Hi, Glad to see a few out there . My line is a real mystery Barnabus Wright appears in the 1840 census of Henry Co. with what appears to be a fair size family he was born in 1805 and is said to have came to Iowa in Sept of 1839 . He married My Great Great Great Grandmother Nancy Sales McCracken from Ill. in 1843 . One of the persons who appears to be in the 1840 census in Barnabus''s household was a JosephWright who I think was Barnabus's brother Joseph died young and his wife remarried to a man named James. A Mary Wright who I think was Joseph's daughter inherited the property. My Mystery is what happened to Barnabus Wright s first family. -Barnabas WRIGHT (2 Feb 1805-19 Jan 1888) sp: Nancy Sales MCCRACKEN (15 Jul 1818-25 Sep 1901) 2-James William WRIGHT (16 Dec 1843-8 Aug 1919 in Colo. >>>>> MY Line 2-Janie WRIGHT (1845-1845) 2-Mary Elizabeth WRIGHT (Oct 1849-1913) -M-Orlando Foster 2-Martha Louise WRIGHT (Mar 1851-1920) -M- Wm. H. Harbor 2-Lois Ann R WRIGHT (17 Oct 1854-14 Apr 1940) -M- Rinehart 2-Joseph Elias WRIGHT (29 Feb 1856-14 Apr 1944) 2-Ruth Alice WRIGHT (5 Jan 1860-1918) -M- Henry Strader 2-Ella WRIGHT (1862-1862) Thanks for any help Barbara

I am searching for a Mrs. P. QUIRK who lived in Lowell, Iowa in October 1902. This is a married female whose maiden name is MCCARTHY. I do not know her husband's name. I don't even know if the P is the first initial or the female or her husband. If anyone recognizes this name or could possibly do a census look-up or city directory look-up, I would greatly appreciate it. Ultimately, I am trying to locate marriage information or an obituary that might include the parents name of P. Quirk. Thank you very much! Anne Marie

I am working on the Henderson name in Henry County.

Thanks List, Someone foreword my surname list to someone not on this list who is a distant relative that was able to provide me with some Great information with documentation on a family member. James D. Hitt ***************************************************************************** James D. "Dan" Hitt >From Big Wonderful Wyoming the Equality State And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. Heb.10:24 nasb Please see my Family Genealogy Page at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/i/t/James-D-Hitt/index.html My ICQ # 7146231 *****************************************************************************

I am researching the name of TOVREA in Henry county, IA. Thanks Gladys wbrand@gj.net

Hello fellow list members: I am very pleased to see the list so busy. I thank the person who started the ball rolling. I am researching: ROTH GOLDSMITH EGLI HINKLE REIGHARD WEIBLE TEMPLE Would love to share information. Beth Partridge bpartridge@foxvalley.net

My names of interest are: HIGHTOWER (from Tennessee) DAVIS (from Parke County, IN) CAMPBELL (from Parke County, IN) janet young berkson

I am searching for info about these families: mid 1830's-late 1850's FARISS---------John, wife Mary---Ludwell P., wife Amelia WORTH, 1830's-1864, then moved to MO: FARISS---------James Robert, wife #1 Mary Ann WORTH, children John, Alvin T., James Franklin, Annie (possibly Mary Ann), wife #2 Mrs. Sarah BEACH maiden surname possibly FLOYD, children: George, Cynthia Alice, Effie, Delma. 1830's-1879 FARISS---------Thomas E.V. ( a doctor), wife Mary E., children: Thomas E.V.Jr., Elizabeth A. 1830-1840---1860, then moved to MO WORTH---------John C., wife: Mary, children: Amelia, Mary Ann, Sarah, Caroline, William H., Jedioah, Catherine. Any help would be wonderful! Ethella Kane......Bandon, OR ethella@harborside.com

My great great grandfather was William Bashford. His daughter married my great grandfather, John Renshaw in Henry County.

A sign of the times in Henry Co.-1856 Here is a copy of a letter written by Abraham Smith, Henry Co to his brother, Peter, in Indiana speaking of money owed Abraham from father's (Peter) will. Abraham also had a son, Peter, that he speaks of as being in Oregon (oragon). It is interesting to note he included the price of commodities at the close of his letter! More on the Smiths at my Smith page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmlabath/ismith.htm This page also includes all Smith and White extractions from the 1859-1860 Henry Co. Directory. Cathy Jan. 19, 1856 Dear Brother, I take pen in hand to let you know that we are all well hoping that these lines may find you all well, now I will inform you that my son Jabeze and his family has left Greenfield, Indiana and came out here and is wintering here with us, and he likes Iowa very well so far as he has seen of it, and Peter is still in oragan and he rote to us that the indians is at war with the whites al through oragon he sais all the indians west of the rocky mountains have joined together, and they think goverment will have to send fifty thousand men to save orogan, now I will ---- your request conserning my money that is coming to me I want ou to send it by daniel to me, or any other person that is safe, and take their Receipt so as to make it safe to you, and as soon as i get the money i will send you a recet by mail and when you get it you can drop a line to me to let me know that you got it, unkel Isaac Limbacks'alfred was here to see us and he said it was not safe to send money by letter, if Brother daniel is coming out he can bring it to me and oblige me in so doing, and if no one comes from your part of the country that you can send it to me rite to me and i will try to send by someone for it, rite often and let us know how you all are getting along. prices products of the cattle, wheat $1.25 Corn .20 oats .20 potatoes .25 pork (85 or 5) Dollars per hundred, meat coffe 7 pounds to the Dollar shugar 1 pounds to the Dollar molasses 50 cents per gallon butter 15 cents per pound, I close with Respects to you all. Abraham Smith To Peter Smith

Stewart Mallett Verne R. Horton mailto:hortonad@alpine.net Researching the Stewart and Horton Families

I'm delighted to see you communicating with one another on the list. I have been preoccupied with critical illnesses of two sisters-in-law for the past three months, both of whom died the same day on St. Patrick's Day. Needless to say, the Henry County site has been neglected in the interim. If anyone would like to do a brief page or two of information on Henry County families or the early settlement days for the Henry County site, that is well written and in HTML coding, I would be willing to consider it for inclusion on the site. Likewise, if you have a website of your own that pertains to Henry County, I would like to link to it if it meets the standards of the USGENWEB. If you are looking for Henry County families who were here as early as 1850, I would also like to remind you that the 1850 Henry County census is on-line at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahenry/census/censindx.htm We have Mary Thompson to thank for transcribing this for the Census Project in Iowa. Norma Jennings Listowner of IAHENRY-L list

LEE BALES MARK MORRIS BARRETT LANE RILEY HARRISON Many More

Surnames of Henry County, IA Trueblood Hallowell Hodson Wilmoth/Wilmeth Roberds Bogue Maxwell Mendenhall Collins/Koellings Heck -- Jean Leeper jeanlee@harenet.net Visit my web site at: http://www.harenet.net/~jeanlee

I am researching the following ancestors who lived in Henry Count Iowa Jacobs Abraham O Norval Nathaniel Died 1882 Curle Elias 1799 - 1884 Gulielma Naomi Marie 1839 -1882 O'Haver, Rachel Fetterman John Isaac 1842 - 1926 Ada Elizabeth 1871 - 1912 Carter Bernard Virginia Louisa 1850 1923 Swailes George Washington 1835 -1916 Frank David 1875 - 1961 Daugherty Nancy 1840 - 1913 Scarff James A H 1840 - 1925 Messer Mary A 1845 - 1932 Miller Rhoda Ann 1829 -1906 ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html

Hi List, My Henry County Surnames include: SPURRIER BARRETT CAMMACK FRAZIER WAY LEE among others. Will share info. Doug in Oregon

I believe I've got more e-mail from this site in the last hour than I have since I subscribed several months ago. I have two groups from the Salem area that I am looking for info about: 1. JOY, WAY, FRAZIER, and ARNOLD who were all Quakers that came to the county around 1837. 2. LIGHTNER and FOSTER who settled around Lowell, Baltimore Township in 1853. I have a copy of "The WAY FAMILY of NANTUCKET" and "The JOY FAMILY HISTORY" which include many who settled in Henry county and would be happy to look-up info for anyone interested. Benjamin Lightner (b. 1845 PA d. 1873) and wife Susan Foster (b. 1850 Ohio d. 1881) died young leaving my great grandfather, Frank Lightner, a nine year old orphan raised by his grandfather Frank Foster and grandmother Mary Riley. I am trying to find out the cause of Benjamin's death. I just recently found the location of his grave in an eleven volume set of books in the LA City Library "Henry County Cemeteries". My Way family in Iowa includes Rachel Way, daughter of Henry Way, who came with her husband Reuben Joy to Salem in 1837. Thanks for any help, Mark mjklein@mindspring.com

Researching the following lines in Henry Co, IA Abraham Smith and Eleanor Van Dorin Ezra Crane and Elizabeth Lane Nathaniel White and Mary Rose Cathy

Here is some of my Henry County Surnames: HITT JAY ANDERSON ABLES BROOKS WILLIFORD BROWN Thanks for any Info. Please see my web page URL is at the ed of this e-mail. Dan Hitt -- ***************************************************************************** James D. "Dan" Hitt >From Big Wonderful Wyoming the Equality State And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. Heb.10:24 nasb Please see my Family Genealogy Page at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/i/t/James-D-Hitt/index.html My ICQ # 7146231 *****************************************************************************

That's a good idea-- post some surnames to get some chattin' going. My surnames are: MARTIN (Bonham and kids, Simon, and Oscar) HESSER (Andrew) MATHEWS (Adaline, Harrison, William S., Joseph) JESSUP (Ada married Joseph Mathews...) Have fun. Any help would be appreciated. Josh Meredith