Does anyone know the name of the Methodist church in Montrose? I was told there was only one. My mom was baptized there in 1932. Amy

I'm looking for a picture that was taken in 1940 of my father-in-law. Who trained prisoner for the war. At Fort Madison prison. Don't know if you can help me or not. But if you can I well be very happy.I know it will take a while that ok. His name is Arthur Knapp.He was a ploiceman and work for the prison. Thank you. Florence ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Chatfield" <ramschat@interl.net> To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [IALEE] History of Lee County, IA Book > Kelli, > Yes, I have a reprint of this book, plus the 1887 Lee County Portrait and > Biographical Album and the 1914 Lee County History book. I am willing to > do lookups on a limited basis as I have time. I am a school teacher, plus > my parents have had a lot of health problems this fall, so my time is > limited. If you are willing to be patient with me, I'm willing to help if > I can. > Mary Sue > > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source > http://www.ahgp.org/ > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/156 Surname: THORNBURG, PERRY, HAMPTON, WAHRER ------------------------- >From "West Point Bee", West Point, Lee co., Iowa dated Oct. 9, 1919: Obituary Mr. Wm. THOURNBURG, father of Mrs. Louis WAHRER, was born in Indiana, Oct. 19, 1834. Died at his home at Mt. Hamill, September 29, 1919, at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 10 days. He served in the Union army during the Civil War -- was a member of Co. E, 45th Iowa Vol. He was married to Miss Lucy PERRY in 1867. To this union was born five children, four of who survive him, one dying in infancy. Those living are: Messers Frank and Edward THORNBURG, Mrs. Otto HAMPTON, and Mrs. Louis WAHRER. Mr. THORNBURG was brought up in the faith of the Quakers, he in which faith he lived an died. His first wife died in 1893 and he was again married in 1898 and some four years ago he was called upon to mourn the loss of the second companion. The funeral services were held in the home at Mt. Hemil, and his remains were laid to rest in the Sharon cemetery.

In a message dated 12/04/2000 11:17:17 PM Central Standard Time, ramschat@interl.net writes: << Yes, I have a reprint of this book, plus the 1887 Lee County Portrait and Biographical Album and the 1914 Lee County History book. I am willing to do lookups on a limited basis as I have time. If you are willing to be patient with me, I'm willing to help if I can. >> Mary Sue ... Thanks so much for offering to do lookups! It's people like you who contribute much to the good name enjoyed by most of us doing geneaolgical research! : ) When you have time, would you mind checking for the surname of WILSEY? Any help you might be able to offer will be greatly appreciated! : ) Isoldé1918@aol.com >^..^< Searching for: WILSEY / WAPLES / PARSONS / HARSCH / DART / ARNOLD in Clark, Scotland, Knox & Lewis Counties, MO Lee County, IA and Hancock County, IL I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me!

I am going to try and send you a picture of a paragraph about J F Kempker, Mary Murphy ----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Bond <abond2000@home.com> To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:44 PM Subject: [IALEE] Lee County Portait book > Mary Sue- > Could you please look up the Gerhard Kempker, Margaretha Maria Menke and Elizabeth Brandewinder to see if you have anything on them? > Also, If possible, could you check for Washington J. Davis, Millard F. Jaquess, or Sammuel Corn? > If you don't have time to check all of them my priorities would be Elizabeth Brandewinder, Washington J. Davis and Millard F. Jaquess. Thanks so much for your help. > Amy Kempker Bond > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source > http://www.ahgp.org/ > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

Mary Sue, At your convenience, could you check to see if there is listed in the book George and/or Mabel Almendinger. Sincere thanks. Andrea

Mary Sue- Could you please look up the Gerhard Kempker, Margaretha Maria Menke and Elizabeth Brandewinder to see if you have anything on them? Also, If possible, could you check for Washington J. Davis, Millard F. Jaquess, or Sammuel Corn? If you don't have time to check all of them my priorities would be Elizabeth Brandewinder, Washington J. Davis and Millard F. Jaquess. Thanks so much for your help. Amy Kempker Bond

Kelli, Yes, I have a reprint of this book, plus the 1887 Lee County Portrait and Biographical Album and the 1914 Lee County History book. I am willing to do lookups on a limited basis as I have time. I am a school teacher, plus my parents have had a lot of health problems this fall, so my time is limited. If you are willing to be patient with me, I'm willing to help if I can. Mary Sue

Do you have access to the above named book? If so, are you willing to do lookups? Thanks, Kelli ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Sue Chatfield To: IALEE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [IALEE] re: Moses GRAY d. 24 Feb 1821 Lee Co, Iowa History of Lee County, Iowa Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879 Keokuk City, page 694 GRAY, PATRICK, teamster. GRAY, W.S., carpenter. GRAY, WM., carpenter Same book, page 692 DIETZ, EDWARD, teamster. Hope this might be of some help, Mary Sue ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source http://www.ahgp.org/ ============================== The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp

Has anyone already done a study of the 1834 partition of the Half-Breed Tract reservation? I am looking for the list of persons registered as land owners beginning with the June 30, 1834 act of the U.S. Congress vesting ownership in the Half-Breeds of the Sac and Fox tribe. I am also looking for the list of the persons who filed (within one year of the act, i.e., by June 30, 1835) as having interest in the land with the District Court of Lee County.

History of Lee County, Iowa Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879 Keokuk City, page 694 GRAY, PATRICK, teamster. GRAY, W.S., carpenter. GRAY, WM., carpenter Same book, page 692 DIETZ, EDWARD, teamster. Hope this might be of some help, Mary Sue

I have two pages of information on Frank Dietz son of Edward and Martha Gray Dietz. I also have a marriage certificate from Keokuk for a Charles Dietz and Margaret Lucinda Watson Conklin dated November 1 1915. I will try and send a photo of the first paragraph for you to look at then if you want the rest I can either fax or mail just let me know. Mary Murphy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Firelook2@aol.com> To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: [IALEE] re: Moses GRAY d. 24 Feb 1821 Lee Co, Iowa > Hello list, > > I am trying to find information on Moses GRAY who died 24 Feb 1821 in > Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa. His occupation was a Lawyer. He was married to > Sarah ROBINSON on 3 November 1814 Jefferson Co, Indiana. Moses GRAY is buried > in Oakland Cemetery, Row 4, Block 11 in Lee County, Iowa. > > children: > Martha Gray b.29 Dec 1829; married Edward DIETZ > William Gray b.ca. 1834 > Catherine Gray > Henry R. Gray > Leroy P. Gray b.9 May 1819; m. Harriet HALL > Robert N. Gray > James Gray > John Gray > Thomas Gray > Lucinda Gray > > Thanks for any information and suggestions. If anyone knows of a website > online that might have transcriptions of headstones of this cemetery, please > let me know. I am hoping that the death cert or headstone might have Moses > Gray's birthdate and birthplace. :) > > ...Marcy Ugstad > Coos Bay, Oregon > > > ==== IALEE Mailing List ==== > The American History and Genealogy Project - a great source > http://www.ahgp.org/ > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Hi list, I made an error in the date of Moses GRAY death in Lee Co. The date should be 24 Feb 1851 instead of 1821. :) Gosh, that would have been tricky having kids after you were dead. :) Thanks, ..Marcy Ugstad

Hello list, I am trying to find information on Moses GRAY who died 24 Feb 1821 in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa. His occupation was a Lawyer. He was married to Sarah ROBINSON on 3 November 1814 Jefferson Co, Indiana. Moses GRAY is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Row 4, Block 11 in Lee County, Iowa. children: Martha Gray b.29 Dec 1829; married Edward DIETZ William Gray b.ca. 1834 Catherine Gray Henry R. Gray Leroy P. Gray b.9 May 1819; m. Harriet HALL Robert N. Gray James Gray John Gray Thomas Gray Lucinda Gray Thanks for any information and suggestions. If anyone knows of a website online that might have transcriptions of headstones of this cemetery, please let me know. I am hoping that the death cert or headstone might have Moses Gray's birthdate and birthplace. :) ...Marcy Ugstad Coos Bay, Oregon

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/57 Surname: SEELEY, BEELER ------------------------- "History of Lee Co., IA– ELI SEELEY, farmer and stock-raiser ;P.O. Primrose; he was born May 7, 1813, in Fairfield Co., Conn.; in 1841 he came to Lee Co., Iowa, and entered a quarter-section of land, where he yet lives; returned to Connecticut, and remained till the spring of 1843, when he returned to Iowa and commenced improving his land; broke up forty acres, built a house, fenced his land, and the winter of 1843-44 returned to Connecticut; the following spring he started for Iowa again, coming through Pennsylvania, where he purchased eight or nine hundred sheep and drove them through, arriving here in August; he made a specialty of sheep-raising for many years. He married Miss Martha Beeler, daughter of Isaac and Jane Beeler, May 1,1845; she was born May 14, 1822, in Wayne Co., Ind.; her parents emigrated to this township in the spring of 1836; among the first families settled in Harrison Tp. Her father harvested grain where Cincinnati, Ohio, now stands, and was in the war of 1812, and departed this life Feb. 16, 1872, at the advanced age of 89 years 2 months and 6 days; his wife Jane Beeler, was born Feb. 24, 1788, and died May 9, 1860; he had a family of seven sons and four daughters; the children of Mr. and Mrs. Seeley are Lucy J. (who married S. B. Davis, Jan. 1, 1879), Marietta, Theodore F., Ada M., Wm. B., and George L,; lost one infant son. Mr. Seeley has, by his industry and economy, accumulated a handsome property; his home residence is one of the best farm houses in the county; he owns in this county about 1,600 acres of land, and about 3,000 elsewhere. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church; Republican.”

Searching for information: Grandmother: Vivia Catherine Woodsmall, born Keokuk, Iowa August 16, 1899 Her parents: John Martin Woodsmall, born in Missouri, date unknown Jessie Bell Hixson, born in Lee County, Iowa, date unknown.

Anybody there who could help locate an obituary for someone who died in Fort Madison in 1982? Kevin

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/155 Surname: Brockway ------------------------- Ft. Madison Weekly Evening Democrat, Ft. Madison, IA; Wednesday, 24 August 1910 BROCKWAY At hsi residence 3515 West Fifth Street, Des Moines, Iowa, at 11:45 a.m., Saturday, August 20,1910, Nathaniel Brockway, of cancer of the stomach, aged 74 years, 6 months and 6 days. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nathaniel Brockway and one son, Walter, both of Des Moines. The deceased was born in Ohio, moved to Denmark, Iowa, when a boy, and about fifteen years ago removed to Des Moines, where he had live continuously till the time of his death. The body was brought to Ft. Madison Monday night by the wife and son and placed in the Sternberg & Lohman undertaking parlors, from where the funeral services were held yesterday at 9 a.m. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery.

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/154 Surname: Brockway ------------------------- Ft. Madison Weekly Democrat, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Wednesday, 13 Feb 1907, p. 8 column 7 BROCKWAY James M. Brockway, son of Charles Brockway of Denmark, Iowa, at the home Friday morning February 8, 1907, of pneumonia, aged 3 years.

Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/153 Surname: Brockway, Tibbetts, Hunt ------------------------- Ft. Madison Weekly Democrat, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Wednesday, 7 September 1910; p.8 column 1 Nathaniel Brockway was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, February 14, 1836, died at Des Moines, Iowa, August 20, 1910. He was the ninth of a family of eleven children, only one of whom, Martin Brockway of Denmark, Iowa, survives him. He came to Iowa with his parents, who settled near Ft. Madison in 1838, thus having been a resident of this state 72 1/2 years. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served to the end of the war. In December, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Tibbetts of Ft. Madison, Iowa, who still survives him. Two children were born to them, Ora H. Brockway of Des Moines and Mrs. Lasella Hunt of Redfield, Iowa. He lived on a farm in Lee County until 1892, then he moved to the present residence in Des Moines. In young manhood he was converted and joined the Congregational Church. On removing to Des Moines he joined the Presbyterian Church, of which he was still a member till his death.