*Jeremiah S. West*, section 2, Lester Township, was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, November 9, 1826, and when he was nine years old his parents, James and Julia A. West, removed to Kane County, Illinois, locating near Elgin in 1835. Here he was reared to manhood, remaining in Kane Countytill the fall of 1854, when he came to Iowa, and after living one year in Buchanan County he came, in October, 1855, to Black Hawk County. He received but a limited education in his youth, but after he had reached his twenty-first year he attended school six months. He has resided on his present farm since coming to the county, which at that time was an unimproved tract of land. He has now one of the best farms in his neighborhood, and has in all 200 acres of land, 160 acres on section 2, and the remainder on section 11. He has seventy-five acres under high state of cultivation, the rest being pasture and meadow. He has a very comfortable house which was built in 1867 at a cost of $1,200, his barn and shed being built in 1863, costing $1,000, and in 1883 he erected a new shed, his farm buildings being large and commodious. This he has made by industry and good management, being obliged to borrow $50 when he came to Iowa with which to make a start. Mr. West was married September 21, 1854, to Abigail Potts, daughter of Jacob H. and Catherine (Huntsman) Potts, her father born in Knox County, Ohio, June 22, 1813, and her mother in Richland County, Ohio, September 25, 1813. They were married in Knox County, February 25, 1834, and about three years later moved to Noble County, Indiana, where they remained two or three years. They then moved to Missouri, where Mrs. West was born; thence to Kane County, and after living there about fifteen years came to Black Hawk County, Iowa, where they made their home in Lester Township till the fall of 1885, with the exception of one year spent on a farm in Buchanan County, Iowa. They then, in 1885, went to Cherry County, Nebraska, where they have taken a homestead of 160 acres. Mr. and Mrs. West have a family of six children-Sytheria, born May 24, 1857; Arista, born November 29, 1859; Theresa, born October 11, 1861; George B., born June 11, 1864; Frederick A., born December 17, 1872, and Lurena E., born January 4, 1879, all natives of Black Hawk County. In politics Mr. West affiliates with the Democratic party. James West, father of our subject, was born November 10, 1801, in Genesee County, New York, and in early life moved to Cattaraugus County with his parents. During the war of 1812 he ran away from home and served in that war. He was a waiter for General Brock. He was married in Cattaraugus County to Julia A. Jolls, who was born May 8, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts, and when quite young came with her parents to Cattaraugus County. James West was a son of Thomas P. and grandson of Rufus West, who was of English descent. Our subject's Grandmother Jolls was a native of Scotland, and came to Americawith her parents in an early day. His grandfather, Gardener Jolls, was a native of England, and followed the sea the greater part of his life. Mrs. West's father was a justice of the peace for twenty years, holding that office while living in Lester Township. He has a good farm, well improved, where he resides, beside owning 320 acres of land in Lake County, Dakota. History of Black Hawk CO. Biographical Sketches pp. 375-376

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/351.717.719.720.726 Message Board Post: Researching my Ryan family; Looking for John J. buried in West Ridge Cemetery, Allamakee, Ia. Family from Pa.,Wi., Neb. and Ia.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schroeder, Schroder, Stolte Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1737 Message Board Post: Is there anyone that might be related to this Schroeder/Stolte family or can add some information? I have hit a brick wall at William Schroeder's father. I also am beginning to think that H. Heinrich Schroeder's wife, Mary, might have been a Stolte. In 1870 a Frederick Stolte was living with Henry and Mary Schroeder, William Schroeder's parent's. I would love to know who these Stoltes are and if Mary Unknown Schroeder was a Stolte. As far back as I have gone, and all the info I have on these Schroeders, is below. Our family is a descendant of Heinrich and Mary (? Stolte?) Schroeder through their son, William (Wilhelm) Schroeder. Thanks for any help! E-mails Welcome: BerryglenPlace@aol.com 1. H. HEINRICH1 SCHROEDER was born July 02, 1821 in Hanover, Germany, and died June 03, 1870 in Black Hawk Co., Iowa. He married MARY UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1824 in Hanover, Germany, and died Unknown. More About H. HEINRICH SCHROEDER: Burial: Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Black Hawk County, Iowa Children of H. SCHROEDER and MARY UNKNOWN are: 2. i. WILLIAM HENRY2 SCHROEDER, b. Bet. 1841 - 1855, Holyhofen, Hanover, Germany; d. February 07, 1898, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. ii. DORA SCHROEDER, b. Abt. 1852. 1870 Census, Fox Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, page 438B (surname spelled Schroder) Mary Schroder, age 46, keeping house, b. in Hanover Dora Schroder, age 18, at home, b. in Hanover William Schroder, age 15, at home, b. in Hanover Henry Schroder, age 47, Farming, real estate - 850, b. in Hanover Frederick Stolte, age 39, Farm Hand, real estate - 100, b. in Hanover Sophia Stolte, age 33, at home, b. in Hanover Henry Stolte, age 6, at home, b. in Hanover Dora Stolte, age 4, at home, b. in Hanover Anna Stolte, age 1, at home, b. in Hanover 2. WILLIAM HENRY2 SCHROEDER (H. HEINRICH1) was born Bet. 1841 - 1855 in Holyhofen, Hanover, Germany, and died February 07, 1898 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He married EMMA SOPHIA BUTTKE June 14, 1877 in Zion Lutheran Church, Black Hawk Township, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, daughter of CARL BUTTKE and DOROTHIA LULOFF. She was born August 27, 1857 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and died November 11, 1942 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa. 1880 Census, Fox Township, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, page 479A William H. Schroeder, age 25, Farmer, b. in Hanover, Germany Emma, age 22, keeping house, b. Wisconsin Mary, age 56, mother, b. in Hanover, Germany Certificate of Marriage says that he was born in Holyhofen, Hanover, Germany. This location has not been found in the province of Hanover, Prussian or Saxony. The person that recorded his application (A. J. Edwards, Clerk) might have spelled it as he/she heard it. Here are 3 of the locations/districts that have been named as possible places (Holy means Heilig in German): 1. Heiligenhafen, (now Schleswig Holstein), Germany, which is close to Oldenburg, Hanover. 2. Hollenhof, Kreis of Zeven, Hanover. It is a little farm which belonged to the village of Bruettendorf. 3. Hollinghofen, Hochsauerlandkreis, present state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Declaration of Intention Record: Record C, page 23, page 2103, A. J. Edwards, Clerk of District Court, Black Hawk Co., Iowa William H. Schroeder, a native of Germany, ... landed in the United States on or about the 15th day of November 1863. ... Signed on Sept. 15, 1884.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wagner, Miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vk.2ADE/606.877 Message Board Post: Don't know if this fits, but here goes: Michael Wagner, born 10 May 1828 in Nusbaum, Germany, immigrated probably 1850 (handwritten in baptismal record (birth and immigration data from LDS film # 0549632 Katholische Kirche Nussbaum Kr. Bitberg). Married to Mary Miller at St. Peter and Paul Church in Naperville, IL. 1860 Homer Township Illinois census lists her as 34 at the time census was taken. Possibly incomplete listing of children include William and John (aged 7 and 6, respectively in 1860 Homer census), Margaret, b. 1857, Michael, b. 1858, Margarethe, b. 1860, and Susanna, b. 1861. Please email me when you read this, so I know if this fits.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vk.2ADE/1736 Message Board Post: Peter’s Henry Line *Henry Mearkle (Peter, Lorenz) b 10 Feb 1771 m Lovis Steckman. b 25 Oct 1781, Virginia. Lovis was the d/o of John Steckman b 1750 Virginia and d 9 Sep 1838 Bedford, PA bur Indian Spring Farm Cemetery, Bedford and Polly. Henry was an early farmer in Monroe Township. Henry registered 50 acres in a land warrant on 24 Feb 1830. See Appendix for an awesome Steckman Genealogy from the Steckman web site. Their children not necessarily in this order: 1. Mary b c 1800 or 7 Apr 1814 m William Layton d 9 Feb 1909 2. Elizabeth b c 1802 d.y. 3. Rachel 30 Nov 1804 m 29 Mar 1827 Jeremiah Akers. Rachel d 26 Feb 1894 4. John b 3 Dec 1805 or 1806 m Sarah (see below) 5. Barbara b 24 May 1807 m John Clark b 27 Feb 1803. they settled in black Hawk County in 1854. She d 1893, Spring Creek, Black Hawk, Iowa a. Simon Clark b. George Clark c. Henry Clark b 1829 d. Emeline Clark b 1833 e. Andrew Clark b 1837 f. Nancy Clark b 1840 g. Lewis Clark b 1844 h. William Clark b 1846

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/484.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have information on your HEDING family. Please reply to <uff-da-9@juno.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vk.2ADE/484.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I am a Hart family researcher interested in exchanging info regarding Mildred Heding. Her second husband was Lafe Hart, with whom she had at least one child, John Fred Hart.

I’ve “rescued” an old photograph of Helen WHITTLE which was taken at the Fritz Studio in Waterloo, Iowa. The photograph appears to have been taken in the early 1900’s with Helen noted as 16 ½ months old at the time. Based on limited research, I believe that this is a photograph of Helen WHITTLE the daughter of Albert & Louise WHITTLE who were living in Waterloo, IA during the 1910 US Census. Albert WHITTLE was 41 years old at the time, born in Maine, a Real Estate Salesman who was living with his wife Louise who was also 41 years old, born in Indiana. The couple had been married for 21 years at the time and had 9 children, all living with them. Their children included, Harold age 19, Gladis age 17, Glen age 16, Lucile age 13, Elizabeth age 12, Doras age 8, A.T. age 6, Hellen age 4, and Darline age 2. All the children were born in Iowa. I’m hoping to locate someone from this WHITTLE Family, so that the photograph can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I am seeking further information on this family line, history information, obituaries, children of the children of this family. Any help would be appreciated. John H. HAYES b: 5 Jun 1860 in McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa d: 12 Feb 1945 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa Burial: 15 Feb 1945 in Imm. Conception Cemetery, Fairbank, Buchanan County, Iowa Spouse: Mary SHANNON b: 13 Jul 1860 in Lester Township, Black Hawk County, IA d: 30 Dec 1914 in Black Hawk County, Iowa Buried: Row 1, Imm. Conception Cemetery, Fairbank, Buchanan Father: James SHANNON Mother: Catherine DUFFY married: 18 Jan 1881 in Black Hawk County, Iowa CHILDREN: 1. Archibald (Archie) HAYES b: 6 Nov 1881 d: Dec 1965 2. Martha Catherine HAYES b: 21 Jul 1883 d: 20 Apr 1972 in Black Hawk Co., Iowa 3. Gertrude A. HAYES b: 22 Aug 1884 d: 21 Apr 1957 4. Irwin HAYES b: 21 Nov 1885 d: 19 Jul 1975 5. Everistuas (Arista) Dominic HAYES b:15 Apr 1887 d: 14 Feb 1967 6. John H. HAYES Jr. b: 29 Oct 1888 d: 1 Feb 1970 7. Robert Gregory HAYES b: 10 Apr 1890 d: 15 Jul 1977 8. Clara M. HAYES b: 31 Jan 1893 d: 24 Oct 1959 9. William A. HAYES b: Jan 1895 10. Francis (Frank) HAYES b: 9 Sep 1896 d: 28 Sep 1969 11. Barbara HAYES b: Mar 1899 d: Bef 1910 Gwen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks. It did not seem likely that there would be a cemetery named Protestant, but I thought I would check.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735.2.1 Message Board Post: He went missing during the Civil War, so that is no help. She is supposed to be buried with her mother, Mary (Polly) Booze. I think Polly died around 1855. Polly and Mary Jane were living in Poweshiek Co., IA at that time. That would make it unlikely, to me, that Polly would have been buried in Black Hawk Co. In fact, it seems more likely to me that Mary Jane was buried in Poweshiek Co. even though she did die in Cedar Falls. A number of the Sheley's are buried in Sheley Cemetery south of Montezuma, but I didn't find Mary Jane. I have heard from two different places that Mary Jane is buried in Black Hawk Co., but I haven't found her. Thanks for the effort. Bill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735.4.1 Message Board Post: As you found, he went missing in the Civil War. I was under the impression that his remains were never located. If that is so, there would just be a monument for him. Anyway, I assume his name is on the monument where Mary Jane is buried, wherever that may be. Thanks for all of your effort. Bill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735.4 Message Board Post: Additional information about Horace Sheley Enlisted as a Private on 17 February 1864 at the age of 41. Enlisted in Company I, 13th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 18 February 1864. Missing on 22 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA. His residence was in Poweshiek County, IA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735.3 Message Board Post: Mary J. Sheley applied for a Civil War pension on Aug. 30, 1865 as the widow of Horace Sheley. He was with the 13th Iowa Infantry. Could these be your people? Could Horace have died so long ago?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vk.2ADE/1735.2 Message Board Post: Greenwood has always been called Greenwood. I checked with the manager for the Cedar Falls cemeteries and he was unable to find a burial place for anyone named Sheley in Greenwood Cemetery. He has never heard of a cemetery in Cedar Falls being called Protestant Cemetery. I did find the obit for Mary J. Sheley in the Cedar Falls newspaper (The Semi-Weekly Gazette). Any idea of when Horace died? Perhaps his obit (if any) named another cemetery, where they may both be buried.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735.1 Message Board Post: Having been raised in Cedar Falls, IA Greenwood Cemetery is one of several cemeteries maintained by the city. There are other memorial cemeteries in North Ceder on Waverly Road. My protestant parents are buried in Greenwoods along with my Great and Grand parents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1735 Message Board Post: There is an obituary for Mary J. Sheley, who died 28 Mar 1900, stating that she would be buried in Greenwood Cemetery. I found no record of her there. Someone said she, her husband Horace Sheley, and her mother, Mary (Polly) Booze are buried in Protestant Cemetery in the Sheley plot. I can't find that cemetery listed. Can anyone help?

I believe Michael LYNCH came from Jo Daviess county, IL. Michael bought 80 acres in Lincoln township for $500 in 1868. In 1872 he and Patrick D KELLY (whose family were from New Diggings, WI), who bought the adjacent 80, came to live in Black Hawk county and built houses for their wives and Michael's children. Michael's wife, Mary HARRINGTON (P D Kelly's niece), died in 1877, as did her mother, Mary KELLY HARRINGTON, in circumstances unknown to me. They are supposed to be buried in Eagle township. Michael was still in Lincoln township in 1880, a widower with three children (Mary B, John P and Michael A LYNCH), working as a carpenter. I have found an entry for him, I believe, in Santa Clara county, CA in 1900. If it is him, he was remarried, in about 1881, to Catherine. Is there a kind soul there who could check an index or look in a courthouse record for a Black Hawk county civil marriage record involving Michael LYNCH? Thank you, Kevin Kelly RAOGK volunteer, Columbia, Missouri

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vk.2ADE/1734.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry about that, did not know that when I made them smaller. Until after I had posted them. But here is the info. scan = (lady in white) Bon-Ton Studio Portraits, Kansas City, MO scan 1 = ( young man with suit and tie) National Studio, Waterloo, IA scan 2 = ( young child) Paige & Paige - Carroll scan 3 = (lady with leaf pin) Fox Studio, hand writting says, With Love Sister Marguerite scan 4 = (Wedding Picture) Rohner Studio, Carroll, IA scan 5 = (Young girl) Smith, Denison, Iowa scan 6 = This has nothing printed on frame, and is apx. 5x7 Hope this will help. April Davis

Don't know photo. Looks like taken in Waterloo,Iowa. What do you think of the clothes? Could it be a school uniform?