I recently found out that my Kate CARTER married a H. M. TUBBS in 1875. By 1895 census H. Tubbs was married to someone else - Melissa. Question: Would someone have an index or access to 1880 or 1890 census (Guessing Maquoketa Township) to see if H.M. Tubbs is still married to Kate? Would someone have a death index to check to see if Kate (Carter) Tubbs died between 1875 & 1895? I didn't realize she had married so never looked under any other name than Carter when looking in death indexes. thank you. Betty

~ GEORGE F LAING, b. 30 Jun 1837 ~ Related Surnames - LAING, GRAHAM, FONGER There are comparatively few of the substantial people of Iowa Township who are not personally acquainted with Mr. Laing, one of the most successful farmers and stock-raisers within its limits. He is a jovial, good-tempered, large-hearted man, who has always been willing "to live and let live" and who has been uniformly prosperous in his agricultural and business operations. He is the owner of two valuable farms which have been brought to a thorough state of cultivation, and are supplied with modern buildings. Upon that which he occupies, and which is pleasantly located on section 21, is a fine frame house and barn, together with all the other necessary buildings, fruit and shade trees, running water, live-stock and farm machinery, indeed all the appliances of the modern county homestead. His other farm has a handsome brick residence, with a large barn, and is likewise complete in every respect as a rural residence, and for the general purposes of agriculture. During the early settlement of Jackson County there came to this region a very good representation from the Dominion of Canada, and among them was the subject of this sketch who was born near the city of Hamilton, at the head of Lake Ontario, Upper Canada June 30, 1837. He is the son of David and Elizabeth Laing, natives of Canada, who came to the West about 1855. The father is still living, and a resident of Iowa Township; the mother is deceased. The parental household included six children, four of whom are living. The book learning of our subject was obtained chiefly in the common schools, and upon approaching manhood he occupied himself at farming until the fall of 1859. Then, a young man of twenty-two years, ambitious of adventure and filled with the desire to see something more of the world, he started overland for California in the spring of 1859, and drove an ox team from Iowa City to the gold mines of Shasta County, occupying about six months in making the trip. He was thereafter engaged in hunting for the yellow ore until the fall of 1864, when he set out on his return to the haunts of civilization via the Panama route. The trip from San Francisco to New York occupied twenty-one days. Later he took up his abode in Iowa Township, this county, where he secured the first forty acres of land, and also engaged in getting out wood for steamboats along the river above Sabula. Prior to leaving for California our subject was married Jan. 8, 1859, to Miss Eleanor Graham. This lady was born April 3, 1838, in Canada, and is the daughter of Henry F. and Agnes Graham who were natives of Canada, spending the latter part of their lives, however, in Iowa Township. Henry Graham was one of the earliest settlers of Iowa Township, having located here in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Laing are the parents of one child only, a son, George W., who was born Jan. 24, 1860, and is now engaged in real-estate and banking in Bridgewater, Dak. Mr. Laing, although not a member of any Church believes in the establishment and maintenance of religious institutions, and gives liberally to the support of the Gospel. His home farm comprises 200 acres of prime land, and he makes a specialty of graded Short-horn cattle and Poland-China swine. In political matters he gives his support to the Republican party, and has held the offices of Assessor and Constable, while at present he is o! ne of the Township Trustees. David Laing, the father of our subject, is a native of the same place as his son, the vicinity of Hamilton, Canada West, and was born Dec. 2, 1806. His father, William Laing, was a native of New Jersey, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. David Laing was by trade a plasterer and brick-mason, which business he was engaged in for a period of twenty-five years. He came to Iowa Township, this county, from the Dominion in the fall of 1855, settling on section 27, where the year following he built a substantial stone house which he still occupies. His excellent wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Fonger, died at the homestead in the winter of 1865. Of the six children born to them four are living, namely: George F. our subject, William, Catherine and David. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ CHARLES KUNZ, b 9 Apr 1826 ~ Related Surnames - KUNZ, HEI, MEIER, JAFFEY, LUTZEN The flourishing town of Bellevue owes its prosperity to the men who settled here during its struggle for an existence, and who, persevering amid the discouragements and drawbacks incident to that period, in due time met with the reward which usually follows persistence and resolution. Among these may be properly mentioned the subject of this notice, one of the leading German citizens of Bellevue Township, and engaged in mercantile business. Mr. Kunz was born on the other side of the Atlantic, in the Province of Ulenburg, Firgteuthum Bierkenfeldt, Germany, April 9, 1826. His parents were Jacob and Catherine (Hei) Kunz, also of German birth and parentage. They were people in moderate circumstances, and Charles received a good education in his native tongue, being placed in school at an early age, and pursuing his studies until quite a youth. At the age of eighteen he emigrated, with his parents to America, taking passage on a sailing-vessel at Havre, France, in the fall of 1845. After an ocean voyage of forty-eight days they landed in the city of New Orleans, and thence proceeded to Randolph County, Ill. The father took up a tract of land, from which he constructed a comfortable homestead, but only lived until the year following. The mother likewise that year passed to her long home. They were the parents of six children. The subject of this sketch while a resident of Illinois occupied himself at farming, and on Dec. 22, 1847, was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Meier. Mrs. Kunz, like her husband, is a native of Germany, and was born Nov. 30, 1826. Her parents, John and Mary (Jaffey) Meier, set out for America in 1844, and like the Kunz family located in Randolph County, Ill., where they also died not long afterward, the father in 1847, and the mother in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Kunz lived in Illinois until 1853, then came to Bellevue, this county, of which they have since been residents. In Bellevue Mr. Kunz first engaged as a dry-goods clerk, then established himself in the drug business, which he carried on for a number of years, sometimes with a partner, and sometimes by himself. He is at present retired from business. He has been prominent in local affairs, officiating as a member of the Town Council, and uniformly votes the Republican ticket. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Lutheran Church. They have a pleasant and comfortable home, and are in the prime of life, well fitted to enjoy its blessings, and doing good to others as they have opportunity. To Mr. and Mrs. Kunz there have been born three children, only one of whom is living, a son, William - an energetic and enterprising business man, now engaged in the hardware business in Bellevue. He was born March 25, 1851, and was married, June 23, 1876, to Miss Anna Lutzen. They have four children, three girls and one boy, whose names are as follows: Lena, born Jan. 13, 1877; Laura, Aug. 17, 1878; Edna, Jan. 10, 1881; Charles, Sept. 27, 1886; they are all living. Charles Kunz, son of our subject, who died in 1873, conducted a large drug store in this place. Lena died at the age of nine years. Mr. Kunz, although by no means having abandoned his mother tongue, has obtained a fair knowledge of the English language, and is able to converse fluently and understandingly. He is one of the self-made men of this county, who have arisen by their own exertions to good positions socially and financially, and who have had a sensible influence in the formation of the social ! code, and in laying the foundations of morality and good order. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ FREDERICK WILLIAM KRUMVIEDE, b. 20 Jan 1844 ~ Related Surnames - KRUMVIEDE, MANGELER, STROGMEYER, HUCHOLTZ, FRAZIER, SCHLEMA There is not a finer home, all things considered, in Van Buren Township, than that which is owned and occupied by the gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch. Everything that cultivated taste and abundant means could supply has been employed for its adornment and comfort, and in addition to the decorative art, it is brightened by a family amiable and devoted to each other. The wife of our subject is a lady of many excellent qualities, kind and hospitable - one who looks well to the ways of her household, and who welcomes friend and stranger alike, with that air of breeding which is inseperable from good birth and training. Their children are bright and handsome, and it would seem that in all respects their's is the ideal home. The farm of our subject embraces 160 acres of finely cultivated land on section 13, and which was taken up by his father from the Government as early as 1854. Here he spent his boyhood and youth acquiring his education in the district school, and also becoming familiar with the language of his parents, who were natives of the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany. He grew up stout and robust, and is now a fine, portly looking gentleman, with a powerful frame, and as sound mentally as he is physically. He was born Jan. 20, 1844, also in Hanover, and is the son of Louis and Sophia (Mangeler) Krumviede. The parents of each are also natives of Hanover, and grandfather William Mangeler in early manhood emigrated to America, bringing with him his parents, and settled near Green Island, Jackson Co., Iowa, about 1857. The father of our subject was a shoemaker by trade, which he followed in his native place until after his marriage, then emigrated to America and settled in the western par! t of the city of Chicago, where he sojourned about four years. In 1854 he came to Iowa and settled in Iowa Township, Jackson County, where he took up a tract of land and accumulated a good property, being the owner now of about 400 acres. He is now seventy-three years old and the mother is sixty-six. The latter is in especially good health, and is a hearty and pleasant old lady, beloved and respected by all who know her. To the parents of our subject there were born nine children, four sons and five daughters, of whom Frederick William was the eldest but one. A sister, older, died in Van Buren Township at the age of about twenty years. Our subject was a little lad five years of age when he crossed the Atlantic with his parents, and his earliest recollections are of the pioneer home in Iowa Township. He was fond of athletic sports and hunting in his youthful days. At times he made as much as $12 per day shooting and selling quails. At the age of eleven years he was quite an expert at handling an ox team, hauling wood and doing other work. Sometimes he cultivated corn with one ox and a double-shovel plow, and has broken prairie with as many as eight yoke of oxen to the plow, cutting the soil to a width of thirty-two inces. During his boyhood he met with an accident which cost him the loss of a finger, but notwithstanding this, upon the outbreak of the civil war he managed to be admitted! into the ranks of the Union soldiery. At the age of seventeen years young Krumviede repaired to Sabula and enlisted in Company A, 24th Iowa Infantry, which spent about two months at Muscatine, drilling. They then marched to the front, and gained still further knowledge of military tactics under Confederate fire. Our subject first saw the smoke of battle at Ft. Gibson, and recalls to this day the sensations he experienced when he saw the shedding of human blood by man. At Champion Hills he had a very close call, a ball striking him on the right side of the head, passing beneath the skin and lodging on the left side, making a protuberance looking very much like an egg. It was not expected by any one that he would survive, but after the bullet has been removed he rapidly recovered. After the battle of Champion Hills, Mr. Krumviede was taken prisoner, but was immediately paroled and sent with other wounded soldiers to the St. Louis Hospital, where he was cared for by Union attendants. He was soon afterward exchanged, and rejoined his regiment in time to participate in the Red River Expedition. Later they returned to New Orleans and were soon transferred to the Shenandoah Valley. His regiment lost very heavily at Champion Hills, and the remaining soldiers were placed in the reserve corps and stationed at different places in the South for nine months following. The high spirits and usually good health of our subject found vent in the army as they had always done at home, and he was always jolly and popular among the boys of the regiment. After being transferred to the Shenandoah Valley he was wounded in the right knee at Cedar Creek and laid up for three months in the Philadelphia Hospital. Upon recovery he rejoined his regiment in the Shenandoah Valley, when he received the news of the surrender. He received his honorable discharge at Davenport, Iowa, after a service of more than three years. On his return home he found his two brothers in the harvest-field, and at once turned in to assist them. The next most interesting event in the life of our subject was his marriage, on the 4th of December, 1866, with Miss Lena, daughter of Frederick and Louisa (Hucholtz) Strogmeyer. The parents of Mrs. Krumviede were born, reared and married in Hanover, Germany, whence they emigrated to America about 1846, and settled seventeen miles west of Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Krumviede is a native of Illinois, and was born Oct. 11, 1850. She was a mere child when brought to this county by her mother, her father having died in Illinois in 1850, before her birth. The mother was subsequently married to Henry Frazier, who is now also deceased. Mrs. Krumviede was reared under the roof of her step-father, and was married at the age of seventeen. Of the mother's first marriage there were born three children, and of the latter, one. Mrs. Frazier is still living and is a well-preserved lady of seventy-nine years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Krumviede speak the German tongue fluently. Soon after their ma! rriage they settled upon the farm where they now live, and which Mr. Krumviede purchased later. To our subject and his excellent wife there have been born the children whose record is as follows: Eva became the wife of Christ Schlema, who is engaged in the agricultural implement trade at Preston, and is one of its thriving business men; they have one child, a daughter - Effie. Louisa died at the age of seven years; Sophia is at home with her parents; Freddie died also when he was seven years old; Dora, Otto, Addie and Emma are at home with their parents, the three first named pursuing their studies in the district school. Mr. Krumviede has now for sometime been interested in the breeding of thoroughbred horses. The residence is an elegant two-story frame structure. The barn is large and commodious, and conveniently arranged for the storage of grain, while the other buildings and the machinery are in keeping with the progressive character of the proprietor. Mrs. Krumviede looks after a dairy of about eighteen cows. Our subject, politically, votes the straight! Republican ticket, and is a charter member of the G.A.R. Post at Miles. Louis Krumviede, the father of our subject, emigrated to the United States in the year of 1848, and upon coming to Iowa Township, this county, settled on wild land, on section 19. He had been married in his native Germany, in September, 1841, to Miss Sophia Mangeler, whose father was William Mangeler, also of German birth and ancestry. They became the parents of fifteen children, nine of whom are living, namely: Frederick, Mary, John, Sophia, William, Alvina, Emma, Emelia and Louis. All are married but the last named. One daughter, Louise, died when a young woman. Mr. Krumviede has thirty-eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He has been very successful in his farming operations, being the owner of 382 acres of land, and his farm is operated by his son Louis. The father received a stroke of paralysis Jan. 20, 1888, and has since been unable to do any labor. He was reared in the doctrines of the Evangelical Church, to which he still loyally adheres.! He usually votes the Democratic ticket, but has never had any ambition for office, declining the honors which his fellow-townsmen would have bestowed upon him. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ HANS KOLL, b 24 Apr 1858 ~ Related Surnames - KOLL, MOHR, REHR The industrious and enterprising German nationality has been of no small service in developing the rich resources of the Hawkeye State. They were among the first to venture out on the frontier with their hardy muscles and persevering wills, and their descendants are to-day among the most wealthy and prosperous citizens of Iowa. Mr. Koll occupies a first-class position among the sons of the Fatherland here, although himself American born, and is the owner of a fine farm of 146 acres, lying on sections 30 and 31 in Van Buren Township. He converted a portion of the primitive soil into one of the most productive farms of this region, and has reason to be proud of his achievements and his prosperity. He is regarded among his neighbors as an honest man and a good citizen, one who pays 100 cents on the dollar, and whose word is as good as his bond. In noting the parental history of our subject we find that he is the son of John and Dora (Mohr) Koll, natives of Germany, where they were reared and married, and where were born to them two children before they emigrated to America. Upon crossing the Atlantic they made their way directly westward to this county, and the father took up a tract of land in Van Buren Township, where he constructed a good homestead, and where his death took place in June, 1886, when he was seventy-one years old; the mother is still living, and is now aged seventy-one years. After their arrival in Iowa there were added to the home circle three more children: Dora; Hans, our subject; and Henry, thus making five children in all. All of these are living and located in Iowa. Hans Koll was born April 24, 1858, at the old homestead of his parents in Van Buren Township, and at an early age began to assist them in the various labors of the farm. He remained at home until his marriage with Miss Maggie Rehr, which occurred Oct. 10, 1884. Mrs. Koll was born in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Dec. 5, 1866, and is now the mother of two sons, John and Fred. Mr. Koll, politically, affiliates with the Democratic party. He has been a hard worker, and has now sufficient of this world's goods to defend him against want in his old age. Each year adds something to the value of his farm and its improvements, which at present are fair, but which he will continue to amend as time goes on. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ AUGUST KLEMME, b. 26 Oct 1823 ~ Related Surnames - KLEMME, BARCH, MICHAELSON, MOSEMANN, WENDT, MUGLIER, MEYER The enterprising German citizen found his way to Iowa at an early date and has contributed his full quota toward the development of its rich resources. The subject of this history, a retired farmer, is a gentleman in the prime of life, having been born Oct. 26, 1823, and his early home was on the other side of the Atlantic, in the Kingdom of Hanover, where he was reared and educated, and confirmed in the German Lutheran Church. He remained in the Fatherland until a man twenty-six years old, acquiring those habits of industry and economy which have been the secret of his later success. He is now the owner of 200 acres of some of the best land in Van Buren Township, and which is divided into two farms, the residence being on section 3. He left the farm, however, in Oct. 1885, and although a comparatively brief sojourner in Preston, has fully established himself in the esteem and confidence of his neighbors. Henry Klemme, the father of our subject, was also of German birth and parentage. August upon coming to America, settled in Utica, N.Y., April, 1849, where he was employed as a farm laborer one summer. Then in company with his brother he emigrated to Chicago, Ill, in 1850, but not liking that place went across the lake into the pineries in Michigan, on the Muskegon River. In the spring of 1850, however, he returned to Chicago, and remained in that vicinity the balance of the year, employing himself at farming in various places in Cook County. Our subject, finally, after a short but very effective courtship, was married in Dec. 1850, to Miss Mary Barch. She was also born in Germany, and was the daughter of Charlie and Sophia Barch, who spent their last years in Illinois. The young couple started for Iowa the following spring, and Mr. Klemme purchased forty acres of land on the Maquoketa bottom, and later added eighty acres to his real estate. He continued investing his surplus capital in land until he had a farm approaching 200 acres in extent, upon which he effected good improvements. In the meantime his family expense increased as there were added to the household eleven children. Three of these are now deceased - August died at the age of one year and seven months; Louisa when thirteen years old, and Emma when a child of two years. Caroline married Peter Michaelson, and is a resident of Antelope County, Neb.; Mary became the wife of Fred Mosemann, and died at her home in Washington Township, this county! , about 1881. Fred married Miss Katie Wendt, is the father of one child, a son, Frank, and lives on a farm in Van Buren Township, this county; Henry married Miss Tilda Muglier, has one child, August, and is farming in Washington Township; Katie, Mrs. Fred Meyer, is the mother of two children, Frank and Johnnie. She died April 19, 1889, in Antelope County, Neb; Almira and Sophia live in Van Buren Township; Mina remains at home with parents. Mr. Klemme, politically, votes the Democratic ticket, and with his family belongs to the German Lutheran Church. He has become thoroughly Americanized and fully alive to the interests of his adopted country, taking pride in her prosperity and standing among the Nations, and in his own county and community losing no opportunity to encourage the enterprises calculated for the advancement of the people. He keeps himself well posted upon current events, and is a gentleman with whom it is both pleasant and profitable to converse. He h! as had an ample experience of pioneer life in the Hawkeye State, labored industriously in the accumulation of his property, and is now enabled to rest upon his accumulations and view with pardonable satisfaction the results of a well-spent life. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ MARINUS KING, b. 21 Feb 1833 ~ Related Surnames - KING, McCLARREN, McCONNELL, SWEIZER, JENKINS, YENAN, PHILLIPS, LYDLE, HAIGHT, HOLDRIDGE, DAVIS Marinus King is the son of a pioneer of Jackson County, William King, who aided in the development of its agricultural resources, and was an early settler of Perry Township, with whose public affairs he was for many years prominently connected. Our subject is one of the leading, well-to-do farmers and stock-raisers of this part of the county, where he has a beautiful farm, comprising 200 acres of land of unsurpassed fertility, 120 acres, with the home and farm buildings being on section 20, and 80 acres on section 29. It is very pleasantly located in the valley of Cedar Creek, has exceedingly rich soil, and is accounted one of the best farms in this locality. Mr. King's hobby is raising horses, and he may well take pride in his fine Percherons, fourteen in number. Our subject comes of good old Pennsylvania stock, originally of Scotch antecedents. His grandfather, Marinus King, was born in Westmoreland County, that State. He was bred to the life of a farmer, and later in life he became an early settler of Mercer County, Pa., and there improved a farm from the wilderness, which remained his home until his death. The father of our subject was born in Westmoreland County, in 1806. As he grew to manhood, he adopted the calling of his father, and also became a weaver. He bought a tract of land in the forest primeval of Mercer County, which he cleared and improved into a fine farm. In 1846 he disposed of it in order to come West, intending to settle in this State, and accompanied by his family, he embarked on the Ohio River, and three weeks later had ascended the Mississippi River, and landed at Bellevue. He bought land on section 30, Perry Township, and immediately entered upon the pioneer task of improving it, and in after years had! the satisfaction of owning one of the most desirable farms in the neighborhood, which by hard labor he had redeemed from the wild prairies. He acquired a competence, and in 1863 retired to a more leisurely life, making his home with his children until his death in Linn County in April, 1880, at a ripe old age. He was a man of much importance in his community, was trusted and looked up to by his fellow-pioneers, and held various responsible local offices, was Justice of the Peace, Township Assessor, and Trustee of the Township. He was a Republican in his politics, and a Methodist in his religion, being a prominent member of the church of that denomination, in which he was Class-Leader. The maiden name of the mother of our subject, was Margaret McClarren, and she was born in Mercer County, Pa., in 1805. Her father, Robert McClarren, was born in Ireland, and after his emigration to America, he located in Mercer County among its early settlers, and there engaged in farming. The mother of our subject, a most worthy woman, departed this life in Perry in 1863. There were ten children born of her marriage, of whom the following is recorded: Elizabeth married Capt. McConnell, of Lyons, Iowa, who was an officer in the 2d Iowa Cavalry during the late war; Robert M. died in 1854; Rebecca is a Mrs. Sweizer, and lives in Jones County; Marinus, our subject; Sarah E. married the Rev. G.W. Jenkins, pastor of a Methodist Church in Montana, who was a member of the 2d Iowa Cavalry, in the war; John H. lives in Oregon; Benjamin is in Washington; Nancy, (deceased) was the wife of W.F. Yenan, who served in the war as a member of the 2d Iowa Cavalry; Mary married Cap! t. A.M. Phillips, of Maquoketa, an officer in the 31st Iowa Infantry; Martha J. married L Lydle, a lumber merchant of Michigan; John was in a Minnesota regiment, and served three years as Sergeant; Benjamin also served in the war three years as Sergeant of the 2d Iowa Cavalry. He of whom we write, was born in Newcastle, Mercer Co., Pa., Feb. 21, 1833. His early schooling was received in a log cabin school-house. He was thirteen years old when his parents removed from his native place to Iowa, so that he can recollect his old home and the aspect of the new one on the wild prairies of this then new and sparsely settled State, which he has seen develop into a powerful and wealthy commonwealth. Here amid pioneer scenes he grew to manhood, stalwart and self-reliant. He remained an inmate of the parental household until he was twenty-one, affording his father valuable assistance in the care of his farm, helping him clear the land and prepare it for culture, and there are fence-rails now on the place, that he made himself. When twenty-two years of age, he was engaged in breaking prairie soil in Jones County, and in the fall of 1855, he went to Minnesota and pre-empted 160 acres of land near Rochester, in Olmstead. And thus he, like his fore-fathers! , became a pioneer of a new country, as he was one of the first settlers in that township, only two or three families having preceded him. He built a log-house to shelter him, and entered upon his work of improving a farm, which he carried on until 1861, when he returned to Perry Township. He rented land one year, and then went to Clinton County, and bought 120 acres of land. A year later he purchased land in Perry Township, which he farmed three years, and at the expiration of that time sold out and removed to Jackson Township, bought a 160-acre tract of land, which he cultivated assiduously until 1876. In that year he bought of Samuel Keendy the old homestead, on which he had been reared. He has made many valuable improvements, has the farm fenced, and there is a fine supply of running water. There is a neat and commodious set of farm buildings on the place, and everything about it is orderly and well-appointed. Mr. King is especially interested in raising stock, ha! s fifty-eight sleek and well-kept graded Short-horns, and buys and feeds cattle, shipping two car-loads a year, and he also raises Poland-China hogs. He is a member of the Horse Breeders' Association, and has valuable Percheron horses, using three teams about his farm work. Mr. King was married Nov. 2, 1858, in Olmstead County, Minn., to Miss Maria Haight, who has faithfully shared life's joys and sorrows with him, and has greatly assisted him in the upbuilding of their pleasant home. Mrs. King was born in Cortland County, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1839, to Norman and Lucia (Holdridge) Haight, natives of the same county. Her father, who was of German descent, was a farmer there, and was well-to-do. In 1841 he removed to Kane County, Ill., and located near Elgin, where he engaged in farming until his death. He was a man of considerable prominence in his community. He was local Justice of the Peace, was a Republican in politics, and a Baptist in religion. Mrs. King's mother died in Kane County, Ill., at the age of fifty-three years. She had had three children, as follows: Halina (deceased); Maria; Allen, a farmer in Manchester, Delaware County. Mrs. Haight, was a daughter of Jesse Holdridge, a native of Cortland County, N.Y., and a veteran of the! War of 1812. He farmed in New York until 1841, when he removed to Illinois, and there died. He was of English descent. Mrs. King was a small child when her parents removed to Illinois, and cast in their lot with the pioneers of Kane County. She received her education in the graded schools of Dundee, and after the death of her parents, when she was a young girl, she went to live with her uncle Warren Haight, in Minnesota, and staid with him until her marriage. Her wedded life with our subject has been blessed to them by the birth of six children: William A., Elizabeth H., Harry E., Frank S. and Fred G. (twins); Charles W. William, is a jeweler in Sioux County; Elizabeth married Marshall Davis, a farmer and stock-raiser in Farmer Creek Township. Harry is running a creamery in Andrew. The other children are at home with their parents. Mr. King is a citizen of commendable public spirit, and has always maintained his interest in the welfare of this township, where his youth was passed and so many years of his manhood have been spent in a substantial manner. As a member of the School Board, he has labored zealously for the good of its educational institutions; and as Supervisor of the Roads, he has worked faithfully to make the township highways among the best in the county. He has served on both the Grand and Petit Jury. Socially, the A.O.U.W., at Andrew, finds in him one of its leading members. Politically, he is a sound Republican; religiously, he is a Presbyterian, both he and his good wife being influential members of the United Presbyterian Church. He is a man of unblemished reputation, and carries himself in all the relations of life as a manly, high-minded man should. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

> I am interested in hearing from anyone who may have attended a one room > school house, known as the Kilburg school, in Jackson County. The teacher was Ms > Neimmers. (Not positive on the spelling) All I know is she was young, > beautiful, and had black hair. I was in kindergarden/first grade with a John Kilburg, > and Onkay Kilburg. The year would have been 1948/49. Wish I knew the schools > number. I know the approximate location of where it had been, if there is > anyone out there who has a memory jog about it. B. Budde I'm pretty sure the ladies out at the Jackson County Genealogical Chapter are familiar with the old schools in Jackson County. Give them a try. Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/

I am interested in hearing from anyone who may have attended a one room school house, known as the Kilburg school, in Jackson County. The teacher was Ms Neimmers. (Not positive on the spelling) All I know is she was young, beautiful, and had black hair. I was in kindergarden/first grade with a John Kilburg, and Onkay Kilburg. The year would have been 1948/49. Wish I knew the schools number. I know the approximate location of where it had been, if there is anyone out there who has a memory jog about it. B. Budde

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/5k.2ADE/1594 Message Board Post: I have a Horace H. Mitchell , who was a brother of my grgr grandfather. Horace & wife Margaret came to Jackson Co. ca 1868 and are buried in Mt. Hope cem. They came from IL. Children that I know of are Ann, Harriet, Thursa, Horace, Edna, Ida and Mu;rtie. Harriet and Thursa may have married brothers by the name of Caneing or Cowing. I would like to hear from anyone researching the Mitchell name. Janis

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Is anyone familiar with the Jackson County Recorder's Office? I am seeking a copy of the marriage record of Ann E. KRUG and Henry LINNEMAN 16 Nov 1857. The web page for Jackson County states that only certified copies will be mailed and the cost is $10.00. Has anyone tried this? Thanks, Mimi

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/5k.2ADE/1258.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Barb; I am so glad to here from you.... We are talking about the same people.... the dates are a little off, but there are still the same people....Hubert is my great-great-great-grandfather also, my line would be from peter (patner) seiler, who married Ida Branscom (m.1883), Ida and peter had a son named henry a(b.1884), Then Ida remarried to a Phillip starr, and then to a james nims (m.1916)..... Her son Henry Seiler changed his name some time after 1913 to Henry Starr ( we still dont know why?) I do belive that Hubert and Catherine had one more child named john p He is in the 1860 census for jackson iowa , washington township, with the family listed as a child. Ill get all the info on my line togeather and u can have it if you want it. Thanks, Heather.

Can anyone tell me what records can be found at Maquoketa? And will they share? I have LOUGHLIN/LAUGHIN'S living around Andrew IA approximately 1870-1880. The HYDE's may have been there earlier and stayed longer. I got the baptismal record of my great grandmother from St Pat's in Garryowen, but that is all they found for my family. I'm pretty sure her grandparents, Nicholas & Catherine (perhaps Mary Catherine) HYDE LOUGHLIN died there. I can find them, for sure, in the 1870 census, but that is all. Thanks for any suggestions. Ellen

Heather, I am from Jackson Co., now living in Arizona and I have some of the old books from there and I went through them but found nothing on the Seilers. The only thing I can tell you is that when I lived in Iowa and was in Country school at Fairfield #2, (North Bend) one of my teachers in the 1930's was Velma Seiler and if I remember she married Albert Burt (Bert) but I can't seem to find anything on either of them. Sorry. Marge

~ J.M. KILBORN, b. 25 May 1853 ~ Related Surnames - KILBORN, BISDORFF Jackson Mill, of Bellevue, Iowa, located on the banks of Mill Creek on the outskirts of Bellevue, occupies a three story frame building, and which was erected in 1861 or 1862. The mill is equipped with the roller process, principally the Stevens system, has three run of burrs, and grinds for both custom and merchant trade. The "Climax" is the superior grade of flour, this being used entirely for the merchant trade. The mill is run by water-power, and the wheel is a 25-inch Flanagan wheel, manufactured at Dubuque, Iowa, and is of 35-horse power. The mill is run under the firm title of Kilborn & Co., J.M. Kilborn being the resident manager of the mill. Mr. Kilborn is a native of Jackson County, Iowa, where he was born May 25, 1853. The parents of our subject were Nathaniel and Hannah Kilborn. Nathaniel Kilborn was formerly proprietor of the mill, and ran it for years both as sole proprietor and in partnership. He was one of the early business men of Bellevue, in which place he afterward died. J.M. Kilborn, our subject, grew to manhood and received his early education in this county, and in 1883-84 attended Mt. Vernon (Iowa) College. For a number of years in Bellevue he engaged in buying grain for Kilborn & Co., and since 1882 he has had an active interest in the mill, his father having died previous to this date. His mother is now residing in Douglas County, Neb. Feb. 8, 1879, our subject was united in marriage with Bertha Bisdorff, daughter of Nicholas and Eva Bisdorff, of Dubuque, this State. To their marriage were given three children - Maude, Florence and Pearl. Mr. Kilborn is one of the leading Republicans in his county, and a member of the Knights of Pythias and Legion of Honor, of Bellevue. He is one of the most enterprising business men of Bellevue, and the son of a worthy and influential pioneer of this county. He is half-owner in the mills, and the amount of sales is probably about $60,000 annually, and if running night and day would turn out 100 barrels of flour per day. In connection with the mill is a stone for chopping feed for the farmers' trade. Adjoining the mill are 480 acres of valuable land belonging to the Kilborn estate, of which also Mr. Kilborn is joint owner. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ HON. JOSEPH KELSO, b. abt 1820 ~ Related Surnames - KELSO, CRESSY, SHAW Many of the strongest characters in American history were born and reared in the North of Ireland. This was largely due to the great social and religious conflict among the people which deveoped the greatest powers of the naturally strong and sturdy race. One of these distinguished citizens is the gentleman of whom we now write. He is a prominent resident of Bellevue and was born in the North of Ireland about the year 1820. His father, Joseph Kelso, was a minister of the Church of the Seceders of Scotland. He was a gentleman of spendid education and great strength of character, and under his tutorship our subject received his educational training, also attending the schools of the neighborhood. In 1840 our subject came to America, taking passage at Belfast on an American sailing vessel, which, after a voyage of forty days landed him in New York City. Shortly after his arrival in this country Mr. Kelso went to Virginia where he remained for about one year, when he went to Pike County, Ohio, and for a short time thereafter we find him at work as a clerk in a mercantile store. During this time to increase his income he taught a private school and about the year 1844, began the study of law at Piketon, Ohio. For the following eighteen months he read diligently in the office of N.K. Plough. He then removed to Galena, Ill. where he completed his studies with J.M. Douglas, then a promient lawyer of Galena, but now a resident of Chicago. He was examined by two of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and it may be said to his credit, passed the critical test quite satisfactorily, and he was duly admitted to the practice of law. He hung out his shingle in the city of Galena, and for the following two years passed through that ordeal known to every young man embarking in professional life. He felt that there was a bet! ter opportunity for him across the river in Iowa, and we therefore find him, in 1848, moving his effects over to Bellevue. This city at that time was the county seat of Jackson County, and naturally offered splended inducements to a studious and enterprising young lawyer. Here our subject entered upon a career of thirty years at the bar, and became one of the legal lights, not only of Jackson County, but of the western part of the State. During the period above alluded to, the Hon. Mr. Kelso served as Judge of Jackson County, during the term from 1859 to 1861. He was called upon to serve the people as their Prosecuting Attorney for the county for several terms. This position as we might reasonably suppose he filled with great credit to himself, and satisfaction to his constituents. He has also served as Mayor of Bellevue, for a number of terms, and in every public and private capacity has always had at heart the growth and prosperity of Bellevue. He has contributed a great deal toward its advancement, and to-day is known as one of the most respected and valued of the pioneer citizens of the town. The Judge is one of those sturdy self-made men we so frequently meet in our Western country. Beginning life with little or no means, by close application and great energy, guided by good common sense, he has been able to accumulate considerable property. In 1868 he went into the banking business and since then has been known as one of the reliable financiers of Bellevue. Judge Kelso was united in marriage, first with Eliza Cressy, who bore him two children - Walter C., who is now cashier in the Merchants' Bank, at Crookston, Minn., and William, a banker at Hollock, Minn. The second marriage of Mr. Kelso, was with Sophia F. Shaw, of Maquoketa - this county. This lady became the mother of three children - Carrie, who is now at Oberlin College, Joseph and Jennie. It is certainly gratifying for a gentleman like Judge Kelso to look back upon a career so successful as regards his personal prosperity, and also upon the splended advancement made by the community all about him. When he crossed the Father of Waters, the country was comparatively in its primitive condition, and where to-day thriving cities and prosperious villages are located, could then be seen the smoke curling upward from the savage's wigwam, and where the steam engine drawing its heavily laden train winds its way through the valleys, was only the trail of the red man and the home of the wolf, the deer, and the buffalo. No one has contributed more toward the magnificent transformation than has the gentleman of whom we write. He is to-day one of the landmarks of the olden time; a gentleman of ripe experience, splendid business sagacity, and sterling integrity, and no man is more deserving of prominent mention in a work like this, designed to chronicle the careers and a! chievements of the best people of the community, than the Hon. Joseph Kelso. He has been a lifelong Democrat and has labored diligently for the advancement and growth of the principles of that party. Althought not a member of any Church, his religious faith tends toward that of the Presbyterian Church. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ DOMINIQUE V. JOANNIN, b. 25 March 1805 ~ Related Surnames - JOANNIN, CARVER, SUTTON, FOREST, CREGER, VAN LOON This gentleman is recognized as one of the oldest citizens of this county, and although a veteran of eighty-four years, maintains his mental and physical strength to a remarkable degree. Nature endowed him with more than ordinary capacities, with a powerful frame, a very bright mind, and a memory quite phenomenal. He is humorous and very witty, and has been a fine business man in his day, accumulating a handsome property. His experience has been wide and varied, and he has made the most of his opportunities for observation during his travels, which have been quite extensive. A native of fair France, Mr. Joannin was born in the village of Moorland, Province of Lorraine, March 25, 1805, and was the son of Dominique and Mary (Carver) Joannin, whose family consisted of seven children, four sons and three daughters. He learned the hatter's trade in early manhood, which he followed in his native Province until a man of twenty-five years. In the meantime Europe was torn by wars and dissensions, and when a lad nine years of age young Joannin was favored with a glimpse of the first Napoleon, who passed through Lorraine, and was looked upon by thousands of others with curiosity and admiration. On the 10th of May, 1829, having resolved to seek his fortunes in America, our subject set sail from Havre-de-Grace, and on the 13th of August following was landed in New York City. He followed his trade there six months, then repaired to Jersey City, entering one of its prominent manufactories, but subsequently migrated to Buffalo, and soon afterward to Canada. In the Dominion he pursued his trade for a period of twelve years, and there made the acquaintance of Miss Marian Carver. This lady was born six miles from Baden-Baden, April 2, 1813, and was reared and educated under the wing of the Catholic Church. When a maiden of eighteen years she came to the United States, and for one year resided in Batavia, N.Y. She then went to Canada to visit her brother Andrew, where she made the acquaintance of her future husband, becoming his wife Nov. 2, 1833. They went over to Buffalo, N.Y., to be married. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joannin remained for a time in Canada, where Mr. Joannin followed his trade and farmed alternately, being mostly, however, engaged at the latter. They finally decided to seek the far West, and coming to this county established themselves on a tract of land two and one-half miles from the then embryo town of Maquoketa, in August, 1842. Here they lived in true pioneer style, enduring the difficulties and privations of people on the frontier. Wild game was plentiful, and Mr. Joannin brought down many a fleet-footed deer on the run with his rifle. He was such an expert marksman that he once shot a hummingbird on the wing. Indians also strolled over the country, and frequently visited the cabin of the pioneer, who received them kindly and fed them, especially their Chief, who reciprocated the hospitality of the white man by inviting himself and family to his wigwam. The Joannin family spent ten years on the farm, and then Mr. Joannin sold out, and after a visit of six weeks at his former home in the Old Dominion, returned to Iowa, established himself in the vicinity of Spragueville and purchased 280 acres of land on Deep Creek. In 1875 he took up his residence in Miles, where he has since lived retired from active labor. To him and his excellent wife there were born four children, three of whom lived to mature years. George married Miss Ellen Sutton, is the father of one child, a daughter, Florence, and resides in Minneapolis, Minn., where he carries on the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, etc. Caroline, now Mrs. C.G. Forest, the only daughter now living; Mary was married to Ferdinand Creger - after his death she married Nelson Van Loon, and died at the age of forty-six years, leaving six children, two by her first and four by her second husband. Mr. Joannin arrived in Iowa in time to vote for the adoption of the State Constitution, and was then a member of the Democratic party. Later, on the breaking out of the Rebellion, he identified himself with the Republican party, and during the war was a stanch Union man. In 1876 he re-crossed the Atlantic, visiting his native France and various principal cities therein - Calais, Paris and Nancy, then going to England was at Dover, London, Liverpool and various other places of interest. Mrs. Joannin still remains the partner of her husband, and like him is quite well advanced in years. She is a very estimable lady, benevolent and charitable, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and greatly interested in the Missionary Society. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ JOHN L JENKINS, b. 2 Oct 1827 ~ Related Surnames - JENKINS, DUSTIN, MATHEWSON, WILLIAMS John L. Jenkins, A.B., was born in Kirby, Caledonia Co., Vt., Oct. 2, 1827. Mr. Jenkins' ancestors on his father's side emigrated from the North of Ireland about the close of the seventeenth century, and settled in Massachusetts. He takes a justifiable pride in the fact that his great-grandfather, with his six sons, participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, and those who survived, served in the War of the Revolution. On the maternal side Mr. Jenkins was descended from Mrs. Dustin, who, while a captive on Dustin's Island, in the Merrimac River, with the help of a nurse and a boy named Samuelson, killed and scalped her nine Indian captors, and brought the scalps, after a three days march, to the nearest settlement, as a proof of their achievement. On Aug. 9, 1853, Mr. Jenkins married Asha A. Mathewson, of Wheelock, Vt., whose mother Sarah Williams, was a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the distinguished settler of Rhode Island. Mr. Jenkins was graduated from the University of Rochester, and studied theology at the seminary of that city. He entered the ministry at an early day, and occupied churches in Illinois, and Indiana; but later, and for a longer period, in Pennsylvania and New York, principally in connection with the Presbyterian Church. In 1883, Mr. Jenkins engaged in the business of a druggist, in Preston, Iowa, in connection with his sons, Hugh and Harley M., under the firm name of Dr. H. Jenkins & Co. They have been successful in building up a profitable trade, and are reckoned among the solid firms of this county. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)