Carol, Union township, Louisa county, Iowa is in the NW corner along Washington county (Union & Oakland sort of look like half townships split diagonally). It looks to me like Union township wasn't formed until 1854 and the only town ever platted in Union twp. was Gladwin in 1903. On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:01:26 -0600 cedartree2@juno.com writes: >>>> Union township, Louisa county, Iowa <<< >wondering about this township- was/is this in the NE corner of Louisa >co and would there have been a "Van Buren" town in this Union township area in 1850. >A "married" Union/Van Buren or VanBuren/Union which is on an 1895 >Iowa census and don't know if this means Iowa where they lived 1895 or >in Penn. where they were from. Penn.also has Union/VanBuren counties or towns. > >carol > BARTENHAGEN/CRESWELL: Archibald Bailey Crilley Dickinson Erwin Friedrich Grinke Hammann Holthusen Jackson Ollrich Steffens Stephen Van Trump McNEIL/SCHNEIDER: Bertiss/Burns/Capwell/Dunkel/Harkins/Herrick/Michael/Powell/Stiles/Van Schaick CROMER/SUTTON: Edwards/Hardy/Hill/Keller/Mervin/Rouse/Stevens/Walters PELLUM/RUTLEDGE: Alderman/Clark/Duke/Frederick/Gray/Pelham/Prine/Southern/Whidden ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]