John F. Dillon was born in Montogmery county, New York, December 25, 1831.  His parents removed to Davenport in 1838, then a frontier village in the new territory of Iowa.  Here the son was educated in the common schools and when seventeen began the study of medicine with Dr. E. S. Barrows.  He attended medical lectures at the Keokuk Medical College but finally concluded to study law.  He entered the office of John P. Cook and pursued his legal studies until admitted to the bar in 1852.  Soon after he was elected prosecuting attorney and rose rapidly in the profession until, in 1858, he was elected judge of the seventh district.  He served with distinction for years and in 1863 was nominated by the republican state convention for judge of the supreme court.  He was elected and in 1868 became chief justice.  In 1869 he was re-elected for six years but before qualifying was appointed by President Grant United States circuit judge for the eighth circuit, consisting of the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Colorado.  In 1869 he was made lecturer on legal jurisprudence in the State University of Iowa.  He was the founder and editor of the Central Law Journal and author of a "Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Iowa," as well as five volumes of United States Circuit Court Reports from 1871 to 1880.  In 1879 he resigned the circuit judgeship (a life appointment) and removed to New York City where he had been chosen professor of real estate and equity jurisprudence of the law department of Comumbia College.  In 1891-2 he was lecturer on municipal law in Yale College.  In 1892 he was chosen president of the American Bar Association.  He has long had charge of the legal business of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company.  He has found time to continue his law writing as the author of a "Commentary on the Law of Municipal Corporations," published in 1872, which has run through four editions; "Removal of Causes from State Courts to Federal Courts," published in 1875, which has passed through three editions; "Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America," being a series of lectures delivered before Yale University, published in Boston in 1895.  Judge Dillon's works have had a large sale in England as well as in America, some editions having been published in London.  In this country they were from the first recognized as standard legal authority.  He is the author of many pamphlets on, legal and historical affairs, and one of the most elegant memorial volumes that has appeared in this country, in memory of his wife and daughter who where lost at sea in July, 1898.  His wife was the accomplished daughter of Hon. Hiram Price, long member of congress from the second Iowa district.  From a boyhood of poverty and obscurity, but endowed with remarkable intellectual powers and untiring energy, John F. Dillon has by force of character, during a life of continuous work, reached the summit of the American bar. 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

Below describes the easement from Mrs. Staffelbach to the county to build a road. This road is before the old cement Co just before you come into Buffalo, Iowa. Surnames: Staffelbach (Last Will and Testament) No. 30. Josephine Staffelbach, ack. ) EASEMENT and signs Josephine B. ) (For reference) Staffelbach ) Dated November 20, 1924 ) Ack'd November 20, 1924 to ) Filed November 21, 1924 ) Book 75 Ld. D. page 532 Scott County, Iowa ) Conveys "for road purposes and for use as a Public Highway, the following described premises situated in the County of Scott, State of Iowa, to-wit: "A strip of land 100 feet wide, lying adjacent to and northerly of the north side of way line of C.R.I & P.R.R. Beginning at the East line of N. & S. Township Road located on the West line of Section 18, T. 77 N. R. 3 E.; thence running easterly 639 feet more or less. Also a strip of land 100 feet wide, lying adjacent to and northerly of hte north right of way line of C.R.I. & P.R.R. Beginning on the N. & S. 1/4 line of said Section 18 thence running westerly 1249 feet more or less. Above described tracts containing 4.34 acres more or less. For road purposes." No. 31. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA IN AND FOR SCOTT COUNTY In the Matter of the Last Will ) and Testament ) ) of ) Probate No. 19520 ) Josephine B. Staffelbach ) April 2, 1943. Verified petition of LeRoy Staffelbach for probate of Will filed. Same states that Josephine B. Staffelbach died a resident of Scott County, Iowa, on November 12, 1942, and left an instrument purporting to be her Last Will, dated February 21, 1931, and left the following as her only heirs at law: Hazel Staffelbach, daughter, LeRoy Staffelbach, son, Earl Staffelbach, son, all of legal age, and states that the deceased died a widow. Prays that the Court fix a day for hearing of the matter of probate of said instrument and direct personal service of notice of such hearing. April 2, 1943. Ordered by the Court that April 8, 1943 at 9 o'clock A.M. in siad Court be fixed as the time of hearing of the probate of said instrument; that notice be given by personal service to the heirs at law mentioned in the petition, at least two days before the time of hearing. April 2, 1943. Notice of probate, setting forth time and place of hearing of probate od said instrument in accordance with foregoing order, filed. Endorsed thereon is the following: We the undersigned, hereby accept due and legal personal service of the foregoing notice, with copy thereof, at Davenport, Iowa, this 2nd day of April, 1943, and certify that we are the daughter and two sons of said deceased, and we hereby consent and request that the aforesaid instrument dated February 21, 1931, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Josephine B. Staffelbach be admitted to probate. Signed LeRoy Staffelbach Hazel Staffelbach Earl Staffelbach April 8, 1943. Ordered by the Court that said Will be admitted to probate and that Hazel Staffelbach, LeRoy Staffelbach and Earl Staffelbach, named in the Will as such, be appointed fExecutors without bond and that they give notice of their appointment by posting at three public places in Scott County, Iowa, one of which shall be at the Court House. WILL Item I. Bequeaths personal property to Hazel Staffelbach. Item II. Directs payment of debts. Item III. All the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate, of whatever kind and nature, and wherever situated, whether the same be real, personal or mixed, I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved children, Hazel Staffelbach, of Davenport, Iowa; LeRoy Staffelbach of Chicago, Illinois; and Earl Staffelbach of Chicago, Illinois, share and share alike, to have and to hold the same unto them and to their heirs and assigns, absolutely and forever. Item IV. I hereby make, constitute and appoint my said children, Hazel Staffelbach, LeRoy Staffelbach and Earl Staffelbach, Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, and I exempt them from the necessity of giving bond for the execution of the same. Dated February 21, 1931. Signed Josephine B. Staffelbach Two witnesses. April 8, 1943. Executors' oath filed and Letters issued to Hazel Staffelbach, LeRoy Staffelbach and Earl Staffelbach. April 8, 1943. Proof of posting notice of appointment of Executors, filed. Same shows posting on April 8, 1943, at three public places in Scott County, Iowa, one of which was at the front of the Court House. April 17, 1943. Claim of Treasurer of Scott County, Iowa, for an unstated amount, filed. July 19, 1943. Probate Inventory, Report of Beneficiaries and Description of Real Estate, filed. Beneficiaries: Hazel Staffelbach, LeRoy Staffelbach, Earl Staffelbach, all of legal age. Same sets forth that deceased died a widow, also no children born after execution of Will. Description of real estate: All that part of the S. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 18 and that part of the N. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 19, all in Township 77 North, Range 3 East of the 5th P.M. in Scott County, Iowa, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of the road 5.90 chains South of the North East corner of the S. W. 1/4 of said Section 18, Township and Range aforesaid, thence South 62' West along the center of the road aforesaid 19.01 chains, thence South 29.06 chains to the Mississippi River, thence Northeasterly along the meanders of said river to a point where the East line of said S.W. 1/4 of Section 18, Township and Range aforesaid, intersects said river, thence North 29.10 chains to the place of beginning, containing 47 acres, more or less, and other lands. Total value of estate $26,436.83. July 26, 1943. Application for Relief from Appraisement for Inheritance Tax Purposes, filed. Same sets forth identically the sme beneficiaries, the same description of real estate and the same total value of estate as set forth in Probate Inventory. Endorsed thereon under date of July 23, 1943, is the consent of the State Tax Commission of the State of Iowa, consenting to the relief of this estate from appraisement for inheritance tax purposes. Also endorsed thereon under date of July 26, 1943 is an order of the Deistrct Court of Scott County, Iowa, ordering this estate relieved from appraisement for inheritance tax purposes and decreeing that the transfer of the assets of said estate to the persons entitled thereto is exempt from the imposition of an inheritance tax. July 25, 1944. Certificate of State Tax Commission, Income Tax Division, State of Iowa, certifying that no State Income Tax is due in said estate, filed. July 25, 1944. Executors' final report filed. Same states that deceased left as her only heirs at law and as the only beneficiaries under her Will the following children: Hazel Staffelbach, LeRoy Staffelbach and Earl Staffelbach, all of age, and that deceased died a widow and had no children born after the execution of her Will. That more than six months expired since they gave notice of their appointment as Executors; that the funeral expenses and expenses of last sickness have been paid and that said estate is not subject to Federal Estate Tax, Iowa Estate Tax and that there is no Income Tax due or unpaid the State of Iowa and that all claims against said estate have been paid. Prays that final report be approved, Executors discharged and estate closed. Attached is certificate of Treasurer of Scott County, Iowa, certifying that all personal taxes due and to become due from said estate have been fully paid. July 25, 1944. Order prescribing notice of final report, filed. Same fixes August 1, 1944 at 9 o'clock A.M. in said court as time and place of hearing on final report and orders that notice be given by posting at the front door of the Court House in Davenport, Iowa, at least five days before time of hearing. July 25, 1944. Proof of posting notice of final report, filed. Same shows posting in Scott County, Iowa, at the front door of the Court House on July 25, 1944. August 1, 1944. Final report approved, Executors discharged and estate fully and finally closed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

Charles Weston early came to the county and purchased a farm, but also engaged in the practice of the law.  In 1857 he was elected county judge and served two years.  He was born in May, 1811, in Washington county, New York.  He was the youngest son of Hon. Roswell Weston, judge of the court of common pleas.  He graduated at an early age from the Rensselaer Institute of Troy, and in 1832 commenced reading law under his father and General Orville Clark, who were then in partnership.  He remained with them some two years and then transferred his studies to the office of Hon. Esec Cowen, who was afterward one of the justices of the supreme court of this 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

Surnames: Voss Daufman Staffelbach/Last Will and Testament included ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No. 28. The German Savings Bank of ) SATISFACTION Davenport, Iowa, by Chas. N. ) Cons. Full payment Voss, President and Ed. ) Dated January 3, 1910 Kaufman, Cashier - corporate ) Ack'd January 3, 1910 seal affixed ) Filed January 4, 1910 ) Book "G" R. & A. page 610 to ) ) George T. Staffelbach and wife ) Acknowledges satisfaction of mortgage recorded in Book 44 of Land Mortgages, page 29 in the office of Recorder of Scott County, Iowa. Acknowledgment recites that said instrument was executed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation. No. 29. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA IN AND FOR SCOTT COUNTY In the Matter of the Last ) Will and Testament ) ) of ) Probate No. 10666 ) George T. Staffelbach, ) Deceased ) December 5, 1921. Proof of death filed. Same states that George T. Saffelbach died a resident of Scott County, Iowa, on November 30, 1921. December 5, 1921. Will filed, opened and publicly read. WILL. 1. Directs payment of debts, etc. 2. "I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Josephine B. Staffelbach, all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property, real, personal and mixed, of whatsoever kind and nature, and wherever situated, to have and to hold the same unto her and to her heirs and assigns, absolutely and forever. 3. "I hereby make, constitute and appoint my said wife, Josephine B. Staffelbach, sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, and I exempt her from the necessity of giving bond for the execution of the same." Signed George T. Saffelbach Three Witnesses. Dated May 31, 1921. December 5, 1921. Ordered by the Court that the matter of probate of said Will be heard January 2, 1922 at 9 o'clock A. M. in said Court and that notice be given by publication in the Daily Times, once a week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be at least ten days prior to the time of hearing. December 24, 1921. Proof of publication of notice of probate filed. Same shows publication in the Daily Times on December 6, 13, 20, 1921, as ordered. January 3, 1922. Order admitting Will to probate, filed and Josephine B. Staffelbach named in the Will as Executrix, appointed as such, without bond and directed to give notice of her appointment by posting at three public places in Scott County, Iowa, one of which was to be at the Court House. January 9, 1922. Executrix' oath filed. January 9, 1922. Letters issued to Josephine B. Staffelbach. January 9, 1922. Proof of posting notice of appointment as Executrix, filed. Same shows posting on January 9, 1922, in three public places in Scott County, Iowa, one of which was at the Court House door. January 9, 1922. List of heirs and description of real estate, filed. Heirs: Josephine B. Staffelbach, widow; Earl T. Staffelbach, LeRoy N. Staffelbach and Hazel R. Staffelbach, children, all of legal age. Real Estate: All that part of the S. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 18, and that part of the N. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 19 all in Township 77 North, Range 3 East of the 5th P.M., in Scott County, Iowa, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of the road 5.90 chains South of the N.E. corner of the S.W. 1/4 of said Section 18, Township and Range aforesaid; thence South 62' West along the center of the road aforesaid 19.01 chains, thence South 29.06 chains to the Mississippi River, thence Northeasterly along the meanders of the said river to a point where the East line of the said S. W. 1/4 of Section 18, Township and Range aforesaid, intersects said river, thence North 29.10 chains to the place of beginning, containing 47 acres, more or less, and other lands. January 9, 1922. Preliminary Inheritance Tax Report filed. Same sets forth identically the same persons and the same description of real estate as set forth in List of Heirs and Description of Real Estate. July 27, 1922. Commission to Inheritance Tac appraisers, issued. August 15, 1922. Report of Appraisers, filed. Same fixes value of real estate at $20,000.00 and personal property at $156.35. February 19, 1923. Executrux' final report filed. Same states that said estate is not subject to an Ingeritance Tax to the State of Iowa; that more than one year has expired since Executrix gave notice of her appointment as such and that she has paid for funeral expenses, all expenses of last sickness of deceased and all debts of deceased and that no claims have been filed against said estate. That Petitioner, Josephine B. Staffelbach, who is the widow of said deceased, is sole devisee of all property of said deceased and is now in possession of same and as an individual, waives notice and consents to the discharge of Executrix and to the closing of said estate. Prays that final report as Executrix be approved; that she be discharged from any further duties as such and estate closed. February 19, 1923. Ordered by the Court that Executrix' report be and it is hereby approved and confirmed, Executrix discharged and estate closed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

John P. Cook was an able member of the Scott county bar.  He was a native of the state of New York, having been born in Whitestown, Oneida county, in August, 1817.  At the age of nineteen years he came to Davenport with his father and with him settled on the "Cook farm" within the present western boundary of this city.  At the age of twenty-one he entered the office of his brother, Ebenezer Cook, and in 1842 was admitted to the bar.  The same year he married Eliza A. Rowe, of Pleasant Valley, Scott county.  Prior to this he had lived a few years in Tipton, Cedar county, where he was admitted to the bar, and in 1851 returned to Davenport, where he lived to the day of his death.  Subsequent to his settling here he was elected to congress.  On the breaking up of the whig party he affiliated with the democratic party, the principles of which he labored earnestly to sustain and promulgate, even to the end of his days.  His life had been one great energy and industry.  He was by natural instinct a true western man - a wide awake and thoroughly active pioneer who never saw the time when he cold lay aside the business harness and who apparently neveer wanted to.  As a lawyer he had few superiors and was always a ready, able and alert advocate, and with these qualities were combined energy, tact and industry.  For many years, up to the time of his demise, no law firm in the northwest stood in higher repute than that broken by his death.  But a few months before this took place his brother, Hon. Ebenezer Cook, had been called to his last account and to John P. his brother Ebenezer was most devotedly attached.  They had been together almost constantly from boyhood.  All their business plans were conned over together, neither ever taking an important step without consulting with the other.  His illness was of long duration, but he bore up to the last with the courage of a brave soul.  He died at his residence in Davenport, on the corner of Sixth and Main streets, April 17, 1872. He was one of the founders of the Scott county Pioneer Settlers Association and always took the greatest interest in its gatherings.  No old settler was more missed in their annual social picnics than he.  At the time of his death he was fifty-five years old. 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

Surnames: Staffelbach Kimball No. 25. W. H. Staffelbach and Emma T. ) WARRANTY DEED Staffelbach, his wife ) (For Reference) ) Cons. $500.25 to ) Dated July 5, 1892 ) Ack'd July 5, 1892 A. Kimball ) Filed July 14, 1892 Book 56 Ld. D. page 32 Convey all that part of the S. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 18 in Township 77 North, Range 3 East of the 5th P. M., in Scott County, Iowa, which is bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the North East corner of said S. W. 1/4 of Section 18, thence running West 8 chains, thence South 10.20 chains to the center of the road, thence North 62' East along the center of road to a point on the East line of said S. W. 1/4 of Section 18, thence North 5.90 chains to the place of beginning, containing 6.67 acres more or less. No. 26 Wm. H. Staffelbach and ) WARRANTY DEED Emma T. Staffelbach, his wife ) Cons. $2200.00 ) Dated November 30, 1895 to ) Ack'd November 30, 1895 ) Filed December 23, 1895 George T. Staffelbach ) Book 56 Ld. D. page 240 Convey all that part of the S. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 18 and that part of the N. W. frac. 1/4 of Section 19 in Township 77 North, Range 3 East of the 5th P. M., in Scott County, Iowa, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the cneter of the road 5.90 chains South of the North East corner of the S. W. 1/4 of Section 18, Township and Range aforesaid, thence South 62' West along the center of the road aforesaid 19.01 chains, thence South 29.06 chains to the Mississippi River, thence North easterly along the meanders of said river to a point where the East line of said South West 1/4 of said Section 18, Township and Range aforesaid intersects said River, thence North 29.10 chains to the place of beginning. No. 27. George T. Staffelbach and ) MORTGAGE Josephine B. Staffelbach, ) Cons. $1500.00 his wife ) Dated December 27, 1900 ) Ack'd December 27, 1900 to ) Filed December 27, 1900 ) Book 44 Ld. M. page 29 German Savings Bank, of ) Davenport, Iowa ) Convey by mortgage the property described in caption of this Abstract, and other lands, to secure payment of said consideration Decembeer 27, 1905. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

Ebenezer Cook was the son of Captain Ira Cook and was born at New Hartford, Oneida county, New York, February 14, 1810.  While yet a boy his father moved to Broome county in the same state, where he was extensively engaged in the lumber business.  Ebenezer at the age of seventeen went to Ithaca as confidential agent of Hiram Powers, in a wholesale house there.  When twenty-three years of age, at Undilla, he married Miss Clarissa C. Bryan, and soon after went into the mercantile business at Vienna, Ontario county.  In May, 1835, with his old friend and earliest patron, Hiram Powers, he traveled by way of the lakes to Green bay, then on horse-back through the Indian country to Galena.  There they heard such glowing accounts of Iowa and the opposite shore of the Mississippi that on returning to New York state the entire family decided upon leaving their home for a new one beyond the Mississippi.  Ebenezer did not accompany them, but followed in December, 1836.  Mr. Cook commenced reading law with Judge Williams and was appointed clerk of the federal court in 1839 and was admitted to the bar in 1840.  He soon secured an extensive and lucrative practice.  Under the act of congress of 1845 he commenced the locating of land warrants in 1847, which led him to active operation in real estate, which he successfully continued until the question of a railroad became almost the sole topic of discussion  in the years 1851-52-53, when he took an active part in the new movement for the advancement of the state by means of railroad communication with the eatern markets, becoming a director of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad from its first organization.  He was also elected secretary and vice president of the old Mississippi & Missouri road which was later merged into the Rock Island, and later he became treasurer, afterward vice president and was at the time of his death acting vice president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company.  While engaged in the handling and locating of land warrants large sums of money came into his possession, which induced him to become a member of the banking firm of Cook & Sargent, remaining with this concern until 1859, when he withdrew to devote his whole attention to the interests of the railroad.  He never solicited or sought any office in his life, although he was always a consistent and patriotic member of the party with which he was affiliated.  In 1851 and in 1854 he was a member of the common council of Davenport and was elected mayor of the city in 1858.  In the sixty-second year of his age he died at his home in Davenport, on the 8th day of October, 1871. 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

Surnames: Staffelbach Schmidt Voss Austin No. 22. William H. Staffelbach and ) MORTGAGE Emma Staffelbach, his wife ) Cons. $1500.00 ) Dated January 2, 1889 to ) Ack'd January 2, 1889 ) Filed January 3, 1889 German Savings Bank, Davenport, ) Book 27 Ld. M. page 530 Iowa ) Convey by mortgage the property described in captain of this Abstract and other lands, to secure payment of said consideration January 2, 1892. Marginal release: "This mortgage is hereby released and discharged of record this 11th day, of January, 1901. Witnessed by Ignatius Schmidt, The German Savings Bank Deputy Recorder of Davenport, Iowa By: Chas. N. Voss, Cashier No. 23 W. H. Staffelbach and Emma T. ) MORTGAGE Staffelbach (Ack. same but ) Cons. $968.55 signs Emma Staffelbach), ) Dated February 5, 1892 (Aks. as his wife) ) Ack'd February 6, 1892 ) Filed May 31, 1892 ) Book 43 Ld. M. page 447 to ) ) Wm. Austin ) Convey by mortgage the property described in caption of this Abstract and other lands, to secure payment of said consideration according to note. No 24. William Austin ) RELEASE ) Cons. Payment to ) Dated December 4, 1895 ) Ack'd December 4, 1895 Wm. H. Stafflebach and ) Filed December 5, 1895 Emma T. Staffelbach ) Book "B" R. & A. page 432 Releases the mortgage dated February 5, 1892 and recorded in Book 43 of Land Mortgages, page 447 in the Recorder's office of Scott County, Iowa, as fully paid and satisfied. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

Searching for Earl Hamilton b. 1833 Meadville, Crawford Co., PA m. Emily Spraker 1867 Scott Co., IA (possibly in Davenport). Emily b. 1833 Canajoharie, NY. Earl was killed 1876 Pioche, Lincoln Co., NV. Also searching for: Kinnard, Charlotte, Emma, Alfred, Julia, Charlotte "Hattie", Caroline "Carrie", and Kinnard HAMILTON (all from Davenport) Appreciatively, Betty (Hamilton) Marker ----- Original Message ----- From: <CMurcia7@aol.com> To: <IASCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [IASCOTT] 1870 Scott Co. census lookup please > I don't know if anyone looked for this yet, but here it is: > > Robert Isherwood, age 37, PA > *Jesse(?) wife age 24, Indiana > *Jesse (?) aged 4, born in Iowa > Blanche aged 1, born in Iowa > > * The name of the wife and the first daughter are the same (whatever they > are) - I'm pretty sure it is Jesse... > > Thomas Isherwood (age 30 born in PA) is actually on page 457 in Pleasant > Valley > wife - looks like Ruby 40 born in PA > Stelle__? age 8 born in IA > Adie age 4 born in Iowa > > > In a message dated 6/20/02 12:06:38 AM Central Daylight Time, > JChan18003@aol.com writes: > > > > > > Would like Robert ISHERWOOD Le Claire page 413 and; > > Thomas ISHERWOOD Pleasant Valley page 88 - thanks very much - Jim Chandler > > > > ______________________________

James Grant came to Scott county for the sake of his health and settled in Blue Grass township about 1838.  He had already been admitted to the bar and, tiring of the farm, his ambition compelled him to resume the practice of his profession.  He was born in Halifax county, North Carolina, on the 12th of December, 1812.  He entered college at the age of fourteen and graduated at eighteen.  He then taught school in Raleigh three years and in 1834 opened a law office in Chicago.  Soon thereafter he was appointed prosecuting attorney of the sixth district and in 1838 removed to Davenport, settling on a farm near the little village.  In 1841 he was chosen to represent Scott county in the legislative assembly and in 1844 was sent as a delegate to the first constitutional convention and took an active part in framing the constitution which was later rejected.  In 1846 he was a member of the second convention and was the author of the "bill of rights" in that instrument under which Iowa became a state.  In 1847 he was elected judge of the district court, serving five years.  In 1852 he was again elected to the legislature and chosen speaker of the house.  When a young man he began to acquire a law library and continued to add to it through mature life until he had secured the largest and best selected collection of law books in the west.  He became one of the great lawyers of the country and was employed in some of the most important land and bond cases in the west.  In one railroad case he won for his clients $1,000,000 and received for his services $100,000.  In politics he was a life-long democrat.  On the 14th of March, 1891, Judge James Grant died at Oakland, California, and when the news of his death was passed from one to another at his home in Davenport, Iowa, "almost everyone in Davenport," said the Daily Democrat, commenting editorially on his death, "felt that he had lost a personal friend."  He was a fine classical scholar and turned to the classics even in his later years for diversion from business and other affairs.  As a judge on the bench he was noted for his prompt discharge of public business and the broad common sense and equity of his decisions.  As a practitioner, zeal, courage, resourcefulness and a felicitous power of expression were his distinguishing characteristics.  He was a man of strong and tender emotions.  "When the subject was such as to enlist his feelings," says an old member of the Iowa bar, "he was truly eloquent in the highest sense of that expression." At a metting of the Scott county bar, held soon after Judge Grant's death, S. F. Smith, for many years his law partner, paid a glowing tribute to the departed lawyer and jurist. 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

At the first term of the district court of Scott county Simeon Meredith appeared and was admitted to practice law by the motion of Judge Mitchell.  He lived for a short time thereafter in Davenport and then left for other parts but has long since died. 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

S. B. Hastings came to the county in 1836 and settled at Buffalo, then the metropolis of the county, where he remained but one year, and then removed to Muscatine county.  He was a good lawyer and afterward rose to high rank in his profession and on the bench.  He served as judge of the supreme court in this state for some years and during the gold excitement in California he moved to that state, where he later distinguished himself as judge of the supreme court. 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

Alexender McGregor came about the same time as Judge Mitchell.  It was not Mr. McGregor's intention, when he settled here, to engage in the practice of law.  He first went on a farm, remaining there several years, and then removed to Davenport where he hung out his shingle and practiced the profession for which he had fitted himself.  Mr. McGregor served a term in the general assembly of the territory.  He died about 1859. 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

In this section of Chapter 18 there are short bio's. I will separate this and label with the persons name. THE EARLY BAR. In the history of Scott county issued by the Interstate Publishing Company in 1882, the following well written and authentic article on the early bar of Scott county appears.  From that narrative the following excerpts have been freely taken: Scott county was organized in 1838, but previous to this time several members of the profession had settled in the county, first of whom was Gilbert C. R. Mitchell, who subsequently became judge of the district court and who, for many years, until his death, was an honored member of the bar of the county.  A sketch of Judge Mitchell will be found in another part of this work. 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 begins. CHAPTER XVIII. THE SCOTT COUNTY BAR. THE BENCH AND BAR OF SCOTT COUNTY - EARLY LAWYERS, MANY OF THEM MEN OF GREAT ABILITY - THE EARLIER COURTS - SUPREME COURT SESSIONS IN DAVENPORT - THE DISTRICT, CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURTS - MEMBERS OF THE BAR OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - THE PRESENT BAR - DIVERTING INCIDENTS OF THE LEGAL RECORD SINCE COURTS WERE ESTABLISHED - JUDGE GRANT'S TOOTHPICK Perhaps no body of men, not excepting the clergy, may exercise a greater influence for good in a community than those who follow the profession of the law, and it must be admitted that to no other body, not even to the so-called criminal classes, are committed greater possibilities for an influence for evil.  What that influence shall be depends upon the character of the men who constitute the bar of the community - not merely on their ability or learning but on their character.  If the standard of morality among the members of the bar is high, the whole community learns to look at questions of right and wrong from a higher plane.  If the bar consciously or unconsciously adopts a low standard of morality, it almost inevitably contaminates the conscience of the community.  And this is true not only in the practice of the profession itself, not only because of the influence of members of the bar as men rather than lawyers, but in the effect upon other professions and occupations to which the bar acts as a feeder.  The members of the legislature are recruited largely from the legal profession.  How can legislation, designed solely for the welfare of the public, be expected from one whose honor as a lawyer has not been above suspicion?  And since lawyers, outside of the legislature, have a great influence in shaping the law, how can the people expect that influence to be exerted in their behalf when the bar itself is unworthy?  Still more does the character of the bar effect the judiciary, which is supplied from its ranks.  It is not always, perhaps not generally, the case that members of the bench are chosen from those lawyers who have attained the highest rank in their profession.  If a judge be industrious and honest, but not of great ability, or if he be able and honest, though lacking industry, the rights of the litigants are not likely to suffer seriously at his hands.  But there have been instances where judicial office was bestowed solely as a reward for political service; and while it is sometimes realized that one who has been a strenuous and not too scrupulous politician up to the moment of his elevation to the bench, has thereafter forgotten that there was such a trade as politics and has administered justice without fear or favor, the experiment is a dangerous one.  No one need be surprised if in such a case the old maxim holds true:  "He who buys the office of judge must of necessity sell justice."  Let our judges be men who are subject to other influences than those of the facts submitted to them and the law applicable to those facts, let them lack that independence which is an imperative requisite to one who holds the scales of justice, let a well founded suspicion arise that their decisions are dictated by something outside of their own minds and consciences, and the confidence of the people in the maintenance of their rights through the agency of the courts is destroyed. It has been the good fortune of the city of Davenport and the county of Scott that the members of the bar here have been, for the most part, men of high character as well as of ability and learning, so that its bar has won a high and honorable reputation throughout the rest of the state and because of the high character of the bar it has followed that those of its members who have been elevated to the bench have enjoyed the confidence and respect of the public and have been honored not only in their own locality but in many cases throughout the state and in other states. Yet the preparation of a history of the bar, so far as least as that part of it which lies back of one's own generation is concerned, is attended with considerable difficulty.  Probably few men who in their time play important parts in the community or even in the state or nation, leave so transient a reputation as lawyers do.  A writer on this subject who took for his text the Lawyers of Fifty Years Ago, said:  "In thinking over the names of these distinguished men of whom I have been speaking, the thought has come to me how evanescent and limited is the lawyer's reputation, both in time and space.  I doubt very much if a lawyer, whatever his standing, is much known to the profession outside of his own state."  Those who attain high rank in the profession must realize that with rare exceptions their names are "writ in water."  One may turn over the leaves of old reports and find repeated again and again as counsel in different cases the name of some lawyer who must have been in his time a power in the courts, only to wonder if he has ever seen that name outside of the covers of the dusty reports in which it appears.  Hamilton, in the conventions, in the Federalist and in the treasury, and Webster, in the senate and in public orations, have perpetuated and increased the fame of lawyers Hamilton and Webster; but were it not for their services outside the strict limits of their profession one might come upon their names at this date with much the same lack of recognition as that with which one finds in a reported case the names of some counsel, great perhaps in his own time, but long since forgotten. And there is another difficulty in preparing such a history as this, brief and therefore necessarily limited to a few names, and that is that some may be omitted who are quite as worthy of mention as those whose names appear.  It is not often that anyone man stands as a lawyer head and shoulders above the other members of the profession; and the same may be said of any half dozen men.  In many cases the most careful measurement would fail to disclose a difference of more than a fraction of an inch, if any.  Lives of eminent men who have at some period been practicing lawyers have contained the assertin that while they were engaged in the practice of their profession they were the "leaders of the bar;"  but there is almost always room for doubt as to whether the title is now a brevet bestowed by the biographer alone.  Therefore the mention in this article of certain lawyers must not be taken as any disparagement of those who are not mentioned, and, finally, it is to be observed that this article, so far as the bar is concerned, will treat not only of those members who are past and gone but will make mention of some of those now in the flesh. 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hohnsbehn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/428.522.1 Message Board Post: David, my father's family name is Hohnsbehn. The Hohnsbehn brothers (3 of them) came to the USA from Germany. Alice Benjamin (nee Hohnsbehn)

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/2226.1.2 Message Board Post: Frances, could he have been known as Monnie? My father's father's name was Monnie Hohnsbehn, and I understand he moved here from Germany with 2 brothers. Alice Benjamin (nee Hohnsbehn)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hohnsbehn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2226.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi George, It's Alice. When we corresponded earlier, I had used our old e-mail address. We are on a 5 month trip, and are currently in Anchorage. Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing. Alice

I don't know if anyone looked for this yet, but here it is: Robert Isherwood, age 37, PA *Jesse(?) wife age 24, Indiana *Jesse (?) aged 4, born in Iowa Blanche aged 1, born in Iowa * The name of the wife and the first daughter are the same (whatever they are) - I'm pretty sure it is Jesse... Thomas Isherwood (age 30 born in PA) is actually on page 457 in Pleasant Valley wife - looks like Ruby 40 born in PA Stelle__? age 8 born in IA Adie age 4 born in Iowa In a message dated 6/20/02 12:06:38 AM Central Daylight Time, JChan18003@aol.com writes: > > Would like Robert ISHERWOOD Le Claire page 413 and; > Thomas ISHERWOOD Pleasant Valley page 88 - thanks very much - Jim Chandler >

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/2350 Message Board Post: Christian Kusel lived in Davenport in 1856 and shows up in directory. I would like to get an exact street and house number. I don't think he owned land. Would there have been taxes, voting records, other such things that would give a street and house number.