Sally, Please tell me where on the IAGenWeb site are these names of landowners and alphabetical list of Veterans. I can't seem to find a link to them. Thanks, Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Sally Youngquist To: IALEE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:24 PM Subject: [IALEE] IAGenWeb Site The IAGenWeb site was updated today. The 1874 townships, names of landowners is complete. A 1885 alphabetical list of veterans living in Lee Co. has been added USGenWeb search engine page will search all text files in their archives. This includes the census and civil war rosters on the site. If you haven't used the Surname Helper to find all names in the GenConnect boards, its more visible now. I hope you find something that you haven't found before. Sally. ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== General Family History Resouces http://w3.trib.com/~dsaban/genreso.htm ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

<A HREF="http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/">Steam Engine Library</A> http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/ I came across this last night and thought of you. Cathleen Hope it helps.

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Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ia/LeeObits/10195 Surname: Kirchner, Pechstein, Blaettner ------------------------- Newspaper Article (believed to be in Keokuk Daily Gate City, Oct 25, 1921 [Transcribed from original newspaper clipping by John E. Kirchner, 3/06/01] PIONEER WOMAN OF COUNTY DIES Mrs. Katherine Pechstein Passed Away at the Home of Her DaughterIn Wyaconda, MO., This morning WAS BORN IN BAVARIA She Came to This Country in 1847, Settling Near Franklin, and to Keokuk Ten Years Later This morning at 3:30 o’clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Blaettner, near Wyaconda, occurred the death of Mrs. Katherine Pechstein, mother oof Henry Pechstein, of this city. Mrs. Pechstein came to Keokuk in 1857 following her marriage, and lived here until about six years ago when she went to live with her daughter in Wyaconda. Mrs. Pechstein was one of the older residents of this section, and she remembered many of the incidents of earlier days in Keokuk. She was a resident of Lee county since 1847, and she remembered to have seen Chief Keokuk, who died a year after the family came to this county. She was a member of the Evangelical church, and during her lifetime she lived as she had been taught in the tenets of her faith. Born in Bavaria Katherine Kirchner was born in Ober Franken, Bavaria, December 9, 1835. She came to the United States in 1847 with her parents and landed in New Orleans after a voyage, on a sailing vessel, of more than sixty days’ duration. The family came directly to Lee county, Iowa, and settled on land on Devil creek between Franklin and what is now Viele station. She attended school at Franklin and walked to and from school in all kinds of weather, a distance of two or three miles. She was confirmed in the German Evangelical church in Franklin and has been a member that church all her life. In her youth she was employed in the families of the late Judge Johnstone and W.C. Stripe, while they were residents of Fort Madison. Married in 1857 She was married to Conrad Pechstein in Franklin in 1857 and came directly to Keokuk, where her husband was operating a brewery near Ninth and Fulton streets, and made her home in Keokuk until about six years ago, when she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. John Blaettner, near Wyaconda. Mr. Pechstein died in 1873. Five children were born to the couple. George died three years ago and Conrad died in infancy. The three surviving children are Henry Pechstein, of Keokuk; Dr. John W. Pechstein and Mrs. Lizzie Blaettner, of Wyaconda. There are ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There are also two brothers, Andrew Kirchner of Keokuk, and George Kirchner, of Donnellson. Broke Hip Five Years Ago. Five years ago Mrs. Pechstein fell and broke her hip. Until that time she was in the best of health. She was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical church of Keokuk and the Ladies’ Aid society of the same organization. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/10059 Surname: LUNN ------------------------- Taken from The History of Lee County, Iowa, pg. 768, published by Western Historical Company, Chicago, in 1879. COONS, MADISON, Farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Primrose; owns 110 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; was born Feb. 11, 1825, in Franklin County, Ohio. In early life, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed until the last fifteen years, he has engaged in farming. He married Rachel Lunn, April 18, 1848; she was born in Bucks County, Penn., April 26, 1824. He emigrated to Lee County, Iowa in Sept. 1856, locating in Marion Township; the following year came into Harrison Township and on his present farm in the spring of 1865. His children are William T., born July 8, 1852; Jacob W., July 15, 1857; Oliver F., Aug. 11, 1862 [NOTE: this is birthdate of Owen F.]; have lost three --Oliver, Margaret A.[NOTE: b. 1855] and an infant[NOTE: Josiah, b. Aug. 18, 1850]. Democrat.

Mary, Madison Township is the city of ft Madison, so there were no names on it. In the works are Bios form the 1879 Directory for Ft Madison. Sally ========================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "dsaban" <dsaban@trib.com> To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [IALEE] IAGenWeb Site > PS Will the 1874 Madison Twp be put up sometime?

Great, thanks for answering! Will be looking forward to it. Mary -----Original Message----- From: Sally Youngquist <youngqui@interl.net> To: IALEE-L@rootsweb.com <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 05, 2001 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [IALEE] Madison Twp. >Mary, > >Madison Township is the city of ft Madison, so there were no names on it. >In the works are Bios form the 1879 Directory for Ft Madison. > >Sally >========================================= >----- Original Message ----- >From: "dsaban" <dsaban@trib.com> >To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 8:54 PM >Subject: Re: [IALEE] IAGenWeb Site > > > >> PS Will the 1874 Madison Twp be put up sometime? > > > >==== IALEE Mailing List ==== >Family History Resource Page >http://w3.trib.com/~dsaban/family.htm > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >

Just checked out your additions, Sally. Thank you for all your work. You have a great site! Mary List Admin PS Will the 1874 Madison Twp be put up sometime? >The IAGenWeb site was updated today. > >The 1874 townships, names of landowners is complete. > >A 1885 alphabetical list of veterans living in Lee Co. has been added > >USGenWeb search engine page will search all text files in their archives. This includes the census and civil war rosters on the site. > >If you haven't used the Surname Helper to find all names in the GenConnect boards, its more visible now. > >I hope you find something that you haven't found before. > >Sally. > > > >==== IALEE Mailing List ==== >General Family History Resouces >http://w3.trib.com/~dsaban/genreso.htm > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

The IAGenWeb site was updated today. The 1874 townships, names of landowners is complete. A 1885 alphabetical list of veterans living in Lee Co. has been added USGenWeb search engine page will search all text files in their archives. This includes the census and civil war rosters on the site. If you haven't used the Surname Helper to find all names in the GenConnect boards, its more visible now. I hope you find something that you haven't found before. Sally.

Do you know of a E.B. Wharton? Cathleen

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/10193 Surname: Kienlen, Wharton, Hermann, Mansheim, Droppel, Whipke, Wupke ------------------------- Obituary of an Old Citizen Mrs. Mary Droppel, one of Fort Madison`s oldest citizens and well known to nearly every one, died at her home, 309 Elm Street, at 5:45 o`clock Wednesday evening. Mrs Droppel was a native of Germany, but came to America in 182. Her maiden name was Mansheim. After coming to this country she lived in St. Louis for about a year and then came to this city and has lived here since. She was the mother of twelve children, nine of whom survived her-five sons and four daughters. Two sons and one daughter are dead. Her husband has been dead several years. Mrs. Droppel had been ailing for some time. Rhematism had crippled her so that she had to use crutches to get about and death came as a welcome relief from earthly suffering. She was sixty-five years old. The funeral occured last Saturday morning at 9:00 o`clock, from St. Joseph`s Church. Mary Droppel died Jan. 13, 1897 (born 1832)

I want to thank all of you that gave me hints on where I can find my "family" in Keokuk. I really appreciate your overwhelming help and am getting very excited about doing my research there. My brother is coming from Kansas to help! Thanks to one and all! NJ Staley

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/10058 Surname: TURNER, WINTER, WINTERS ------------------------- I am seeking information about a Henry Turner who is said to have married Charlotte Winter (later spelled: Winters) in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio in 1831. They came to Ft. Madison about 1852 with her parents, siblings and their families.

I am looking for information on a couple of ancestors that were riverboatmen but I don't know what the names of the boats were nor their routes. My ancestors names are Washington Jackson Davis b-10-11-1842 d-10-13-1926 and George Washington Oman b-1827 d-3-4-1897. I have been told that George Oman was a river boat pilot, I have no idea what capacity Washington J. Davis worked other than riverboatman. I was wondering if anyone with the Pictorial History of Ft. Madison or any other publication like that may have something in them as well. If not, does anyone know how to locate information of this type when you don't have a specific boat to look up? Is their a good site for this type of information? Thanks Amy in AZ

Try going to my second cousin once removed website. Her grandfather was on the river. He was a captian on the boats around the turn of the century. She might have an idea on how to find yours since she has looked herself. Go to the Dubuque Co IA genweb page and look for her attachment. She is FIDDLELINSUE@aol.com I believe. Good luck Marilyn Salem, OR ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Certainly I can look for you. Do you have the information from 'Biographical Review Lee County, Iowa' 1905 On Henry C. Gerboth? 'Mr. Gerboth's experience as an engineer has been extremely varied, and included during the Civil War considerable work on transport boats, he also acting as engineer of the dispatch boat, "Adam Heine," which was in the service of General Grant, at Millikin's Bend, near Vicksburg, from which the general viewed the maneuvers of the army and fleet.' Does this help? Mary in Arizona ----- Original Message ----- From: Norma Key <njkey@home.com> To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [IALEE] Pictorial History Of Ft. Madison, William and Sherm Winters > Listers, Mary and N. Staley, > > I have a big favor to ask. I am researching the Lee County GERBOTH family. > They are rather a unique family in that there are less than a hundred of this > surname in the US. Three Gerboth families arrived at three different times in > the mid to late 1800's. Our gg-grandfather was Freidrich (Fredrick) Gerboth > arriving in 1849 and eventually settled in Montrose Iowa. He and his wife are > listed in the 1910 Census. He was a steamboat engineer on the ADAM HEINE > Steamship during the civil war. I have consulted many steamboat websites but > have not been able to find any info about this ship. I would appreciate some > research help by anyone going to Keokuk or Montrose that would be willing to > look at any indexes for the GERBOTH name and especially something on this > steamship and the role it played during the war. > > My favor is, if you will tuck this email in with your research papers and do a > quick look for this name while you are there I would be more than happy to > reimburse any expenses for any anformation you can find on this family. I > wouldn't even ask this favor if this were a common name having 100's of > listings. > > Thank you so very much. > Norm Key > > > > > Raymond Marsh wrote: > > > I am going to Lee County Iowa in about 3 weeks, if you have not found a copy > > of the book I can look for you.Let me know. Mary in Arizona > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bob and Sue Rezek <rezek1021@myexcel.com> > > To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 9:46 AM > > Subject: [IALEE] Pictorial History Of Ft. Madison, William and Sherm Winters > > > > > I had some e-mail troubles and am not sure this went through the first > > time. I apologize if it is a repeat. If anyone responded, I did not see it > > come through. > > > I am in search of a copy of the Pictorial History of Ft. Madison, Lee Co., > > IA written a few years ago by Ted and Jerry Sloat. I understand it is no > > longer in print. I am told that the book has pictures and articles about > > some of my Lee Co. ancestors, including William and John "Sherm" Sherman > > Winters. Does anyone know of a copy available for purchase? Mr. Sloat also > > wrote a book on the History of Lee County which I would also like to have. > > > Susan > > > > > > > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > > The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source > > http://www.ahgp.org/ > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source > http://www.ahgp.org/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Listers, Mary and N. Staley, I have a big favor to ask. I am researching the Lee County GERBOTH family. They are rather a unique family in that there are less than a hundred of this surname in the US. Three Gerboth families arrived at three different times in the mid to late 1800's. Our gg-grandfather was Freidrich (Fredrick) Gerboth arriving in 1849 and eventually settled in Montrose Iowa. He and his wife are listed in the 1910 Census. He was a steamboat engineer on the ADAM HEINE Steamship during the civil war. I have consulted many steamboat websites but have not been able to find any info about this ship. I would appreciate some research help by anyone going to Keokuk or Montrose that would be willing to look at any indexes for the GERBOTH name and especially something on this steamship and the role it played during the war. My favor is, if you will tuck this email in with your research papers and do a quick look for this name while you are there I would be more than happy to reimburse any expenses for any anformation you can find on this family. I wouldn't even ask this favor if this were a common name having 100's of listings. Thank you so very much. Norm Key Raymond Marsh wrote: > I am going to Lee County Iowa in about 3 weeks, if you have not found a copy > of the book I can look for you.Let me know. Mary in Arizona > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob and Sue Rezek <rezek1021@myexcel.com> > To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 9:46 AM > Subject: [IALEE] Pictorial History Of Ft. Madison, William and Sherm Winters > > > I had some e-mail troubles and am not sure this went through the first > time. I apologize if it is a repeat. If anyone responded, I did not see it > come through. > > I am in search of a copy of the Pictorial History of Ft. Madison, Lee Co., > IA written a few years ago by Ted and Jerry Sloat. I understand it is no > longer in print. I am told that the book has pictures and articles about > some of my Lee Co. ancestors, including William and John "Sherm" Sherman > Winters. Does anyone know of a copy available for purchase? Mr. Sloat also > wrote a book on the History of Lee County which I would also like to have. > > Susan > > > > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source > http://www.ahgp.org/ > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/

The Iowa rootsweb genweb and genexchange <A HREF="http://www.genexchange.com/cemlist.cfm?state=IA&county=Lee">LEE IAGenExchange Cemeteries</A> all available through <A HREF="http://www.cyndislist.com/ia.htm">Cyndi's List - U.S. - Iowa</A> should have the links that you need, just page down to the counties secion, select Lee County. there is also the part at top left that give information on cemeteries in general. hope this helps you out. Cathleen

Hello everyone! Does anyone know what cemeteries would have been around in 1852 in the area of Keokuk, Lee County Iowa? I would sincerely appreciate Names, addresses and phone numbers for them, so I can try to locate deceased family members. Here’s why: Today I was finally able to confirm that my gg grandfather John (aka Jonas) Hancock was living in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa at the time of the 1850 census and that his wife Elizabeth Pittenger Hancock died February 26, 1852. She is buried with relatives in Bentonsport Cemetery in Bentonsport, Van Buren County, Iowa. John Hancock moved to San Francisco, California after his wife’s death, but I have yet to be able to find their three children: Mary Hancock b about 1845 in NY, George Hancock b about 1846 in Pa. and Elizabeth Hancock about 1850 in Ia. John Hancock shows up in the 1860 SF census with a second wife and different children all born in 1854 or later and is also listed in the SF City Directory in 1854. I also read earlier today that there was a cholera epidemic in Lee County, Iowa around 1852, which makes me wonder if the children from the first marriage could have died from this epidemic and could be buried somewhere close to where they lived in Keokuk. Lee County Iowa. I am thinking that perhaps the children died from the epidemic, and the parents moved to Bentonsport so they could be with family, only to have the wife die soon after their arrival in Bentonsport. Seems like a reasonable explanation for them not to be buried with the mother in Bentonsport and not being found living with the father or other relatives. I’ll be looking forward to hearing ideas, information, etc. from all you excellent folks on this list! Thanks, Maggie Hall

In a message dated 2/26/01 1:45:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, Fastgram@aol.com writes: > : Faith; I have a W.V. Minniear that married a Mary Ethel Carnahan she was born in 1881. and married on the 29 Jul 1927. I don't know if they lived in Lee County, Iowa or across the river in Mcdonough County, Illinois. this is all the information I have on this couple, I don't know as yet if they stayed in that area or moved away. Many of Mary's siblings move to Oklahoma, Kansas and California. Most of Mary's family had previously lived in Mcd, Ill. however they had many cousins in Lee County, IA. If W. V. Minniear is related to your Lemuel Minniear this may be some kind of clue to where Lemuel could be located. Also, There are several other Minniears on the Index of Marriages for Illinois. <A HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/marriage.html">Illinois Statewide Marriage Index</A> I hope this helps you out. Sincerely, Cathleen various spellings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you wrote; LEMUEL MANEER/MINIEAR father of LORENZO D. MINIEAR born 1854.  I have hit a brick wall concerning this family.  I think Lemuel was married to Emily Nixon Hunter and they had two sons to this union.  Lorenzo and George.  Would love to have any information about this family.  I think Lemuel died before the 1860 census.  Emily then married a John Moots. Thanks a million for your time. Faith Tharp Stegon