History of Poweshiek County, Iowa - 1880

Poweshiek County

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

Index transcribed by Cay Merryman

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

The subject of the biography is followed by the township number in which it can be located. 

1.  Bear Creek Township - A-F, G-O, P-W
2.  Chester Township
3.  Deep River Township - A-B, C, D-H, I-M, P-S, T-W
4.  Grinnell Township - B, C-G, H-K, L-M, N-R, S-W
5.  Jackson Township - A-G, H-P, R-W
6.  Jefferson Township
7.  Lincoln Township
8.  Madison Township
9.  Malcom Township - A-L, M-W
10.  Pleasant Township
11.  Scott Township
12.  Sheridan Township
13.  Sugar Creek Township
14.  Union Township
15.  Warren Township
16.  Washington Township

A

Abel, C., 16
Adams, Charles G., 5
Adams, W. J., 15
Adksun, D. B., 15
Akers, W. R., 9
Allen, Samuel A., 14
Alley, Alex., 12
Allum, Isaac, 3
Anderson, D., 1
Armstrong, Aaron W., 3
Armstrong, Harry G., 3
Arnold, H. D., 9
Atkinson, James, 15
Axtell, Silas S., 3
Aylett, John, 9

B

Babb, Joseph, 5
Babcock, W. D., 4
Bacon, Joshua C., 2
Bailey, J. W., 4
Bailey, John S., 13
Bailey, W. S., 4
Bair, J. A., 5
Baird, E., 9
Baker, Daniel, 1
Baldwin, I. B., 12
Ball, H. C., 1
Ballard, A. W., 5
Barclay, J. P., 1
Barker, Augustus K., 3
Barker, Corydon, 7
Barnes, R. J., 4
Barns, Frank, 4
Bartels, George, 3
Barrett, Edward E., 3
Bartlett, E. S., 4
Bartlett, S. N., 4
Bates, N. F., 9
Bates, S. H., 10
Bateham, G. W., 4
Bauer, Aug., 1
Beaderstadt, John, 13
Beason, John A., 14
Beatty, Wm., 12
Bennett, L. M., 1
Bernard, W. H., 5
Berns, George T., 10
Bigler, Charles C., 15
Bigler, Samuel, 15
Binegar, A. J., 13
Binegar, George W., 13
Bisom, John, 15
Bixby, T. H., 4
Blain, John, 5
Blake, L. T., 6
Blakely, A. J., 4
Blankenfelt, J., 1
Bliesenick, August F., 3
Blinkinsop, Edward, 6
Bodine, F. E., 9
Bodle, F. S., 4
Bodum, L. G., 9
Bogart, S. W., 13
Boget, A. E., 13
Boget, J. H., 13
Bolon, M., 12
Bone, Thomas, 14
Booth, B. F., 15
Bowden, Hugh, 7
Bowman, T. B., 6
Boydston, Lon H., 5
Boyle, John, 16
Bradbrook, Peter, 9
Braden, Abner, 15
Brande, Thomas, 4
Bray, H. M., 4
Breniman, Frederick, 15
Brignon, Frank, 16
Broders, Henry, 12
Bross, G. D., 8
Brown, J. S., 12
Brown, Jerry, 4
Brown, John, 4
Brown, H. E., 4
Brown, Samuel M., 7
Brush, T. P., 8
Bryan, A. A., 11
Bryan, Albert, 5
Bryan, B., 5
Bryan, D., 11
Bryan, J. M., 5
Bryan, Neri, 5
Buck, Prof. S. J., 4
Bucknam, Samuel, 4
Buhmann, J. F., 5
Burdine, Rev. Dr. Hugh, 3
Burton, P. D., 5
Bush, Amos, 15
Bush, Wm. H., 15
Buswell, H. C., 4
Butcher, Wm., 3
Byers, John, 1

C

Cady, Thomas, 9
Cahail, W. H., 6
Cander, Rev. T. H., 1
Cardell, L. E., 9
Carder, John B., M. D., 1
Carl, August, 3
Carmichael, Wm., 15
Carpenter, J. D., 10
Carpenter, M., 16
Carpenter, Melrose, 8
Carr, Capt. J. W., 5
Carr, Nicholas, 5
Carruthers, P., 1
Catterson, Thomas, 13
Chafee, M., 4
Chamberlain, Rev. J. M., 4
Chambers, F. A., 1
Chapin, J. P., 12
Chapin, James P., 12
Chase, H. M., 1
Cheshire, Thomas, 5
Child, J. & Son, 4
Childs, C. F., 4
Christian, George M., 4
Clark, Charles R., 5
Clark, John, 15
Clealand, W. C., 10
Clement, Guy C., 7
Cline, W. A., 13
Coakley, W. W., 4
Cochran, Mrs. Wm., 3
Coleman, Wm., 15
Conaway, C. D., 1
Conaway, John, 1
Conaway, Dr. H. Oliver, 3
Cone, George Warren, 1
Cone, Wm., 6
Conn, Samuel, 3
Conner, A., 15
Cook, Geo. C., 3
Cook, Ralph P., 3
Cook, Thomas C., 13
Cooper, James, 10
Cooper, Samuel F., 4
Cooper, T. C. S., 13
Copeland, J. C., 10
Correll, Rev. Wm. W., 3
Cotter, Charles R., 1
Cotton, W. B., 10
Coulson, Jabez, 8
Coutts, R. G., 10
Cox, Christopher, 3
Cox, George, 3
Cox, Robert, 3
Crane, George, 3
Cranston, Wesley, 3
Cravath, Dr. S. A., 4
Craver, Hon. Charles F., 4
Craver, J. Atwood, 14
Craver, Joseph, 13
Crawford, W. B., 1
Crider, Godfrey, 7
Crietz, Samuel F., 3
Criswell, Wm. H., 3
Crone, Joseph, Jr., 3
Cummings, H. G., 1
Cummings, James, 10
Cunning, M. S., 1
Cunningham, J. R., 6
Cutting, Mrs. George W., 3

D

Dalby, S. J., 5
Davidson, A., 1
Davidson, John, 1
Davidson, Moses, 8
Davie, A., 10
Davie, A. J., 10
Davie, W. G., 10
Davis, Miss Edna, 4
Davis, F. D., 9
Davis, H. I., 12
Davis, Miss Lizzie, 4
Davis, N. E., 9
Dean, D. R., 5
DeCamp. E., 4
Dee, H. A., 12

Dee, J. E., 12
Dee, J. M., 12
Delahoyde, Chas. J., 9
Dillon, Peter C., 3
Dixon, Wm., 6
Dodge, H. L., 1
Dodge, Wm., 10
Donnan, James, 10
Donnan, John, 16
Douglass, John, 9
Doxsie, John, 8
Drake, C. C., 1
Drake, I. N., 1
Drake, J. C., 1
Dryden, H. B., 10
Dryden, J. A. H., 5
Dryden, John F., 10
Duffield, J. R., 6
Duffus, Alex. Sr., 10
Duffus, Alex. Jr., 10
Duffus, George, 10
Duffus, James, 9
Duffus, James H., 9
Duram, John, 15

E

Early, John, 11
Eaton, W. J., 4
Edson, Rev. Henry K. A. M., 4
Ehret, Wm., 3
Elliott, J. A., 6
Ellis, J. B., 1
Emslie, William, 5
England, T. J., 6
Ennis, Dr. Edgar H., 3
Ensor, D., 5
Evans, David S., 3
Evans, Vestus, 13
Ewart, Matt, 10

F

Falkinbergh, Job, 5
Farley, Joseph, 10
Farmer, A. M., 10
Farmer, John W., 5
Fentress Brothers, 16
Fields, A. T., 9
Fisher, Luther, 6
Flaig, Joseph A., 1
Forbes, Darwin, 4
Forby, Mrs. Jacob H., 7
Forcum, J. B., 5
Foster, C. L., 1
Fraser, Donald, 8
Francis, J. L., 1
Francis, T. M., 1
Free, Albert T., 4
Frisbie, Dr. D. G., 4
Frizzell, Thomas, 1
Fry, J. F., 1
Fry, John, 15
Fry, Wm., 15
Funk, Mrs. Isaac, 3

G

Gardner, Franklin, 15
Garing, John, 14
Garnett, Wm. G., 11
Gause, Aaron C., 13
Gilliland, A. F., 5
Gilman, L. K., 1
Gilmore, J. S., 1
Gilmore, Wm. H., 3
Giser, Robert, 15
Goodale, C., 1
Goodenough, S. R., 1
Goodrich, A., 4
Gordin, Richard A., 13
Gordin, S. E., 9
Gordon, Alex., 5
Gordon, David, 5
Gordon, David Jr., 5
Gorman, A. F., 15
Graham, Robert, 8
Grant, Henry, 15
Gray, H. G., 16
Gray, M. F., 6
Gray, R. G., 10
Green, P. S., 8
Gregson, Amos, 10
Gregson, Rev. M., 14
Grier, James H., 7
Grier, Benton, 7
Grinnell, E. H., 4
Grinnell, Hon. J. B., 4
Grinnell, L. P., 4
Grush, Wm., 3
Gwin, Arnold, 15
Gwin, S. D., 15
Gwin, Elias, 1
Gwin, Noah W., 15
Gwin, Sampson B., 15

H

Hafkey, Wm. C., 2
Haines, R. M., 4
Hakeman, Wm. E., 6
Hall, John Sr., 5
Hall, John W., 5
Hambleton, Osborn, 13
Hambleton, Joel G., 13
Hamett, A., 10
Hammer, Milton P., 13
Hanlin, James, 4
Hannon, R. F., 9
Hardy, Rev. J. B., 1
Harker, Lemuel, 13
Harlan, J. M., 15
Harris, Dr. E. H., 4
Harris, H. A. T., 16
Harris, Joel R., 3
Harris, Thomas, 3
Harris, W. H., 10
Harrod, Daniel, 5
Hartzell, John W., 4
Harvey, Caleb, 9
Hastings, George W., 3
Hastings, Mrs. Robert, 3
Hatch, G. M. C., 4
Hatch, Gilbert M., 4
Hatcher, J. F., 9
Hawier, Andrew, 5
Hawkins, W. B., 5
Hays, William F., 14
Hedges, T. M., 4
Henry, B. S., 1
Herrick, S. H., 4
Herrick, Rev. Stephen L., 4
Hicks, B. P., 1
Hicks, C. R., 9
Hill, Jonathan, 3
Hilliker, H. V., 9
Hillman, George, 3
Hillman, James, 7
Hinchman, Dr. B., 16
Hodgdon, C. G., 2
Holmes, John, 2
Holley, S. L., 1
Hollingsworth, George, 3
Holmes, R. T., 15
Holyoke, Thomas C., MD, 4
Hott, John, 1
Hover, John, 12
Howard, M., 4
Howe, Freeman, 6
Howie, James, 8
Hubbert & Vernon, 9
Hudson, B. H., 12
Hudson, William, 14
Humphrey, J. H., 9
Huston, Augustus O., 13
Hutchinson, Robert, 5

I

Ingham, John, 11
Inman, Henry, 3
Irvin, William, 5
Irwin, John W., 7

J

Jacobs, Samuel, 16
Jenkins, N., 4
Jenkins, Samuel S., 7
Jessup, T. H., 16
Johnson, Rev. J. B., 5
Johnson, Syl., 5
Johnson, Virgil H., 14
Johnson, W. J., 9
Johnston, Eliza J., 5
Johnston, Joseph, 7
Jones, Alvin, 10
Jones, D. F., 1
Jones, Gabriel, 6
Jones, E. A., 4
Jones, J. W., 8
Jones, S. L., 12
Jones, W. N., 5
Jones, Uriah, 8
Jordon, R. W., 15
Joy, Enoch, 4
Judd, D. E., 8
Judd, E. P., 9

K

Kearns, T. F., 15
Keener, H. T., 13
Keller, John, 15
Kellogg, Raymond M., 4
Kennedy, J. R., 4
Kent, Joseph, 8
Kierulff, G. W., 5
Kilburn, F. A., 5
Kimbley, W. H., 5
King, John A., 15
Kirk, David, 11
Kirk, Henry E., 11
Kittoe, J. F., 4
Kizer, A. S., 6
Korns, Jacob, 15
Korns, Moses, 6
Kraft, John, 15
Kuhns, Samuel, 6

L

Lackey, J. R., 4
Lang, G. J., 8
Lang, Wm. T., 8
Lantz, J. W., 1
Latchem, A. F., 5
Lauck, G. G., 13
Lavender, Robert, 6
Law, Wm. Jr., 3
Lawrence, H. W., 8
Lawrence, Henry, 4
Laylander, O. J., 9
Lee, James, 15
Legg, H. H., 9
Leimberer, Jacob, 6
Leimberer, M., 6
Leins, W. T., 5
Leisure, W. S., 4
Leonard, Joshua, 8
Lepley, J. K., 15
Lester, Alexander, 3
Lewis, John, 4
Lewis, John, 8
Lewis, L. P., 1
Lewis, Wm. Robinson, 5
Lightner, John, 2
Lincoln, Edward, 16
Linder, John A., 15
Lineweaver, C. B., 11
Little, H. F. W., 4
Little, Henry G., 4
Little, Warren, 4
Livezey, George H., 13
Livezey, John W. E., 16
Longfellow, B. M., 4
Longfellow, C. F., 4
Longfellow, H. W., 4
Lucas, H., 10
Lyman, J. P., 4

M

Macy, J., 4
Macy, J. W., 13
Magoun, Rev. Geo. F., 4
Mahler, G. F., 4
Malcom, D., 6
Malcom, S., 5
Mann, J. H., 2
Mann, M. E., 13
Manatt, Thomas, 1
Manatt, Wm., 1
Marcy, F. P., 9
Marks, David, 15
Marks, Levi, 15
Marsh, C. H., 4
Marsh, Jasper H., 14
Martin, Ira T., 1
Maxfield, C. H, 12
Mayer, Daniel, 8
McAra, M., 1
McArthur, John, 6
McCabe, Rev. P. J., 1
McCall, George, 8
McCaw, Hugh, 7
McCormick, Owen, 9
McCormick, W. H., 10
McCready, W. W., 5
McDonald, Joseph, 1
McDowell, J. W., 9
McDowell, John, 13
McFarland, W. M., 1
McIntire, John, 5
McIntire, Robert T., 5
McFerren, John, 11
McDonald, C. C., 16
McKeag, John, 10
McVey, Cyrus P., 3
McVey, W. A., 1
Meesz, Peter, 9
Meigs, A. S., 9
Meigs, Church, 9
Merrill, A. M., 4
Meyers, J. S. Jr., 10
Millar, W. G., 1
Miller, Absalom, 15
Miller, C. E., 5
Miller, George W., 7
Miller, Lyman Beecher, 3
Miller, S. S., 6
Milliman, J. H., 4
Mills, John M., 11
Mitchell, James, 13
Mitchell, Robert W., 13
Moor, John, 14
Moore, Alexander, 13
Moore, Hugh, 3
Moore, Hugh, 13
Moore, Milton, 13
Morgan, Thos., 13
Morrison, A. W., 15
Morrison, R., 5
Morrison, Mrs. Sarah E., 5
Morrison, W. R., 10
Mousley, J. E., 1
Mullikin, John, 5
Munger, Joseph, 10
Murphy, James, 10
Murphy, Joseph, 9
Muscott, H. B., 4
Mushrush, George M., 3
Myerly, David E., 3
Myerly, Mrs. John B., 3
Myerly, John F., 3
Myers, J. L., 9
Myers, Thos. J., 13

N

Nash, M. G., 13
Naylor, B. B., 16
Nebel, Michael, 1
Needham, G. S., 4
Neff, Silas C., 1
Negley, W. A., 15
Nelk, C., 1
Nelson, Samuel, 4
Nickerson, George J., 7
Noah, Peter, 16
Noble, Edmond, 6
Norris, S. T., 12
North, Joel, 9
Nussbaum, Miss Elizabeth, 15
Nutting, D. W., 9
Nutting, George L., 10

O

Odell, Charles W., 1
Odell, Elzie B., 1
Olcott, B. F., 1
Ostrom, Andrew, 6
Ostrom, Geo. L., 6
Owen, Albert, 11
Owen, L. J., 1

P

Page, Aaron F., 13
Palmer, A. F., 9
Palmer, E. T., 4
Palmer, J. H., 13
Parker, J. M., 1
Parnham, George, 1
Patterson, E. D., 16
Patterson, L. A., 16
Pearce, C. W., 4
Peirce, G. C., 4
Pexton, William, 4
Phelps, Loyal C., 4
Phelps, Matt., 4
Phelps, Simon, 3
Philippi, Charles, 5
Phillips, A. P., 4
Phillips, Edward, 1
Phillips, Ernest L., 4
Phillips, Capt. George, 1
Pimlott, Clark, 9
Pitman, Henry, 4
Plambeck, H. C., 15
Plumb, Henry, 6
Pollard, Thomas, 3
Pool, Francis, 3
Port, H. H., 12
Porter, J. A., 10
Porter, John H., 5
Ports, John T., 15
Postin, Mrs. Mary A., 15
Powell, J. C., 4
Powers, R. U., 1
Preston, S. J., 4
Preston, S. S., 4
Price, W. H., 1
Proctor, H. P., 4
Propst, W. A., 4
Prosser, A., 1
Pugh, Jonathan G., 3
Puls, L., 9

R

Rainsburg, Thomas, 5
Ramey, K. M., 4
Rayburn, A. F., 5
Rayburn, C. E., 1
Raymond, E. P., 9
Raymond, P. P., 9
Razey, Alexander, 8
Redman, Samuel K., 3
Redman, Capt. Wm. Henry, 5
Reece, Nehemiah B., 3
Remine, J. W., 9
Rice, G. E., 9
Riggs, John, 13
Rivers, John L., 16
Roach, L. Dow, 13
Roberts, J., 5
Robertson, Joseph, 13
Robertson, Stephen, 13
Robinson, Charles, 11
Rodgers, J. W., 5
Rogers, Amos, 8
Rollins, J. S., 4
Roth, Geo. N., 2
Roth, Peter, 3
Rowland, Jacob, 6
Royce, E. L., 10
Royce, G. W., 10
Royce, H. B., Jr., 10
Royce, H. B., Sr., 10
Royce, L., 10
Rutherford, John, 10

S

Sage, Mrs. Miriam, 15
Sanders, Andrew J., 3
Sanders, Franklin, 5
Sanders, James E., 15
Sanders, S., 5
Sanders, Wm., 5
Sargent, Daniel K., 3
Sargent, Will N., 3
Sargood, John, 3
Satchell, Daniel, 5
Saunders, Aaron, 14
Saunders, James A., 7
Saunders, Marion, 14
Sawtell, J. P., 15
Sawyer, J. W., 4
Schafer, F., 12
Scheeler, C. J., 4
Schmidt, George M., 9
Schmidt, Peter, 16
Scholes, R., 15
Schultz, C. C., 9
Schultz, C. H., 12
Schultz, Carl A., 9
Schultz, Fred, 9
Schultz, Henry, 12
Schultz, J. J., 9
Schuyler, C. L., 4
Scott, John T., 1
Scott, Robert, 15
Scott, W. Z., 8
Scott, Wm., 15
Scovill, S., 9
Searight, J. F., 5
Seeley, J. B., 1
Shadbolt, Elliott, 8
Shattuck, A. L., 9
Shaver, P. J., 8
Shaver, Wm., 6
Shearer, J. S., 10
Shearer, John, 5
Shearer, John W., 5
Sheely, Elza, 5
Shell, H. C., 5
Sheridan, Asher, 13
Sherman, Henry, 2
Sherman, J. T., 4
Sherman, J. W., 2
Sherman, L.N., 4
Sherman, William, 2
Sherman, Wilson, 2
Shimer, R. C., 15
Shine, Adam, 1
Shipley, W. E., 5
Shusler, L. F., 4
Slack, Mrs. John, 3
Sloan, Alex. B., 6
Smith, J. A., 12
Smith, J. S., 5
Smith, Richard, 5
Smith, Samuel, 14
Smith, Samuel, 10
Snook, Wesley, 15
Snow, Erastus, 4
Snider, H, K, 4
Snyder, Daniel, 9
Snyder, Michael, 4
Spauldin, Leonrd, 8
Spaulding, H. W., 4
Spencer, C. H., 4
Spencer, J. A., 1
Sprague, J. W., 8
Squiers, S. L., 6
Stackhouse, Allen, 3
Stahl, Jacob, 1
Stanley, Aaron, 13
Stanley, John H., 13
Stevenson, J. D., 1
Stewart, A. D., 10
Stilwell, Elias, 13
Stilwell, Obadiah, 14
Stilwell, W. E., 13
Stober, J. C., 1
Stocking, G. H., 12
Stockwell, B. F., 2
Stockwell, Winchester, 2
Sturtevant, Rev. J. M. Jr., 4
Sutherland, G. C., 4
Swafford, Benj. P., 6
Swangel, Benjamin F., 14
Swenson, John, 1
Swift, Edgar, 12

T

Taber, E. O., 9
Taber, George S., 9
Talbott, J. C., 1
Talbott, B. M., 1
Tallmon, George W., 4
Taylor, James, 5
Taylor, Wm., 3
Templeton, J. S., 9
Terrell, Charles W., 13
Terry, George, 4
Terwilliger, M., 1
Thomas, Z. W., 13
Thompson, Mrs. George, 7
Thompson, Ira A., 1
Thompson, J. W., 7
Thompson, John, 16
Tibbals, L., 5
Tibbals, Wm. F., 11
Tibbett, Dr. J. C., 5
Tilton, Capt. J. H., 5
Tinker, E. W., 1
Tinker, Edwin, 1
Tinker, J. W., 9
Torrey, Milo, 9
Tribbet, Dr. J. C., 5

U

Uhl, Charles, 1

V

Van Fossen, James W., 3
Varnum, Clark, 9
Verbeck, C. H., 9
Vernon, W. A., 9
Vest, John W. H., 5

W

Wadsworth, Geo., 11
Wainwright, Edward, 3
Walker, C. C., 15
Walters, W., 1
Walters, W. R., 9
Walton, Samuel B., 14
Wasser, L. Edward, 3
Wasson, E., 12
Wasson, G. W., 10
Wasson, Newton, 10
Weatherbe, George W., 7
Weber, Jacob, 8
Wells, Cyrus, 10
Wheeler, A. K., 1
Wheeler, Brothers, 9
Wheeler, John R., 15
Wheeler, O. M., Dr., 10
Wheeler, T. G., 15
Wheeler, W. H., 15
Wherry, D. P., 15
Wherry, David J., 7
Wherry, Joseph P., 7
White, I. O., 6
Whitney, G. A., 4
Whitney, Newton, 3
Whitney, Richard, 4
Wilcox, V. S., 9
Wilkins, T. J., 15
Willard, W. O., 4
Willett, Edward A., 14
Willett, George W., 11
Willett, R. S., 11
Willett, W. C., 15
Williams, Benjamin, 15
Williams, Mrs. Elizabeth, 13
Williams, H. W., 4
Williams, W. E., 13
Willson, John W., 5
Wilson, B. W., 6
Wilson, G. W., 5
Wilson, James W., 5
Wilson, John, 6
Wilson, L. W., 5
Winslow, Noah S., 6
Wishart, James M., 4
Wolcott, G. G., 12
Wolf, George, 3
Wolf, Samuel, 3
Wolfe, John D., 7
Wood, A. J., 1
Wood, John, 16
Wood, R. L., 4
Woods, A. B., 10
Woodward, D. M., 5
Woomer, Adam, 9
Works, H. D., 4
Wyatt, F., 4
Wykel, George C., 5