This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2434.1 Message Board Post: Cheryl, we are obviously related because he is my grandfather but I don't know you. Are you one of Uncle George's grandchildren? Contact me and I will give you all the information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2658.1 Message Board Post: The name of it was The Annie Wittenmeyer Home.

The "cemetery across the street" from Annie Whittenmeyer Orphange would be OAKDALE Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2659 Message Board Post: From the Sherburn Advance-Standard, Sherburn, Martin County Minnesota Typed just as it appeared in the original newspaper including any/all typos. Dated Thursday, April 16, 1925 George Rohde Dies At Davenport Home Once Resident of Sherburn Dies at Home in Davenport, Iowa Word has been received here of the death of George Rohde for years a resident of this vicinity. He left this country for Davenport about ten years ago. The following clipping from the Davenport Democrat was sent to the Advance-Standard and we publish it here so that his many friends here may know the particulars. Death occurred to George Rohde Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at his home, 1105 Pershing avenue, terminating a lingering illness, followed by a sudden attack of angina pectoria. The deceased was born at Hanover, Germany on July 28, 1852, and came to the United States, direct to Rock Island in 1871. In 1893 he and his wife, Mary Bertges Rohde, to whom he was married at Rock Island on February 17, 1875, came to Davenport, and for the past 15 years Mr. Rohde has been retired. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and was fraternally affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., No. 221, and the Sons of Herman. Besides his wife he is survived by three sons, Carl A., and Albert E., of Chicago, and George C. of Davenport; two daughters, Mrs. Caecilia R. Crampton of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Gertrude R. Lau of Davenport; two sisters, Mrs. Luther Hann of Rock Island, and Miss Alvina Rohde of Columbus, Nebraska, and one grandchild. ~Volunteer Posting.

Hi: I believe that Joseph was first married to Elizabeth Jack in 1847, but she died in 1948. > > I'm looking for any info (family/obits/land/marriage/birth/death records, > etc) regarding: > > Joseph Coe > b.11/2/1820 (Coe's Station, Allegheny County, PA) > d.9/24/1901 (Scott County IA) > > (his wife) > Catherine Moyer/Meyer Coe > b.2/22/1833 > d.2/1/1898 (Scott County IA) > > (their children all born in Scott County IA) > Eliza, Margaret, Rebecca, Sarah Jane, (birthdates unknown) > Benjamin F. Coe b.1850 > Joseph Chalmers Coe b.10/1861 (our ancestor) > Joseph Albert Coe b.1867 > > Regarding Joseph Chalmers Coe, information, etc. for his wife > Mamie Rich Coe and their son, Clato Rich Coe > > Any information would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Debi Coe > > > > ==== IASCOTT Mailing List ==== > PLEASE do not submit virus warnings, chain letters, or off-topic > material to this list! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi: I'm looking for any info (family/obits/land/marriage/birth/death records, etc) regarding: Joseph Coe b.11/2/1820 (Coe's Station, Allegheny County, PA) d.9/24/1901 (Scott County IA) (his wife) Catherine Moyer/Meyer Coe b.2/22/1833 d.2/1/1898 (Scott County IA) (their children all born in Scott County IA) Eliza, Margaret, Rebecca, Sarah Jane, (birthdates unknown) Benjamin F. Coe b.1850 Joseph Chalmers Coe b.10/1861 (our ancestor) Joseph Albert Coe b.1867 Regarding Joseph Chalmers Coe, information, etc. for his wife Mamie Rich Coe and their son, Clato Rich Coe Any information would be appreciated. Thank you, Debi Coe

Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol IV. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931 p. 52 FRED WYMAN. In the character and activities of a few men Davenport still carries on in its old traditions as one of the great capitals of the lumber industry of the Middle West. Mr. Wyman is closely linked with those traditions that at one time represented extensive interests in the lumber business. Mr. Wyman's mother was Anna Phelps, sister of John B. Phelps, who with James E. Lindsay in 1862 formed the partnership long known as Lindsay & Phelps Company, with headquarters at Davenport. This firm built a saw mill in 1866, and thereafter for years figured with increasing importance in the lumber development of the Northwest. It is significant that in the publication issued some years ago, entitled History of 100 Prominent Lumber Men of America, two of the names that came in for special consideration were John B. Phelps and james E. Lindsay. The Lindsay & Phelps Company continued as an organization until 1930. Mr. Wyman was born at Schroon, Essex County, New York, October 10, 1857, being a son of Daniel and Anna (Phelps) Wyman. He was educated at grammar and high schools at Crown Point and Westport, New York, and also took a course in a business college at Troy, New York. In 1878 he came west to Davenport and began in association and work with the Lindsay & Phelps Company, an association which was continued until the dissolution of the company in 1930. He is also president of the Southern Lumber Company, with holdings in Arkansas, is president of the Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway Company, is secretary of the Cloquet Lumber Company, with holdings in Minnesota, secretary and treasurer of the Sound Timber Company, with holdings in the States of Washington and Oregon; is vice president of the Richardson Land & Timber Company at Davenport. For many years he was president of the Southland Lumber Company of Louisiana, whose holdings were disposed of a few years ago. In 1887 Mr. Wyman married Miss Lillie Lindsay, daughter of James E. Lindsay. She died December 26, 1905. In 1917 Mr. Wyman married Mrs. Margaret Blair Lindsay. Mr. Wyman has one daughter, Mrs. Edith W. Wilson, of New York and two grandsons, Richard Wyman Wilson and John Oliver Wilson. Mr. Wyman is a member and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church at Davenport and a trustee of the Y.M.C.A., of both of which institutions he has been a large benefactor. he is also a member of the Outing Club, Davenport Country Club and Chamber of Commerce. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol IV. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931 p. 33 CARL LeBUHN is a native son of Iowa, and is one of the well known insurance men of the state. He is general agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, with headquarters at Davenport, and Davenport is the home and civic community where his interests have been centered for many years. Mr. LeBuhn was born at LeClaire in Scott County, Iowa, son of William and Amelia (Trettin) LeBuhn. His parents were born in Germany, his father in Hanover and his mother at Lauenberg, and they were married at Davenport. William LeBuhn came to America in 1853. For many years he had a locksmith and gunsmith shop at LeClaire and also owned a farm there. He died at LeClaire in 1890. There were six children in the family: William, Herman, Henry, Louis, Louisa and Carl. Only to are now living, the son Herman occupying the old homestead farm near LeClaire. Carl LeBuhn attended grade and high schools at LeClaire and had four years in the Iowa State College at Ames. He taught school there for three years, but since 1900 has been engaged in the work which has brought out his best talents. He was first with the Mutual Life Company, spending ten years with that organization. For three years he was general manager of the Phoenix Mutual Company and for the past fifteen years has been general manager for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company with headquarters at Davenport, his territorial jurisdiction being in Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa. By his marriage to Martha Schultz he has a son, Richard, who graduated from Iowa State College at Ames in 1927 and now is in the insurance business with his father. Richard LeBuhn married Mable Blom and has a son, Donald. Mr. LeBuhn by his marriage to Hertha Schlump has two sons, Paul, born in 1927 and Carl, Jr., born in 1929. Mr. LeBuhn is a former president of the Davenport Underwriters Association. He is vice president and has been a member of the board of directors for three years of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce. He was one of the organizers and the first president in 1920 of the Kiwanis Club, a club founded on the broad principles of fellowship and the observances of the Golden Rule in business and the professions and devoted to community upbuilding. Mr. LeBuhn is a member of the Davenport Country Club, the Elks Club, the Turner Society and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. LeBuhn is a Presbyerian. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol IV. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931 p. 81 J. HENRY BENDIXEN is vice president and general manager of the Bettendorf Company at Bettendorf, Davenport. He has been closely associated with the founders of the business for a number of years, and since 1906 has held the office of vice president and manager of sales. He was born in Germany, June 12, 1870, son of Henry and Martha (Johanssen) Bendixen, who a few months after his birth came to America and settled at Davenport. J. Henry Bendixen was educated in public schools, learned the trade of machinist, and worked at his trade in davenport and Chicago for fourteen years. For four years he had charge of the machine shop of the Illinois Steel Company. Mr. Bendixen on returning to Davenport in 1894 was made assistant superintendent of the Bettendorf Axle Company, the world's largest manufacturer of steel railroad car equipment. Mr. Bendixen proved a very able ally of W.P. Bettendorf, the inventor and founder of the business since he was exceptionally well qualified in both mechanical and sales department of his business. In 1906 he became vice president and sales manager and he has continued in the same post since the death of W.P. Bettendorf and the reorganization of the company in 1913. Mr. Bendixen is also vice president of the Bettendorf Improvement Company and a director in the Bettendorf Water Company, Bettendorf Light & Power Company and the Westco-Chippewa Pump Company. His brother, Peter Bendixen, is another of the men who have through their mechanical or business genius contributed to the making of the Bettendorf Company, one of the greatest industries of Iowa. Peter Bendixen has been with the company thirty-five years,and successively as machinist, shop foreman, assistant superintendent and since 1917 as general superintendent of the company. J. Henry Bendixen is a member of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club, the Spring Brook Golf Club, and the Treadway Rod and Gun Club. His brother Peter is a member of the Treadway Club, the Davenport Country Club, is a director of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce and is secretary of the Iowa Manufacturers Association. J. Henry Bendixen married in 1894, Johanna Kramp, who was born in Germany. They reared their nephew, Harry Kleeburg. Harry Kleeburg is married and has two children, Johanna Kleeburg and Henry Bendixen Kleeburg. Peter Bendixen married Margaret Mumm, a native of Germany. They have two children; Harold Henry, a graduate of Purdue University, now a metallurgist with the Bettendorf Company, and Harriett, who is a graduate of the University of Iowa. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

My mom said any children that passed away from there were buried across the street at the cemetary. You might be able to start there.

The only orphanage I know about in that area is the Annie Wittenmyer home. My parents were there about the same time has your family. I will check and see if they remember the names because my parents were born in 1922 and 1925, it appears they are in the same age range. It was a state run facility. It was not just an orphange as my mom ended up there after becoming a ward of the state when it was deemed her mother could not care for the seven children. Both my parents were there until age 18 or so. Quite a few kids there were placed out and I do not mean adopted out. When this facility closed in the 1980's, the records went to the state historical building. I know this because as a student at U of Iowa, I worked there part time and heard the mention of them. If they still have them, they are here in Des Moines. I asked once but never pursued the issue. There used to be reunions for those who grew up there. I do not believe they are having one this year because of the group that regularly attended, several have passed within the past year. I have asked but the names do not ring bells with my parents. Children were housed in cottages or small houses by ages. The boys were on one side of the complex and the girls on the other. Each cottage had a matron or house mother. These cottages were just for sleeping. There was a seperate hall for eating, church, school and infirmary. It was a self-sufficient facility so most of the kids worked on the site. Most of the information you find on Annie Wittenmeyer pertains to her starting the facility as an orphanage for children of civil war vets. I'm sure there has to be some books out there regarding the facility after it because state run.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIAMS, Hook, Rode, Rhode, Warren Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2658 Message Board Post: Suffering severe financial problems, my WILLIAMS grandparents family fell apart in Dubuque, Iowa-in late 1920s and in 1930. The children in my WILLIAMS family from Dubuque were placed in a Davenport orphanage late 1930, early 1931--sometime after the death of the grandmother Magdalena (Pauly-Wilms) WILLIAMS who died Sept. 29, 1930 in Dubuque. I am trying to discover what happened to my dad's brother, Walter, born about 1921, who died from gangrene from an injured leg---after trying to run away from the orphanage with his brother Donald. My dad, Arthur Joseph b 1914 always thought Walter died about age 7 or 8, but I think he was at least age 9 as I found him on the 1930 census living with his grandmother Magdalena WILLIAMS in Dubuque and in the household were his father Joseph Henry WILLIAMS and Walter's brother Donald, b 1916--as well as a lodger. Magdalena ran a rooming house in Dubuque. It was after Magdalena's Sept. 1930 death I think that the boys and other siblings were placed in the Davenport orphanage--and Walter very soon died. Some of the 7 children of Ivy Laura SKEMP WILLIAMS and her husband Joseph Henry WILLIAMS went to the Davenport orphanage and lived there until age 18. My dad lived with his aunt Hattie SKEMP AGARD and husband Charles, and Jeanette Louise, born 1924, was adopted or "fostered" by a WARREN family in Marshalltown, Iowa. Children who were in the orphanage either for a short time or until age 18 were: Catherine WILLIAMS b 1919; Barbara WILLIAMS, born about 1928; Donald Robert, born 1916, Walter, born about 1921, and possibly Jeanette Louise for awhile--born 1924. It was Walter that died I think in early 1931. I need to find some death information / burial information . . . . and any information in general on the orphanage. I don't know the name of the orphanage--and Catherine who grew up in the orphanage and who died last year in Delaware County-- where she lived from 1940 on--only knew that it was an orphanage in Davenport. After all this time, is it possible to obtain records? Another child, Dorothy b about 1926-27 I think, born to this family was given away by the mother, Ivy Laura, to a HOOK (married a TOOMER) and has been lost to the family since the 1940s when she was married Catheirne said to a RODE / RHODE (spelling?). All of these children are now deceased, (though we don't know what happened to Dorothy) --with the exception of Don, now very old and living in Des Moines. Thanks for any information . . .Audrey Williams Stanaland

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2657 Message Board Post: I need help in finding an obituary of my Gr-Gr Uncle, Henry A. Forse..the 1860 Scott Co. Iowa census has him listed as a Steamboat Capt. with his wife Elizabeth & 3 or 4 children. In the 1870 Federal census, just Elizabeth is found, in St. Louis, Mo. with children. Did Henry die in Scott Co.Iowa ? Does any lister have an obit of Henry ? I need to find his burial place. Cecelia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lynes, Hanson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2656 Message Board Post: Could someone who has access to the index for the county marriage records please verify a marriage and get the day for me? It is for my great-grandparents Richard Lynes & Julia Hanson who were married in Davenport, Scott County, IA in August of 1904. Any help would be most truly appreciated!!!!!!!

...continued... Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 16, 1900 THE TIMES 20TH CENTURY DIRECTORY Errors in Names and Locations and Any Changes From the Way the Names Appear in The Times, Including Removals, Must be Reported to the Office or the Directory Manager in The Times Building Within 48 Hours From This Evening, as These Names Will go in Book Form Then Hose Co. No.1, James N Quinn capt, 117 Perry. Hose Co. No 2, Michael Heeney, capt, 730 w 2d. Hose Co. No 3, J.W. Houghlon, capt, 1231 Harrison. Hose Co. No 4, Peter Deager, capt, 1502 Fulton av Hose Co. No. 5, Gustav Feers, capt, Rockingham rd ne cor Division. Hose Co. No. 6, Christian Thiessen, capt, 1414 Marquette. Hoskins, Evans H (col) wife Hattia, porter C R I & P, r 424 Brady. Hostetler, Eugene F, wife Ella mach Arsenal r 312 e 14th. Hostetler, John B, wife Maggie L, photog supplies and pres J White Art Co, 320 Brady, r 1605 Arlington av. Hostetler, Mrs. Maggie L sec J White Art Co 320 Brady, r 1605 Arlington av. Hostetler, Roger H clk J White Art Co r 522 e 6th. Hotel Alemannia, F Martens propr, 130 w Front. Hotel Downs, Gorman & Harrison proprs, 301 Perry. Hotel Downs Bar, 305 Perry. Hotel Downs Billiard Hall, 303 Perry. Hotel Linden, W Houar propr, 205 e 2d. Houar (See also Hauer and Heuer) Houar, James H r 106 e 2d Houar, Miss Louisa M dressmkr r 106 e 2d Houar, Mary wid Wm r 104 e 2d Houar, Wm wife Mary propr Hotel Linden and second hand store, 203 e 2d r same. Houck (See also Heuck and Hoeck) Houck, Clarence wife Kathleen trimmer Mason Crrge Wks r 1220 w 6th Houghton, Chris, painter Bett Axle Co r Harrison nr city limits. Houghton, Miss Elizabeth E tel opr Io Tel Co r Harrison nr city limits. Houghton, James R wife Fannie, collr, r 1?14 w 3d. Houghton, James W wife Clara B capt Hose Co No 3 r Harrison nr City limits. Houghton, J Richard wks Dav Pearl B Co r Harrison nr city limits. Houghton, Mrs. Rachael, r Harrison nr city limits. Houghton, Wm G wife Sadie, painter r 735 e 15th. Hourigan, Daniel, nurseryman, r 1924 Eddy. Hourigan, James fire dept r 1924 Eddy. Hourigan, Jeremiah D ,wife Mary lab r 1924 Eddy. Hourigan, John J wife Emma M agt r 332 Belle av. Hourigan, Lawrence lab r 1924 Eddy. Hourigan, Mathew A wife Lida barber, 132 Mound r 824 Belle av. House, Carl C r Pleasant nr Mound. House, Edward, wife Emma wks Knostman & P Furn Co r 830 Belle av. House, John C wife Emma D r Pleasant nr Mound. House of Detention, Mrs. Sarah Hill, matron, 5th ne cor Main. Houser, Isaac, wife Emily r Boradway nr Elm. Housman, Harry B, clk Union Savings Bank r 2227 w 3d. Housman, Henry J, wife Jacoba G, soler W H Snider & Son r 2227 w 3d Housman, Wm J, r 2227 w 3d. Houston, General (col) wife Sarah chiropodist, 1?06 North r same. Houston, Henry V wife Eugenia M trav agt r 804 e 14th Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

...continued... Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 16, 1900 THE TIMES 20TH CENTURY DIRECTORY Errors in Names and Locations and Any Changes From the Way the Names Appear in The Times, Including Removals, Must be Reported to the Office or the Directory Manager in The Times Building Within 48 Hours From This Evening, as These Names Will go in Book Form Then Holmbreck, Alphonse, wife Annie M, shoes 214 Brady r 1025 Perry Hombrecht, Miss Lucy M, r 1026 Perry. Homes Building Loan & Savings Assn. W.P. Halligan pres F H Bartemeyer vice-pres J E Driscoll sec, S L Ely treas, 402 Brady Home Savings & Trust Co, Ames Bros, mngrs 43 Schmidt bldg. Homeyer, E Walter, florist Central Park rms 1512 Harrison Hondel, Joseph N cigmkr F Haak, r 822 w 5th Honegger, Catherine wid Casper r 1032 w 5th Hood, Bert, mach opr Arsenal rms 111 e 3d Hook, Miss Marie, actress, rms 213 Ripley. Hook & Ladder Co No 1, J C Plening, capt 231 Scott Hooley, John E, wife Adelaide mach r 1625 Rock Island Hooley, Thomas carp, r 2004 Farnam. Hoop, Hans bds 1424 w Locust Hooper, Miss Kate V tchr Sch No 2 r 701 e 14th Hooper, Thomas N, wife Lucretia A vice-pres Dav. Water Co 116 w 3d r 704 e 14th Hoover, Kittie, wid L B r 107 Main Hoover, Stephen W, wife Florence eng r 612 Brady Hope, Miss Cora M dressmkr Mrs. E Schnoor r 1213 w 8th Hopkins, Miss Alice nurse St Luke's hospital. Hopkins, Silas (col) lab r 2026 e Locust. Hopp, Dora, waitress E A Speth, r 431 w 2d Hopper, Miss Mary, clk Petersen's Sons, r 1025 Scott Hopper, Michael r 1025 Scott Horan, James, wife Margaret A lab r 511 e 7th Horan, Patrick, r Mercy Hospital. Horan, Patrick, wife Mary saloon 217 w 3d r same. Horn, Andrew C, wife Alvina C painter, 1317 Marquette r same. Horn, Dena, wid Frederick, r 1004 1/2 w 3d Hornback, Miss Margaret clk Boston Store, r 623 w ?th. Hornback, Miss Virginia, r 438 w 8th. Hornby, Alice, wid John r 1024 e 13th Hornby, Ben H (Berwald, Hornby & Ruhl) 19 Masonic Temple r 1024 e 13th Hornby, John A pin Sch No 7 r 1024 e 13th Horne, Daniel B wife Minnie livery r 215 w 3d r same. Horne, Mrs Ellis bkpr Berwald , Hornby & Ruhl r 312 Western av. Horne, George H eng r 329 w 3d Horne, G Nathaniel, wife Minnie mach C R I & P r 315 w 3d Horne, J eng C P & W r Rock Island Ill. Horst, Miss Alma B r 220 Gaines. Horst, August wks Glucose Co bds 531 w 2d Horst, Miss Emily C r 226 Gaines. Horst, Henry wife Theresa trav agt r 1222 Scott. Horst, Ida wid Claus r 1222 Scott. Horst, Miss Lulu wks R Krause Co r 604 w Front. Horst, Miss Wilma r 604 w Front. Horstkamp, M asst supt Metropolitan Life Ins Co r 220 w 5th Horstmann, Claus r 2119 w 5th Horstmann, Hans C wife Christine r 1414 w 7th Horton, Albert G r 612 w 16th Horton, Miss Grace L stenog Newcomb Loom Co r 613 w 16th Horton, Russell A, clk H A St Onge & Co r 612 w 16th Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/

Biographical History and Portrait Gallery of Scott County.1895: American Biographical Publishing Co. WILLIAM C. WADSWORTH Mr. Wadsworth traces his American ancestry back to the early settlement of New England, his forefathers landing at Plymouth Rock early in the seventeenth century. He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, June 27, 1826, and is a son of James L. Wadsworth and Sallie A. Wadsworth, nee Cook. He was educated in the common schools at Litchfield, supplemented by a course in the Danbury (Connecticut) Academy. His inclination and desires pointed to a mercantile career, and immediately after leaving school, at the age of sixteen, he became a clerk in a general store in Farmington, Connecticut, at a salary of forty dollars per year and board. Three years later he determined to become better posted in the business than the opportunities afforded in a little country town, and accepted a clerkship in a drygoods business in New Haven at a salary of three hundred and fifty dollars per annum. In 1848 he was tendered a position in Macon, Georgia, and in 1851 established himself in business in Savannah. The firm was known as W.C. Wadsworth & Company, and was composed of the subject of this sketch and an uncle of his. In 1854 a yellow fever epidemic devastated the Southern States, and rendered the mercantile business unprofitable. He then sought a new location and settled in Davenport, Iowa. He there opened a drygoods business in 1855, and was successful from the outset. He was a thoroughly experienced merchant, was progressive and always carried the largest stock of goods in the city. In 1861 he opened a retail establishment in Rock Island, and also established a wholesale business in Davenport. Shortly thereafter he sold out both retail houses and devoted his entire time and attention to the interests of his growing wholesale business, which he has conducted successfully up to the present time. Mr. Wadsworth has from time to time become interested in various other business enterprises. He was one of the organizers of the Citizen's National Bank, a director since its organization, and for two years he was president of that well-managed financial institution. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: knecht, arndt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/86.1 Message Board Post: are you still in need of info? I think your message was posted in 1999. Phyllis

I think I just found out some new information on my husband's great grandaunt, Anna M Petersen. She was married first to James Garvey and had at least one daughter named Vivian Garvey. Whether she divorced James or he died, is unknown, however, by the 1925 Buffalo Twp State Census it appears she has remarried to Alvah Passwater who was previously married to Julia Hawkins. Alvah Passwater and Julia Hawkins had two daughters named Alvaretta and Gladys. Anyone related to James Garvey or Alvah Passwater who could provide me with further information on Anna M Petersen Garvey Passwater? I would like to find her obit and possibly where in Germany she was born or emigrated from since I have had no luck on finding that information on her brother, James Petersen, aka.my husband's great grandfather. The other known sibling of James and Anna was Peter Petersen- all children of Hans and Fridericke Petersen, the all too elusive great great grandparents of my not so elusive husband, John Henry Labath, Jr. Cathy Labath

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2440.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I am Gail Wilcock...and am doing family history on the Winey/Bradbury/Garrison..line..I am Rachel's GGgranddaughter..my Ggrandmother was Victoria Winey, her son Sherman Arthur Garrison was my Grandfather..how much work has been done on this line? Family Groups sheets, etc..do the Winey's have any info on Victoria's first husband Orra Garrison and children? This has always been a deadend line for me..the Garrison's seem to disappear..any help would be greatly appreciated..am looking forward to hearing from you..Gail Wilcock in Nevada