This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woolsey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1201.1 Message Board Post: Just read your posting. Unfortunately I don't know the information that you are looking for, but perhaps you can help me? I have desparately been searching for information on the J.T. (John Thomas) and S.A. (Sarah Ann) Constant you mention as being the parents of Minnie R. Woolsey. Might you have any additional information? I would appreciate any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kingsbury, Henderickson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1798 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1849: Harlow C. Kingsbury and Elizabeth Hendrison were married Dec. 2, 1849, at the home of John Hendrixon.--Marriages 2.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Horace C. Kingsbury....1m...3f....1 voter....1 militia...no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" Harlow C. Kingsbury....36....b. CONN....6 years in the State Elizabeth....................30........Ind........8 Martha E. Simpson......11........KY.......3 Isabelle Simpson..........7.........KY.......3

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: keyser, Lambert, Greenwood, Furgason, Moore Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1797 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1849: Benton township settlers in 1849 included Henry Keyser and wife from Missouri.--1881 Hist. of Fremont county, page 546. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Henry Kiser....36....b.VA Abigail...........35.......VA James............19.......VA Christopher.....18........VA Samuel...........16.......VA William............13.......VA Leander...........10.......VA John................10.......VA Mary................2........MO 3.--1851: Marriage license to Christopher Keyser and Olivia Ann Lambert, Oct. 6, 1851--Greenwood.....First wedding in Benton township.--1881 Hist. of Fremont County, page 541 4.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Henry Keiser....6m...2f 5.--1852: ORDERED Henry Keiser to serve as grand juror until Aug. 1, 1853.--Greenwood, Sept. 2, 1852. 6.--1853: Marriage license to James P. Keyser and Ellenor Furgason, Sept. 8, 1853.--Greenwood 7.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Henry Keyser....5m....2f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 8.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Henry Keyser....43.....b. VA.....6 years in the State Abigail..............42.........VA.....6 William P..........19.........VA.....6 Leander J..........17..........VA....6 John B..............16..........VA.....6 Samuel Keyser..22...........VA....6 Mary E..............8............VA......6 Melissa J. Moore...14.......Ind......4

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kerr Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1796 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Franklin township" Archibald Kerr....1m....3f...1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 2.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Franklin township" Archibald Kerr....43....b. Tenn....18 years in the State Nancy S............43........NC.......18 Melissa D..........11........Iowa.....11 Isabel V.............8..........Iowa.....8

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kensler, Cansler, Sioux maidens, DeSmet, Livermore Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1795 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18-1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1848: William Kenchlear and Extosie-to-Bow were married Oct. 18, 1848 by Father P.J. De Smet.--Atchison county, Missouri, Marriage Book "A", page 24. N.B.: This was the famous Jesuit priest, P.J.DeSmet.--W.F. 2.--1849: Peter Livermore and wife Julia sold half of the northwest quarter of section 23 township 67 range 42 to William Kensler.--Hist. of Fremont county, pp. 402-3. 3.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, IOwa William Cansler....40....b. Canada Stacy (Exstacy)...22.........Missouri Angel...................11........Missouri Missouri................6..........Missouri Susan Toussaint....3.........Missouri Serrel.................9/12.......Missouri N.B.: Since Kenseleur (my perferred spelling) was married to a half-breed Sioux woman, one needs to realize that when "Missouri" is used for her place of birth, it means in the "Missouri River Country" and not within the borders of the State....Kenceleur was one of the most enterprising of the FRENCH VILLAGERS: He founded the town of Rulo, Nebraska and was largely responsible for the engineering skill needed for the building of the famous Platte River Bridge on the Oregon Trail in western Wyoming....His son, Toussaint, was later for be executed in Wyoming after being convicted in a well-known trial. He claimed his innocence up to the last, saying he had been framed.--W.F. 4.--1850: Kensler and Livermore licensed to operate a toll bridge across the Nishnabotna.--Minutes, July 1, 1850. N.B.: This bridge crossed the Nishnabotna at the place where Hamburg was later founded. This so-called "French Bridge" was a smaller version of the much larger Platte River Bridge so famous in the history of THE WEST.--W.F. 5.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" William Rensler (sic)....4m....2f 6.--1854: Mabel notes that he is not shown in this county census. If I remember correctly, his group built the Platte River Bridge during the winter of 1853, so, if correct, he could well have been in THE WEST taking care of whatever needed to be done with its construction and correction during the spring months.--W.F. 7.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Madison township" William Kensler....52....b. Canada....10 years in the State Julia....................17.........Ind. Ter. Zu.......................10.........Iowa Susan (Tousan!)....8..........Iowa Serril....................6..........Iowa Harriet................5/12.......Iowa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kennedy, Matthews Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1794 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" Louis Kennedy....4m...1f 2.--1853: Land entry for Lewis J. B. Kenedy, dated May 11, 1853 for lots 2, 3, 4 in section 26 township 67 range 41; AND, for lot 2 in section 27 township 67 range 42. 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Franklin township" Lewis Kennedy....30....b. Ind....7 years in the State Rhoda.................28........Ill......7 Lewis..................8..........MO...7 William E.............6.........MO....6 Elias S................3..........Iowa...3 Joseph................0..........Iowa....0 Job Matthews......28.........England....1 N.B.: This family lived in FRENCH VILLAGE--ssoo--beware before you generalize as to whom he probably is! You are in for a surprise.....Job Matthews figured prominently in the earliest days of Hamburg.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keeler, Lee Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1793 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 -= 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Seth Keeler....41....b. MO Elizabeth........35........VA Riley..............15........Ind. Lucinda..........13........Ind Amanda..........10.......Ind Madison..........6.........Ind Banner............3.........Ind Mary Ann.........1........Ind 2.--1851: ORDERED to serve as petit juror at the second term of District Court.--Minutes, April 7, 1851. 3.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Sidney township" Seth Keeler.....4m....5f 4.--1853: Allowed $3.00 for service as judge of elections.--Greenwood, Jan. 3, 1853. 5.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Seth Keeler....5m....5f....2 voters...2 militia....no aliens 6.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" Seth Keeler.....46....Maine....6 years in the State Elizabeth.........41....VA........6 Madison...........12....Ind.......6 Bonnie..............9.....Ind........6 Mary R.............8......Ind.......6 Almira..............5.......Iowa.....5 Ester K............2.......Iowa.....2 Alexander Lee...20....Ind.........3

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/ok.2ADE/1034.2 Message Board Post: This is a little remote and may not be part of yours. Our cousin, Wilbur L Chaney Married Mary Lou (Hunter) in the Fremont Co area and had a son named Richard Merwin Chaney who married a woman named Kelly. Richard may be from the Moline IL area. Our Mary Lou (Hunter) was b in 1924 in the Fremont Co IA area. I'd like to share cousin information with any of them if they are in contact with you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jordan, Wade Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/1789.1 Message Board Post: Mr. Farewell - I am the G. G. Granddaughter to Steve Jordan who married Mahala Wade. I'm originally from around Clarinda, Iowa and am looking for information on the Jordan side. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harry, Constant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1792 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information in Fremont County on this family: 1860 Census Harry Samuel J. 33 male farmer b. IN Matilda 26 female b. OH Miranda 8 female b. IA George A. 4 male b. MO Mary 1 female b. IA George was my great grandfather. I believe he married Mary Peasley, daughter of Rufus Peasely of Page and Harrison County and then moved probably to Nebraska and then Harrison County. He then moved to Sioux City, Iowa where he marries a second time to Anna Anderson (don't know what happened to Mary Peasley or his daughter Lilly). Matilda's mother, Mary Miller Peacock divorced John Peacock and married a Jesse Harry (don't know where he fits into my other Harrys). Samuel Harry's father Elisha divorced his first wife and married a Mrs. Nancy Constant, then Elisha and Nancy moved to Oregon. Any information in Fremont County about these families would be greatly appreciated,

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/ok.2ADE/1791 Message Board Post: Thomas Stafford and his mother Martha lived in Fremont, Co, Iowa in 1860 according to the census. Thomas was a lime cutter, and he was in the civil war from 1864 to 1865. Does anyone have any information pertaining to them ? Also Martha's husband Augustus was around that area, but can not find him or other boys in the family. Thanks. barbaraboots@hotmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: sheirbon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/1254.1 Message Board Post: I am a beginner on family history. Alice Sheirbon is a relative of my family. My Great grandfather was a brother to William James Sheirbon, who was Alice's brother. How do you find these things and do you charge? How much. I have alot of papers and pictures. My grandmother started this information many years ago and she gave it to an Aunt and when she died last year, I asked her daughter if she didn't want to do anything with it, to send it to me and she did. It was a big box and had many stories written down. It has been fun looking thru it. My email laquita32@aol.com thanks Laquita Bloom

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chambers Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1790 Message Board Post: THE COUNCIL BLUFFS DAILY NONPAREIL. Feb. 8, 1876.--Hamburg, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1876.--Mr. Samuel Chambers, a gentleman of about sixty years of age, died suddenly on his farm near Bartlett, last Sunday evening. Mr. Chambers lived at his late residence nearly twenty-six years; he had been to preaching at Bartlett on Sunday forenoon, and returned home apparently well. In the evening he went out into his barnyard to feed the stock, and was there found late at night, lying dead on the ground. It is supposed to be a case of heart disease.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jordan, Watts, Iler, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1789 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mable Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1853: Anthony Jordan married Mrs. Nancy Watts on Nov. 17, 1853 at the house of Henry Iler in Atchison county, MO.--Atchison Co., MO. Marriage Book A, page 54 2.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" Anthony Jordan....4m....4f.....1 voter....1 militia.... no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Madison township" Anthony Jordan....31....b. VA....6 years in the State Nancy.................36.........Ill Lorancy Watts.....16.........MO Nancy Watts........14........MO Mary....................12........MO Chunchel Watts......9........Iowa Allen......................7........Iowa Charlotte Jordan.....1.........Iowa N.B.: Notice that the enumerator slippped up when he let the number of years that Anthony had been in the State, stand as the number that his wife had been an Iowan!.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1787.1 Message Board Post: Walter do you know if this is Arba Cyrus Harrington, Son of Daniel B. Harrington, who lived in Tabor in the 1930's and 40's ?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Williams Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1788 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest pioneers of Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1839 - 1840: David Jones and family settled at Pleasant Grove in 1839 - 1840.--Cowden; also 1881 Hist. of Fremont county, page 509. 2.--1845: David Jones appointed judge of election for Bluff township, August 1845..--Atchison county Court, June term, 1845 3.--1846: Bond of David Jones as constable of Bluff township approved.--Atchison County Court, Oct. term, 1846. 4.--1849: David Jones elected one of the county commissioners at the firs election, April 1849.--1881 Hist. of Fremont County, page 373 5.--1850: Member of grand jury for the first District Court, held at the Argyle house.--Hist. Atlas of Iowa, page 423 6.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa David Jones.....55....b NY Ruth P............44.......OH David..............19........Ind Jerry...............17........Ind Martina...........15........Ind Hubard............12.......Iowa Nancy..............8........Iowa Martha.............1........Iowa 7.--1851: ORDERED to serve as grand juror for next term of District Court.--Minutes, April 8, 1851. 8.--1852: Fremont county Census: "Franklin township" David Jones.....3m....4f 9.--1853: Land entry by Ruth Jones, dated April 20, 1853 for the east half of the southwest quarter of section 3 township 67 range 42; ALSO for the east half of the northwest quarter of section 10 township 67 range 42. 10.--1854: Fremont county census, "Franklin township" Ruth Jones....1m....4f....no voter....no militia....no aliens 11.--1854: Richard Williams and Ruth Jones married on August 6, 1854 by Peter Howe, J.P.--Atchison County, MO., Marriage Book "A:, page 42

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Herrington Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1787 Message Board Post: THE COUNCIL BLUFFS DAILY NONPAREIL. July 12, 1876.--Cyrus Herrington, a boy of sixteen, was accidentally shot at Bartlett, Iowa, on the morning of the 5th of July by a pistol in the hands of youthful companion. The fall entered about the elbow of the right arm, and lodged close to the wrist where it still remained as of the 7th.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hendrickson, Kingsbury, Feaster, Queen, Chambers, Hildreth, Miller Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1780.1 Message Board Post: THE COUNCIL BLUFFS DAILY NONPAREIL. July 12, 1876. "Hamburg. Iowa, July 10, 1876".-- (The following is a portion of a letter to the editor which appeared in that paper.) "....On the 6th instant I was at Bartlett in this county ......Among the old Settlers of the vicinity of Bartlett are John Hendrickson, who dates his residence from 1846; H. C. Kingsbury has returned to New York; Cornelius Feaster has moved to Missouri; Reuben Queen is now living at Bartlett; and Samuel Chambers who died last winter. "In 1846 Mr. Hendrickson spent about two weeks on the present site of Council Bluffs. He says a Frenchman, named Hildreth, had about twenty acres of as good corn as he ever saw near where the court house now stands. He sold his claim that year in to a saint named Alexander Miller. "Mr. Hendrickson says that French and Indians of pure and mixed blood, of the Pottawattamie tribe, lived about Bartlett from 1838 to 1847. He worked for the half breeds, and found them honest and friendly, if you pleased them. They cultivated the land in patches. He traded a yoke of oxen and a wagon to a half breed for a cabin, seven acres of corn, a cow, fourteen hogs, seven bee stands, an old wagon, and all his plows, hoes and empty barrels. This claim was on Hendrickson's present farm, a quarter of a mile north of Bartlett. " At one time in 1846, Hendrickson was out of flour, and short of funds, but made a raise by taking a wagon load of watermelons to an Indian payment at Trader's Point. In those days the feathered tribe was extra plentiful; swamp black birds came in clouds, cranes, pelicans, geese, swan; magpies, abounded. The growing crops had to be guarded against the raids of blackbirds and geese. The cattle lived on the rushes in the winter time, and the grass started early in the spring. "Hendrickson says that Mr. Kingsbury and himself were the first and second tax-payers in Fremont county. The receipts were issued at Austin, three miles north of Hamburg. Mr. Hendrickson is sixty-seven years of age; he is opposed to the whole I. O. U. policy, has never given a note or due bill in his life. I mention this merely as a fact; I do not cast any reflections on that venerable Benevolence, that candidate for the Presidency--Peter Cooper......"

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/ok.2ADE/1385.3 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for this valuable information to me! Jefferson Wade is my Great Great Grandfather and I have had quite a time finding information on him. Thank you again. Sherri

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/ok.2ADE/1385.2 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for this valuable information to me! Jefferson Wade is my Great Great Grandfather and I have had quite a time finding information on him. Thank you again. Sherri