Hi Kathy - I've had so many people help me out with my genealogy research over the past 25 years that I always try & pass that kindness on. I'll get the photos mailed off this week - I also found a picture of Hugo Hoffbauer in a Scott Co. Atlas, along with an ad for the Hoffbauer grocers in Buffalo. I'll copy and send those items along, too. Would you also like the plat maps for Buffalo town & Buffalo township? Regards - Lynnea

Last part of Chapter 18. COUNTY COURT. In 1851 county courts were established and the office of county judge created.  By the same act the office of probate judge was abolished, as were also the offices of county commissioners, the duties of the commissioners and probate judge devolving upon the county judge.  William Burris was the first county judge.  He was elected in the fall of 1851, qualified and at once entered upon the discharge of his duties.  Judge Burris served four years, and was succeeded by William L. Cook, who also served a term of two years.  Charles Weston was elected in 1857 and served two years.  R. Linderman was first elected in 1859 and re-relected in 1863.  In 1867 he was succeeded by T. D. Eagal, who served until the office was abolished, January, 1869. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

PROBATE COURTS. A probate court was established in Scott county at the time of its organization and Jonathan W. Parker was the first judge of probate, receiving his appointment from the governor of Wisconsin territory of which it formed a part.  He served about one year and was succeeded by Ebenezer Cook.  The first term of the court under Judge Parker was held May 14, 1838.  The first business transacted was the filing probating the will of Abraham Trucks, who died in Davenport a few months previous. In May, 1839, Judge Cook held his firm term.  He served until 1842 when James Thorington was elected.  Judge Thorington served until 1851, when the office was abolished by law, the duties of which under the new law devolved upon the county judge. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

CIRCUIT COURT. In 1868 circuit courts were created having jurisdiction in all common law cases together with probate jurisdiction.  The circuit comprised the same counties composing the district court - Scott, muscatine, Clinton and Jackson.  Henry H. Benson, then of Muscatine, but later of Scott, was the first circuit judge in this circuit, being elected in the fall of 1868 and beginning the discharge of his duties in January, 1869. D. W. Ellis succeeded Judge Benson January, 1873, and was reelected in 1876.  In 1878 the district was divided into two circuits, Clinton and Jackson, comprising the first circuit, and Scott and Muscatine the second circuit.  Mr. Ellis, living in Clinton county, was continued as judge of the first circuit of the seventh judicial district; D. C. Rickman was elected for the second circuit.  Following him came Nathaniel French, of Davenport, who served from 1883 until 1886, shortly after which the court was abolished. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

Chapter 18 cont. NOTHING CAME OF IT. "Right diligently have we searched the old papers of the court in quest of the 'reasons by him filed,' but all in vain.  Of course the record books show nothing of the stir that the motion made in court.  But what naturally would be the rusult of such a high-handed attempt to forever wipe the then infant metropolis of the state out of existence, and by the removal of the court condemn it to everlasting odium and disgrace, may be easily imagined.  It was not enough that Judge Irwin, of the United States district court, had turned his back on the infant city, because of the unexampled nastiness and discomfort of the local tavern, and opened court in Rockingham, that he might fare sumptuously every day at the more magnificently kept caravansary of Henry W. Higgins; it was not enough that the legislative triumvirate of the county had hoisted its flag at the doomed village, utterly refusing to acknowledge Davenport, save as a neighboring dependency; all this humiliation was not enough; but this belligerent gentleman, then as now the farmer-lawyer, must rise in his place and in a loud voice, a motion make that this court adjourn to Rockingham!  The only reason that can be assigned for this willful attempt at urbicide is found in the fact that Mr. Grant's farm was two miles nearer Rockingham than Davenport, and consequently if his motion prevailed he would have a full hour more in each day of the session in milking his cows and hoeing his bean patch. "But the motion didn't prevail, and Davenport was saved from the very brink of everlasting disgrace!  The friends of Davenport arose in their might.  It is not necessary to say that the pure-minded judge was in any way influenced, for judges never are; nor yet will it suffice for the Rockinghamers to say that he was a Dubuque man, and in all matters between Davenport and Rockingham, Dubuque sided with the former.  We will say nothing about the reason for the refusal to grant the motion, but simply to reproduce the words of the court as recorded in the court record:  'The application to remove the district court of the United States in and for Scott county from Davenport to Rockingham.  For that it seems to the court that the subject matter of this motion does not come before the court in the proper form; it is therefore considered by this court that the relators take nothing by their motion, and that the same be overruled.' "It is needless here to depict the chagrin that mantled the expectant Rockinghamers, or the exultant joy that thrilled the Davenport heart, as the decision fell from the lips of this noble Daniel of the law.  The town rang out with rejoicing, and an old settler informs us that some of the 'boys' didn't get well over the excitement for as much as a day or two, so intense was their enthusiasm.  The district court never adjourned to Rockingham.  Mr. Grant took the case up to the higher tribunals, but while it was stewing in the court the pluck of the good people of Rockingham gave out; they abandoned the idea of making it the county seat, withdrew all proposals to the county commissioners to build a courthouse and jail at their own expense, and so the matter of removal ended forever." Hon. Thomas S. Wilson, the second judge of the district, was identified with the interests of Iowa before it became a state.  While it was a territory he was appointed one of its judges; and there are persons now living who recollect him, with his boyish look, sitting on the bench about forty years ago.  His history presents points of no inconsiderable interest. On the admission of Iowa into the Union, and under its first constitution, Scott county formed a part of the second district, together with the counties of Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson, Jones and Muscatine.  In 1847 Allamakee and Winneshiek were added to the district, and in 1851 Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler and Grundy. James Grant, of Scott county, was the first judge of the district, and was elected April 5, 1847, and commissioned April 27th.  Thomas S. Wilson, of Dubuque, who served for several years as territorial judge, a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work, succeeded Judge Grant.  He was elected April 5, 1852, and served until legislated out of office the following year. On the 9th of February, 1853, a new district was formed named the eighth, composed of the counties of Scott, Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones and Muscatine.  William E. Leffingwell, of Clinton county, was elected April 4, 1853, judge of this new district.  He subsequently resigned and John B. Booth, of Jackson county, was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy, and qualified April 15, 1854.  He served until the election of his successor, William H. Tuthill, of Cedar county, who was elected in April and qualified May 3, 1855. In accordance with article V of the constitution of 1857, eleven new districts were created and Scott, Clinton, Jackson and Muscatine comprised the seventh judicial district. John F. Dillon, of Scott county, was elected judge of this district, October 12, 1858, and re-elected October 15, 1862.  He subsequently resigned, his resignation to take effect December 25, 1863, having been elected judge of the supreme court.  J. Scott Richman succeeded Judge Dillon, having been appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy, October 27, 1863.  Next Judge W. F. Brannan, of Muscatine county, succeeded Judge Dillon and served until 1875.  Walter I. Hayes, of Clinton county, succeeded Judge Brannan, and the present judge is James W. Bollinger, of Davenport. However great the volume of business now before the district court, there have been times in the history of the county when little was done.  In April, 1846, the court met and adjourned the same day, there being only one case on the common law docket, and none on the criminal.  In September, 1847, the Gazette, under date of the 9th, said: "The district court adjourned last Tuesday for want of business, it having been organized the day previously.  When we take into consideration that on account of the sickness of Judge Wilson we had no court last term, this speaks well for the peaceful character of Scott county." The clerk of the district court in his annual report, November 1, 1848, says: "I have the pleasure to report that there has been no conviction for crimes or misdemeanors since my last annual report in said court, and would add further, that there have been but five indictments in all found for the past year.  James Thorington, clerk." These five indictments proved to be, two malicious, two abandoned by the prosecuting attorney, and the other party was acquitted without the jury leaving the box.  But the business of the court has increased since that day, and the criminal record has grown, though taking its population and other circumstances into consideration, Scott county will favorably compare with any county in the state. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

Daily Davenport Democrat Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 19, 1870 Scalped in cold Blood Fifteenth Amendment Jerked Baldheaded A cold blooded affair occurred last night in one of our conspicuous stores which well illustrates ""Man's inhumanity to man." The common charities and amenities of life have been forgotten in an attack upon the tender feelings of a man and brother which have been lacerated in a cruel manner. The tune of this distressing melody waileth as follows: A colored man named Henry Williams, entered a well known boot and shoe store on Second Street, at half past seven last evening, and intimated that he wanted a pair of shoes.- While scrutinizing the goods the clerk observed Henry slyly put a pair of shoes under his coat, and after saying the style didn't suit, made for the door. The proprietor caught him by the collar, but he broke away and ran, when somebody made a grab for , and reached him in the crown of his manly beauty, the hair. Now this head of hair should have before been described. The wool, instead of being allowed to flow loose and unconfined, was braided into some twelve or fifteen tails, after the high Chinese fashion, and allowed to hang about his brow. This was the lace where the profane hand of opposition dared to transgress. This was the crowning shame of the diabolical deed. With a terrific yank the trespasser jerked one of these tails sheer from the head of the devoted Henry, and held it aloft as an implied trophy of victory. Slow music for the wounded man. The police had him in charge, and he was sadly led away to "Squire Peters, who fined him $22 and costs. Another robbery was found against him, and it came to light that he was a tough case generally, and was sent up to work out his won redemption at the stone yard. His punishment by the court was just, but this fiendish outrage on the finer feelings of a man and brother, is not to be tolerated. Let us have no more such pieces. District Court. In the case State vs. Charles Smith, Ed Simson and Wm. Fowler, the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. The value of goods stolen was shown to be $100. Prisoners remanded to await sentence. These are three young men in their prime. Bad company and worse habits have brought them into serious difficulty. Cases of State vs James Gartland-one for Mischief, another for Assault, and one for uttering forged check. Plea of guilty as to first and second charges. Fine of $100 each and cost, and committed till paid. Found guilty on third charge; motion for new trial. State vs David Davis, Defendant charged with stealing goods from the store of Lenonard Biller. Plead guilty and was fined $100 and costs. Remanded to jail until paid. State vs Fred Trefts. Three indictments for passing counterfeit money. Discharged as to the first and second, without trial. Jury in third charge to-day returned a verdict of not guilty. This was the case growing out of the alleged misdemeanors of Shannon and Trefts, butchers. Shannon made good his escape. No sufficient evidence was found to implicte Trefts in the crime. Young Shannon, who was also mixed up in the offense, was likewise discharged, there being no evidence against him. State vs Wm Babe. Defendant was implicated in the Kelly mule stealing affair, and imprisoned on charge of vagrancy. His mother, who resides in Illinois, came for him and took him away. It is to be hoped that she will keep him away. March 21, 1870 Police Court.The notorious Floreta Collars was arrested and brought before Justice Peters today, for being found in a beastly state of intoxication. She was fined one dollar and costs and sent to jail in default of payment. She is the mother of the two depraved young girls who were arrested for being common street walkers a day of two since. A more utterly depraved family has not come under the cognizance of the police force for many years. March 22, 1870 Police Court. One William Pillings was arrested for assault and battery, and brought up before Justice Dowd, where he was fined $10 and costs which he paid and departed to his tent. James Daley arrested for intoxication and arraigned before Justice Peters, was assessed $5.55 and departed to join the assembly of the elect at Schnitger's stoneyard. Tocor Boy. A lad named Bruehn, it will be remembered was arrested for burglary about a week ago, and sent to jail. He is only 15 years old, but outranks any other youngster of that age in hardness that can be found in the city. He was brought into court this morning and examined. If his father does not take him in hand, and endeavor to correct his bad habits, the youth will be sent to the reform school where he will be forced to behave himself. Circuit Court. The case of Schroder vs Siberlin, suit for payment of wages resulted in verdict for plaintiff, for $45.75. Several default cases were disposed of. March 23,1870 Police Court. Quite a large concourse of inbibers put in an appearance today at Squire Peters. W Harvey had surrounded a large quantity of 'budge" and couldn't contain himself. He paid there for $5.55 and went up. After the same fashion was J. Barrett who had also pleaded at the bar until he was confused. He untied a like amount and retired sorrowful. Circuit Court. Case of Zimmerman and Diedrich vs. Paper; suit to recover certain mules which plaintiffs allege were got from there by an unfair trade. The case has occupied the attention of the court during all of today, no other business being transacted. March 24,1870 Circuit Court. The case of Zimmerman and Dietrich vs. Paper was decided yesterday evening in favor of the defendant. The attention of the Court was taken up today with the case of Hoyer vs. Jacobsen. It appears that Jacobsen was acting as agent for a piece of land. He was instruced to sell it for $100. He sold it for $25 and reported that he had acted according to original orders. Nothing else was done today. March 29, 1870 Circuit Court. Schocker vs Wiese suit to recover damages sustained by collision of teams on the highway. Two farmers ran into one another ,and one horse was damaged rather severely. March 30, 1870 Circuit Court. The case of Schoker vs. Wiese was given to the jury yesterday and a verdict was returned last evening of $50 for the defendant. Case of E.M. Dodge vs John Miller alledged fraud in the matter of certain patent rights. Decided in favor of plaintiff. Sally vs Crooks. Suit on promissory note. In progress this afternoon. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

The Daily Gazette City of Davenport August 29, 1862 LIST of Persons Subject to DRAFT! In Davenport City and Township First Ward Continued Jansen, August Johnson, Washington H.-2d Janfsen, Detlef Junge, Claus Jehring, John Josinger, George Jenssen, Ch. N. Josinger, Henry Jager, Jurgen Japp, Henrich Jetter, John Jacobsen, Peter N. Jennings, Edward Janssen Herman Jurgens, Chr. Kuhn, Joseph Jacobs, Fredrick Jacobsen, Jacob Jennings, John Jacobsen, Friedrich Johnson, Washington H. 1st Kruse, Fritz Koenig, Heinrich Koop, John Kniphals, Henrich Knudsen, Heinrich Kann, Fritz Kelly, Patrick Kulper, Fritz Koht, John Kaar, William Kelly, Jmaes Kulper, Chr. Kusel, Chr. Kuhn, Joseph Koester, Barnhard Clemence Kurtum, Claus Koos, Peter Klindt, Claus Klingenberg, Heinrich Kistenmacher, August Krause, John Kennedy, Patrick Koehn, Friedrich Kennedy, Michael Kayner, Erhard Kowath, Francis Kurz, Franz Ignazi Krelly, Fritz Kellerstrass, Hans Kiel, Wilhelm Kessler, Frank Kahl, Ernst Kessler, John R. Kramer, Fritz Klindt, Peter Kupper, William Kahl, Johann Koep, Chr. Kahl, Claus Koch, John George Kursmann Kops, Johann Kort, Thomas Klindt, Henrich Kelley, Patrick Kroeger, Fritz Kiebach, Friedrich Kieffer, Peter Kurt, Charles Kimball, John W. Keho, Michael Krohn, Johannes Krebs, Conrad Kane, James Kahl, Hans Henrich Keker, Badenhall Kulper, Henrich Kohn, Ernst Krohnig, Joachim Kuhl, Joachim Kamp, Wilhelm Kelley, Patrick Kneppel, Henrich Kuhn, Ernst ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

The Daily Gazette City of Davenport Friday Morning June 13, 1862 Local Matters Arm Broken.-Mr. Nathaniel Squires, while trying to stop a runaway horse Wednesday evening, in East Davenport, had his right arm broken. He was properly cared for. A Call.-We were favored with a call yesterday, in our absence, from Mr. Upham, the "local" of Muscatine Journal, who came up with the excursionists on the Ad Hine. Come again, friend Upham, and stay a little longer, and we'll try to be on hand. Excursion to Muscatine.-Thirty of forty couples of young people went to Muscatine, on the Ad Hine, on Wednesday evening to enjoy the delightful moonlight, see the eclipse, and to have a good sociable time. They had a very pleasant time, and returned yesterday morning at an early hour. Off for the Army.-Lieutenant Benton, Co. B, 8th regiment, left for Gen Halleck's army on Wednesday. Lt. Byng, of Co. C, 2d regiment, left yesterday. Both of these officers have recovered their health, and are now ready to resume active service. Capt. Egbert, Co. C, 2d cavalry, and Mr. Wm. H. H. Sutliff, of Co. C, 2d Infantry, will leave today for the army. Personal.-We had a call yesterday from Mr. James Donnell, formerly of the LeClaire and DeWitt Journal, and more recently of this city. He informs us that he has been in Uncle Sam's service since leaving here, being a private in the 1st Michigan regiment, in the three month's term, and subsequently captain in the same regiment. He has since left the army and is now on his way to Burlington, looking for a location. The 8th Iowa Prisoners.-Letters were received here night before last, form Messrs. Orlando B. Finke and Matthew Hender, soldiers of the 8th regiment, recently released from confinement by the secesh, and now at Nashville. They tell of having endured much hardship since their capture. They were taken to Memphis, thence to Tuscaloosa, Selins, Milledgeville, and other places. Their treatment generally was pretty rough, but they give no details. They were released upon taking an oath not to take up arms against the South till legitimately exchanged. They are, however, still prisoners, and are confined at Nashville, and will remain so till exchanged. But, as Mr. Finke says, they would rather be Uncle Sam's prisoners than in the hands of the amiable secesh. They anticipate, when exchanged, a short furlough, so that they may see their friends before re-entering the service. They expect to leave for St. Louis soon. Mr. Hender says that before the regiment was surrounded and taken, they had made four successful charges on the enemy. They were told, after their capture, that an Alabama regiment, which had attempted to take the battery which the 8th had the care of, had only eighteen men uninjured at the close of the day. All of Co. B (Capt. Cleaveland) are released. Mr. Wm. Platts, who was wounded at Shiloh and taken prisoner, is among the released, and is entirely recovered. Penniless Soldier.-We were called upon early yesterday by a wounded soldier for money to assist him in reaching Dubuque, where he said his parents resided. He showed us a furlough stating his name to be John Kinney, a private in the 16th U.S. Infantry. We do not suppose that any of our best officers would refuse him deck passage to Dubuque and so told him. His reply was that he didn't like to ask them! We suggested to him that that would be less objectionable than going around the streets begging pittances to help him along. He coincided in the suggestion and concluded to try it. Imposters in soldier's garb will be very common for some time to come, and as this is a central point measures should be adopted to send home the genuine defenders of our country who reach here penniless, unable to prosecute their journey for want of means. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

The following files have just been added to the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project Pages at http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm Conclusion of St. Joseph's Baptismal Index 1872-1921 Surnames "T-Z" http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/stjoesttoz.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/stjoesw.htm Index to WWI Soldier's Discharge Records Film #1675148- Surnames "B", "W", "Y" http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ww1dischindex.htm 1900 Davenport Times Directory Surnames Maack-Metsalfe http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1900mdir.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Elaine Rathmann: Bios from Vol 2 History of Davenport and Scott County" by Harry E. Downer - S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1910.htm Isaiah Calvin Yocum, Hugo G. Schaeffer, Herman H Frye, Henry Sindt, John H Mohr, Jacob Hugh Harrison, Captain H.B. Doolittle, Captain De Forrest Dorrance, Caspar Fries, Robert Krause, Frank J Schebler, Charles L Schiele, Allen R Boudinot, Emil N.J. Geisler, David J Clapp Civil War Era Newspaper Items May 21, 1862-June 12, 1862 http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/cwnewsitems1862pg2.htm Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Dear Lynnea: How Wonderfully Sweet of you!! Thank You so much for thinking of me and taking the pictures!! I was so surprised when I saw your letter in IASCOTT. I read all of the IASCOTT releases daily and I enjoy them so much!! The girls do the best job and in my searches I have never found such dedication in recording all of the history of an area! I am: Kathy Price 6933 Trovita Way Citrus Heights, Ca. 95610 Thank You Lynnea so very very much!! With Love, Kathy

Hi Kathy - Yes, you are the one!!! A few weeks ago I went out to do some grave house-keeping. I had my camera with me, and when I saw the Hoffbauer plot I snapped off a few photos for you. If you'll e-mail me your postal address, I'll get these sent off to you. Lynnea LDickin628@aol.com

The Daily Gazette City of Davenport August 29, 1862 LIST of Persons Subject to DRAFT! In Davenport City and Township First Ward Continued Goldner, John Gerstein, Tom Geiger, Bernhard Glaspell, Bartou Geigor, Fritz Goldes, A. B. Gaehler, Ch. Goosberry Gabathuler, Matthias Gardient, Jacob Grapengeter, Fritz Goldfridrich, Moritz Graves, Dennis, M. Giesler, Anton Grimm, Joachim Fridrich Gray, John Goos, Henrich Gottschalk, Charles Gottsch, Claus Henrich Groth, Caston Grotegut, Fritz Garwey, John Gogh, Wilhelm Garway, Michael Gerstein, Tim Garway, Symon Geerdts, Heinrich Gelken, Claus Grevesmald, Heinrich Gros, Henry Hargert, Claus Henrichs, Wilhelm Henning, Friedrick Heuermann, John Halk, Jens Hering, Theodore Hulbert, Ainhous Harler, Nicolaus Hoffman, Conrad Hickman, Amos Herrmann, Gearg Hilliker, John Hoeck, Claus, Henrich Hoffman, Henrich Hamann, Johann Heiden, Detlef Holub, Wenzel Helbe, Joseph Hamann, Heinrich Horsler, Heemich Hennisle, Patrick Hemos, Thomas J. Haegard, John Helden, Fredierich Hop, Joseph Houghton, James Huus, Hans Homes, Charles Heinz, Benuente Hartman, Hans Hanemann, Chr. Hoehn, John Harder, Hans C. Hunter, Roberts Hortsmann, Hans, Chr. Heinzmann, Mathias Heesch, Friedrich Hass, Kay Haase, Wilhelm Hirschel, Clemens Hagen, Heinrich Heesh, Asmus Hardt, Jacot Huesing, August Himrichs, Garhard Heinrich Hamann, Heinrich Hensler, George Hess, Michael Halstein, Arnold Hempel, Heinrich Hebing, Arnold Hansen, Friedrich Hasset, Patrick Hoffman, John C. Haslie, Fidelle Haase, Heinrich Inzce, Francis ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Index to WWI Soldier's Discharge Records Scott Co, Iowa (These are on film at the Davenport Public Library. Film #1675148) These papers are similar to the papers listed for my husband's grandfather, William Petersen Wm Petersen Enlistment http://www.rootsweb.com/~iascott/ww1petersenenlist.jpg Wm Petersen Discharge http://www.rootsweb.com/~iascott/ww1petersendisch.jpg W Wagner, Karl H Wailand, Julius M Waldorf, Elmo Waldorf, Olvin J Walker, Edward Willerab, Henry W Waln, Raymond Reeder Walteron, William Van Walters, Hubert L Ward, Paul J Ware, Ottis L Warner, Harold C Warren, Forrest George Watchenski, John Jacob Waters, William E Watson, Frederick Franklyn Watson, Mefron T Watson, Oscar W Weatherly, Frank A Weander, Axel O Weaver, Fred S Weaverling, Henry Weeks, George Edward Weigel, Arthur John Weilhemmes, Fred W Weinert, Franz A Weir, Seath G Weishert, Henry H Werskoff, Herman Adolph Welchman, Gilbert A Wells, Claude L Wells, Ben Weimer, Willie Weimer, John Wendland, Edwin H Wessell, Fred A West, Harold T Westboy, John B Wester, Joseph Westphal, Alfred H Westphal, Edwin H Weyant, Harry F Whalen, Arthur Bernard Whalen, Edward Raymond Whisler, Harold C Whistler, Harvey B White, Fred C Whitton, Elijah Knight Wicker, George H Wicks, Norman L Wiedenheft, Fritz Wiedrich, Jacob C Wiegand, Joseph Wiese, Lewis H Wiggers, Arthur W Wigglesworth, Charles Wiese, William A Wilbur, Floyd A Wilhelm, Raymond A Wilken, Arthur Wilken, Wilbur H Williams, Briton C Wilson, Elmer Spear Wilson, Clarence J Wilson, John H Wilson, Fred Cornelius Wilson, Russell L Wilson, William G Witt, Samuel Burton Winfield, Anselm Woehlk, John P Wohler, William J Wolf, Delmar F Wood, Emerson Woodruff, Elmer Woodyatt, Leonard E Wooten, Fred J Worley, George Raymond Wright, Charles H Wright, Fred Wright, Ira N Wustenberg, Raymond A Wulf, Karl K Wulf, ??? Wulf, Joseph C Wulf, Leo H Wulff, Waldo Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 22, 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. Meisner, Amolina F, wife Amelia druggist, 1115 w 3d r same Meisner, Otto, clk A F Meisner r 1115 w 3d Melbye, Anton T wife Julia polisher M E Nabstedt & Sons r 411 w 7th Melchert, Bert, tmstr r 1912 Gaines Melchert, Frank r 1912 Gaines Melchert, John wife Christina r 601 w 2d Melchert, Wm r 1912 Gaines Melchert, Wm A wife Mary L r 1618 Mitchell Mellwig, Charles J bkpr S W Pierce rms 217 w 4th Meloy, Rex John wife Sarah V pastor United Presb Ch r 402 e 15th Meltsen, Christ A wife Anna driver P O r 212 e 10th Meltesen, Miss Frances A stenog Washburn B C Co r 514 e 9th Meltesen, Peter wife Alice B clk Washburn H C Co r 514 e 9th Meltesen, Thomas clk Washburn H C Co r 514 e 9th Meltesen, Thomas P mach C R I & P r 514 e 9th Melville, Mrs. Martha E tchr SCh No 1 rms 422 e 15th Menard, Joseph R wife Amanda wks Arsenal r 1022 w 9th Mengel Brothers (Wm and Henry) meatmkt 401 Marquette Mengel, Fritz wife Eva meatmkt 602 w 4th r same Mengel, George wife Anna vice-pres Dav Malting Co 1223 w 2d r 902 Marquette Mengel, Henry wife Annie (Mengel Bros.) 401 Marquette r same Mengel, Miss Mary r 602 w 4th Mengel, Wm, wife Freda (mengel Bros) 401 Marquette r same Mengels, Herman barber 1406 w 7th r same Menger, George W wife Mollie brewer Ind Malting Co r 1938 w 4th Mennen, Henry (H E Mennen & Son) 329 e 3d r same Mennen, Henry E, wife Sophia (H E Mennen & Son) 329 e 3d r same Mennen H E & Son (H E and Henry) saloon 329 e 3d Mennig, John P, cigmkr F Haak r 1217 w 8th Mennig, Miss Mary E clk Boston Store r 1217 w 8th Mennig, Wm H wife Catherine cigmkr Raphael & Co r 1217 w 8th Mennig, Wm H wife Mary cigmkr W & B Go?tsch r 1514 w 7th Mentzen, August driver Gress Bros r 1413 Prairie Mentzen, Miss Elizabeth C r 1413 Prairie Mentzen, Henry P wks Metal Wheel Co r 1413 Prairie Mentzen, Miss Marie E r 1413 Prairie Mentzen, Peter wife Barbara wks Metal Wheel Co r 1413 Prairie Mentzen, Tony, wks Stearns Paint Co r 1413 Prairie Mentzen, Wm clk P J Paulsen r 1413 Prairie Mepham, George butcher r 1933 Eddy Mepham, Thomas wife Annie r 1932 Eddy Merchants & Mechanics' Loan Building & Savings Assn. P.W. McManus pres Joseph Ochs sec 126 Main Mercy Hospital Chapel, Rev L J Enright pastor, Marquette cor Gaston Mercy Hospital and Insane Asylum in charge of Sisters of Mercy, V Mother Aloysia superior Marquette cor Gaston Merick, John J wks Glucose Co r 1356 w 2d Merow, Adolph C wife Claudia switchman C R I & P r 802 LeClaire Merrifield, Miss Adelia dom 321 w 6th Merrigan, John lab bds 512 Harrison Merrill, Edward C wife Annie M cash C M & St P r 613 Perry Merrill, Norman r 710 e 14th Merriman, Perry A wife Nettie propr New Method Laundry r Moline, Ill. Merritt, Ellen wid J H r 315 w 12th Merritt, George M tel opr W U Tel Co r 315 w 12th Mersebach, Cecelia wid Wm dressmkr r 213 Ripley Mersebach, Miss Lillie C dressmkr r 213 Ripley Merton, Mrs Ida M r 310 Gaines Merz, August wife Ella dairy r w Locust nr limits Merz, Christina wid Michael r 1112 w 6th Merz, Fred, cigmkr F Haak r 1112 w 6th Mess, Emma wid Wm r 919 w 5th Mess, Herman lab r 1916 Rockingham rd Mess, Wm jeweler M E Nabstedt & Sons r 919 w 5th Messenger, Wm M (col) wife Eliza C driver r 118 e 5th Messer, Miss Emma dom 819 Brady Metsalfe, James lab bds 431 e 3d Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Thursday Morning June 12, 1862 Local Matters Death by Sun-Stroke.-A boy named James McGuire, about five years old, son of Mr. John McGuire, the blind man, living on the bluff, died a few days ago from sun-stroke, as is supposed, received last Friday afternoon. We understand the little fellow had been sun-struck before, which made him susceptible to similar attacks. Barometer.-Mr. Robert Christie has the agency of Scott county, for Woodruff's barometer, or improved weather indicator. It is the best instrument of the kind manufactured and is furnished at an unusually low price. Every farmer should be provided with one of these instruments, as it will tell him hours before a rain, when the sky is cloudless and not a sign in the heavens to indicate a change of weather, just how soon he may expect rain and thus enable him to be prepared to meet it. It well save its cost in a single season. A Small Contraband.-A citizen dropped into our sanctum yesterday, with a juvenile contraband of the male species, that he had picked up in a semi starved condition the evening before, and fed and lodged him. The little fellow was a refugee from Missouri, and our friend slyly said, talked just as though he had been reading the Gazette. What tempted a child, almost too young to know the difference between right and wrong, to flee from his home, we know not, but certainly he could not have been an admirer of the practical operations of slavery. Trinity Church.-From a sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Judd, at Trinity Church, we gather the following statistics: Number of families under the care of the rector 90, comprising 404 individuals, of whom 86 are under six years of age. Of the adults, 128 have been confirmed, most of whom are communicants. There are 148 children in the Sunday school, with 20 teachers, inclusive of officers. The communion alms during the last convention year amounted to $52.33; the parish distributing fund realized $203; $145 has been raised for the Sunday school and choir; and through the liberality of three individuals claims to the amount of $2,442.52 have been donated to the parish. Total of contributions $2, 842. 85, exclusive of pew rents, Sunday collections, and valuable gifts to the rector and his family. This exhibits a healthy condition of affairs in one of the oldest religious societies in the city. Died.-At Fort Haskins, Benton Co, Oregon, April 4th of typhoid pneumonia, Arthur C., aged 4 years and 28 days only son of H. and S. A. Carpenter, formerly of Blue Grass, Scott Co, Iowa. Dr. H. Carpenter.-This gentleman, so long a resident of Blue Grass, in this county, is now, as is known, a citizen of Oregon. In a recent letter to Dr. Tomson, of this city, he says he has visited the best portion of Oregon, and greater part of California, and his conclusion is, "There is no better country than Scott county." He would advise all who are doing well here not to go to the pacific coast to better their condition. Mechanics and laborers, however, do well there. The Doctor is acting assistant surgeon of the army, and is stationed at Fort Haskins, about eighty miles south-west of Portland. He is also physician for a tribe of Indians, numbering 2, 700 in all, who give him plenty to do, and pay him well. He recently extracted an arrow-head from the shoulder of an Indian, who had carried it three years. He sends it, under the care of Dr. Tomson, to the county medical society, with whom he expresses the hope of re-uniting. The death of Dr. C.'s only boy, noticed in another part of this paper, seems to have turned his thoughts more towards his old home, and we should not be surprised, from the tone of his letter to hear that he had concluded to return. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Captain H. B. Doolittle Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. To view the picture of H. B. Doolittle that accompanies this biography, please go to the main Scott county, Iowa page at: http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ and click on Pictures/ Documents section. Surnames: Doolittle, Twombly, Goodwin, Faulkner, Hibbetts, Highley, Murray, McMurray. Captain H. B. Doolittle, who was for a long period one of the postmen of Davenport, died in Marshalltown, Iowa, August 12, 1896, when he was fifty-six years of age. He had been a resident of Scott county since 1857, and took part in the great development of this section of Iowa. From the time of his advent until the outbreak of the Civil war he was a clerk in a crockery store in Davenport, but at the first call for troops which was sent through the country he enlisted in Company C, Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry. From the very first he was always in the thickest of the fight and with his regiment participated in many of the more important engagements. It was the battle of Fort Donelson, however, that left the strongest impress upon his memory. In that memorable struggle he held a position in the front rank of his regiment and when one of his comrades was struck with a Confederate bullet he seized the flag from him and was in the act of carrying it over the breastworks of th! e enemy when he, too, was wounded twice and had to be carried from the field of battle. Captain Thomas Twombly, who was beside him, thereupon seized the flag and carried it on. As soon as his wounds were healed he rejoined his company, of which he was now captain, and on more than one occasion distinguished himself for his bravery. He knew no fear in the face of duty. When the war was brought to a close Captain Doolittle returned to Davenport, where he secured a position as postman on the mail delivery force. For thirty years he was known to the citizens of this city until 1895, when he was compelled to give up his work. In his early manhood Captain Doolittle married Miss Rebecca Goodwin. Her father Hiram Goodwin, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, September 22, 1819, and was a son of James and Nancy (Faulkner) Goodwin. Early in the 40's he came to Scott county, locating upon a farm in Lincoln township, on which he lived until 1897. During that period, he also gained some experience as a pilot on the Mississippi river. When he came here the land he secured had not been cultivated so that he had to break it as well as prepare it for cultivation, and the buildings which adorned it in later years were the results of his own labors. The tract comprised one hundred and twenty-seven acres and from it Mr. Goodwin derived a handsome income that enabled him to give his family every comfort and start his children well in life. He was married June 14, 1842, to Miss Delilah Hibbetts, a native of Knox county, Pennsylvania, and they had nine children: Mrs. Emily Highley, Alonzo L., Mrs. Theodica Murray, ! Mrs. Melissa McMurray, Thomas, Theodore W., Rebecca, Hiram P. and Orville F. Unto Captain and Mrs. Doolittle was born one daughter, Gertrude A., who is living with her mother in Davenport. They are members of the Baptist church, to which the Captain also belonged, and fraternally he was identified with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Masonic order. In politics he was a republican. He was one of those men who lived quietly but in strict accordance with the highest principles of manhood and whose every act was marked by that nobility which springs from a large and broad mind. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Caspar Fries Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Fries, Bartmeier, Zweihoff, Conklin, Lock, Brumm, Sutton, Conklin, Harman, Fulcher, Ellinghouse. Among the business men whose years of well directed activity and enterprise have brought them success, enabling them now to live retired, is numbered Caspar Fries, and his record is an interesting one inasmuch as it is that of a self-made man who owes his success entirely to his own labors. As the architect of his fortunes he has builded wisely and well and has always enjoyed the full confidence and esteem of those with whom business and social relations have brought him in contact. Mr. Fries was born in Prussia, January 1, 1833, and is a son of Peter and Savilla Fries, who spent their entire lives in that land. The father was a blacksmith and wagon maker in Prussia and served for three years in the army. Spending his youthful days in his parents home, Caspar Fries attended the public schools of Prussia and afterward learned the trade of wagon making and blacksmithing under the direction of his father in the village of Bevengen. Comparison of the business opportunities of the new and the old world led him to the belief that he would more readily win success on the western side of the Atlantic and so he made preparations to leave his native country and in 1862 landed at New York. From the metropolis he proceeded direct to Buffalo, New York, where he remained for seven months, working for one month at his trade and then for six months as a farm hand. On the expiration of that period he removed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he was employed for three months, after which he went to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade, continuing in the employ of others for a year, after which he started in business on his own account on Fifteenth street, at the corner of Harrison, and there re! mained for four years. He then came to his present place at the corner of Locust and Harrison, intervening years. As a wagon maker and blacksmith he has done a good business. His workmanship has been characterized by thoroughness, his business dealings by honesty, and as the years have passed he has enjoyed a liberal patronage that enables him now in his later years to largely live retired. While in St. Louis Mr. Fries was married on the 28th of July, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Bartmeier, the wedding ceremony being performed by Father Liborius Zweihoff. Mrs. Fries was born in Prussia, November 20, 1843, a daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Bartmeier. She came to the United States with her mother in 1860, her father having previously crossed the Atlantic. They landed at New Orleans in October, 1861, and lived for a time in the south but afterward made their way northward to St. Louis. Subsequently they became residents of Davenport, where both Mr. and Mrs. Bartmeier continued to make their home until called to their final rest. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fries have been born eleven children: Elizabeth, the eldest, is the wife of John Conklin, of Davenport, and they have eight children-George, Caspar, Joseph, Eva, Antoinette, Leo, Bernice, and Bernard; Mary is the wife of Rufus Lock, of Arkansas, and they have one child, Bessie, Sophia is at home; John, who with his brothe! r Peter carries on their father's shop, married Anna Brumm and they have three children-Elsie, Raymond and Edward; Lucy is the wife of Charles Sutton of Davenport and they have one daughter, Lillian; Joseph, now of Chicago, married Loretta Conklin; Peter wedded Katherine Harman and they have five children-Dorothy, Harold, Lester, Helen and Lucile; Anthony, living in Davenport, married Mabel Fulcher and they have three children-Evelyn, Ruby and Althea; Theresa is the wife of George Ellinghouse, of Bellevue, Iowa, and they have one child, Margaret; Frederick and Theodore both died in childhood. Mr. Fries and his family are members of the German Catholic church. He is thoroughly a self-made man, for whatever of success he has achieved is attributable to his own efforts and he has won his prosperity by diligence, unremitting industry and honorable dealings. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Captain De Forrest Dorrance Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Dorrance, Clarke, Lancaster, Spinsby. Princeton numbers Captain De Forrest Dorrance as one of her representative and valued citizens. Throughout almost his entire business life he has given his attention to river navigation. He was born in Rock Island county, Illinois, October 5, 1843, and comes of an old New England family in both the paternal and maternal lines. His father, Pascal Dorrance, was a native of Rhode Island and died when his son De Forrest was a lad of only eleven years. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Betsey Clarke, was born in Massachusetts and passed to her final rest when the Captain was a youth of seventeen years. Two sons of the family were soldiers in the Civil war. As his name indicates Captain Dorrance is of Irish lineage. He acquired his education in the district schools and throughout his life has remained in the Mississippi valley. His proximity to the water made it a logical sequence that he should be interested in navigation and from his youth his life has been that of a mariner, covering a long service as pilot and as captain on the Mississippi. He has commanded a vessel since 1864 and now stands at the head of his calling. He has owned several steamboats on the river. There is in this locality no man more thoroughly versed upon marine affairs nor more widely or favorably known as a representative of shipping interests on the Mississippi. Captain Dorrance was married on Thanksgiving day, when twenty-four years of age to Miss Eliza Lancaster, a daughter of Henthorn Lancaster. Two children were born of his marriage: Hushel, who wedded Miss Lila Smith and has one child, named for his father; and Irene, who became the wife of Isaac Spinsby. They have eight children: D. F., Thelma, John, Court, George, Blanche, Ruth and Pauline. Captain Dorrance was for twenty years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows but does not keep up active connection with the lodge at the present time. In his political views he is an earnest republican but has never aspired to office. His time and attention have been fully given to his business affairs, and as the years have worn on he has gained a wide acquaintance and won the esteem of all with whom he has come in contact through his courtesy and business reliability. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Isaiah Calvin Yocum Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Yocum, Dopp, Logue, Pollock, Briceland. Isaiah Calvin Yocum, deceased, was at one time numbered among Scott county worthy and representative farmers. He was born August 21, 1845, of the marriage of William and Sarah (Dopp) Yocum. His birth occurred in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and he began his education in the public schools there, but when nine years of age accompanied his parents on their removal to the middle west. They settled upon the farm which is now the home of his widow. It was then all prairie land, wild and unimproved, which the father purchased from Mr. Stacey. After arriving in this county Isaiah C. Yocum continued his education in schools here and also attended a business college in Davenport. He then returned to the old homestead, where he carried on farming up to the time of his marriage, when he removed across the road, settling on another part of the farm. There he continued to reside until his death, which occurred December 4, 1902. He was always an energetic, enterprising farmer, carrying on his work diligently and persistently and meeting with that success which ever follows earnest effort. He was also one of the directors of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, and in addition to tilling his fields he dealt in stock and found that a profitable source of income. Mr. Yocum was first married in Davenport, January 20, 1869, to Miss Hannah C. Pollock, who died on the 30th of May 1871, and their only child, William James H., who was born in May, 1871, died on the 6th of the following August. On the 10th of February, 1875, Mr Yocum was married to Miss Martha Ellen Pollock, a sister of his first wife and a daughter of James and Mary (Logue) Pollock, the wedding being celebrated at Titusville, Pennsylvania. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Yocum were born four children, but the eldest, Eva, died in infancy. Sarah Alice, who is a graduate of the Davenport high school, was married August 25, 1909, to Hugo A. Briceland and they reside upon the farm with her mother. Mary E., a graduate of the Highland Park College of Des Moines, has taught in a number of schools in Scott county. Samuel Carey was a student in the high school at the time of his death. Both the son and father were suffocated in the Lincoln Hotel in Chicago, to which city they had gone to attend! a stock show. This double calamity was almost unbearable to the family, who were left to mourn the loss of husband and son, father and brother. Mr. Yocum had taken an active part in community affairs, had served as school director for fourteen years and was also treasurer of the school board and filled the office of justice of the peace. He held membership with the Ancient Order of Untied Workmen, with the Woodmen of the World and with the Legion of honor, and belonged to the Summit Presbyterian church, and its first meetings were held in the old Yocum home. His life was an upright and honorable one, in harmony with his professions and he left to his family an untarnished name. Mrs. Yocum still resides upon the old home farm of one hundred and sixteen acres of fine land in Lincoln township. She and her children are members of the Summit church and her daughters are very active and efficient workers in both the Sunday school and the church. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Robert Krause Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. To view the picture of Robert Krause that accompanies this biography, please go to the main Scott county, Iowa page at: http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ and click on Pictures/ Documents section. Surnames: Krause, Osthaus, Steinhelber, Karlowa, Best. The activities of today become the history of tomorrow, and thus it is that the name of Robert Krause is enrolled among those who have left their impress upon the annals of Davenport through the part which they have taken in developing the industrial, commercial and financial projects of the city. Progressive in business, his initiative spirit and constructive measures enable d him to establish one of Davenport's leading industries in founding and promoting the Krause Shirt Company. He came to be known, moreover, in financial circles as vie president of the Citizens Savings Bank, and he belonged to that class of men who have proven the value of the German element in our American citizenship. He was born in Walkenreid, in the province of Brunswick, Germany November 13, 1834, a son of Conrad Behrend and Francisca (Osthaus) Krause. In the mind of the father the idea of establishing a home in America at length took firm hold. He was a man of culture and education and the belief! that the United States would present greater opportunities for his children led him to sever his association with the land of his birth and come with his family to the new world. Robert Krause was but fourteen years of age at the time of this change of residence. Landing in New York, they proceeded by way of Buffalo to Cleveland, Ohio, and afterward to Mansfield, Ohio, where they lived for about twelve years, and eventually came to Davenport. Robert Krause had begun his education in the schools of the fatherland and continued his studies in Ohio, at length becoming a pupil in Kenyon College, his course there completing his education. Early in life he manifested splendid commercial talent. He came to Davenport with his brother William and identified himself with the interest of the city, at length founding and promoting the Krause Shirt Company, which was and is one of Davenport's leading industries and was carried on by him with entire success. He was one of the promoters of the glucose industry here and later became a factor in financial circles as the vice president of the Citizens Bank, to which he gave the benefit of his services for thirty year! s. In fact, he was thoroughly identified with many business projects in this city and thus became one of its foremost builders. On New Year's day of 1860 Mr. Krause was united in marriage to Miss Louis Steinhelber, a daughter of Ezekiel and Wilhelmina Steinhelber, who became pioneer residents of this city and were of great assistance in advising and befriending many of the early German residents of Scott county. Mr. Steinhelber engaged in the real-estate business here, also conducted a hotel, was the owner of the first ice house and also of the first liver stable. Later he invested in farm lands until he became the owner of eight hundred acres in Scott county, upon which he spent the last thirty years of his life, save for a brief period of five and a half months which were passed in California for the benefit of his health. He was practically empty handed when he came to the United States but his carefully directed business efforts and wise investments brought him substantial success, making him one of the men of affluence of the county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Krause were born two daughters. Emelia V. is the deceased wife of Paul Karlowa, by whom she had three children, namely: Robert Krause, Carolyn and Clara. The second daughter, Clara L., is the wife of L. P. Best, of Davenport, and has two children, Louis Phillip and Gretchen. The death of Mr. Krause occurred July 5, 1900. Mrs. Krause still survives and resides at No. 527 West Eighth street. He was a man of genial nature, and though he preferred a home life to clubs and social organizations, he was nevertheless a valued and interested member of the Turner Society and also of the Schuetzen Verein. Long a resident of Davenport, all who knew him recognized the soundness of his business principles and the value of his activities as factors in the upbuilding of the city. Well descended and well bred, he manifested throughout his life those sterling traits of character which in every land and clime awaken confidence and regard. While he attained a prominent position in commercial and industrial circles, the most envious could not grudge him his success, so worthily was it won and so honorably used. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES