Looking for families of James Robert Ryan of Council Bluffs , Pott. Co. Iowa. Born Aug. 22, 1926 in Vail Iowa, died March 10, 1998 CB , Pott. Co. Iowa. Wife Betty Lou Koester born June 17,1927 in McClelland, Pott. Co. Iowa. Died Nov. 25, 1994 in CB , Pott. Co. , Iowa. Edward Otto Koester born April 24, 1892. Hardin Township, Pott. Co. Iowa. Died Sept. 18, 1979 in CB , Pott.Co. Iowa. Wife Esther Lavaughn Thompson of Rexford, Decatur Co. Kansas born June 02,1900. Died Aug. 09,1987 in Avoca, Pott. Co. Iowa. Otto Gearhart Fredrick Koester born in Germany in 1853. Died in March 15, 1933 in McCelland, Pott. Co., Iowa. Wife Sara Jane Hartding born May 05, 1853 York Penn. Died Aug. 13,1926 in McClellend, Pott.Co. Iowa. This is my husbands side of the family. Most of his people were eithor born or died in this area. For info see web address of http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/5090/ My people were also from this area. Surnames as follows Black Hooker Babbitt Babcock Hurst Cole Thrasher. My web address is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3441/