Connie Street [email protected] I hate housework! You make the beds, do the dishes and six months later you have to do it all over again!! - Maxine http://www.examiner.net/news/x1902438625/A-new-home-for-history-buffs

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjblake127 Surnames: Stevens, Greenblade, Millslagle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.louisa/2106/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello! Does anyone have any information on James F. Stevens, from Ohio, who married Catherine Ann "Annie" Greenblade, from Pennsylvania? I think her parents were Rev. Henry Greenblade, born 1805, and Margaret (Margaretta) Bupp. James and Catherine married about 1862 I believe, and had a daughter Lulu, and possibly a Harriet. The family lived in Columbus City. Also, does anyone have any information on Elmer Millslagle, born in Lee County, but moved to Louisa to live with the Marsden family? He married Lulu Stevens in Columbsu City and had Nola (also Norma) and Frederic (known as Fred). Thank you! Regards, Joseph Black Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Ray Schafer was the son of John Henry Schafer and Nellie Michael. His siblings were John Schafer and Lulu Schafer. I don't have the dates immediately available for these folks but they are available. Ray's grandparents were John Schafer, b. 1840 in Niedervorschuetz, Germany, and Anna Hucke, b. about 1840 also. John served in the U. S. Army during the Civil War. Ray's line has been traced back into the mid-1700's in the Niedervorschuetz area. Dave Eckberg Denton, Texas --- David L Skipton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am looking for help with the Schafer family. > > I have Leona E. Littrel b. 1906 in Louisa or > Muscatine County and is > buried in Letts Cemetery in Louisa County. She was > married to > Ray M. Schafer b. 1897 and is also buried in Letts > Cemetery. > > Can anyone help me find the family for Ray Schafer? > Leona Littrel > is from my family line. > > Dave Skipton > Apple Valley, CA > ____________________________________________________________ > Click here for great computer networking solutions! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oHgMjlVXhlWoOrSQviv8C2cZrwCaVfWwdGA66woW4vv4oAI/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >

Do you have death dates? That would help find obituaries. Connie Street [email protected] I hate housework! You make the beds, do the dishes and six months later you have to do it all over again!! - Maxine ----- Original Message ----- From: David L Skipton To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 5:48 PM Subject: [IALOUISA] Schafer Family I am looking for help with the Schafer family. I have Leona E. Littrel b. 1906 in Louisa or Muscatine County and is buried in Letts Cemetery in Louisa County. She was married to Ray M. Schafer b. 1897 and is also buried in Letts Cemetery. Can anyone help me find the family for Ray Schafer? Leona Littrel is from my family line. Dave Skipton Apple Valley, CA ____________________________________________________________ Click here for great computer networking solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oHgMjlVXhlWoOrSQviv8C2cZrwCaVfWwdGA66woW4vv4oAI/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for help with the Schafer family. I have Leona E. Littrel b. 1906 in Louisa or Muscatine County and is buried in Letts Cemetery in Louisa County. She was married to Ray M. Schafer b. 1897 and is also buried in Letts Cemetery. Can anyone help me find the family for Ray Schafer? Leona Littrel is from my family line. Dave Skipton Apple Valley, CA ____________________________________________________________ Click here for great computer networking solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oHgMjlVXhlWoOrSQviv8C2cZrwCaVfWwdGA66woW4vv4oAI/

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194787) Orpha G Paullins <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194787> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 23:00:25 Surnames: PAULLINS,COLLINS,SCHAFER,LEE,ECKBERG,BENNETT,BUSTER,REXROTH,WEYER Obituary for Orpha G. Schafer Paullins.I believe that this appeared in the Columbus Gazette, but the clipping was handed down to me with no identifying information. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. Mrs. Orpha G Paullins LETTS - Mrs. Orpha Gladys Paullins, 78, Letts Rt. 1, died at 9:15 p.m. Monday, Jan 28, at Mercy hospital, Iowa City. She was born Sept. 23, 1895, in Grandview, the daughter of John R. and Vada Collins Schafer. She married George M. Paullins in Wapello June 30, 1915: he preceded her in death. She was a member of Kenwood United Methodist Church. Surviving: Two sons, J. Robert; Ellenton, Fla., and Lonnie, Marion; three daughters, Mrs. Lloyd (Marian) Lee, Letts, Mrs. Orville (Wanda) Eckberg, San Antonio, Tex., and Mrs. Willard (Nina Mae) Bennett, Cedar Rapids; 14 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. G.K. Buster, Wapello, Mrs. Everett Rexroth, Davenport, and Mrs. Anthony Weyer, Burlington. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Letts United Methodist church, Rev. Gordon Elrick; Letts cemetery.  Stacy-Lewis funeral home of Columbus Junction is in charge of arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194786) Josiah Reed <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194786> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:57:39 Surnames: REED,COON,VAN WAGENEN,SULLENGER,KEMP,GRAY,HARTSOCK Obituary for Josiah Reed. The clipping was handed down to me with no identifying information. Obituary may have appeared in the Columbus Gazette. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. Josiah Reed, 97 Goes in Death; Funeral Friday. Josiah S. Reed, 97, died at 6:15 a.m., today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Coon, 1608 Filmore street, following an illness of four months with a complication of ailments. Mr. Reed was born on Nov. 5, 1849, in Iowa, the son of Nelson and Caroline Van Wagenen Reed, and had lived in this community most of his life. He married Martha Elizabeth Sullenger, Oct. 27th, 1875, at Grandview. Mr. Reed was a member of the former Evangelical church at Grandview. Surviving are one son, Clarence Leeroy Reed, route 6; three daughters, Mrs. Eldora Kemp Gray, Wayne, Mich., Mrs. Charles Coon, Muscatine, and Mrs. Katherine Hartsock, route 6; eight grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his wife, three brothers and five sisters. The body is at the Ralph J. Wittich Funeral home and will remain there for services to be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday by the Rev. Dean Buster, of the Grandview Community Church. Interment will be in the Grandview cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194785) Anton Weyer <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194785> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:55:03 Surnames: WEYER,WIEDEMAN,SCHAFER,KEMP,STANGE Obituary for Anton Weyer. I believe that this appeared in the Burlington Hawk Eye, but the clipping was handed down to me with no identifying information. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. Anton Weyer BURLINGTON – Anton Weyer, 81, 1809 Foster St., Muscatine, died Tuesday at Muscatine General Hospital. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Prugh’s Chapel, Burlington. Rev. John Vickers will officiate. Burial will be in the Grandview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 this evening at the funeral home. Anton Weyer was born Oct. 4, 1897, in Des Moines County, the son of John and Elizabeth Wiedeman Weyer. His marriage to Helen Schafer took place July 16, 1961, in Muscatine. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Burlington and was a member of the Eagles Lodge. Mr. Weyer was a retired employee of the U.S. Borax Co. of Burlington. Survivors include his wife, two stepsons, Arlo Kemp of Arnold, Mo. And Keith Kemp of Anchorage, Alaska; one step-daughter, Mrs. Don (Shirley) Stange of Muscatine; and one brother George of West Des Moines.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194783) Rex Edward Kemp 1906-1963 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194783> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:52:08 Surnames: KEMP,SCHAFER,GRAY,ROYCE,STANGE,PAULLINS,VERDOW Obituary for Rex Edwin Kemp. Would have appeared in the local paper June 1963. The clipping was handed down to me from elderly relatives. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. Rex Edward Kemp Mr. Rex Edwin Kemp, 57, formerly of the Grandview area, died unexpectedly June 8 at Ft. Worth, Tex., where he had been living. He was born Mar. 3, 1906 at Columbus Junction, the son of Eldora Gray and Edwin O. Kemp and was married June 4, 1924 to Helen Schafer.  He married Audry Royce at Omaha, Ned., in July, 1946.  He was a member of the Church of God in Louisa County. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Keith of Des Moines and Arlo of Memphis, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Stange, Muscatine; two sisters, Mrs. Lynn Paullins and Mrs. Paul Verdow, both of Burlington, his mother, of Burlington; and six grandchildren. His father and a sister are dead. Services will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Community church at Grandview, the Rev. G.A. Saathoff officiating. Burial will be in the Grandview cemetery. The body will arrive Wednesday at the Giles funeral home.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194782) Rex Edward Kemp 1906- <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194782> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:47:47 Surnames: KEMP,SCHAFER,ROYCE,STANGE,VERDOW,OAULLINS,GRAY Obituary for Rex Edwin Kemp. Would have appeared in the local paper June 1963. The clipping was handed down to me from elderly relatives. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. Rex Edward Kemp Rex E. Kemp, a former steward of the Muscatine county home, died Sunday at his home at Fort Worth, Texas.  He was a district manager at Fort Worth for the Alemite Company. Mr. Kemp was born Mar. 3, 1906 at Columbus Junction, the son of Edwin O. and Eldora Reed Kemp.  He was married June 4, 1924 at Grandview to Helen Schafer.  He was married in July, 1946 to Audry Royce.  Mr. Kemp is survived by his wife; two sons, and Arnold Kemp of Memphis, Tenn. and Keith Kemp of Waukee, Iowa ; one daughter, Mrs. Shirley Stange, of Muscatine; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Verdow and Mrs. J. L. Paullins,  both of Burlington, his mother, Mrs. Eldora Gray, of Burlington; and six grandchildren.   The body is now at the Giles funeral home at Burlington.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Grandview Community church. Interment will be in the Grandview cemetery. 

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194780) Jesse L. "Polly" Paullins 1904-1979 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194780> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:44:22 Surnames: PAULLINS,KEMP,HOUTZ Obituary for Jesse L. (Polly) Paullins I believe that this appeared in the Burlington Hawk Eye, but the clipping was handed down to me with no identifying information. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. Sheagren Funeral Home Mr. Jesse L. (Polly) Paullins: Services for Mr. Jesse L. (Polly) Paullins of 1605 Division St., who passed away September 10, 1979, will be held at the Sheagren Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the Rev. Ernest Ellmers officiating. Interment will be in the Grandview Cemetery at Grandview, Iowa. The family will receive friends at the funeral home between 7:00 and 8:30 o’clock Wednesday evening. A memorial had been established at the funeral home. The Handy Corner Confectionery, founded by Mr. Paullins, will be closed in respect to him Thursday. Jessie L. (Polly) Paullins Jesse L. (Polly) Paullins, 75-year-old founder of Handy Corner Confectionery at Division and Leebrick, died Monday, Sept. 10, at Burlington Medical Center. He was born March 6, 1904, at Letts, the son of Mr. And Mrs. Jesse T. Paullins. He married Edna Kemp May 30, 1924, at Muscatine. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran church and the Masonic lodge. Surviving: The wife; daughter, Avon Paullins, Burlington; and sister Ivy Houtz, Waterloo. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sheagren funeral home, Rev. Ernest Ellmers; Grandview cemetery at Grandview. A memorial has been established at the funeral home.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194778) Glen "Jake" Buster 1897-1980 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194778> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:41:15 Surnames: BUSTER,KELLY,SCHAFER,FORBES,ROLIG,SCHILLIG,PULLIAM,WIELE Obituary for Glen K “Jake” Buster. I believe that this appeared in the Columbus Gazette, but the clipping was handed down to me with no identifying information. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. GLEN BUSTER Wapello - Glen K "Jake" Buster, 83, Iowa City, died Thursday evening at the Iowa City Care Center where he had been residing for the last 2-1/2 years. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Wapello United Methodist Church.  Rev. John Beebout will officiate.  Burial will be in the Grandview Cemetery.  Visitation is 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, where a memorial fund has been established. The son of John and Della Kelly Buster, he was born Dec 20, 1897, in Wapello. His marriage to Irma Schafer took place June 4, 1919, in Grandview.  He was a veteran of World War I.  Mr. Buster had farmed in the Muscatine area for 20 years, the Winfield area for 10 years and after retiring had lived in Wapello for 10 years until moving to Iowa City. Survivors include his wife, three sons, Donald of Ainsworth, Larry of Muscatine and George of Winfield; five daughters, Mrs. Lester (Allene) Forbes, Mrs. Willis (Kay) Rolig, Iva Buster and Mrs. Karl (Kay) Schillig all of Iowa City, and Mrs. Edwin (Frances) Pulliam of Bernie, Mo.; 19 grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Cecil (Francis) Wiele of Wapello. He was preceded in death by six brothers, one son, two daughters, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194772) Irma Clara Schafer Buster 1898-1988 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194772> AUTHOR: Michele Kemp Sh DATE: 6/6/2008 at 22:34:46 Surnames: SCHAFER,BUSTER,COLLINS,FORBES,SCHILLIG,ROLIG,PULLIAM,WEYER Obituary for Irma Clara Schafer Buster. This appeared in “The Hawk Eye” on a Wednesday in May 1988. The clipping was handed down to me with no other identifying information. Submitted by Michele Kemp Shockley. IRMA BUSTER  Irma Clara Buster, 90, of Coralville, died Wednesday, May 11, 1988, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. Born Feb. 4, 1898, near Letts, she was the daughter of Robert and Nevada Collins Schafer.  She married Glen "Jake" Buster June 4, 1919, at Grandview.  He died April 23, 1981. She attended Grandview High School and went to a country school at Olive Branch in Louisa County.  She lied in Wapello, Toolesboro, Letts, Winfield and Coralville.  She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Wapello, United Methodist Women and World War I Veteran's Auxiliary. Surviving are five daughters, Allene Forbes, Gla Rolig, Iva Buster and Kay Schillig, all of Iowa City, and Francis Pulliam, Bernie, Mo., three sons, Donald Buster, Ainsworth, Larry Buster, Muscatine and George Buster, Winfield; one sister, Helen Weyer, Muscatine, 19 great-grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. The family will receive friends from 7 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. The service for Mrs. Buster will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home (Wapello) with the Rev. George Yetter officiating.  Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. A Memorial has been established for the United Methodist Church, Wapello.

Please tell me what time frame you are referring to, as this is the pattern some of my ancestors followed also. Thanks Bj Larson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Riley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:29 PM Subject: [IALOUISA] Isett Family > Hi Everyone, > > I am new to the list and am researching the Isett family and any other > lines > that may have married into the Isett family. I have been tracing the > Isett > family, which started out in Pennsylvania and migrated to Louisa Co., > Iowa. > I would love to hear from any other Isett researchers or anyone else with > a > family line that married an Isett. > > Thanks so much, > > Deb (Fisher) Riley > > Huntingdon Co., PA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Everyone, I am new to the list and am researching the Isett family and any other lines that may have married into the Isett family. I have been tracing the Isett family, which started out in Pennsylvania and migrated to Louisa Co., Iowa. I would love to hear from any other Isett researchers or anyone else with a family line that married an Isett. Thanks so much, Deb (Fisher) Riley Huntingdon Co., PA

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#194350) Elizabeth Hamilton Bower 1844-1934 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=194350> AUTHOR: volunteer DATE: 6/2/2008 at 18:44:37 Surnames: HAMILTON,BOWER,HARDIN,COOK,BRATTON Source: Oakville Sentinel, March 8, 1934 Mrs. Elizabeth Bower passed away last Thursday morning following an injury from a fall. Mrs. Bower had lived a long life of four score and ten years. She was a good woman, living a Christian life that was commendable. Elizabeth Jane Hamilton, daughter of John and Rachel Hamilton, was born January 10, 1844, at Shelborne, Nova Scotia, and died March 1, 1934, at the age of 90 years, one month and 21 days. She was the last of a family of thirteen children. On September 21, 1865, she was married to Walter H. Bower at Shelborne, Nova Scotia. Three years later they migrated to the Middle West. Mr. Bower preceded her in death. Mrs. Bower was the mother of nine children, five of whom died in infancy. One daughter, Mrs. Sam Hardin, passed away May 20, 1923. Those surviving are Mrs. Bertha Cook of Wise, Missouri; Mrs. Rachel Bratton, of Oakville; and Walter, of Oakville. She is also survived by thirteen grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren and other relatives and friends who mourn her death. Mrs. Bower was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Keithsburg, Illinois. Her death marks the passing of one of the oldest residents in Eliot Township. Funeral services were held in the ME Church in Oakville Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. George G. Hunt. Misses Letha and Geneva Carter sang selections. Mrs. M. D. Thompson accompanied on the piano. Burial was in Edwards Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorrieSimon Surnames: Searl/Fowler/Chenoweth Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.louisa/2105/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for records of early settlers of Louisa Co. IA, William Fowler and his wife Naomi (Searl?). I recently found the following land record in Bureau County, IL: Deed # 946 William Fowler and Naoma his wife Co. of Louisa and Territory of Wisc. Sum of $30 to us in hand by Brown Searl, Co. of Bureau 65 acres off the W side of NE Quarter of section #5 in township # 15 N. of the baseline of Range 10 of the 4 principal Meridian. Naomi the wife of William Fowler claims as heir of the estate of her father the late Timothy Searl Deceased - This 5th day of July 1838. - signed by John Searl Justice of Peace I've found land patents for a William Fowler in Louisa Co. IA, and William Fowler is listed on the early census records there. I also found on the WPA Grave stone listing: FOWLER, Naomi Born: 1837 Died: 28 SEP 1879 Cemetery: GRANDVIEW Location: GRANDVIEW TWP. County: LOUISA CO. - IOWA Record Notes: LOT 81 ======== FOWLER, William Born: 1803 Died: 20 JUL 1864 Cemetery: GRANDVIEW Location: GRANDVIEW County: LOUISA CO. - IOWA Record Notes: LOT 81 The age of Naomi Fowler here would have to be wrong. She would have been born between 1815-1820 when the Timothy Searl family lived in Greene and Clark Co. OH. I'm wondering if the date was recorded wrong for the stone. In 1856 & 1860 Censuses, the family appears to be in Muscatine Co. IA 1856 - 76 Township, Muscatine Co. IA Wm. Fowler, 53, in IA 19yrs, PA Naomia, 36, in IA 19yrs, OH Jonas 19, in IA 19yrs, IL L Jane, 17, IA Henry S. 14, IA Wm. 12, IA John S. 9, IA Thos J. 5, IA (in same census Jonas Fowler, age 19, is in Center, Cedar Co. IA living with Cyrus and Cyntha Ridenour and Cain Hardman - children of Mary Searl Hardman, a sister of Naomi Searl) 1860-76 Township, Muscatine Co. IA Fowler, William, 56, farmer, PA Naoma, 40, OH Jonas 23, IL Henry L. 18, IA William, 16, IA John, 13, IA Charles, 11, IA Thomas J. 8, IA Then I found a marriage record of a Naomi Fowler to a Joel Chenoweth in Lousia Co. IA in 1865. There was a J.B. Chenoweth connected with the Searl family in Bureau Co. IL, so I don't know if there is a connection there. Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 Name: JOEL CHENOWETH Spouse: NAOMI FOWLER Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1865 County: Louisa State: IA Naomi could have married after her husband William died in 1864, as I found Naomi and Joel in the 1870 census and Naomi is the correct age, b. 1820, in OH. 1870 Grandview, Louisa Co. IA Chenoweth, Joel, 59, farmer, OH Naomi, 50, keep house, OH Rebecca, 18, at home, IL Jno W, 11, school, IA Eva A. 9, at school, IA Then the mortality schedule shows Naomi Chenoweth as dying in Port Louisa in September 1879 - the same as the WPA stone in Granview for Naomi Fowler. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 Name: Naomi Chenoweth Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Place of Birth: Kentucky Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825 Age: 55 Month of Death: Sep Cause of Death: Paralysis of brain Place of Death: (City, County, State) Port Louisa, Louisa, Iowa Census Year: 1880 I'm looking for any help on tying Naomi Fowler Chenoweth as the Naomi Searl Fowler I'm looking for. I'm pretty sure I've found the correct Naomi Searl Fowler in the land record in Bureau Co. IL as the daughter of Timothy Searl. But I'd like to be sure. Any help on finding a death record or marriage record or land record that would show Naomi's maiden name as SEARL would be greatly appreciated. I'm not sure how early newspapers go back in Louisa Co. IA - but an obituary of Naomi Chenoweth from 28 Sept 1879 would be great! Naomi did have three sons who died in the Civil War, if there are records there that would help: Jonas, Henry S. and William Fowler, Jr. She also had a son John S. Fowler who moved to Muscatine Co. IA. It could be that he was John SEARL Fowler. Many times in the Searl family when you see S as the middle initial, you can almost bet that it is Searl! I'd love to hear from anyone researching the Searl, Fowler or Chenoweth families connected to Naomi OR anyone who has ideas of what records I could find in Louisa Co. and who to write to find them. thanks! dorrie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

It is at 609 James L Hodges Ave. (Highway 61), Wapello. Mailing address is PO Box 302. Connie Street [email protected] "Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself." - Tom Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: David L Skipton To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [IALOUISA] Heritage center open Hi Connie, do you have an address for the Heritage center? Thanks, Dave ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey everyone - The heritage center now has regular hours. It is open 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays except holidays. It's e-mail address is [email protected] One of these days we will have a web site, too. Connie Street [email protected] "Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself." - Tom Wilson

Hi Geoff - All the known obits for that time period have been published. I'll see if I can find what you are looking for. Connie Street [email protected] "Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself." - Tom Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Rasmussen To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:03 AM Subject: [IALOUISA] Obituary lookup request I'm looking for someone who can either identify which newspaper I should use, or who could be hired to lookup 2 obituaries for me. Here are the specifics: George King, died 11 Oct 1874 in Port Louisa Township. Catherine King, died 12 Jan 1881 in Port Louisa Township. Thanks in advance, Geoff Rasmussen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message