I think it was Isaac Black that was mentioned. - Original Message ----- From: "DJMWalker" <mdwalker@trilobyte.net> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 2:13 PM Subject: [IAJACKSO] Re: Jesse Black > Sorry, there is no Jesse Black listed in this book. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Larsons" <relpsl@iowatelecom.net> > To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:55 PM > Subject: Re: [IAJACKSO] Biography Look-ups > > > > Do you have anything on Jesse Black? > > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Support Free Genealogical Access! Support RootsWeb! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hooray!!! The good deed has not been undone. Thank you. Darlene Subject: [IAJACKSO] Copyright Violation > While doing research online regarding copyright violation some time back, I found the following basic information: > > Copyright in the United States > > Although the Copyright Act of 1909 no longer applies to new copyrights, it still functions as U.S. law in certain cases. This is because the copyright status of a work is governed by the law in effect at the time the work was created. Consequently, for works created before 1978, such as the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) and the music of American singer Elvis Presley, the 1909 law applies. Under that law, federal copyright protection began when the work was first published. Publication required the distribution of copies of the work to the public. After publication, the work was entitled to 28 years of copyright protection. The copyright could also be renewed for a second term of 28 years, providing a maximum term of 56 years. > > Under the 1976 act, copyright protection begins as soon as the work is fixed (recorded), regardless of whether it is published. The copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 50 years. If a work is created by an employee in the normal course of a job, however, the copyright belongs to the employer and lasts 75 years from publication or 100 years from creation, whichever comes first. The 1976 act gives a special term-75 years from publication-to works published before January 1, 1978, but whose copyrights had not yet expired by that date. Once a copyright expires, the work enters the public domain and anyone can copy it. > > (Excerpt taken from http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761570404) > > > (Italics added for emphasis.) > > This book was originally published in 1889, and the 56 year maximum would take the copyright through to only 1945. > > If I am wrong, please correct me. > Donna > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Reminder! Please remove as much of the Original message as possible > when replying to a post. Include only that part of the > message important to your reply. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

the mailbox is getting too full with all the bios. UNSUBSCRIBE Thanks

I doubt you'll find any Nipkows in this book but if you do --- well I'd sure like to hear about Granny's family! Truth is they are a tad on the invisible side but they were in the county for a few years in Miles prior to going to Charter Oak in Crawford. Marge Hoster

In a message dated 12/28/03 12:22:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, MMDMA85208@aol.com writes: As for me, Thank you very much. Marge McCarron And Marge HOSTER says this is a much appreciated venture you've gotten yourself into!

In a message dated 12/28/03 1:15:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, mdwalker@trilobyte.net writes: The CD is made up of scanned pages from the original book. WHICH I'd point out each of us could certainly access so POO on copyright violations .... I'd think most have way more to worry about.

In a message dated 12/28/03 10:15:16 AM US Mountain Standard Time, kenison@ipa.net writes: We went to the library in Salt Lake, stood in line early in the morning, waited our turn at the computers & had the time of my life. I for one am very excited about it ..... and OH POO to the one who's worried about the copyright laws! I suppose technically I shouldn't be telling you what I found at that library about my dead relatives but I also would point out those guys are fairly dead and unless they're coming back to haunt me ...........(PLEEZE if some one makes this stop SEND them to me as I'm saving them to enjoy once I leave the sun of Phoenix and will need some reading in OHIO) -- Marge

OH COME ON! I could scan it and post it on my website and I doubt anyone would waste their time -------

Thank you for looking! Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJMWalker" <mdwalker@trilobyte.net> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:18 PM Subject: [IAJACKSO] Re: Nicholas C Robb > Sorry, but there is no Nicholas C Robb listed in the book. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lcchance" <lcchance@cox.net> > To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [IAJACKSO] Biography's > > > > I would love to have the bio of Nicholas C. Robb. He and his family lived > > in Bellevue and he died 1 March 1906.. > > > > Thank you so much, > > Connie Chancellor > > lcchance@cox.net > > > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message with the word unsubscribe to: > mail mode --- IAJACKSO-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thank you, so much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJMWalker" <mdwalker@trilobyte.net> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 7:30 AM Subject: [IAJACKSO] Biography of FREDERICK MOHR > ~ FREDERICK MOHR ~ > > The German-American citizen, wherever he is found, forms a section of the bone and sinew of his community. He is usually enterprising and industrious, devoted to his farm and his family, and almost uniformly prosperous. He is seldom to be found mixed up with law-suits or police courts, but usually pursues the quiet course of the honest man, and the good citizen. These remarks may be most properly applied to the subject of this sketch. > > The late Mr. Mohr owned and occupied a fine farm of 270 acres on section 36, Fairfield Townwhip. His land has been brought to a thorough state of cultivation, and is embellished with substantial buildings. In the seasons of sowing and reaping, it presents a most beautiful picture in the landscape, and at the time of harvest is suggestive of comfort and plenty. The proprietor was born in the Dutchy of Holstein, Germany, Oct. 28, 1821, and lived there until a man of thirty-two years. In the meantime, however, he had not realized his hopes and his ambitions, socially or finanacially, and determined to emigrate to America. Taking passage on an ocean vessel, at Hamburg, he landed in due time in the city of New Orleans, and soon afterward came up the Mississippi to Davenport, this State, where he sojourned two months, then came to this county. Soon afterward he purchased a tract of land, a part of which was broken, and later secured land from the Government, all of which was! > prairie without buildings. He had now in all 180 acres. He put up a frame house and commenced breaking the sod with oxen, working several seasons in this manner, until he could afford the luxury of horses. He endured the hardships and privations common to life on the frontier, and in due time, as we have seen, his labors met with their legitimate reward. > > Our subject was married in Lyons, this State, to Miss Elsabe Bruening, born in Germany; the marriage was solemnized in Kochendorf, Germany, April 8, 1844. They lived there nine years, coming in 1853, to Davenport, Iowa, where they remained two months. From there they emigrated to this county, and bought the present farm. Their union has resulted in the birth of eight children: Two born in Germany, and one on the Atlantic Ocean, as follows: Hans, Anna, Mary, Honnis, Steina, Ricka, Henry and Edward. Hans is farming in this county, and is the father of thirteen children; Anna, Mrs. Christ Reimers, is a resident of Pierce County, Neb., and the mother of five children; Mary is living with her second husband, Jerry Gosch, on a farm in Sac County, this State; she has six children. Honnis is a blacksmith by trade, is married, and the father of two children; Steina, Mrs. Fred Mohr, is the mother of eight children and lives on a farm in Sac County; Ricka is Mrs. Gustav Fullendo! > rf, is also a resident of Sac County, and the mother of six children; Henry is married, is the father of three children, and lives on a farm in this county; Edward carries on his father's farm. He married Miss Bertha Schmidt, by whom he has one child, a daughter, Elsabe N. Edward Mohr's wife, Bertha Schmidt, was born in Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa, Jan 12, 1868. Her parents were Carl and Fredericka (Schuhknecht) Schmidt; they were both natives of Germany, and came to America in 1856, and settled in Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa. After a residence there of fifteen years, they removed to this county, and bought a farm in Fairfield Township. Mr. Schmidt died in 1886. Mrs. Schmidt continues to live at the old homestead. Mrs. Mohr died at the homestead in Fairfield Township, Feb. 29, 1888. > > When Mr. Mohr first came to this region, the country presented a wild and desolate appearance, there being but few settlers and very little of the land under cultivation. He was one of those men most needed, and has acquitted himself in an admirable manner as a farmer, and a member of the community. He uniformly voted the Democratic ticket, and in religious matters was a member of the Lutheran Church. His death which occurred May 16, 1889, was a great loss, not only to his immediate relatives, but also to the people among whom he had lived so long, and by whom he was universally respected. > > Frederick Mohr, the father of our subject, was likewise a native of Holstein, Germany, where he spent his entire life. The maiden name of the mother was Fredericka Toms. After the death of her husband, she accompanied her son, our subject, to America, and died in Davenport, this State, in 1853. The parental family included seven children, namely: Dorris, Fred, Claus, Annie, Mary, Hans, and Peter, all of whom are living. Claus married a Miss McCready, and is farming in this county; he is the father of six children - Mary, Frederick, Louisa, Fredricka, Anna and Henry. Anna, Mrs. William Quade, is a widow, and lives in Crawford County; she has five children - Catherine, Mary, Fred, John, and Fredricka. Mary is the wife of Mr. Rhodes, and lives in Northport, Wis., on a farm; she has no children. Hans is married, and the father of eight children - Fred, Anna, Lizzie, Emma, Fredricka, William, and Ella. He is farming near Lost Nation, Clinton County. Peter married Miss S! > tagemann, a Clinton County lady, and is living in this county. > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Support Free Genealogical Access! Support RootsWeb! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

EDWARD H. MASKREY

I think I read in one of your e-mails that you have this book on cd? If so, why are you typing all the entries ? You should be able to view the biography on your computer monitor and just copy and paste the appropriate part into an e-mail or, better yet, a word processing file that you can easily save for use later or attachment to an e-mail. Perhaps I misunderstood but I hate to see anyone work so hard if it isn't necessary. Greta -----Original Message----- From: DJMWalker [mailto:mdwalker@trilobyte.net] Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:38 PM To: IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IAJACKSO] Biography of SAMUEL S WRIGHT

Cephas P. Crane.

I would love to get a copy of the biography on Beck when you have the time-thanks for being so generous with this-God's blessings to you, thanks. Kathy Shields-Kim Oceanside, California

In a message dated 12/28/03 10:45:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, hfahl@htcomp.net writes: > I"m quiet concerned about the legality of copying something that was > written > by someone else and being sold -- Is all of this forwarding and copying > violation of a copyright???? -- or bordering on plagiarism? To send > privately might be a little more legitimate -- but to send in mass to a list > is quite questionable under literary license. > > Could someone with a legal background check into this please. > > Helen > Is this not Biographies of others, composed by them and just compiled by another? If so there is not a copyright by anyone other than the original writer-our ancestors! If we were to republish this just as the compiler had then that would be a problem.

~ LOUIS BITTNER ~ The Bellevue Planing Mill occupies no unimportant position among the industries along the eastern line of this county, and enjoys the patronage of a large proportion of the leading citizens of this region. It is a solid two story stone building, 32 x 64 feet, in dimensions, and is equipped with modern and improved machinery, the lower part being occupied as the planing room, and an addition in the rear is utilized for the engine. The upper floor contains the machinery and workshop. There is a 24-inch surface planer and a flooring machine, with a capacity for dressing 14-inch boards, besides the other machinery required in this line of business. From a modest beginning the mill has grown in importance, and now yields a handsome income. Louis Bittner, the proprietor of the above-named institution, besides operating his mill, is recognized as the leading builder and contractor of Bellevue and vicinity. He possesses more than ordinary abilities in this line, making his own plans and architectural drawings. He gives employment during the summer season usually to fifteen men, and his patronage come largely from Bellevue and the country adjoining. He has all the business to which he can conveniently attend, and bears the reputation of a man straightforward in his dealings, and prompt to meet his obligations. A native of Cambria County, Pa., our subject was born July 22, 1848, and is the son of John L. and Mary A. (Carl) Bittner, who were likewise natives of the Keystone State. He received his education in the distruct school, but this has been greatly supplemented by his habit of reading and observation, he keeping himself well posted upon the current events. Upon leaving school he began making himself useful in various ways and upon approaching manhood, was more or less occupied in teaming. At the age of twenty-two he took up the trade of a carpenter and joiner which he followed most of the time until 1885. He came to Bellevue in 1881, and worked as a journeyman carpenter, four years after which he established himself in his present business. Mr. Bittner came to Iowa in 1855, and was married Feb. 16, 1876, to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Niemeyer, who is now a resident of Los Angeles, Cal. Four of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bittner, are living, namely: Clara A., Charles O., Ella E., and Grover E. From the last named we can safely guess at the politics of Mr. Bittner, who cast his first Presidential vote for Horatio Seymour, and who still remains a member of the Democratic party. He is a man looked up to in his community, has officiated as a member of the Town Council, and was the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Bellevue in the spring of 1888. He is Past Master in the A. O. U. W., and a favorite both in social and business circles. The enterprises calculated to build up his town and elevate society find in him a cordial and uniform supporter.

~ JAMES W SCOTT ~ James W. Scott, an honored citizen of Perry Township, is numbered among the most promiment and influential of the practical and able farmers and stock-raisers of Jackson County, whose sagacity and enterprise have made them important factors in developing its resources and making it one of the great agricultural centres of the country. He is numbered among the pioneers of this part of Iowa, and at one time owned 400 acres of valuable farming land here. He now lives on his father's homestead, of which he is the owner, and he has recently sold the farm which he himself developed from the wild prairies. His present farm comprises 240 acres of exceedingly fertile land, and since it came into his possession he has made many valuable improvements. It has a fine location on section 28 with beautiful natural groves of cedars and other trees, and an orchard of choice fruit trees, and the land is well watered by Little Cedar Creek. Mr. Scott belongs to the Horse-Breeders' Associat! ion at Perry, and has some valuable Percheron horses. He also raises full-blooded Short-horn cattle and Chesterwhite hogs. He also pays attention to raising grain and other farm products adapted to the soil and climate of this State. The father of our subject, James Scott, Sr., was born near Boston, Mass., being a son of Andrew Scott, a native of England, who, coming to America before the Revolution, located in Boston, and there carried on his trade of a blacksmith. He enlisted in the Continental army to take part with the Colonists in their struggle against the mother country, and served faithfully until the war closed. He received a wound, being shot in the left thigh, which made him lame for life. He removed to Pittsburg, Pa., and subsequently went to live with his sons in Mercer County, and there died at the ripe old age of ninety-six years. The father of our subject was reared in Massachusetts, learned the blacksmith's trade in Lowell, and later went to Pittsburg, where he worked in an iron foundry, working a trip-hammer. From there he went to Zanesville, Ohio, where he put up a shop and manufactured edge tools. While living in Boston he had taken part in the War of 1812, proving to be a brave! and efficient soldier. He was married, in 1824, to Martha Simison, who was born near Palestine, Columbiana Co., Ohio. Her father was born in England, and he was a civil engineer by profession. He came to America and located in Ohio, and he cast his fortunes with the Colonists during the Revolution, and aided them in gaining their freedom from the mother country. After coming to this country he engaged in surveying, and at one time caught a severe illness from exposure and died in Columbiana County, Ohio. In 1830 Mr. Scott removed with his family to Mercer County, Pa., and locating near Wellington, he engaged in the manufacture of edge tools in that place three years. After that he moved to Pulaski in Lawrence County, and bought a farm, a grist and sawmill. Three years later he exchanged that property for another farm in Lawrence County. He continued farming there until 1861, when he sold his possessions in Pennsylvania, and, coming westward, located in Perry Township. He bought 240 acres of land, and continued his residence here until his death in 1854, at the age of sixty-five years. He was honored by his sturdy fellow-pioneers as a man of much ability, sterling sense, and genuine worth of character. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in his politics was an old-line Whig. After the father's death the mother of our subject made her home with him until she too passed away, in 1886, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. To her and her husband were born e! ight children, as follows: James W.; Harriet, living in Mercer County, Pa.; Catherine, deceased; Simison, in Iowa; Margaret, in Crawford County, Ill.; Austin, in Clay County, Neb.; Wylie, in Perry Township; Sarah, in Missouri. Simison was a soldier in the late war, a Sergeant in Company A, 9th Iowa Infantry, serving from 1861 until the war closed; he was wounded in the left leg at Vicksburg. Austin was a lieutenant in the 2d Iowa Cavalry, Company M, serving from 1861 until the war closed; Wylie was sergeant in the 1st Iowa Cavalry from 1861 until the close of hostilities; he was severely wounded in the stomach, but finally recovered. The subject of this brief biography was born in Zanesville, Ohio, July 26, 1826, and he was but a child when his parents removed to Mercer County, Pa., where he was reared on a farm. He was educated in the district school, which was kept in a log house. He remained at home on the farm after leaving school, engaged in agricultural pursuits and also at the cooper's trade until 1850. In that year, in the prime of young manhood, he resolved to try life in the Western country, and in the spring of that year he came to Iowa by boat, and after a three-weeks' voyage on the great river highways that led from Pennsylvania to this State he landed in Bellevue in the 11th day of April. He worked at the carpenter's trade here all summer, and in the fall returned to his old home. In the spring of the following year he came back again and located in Perry Township, where he entered land on the northwest quarter of section 18. He engaged in farming and carpentering until his marriage, ! and then spent the most of his time in agricultural pursuits, making many valuable improvements in his farm. He finally rented his place and removed to his father's old homestead, where he has since resided. He has made various improvements, and the place is provided with substantial buildings, including a comfortable dwelling and commodious barns, and is well fenced. Mr. Scott was married, in March, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Gault, a native of Mercer County, Pa. Mrs. Scott's father, Maj. James Gault, served through the War of 1812, and was wounded. Previous to the war he had located in Shenango Township, Mercer Co., Pa., was one of the first settlers in that locality, and there became a well-to-do farmer before his death. The maiden name of his wife was Margaret Chain. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are the parents of nine children - Clara B., James A., Sarah, Wylie, Jessie, Mattie, Mary, Winfield and Harriet. Clara married J. L. Gibson, a farmer of Perry Township; James A. is married, and is farming in Dakota; Sarah married R. C. Gibson, a farmer of Perry Township; Wylie is a carpenter in Ireton, Sioux County. Jessie is a dressmaker in Ireton; Mattie died at the age of six years. The other children are at home with their parents. Mary has been a student in Epworth College. Mr. Scott is an invaluable citizen of this township, a man of noble character, genial disposition, unswerving integrity; his fellow-men have always placed the greatest confidence in him, and have often solicited his wise counsel and aid in the guidance of public affairs. Thus he has served ten years as Assessor, and Township Trustee seven years; has also been Township Clerk and a member of the School Board. He is one of the leaders of the Republican party in this section of the county; has been a delegate to County and State Conventions, and has been a member of the central committee. He has served on both the Grand and Petit Juries. He is prominent among the members of the A. O. U. W., and is Master of the lodge at Andrew. Mrs. Scott shares the respect in which her husband is held, as she is in all things a truly good woman. She is a valued member of the Presbyterian Church.

Donna: At your convenience, would you check for an Edward Turner who lived in the Garryowen area. Thank you, Patrick DJMWalker wrote: > Please, as I noted in my original offer to do these look-ups, when sending a request, only ONE NAME per request. I have now received several emails with lists of names for look-up. > > Thank you for your cooperation. > Donna > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Reminder! If you are changing e-mail addresses, please unsubscribe > from the old address and subscribe again with the new. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Slainte (Cheers) Padraig Patrick Turner Gloucester Point, VA pfturner@visi.net http://www.turnertown.com/ May you be poor in misfortune, Rich in blessings, Slow to make enemies, Quick to make friends, But rich or poor, quick or slow, May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.

Donna, Don't worry that you are not getting the rest typed right away. You have taken on quite a project and we all appreciate your effort and will wait for you to get them to us. As for me, Thank you very much. Marge McCarron DeGear

Donna, I appreciate the offer to look names up for us. You are so generous. Thank you, I would appreciate a look up for the following names. I wish there were some GATES or GRIFFITH names. Thank you, Sharon Anderson, David H Barratt, Isaac Burnette, W S R Cundill, WillHale, William L Day, Joseph C Day, Seymour E