Iowa Biographies Project -- What's New

Iowa Biographies Updates - 2001

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Updates - 2000

December 26, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Adams, Arnold, Austin, Babcock, Baer, Ballard, Barnes, Barnhart, Bates, Benson, Black, Bliss, Blum, Boeke, Bowers, Boyd, Boyer, Boylan, Brown, Bryant, Bryson, Burns, Cady, Carter, Cartwright, Cessna, Chapin, Christy, Clancy, Claus, Cloud, Conklin, Crim, Crocker, Crosley, Cundiff, DeGroff, Dersham, Dickey, Diltz, Drake, Eastman, Ellis, Ellsworth, Farwell, Finn, Finster, Fish, Fisher, Flesner, Fossler, Fox, Frost, Fuson, Galoway, Garrison, Gaulding, Gillham, Green, Griffith, Gunn, Hallett, Hardin, Harms, Harris, Hathaway, Hayden, Heath, Hecker, Heinzerling, Higenbotham, Hiserote, Hodson, Hoover, Hornung, Hough, Hubbard, Huff, Huffman, Ingrum, Irvin, Johns, Johnston, Kelso, Lee, Leffler, Lepley, Leverton, Linn, Livengood, Lockard, Lohr, Long, Marshall, Marshman, Martin, McConnelough, McNabb, Meeker, Miller, Mills, Milner, Mingle, Mitchell, Montz, Morriell, Morris, Mossman, Munson, Nichols, Nicholson, Noyes, Painter, Parish, Paul, Peat, Pence, Pickett, Pierce, Pillsbury, Potts, Price, Rainsbarger, Rash, Redinger, Reed, Reese, Reynolds, Ridout, Ripley, Rockwell, Root, Rorem, Rosecrans, Rumper, Sayers, Scales, Scott, Shafer, Shattuck, Shellenberger, Sime, Sink, Skellenger, Slack, Sloan, Smith, Snider, Speer, Speers, Starr, Steele, Steenberger, Sterns, Strauss, Stuckenberg, Swartwout, Syverson, Turner, Van Dornam, Van Ote, Warn, Warring, Weaver, Webb, Wilcox, Willhoite, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Worden, Wright

Added Washington County biographies - Coon, Richardson, Strain, Wilkins

December 17, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Rhodes

Added Des Moines County biographies - Cameron, Cleghorn, Glascow, Gurney, Henry, Kinnear, Leonard, Marble, Martelle, Millard, Nassau, Pettit, Pietzsch, Pilger, Power, Smyth, Sponholtz, Steyh, Storks, Sutphen, Webster, Weinrich, Wright, Young

Added index to and Shelby County biographies - Doyle, Dreier, Kobold, Sabin, Sondag, Sunderland

Added Floyd County biographies - Darland, Darling, Hutches

Added Dallas County biographies - Allard, Collins, Griffith, Smith, Stephens, Van Meter

Added Adair County biographies - Eshelman

Added Henry County biographies - Graves

November 23, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Pilgrim

Added Hardin County biographies - Eller, Jones, Lyon, Wood

Added Des Moines County biographies - Archer, Biklen, Burkholder, Burt, Caldwell, Fordney, Fullerton, Loper, Mercer, Poor, Rand, Riggs, Robertson, Robinson, Schaefer, Schlapp, Smith, Snyder, Talbott, Waite

Added Dallas County biographies - Jones

Added Audubon County biographies - Cameron

Added Notable Iowa Lawyers biographies - Hagerman

Added Lucas County biographies - Gay, Woods

Added Greene County biographies - Clopton, Stevens

Added Presbyterian Church biographies - Drew, Gibson

November 5, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Gogerty

Added Hardin County biographies - Moon

Added Des Moines County biographies - Burrus, Millspaugh, Myers

October 28, 2001

Added Iowa History biographies - Bruce, Hillis, Leake, Pollock

Added Hardin County biographies - Eller, Gogerty

Added Buchanan County biographies - Arnold, Raines

Added Adair County biographies - Sargent

Added link to A Narrative History of the People of Iowa

Added Muscatine County biographies - Kelley

Added Cass County biographies - Brown

Added Floyd County biographies - Birkholz

Added Plymouth County biographies - Baune, Spies

October 23, 2001

Added Iowa History biographies - Duncombe

Added History of Indian Tribes biographies - Barnard

Added Crawford County biographies - Girard, Nissen, Vollersen

Added Boone County biographies - Hagge, Kuhl

Updated index and added Annals of Iowa biographies - Williams

Added Presbyterian Church in Iowa biographies - Baldridge

Added Adair County biographies - Augustine

Added Jasper, Marshall, Grundy biographies - Forbes

Added Butler County biographies - Orvis

Added Black Hawk County biographies - Morris

Added Davis County biographies - Pinnell

October 22, 2001

Added Warren County biographies - B's, C's, G's, H's, L's, R's, S's

Added Plymouth County biographies - Meyer

Added Memorial and Biographical Portrait of Iowa biographies - Cline

Added Guthrie County biographies - Carrick, Thompson

Added Audubon County biographies - Beers, Dimick, Fredericksen, Heath, Johnson, Lewis, Meek, Milliman, Smith

Added Cherokee County biographies - Heath

Added Johnson County biographies - Cannon

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa biographies - Allen, Duncombe

Added Cass County biographies - Allen, Bock, Cannon, Carpenter, Crawford, Todd

Added Warren County biographies - Van Patten

Added Des Moines County biographies - Anderson, Bartlett, Bloomer, Clarke, Colby, Corey, Forney, Myers

Added Cedar County biographies - Tatum

Added History of Western Iowa biographies - Chase

Added Kossuth County biographies - Meyer, Soltow, Waud

Added Cedar County biographies - Sailor

Added Iowa Historical Record biographies - Duncombe

Added Iowa County biographies - Adams, Alverson, Baltz, Beem, Berstler, Branch, Brockman, Butterfield, Crenshaw, Deffinbough, Dillin, Downard

Added Hardin County biographies - Gordon, Lyon, Robertson, Southard

Added Hardin County biographies - Kuser

September 9, 2001

Added Washington County biographies - Auld

Added Warren County biographies - A's, D's, E's, F's, I's, J's, K's, M's, N's, O's, P's, T's, U's, V's, W's, Y's, Z's

September 8, 2001

Added Floyd County biographies - Esser, Powers

Added Winnebago and Hancock County biographies - Osheim

Added Warren County biographies - Cline, Perkins

Added Cass County biographies - Meredith

Added Des Moines County biographies - Schroeder

Added Butler County biographies - Cook, Moore, Needham, Taylor, Wheaton

Added Davis County biographies - Eckard, McAvoy, Stokes

Added Cedar County biographies - Pierce, Wharton

Added Cedar County biographies - Lyle, Pierce, Wharton

Added Clinton County biographies - Henyan

Added Story County biographies - Holmes

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa biographies - Bloodgood

Added Black Hawk County biographies - Reuter

Added Johnson, Poweshiek, Iowa Counties biographies - Watson

Added Bremer County biographies - Briden, Carpenter, Cook, Dean, Eveland, Foutch, Gray, Jones, Lawrence, Lytle, Moody, Rosencrans, Sholes, Stufflebeam, Townsend, Ward, Wile, Willey

Added History of Western Iowa biographies - Shulson

September 1, 2001

Added Poweshiek County biographies - Jefferson Twp., Lincoln Twp., Madison Twp., Malcom Twp., Pleasant Twp., Scott Twp.

Added Dallas County biographies - Goodwin, Hall, Marshall, McKibben, Peitzman, Walker, West, Wilson

August 31, 2001

Added index to Andreas Illustrated Atlas of Iowa biographies

Added Des Moines County biographies - Cameron, Franken, Hannum, Harper, Hedge, Holstein, Yohe

Added Dallas County biographies - Gordon

Added Kossuth County biographies - Helgeson, Swanson

Added Davis County biographies - Ryan

Added Presbyterian Church biographies - Akey, Paden

Added Annals of Iowa - Brown

Added Black Hawk County biographies - Bloodgood

Added Emmett and Dickinson County biographies - Churchill

August 28, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Dobbins, Hartinger, Hayden, Rodgers

Added Hardin County biographies - Axtell, Campbell, Hayden, Neuenfeldt

Added Des Moines County biographies - Morgan

Added Poweshiek County biographies - Bear Creek Twp., Grinnell Twp., Deep River Twp., Jackson Twp., Chester Twp.

July 4, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Bucholtz, Campbell, Griffin, Story

Added Hardin County biographies - Buchholtz, Perisho, Wilson

Added Dallas County biographies - Huffman, King, Ludington, Lyon

Added Warren County biographies - Trueblood

Added Washington County biographies - Cole

Added Washington County biographies - Waters

Added Greene County biographies - Wahl

Added Presbyterian Church biographies - Foster

Added Guthrie County biographies - Hager, Lalley, Parrish, Reise, Warren

Added Audubon County biographies - Larsen, Rasmussen

Added Plymouth County biographies - Luce, Watters

Added Crawford County biographies - Blume, Neumann

Added Crawford County biographies - Fienhold

Added Cedar County biographies - Waters

Added Allamakee County biographies - Waters

Added Floyd County biographies - Cole, Eaton, Ingram

Added Lee County biographies - Lohmar

Added Henry County biographies - Henry

Added Clinton County biographies - Nowels

June 29, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Humphreys, Lieser, Moir, Whitney

Added Hardin County biographies - Moir

Added Des Moines County biographies - Bird

Added Memorial and Biographical Portrait of Iowa biographies - Watters

Added Fayette County biographies - Watters

Added Cedar County biographies - Watters

Added Black Hawk County biographies - Watters

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa biographies - VanEaton

Added Lyon County biographies - Van Eaton

Added Muscatine County biographies - Watters

Added Iowa Hisorical Record biographies - Waters

Added Franklin County biographies - Waters

Added Des Moines County biographies - Waters

Added Butler County biographies - Waters

Added Marshall County biographies - Waters

Added Presbyterian Church biographies - Waters

Added Hamilton County biographies - Burcham

Added Warren County biographies - Gibson

June 8, 2001

Added Emmett and Dickinson County biographies - Crumb

Added Iowa History biographies - Colson, Gassner

Added US Biographical Dictionary (Iowa) biographies - Gardner, Griggs

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa biographies - Gardner, Smock

Added Memorial and Biographical Portrait of Iowa biographies - Gardner

Added American Patriotism...[Polk County] biographies - McCullough, Story, Winterhalter

Added Presbyterian Church biographies - Smock

Added Makers of Methodism biographies - Gassner

Added Iowa Historical Record biographies - Eberle

Added Annals of Iowa - Wilson

Added index to Shelby County biographies - Stanley

Added Johnson County biographies - Vogt

Added Des Moines County biographies - Ibbotson

Added Buchanan County biographies - Sells

Added Hamilton County biographies - Biernatzki, Bonner, Brewer, Brock, Clark, Cook, Donaldson, Haswell, Miller, Rhodes, Segar, Sells, Stitzer

Added Henry County biographies - Eicher, Wenger

Added Guthrie County biographies - Murphy

Added Warren County biographies - Hicks

Added Cedar County biographies - Donahue

Added Adair County biographies - Orient Twp., Orient

Added Des Moines County biographies - Seymour

May 28, 2001

Added index to Des Moines County biographies

Added index to Davis County biographies

Added index to Lee County biographies

Added index to Fayette County biographies

Added index to Mills County biographies

Added index to Delaware County biographies

Added index to Clinton County biographies

Added index to Louisa County biographies

Added index to Muscatine County biographies

Added index to Crawford County biographies

Added index to Decatur County biographies

Added index to Emmett and Dickinson County biographies

Added Plymouth County biographies - Anderson, Detloff, Freeman, Gengler, Randall, Reints, Stang, Thomas, Weber

Added Jefferson County biographies - Smith

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa biographies - Allison

Added Dubuque County biographies - Flick

Added Franklin County biographies - Quick, Riggins

Added Cedar County biographies - Boyd, Richard, Richards

May 27, 2001

Added Dallas County biographies - Aldrich, Burchfield, Forester, Hoy, Jolley, Mills, Rhoads, Tice, Van Cleave, Vandever, Watson

Added Plymouth County biographies - Freeman

May 26, 2001

Added Adair County biographies - Summerset Twp., Jackson Twp., Fontanelle, Jefferson Twp., Adair, Summit Twp., Washington Twp.

Added Hardin County biographies - Bradford, Crosbie, Garrettson, Hutchens, Lamb, Moore, Newby, Nye, Odell, Staley, White, Wilson

Added Hardin County biographies - Bateson, Beach, Bushman, Elzig, Hutchens, Johnston, Lockard, Rash, Smith, Watts, White, Wilson

April 29, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - McBride, Whitney, Yearick

Added Hardin County biographies - Saaksmeier, Taylor

Added Floyd County biographies - Crumb

Added Iowa state biographies - Dows

Added Iowa state biographies - Dows

Added index to Iowa Historical Record biographies

Added Grundy County biographies - Fletcher

Added Red Men of Iowa biographies - Fletcher

Added Iowa state biographies - Fletcher

Added Annals biographies - Fletcher

Added Fayette County biographies - Zimmerman

Added Appanoose County biographies - Murdy, Younker

Added Clayton County biographies - Duwe

Added Butler County biographies - Kemmerer, Wemple, Younker

Added Presbyterian Church biographies - Ewing, McClintock

Added Dallas County biographies - Boyd, Dilenbeck, Downeym, Gilbert, Gill, Ikenberry, Moore, Nichols, Peitzman, Royer, Scott, Smart, Staker, Taylor

Added Des Moines County biographies - Alter, Bennett, Hale, Penney

Added Plymouth County biographies - Freeman

Added Polk County biographies - Cooper

Added Polk County biographies - Cooper

Added Appanoose County biographies - Lowrey, Murdy, Sweetman

Added Bremer County biographies - Prue

March 25, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Allen, Bear, Doan, Kelocow, Lathrop, Pearson, Rogers, Stewart

Added Hardin County biographies - Bryson, Chapin, Crossan, Mason, Walthall

Added Washington County biographies - McKenzie

Added Jefferson County biographies - Mealey

Added Harrison County biographies - Lowrey

Added index to Buchanan County biographies

Added Ida County biographies - Booth

Added index to Annals of Iowa - Lyons

Added Floyd County biographies - Allen, Kelso, Ruggles

Added Dallas County biographies - Breakfield, Fitting, Hadley, Quigley, Shumway

Added Guthrie County biographies - Lyons, Messinger

Added Plymouth County biographies - Borchers, Meinen

Added Des Moines County biographies - Allen, Alspach, Cartwright, Flodin, Geldard, Hacker, Held, Hutchinson, Little, Loper, Lowery, Lutz, Miller, Watson

Added Cedar County biographies - Stanlake

Added Cedar County biographies - Stanlake

Added Buena Vista County biographies - Eckman

Added Carroll County biographies - Drees

Added Johnson County biographies - Baker, Carl, Crawford, Leonard

Added Johnson County biographies - Carl, Crawford

Added Iowa state biographies - Baker

Added Clinton County biographies - Petersen

Added Clinton County biographies - Petersen

Added Johnson, Poweshiek, Iowa County biographies - Hedges

February 19, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Lane, Whitmore, Wisner

Added Hardin County biographies - Althouse, Griffeth, Heinzeroth, Lane, Marshman, Wisner

Added Warren County biographies - McCartney, McCollam

Added Henry County biographies - Ross

Added Dallas County biographies - Burns, Estes, Eveland, Fahey, Gannon, Thornburg, Wright

Added Boone County biographies - Ross

Added Des Moines County biographies - Bailey, Crawford, Davis, Sherfey

Added Plymouth County biographies - Hart, Thill

Added Franklin County biographies - Allen, Atkinson, Becker, Beed, Bicknese, Blake, Bonewitz, Brass, Brown, Bruns, Bunker, Butler, Buzzell, Christiansen, Clock, Coble, Creighton, Enslin, Erickson, Evans, Finn, Fraser, Fryslie, Gaulke, Gibson, Goppinger, Green, Hansen, Harrison, Hartgraves, Henrickson, Houg, Iverson, Kaus, Kempthorne, Koell, Klousia, Kratz, Kron, Laipple, Lehmann, Lubkeman, Luke, Madson, Manifold, Marty, McCoy, Mensing, Meyer, Miller, Moore, Mott, Myers, Numelin, Patton, Plagge, Popejoy, Reeve, Rice, Rust, Sailer, Smith, Spangenberg, Thielke, Vahlsing, Van Wert, Wagner, Whitney

Added Appanoose County biographies - Bradley, Elliott, Ellis, Evans, Farley, Frowd, Garton, Harmon, Nusbaum, Ogle, Payton, Pennington, Philby, Porter

Added Appanoose County biographies - Elliott, Ogle

Added index to The Presbyterian Church in Iowa biographies

Added index to Methodist Episcopal Church biographies

Added Polk County biographies - Barns, Beebe, Cooper

Added index to Scott County biographies

Added index to Makers of Methodism biographies

Added Johnson County biographies - White

Added Johnson County biographies - Whedon, Whetstone, White

Added History of Iowa biographies - White

Added Marshall County biographies - Bentley, Binford

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa biographies - Moffit, Smith

Added Other Adair County biographies - Turner

Added Floyd County biographies - Allen, Bumgardner, Carter, Ripley

Added Grundy County biographies - Williamson

Added Buchanan County biographies - Norton, Williamson

Added Linn County biographies - Main

Added Plymouth County biographies - Thiel, Thill

February 7, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Wumkes

Added Hardin County biographies - Lawler

Added Adair County biographies - Ballard, Bates, Brown, Chenoweth, Dew, Easton, Gilson, Haddock, Hall, Hetherington, Hill, Libbey, McCollom, Pryor, Raney, Root, Shattuck, Taylor, Valentine

Added Crawford, Ida and Sac County biographies - Bailey, Ballantyne, Cassady, Hallander, King, McNally, Patterson, Scott, Sherwood, Simpson, Slater, Stoecks, Waitley

Added index for Story of Iowa biographies

Added Des Moines County biographies - Blakeway, Davis, Delashmutt, Sperry, Sweny

Added Franklin County biographies - Andrews, Atkinson, Benson, Bergen, Capellen, Carr, Clock, Damm, DeForest, Dodd, Dohrmann, Dovey, Guldberg, Hackbarth, Hanson, Hushka, Johnston, Kopacek, Moore, Nelson, Oleson, Osborne, Richtsmeier, Rust, Schwieger, Senf, Sime, Stewart, Thies, Thompson, Webber, Yaw

Added Plymouth County biographies - Farrell, Nussbaum, Popken, Richardson

Added index to Johnson County biographies

Added index to Johnson County biographies

Added index to History of Western Iowa biography

January 21, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Hughes, Little, Mark, Quiggle, Trickey, Windecker

Added Hardin County biographies - Gade, Robertson

Added index to Clayton County biographies - Clues, Reese, Ringling

Added index to Appanoose County biographies

Updated Iowa state biography - Iowa Leaves

Added Jasper County biographies - Barns

Added Warren County biographies - Arnold, Beery, Bell

Added Guthrie County biographies - Pierce, Porter

Added Memorial and Biographical Portrait of Iowa biographies - Saylor

Added Floyd County biographies - Judson, McKinzie, Merriman

Added American Patriotism...[Polk County] biographies - Burgett, Saylor, Thompson

Added Polk County biographies - Nagle, Saylor

Added Linn County biographies - Barger, Boxwell, Burnside, Ely, Green, Kafer, Lord, Mohn, Moses, Pitkin, Wilcox

Added Ida and Crawford County biographies - Bochman, Coon, Eicholtz, Francis, Johnson, Moore, Seger, Williams

Added Polk County biographies - Saylor

Added Kossuth County biographies - Kramer

Added Warren County biographies - Saylor

Added Bremer County biographies - Saylor

Added Marshall County biographies - Saylor

Added index to Iowa County biographies

Added Marshall County biographies - Saylor

Added Marshall County biographies - Saylor

Added Des Moines County biographies - Crawford, Rand, Starr

Added index to Lucas County biographies

Added Makers of Iowa Methodism biographies - Robinson

Added index to Hamilton County biographies

Added index to Cedar County biographies

Added Dallas County biographies - Blue, Cook, Hunt, McClatchey, Young

January 5, 2001

Added Hardin County biographies - Doty

Added index to The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men. Iowa volume.

Added index to Shelby County biographies

Added index to Audubon County biographies

Added Winnebago and Hancock County biographies - Galloway, Hartwig

Added Jefferson County biographies - Goughnour

Added index to Greene County biographies

Added Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa - Reiley

Added Linn County biographies - Ink, Simpson

Added Marshall County biographies - Swearingen

Added Audubon County biographies - Carpenter

Added index to Buchanan County biographies

Added index to Des Moines County biographies

Added Crawford, Ida and Sac County biographies - Wolcott

Added Des Moines County biographies - Carden, Howard

Added Jefferson County biographies - Abraham, Beck, Crawford, Crumly, Ellyson, Frush, Gillett, Graber, Harris, Hufstedler, Hutchin, Mitchell, Pumphrey, Roberts, Thorne, Tilson, Wilkins, Wilson, Zihlman