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and 641 biographies of representative citizens. Also included is a history of Iowa embracing accounts of the pre-historic races, and a brief review of its civil and military history.
Iowa Military Records
- Iowa Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902. - Revolutionary War
- Civil War Records
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I. - Iowa Civil War Diaries and Letters
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
- Spanish American War
- TAPS (United Spanish War Veterans Deaths)
- Scott County, IA Soldier Orphans 1880
- Soldiers Orphan Home Davenport 1870 – 1880
- Camp Dodge Records
The Iowa National Guard Enlistment records are of those who enlisted in the Iowa National Guard between 1900 and 1940. If enlistee reenlisted that information is included. - World War I Records
- World War II Records
- World War 2 Casualties Army – Army Air Corps
- Iowa Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
- Iowa World War II Diaries and Letters
- Iowa World War II Press Clippings
The State Historical Society of Iowa collected, sorted, and filed about 800,000 Iowa newspaper clippings documenting Iowa’s war efforts both at home and on foreign soil. More than 30 topics are covered by the clippings, including business and labor, casualties, education and training, farming and food, production and rationing, public health, life and activities, women’s military involvement, prisoners of war, and warships. The original clippings are closed to the public due to their deteriorating condition. However, through a cooperative preservation effort by the SHSI and the Iowa City Genealogical Society several of the topics are now available on microfilm through ILL or purchase. This digital collection makes a portion of the clippings available in an easily searchable online format.
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
Iowa Native American Records
- Iowa Indian Tribes
- Indian History of Winneshiek County Iowa
History on the Indians of Winneshiek county, Iowa including: Decorah Family genealogy, Fort Atkinson, and Chied Winneshiek - Sioux Indian Prisoners Confined at Camp Kearney
Iowa Vital Records
- Iowa Vital Records
- Iowa Vital Records
Various records reporting on marriages as well as wedding anniversaries [probably extracted from newspapers, though source is not listed]. The content is arranged alphabetically by personal names.
Iowa Yearbooks
- Drake University Yearbooks 1901-1994
- University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Yearbook 1892-1992
Published from 1892 until 1992 (except for a brief interruption during the 1970s), The University of Iowa’s Hawkeye yearbook features student portraits, photographs of the campus, club and team information, and frequently a foreword by the administration. These documents highlight the continuity and change of life on The University of Iowa campus during late 19th and 20th centuries. Please note that from 1892-1946 the yearbook was a project of the junior class and therefore editions from that time were dated to reflect the class’s graduation year, not the year of publication.
Biography of R. M. South
R.M. SOUTH. – It is quite within the province of the compendium to grant representation to the esteemed gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph, since he is really one of the builders of our county, since he has manifested a personality of uprightness and commensurate ability in all his ways, since also he was one of those brave men who pledged their lives to sustain the honor of the stars and stripes to retrieve from insult its glory, and preserve intact the institution of freedom when the minions of treason and rebellion plied their nefarious trade of destruction to all…
Biography of Amanda J. Weathers
Amanda J. Hammock.–The estimable and gracious lady whose name appears above is one of the worthy class who opened this section of the country for the ingress of civilization’s ways and for the abode of man, having been obliged to labor hard in this undertaking and having accomplished praise-worthy achievements, while her efforts to-day demonstrate her capable and upright and possessed of a sagacity and keenness of perception and ability to execute designs that makes her a very valuable resident of union county, where she is highly esteemed as she has always been. Amanda was born in Wayne county, Iowa,…
Iowa Vital Records
Iowa vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their recent creation in the United States, are critically important in genealogical research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking. A few counties in Iowa began to register vital statistics during the 1870s, but most county records began in…
Iowa County Courthouse Addresses
Iowa court records have been kept since 1827. The names of many Iowa residents are listed in civil court records, where information exists about property disputes, divorce, estate settlements and other disputes. These courts also handled criminal matters. Court order books and case files may list a person’s age, residence, occupation, and family relationships. Sometimes friends and neighbors gave depositions as witnesses of events that occurred. Adair County Iowa Courthouse Address Clerk of Court 400 Public Square Suite 7 Greenfield, IA 50849 Phone: 641-743-2445 Adams County Iowa Courthouse Address Clerk of Court 500 9th Street Corning, IA 50841 Phone: 641-322-4711 Allamakee…
Biographical Sketch of William Farthing
William Farthing, of Albemarle County, Virginia, married Polly Vaughn, and settled in Kentucky. They had Sarah, Elizabeth, William, John, Thomas, and Shelton B. Sarah married James Hunt, who settled in Montgomery County in 1836. Elizabeth married William P. Hill, of Kentucky, who also settled in Montgomery County in 1836. William married Nancy Wood, and settled in Iowa. John married Lucena J. Moran, and settled in Missouri City, Missouri. Shelton B. married Lucy A. Glenn and settled in Montgomery County in 1836.
Bryant, Amanda J. – Obituary
Following is an obituary for Amanda J. Hammack, for the purpose of information, you the reader must be aware of Amanda’s marriages or this obituary could be confusing. As far so far Amanda J. had six husbands (subject to change) they are: George W. See m. 1868, C.A. Anderson m. 1875, John A. Childers m. 1878, Joseph Weathers m. 1895, Mr. Bryant m. ?, William T. Grider m. ?. There is some question of her marriage to William T. Grider, he doesn’t seem to belong to Amanda J. Obituary for Amanda J. Bryant Mrs. Bryant Dead. Well known Citizen of This…
Biographical Sketch of Geo. W. Hayes
Geo. W. Hayes stands high among the voting attorneys Eastern Oregon, and has established a foothold in Harney County from which it would be difficult to eradicate possessing as he does talent, energy, ambition and industry. He was born In Marion County, Iowa in 1859, coming across the plains with his parents in 1862, in an ox team. They located at Eugene, Lane County, where he stayed until 1874, having at intervals attended the log schoolhouse. Moving to Lake County, he kept up his studies, and at the age of 18 began teaching school, working also at the carpenter’s trade.…
Biographical Sketch of A. J. McKinnon
A. J. McKinnon, the present sheriff of Harney County, was born in Page County, Iowa, in 1866. He has been a resident of this County with but short intervals since 1886, during a portion of which time he conducted a blacksmith shop in Burns. In June 1896, he was elected sheriff on the Democratic ticket, and has given general satisfaction as an officer, being both capable find efficient. He takes quite an interest in fraternal affairs, being a Mason, Knight and Odd Fellow.
Biographical Sketch of Hon M. D. Clifford
M. D. Clifford, Circuit Judge of the Sixth District, was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1859. He came to Oregon in 1870, with his mother, settling in Grant County, and is virtually a self-educated man. In 1880 he began reading law in the office of Hill & Mays, at The Dalles and was admitted to the bar in 1882. Returning to Grant County he began the general practice of his profession. In 1884 he was elected district attorney of the Sixth Judicial District, and again in 1886 at the expiration of the latter term he resumed general practice until January…
David and Margaret Mitchell Genealogy – Appendix
A Tribute to Albert Small by David Mitchell Small My father always provided well for his family. During the Civil War, he staid at home and his father went in his place; my father having such a large family, this plan was thought the best. My father helped at home to gather recruits, and I remember of his telling of his numerous narrow escapes from the opposition. He was always one of the leading men in the church (U. P.) The 23d psalm was his favorite and he said that when he died he wanted us to repeat that psalm.…
David and Margaret Mitchell, Fifth Generation
David Adelbert Laughead 541a. Laughead, David Adelbert (214), Des Moines, Iowa; b. June 6, 1874. m. June 13, 1906, Mary J,, dau. of J. W. and M. N. Eyestone. Electrician; United Presbyterian; Republican and Prohibitionist. William Martin Laughead 542. Laughead, William Martin (214), Des Moines, Ia.; b. June 3, 1871. m. Sept. 1, 1904, Ida, dau. of J. and Mary E. Lindley. Electrician; Presbyterian. Lizzie Ethel Young Laughead 543. Laughead, Lizzie Ethel Young (214:), 1885, Washington, Ia.; b. Sept. 23, 1879. Teacher; United Presbyterian. No. 50 Euclid Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Luella Eveline Laughead 544. Laughead, Luella Eveline (214), Washington, Ia.;…
Margaret and David Mitchell: Fourth Generation
William Bradford Laughead 211. Laughead, William Bradford (43) ; b. May 24, 1838; was a student at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa. Enlisted in the Union Army in the summer of 1862; died of fever near Lexington, Ky., Nov. 28, 1862. Nancy Laughead-Young 212. Laughead-Young, Nancy (43), Pasadena, Cal.; b. 1842. m. Nov. 21, 1867, James H. Young. Resided until recently in Washington, Iowa; is now in California. United Presbyterian. David Laughead 213. Laughead, David (43) ; b. May, 1816. Died March, 1863. James Henry Laughead 214. Laughead, James Henry (43), Washington, Iowa; b. April 11, 1848. m. Feb. 20,…
Margaret and David Mitchell: Third Generation
Issac Newton Laughead 43. Laughead, Isaac Newton (?) ; b. near Clark’s run, Greene Co., Ohio, Nov. 12, 1810. m. 183’x, Nancy, dau. of David and Nancy Anderson, of Greene Co., O. He was the first of David Mitchell’s descendants to enter the ministry. He graduated at Franklin College, Athens, O., in 1834 ; was licensed by the Miami Associate Presbytery on July 10, 1838, to preach the gospel. He supplied, at the direction of his presbytery, various congregations, but spent the greater part of his life in and near Washington, Iowa. He wrote a booklet in 1885, relating to…
David and Margaret Mitchell: Second Generation
James Laughead 6. Laughead, James (1) ; born 1787 in Kentucky, married in Ohio, Mrs. Anna Morton, a widow, and lived most of his life in Logan Co., O., where he died at a good old age; His remains lie in a graveyard near Huntsville of that County. No children. 7. Laughead, David Mitchell (1); born Feb. 7, 1789, married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Kyle, who was neighbor to his father’s family in Kentucky, and moved north in 1804, or shortly afterward. Seceder ; farmer ; abolitionist ; was in the war of 1812. Children: I. 43 Isaac N.; II.…
David and Margaret Mitchell, First Generation
The Children of David and Margaret Mitchell Elizabeth (Mitchell) Laughead 1. Elizabeth (Mitchell) Laughead. Born the last part of the year 1763, in Cumberland County, Pa., not many miles southwesterly from Carlisle. She was baptised by Rev. John Cuthbertson, Feb. 20, 1764 ; moved to Kentucky with parents in 1779, and, with them in the fort, shared the hardships of the early pioneers. About the year 1786, she married David, son of James and Eleanor (McKnight) Laughead, who were married by Rev. John Cuthbertson, Dec. 12, 1752, at Octarara, Pa. and who, about 1784, moved to Fayette Co., Ky. It…
Ida County Iowa Genealogy
The following pages represent a collection of genealogy data for Ida County Iowa. The sources used to compile this data were many and are listed at the bottom of this page for the researchers reference. 1884 Iowa Farmers Directory Battle Township Blane Township Corwin Township Douglas Township Galva Township Garfield Township Grant Township Griggs Township Hayes Township Logan Township Maple Township Silver Creek Township 1906 Iowa Farmers Directory Battle Township Blane Township Corwin Township Douglas Township Galva Township Garfield Township Grant Township Griggs Township Hayes Township Logan Township Maple Township Silver Creek Township 1920 Farmers Directory Battle Township Blaine Township…
Biographical Sketch of Orville E. Thornton
(See Ward)-Orville Elihu, son of George Washington and Emily Jane (Austin) Thornton was born day 29, 1876, in Iowa and educated in that state; Married in Iowa April 2, 1898 Drucilla A., daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Ann Conley, Their adopted daughter Georgia Myrtle Martin was born at Centralia February 22, 1910 and has been with them since she was 5 days old. She is generally known as Georgia Myrtle Thornton. Mr. Thornton’s Justice of the Peace at Centralia and is engaged in farming. George Washington Thornton was born on Beanies Prairie on February 2, 1856.
Biographical Sketch of Felix G. Cowan
Richard Cowan was born October 9, 1839, in Georgia, and married in April, 1865, in Illinois, Elzada Allen, born November 22, 1840, in Tennessee. They were the parents of Felix G. Cowan, born July 22, 1866, in Illinois; and Sarah Cowan, who married James A. Thompson, and is now deceased. Mr. Cowan was educated in the Cherokee Nation, and married on June 1, 1886, Lulu Murry, and on March 22, 1909, he married at Indianola, Iowa, Rebecca Blair, daughter of Calvin C., and Cirthia Blair. Mrs. Cowan had three brothers and one sister as follows: William E., Jane A., Almus…
John Wesley Somers
John Wesley Somers, one of Ida Grove’s oldest and distinguished residents, died Saturday morning, August 2, 1919, at the age of 84 years, 8 months, and 15 days. The funeral was held at the late home Monday, in charge of Rev. John T. Pierce. The interment was at the Ida Grove Cemetery. The pall bearers were Charles S. Macomber, W. J. Scott, James E. Easton, B. S. Noble, A. Sykes, and Card Kiner. Mr. Somers was born at Rockford, Surrey County, North Carolina, on November 17, 1834. While still in youth, he moved to Rockford, Illinois, where he met Sarah…
History of Mathew Gray Post – Grand Army of the Republic
This was organized in the fall of 1881 with 27 charter members. The final membership reached 127. It lasted until the last member, James Deal, died in 1930. The post was given its name in honor of Matthew Gray, a highly respected soldier who had died just before the organization. For many years, the Mathew Gray Post was very active and great enthusiasm was displayed in the observance of Decoration Day and the Fourth of July. Each year on those days, the Civil War Veterans would dress in their blue uniforms, one carrying a large flag and the rest a…