~ EDWARD HAMMERSCHMIDT, b. 9 Jan 1846 ~ Related Surname - HAMMERSCHMIDT, HORSTMANN, HEYNEN A native of the City of Cologne, the capitol of Rhenish Prussia, our subject was born Jan. 9, 1846, and there under the parental roof he was reared to manhood. His parents were well-to-do, his father being a wholesale grocer in Cologne, and young Hammerschmidt was given excellent opportunities for education which he was fortunate in being able to appreciate. He was graduated from the famous college of his native city with honors, being the youngest member of his class which he entered at the age of ten years, and left at the age of seventeen, and being carefully reared in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church. From this institution have been graduated thousands of students, some of them the most eminent men in Europe and America. After graduating at college, he came to visit a sister residing at Naperville, near Chicago. At Hamburg he set sail for the United States on the 13th of May, 1862. He arrived at New York City on the 3rd of June following, and made his way directly to the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Horstmann at Naperville, Ill. After a stay with her for two years, he decided to make this country his home, and afterward was employed on a farm five years, becoming in the meantime thoroughly interested in agriculture, and quite an expert at the business. Our subject next emigrated across the Mississippi to this county, for the purpose of taking charge of a large stock farm, of which he was manager one year. Then, returning to Illinois, he was married March, 1872, to Miss Mary Heynen, sister of the well-known O.W. and A.C. Heynen, of Miles. Mrs. Mary (Heynen) Hammerschmidt, was born at Freeport, Ill., and after their marriage, the young people settled on a farm in Du Page County, that State, where the death of Mrs. Hammerschmidt occured on the 10th of Feb., 1878. She left one child, a daughter, Rhea. Our subject contracted a second marriage in 1881, with Miss Lilly Lundy, daughter of John H. Lundy. She was born at Naperville, Ill. In the spring of 1878, Mr. Hammerschmidt associated himself in partnership with A.C. Heynen, in the hardware and agricultural implement trade at Miles, and since that time he has been a resident of this place. The partners dissolved in 1887, and since that time our subject has confined his attention to the furniture business. He owns his residence in the town and is in the enjoyment of a comfortable income. Upon becoming a voting citizen, he identified himself with the Republican party, and in April 1889, was elected as member of the Board of Education. Both he and his estimab! le wife belong to the Congregational Church, to the support of which, Mr. Hammerschmidt contributes liberally, and is Treasurer of the Building Committee. Mr. Hammerschmidt during his attendance at the college in Cologne, perfected himself as a crayon artist, and to this day does some very fine work in this line. He was also a graduate of Clark's School of Embalming. Of his present marriage there have been born three children; Jennie, Neva May and a babe unnamed. The parents of our subject died in Cologne, the mother at the age of sixty years, and the father when sixty-three. Their family consisted of nine children, of whom Edward was the youngest born. Eight are now living. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ NATHANIEL A. HAMLEY, b. 25 Oct 1849 ~ Related Surnames - HAMLEY, ARTHUR, REYNER, ARNOLD, MILLER, WEED Nathaniel A. Hamley is extensively engaged in the ice business in Maquoketa. He has two store houses near Midland, and one on his home place, these buildings having the capacity of 2,000 tons. The ice is of fine quality, the greater part of it coming from the millpond, and some of it from the Maquoketa River. Our subject was born in the village of St. Mabin, Cornwall, England, Oct. 25, 1849. His father, Henry Hamley, was a native of the same place, and was there reared to stalwart manhood. He commenced to learn the trade of butcher when a boy, and engaged in it in his native village until 1838. He then came to America, but after staying in this country a year he returned to England, and resumed his trade in the place of his birth. In 1854 he again came to the United States, this time accompanied by his wife and eight children, setting sail from Liverpool, and forty-nine days later landed in Quebec; thence they made their way to Maquoketa, coming a part of the way by ! rail to Rockford, Ill., and thence by ox team to Jackson County, this State. Mr. Hamley located in the village of Monmouth among its early settlers, and establishing himself at his trade, supplied the people in the surrounding country with meat. He removed to Maquoketa in 1859, and opening a meat market on the corner of Platte and Olive Streets, continued in that line of business here until after the war. He then turned his attention to farming, buying a farm in South Fork Township, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1882, when he sold out and moved back into the city. He engaged in his old business here a short time, and then sold his market and went to Cedar Rapids, where he established himself in the butchering business, and is still carrying it on in that city. He is a man of good capacity, possessing shrewd judgment and foresight, and his integrity is undoubted. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Frances Ann Arthur, and she was a native of Cornwall. Her death, in 1866, on the homestead in Maquoketa, was a sad blow to ! the members of her household. All of her eight children were born in Cornwall; the following is recorded of them: Mary A. married Samuel Reyner, and they live in Marquette, Neb.; William H. lives in Ripon, Wis.; Sarah F. married Franklin Reyner, and they live in Epworth, Iowa; Emeline married Marcus Reyner, and they live in Broken Bow, Neb.; Nathaniel A., our subject; Edwin lives in Steele City, Neb.; Hart and James T. live in Maquoketa. The subject of this sketch was in his sixth year when he came to America with his parents, and has a dim recollection of his old home, and of the voyage on the ocean in coming to this land. He attended the public schools of Iowa in his youthful days, and when large enough his father had him assist him in his market. He lived with his parents until he was fifteen, and the ensuing ten years was employed as a clerk in a grocery store. After that he established himself in the same business, and carried it on on his own account for six years. At the expiration of that time he entered into partnership with his brother James, for the purpose of engaging in the butcher business. In 1886 he sold out his share to devote his attention exclusively to the ice business, in which he has been engaged for sometime, and is still prosecuting it. He has built up an extensive and money-making trade, receiving a large patronage in the city, and having all the facilities for carrying on the ! business to the best advantage. Mr. Hamley was married, in 1872, to Miss Hannah Louisa Arnold, and to them have been born three children: Henry A., Eugene C., Arthur L.; they also have an adopted daughter - Kate J. Mrs. Hamley was born in Washington, D.C., and is a daughter of Henry M. Arnold. Her father was born in Troy, N.Y., May 8, 1817. His father, George Arnold, was a native of Rhode Island. He received a fine education, and was graduated from a medical institution. He went from his native State to New York, and established himself as a physician in Troy, and practiced there until his death, which occurred about 1823, while in the prime of life, he being but thirty-six years old. The maiden name of his wife was Catherine Miller. She was born in the State of New York, and spent her last years in Troy. She had five children, namely: James, Julia, Henry N., George and William. The latter two are now dead. Mrs. Hamley's father was about seven years old when his father died, and he soon afterw! ard went to live with an uncle in Hamburg, a town in Erie County, his native State. Said uncle was a farmer, and Mr. Arnold attended school, and in his vacations and leisure hours assisted in the farm labors until he was fourteen years old. At that age he returned to his native Troy to engage as a clerk in a shoe store, and he continued in that capacity seven years. At the expiration of that time he established himself in the mercantile business on his own account, in Troy, and later in Saratoga County. In 1844 he removed to Virginia, locating in Fairfax County, where he bought a farm. Besides managing his farm he also engaged in the plasterer and brickmason's trade. He resided in Virginia and the District of Columbia until the year 1854, when he came to Iowa, coming by rail to a point near Galena, Ill., and there hiring a hack to convey himself and his family to their destination in Maquoketa, then a small place. He soon bought a tract of land, consisting of eighty acres, twenty of which were improved, and a log cabin was on the place. He resided there about three years, and then sold out and went to Missouri. He located in the village of Washington, and worked there at his trade, mostly in the employ of the railway company, building cisterns, plastering depots, etc. He resided there until the spring of 1863, when he returned to Maquoketa, where he bought his present home, and has since been engaged in gardening and working at his trade. He was married, Oct. 30, 184! 1, to Mercy Ann Weed, a native of Saratoga County, N.Y. Her birth occurred in the town of Greenfield, Oct. 21, 1820. Her parents were Edwin and Hannah (Seymour) Weed, natives of Connecticut. She was reared and educated in her native town, and died, in Maquoketa, Sept. 15, 1872. There were five children born of her marriage: George E., William H., James C., Hannah Louisa and Julia Anna. Mr. Hamley is a prompt and intelligent man of business, and by good management and square dealings has achieved a substantial success. He belongs to Jackson Lodge No. 33, I.O.O.F., and he and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in their daily lives show themselves to be sincere Christians. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ DANIEL S. HAIGHT, b. 22 Jun 1821 ~ Related Surnames - HAIGHT, WOOLEY, WEED, SEYMOUR Daniel S. Haight is a prominent citizen of Maquoketa, who has for many years been connected with its public life in various official capacities. He represents the industrial interests of the city as a skillful carpenter and joiner, and has aided in the upbuilding of this municipality from its indipient stages, he being one of the pioneers of 1855. He was born in Ulster County, N.Y. in the town of Plattekill, June 22, 1821. His father, whose given name was Stephen, was a native of the same State, his birthplace being in Dutchess County, and he was a son of Reuben Haight. The latter was a farmer and spent his entire life in Dutchess County. He was a member of the Society of Friends. The father of our subject was reared and married in the county of his birth, and having learned the trade of a tanner he was engaged in that for some years there. After marriage he moved to Ulster County, and operated a tannery in Plattekill a few years. His next move was to New Paltz, where he engaged in buying and shipping stock to the New York City markets. In 1840 he removed with his family to Fairfax County, Va., the removal being made with teams; he bought a tract of land there, and built up a home in which he died. The maiden name of his wife was Phebe Wooley, and she was like himself a native of Dutchess County, N.Y. She di! ed in Washington, D.C., a few years after her husband passed away. These worthy people were the parents of seven children, of whom six grew to maturity: Charles W., Eliza, Mary, Sarah A., and Henry. The subject of this sketch was the next to the youngest of the family. He was reared and educated in his native State, and subsequently accompanied his parents to their new home in Virginia in 1840. He had previously learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and followed it in Virginia until 1850. After that he went to the District of Columbia, and worked at his trade there a few years, spending two years in the capital. In 1855 he resolved to cast in his fortunes with the resolute, courageous, able men who were building up a great State across the Mississippi River, and he came hither by rail as far as Rock Island, Ill., then the terminus of the railway, and thence he came with a team to Maquoketa. He resumed his trade in this then small village, and has been actively and prosperously engaged at it ever since, and is looked upon as one of the most substantial and trustworthy citizens of the place. Mr. Haight was married Dec. 13, 1848, to Miss Sarah M. Weed, and of their wedded life five children have been born: Mary E., Edwin W., Sarah A., Charles H., and George S. Mrs. Haight was born in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N.Y. Her father, Edwin C. Weed, was born in Connecticut, and went from there to Greenfield when a young man. He established himself in the mercantile business in that town, keeping a general store there until 1847. In that year he took up his residence in Fairfax County, Va. He bought land there, but at the end of four years moved to Washington, D.C., and engaged in the insurance business in that city a short time, and then death closed his career in 1851. The maiden name of his wife was Hannah Seymour, and she was a native of Saratoga County, N.Y. Her father, Nathaniel Seymour, was born in Connecticut, and removing from there to New York he became an early settler of Saratoga County. He bought a large tract of land, engaged extensively in farming, ! and continued his residence on his homestead until death called him hence at the venerable age of ninety years. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Haight's mother died at the home of her son in Maquoketa. There were six children born to her and her husband: Mercy A., Isaac C., Charles H., Sarah M., Nathaniel S., and Hannah L. Mr. Haight is a man of high standing in this community, and his fellow-citizens have delighted to honor him by bestowing upon him the highest local offices within their gift. Thus he has served two terms as Mayor of the city, was Township Clerk for many years, and is holding the office of Assessor of the city at present. He was elected to this position in 1861, and has served continuously ever since, with the exception of three years. He is connected with the I.O.O.F. as a member of Jackson Lodge. He fell into the ranks with the members who organized the Republican party, being in full sympathy with their views, and has ever since been a faithful supporter of the party. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ HENRY HAGEDORN, b. 25 Nov 1833 ~ Related Surnames - HAGEDORN, SYRUP, ECKHERT, RUST, MINGLER, KRUMWEIDE, LAMPE, SNEVERLY, MENGLER, STRUZENBERG, CALLAHAN Misc. Surnames - HOSTETTER, MOHR, McCORMICK Squire Henry Hagedorn. This name is familiar to most of the residents of Washington Township and vicinity, to which he came during its pioneer days, and performed a large share in the labor of bringing it to its present condition socially, morally and financially. He has been the postmaster at Green Island since 1876, holding the office through the changes of administration, which fact in itself indicates the estimation in which he is held by his fellow citizens. For the last thirteen years he has been engaged in general merchandising, and enjoys an extensive patronage as the result of his honest and upright dealing and courteous demeanor toward those with whom he comes in contact. He is a man of more than ordinary abilities, very intelligent, and possesses in a marked degree the substantial traits of his excellent German ancestry. Our subject, like his forefathers for several generations, is a native of what was then the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, and was born Nov. 25, 1833, in the village of Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe. His parents were Henry and Mary (Syrup) Hagedorn, both also natives of Hanover. The father was born in Schneeren and the mother in Mardorf. The father was a miller by trade, and with his excellent wife spent his entire life on his native soil, dying in 1862, at the age of fifty-two years. The mother passed away prior to the decease of her husband, in 1850, at the age of forty-seven. Their household included nine children - four sons and five daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters are living, and making their homes as follows: William H. lives in Lake Mills, Wis.; Dorothea (Mrs. Fred Eckhert) resides in Crawford County, Iowa; Sophia (Mrs. Rust) resides in Indianapolis, Ind.; and our subject. The third child of his parents, our subject, like his brothers and sisters, was placed in the public school at an early age, pursuing his studies from the time he was a lad of six years until fourteen years old, and some of the time attending a private school. He then began an apprenticeship at the miller's trade, at which he was thereafter engaged in his native land for a period of eleven years. He served in the German army five years, and at the age of twenty-five was married in February, 1857, to a maiden of his own Province - Miss Mary Mingler. Mr. Hagedorn and his bride set out on their wedding tour across the Atlantic, on the 15th of August, 1857, taking passage on the sailing vessel "John Long," at the port of Bremen, and after a voyage of thirty-two days arrived in New York City. Thence they came directly to Van Buren Township, this county, where a brother-in-law of Mr. Hagedorn, Louis Krumweide, had previously settled; our subject arriving here without any capital, but, on the contrary, $50 in debt. A few months later he rented a farm of Dr. Hostetter, which he operated one year, and then removed to Leavenworth, Kan. That region was then the scene of a continual conflict between the two political factions, and in 1860 Mr. Hagedorn came back to Iowa, and was glad to find himself in a peaceable country. Our subject now rented another farm, embracing the land upon which is located the present town of Green Island, and where he operated three years. Next he removed to a farm of eighty acres, belonging to Mr. Claus Mohr, upon which he also remained three years. In 1866 he was enabled to purchase 120 acres of land in Washington Township. Upon this he labored to good advantage, but in March, 1874, having a good opportunity to embark in mercantile business, he purchased the store of Mr. McCormick, who put in the first stock of groceries in Green Island. That same year Mr. Hagedorn put up the Green Island Hotel, which he conducted until March, 1876. Then selling out, he erected his present store-building, and invested a portion of his capital in a stock of general merchandise, since which time he has been doing a lucrative trade. He was appointed Postmaster that same year. In 1878 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and has held that office since then. He votes the straight Democratic ticket, and has been of signal service to his party in this county, attending the various conventions as a delegate, and otherwise laboring as he has had opportunity to further its interests. Both our subject and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the German-Lutheran Church. They are the parents of nine children, namely: Henry, Louisa, John and Willie (twins), who died at the age of eleven months; Mary, Emma, Minnie, Sophia, and Charles. Henry married Miss Theresa Lampe, and is farming in Ida County. He has five children - Lena, Minnie, William, Andrew and Emma. Miss Louisa Hagedorn, the eldest daughter of our subject, became the wife of Louis Sneverly, a plasterer and painter by trade, and they are living in Holstein, in Ida County; they have three children - Hortensia, Mary, and Clarence. Miss Mary Hagedorn became the wife of Charles Mengler and the mother of one child, a son - Frank; she died at her home in Elgin, Ill., March 14, 1888, at the early age of twenty-seven years; Mr. Mengler is in the boot and shoe business at Elgin, Ill. Miss Emma H. married John Struzenberg, a merchant of Elgin, ILl., and they have one child, a son - Elm! er Eugene; Miss Minnie became the wife of Mat Callahan, a railroad man, and they live in Chadwick, Ill.; Miss Sophia is at home with her parents; Charles died when a babe of six months. Mr. Hagedorn is warmly interested in educational matters, believing in giving to the young all the advantages which will enable them to become good and useful citizens. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ JOHN J. GRAY, b. 24 Oct 1836 ~ Related Surnames - GRAY, BLIVEN, SMYTH, McKINZIE, BLEVINS John J. Gray, engaged as a jeweler and watchmaker, at Sabula, pursues the even tenor of his way as a quiet and unassuming citizen, is a reader and a thinker, and a man capable of conversing intelligently upon all subject of general interest. He came to this county in the spring of 1855, settling first at Bellevue, where he conducted a jewelry shop until 1858. He then returned to Adams County, Ill., where he had formerly lived, and for a year thereafter was occupied as clerk in a store at Burton. From that time until 1862 he followed the profession of a teacher. In the spring of the year above mentioned Mr. Gray started once more for the Farther West, and establishing himself at Dayton, Nev., occupied himself in the quartz mines, drove a team, and prospected until the spring of 1864. Then, returning to Adams County, Ill., he was married, May 5, of that year, to Miss Matilda, daughter of Samuel G. Bliven, one of the largest farmers of that county. The young people, in June following, came to Iowa, and took up their residence in Bellevue, where our subject engaged in the jewelry and furniture business until September, 1866. He then came to Sabula, opened a shop, and dealt in watches, clocks, and jewelry until December, 1882. Then changing his residence to Centerville, he sojourned there about four years, returning to Sabula in the fall of 1886, where he has since remained. He is master of his trade, repairs and sells the various articles in his line of business, and manufactures shell and other kinds of jewelry. His patrons are ! numbered among the best people of this vicinity, where his square dealing, and promptness in meeting his obligations, have secured for him an enviable reputation. Mr. Gray may properly be termed a self made man, as his acquirements are the result of his own industry and perseverance, and his close application to whatever he has undertaken. He never attended school a day in his life, but was given excellent instruction by his father at home, and thus became master of the common branches of study, while his habits of reading and observation have conspired to make him more than ordinarily well informed. He was born in Parkman, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Oct. 24, 1836, and is the son of Alvan and Eliza Gray; the former a native of Columbia County, N.Y., and the latter of Williamstown, Mass. Alvan Gray was a cabinet-maker by trade, but finally became interested in farming, and secured a tract of land in Trumbull County; and later in Athens County, Ohio. In 1847 he removed with his family to Adams County, Ill., where he spent several years before his death, which took place in 1857. The mother survived her husband two years; dying at their ho! me in Illinois, in 1859. They were the parents of ten children, only four of whom are living: Alford R. is unmarried, and is operating in the silver mines of Nevada; Maria, Mrs. Smyth, lives in Burton Township, Adams Co., Ill., together with Laura, Mrs. McKinzie. Our subject spent the first twelve years of his life in Ohio, and then accompanied his parents to Burton, in Adams County, Ill., in 1847. Desiring to learn watch-making he, in 1851, repaired to Cleveland, Ohio, and served a three-years' apprenticeship at the trade. At the expiration of this time he returned to Illinois, and thence came, in 1855, to this county. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born four children; the second of whom, a daughter, - Gladys - is the wife of Horton Blevins, a railroad conductor, with headquarters at Centerville, Iowa. They have one child, a daughter, Mabel. The other children, Mary J., Alice M., and Gertrude, remain at home with their parents. Mr. Gray has been quite prominent in local affairs, officiating as Councilman, Township Clerk several years, also as Justice of the Peace. He was elected Mayor of Sabula, in 1882, serving one term; was Recorder a period of seven years, and for six years Secretary of the School Board. Mr. Gray was a candidate for County Auditor, in 1881; but, in company with the balance of the ticket, was defeated. He identified himself with the I.O.O.F. about the year 1871, while a resident of Sabula; has filled the chairs of his lodge several times, and at the present time is a member os Lafayette Lodge, at Sabula. He is one of those men who form the bone and sinew of every well-regulated community. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ JAMES A. GRAY, b. 13 Mar 1852 ~ Related Surnames - GRAY, GREENE, DAVIS James A. Gray, who is still on the sunny side of forty, is numbered among the enterprising and prosperous farmers of Iowa Township, where he owns land to the extent of 200 acres on section 32. He has been uniformly successful in his farming and business interests, and makes a specialty of stock-raising, his favorites being full-blooded Short-horn cattle and Poland-China swine. He has followed agriculture since boyhood, is a man universally respected among his neighbors, and in his township is quite prominent in public affairs, having officiated as Trustee and Assessor several years, and still occupies the latter named office. Mr. Gray was born in Lyons, Clinton County, this State, March 13, 1852, and was orphaned when but three years old by the death of both his parents who passed away within a week of each other. The father, it is supposed, was a native of Alabama, whence he removed some time in the forties to Iowa. He was by a trade a millwright and carpenter, and died while superintending the erection of the Leeds Grove Mills. After the death of his parents our subject was taken into the family of Hon. G.F. Greene, of Miles, with whom he lived until twenty-four years of age, receiving an excellent education, and being graduated from the Lyons High School in June, 1869. He was married less than seven years later, Jan. 2, 1876, to Miss Kate, daughter of William and Mary Davis. Mrs. Gray was born in Hamilton, Canada, Dec. 22, 1855, and was brought by her parents to this county when but six months old. The mother of Mrs. Gray resides with her. The father is deceased. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Gray, a son, died in infancy. Our subject, politically, supports the principles of the Democratic party. Mrs. Gray is a member in good standing of the Congregational Church at Miles. They have a pleasant home with the prospect of a bright and prosperous future. The residence is especially fine, while the barn and other outbuildings are in keeping with the ideas of the modern agriculturist. Mr. Gray avails himself of the latest improved methods and first-class machinery in the prosecution of agriculture, and realizes a handsome income. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ MARY E (CHANDLER) GRANT, b. 6 Aug 1822 ~ Related Surnames - GRANT, CHANDLER, McKELSEY, TUBBS, EWERS The homestead belonging to this lady presents to the eye of the passing traveler a picture of more than ordinary attraction as the abode of those possessing cultivated tastes and ample means. The estate embraces 160 acres of thoroughly cultivated land, some of the best in Maquoketa Township. Of this 120 acres lies on section 5, and forty acres on section 8, the residence and buildings being on the first mentioned. This comprised the property left Mrs. Grant by her deceased husband, and afterward she purchased forty acres. This is itself is proof of the excellent manner in which she has looked after the property, and she is steadily adding to its value and importance. The residence of Mrs. Grant is one of the neatest of country houses, is surrounded by evergreens, is handsomely furnished, and in all its appointments approaches the ideal of the well regulated rural home. The land is very productive, and largely devoted to grain-raising, while at the same time Mrs. Grant keeps a goodly assortment of live-stock, including particularly fine draft horses, two teams of which are employed to operate the farm. Mrs. Grant is justly proud of her success as a manager, and while her time is necessarily largely taken up with business matters, she has in no wise neglected the finer things of life. Her children are well educated, and especially fond of music, being able to perform on various instruments, and the home contains quite an orchestra within itself. There is no pleasanter place in the township in which to spend an evening, and the family number their friends by the score within its limits. Mrs. Grant is a native of St. Johns, Canada, and was born Aug. 6, 1822. Her father, Gen. Samuel Chandler, was born near the city of Boston, Mass., and the paternal grandfather, Joseph Chandler proscuted farming in that locality during the last years of his life. Samuel Chandler was a carpenter by trade, and when leaving the Bay State repaired to Albany, N.Y., and there met and married his future wife. They finally removed to the Province of Ontario, Canada, settling near Lundy's Land, where Mr. Chandler conducted a wagon shop two years. He then removed to St. Johns, and purchased eighty acres of land, where he carried on farming, and likewise engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages. In the blacksmith shop connected with this he employed a large number of men. At the time of the Canadian Rebellion Mr. Chandler, who was a stanch Democrat, organized a military company, of which he was elected Captain, and during the conflict which followed he, with a number of others, was taken prisoner, and sentenced to be executed. His eldest daughter Sarah, then a maiden of eighteen years, went to the Governor, and plead for her father's pardon, which was granted, and he was sent to Van Dieman's Land, although restrained of his liberty. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, however, and worked himself into the good graces of his guards, who allowed him to get on board a ship, and he thus escaped, and returned to his home. Upon his arrival there he found that his property had been confiscated. He remained in Canada until 1844, and in the fall of that year made his way to the Territory of Iowa, and took up a tract of land in Maquoketa Township, this county. Later, however, he removed to the vicinity of Delaware, Iowa, where he purchased eight! y acres of land, and putting up a grist mill, carried on farming and milling a number of years. Then selling out he returned to this county, and spent the remainder of his days in Maquoketa, dying in 1868, at the age of seventy years. He was a man of much force of character, and in religious matters a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of our subject was in her girlhood Miss Eliza McKelsey, and a native of Albany, N.Y., as was also Grandfather David McKelsey. Mrs. Chandler survived her husband a number of years, and died at the old homestead in this county, in 1875. The parental family included eleven children, namely: Sarah and David, deceased; Mary E., Hydia, Joseph and Ezra, deceased; Julia, Case, Robert, Margery and Samuel, the latter deceased. The survivors are mostly located in Jackson County, Iowa. The subject of this notice spent her childhood in the vicinity of Niagara Falls, and received her education in the common schools. In the fall of 1845 she came to Iowa with her parents, they making the journey overland from Michigan with teams, thus occupying two weeks. The country was then wild and new, and game of all kinds of plentiful. Mrs. Grant developed into womanhood at the new farm in Maquoketa Township, remaining under the parental roof until her marriage with Mr. W. C. Grant, which took place Dec. 17, 1846. Mr. Grant was the son of Abner Grant, and a distant relative of Gen. U.S. Grant. He was a native of New York State, and a mechanic by trade. Upon coming West he first settled in Michigan, but soon afterward came to this county, and subsequently operated largely as a builder and contractor until his death, which occurred April 15, 1884, at the age of nearly sixty-six years. Mr. Grant while in Michigan had also learned the miller's trade, and for some time after coming to this county operated McCloy's mill until purchasing 120 acres of wild land, which constitutes a part of the present homestead. After this he gave his attention chiefly to the improvement of his farm. Much of the land was covered with timber, from which he cleared the greater part, brought the soil to a good state of cultivation, and put up the necessary buildings. The land was finely located, and watered from a running stream. Mr. Grant set out an orchard and fruit of all kinds, and was prospered in his labors. To Mr. and Mrs. Grant there were born eight children, the eldest of whom Samuel C., is married, and occupied as a traveling agent for The Northwestern Nursery, located at Le Mars, Iowa; Emily is the widow of Danvers Tubbs, and carries on a farm in South Fork Township; Robert is married, and is the Assistant Postmaster at Maquoketa; Eliza is the wife of Sidney Tubbs, a farmer of South Fork Township; Joseph is married, and farming in Maquoketa Township, wherein William also makes his home, and has a family; Martha married Mr. H.S. Ewers, who operates 300 acres of land in Sioux and Plymouth counties, this State; Gen. Lee assists his mother at the homestead. To Abner and Emma Grant, the parents of Mr. Grant, there were born four children: Miranda; William, the husband of our subject; Orson and Emma. The mother was a native of New York State, and spent her last years in Jackson, Mich. William Grant was an uncompromising Democrat, politically, officiated as Justice of the Peace, and was the Postmaster at Bridgeport for a period of twelve years; he also served on the Grand and Petit juries, and was a great temperance worker. Mrs. Grant is a lady greatly respected in her community, and a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which she contributes a liberal support. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

Charlotte; I am moving the end of May so up to eyebrows in packing at the moment...but promise to get back to my transcribing of the marriages and as soon as the move is done. Ingrid Ruddy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meyer Family" <cmeyer@caves.net> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [IAJACKSO] quick survey > > And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to > > volunteer to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? > > <BIG GRIN> Thank you so much for saying that for me! If anyone has access > to any of that type of data, my computer can read Microsoft Word and > Microsoft Excel (for tables). If it is text, just type it without > formatting. Fancy formatting cannot be easily transferred to an HTML > format. I can format it myself with HTML code (I do all my code from > scratch). If it is data in tables, just put it in the cells in Excel and > don't worry about changing the size of the cells or formatting it to look > "pretty". Again, that kind of formatting will make it harder for me to turn > it into an HTML page. > > Here is what is already available on/from the web site in cold, hard data: > > Biographies - currently 175 biographies are posted on the biography board > Courthouse - address & phone number for the courthouse and the clerk's > office, plus the start date of records and the fee ($10) > Cemeteries - Barnholdt/Dorr Cemetery is indexed > Other cemeteries have quasi-indexes based on submissions to the > Gravestone Photo Project. > I list the names from each headstone photo sent to the project. > You will need to click on the Project link to see the actual headstone > and related data > Census - Link to 1850 census done by the U.S. GenWeb Project > Orphan Census, 1895, for Andrew Orphanage in Perry Township > Deeds, Wills, and Other Documents - 14 submissions to this board > Family Histories - 10 people have submitted links to their family history > pages > Marriages - 40 pages of marriages transcribed from History of Jackson County > Iowa, Vol. II > Obituaries - Currently 97 obituaries have been posted to the obituary board > 1880 Mortality Schedule transcribed > 1893 Obituary Index transcribed > 1896 Obituary Index transcribed > 1897 Obituary Index transcribed > 1898 Obituary Index transcribed > Queries - currently 129 queries have been posted to the query board. > That does not include what is posted to the Rootsweb query board to > which I have a link. > Towns - all towns past and present of Jackson County are listed > > Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator > Jackson County, IAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > PLEASE do not submit virus warnings, chain letters, or off-topic > material to the list! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Many have come up with many good suggestions. I agree with most [if not all]. May I push for a starting point? I would love to see the 1925 Iowa state census on-line. This one is a real dream. Not only do you get a little personal data on everyone; but also EVERY PERSON LISTED ALSO HAS THEIR PARENTS NAMES LISTED [including mom's maiden] AND PLACE OF BIRTH OF THE PARENTS, EVEN PLACE OF MARRIAGE! Talk about discovering siblings! Or gaining another generation back in your lineage! I could rave on all nite about this census, but you've got the idea. thank you ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meyer Family" <cmeyer@caves.net> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:23 PM Subject: [IAJACKSO] quick survey > What kind of data would you like to see on the Jackson County web site? > > Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator > Jackson County, IAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Reminder! If you are changing e-mail addresses, please unsubscribe > from the old address and subscribe again with the new. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

> And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to > volunteer to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? <BIG GRIN> Thank you so much for saying that for me! If anyone has access to any of that type of data, my computer can read Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel (for tables). If it is text, just type it without formatting. Fancy formatting cannot be easily transferred to an HTML format. I can format it myself with HTML code (I do all my code from scratch). If it is data in tables, just put it in the cells in Excel and don't worry about changing the size of the cells or formatting it to look "pretty". Again, that kind of formatting will make it harder for me to turn it into an HTML page. Here is what is already available on/from the web site in cold, hard data: Biographies - currently 175 biographies are posted on the biography board Courthouse - address & phone number for the courthouse and the clerk's office, plus the start date of records and the fee ($10) Cemeteries - Barnholdt/Dorr Cemetery is indexed Other cemeteries have quasi-indexes based on submissions to the Gravestone Photo Project. I list the names from each headstone photo sent to the project. You will need to click on the Project link to see the actual headstone and related data Census - Link to 1850 census done by the U.S. GenWeb Project Orphan Census, 1895, for Andrew Orphanage in Perry Township Deeds, Wills, and Other Documents - 14 submissions to this board Family Histories - 10 people have submitted links to their family history pages Marriages - 40 pages of marriages transcribed from History of Jackson County Iowa, Vol. II Obituaries - Currently 97 obituaries have been posted to the obituary board 1880 Mortality Schedule transcribed 1893 Obituary Index transcribed 1896 Obituary Index transcribed 1897 Obituary Index transcribed 1898 Obituary Index transcribed Queries - currently 129 queries have been posted to the query board. That does not include what is posted to the Rootsweb query board to which I have a link. Towns - all towns past and present of Jackson County are listed Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/

I think you are doing a great job. Just keep up the good work. Maybe some court proceedings such as wills and land records might be a good idea.

> And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to volunteer > to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? <BIG GRIN> Thank you so much for saying that for me! Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/

Thanks to everyone who answered my other survey. Here's another quickie. What do you like about the Jackson County web site? What do you find useful? What do you not like about the Jackson County web site? What would make it better? Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/

~ JAMES C GRACEY, b. 11 May 1833 ~ Related Surnames - GRACEY, WHITE, BRYANT, MILES, KNOX James C. Gracey, of Iowa Township, enjoys the reputation of being one of the most genial Irish farmers in this county, and is one of the wealthiest and most popular citizens of Iowa Township. He began in life poor in purse, but by hard work, economy, and good management has become independent. He was born in County Down, Ireland, May 11, 1833, and is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (White) Gracey, natives of the same county as their son, and the parents of six children, of whom James C., our subject, was the youngest born. The others were Robert (deceased), Alexander, William J., Agnes, and Margaret. Young Gracey received rather a limited education in his native Ireland, and when approaching manhood occupied himself at blacksmithing until reaching his majority. Then, not satisfied with his condition or his prospects, he set out for America, landing in Canada in June, 1854, taking up his abode near Hamilton. He was there occupied two years at blacksmithing, and in the fall of 1856 crossed the St. Lawrence, and, making his way beyond the Mississippi, began blacksmithing; and then purchased a tract of land on section 19, in Iowa Township, not far from his present farm. He employed himself as a blacksmith until the spring of 1863, then turned his attention to farming upon the land which he now occupies. Our subject in the meantime had been married, July 29, 1859, to Miss Ann Bryant, daughter of Joseph, and sister of George Bryant, of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Gracey settled upon the new farm, and in due time became the parents of two sons - Robert and James. The first mentioned married Miss Lyda A. Miles, is the father of two children, Glenn and Ethel, and occupies himself as a farmer in Cherokee County, this State. James married Miss Lyda Knox, and is also a resident of Cherokee County; they have no children. The Gracey homestead comprises 244 acres of land, and our subject owns eighty acres in Cherokee County. He is a decided Republican, politically, and has served as Township Trustee four years, and for a time was Constable during the late war. Both he and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Miles. The farm is well stocked with Norman horses, Short-horn cattle, and Poland-China swine, of which Mr. Gracey is able to exhibit some very fine specimens. He has for this purpose all the modern conveniences, including a fine frame barn, 32x72 feet in dimensions, with 16-feet posts, and an addition of 32x20 feet. Under the main part is a fine basement of stone, 32x52 feet, with solid walls which will withstand the storms of a century. The dwelling is in keeping with the other buildings, being a handsome frame structure, neat and commodious, two stories in height; the main part being 18x28 feet in area, with an addition of 16x28 feet, not including t! he woodshed and summer kitchen of one story, 16-20 feet. The whole premises presents the picture of plenty and prosperity, which it is delightful to contemplate, and illustrates in a forcible manner what may be accomplished by industry and perseverance. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

~ JOHN E. GOODENOW, b. 23 Mar 1812 ~ Related Surnames - GOODENOW, WHITE, MARSH, WRIGHT, CARNAHAN, CASSIN, ANDERSON, PERHAM, TINKER, HOLCOMB, LEVAN, PHILLIPS, SMEAD, STAUNTON, GRIFFIN John. E. Goodenow, the founder of Maquoketa, needs very few words of introduction to the people of this county, with whose interests he has been identified for a period of fifty-one years. He is one of the most popular men within its limits, occupying a high position, socially and financially. Under his hospitable roof have been gathered, from time to time, some of the most notable personages, not only of Illinois, but of the Great West, and his mansion has long been known, far and wide, as one of the most popular resorts of the cultivated, refined, and wealthy elements of this region. Providence has been largely beneficent in its dealings with Mr. Goodenow, who possesses the happy faculty of observation, thought, and concentration; and from the elements of life around him, whether under fortuitous or adverse circumstances, which at times visit all men, he has been enabled to extract much good out of life, and view, with the spirit of philosophy, its sober phases. It may be well before proceeding further to glance at the events of the life of Mr. Goodenow prior to his becoming a resident of Iowa. Of New England birth and parentage, he first opened his eyes to the light in the town of Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt., March 23, 1812. His father, Timothy Goodenow, it is supposed was also a native of Windsor County, and the son of Timothy Goodenow, Sr., who settled in that region during its pioneer days. The father of the latter, the great-great-grandfather of our subject, spent his last years in that county, and lived to be nearly one hundred years old. Grandfather Timothy Goodenow improved a farm from the wilderness, near which afterward grew up the town of Springfield, Vt., and there spent his last days, living to be nearly ninety years old. His son, Timothy, Jr., the father of our subject, was reared and married in his native county, and resided there until 1820; then, selling his possessions, he emigrated overland, by teams, to Warren County, N.Y. Purchasing a tract of timbered land, in the present township of Queensbury, he cleared a farm, and resided there until 1847. That year he came to the young State of Iowa, and purchased a tract of partly improved land, two and one-half miles south of Maquoketa, where he took up his abode, but only lived three years afterward, dying in 1850. The mother of our subject was, in her girlhood, Miss Betsey White. She was also a native of Vermont, but born in Rockingham, Windham County. Her father, Phineas White, was a direct descendant of that well-known character, Peregrine White, and was of the fifth generation from him. He was a farmer by occupation, and spent his last years in Rockingham. His wife was Jerusha Marsh. The subject of this sketch was a lad of eight years when his parents removed to New York State, and as soon as old enough, he began assisting his father in clearing the land, and tilling the soil of the pioneer homestead. His schooling was obtained principally in the winter season, under a system widely different from that of the present day. He remained a member of the parental household until 1834, and then, at the age of twenty-two years, purchased a canal boat, and engaged in freighting marble, lumber, wood, and farm products, on the Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain, and the Hudson River. He was thus occupied two years, then employed men to run the boat while he engaged as clerk in the general store of Mr. Parmenter, at Moriah, N.Y., where he was employed until the latter part of 1837. Then, forming a partnership with Mr. Parmenter, it was agreed that our subject should repair to that part of Wisconsin Territory, which is now included in the State of Iowa, and taking ! up a tract of Government land, should improve it in the interests of the firm. Mr. Goodenow had saved $1,000, and Mr. Parmenter furnished a like sum, which Mr. Goodenow invested in merchandise, such as he thought would be in demand in the West, including ready-made clothing, axes, harness, and various other articles. In the month of January, accompanied by Lyman Bates, Mr. Goodenow started out with a four-horse team, and drove the entire distance to the forks of the Maquoketa River crossing. At Dixon's Ferry, Ill., the present site of the city of Dixon, he traded a harness for a load of corn, to be delivered at Savanna, then a hamlet of four houses. He crossed the Mississippi River on the ice, on the 10th day of March. On their arrival at Copper Creek at night, they found the water too high for crossing in safety, so returned a short distance, and spent the night in a vacant cabin. The following morning, our travelers constructed a bridge of poles, and crossed the creek in safety. Upon their arrival at Deep Creek, a larger stream, they were confr! onted by the same difficulty, and resolved to wait awhile until the water should lower. Nearby was the only family then residing between Sabula and the present site of Maquoketa. They sought shelter with them, and in the meantime employed themselves in putting up a substantial bridge, forty feet long, across Deep Creek; splitting logs, which they laid with the flat side up to cover the stringers, and in due time crossing this, arrived at their destination after a tedious journey of nine weeks and two days. Mr. Goodenow immediately purchased a claim, including the ground occupied by the present city of Maquoketa, and put up a substantial log-house, after which he commenced breaking the sod. He disposed of his goods gradually, and spent the money in improvements and in buying claims. His partnership with Mr. Parmenter continued two years, then they dissolved, dividing the claims and stock. Our subject had no horses, depending upon ox teams to plow the ground and furnish transportation. The first year, in the month of June, provisions became scarce, and there was no depot for supplies nearer than the Mississippi River. Our subject, in company with Mr. Bates, finally started for Savanna, reaching the river at dark. The stream was high and raging, and had surrounded the present site of Sabula, upon which then stood one house. They could see the light from it plainly, but realized perfectly well the danger of driving a team into water whose depth they did not know; so Mr. Goo! denow waded boldly into the water some distance, and knowing the team could follow him in safety, called to his driver to proceed, and thus they waded three-fourths of a mile, when they came upon dry land. The following day Mr. Goodenow reached Savanna, but failing to find what he desired sent his team home with the load of corn which he had secured, and himself started on foot for Galena, in the meantime spending the night in a cabin. At that point he purchased what provisions he wanted, and ordered them shipped to Bellevue. He then started on foot for home, and spent the next night in the cabin where he had lodged before. It had been his intention to cross the Mississippi at Smith's Ferry, but failing to find this point he kept on until reaching Hunt's Ferry. There he obtained a late dinner, and endeavored to persuade the people to row him across the river. The wind, however, was blowing so hard they would not risk their own lives, but furnished Mr. Goodenow a boat and he started. He reached a point of land at dark, but to his dismay found it to be an island, and he was obliged to camp there on wet ground for the night. He laid himself down on the ground under the boa! t, which he turned bottom side up to protect himself from wild animals, and thus spent the night. In the morning, after wandering around in the bayou, Mr. Goodenow finally found the north bank of the Maquoketa, and pursued his journey homeward. This was early in the morning and at about 8 o'clock he arrived at a cabin and secured breakfast, after which he concluded to call on a Mr. White, living in the vicinity of Bellevue. From him he purchased a sow and six small pigs, the latter of which he had to carry a part of the way - two at a time - while he drove the others, a task by no means an easy one, as any one who knows anything about driving pigs will readily understand. He finally arrived at home in safety, quite pleased with his acquisition of live stock. Wild game of all kinds was plentiful in this region for some years after the arrival of Mr. Goodenow, also Indians, who used to come each spring and fall, with their families, and encamp along the river, hunting until game became scarce, then move on to another section. They were always friendly, but frequently frightened the wives of the pioneers, as in calling upon the white settler they opened the door and walked right in, without the formality of knocking. At the forks of the Maquoketa was an Indian burying-ground, where, two years before, during a small-pox epidemic, a large number were buried. The mode of sepulture was to place the body on top of the ground at the foot of a tree, and build around it a pen of logs to prevent disturbance by wild animals. After the whites came in these pens were torn down to secure the trophies left with the dead, and the bones were soon scattered over the ground. Jackson County was not organized until after Mr. Goodenow came to Iowa, being still a part of Dubuque County, of which Dubuque was the county seat, and where the pioneers were obliged to repair for the transaction of legal business. Our subject entertained travelers from the first, and finally kept a regular hotel for many years. The first tavern was a log house containing four rooms and a loft, which was entered by a ladder. Until 1842, there was no postoffice nearer than Bellevue. That year Mr. Goodenow secured a postoffice at Maquoketa, of which he was the first postmaster. The nearest mill in the pioneer days was six miles north of Dubuque, on the Little Maquoketa. During the summer of 1838, Mr. Goodenow had a mill sent him from the East, which he operated by horse power until the year following, when he built a dam on Prairie Creek, one mile south of town, put up a small log building, and within it placed the mill machinery, including a two-foot burr stone. Havin! g no bolter, the flour had to be used as it originally came from the stones. For two or three years this mill performed the grinding for Scott, Clinton and Jackson Counties. People came a distance of fifty miles, and waited for their grist. The mill was thus kept busy day and night. The hopper held one bushel, and Mr. Goodenow had no assistance. He would fill the hopper, then drop down on the sacks and go to sleep. When the hopper ran short the noise would change and thus awaken him. At one time Mr. Goodenow operated the mill seven days and nights without stopping. During these times Mr. Goodenow, still unmarried, kept bachelor's hall at the mill. In the morning he would mix his cornmeal with water in a wooden box, without any salt, and spread it on a board before the fire to cook. Sugar, tea, coffee and butter were luxuries not often to be thought of. In the fall of 1839, he sold out the mill, and returning East was married, on the 3d of October, to Miss Eliza Wright, of Bolton. On account of sickness they prolonged their stay there until it was too late to make the journey by the rivers, so started with a team of horses, a sleigh and a wagon, using sometimes one vehicle, and sometimes the other, as occasion required. They were accompanied on their trip by a young man named Green, and visited friends at different points along the way. Finally, nine weeks from the time of starting, they arrived at their future home. While passing through Carroll County, Ill., they lost their way, and night overtook them on the prairie, a long di! stance from any house, so they were obliged to encamp in the open air, and all three slept in the sleigh. After his marriage Mr. Goodenow occupied himself at farming and hotel keeping until about the close of the Civil War, when he dropped out of the hotel business, but has been more or less interested in agriculture to the present time, and in connection with this has done a great deal in erecting buildings in the city. In due time there were born to our subject and his estimable wife, children to the number of nine, the eldest of whom, a son Osceola, has been twice married, first to Miss Sarah Carnahan, who died, and next to Miss Frances Cassin; the eldest daughter, Mary L., is the wife of D.H. Anderson, of Maquoketa; Emma married George B. Perham, and lives in Ravenswood; Helen C. is the wife of Fred S. Tinker, of Maquoketa; Alice, Mrs. D.N. Holcomb, lives in Ravenswood; George E. married Miss Ella LeVan, and they are residents of Monona County, Iowa; Winfield S. married Miss Eva Phillips, and makes his headquarters at Maquoketa. Mrs. Eliza (Wright) Goodenow was born at Lake George, Warren Co., N.Y., March 19, 1818. Her father, Thomas M. Wright, was a native of Connecticut, as also was her grandfather, Samuel Wright, who traced his ancestry to Scotland, and who is supposed to have spent his entire life in Connecticut. Thomas Miles Wright, was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by his step-father. He had but one brother, Samuel, who was for some years a missionary and teacher among the Indians of Western New York. He finally removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he spent his last years. The father of Mrs. Goodenow, when a young man, took up his abode in Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., where he was married to Miss Eliza Smead, who was a native of that place, and who became the mother of Mrs. Goodenow. About 1800, he, with several other families, set out for Warren County, N.Y., with ox teams, located on a tract of heavily timbered land in the wilderness, and put up a log house. Near this! homestead afterward grew up the town of Huddle. His wife and all the other members of the colony, except himself, were members of the Presbyterian Church in New England, and after their arrival in the new country they organized themselves into a society and put up a church edifice. Mr. Wright, with the assistance of his sons, cleared three farms, besides establishing a woolen-mill, in which he manufactured cloth, and a smelting furnace for iron. He also engaged in merchandising, and in the lumber business, running at one time two sawmills. By his enterprise and industry he accumulated a good property, the whole of which he lost by the signing of notes for friends. He was a man of dauntless courage, however, and succeeded in retrieving a part of his fortune. He remained a resident of New York State until 1840, then set out for Iowa Territory on a visit to his children in this county. Upon his arrival here he was so much pleased with the country that he bought a farm, ! and made his home here with Mrs. Goodenow and his son Samuel until his death, which occurred in February, 1864, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years and four months. The mother of Mrs. Goodenow was born at Shelburne, Mass., and died in Warren County. N.Y., Nov. 18, 1828. Her father, Samuel Smead, was a native of Massachusetts, whence he removed to Ohio about 1825, settling among the earliest pioneers of Lake County. Purchasing a tract of timbered land he and his sons cleared a farm, and there Mr. Smead spent his last days, dying at the advanced age of ninety-three years. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Wright was married to Mrs. Catherine Staunton, nee Griffin, a native of Warren County, N.Y., and who spent her last years in Bolton, that State. Mr. Goodenow has been three times elected Mayor of the city, and has ever taken a prominent part in the growth and development of the city. ("Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa", originally published in 1889, by the Chapman Brothers, of Chicago, Illinois.)

I live about 125 miles SW of Maquoketa but am willing to do whatever I can. My mother's side of the family is from there. Donna GeneSteyne@aol.com wrote: > And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to volunteer > to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Check out Charlotte Meyer's IAGenWeb site!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi Charlotte, I have found marriage records to be very useful as well as indexes to Wills. Also obituaries and news items from local papers. Does anyone know if a newspaper was in existence in Bellevue beginning in the 1860's? Thank you, Connie Chancellor lcchance@cox.net

Newspaper obituaries are very helpful. You sometimes find info in them you don't see anywhere else. -----Original Message----- From: Home Email <grannie@the-netwiz.com> Sent: Apr 30, 2004 8:09 AM To: IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IAJACKSO] quick survey state census would be nice ----- Original Message ----- From: "William E. Dickinson" <canistota@kalama.com> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [IAJACKSO] quick survey > "Census (federal and state), tax records, wills, marriages, deaths, > cemeteries, land (deeds, grantor-grantee books), births, Church records." > > Meyer Family wrote: > > What kind of data would you like to see on the Jackson County web site? > > > > Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator > > Jackson County, IAGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > > Reminder! If you are changing e-mail addresses, please unsubscribe > > from the old address and subscribe again with the new. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Support Free Genealogical Access! Support RootsWeb! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== To contact the list manager, send a message to - Kerry Scott <k_scott74@hotmail.com> ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

state census would be nice ----- Original Message ----- From: "William E. Dickinson" <canistota@kalama.com> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [IAJACKSO] quick survey > "Census (federal and state), tax records, wills, marriages, deaths, > cemeteries, land (deeds, grantor-grantee books), births, Church records." > > Meyer Family wrote: > > What kind of data would you like to see on the Jackson County web site? > > > > Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator > > Jackson County, IAGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > > Reminder! If you are changing e-mail addresses, please unsubscribe > > from the old address and subscribe again with the new. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Support Free Genealogical Access! Support RootsWeb! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

wills!!! deaths !!!!bios!!!court records ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meyer Family" <cmeyer@caves.net> To: <IAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:23 PM Subject: [IAJACKSO] quick survey > What kind of data would you like to see on the Jackson County web site? > > Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator > Jackson County, IAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Reminder! If you are changing e-mail addresses, please unsubscribe > from the old address and subscribe again with the new. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >