This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hunsaker, Burrows, McElroy, Needles, Watts Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1786 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 her notes: 1.--1843: (a). Daniel and Isaac Hunsaker probably came to Pleasant Grove in 1843, since Hunsakers' Ferry across the Nishnabotna was in operation in 1844. (b). Isaac Hunsaker removed to California many years before 1881--1881 Hist of Fremont county, page 511; page 447. 2.--1845: Hon. Alexander McElroy, Daniel Hunsaker, and Elijah Needles met on the 11th day of April 1845 and organized the County Court of Atchison county, Missouri.--Hist. of Holt and Atchison Counties, page 602. 3.--1845: Isaac Hunsaker appointed judge of election for Bluff township for August election.--Atchison County Court, June term, 1845. 4. 1845: Isaac Huntsaker was one of the first grand jurors for Atchison county, Sept. 1845.--Hist. of Holt and Atchison Counties, page __?__. 5.--Daniel Hunsaker appointed postmaster at Austin postoffice on Feb. 10, 1846.--Hamburg Reporter, Oct. 24, 1946, Section 9, page 67. 6.--1846: ORDERED that license be granted to Hunsacker and Watts to keep a ferry at their place on the Nishnabotna for one year.--Atchison County Court, April term, 1846. 7.--1848: (A Mr. Huntsucker is mentioned by Ruffus Burrows as one of the train in which the Hitchcock family emigrated to California in 1848.--SEE "Hitchcock".

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holloway Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1785 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: 1852: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Wm. Holoway...3m....3f 1854: Fremont county Census, " Scott township" Wm. Holloway.....2m...3f...1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" Wm. H. Holloway....23....b KY....6 years in the State Mary J...................20.......Ind....4

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holloway, Milo Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1784 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.--1850: Henry Holloway a member of the grand jury for the first District Court, 1850, to be held at the store of A. Argyle.--Hist. Atlas of Iowa, p. 423 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Henry M. Holloway....42....b. KY Nancy.......................38.......KY Elizabeth...................19.......KY William......................16.......KY Hannah......................16.......KY James........................15......KY Matilda.......................13......KY Sarah.........................12......KY Nancy..........................9......KY John............................5.......KY Reuben.......................3........KY Sophronia..................3/12.....MO 3.--1851: ORDERED to serve as grand juror for next term of District Court.--Minutes, April 8, 1851. 4.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Henry M. Holloway.....5m....8f 5.--1852: Allowed $1.00 for services as judge of election--Greenwood, Nov. 4, 1852. 6.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Henry M. Holloway.....5m....7f...2 voters....2 militia...no aliens 7.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" Henry Holloway......48.....b. KY....6 years Nancy....................44........KY....6 Betsy A..................25.......KY....6 James N.................20.......KY....6 Matilda A.................19......KY....6 Sarah J....................17......KY....6 Mary M....................15......KY....6 Nancy J...................13......KY....6 John H....................11.......KY....6 Reuben J.................9........KY....6 Sophronia E.............6........MO...6 Lucinda C................3........Iowa..6 Benjamin Milo.........23.......Tenn..2

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hitchcock, Burrows, Wade, Carson, Cooper Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1783 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.-- 1839:Rufus Hitchcock, a trader who afterward became both notorious and obnoxious, came from Indiana 1839 (p. 509). Rufus Hitchcok, well educated, many accomplishments, wholly unprincipled, various charges made against him, and to avoid arrest he built a two-room cabin, one room on each side of the Iowa - Missouri line. When the Missouri sheriff came to arrest him he sat down in the Iowa room and coolly chatted with the sheriff for some time. Had several wives, one the divorced wife of his former partner Burras. They were the first white men in county after Cooper; their stock in trade mainly whiskey.--1881 History of Fremont county, page 521. N.B.: I don't know who wrote this for the 1881 history, but much of it would probably fall into the category of "wild tales of the frontier". Hitchcock had left Fremont county and was operating the hotel at Sutter's Fort in 1848 when gold was discovered there (one year before the gold rush of 1849). I have read court records for Holt and Atchison counties,. Missouri, and records for the sub-agency for the Pottawatamie Indians at the Council Bluffs, and did not find much substantiation whatsoever for most of these charges. A little, yes, but NOT any more than for many others! Consider, that the 1881 history was being written about 32 years after Hitchock had left the county, and one has to ask who was the person that dated back that far so as to possess a first-hand acquaintance with Hitchcock....Oh, yes, no whites were permitted by law to settle in Pottawatamie Indian Country without the government's permission.--W.F. 2.--Burrows, born in Indiana in 1834, came to Kansas City area in 1847 (sic) with his stepfather, Rufus Hitchcock. In April 1848, they started for California, for benefit of Mrs. Hitchcock's health. Hitchcock was engaged in the fur business, running what they then termed a trading post, buying furs from American and British fur companies, besides many tribes of Indians, and being intimately acquainted with many old hunters and trappers such as Kit Carson, deeply impressed with their stories of California and the Pacific Coast......Arrived at Sutter's Fort on Sept. 10, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock kept hotel here that winter.--From narrative of Rufus G. Burrows in California State Library. N.B.: "Came to the Missouri river country in 1847" !!??-- Don't you believe it! The Pottawatamies had emigrated to Kansas by that date, and one can easily find prime sources which put Hitchcock in the Fremont county area a long time before then. Wasn't it Jefferson Wade who bought out Hitchcock?...As for having seen, known, Kit Carson, that could easily be true. Kit Carson had explored The West as a guide for the famous John Charles Fremont, and it isn't hard to show that Fremont was acquainted with the Fremont county area, back in the 1840's. Stephen Cooper had been employed by Fremont--in 1845--for the purpose of being aided in acquiring the best horses for use in the explorations.....For this Burrows manuscript, get on one of the search engines such as Yahoo, Altavista, and ask for Hitchcock or Burrows.--W.F.

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/ok.2ADE/360.1.2 Message Board Post: The research is moving right along on the Mains, found where Jacob Ransom Mains married Alice Seacrese in Fremont County. We have also found a lot of family information in Clermont county Ohio. Your know how it is go looking for a long time and then we hit pay dirt it is always exciting. Karen Mains

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hiatt, Eberman, Everman Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1781 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.--1853: David Hiatt, 21, and Elizabeth Eberman, 17, were married on January 27, 1853 at the house of Margaret Eberman.--Marriages. 2.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Sidney township" David Hiatt....2m...1f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Daivd Hiatt....23....b. Ill....4 years in the State Elizabeth......20........Ill....15 years in the State Moses E........2.........IA....2 Nancy A.........0.........IA....0

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hendrickson, Kingsbury Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1780 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.--1849: Harlow C. Kingsbury and Elizabeth Hendrixon were married Dec. 2, 1849, at John Hendrixon's.--Marriages. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa John Hendrickson....41....b. KY Elizabeth................46........KY James....................18........Ind. Eliza.......................16.......Ind Nancy.....................13.......Ind Lucinda....................11......Ind Margaret...................4.......Iowa 3.--1850: John Hendrickson appointed judge of election in Fulton township.--Minutes, July 1, 1850. 4.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" John Hendricson....2m....4f 5.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" John Hendrickson....2m....4f...2 voters...2 militia....no aliens 6.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" John Hendrickson....47....b. KY....9 years in the State Elizabeth.................37.......KY....9 James H..................24.......Ind....9 Nancy......................18.......Ind....9 Lucinda.....................16......Ind....9 Margaret J.................10......Iowa..9

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Helvey Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1779 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: 1844 (sic):: Joel Helvey granted a ferry license on the Missouri river near or about the southwest corner of township 68 range 43, about 1/2 mile or thereabout below Boulware's ferry; April 7, 1844.--Greenwood records. N.B.: CORRECTION: This date undoubtedly should be 1854. (1) The 1850 census shows that the Helvey family was in Indiana in 1844. (2) John Boulware starting operating his ferry in 1846 at Old Fort Kearney when troops were first stationed there. (3) Judge Greenwood's--nor any County Judge in the State of Iowa--first term of office didn't start until after the 1852 fall elections. Before that date, a three-member Board of County Commissioners were performing the duties of governing each of the counties in Iowa.--W.F. 1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Joel Helvey....40....Virginia Mary.............47.....Ohio Thomas.........16.....Indiana Mary..............13....Indiana Henry.............10....Indiana Joanna........... 9.....Indiana Franklin...........7.....Indiana Newton...........5......Indiana Sarah.............4......Indiana Albert.............3......Missouri George............1.....Iowa 1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Joel Helvey....8m....4f 1854: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Joel Helvey....7m....3f....1 voter....1 militia.....no aliens

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hardin, Harding Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1778 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, "Sidney township" Wm. H. Hardin....3m....2f 2.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Sidney township" Wm. H. Hardin....3m....3.rf....1 voter...no militia....no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Wm. H. Harding....44....b England....13 years in the State Marian E. (m).......30.......New York...18 Amasa W..............9.......Iowa............9 William H..............7........Iowa............7 Lidia J...................5........Missouri......5 Sophia..................2.........Iowa...........2

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Guard, Gard, Cowden, Penn, Lusby, Fletcher, Frost, Lingenfelter Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1777 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1841: The Rev. Jeremiah Guard, called a "reformer", was the first clergyman; lived on land now (1881) owned by Jacob Fletcher; came in 1841.--1881 Hist. of Fremont county, page 510. 2.--1841: The first preacher was Jerry Guard, a reformer in 1841, who lived on a claim he sold to S. B. Frost and now (1876) owned by Jacob Fletcher.-Lingenfelter's history, page 6. (SEE Mabel's notes re.: Samual Buchanan Frost.) 3.--1841: In the year 1841, the first cleryman came to Fremont County, the Reverend Joseph Jeremiah Guard--called a "reformer", a term both vague and general. (From "Early History of Sidney" by Mary Zinzie Penn, published in the Shenandoah "Evening Sentinel" in 1951, written in 1900.) 4.--Mrs. Lusby remembers Rev. Mr. Gard, a Christian or Campbellite minister, as the first preacher. Preached in open air at Pleasant Grove and performed first baptism in a small stream that ran through the grove.--1881 Hist. of Fremont county, page 517. 5.--Rev. Gard lived on or near what is known (1927) as the Fletcher farm, church not known.--Cowden.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Greenwood, Brubaker, Liggett, Blackfoot Indian Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1776 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 -4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1846: Thomas and Eliza Greenwood granted a warranty deed to a lot in Gallatin, Missouri, to Andrew Kinkead, in June 1846.--Davies county, Missouri, records. 2.--1848: Elected justice of the peace for Bluff township, Atchison county, Missouri, in August 1848.--Atchison county, Book A., page 161. N.B.: Although Thomas Greenwood was one of the County Judges in Davies county, Missouri, in 1846 he moved to Pleasant Grove, Bluff township, Atchison county. From here, he served as a bullwhacker during the Mexican War, driving teams hauling supplies from Old Fort Kearney (Nebraska City, now) to New Fort Kearney near the Grand Islands in the Platte river.--W.F. 3.--1849: According to the "Frontier Guardian", Vol. I No. 16, published at Kanesville, Iowa, Thomas Greenwood was elected coroner of Fremont county in the election held August 20, 1849. 4.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Thomas Greenwood....47....b. Penn. (Dauphin co.) Eliza.........................35........Penn. (Somerset co.) John..........................12........Penn (Somerset co.) Clarinda.....................10........Penn (Somerset co.) William...................... 7.........Missouri (Davies co.) Joseph.......................5.........Missouri (Davies co.) Winfield S..................1..........Iowa (Pleasant Grove, Fremont county) N.B.: Clarinda (Greenwood) Liggett was Mabel Bridges' grandmother, and my great grandmother. I added the county in which the members of the family were born....Eliza was a Brubaker from Berlin, Somerset co., PA.--W. F. 5.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Thomas Greenwood....6m....2f 6.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Thomas Greenwood....6m....2f....1 voter....no militia...no aliens 7.--1856: Land entry made at Council Bluffs, dated Mar. 6, 1856, for the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter. and, for the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 36, township 70 range 43, by Thomas Greenwood.--Courthouse record. 8.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" Thomas Greenwood....53.....b. Penn.....10 years in the State Eliza..........................41........Penn......10 John...........................18.......Penn.......10 Clarinda......................16.......Penn.......10 William A....................14.......MO.........10 Joseph H.....................11.......MO.........10 Winfield S....................7........Iowa.........7 Walter.........................5........Iowa.........5 Thomas.......................1........Iowa.........1 James.........................30......Iowa..........0 N.B.: James Greenwood, shown in this enumeration, was a half-breed Indian. I have always had the idea that he was a son of Old Caleb Greenwood, a well-known mountain fur trapper, who had married a Blackfoot Indian....Mabel wouldn't hear of such an idea! BUT, Clarinda (Greenwood) Liggett's son Walter lived with us in his extreme old age: He would NOT tolerate any kind of a disparaging remark of a racial nature. SS--OO, I'm still suspicious.--W.F. 9.--1864: Joseph Greenwood enlisted in the 4th Iowa Cavalry, Co. "A", on March 25, 1864.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green, Dawson, Dalton, Ernet, Peck Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1775 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1846: Came to Ross township as early as 1846.--1881 History of Fremont county, page 567. 2.--1850: Federal Census of Fremont county, Iowa. Noah Green....31....b. Mo. Silas..............29........Mo. Hannah..........65........Mass. Sarah.............22........Mass Amanda..........2.........Iowa Loretta............1.........Iowa 3.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Noah Green....2m....5f 4.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Scott township" Noah G. Green....3m....7f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 5.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Scott township" Noah Green....37.....b. Maine....8 years in the State Sarah.............26.........Mass....8 Amanda...........8.........Iowa......8 Loretta.............7.........Iowa......7 Claracy............6.........Iowa......6 Noah................5.........Iowa.....5 Mary E.............0.........Iowa.....0 Milton Dawson..9.........Ohio......3 Robert Dalton...20........Ill..........1 James S. Ernet..19.......Ohio.....0 Charles Peck.....26......Ohio......0

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coy, Magaw, Adams Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1774 Message Board Post: THE FARRAGUT SENTINEL. May 31, 1888.--A shocking accident occurred Saturday last near Farragut in which a dear, bright boy was killed by lightning. Frank, a 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Coy, was sent on an errand to his aunts, Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Magaw. After completing his business he mounted his horse and started for home. Soon after leaving the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Magaw, a startling electrical explosion occured which attracted the attention of Mrs. Magaw who ran out to the road to ascertain the whereabouts of her dear boy nephew, and saw the horse, or what she thought to be the horse which Frank had been riding, laying beside the road some distance from her house . She at once requested the neighbors to investigate and it was found that the horse and Frank were dead by the roadside; no sign or indication to show other than instantaneous death. Ready hands tenderly picked up all that was there of Frank, his burned and bruised body bereft of life, and conveyed it into the presence of the family who were in ignorance of the terrrible calamity until within a few moments of the arrival of the friends witb the boy. But few can have an idea of the anguish of those parents who had no idea other than that their dear boy would return, as before many times, promptly upon the completion of his errand. Such a death, alone upon the highway, to be mangled, burned, killed, it was terrible; and only those with a great store of true christian fortitude could control their grief. The sympathy, the loving helping hands of friends could mitigate the sorrow, but that aching void in all of its terrible aspects still remains. The way of God are beyond the comprehension of mortals. This boy was riding close beside a wire fence when the current of death-dealing electricity, attracted no doubt by the wire fence and wet hair of the horse, came to poor Frank, striking him on the head . It passed along the body, down along each leg to the horse. The boy was found just a trifle in advance of the horse with his clothing burning. This occurred to this innocent, confiding child, alone on the roadway. The thought of it all seems terrible, and furnished much food for meditation. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Sunday last, at 11 a.m., and was among the largest in numbers attending ever held in Farragut. Rev. E.E. Lymer delivered a beautiful sermon, the friends and neighbors lavished attention and assistance in laying away the remains of their dear Frank, the Sons of Veterans acting as bearers, in fact, all that was possible for any to do was cheerfully offered.

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/ok.2ADE/360.1.1 Message Board Post: No, I am sorry, I am not researching the Mains name. If you have found my name connected with it, it probably is because I transcribed a biography or a will or an obituary to the Message Board.

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/ok.2ADE/360.1 Message Board Post: I see you are still researching the Mains Surname have you found any information since we last wrote. I research Arthur,Jacob,Philip and George Mains, also Chambers in Fremont county.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chambers, Mains, Eccleston, Secrease Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1773 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Samuel Chambers and son Lansford Chambers. Have heard that Samuel's farm was known as Chambersville.

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/1186.1.3.1.2 Message Board Post: I was reading your message while looking for Maleva Racer and realized I have information on this subject. Sanford Wade is Jefferson Wades son. Sanford was a farmer and came to Fremont Co., Iowa in 1844 with his family, the Jefferson Wades. He was educated in the common school in Fremont Co., and held the Clerk and Assessor's Offices. He married a Elizabeth Witty on August 19, 1860.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McKissick, Hunsaker, Jones, Gordon Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1771.1 Message Board Post: In the "search space" provided at the beginning of these posting, type in "county commissioners"....Under the posting showing the marriage of William McKissick and Martha Acord you will read that the first three-member-board of county commissioners included William McKissick, Isaac Hunsaker and David Jones! ....AND....that their first meeting was held on Sept. 10, 1849. SSssOOoo!!, Lingenfelter must have been referring to s-o-m-e set of commissioners, which included Gordon, who were appointed (by the State of Iowa?) to oversee the ORGANIZING election of Fremont county. That would have been in the spring of 1849, so perhaps that date IS correct. A definitive answer if need, please.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Graves, Watkins Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1772 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.--Andrew Graves married Isabella Watkins on July 24, 1854. ("Marriages"). (Daughter of Robert Watkins.) 2.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Franklin township" Andrew J. Graves....29....b. Tenn....5 years in the State Elizabeth...............18.........Ind......13 years in the State Robert H.................l..........Iowa......1

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gordon Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1771 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1849: T. M. Gordon elected county commissioner at the first election in April 1849.--Lingenfelter, page 8. N.B.: I think Lingenfelter is incorrect in his date for this kind of election. FREMONT COUNTY WAS ORGANIZED IN THE SPRING OF 1849. The election which took place in the spring of 1849 was for the purpose of organizing the county into districts so that the regular election in the fall of 1849 could take place! The fall election was the one where all of the county government officials were voted into office. --W.F. 1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Thomas M. Gordon....37....b. Ohio Rebecca...................35........Ohio Robert......................10........Ind Anthony.....................8........Ind Thomas......................6.......Ind Charlotte....................4........lnd Andrew..................10/12......Iowa 1852: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" T. M. Gordon....5m....2f 1853: Land entry at Council Bluffs dated Jan. 6, 1853 for the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32 township 68 range 41.--1881 History of Fremont county, page 402. 1853: May 21, 1853. Land entry for the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter - and - for the west half of the southwest quarter...(Mabel's notes show no more identification!) 1853: July 8, 1853. Land entry for the west half of the northwest quarter of section 19 township 69 range 41. 1854: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" Thomas M. Gordon....5m....3f....1 voter....1 militia...no aliens 1856: Iowa State Census, FRemont county, "Scott township" Thomas Gordon....43....b. Ohio....7 years in the State Rebecca...............41.......Ohio....7 Robert C...............16.......Ohio....7 Anthony W............14.......Ind......7 Thomas J..............12.......Ind......7 Charlotte................8........Ind.....7 Andrew W..............6........Iowa...6 Virette...................2........Iowa....2