Iowa County History and Genealogy Books Online
These are free books online where you can research your Iowa ancestry. This list contains county and local history, genealogical and biographical books, as well as atlases and farm plats.
Monona County IA
Iowa Atlases, Farm Directories, and Plat Books
This collection contains digital atlases, farm directories, and plat books for all 99 Iowa counties. We have collated these from a variety of online sources, and provide them here as a single source for all online Iowa County Atlases, Farm Directories, and Plat Books.
John Wesley Somers
John Wesley Somers, a prominent figure in Ida Grove, passed away on August 2, 1919, at 84. Born in North Carolina in 1834, he later moved to Illinois, where he married Sarah J. Fitzgerald in 1858. Serving as a First Lieutenant in the Civil War, he returned to pursue a career in pharmacy. Somers and his family moved to Ida Grove in 1882, where he established a successful drugstore. He is survived by two children, a grandson, and a great-grandson. His wife died four months prior.
Obituary of Susan Little Davis
Susan Little Davis, born June 5, 1848, in Nelson County, Kentucky, died on February 3, 1926, at the age of 77. She moved with her family to Hamburg, Iowa, at eight years old and married Richard Davis on October 5, 1863. The couple resided in Hamburg for six years before relocating to Monona County, where they spent a decade. In 1879, they moved to Harrison County, marking the final chapter of her life.
Iowa Cemetery Records Monona to Muscatine Counties
Iowa Cemetery Transcriptions, Monona to Muscatine