The following files have been uploaded to the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project Pages at: http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm >From Elaine Rathmann: Letters from the Collection of Mary Edith Raff Bell http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/letters.htm 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 John W. Crowley, Hugo Moeller, E.K. Ward, James Garstang, H.H. Boettger, Parke T. Burrows, Charles Biederbecke, Rezin D. Myers, John Bruhn, Louis & Henry Moeller, R.H. Harned, Alexander Brownlie, Adolph Priester, Ferdinand Wolf, George O. Hoffman, Ferdinand Schlapkohl, Carl Thode, W.P. Bettendorf, Charles Kahler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Debbie Clough Gerischer: Chapter 17 from " Vol 2 History of Davenport and Scott County" by Harry E. Downer - S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago The Medical Profession. The pioneer physicians of Scott county - Their hardships and self reliance - Many of them practical men of great force of character - Reminiscences of Dr. E. S. Burrows - Scott County Medical Society - Minutes of the bygone meetings - The society has taken advanced ground while conservative in character - Dr. Preston writes The final 10 pictures from " Vol I History of Davenport and Scott County" by Harry E. Downer - S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago Bridge In Central Park The Cresent Bridge Some Public School Buildings The First Davenport High School Davenport High School Building Jefferson School, Sixth and Warren Streets, The oldest public school building now in Davenport Central Park, Davenport High School, Davenport Adams School, Number 20 - The pride of Davenport in the late 50's. Not now in use. Academy of Science and Science Hall St. Ambrose College First Home of Iowa College - now residence of Oswald Schmidt, 517 West Seventh Street Iowa College - Later Griswold College - site now occupied by Davenport High School Academy of the Immaculate Conception St. Katharine's Hall, Davenport J. B. Young A View From Prospect Terrace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Betty VandeVoort: Pine Hill Tombstone Photos for Missfeldt, Kitts (Schesser), Schnoor, Schneckloth (Kluever), Lensch, Carlsen (Blind) http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/pinehillcemetery.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Cathy Labath 1900 Davenport Times Directory "Mc" Surnames (McAninch-McVey) http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/pinehillcemetery.htm Death of Annie Taylor Wittenmyer http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/scottobitpage.htm#wittenmyer Scott Co, IA Inventors 1843-1873 http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/scottmisc.htm#inventors More News Items on the Gold Rush http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/goldrush1849.htm Inquests 1871-73 http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1873clip.htm Updates on Descendants of Johan Lamping & Helen Oldehuss My husband's gggggg grandparents. Descendants from Langforden, Oldenburg, Germany>St. Louis, Mo.>Scott Co, IA http://www.celticcousins.net/other/lampingdescendants.htm Cathy Joynt Labath The Irish in Iowa http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Bert Quinn Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Quinn, Steffe, Harrison, Neckley, Clapp. Bert Quinn, who cultivates a farm of eighty acres in Sheridan township. His place adjoining the corporation limits of Eldridge, in which village he was born May 10, 1873, is a representative of one of the oldest families of this county. His grandfather, W. I. Quinn, was one of the first settlers of Scott county, arriving in the fall of 1838, when he settled on the Wapsie in Winfield township. Iowa was then still under territorial rule and the work of progress ad development seemed scarcely begun He was born in Preble county, Ohio, November 12, 1831, a son of Joseph C. and Julia Quinn, who came originally from New Jersey but removed from that state to Georgia and thence to Ohio, coming from the Buckeye state to Iowa. They were of Irish descent and were farming people. When they first came to Scott county Joseph C. Quinn entered land of the Wapsie, securing one hundred and sixty acres. There were four brothers and all entered land in this vicinity, making choice of their clai! ms because of the timber and water. Joseph C. Quinn and his wife afterward removed to Sheridan township, where he purchased a tract of land on which the town of Eldridge now stands, while another portion constitutes the farm upon which Bert Quinn is now living. Later he removed with his family to Hickory Grove township, where he bought a farm, and while living thereon his wife died. Subsequently Joseph C. Quinn removed to Jasper county, Iowa, where his last days were spent. W. I. Quinn, the grandfather of our subject, has spent the greater part of his life in this county, his education being acquired at Long Grove. The Indians were still here at the time of his arrival and for years afterward there were many traces of Indian occupancy to be seen in the arrowheads and in the remnants of tepees which showed that the Indians had been former occupants of the soil. W. I. Quinn pursued his education in a log school building, which was also used as a church. His entire life was devoted to farming in Sheridan township until 1902, when he retired from business cares and removed to Long Grove. His wife died in 1908, at the age of seventy-three years. W. I. Quinn is a member of the Christian church and served as deacon for a number of years but put aside the duties of the office because of his advanced age. Bert Quinn was reared by his grandparents and has spent his entire life in this county with the exception of a few years in college. He attended the schools of the district until he had mastered the elementary branches of learning and later he became a pupil in Eureka College at Eureka, Illinois, being graduated from the business department in the class of 1891. He then returned home and has since engaged in farming with the exception of a year spent in California. On the 25th of January, 1900, Mr. Quinn was united in marriage to Miss Carried Steffe, a daughter of George and Mary Steffe, of Lincoln township, who were early settlers here. The father was of German nativity, his birth having occurred in Freiburg, Baden, Germany, October 28, 1823, while his wife was born in Switzerland, November 6, 1834. They were married in Hickory Grove township, this county, the father having come to Scott county when a young man. He had served in the German army and was also a soldier of the civil war enlisting at Davenport and participating in many important military movements, including the celebrated march of Sherman to the sea. After the war he resumed the pursuits of civil life and always devoted his time and energies to farming in Lincoln township, where he made his home up to the time of his death on the 6th of November, 1900. For more than a year he had survived his wife, who died January 2, 1899. She had come to the United States when nine ye! ars of age with her parents, who made their way direct to Davenport, and here she lived all her life. She was married in 1859 to Mr. Steffe and became the mother of nine children: Mary, the wife of George Harrison; Rosie, the deceased wife of Brice Neckley; Joe, of Luverne, Minnesota; Jacob, deceased; Louisa, the wife of B. F. Quinn, of Cedar Rapids; Carrie, the wife of Bert Quinn; Hiram, of Sheridan township; Julia, deceased; and Adie, the deceased wife of William Clapp. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Quinn has been born one son, Forest L., whose birth occurred November 6, 1904. Mr. Quinn is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, affiliated with the camp at Long Grove, and the Odd Fellows lodge and has held most of the offices in the former. He likewise belongs to the he Christian church of Long Grove. In community affairs he takes a deep and helpful interest and yet he does not neglect his business, for he is known as a representative farmer of the community, carrying on general agricultural pursuits and also making a specialty of the cultivation of potatoes. In this he is meeting with good success and his farm product find a ready sale on the market. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

William L. E. Nickels 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 Mr. and Mrs. William L. E. Nickels 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: Nickels, Edward, Lahann, Morthoss, Einfeldt. William E. L. Nickels, now living retired in Davenport, is a representative of that lcass of men who have found in agricultural life the opportunities for success. Long connected with farming interests, his diligence and enterprise in managing the work of the fields brought him the prosperity that now enables him to live retired. He was born in Holstein, Germany, October 18, 1835, a son of Henry Ludwig Edward and Louisa Nickels. The father was a farmer and hotel keeper who spent his entire life in Germany. Following his demise the mother married again and came to the he United States, spending her last days in this country. William L. E. Nickels was a young man of twenty-one years when he crossed the Atlantic to America. Favorable reports which he heard concerning the new world led him to the determination to try his fortune on this side the Atlantic, and on the 22d of December, 1856, he landed at New York, whence he made his way westward to Rock Island, Illinois, where he arrived on the 1st of January. The following day he crossed the river to Davenport but after a few days went to Moline. While there he met Claus Lahann, a friend from Germany, who asked him to go to Clinton county with him and Mr. Nickels made his home with that friend in Clinton county through the winter. It was there he met the lady whom he afterward made his wife . In the spring of 1857 he left his German friend and worked for an American at Big Rock in order that he might learn the English language and there he remained for six months, after which he returned to his German friend, remaining his assistant until his friend! 's death in 1859. It was then, on the 6th of January, 1859, that Mr. Nickels married his old friend's daughter, Miss Margaretta Lahann, who was born in Germany, January 12, 1824. He rented the farm from her widowed mother, who died in 1861, at which time by the terms of her will Mr. Nickels inherited the farm, comprising ninety acres. He made his home thereon until 1876 and during that time extended the boundaries of his place by additional purchase until it comprised on hundred and sixteen acres. He made a number of improvements and continued the cultivation of the fields there until 1876, when he removed to Wheatland, Iowa, renting his farm. While living in Wheatland he served as a member of the town council and was prominent and influential in public affairs. He continued his residence in Wheatland until 1901, when he came to Davenport, where he has since made his home. In 1903 Mr. Nickels was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife, who died on the 3d of March of that year. He has since wedded Caroline Morthoss, a daughter of Claus and Magdalena Morthoss, both of whom died in Germany. Mrs. Nickels had been previously married, her first husband being Hans Einfeldt, who died December 17, 1894. There have been no exciting chapters in the life history of William L. E. Nickels, who in his life has exemplified many of the sterling traits of his German ancestry. He has been diligent and persistent in business and as the years went by his labors brought him the success which always comes form honorable and well directed effort. Now at the age of seventy-four years he is living retired and his rest is well merited, following years of active life. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Merton E. Bowling Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Bowling, Boies, Bennett, Snyder. Merton E. Bowling, the general manager of the M. V. Boies Company, is one of the business men of Davenport who has rapidly risen, through his own efforts to the responsible position he now holds. A native son of this city, he was born March 11, 1872, his parents being George D. and Almeda (Bennett) Bowling. The former was also born in Davenport, a descendant of one of the early pioneer families, and is still living, although he has given up active participation in the world of affairs and business. Merton E. Bowling grew to manhood in Davenport, attending the public schools here, and after he had completed the prescribed course enrolled as a student at a college. For a number of years after the completion of his education he worked at various pursuits, finally turning his attention to the undertaking business, and about twenty years ago he entered the employ of the M. V. Bois Company. This concern was established in 1857 by M. V. Boies, under whose name it has continued to do business ever since. When Mr. Bowling first became connected with it he held the position of assistant, but as the years went on and he gave proof of his ability he was rapidly promoted until he now is general manager of the firm. In the meantime, however, he fitted himself for the work, for he took a course in the Western College of Embalming, form which he was graduated October 26, 1898, so that he is fully competent to assume charge of every phase of the business that is given to the company. Mr. Bowling married Miss Mary Snyder, of Dixon, Iowa, and their union has been blessed with three sons-Ralph, Elmer and Raymond. The eldest is attending the high school, while the second is a pupil in the school of district No. 8, and the youngest has not yet entered upon his period of education. Mr. Bowling enjoys wide fraternal relations, for he is a member of the local lodge of Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Elks, and the Modern Brotherhood of America. He also belongs to the he Turners Society of Davenport. In all of these organizations he is well known as a man of ability, of the highest principles and one endowed with many social graces as well as with those which make for success in the world of affairs. His rapid rise in the esteem of his business associates has not been without its substantial financial advancements. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

HI Thomas, I found this at the Scott Co, Iowa site, http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ , there's quite abit about the Flynns there, just use the site search engine & Good Luck with your family research :-) Janet Michael FLYNN (b County Wicklow 1821) and Mary Catherine (Leary) Flynn (b County Carlow probably in 1831) emigrated from Rathvilly, County Carlow, Ireland in 1849. They initially lived in Putnam County, New York after arriving in the United States. They moved to Iowa and are listed in the 1856 State of Iowa Census as having lived in the state for less than a year. They are buried in St. Ann's Cemetery, Scott County, Iowa. They had the following children: John Roy Flynn, b New York 1851, homesteaded near Sumner, Nebraska, married Sarrah Elzina Olmstead in Marshalltown, Iowa, both are buried in Sumner, Nebraska Cemetery. Catherine (Flynn) Vilmont, b New York 1853, married Jule Vilmont, farmed in Allen's Grove Township, Scott County, Iowa; buried in Dixon, Iowa Cemetery. Michael Flynn Jr., b new York 1855, married Josie E. English; buried in Allen's Grove Cemetery (southeast of Dixon, Iowa). Mary (Flynn) Reed, b Scott County, Iowa 1857, married W. F. Reed, buried in Reedley, California Cemetery (Fresno County). James F. Flynn, b Scott County, Iowa 1859, wife was Victoria E., buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Montour, Iowa. Thomas J. Flynn, b Scott County, Iowa ?1861?, wife was Tillie, buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Montour, Iowa. Patrick Joseph Flynn, b Scott County, Iowa 1862, married Mary Ann Donnelly, buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Big Rock, Iowa. Samuel Flynn, b Scott County, Iowa ?1867?, son lived near Washington D.C. in 1966, buried in ? I am Thomas Leo Flynn, thomasflynn@home.com , one of six children born to Joseph Wenceslaus Flynn (son of Patrick Joseph Flynn) and Stella Ann Riedesel, both buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Big Rock, Iowa. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bigdeb28@bellsouth.net> To: <IASCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Message Board Post: > > I recently received an obit on my gggrandfather Thomas Flynn b. 1838 in Ireland d. 1907 Louisville, KY. He was a master marble carver. On this obit, it stated it was copied to the Minneapolis and Davenport Iowa newspapers. I'm trying to figure out why? I wasn't aware he had relatives there? Possibly relatives of his wife's rather than his? His wife's name was Mary Ann McGovern b. 1847 in KY. Anyone with any hints would be greatly appreciated! >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILSON Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2349 Message Board Post: I'm trying to find KELLY WILSON listed in Scott Co 1870, Davenport Township. Any information listed would be appreciated. Also information on Kelly if available for 1900 Scott Cty. Am trying to find out parent's and where he/they were from. Thank you very much for your time and effort.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Puchert Schroeder Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2348 Message Board Post: Lillian was the 2nd wife of Virgil Cooper 22 Aug. 1951 Davenport Daily Times MRS. V.A. COOPER DIES; IN HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS Mrs. Virgil A. Cooper, 64, 2028 Ripley street, died at 8:30 a.m. today at Mt. Pleasant. She had been hospitalized for three months. The former Lillian S. Schroeder was born July 18, 1887, in Davenport, daughter of the late Henry and Minna Eckstein Schroeder. She was a resident of Davenport all her life. Mrs. Cooper was first married to Jacob Puchert, who preceded her in death. March 7, 1925, she was married to Mr. Cooper in Davenport. Mrs. Cooper was a member of First Christian church and Alberta camp, Royal Neighbors of America. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Frank Puchert, Cincinnati, OH, and Edward Puchert, Davenport; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Vincent L. Crowley, Davenport; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bracker and Mrs. Earl Cardwell, both of Davenport; four granddaughters; four great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. The body was taken to Hill & Fredericks mortuary, where services will be held in the chapel at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Blue Grass cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2347 Message Board Post: clippings from an unidentified newspapers handwritten note: died Nov. 2 or 3rd BLUE GRASS William Eis Graveside services for William Eis, 91, of Eldon, IA, formerly of Blue Grass and Montpelier area, will be at 12:30 Friday in the Blue Grass cemetery. Mr. Eis died Wednesday at a nursing home in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Viola Cooper. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. ------------------ handwritten note: Died Nov. 2nd WILLIAM EIS ELDON, Iowa - Services for William H. Eis, 91, of Ottumwa, formerly of Eldon and Blue Grass, who died Wednesday in an Ottumwa nursing home, will be at 9:30 a.m. today in the Campbell Funeral Home in Eldon. Burial will be in the Blue Grass Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Eis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2346 Message Board Post: Viola was the dau of John & Rowena (Lair) Cooper clippings are from unidentified newspapers Date is handwritten note - July 28, 1941 MONTPELIER WOMAN DIES; FUNERAL TO BE IN DAVENPORT Mrs. Viola Lestella Eis, 61, a resident of Montpelier and a native of Muscatine county, died at 5 a.m. Monday in the home of her brother-in-law, A.E. Stigers, 2033 Dixwell street, Davenport. She had been ill for some time. She was born Jan. 24, 1880, in Muscatine county, attended rural schools there, and was married Feb. 16, 1898, in Muscatine to William H. Eis. She was of Baptist faith. Survivors include the widower and three brothers, Virgil Cooper, Davenport; John P., of Blue Grass; and Charles, who lives in Idaho. Two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Stigers and Mrs. Arabella Bohnsack, died this year and a son died in infancy. The body was taken to the Hill & Fredericks mortuary, where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Blue Grass cemetery. --------------- Mrs. Viola Lestella Eis, Montpelier resident, died at 5 a.m. today at the home of her brother-in-law, A.E. Stigers, 2033 Dixwell street, Davenport, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Eis was born in Muscatine county Jan. 25, 1880 and received her education in the county schools. She was married to William Eis in Muscatine on Feb. 16, 1898. The couple had resided in the Montpelier community for 25 years. Mrs. Eis was one of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her husband and three brothers, Virgil Cooper of Davenport, John Cooper of Blue Grass and Charles Cooper of Idaho. Two sisters preceded her in death within the past year, Mrs. Mamie Stigers and Mrs. Arabella Bohnsack. An infant son also preceded her. The funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hill & Frederick Funeral home in Davenport. Burial will be in Blue Grass cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dodge Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2345 Message Board Post: clipping from unidentified newspaper ROCK ISLAND MRS. JOHN P. COOPER Mrs. John P. Cooper, 83, of 4105 27th Ave., Rock Island, formerly of Blue Grass, will be 1 p.m. Monday in the Knox-Larson Chapel. Burial will be in Blue Grass Cemetery. Visitation begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island. Elsie Doge was born in Muscatine County, Iowa. She married Mr. Cooper in 1906 in Rock Island. Mrs. Cooper is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Glenn S. Harvey, Rock Island; two grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Violet Curtis, Muscatine, Iowa, and Mrs. Claire Wright, Branson, MO, and a brother, Warren Dodge, El Cerrito, Calif.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2344 Message Board Post: John is the son of John & Rowena (Lair) Cooper clipping from unidentified newspaper ROCK ISLAND JOHN COOPER Services for John P. Cooper, 97, of 4105 27th Ave., Rock Island, will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial will be in the Blue Grass Cemetery. Visitation is after noon today. He died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital. Memorials may be made to Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island. He had been a farmer, a painter and an employee of the Davenport Elevator Co., retiring in 1953. Mr. Cooper was born in Muscatine County, Iowa. He married Elsie Dodge in 1906 in Rock Island. She died in 1973. He had lived in the Blue Grass area 40 years before moving to Rock Island in 1962. He was a 77 year member of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Descendants of Pioneers of Scott County, which he served as president in 1959. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Glenn S. (Cleo) Harvey, Rock Island; two grandchildren; five great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. ------------ Memorial Tract JOHN PERRY COOPER Age 97 Years Born: May 4, 1881 Muscatine County, Iowa Parents: John P. and Rowena Lear Cooper Married: Elsie Z. Dodge September 5, 1906 Rock Island, Illinois (Elsie) died January 11, 1973 Daughters: Mrs. Cleo I. Harvey Miss Effie Cooper, Deceased * * * * * * * * * * * * Died: Sunday, January 28, 1979 Davenport, Iowa Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 31, 1979 Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island, Illinois Minister: Rev. Robert Karl Miller Burial: Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Iowa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pahl Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2343 Message Board Post: clipping from unidentified newspaper HENRY PAHL CALLED AFTER LONG ILLNESS RESIDENT NEAR BLUE GRASS SUCCUMBS AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL Henry C. Pahl, 63, a resident of Buffalo township for more than 60 years, died at 3:50 a.m. today at St. Luke's hospital after an illness of six months. Mr. Pahl was born in Schleswig, Holstein, Germany May 12, 1865. He came to America when one year old, direct to Buffalo township, residing there on a farm one half mile south of Blue Grass since that time. He was married to Miss Rosa Cooper Aug. 2, 1886 at Buffalo. To this union were born 11 children. She preceded him in death Feb. 8, 1924. On Aug. 3, 1927 he was married to Mrs. Lizzie January. For many years Mr. Pahl served as trustee of Buffalo township. Surviving besides the widow are eight daughters, Mrs. Ed Fix, Andalusia, IA; Mrs. Gus Blank, Mrs. Hugo Schroeder, Mrs. Roy Arp, and Mrs. Reily Dietz, all of Walcott; Mrs. Gus Schroeder, Blue Grass; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Davenport; and Mrs. Carl Bornholdt, Buffalo; two brothers, Will, Norwalk, IA; and Louis, Oneida, IA; two sisters, Mrs. Fritz Kautz, Blue Grass; and Mrs. Ernest Jockheck, Durant; and 21 grandchildren. Three sons preceded him in death. The body was removed to the Runge mortuary and will be returned to the home at 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Grass church with burial in Blue Grass cemetery. --------- Funeral services for Henry Pahl were held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Grass church. The Rev. M. A. Getzendaner officiated at the services at the church and at the grave in Blue Grass cemetery. Miss Ada Mackison sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Abide with Me". Pallbearers were Ed Roth, Charles Moorhead, Henry Holdorf, Charles Alt, S. Kress, and Perry Cooper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Phal Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2342 Message Board Post: Rosa was the dau of John & Rowena (Lair) Cooper --------------- clipping from unidentified newspaper - 1924 MRS. PAHL, 52, PASSES AWAY NATIVE AND LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF COUNTY ANSWERS SUMMONS. Muscatine, IA, Feb. 8 - Mrs. Henry Pahl, aged 52 years, a native and lifelong resident of this county died at 2 o'clock this morning in her home, a mile south of Blue Grass after a log illness. Mrs. Pahl who was formerly Miss Rose Cooper was born Sept. 14, 1871 in Muscatine Co. and married in Aug. 1888 to Henry Pahl. The widower and eight daughters survive. The surviving children are Mrs. Ed Fix of Andalusia; Mrs. Gus Blank, Walcott; Mrs. Hugo Schroeder, Walcott; Mrs. Gus Schroeder, Blue Grass; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Davenport and the Misses Florence, Velma, and Opal at home. Three brothers, V.A. Cooper of Davenport, C.C. and J.P. Cooper of Blue Grass and four sisters, Agnes of Philadelphia; Mrs. Belle Bohnsack of Stockton; Mrs. Maurice Stigers of Davenport and Mrs. Viola Eis of Montpelier, also survive. Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the home and at 1:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian church.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bohnsack Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2341 Message Board Post: clipping from unidentified newspaper OCT. 12, 1933 Henry G. Bohnsack, 75, a stock buyer at Stockton, IA, many years, died at 3:35 o'clock this morning at Mercy Hospital. His death followed an extended illness. Mr. Bohnsack was born in Gilberttown, now Bettendorf, July 15, 1858, and attended Hazel Bell school, near Blue Grass. At Montpelier, IA, Sept. 28, 1888, he married Arabella Cooper, and the couple moved to Stockton five years later, since living there. He was of the Lutheran faith. Surviving besides his widow, are a son, Harry P. Bohnsack of Stockton; four daughters, Mrs. Ed Burmeister, Mrs. Henry Hintze and Miss Hazel Bohnsack of Davenport and Miss Viola Bohnsack of Wichita, KS; three sisters, Mrs. Alvina Grimm of Muscatine, Mrs. Ida Messer of Davenport and Mrs. Clara Wendell of Lakefield, MN; two brothers, O.A. Bohnsack of Sunbury, IA, and William C., of Montpelier, and 10 grandchildren. The body was removed to the Hill & Fredericks mortuary and at 10 a.m. Saturday will be taken to the Blue Grass church. Funeral services will be held at the church at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, with burial in the Blue Grass cemetery. Funeral services for Henry J. Bohnsack were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Grass Presbyterian church with the Rev. Jerome Miller of Davenport officiating. Leo Koenigsacker, accompanied by Kenneth Petersen, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere". Pallbearers were William Sievers, Rudolph Stoltenberg, Louis Boockmann, Hugo Hamann, Chris Leutje and A. Leusch. Internment was at the Blue Grass cemetery. Dixie Note: Middle initial difference in the obit, not my typo...

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Bohnsack Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2340 Message Board Post: Arabella was the dau of John and Rowena (Lair) Cooper -------------- clipping from unidentified newspaper July 20, 1941 MRS. ARABELLA BOHNSACK Mrs. Arabella Bohnsack, 72, 1106 East Garfield St., resident of Davenport six years, died at 8 a.m. Saturday in Mercy hospital following a short illness. A daughter of John and Rowena Cooper, she was born Aug. 27, 1868, in Blue Grass, and was educated in schools in Muscatine County. On Sept. 27, 1888, she was married in Blue Grass to Henry Bohnsack. The couple farmed near Montpelier six years and then moved to Stockton where they continued farming until Mr. Bohnsack's death Oct. 2, 1933. His wife came to Davenport in 1935. Of Baptist faith, Mrs. Bohnsack is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ed Burmeister, and the Misses Viola and Hazel Bohnsack, all of Davenport; a son, Harry P. of Walcott; a sister, Mrs. William Eis, Montpelier; three brothers, V.A. Cooper, Davenport; J.P. Cooper, Blue Grass, and Charles Cooper, residing in Idaho; 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hintze, died three years ago. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Hill & Frederick chapel. Burial will be in the Blue Grass cemetery. THE BOHNSACK FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Arabella Bohnsack, 1106 East Garfield street, who died Saturday, were held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Hill & Frederick chapel in charge of the Rev. F.G. Codd. Louis Koenigsacher sang two hymns and burial was in the Blue Grass Cemetery. Bearers were Ed Fabricius, Carl Borchers, Arlen Moeller, William Heidt, Lester Jurgens and Ray Arp.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2339 Message Board Post: Eldon was the son of John and Rowena (Lair) Cooper -------- clipping from unidentified newspaper Oct. 2, 1916 COOPER Eldon Adali Cooper, aged 23, died Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of his father, J.P. Cooper, who resides on a farm one and a half miles west of Blue Grass. His death followed a long period of sickness. The deceased was born Jan. 1, 1893, and had taken up agriculture as his vocation four years ago. He is survived by his father, five sisters, Agnes Cooper of Fairmont, S.D.; Belle Bohnsach, Stockton, IA; Rose Pahl, Blue Grass; Mamie Stigers, Davenport; Viola Eis, Montpelier, IA; and three brothers, Virgil Cooper, Davenport; Charles, at home, and Perry Cooper, Blue Grass. Services will be held from the home at 1:30 and from the Blue Grass church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, in charge of the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he was a member. Interment will take place in Blue Grass cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Everett Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2338 Message Board Post: Nov. 7, 1938 - Davenport Democrat MRS. MARY COOPER Mrs. Mary Cooper, 81, died at her home, 1312 Farnam St., at 3:40 a.m. Sunday following a lingering illness. Mrs. Cooper was born in Henry, Marshall county, IL, Oct. 19, 1857, and was educated there. She was married to William A. Cooper at Red Oak, IA, March 24, 1880. The couple celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary this year. After living in Harrington, KS for 13 years, the family came to Davenport in 1914. Mrs. Cooper, a life member of the Methodist church, was active at St. John's M.E. church and a member of the Foreign and Home Missionary Society. Surviving are the husband; three sons, Lee at home, Earl, Boone, IA, and Howard, Maquon, IL; twp daughters, Mrs. W. H. Martin, Steger, IL, and Mrs. T. J. Martin, Harrington, KS; one brother, C.M. Everett, Chicago; 12 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hill and Fredericks chapel. Burial will be in the Blue Grass cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2337 Message Board Post: William was the son of John Perry Cooper and Winnie Jane Pace. ------------ 6 Jun 1951 - Davenport Democrat WILLIAM COOPER William A. Cooper, 95, son of the late John and Winnie Cooper, pioneer residents of Scott county, died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at the home of his son, Howard, near Maquon, Ill. Death followed a lingering illness. The body was returned to Davenport for services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hill & Fredericks chapel. Burial will be in Blue Grass cemetery. Mr. Cooper, a retired farmer, was born in Blue Grass, Oct. 6, 1855, attended the rural schools and was married to Mary Everett in Red Oak, IA, March 24, 1880. She died Nov. 6, 1938. Mr. Cooper had resided in Maquon since 1940. He was a member of St. John's Methodist church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Edna Martin, Steger, IL; two sons, Earl, Los Angeles, and Howard, Maquon; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. A daughter and son preceded him in death.

This is the final section of Chapter 17. ALTERED CONDITIONS. "The conditions of practice when the Scott County Medical Society was organized were very different from those of today.  Even so late as 1873, when the writer, just graduated from the State University of Iowa, began practice here with cholera victims for his first patients, Davenport, with less than half its present population, was scarcely more than a village.  Its buildings, though scattered over much ground, were few of them more than two stories in height.  Where the Masonic temple now stands was a cottage in which dooryard (on the immediate corner) was the one-story brick office of Dr. Emeis.  Another oldtime cottage home, set back in its green yard, occupied the present site of the United States express office on the northeast corner of Third and Brady; while Main street, almost from Second to Fifth, presented a beautiful colonnade of tall, spreading elms.  The old brick court house, with its high-columned porch and its surmounting wooden ball (now a relic in the Academy museum) still stood in the midst of its shady grove; the city council had its modest assembly room on the corner of Brady and the alley above Fifth; the postoffice rented quarters on Perry and Third streets, in the same building with the Gazette, which was gotten out with no assistance from linotype machine or Hoe press; the Academy of Sciences had not found a settled home; and the dream of a free public library had yet long to wait for its realization.  There were no granitoid walks in the city then, and no paved streets; the business regions, indeed, and some others had the so-called 'macadam,' soft and uncurbed, but it sank out of sight often faster than it could be renewed.  There were no telephones, electric lights or electric cars, tri-city or interurban.  Little 'bob-tail' horse-cars, indeed, jogged along Third and what is now East River streets, or climbed Brady hill with much urging of the over-worked power, especially on those days when the masses were attracted by the then popular county fair to the site of our Central park.  There was but one railroad and one important productive industry - lumber; this beside caring for the money and supplying the wants of the prosperous farmers of the county.  The passing of the sawmills, with their array of improvident winter idlers, has been gladly welcomed by the long suffering doctor!  The physician's office has had several distinct stages of evolution from its simple estate in those days; and his then rather honorable mud-covered buggy and horse have mostly given place, if not to the shining closed carriage or automobile, at least to rubber tires and the convenient 'wheel.'  Then he had no X-ray to confirm his diagnosis, and no anti-toxin for prevention or treatment; but he did his best then as now to save life and limb, and to win the gratitude of such of his patients as were capable of appreciating the value of his services and the extent of his self-sacrifice." The following physicians are members of the Scott County Medical Society at this time, with the officers:  President, Dr. G. F. Harkness; vice president, Dr. E. S. Bowman; secretary-treasurer, Dr. J. V. Littig; delegate to the annual meeting of the Iowa State Medical Society, Dr. Edward Strohbehn; alternate delegate, Dr. G. M. Middleton; Drs. William L. Allen, George W. Banning, G. S. Bawden, P. A. Bendixen, J. D. Blything, E. S. Bpwman, H. U. Braunlich, J. F. Baker, J. D. Cantwell, O. S. Dahms, J. A. DeArmand, George E. Decker, A. P. Donohoe, Sadie C. Doran, A. W. Elmer, E. O. Ficke, Lucius French, C. E. Glynn, L. F. Guldner, A. L. Hageboeck, J. T. Haller, G. F. Harkness, C. C. Hetzel, C. F. Jappe, C. T. Kemmerer, T. W. Kemmerer, J. F. Kempker, O. W. Kulp, Ray R. Kulp, Frederick Lambach, J. W. Littig, D. J. McCarthy, Jennie McCowen, Carl Matthey, Henry Matthey, E. D. Middleton, G. M. Middleton, J. C. Murphy, Frank Neufeld, L. J. Porstmann, J. R. Porter, C. H. Preston, William H. Rendleman, F. E. Rudolf, O. P. Sala, B. H. Schmidt, P. H. Schroeder, Anne M. Shuler, T. D. Starbuck, Edward Strohbehn, William A. Stoecks, K. H. Struck, William F. Skelley, Anton Sauer, Karl Vollmer, J. S. Weber and Lee Weber, of Davenport; William W. Bailey and F. C. Skinner, of LeClaire; W. F. Bowser, of Blue Grass; William S. Binford, of Dixon; J. B. Crouch, of Eldridge; E. T. Kegel, of Walcott; and J. C. Teufel, of Buffalo. 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 17 cont. OTHER MEMBERS. "It is not the purpose of this retrospect to speak of those who may speak for themselves.  Of the active members of the society there are not a few who are making for themselves a worthy record which, when another half century shall have gone, will cause them to be remembered with affectionate pride.  But there are some, not among the earlier members, who have come and gone, either to other fields or to their final rest, after winning an honored place among the successful physicians of Davenport.  Of these there is only space for brief mention of a few. "Dr. Edward H. Hazen, who becme a member of the society in 1868, was the first to make a specialty of the eye and ear in this city.  He was also one of the first faculty of the State University of Iowa medical department, and was prominent in the activities of the community a score of years ago.  Removing to Des Moines he became one of the medical faculty of Drake University, and continues the practice of his specialty there. "Dr. Margaret A. Cleaves, who, as before stated, has won for herself a prominent place in the profession of New York City, was an early graduate of the State University of Iowa and became a member of the Scott County Medical Society in 1876.  She engaged for a time in general practice here, was connected professionally with the hospital for the insane at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and later with that of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has attained national prominence in the application of electricity to medical practice. "Dr. Richard Winter Hill, whose boyhood and all too short professional life were passed in this city, graduated in medicine in 1883, under the instruction of his warm friends, Drs. Middleton and Peck, with whom, and Dr. Grant, he had come to rank as one of the four best surgeons Davenport has produced when, in January, 1902, alone in his office, he met death's sudden, untimely summons.  Reticent and of a strongly individual character, he was not very active in the councils of the society.  Though admitted to membership in 1888, and always loyal to its interests and those of the regular profession, he but seldom attended its meetings.  To exceptional talents as a surgeon there were joined in Dr. Hill a warm heart and the noblest instincts of the courteous gentleman. "Dr. William West Grant, son of an Alabama physician and nephew of Judge James Grant, who was prominent in the early history of this city, graduated at Long Island College Hospital in 1869, at the age of twenty-three, and began at once became a member of the county society and soon took rank as one of our most progressive and successful physicians, also filling the place of post surgeon at Rock Island arsenal for several years.  On January 4, 1885, he performed the first recorded laparotomy for appendicitis, the writer hereof administering the anaesthetic.  In 1889 Dr. Grant removed to Colorado and is today one of the foremost surgeons of Denver. "Dr. Charles M. Robertson, who graduated in 1888 from the State University of Iowa medical department, of which his father was one of the honored founders, practiced in this city for a time, being very successful in his specialty fo the eye and ear, but removed to Chicago some years ago, leaving many warm friends in Davenport. "Were it within the scope of this article to recall, not the members of the county society only, but all doctors who have been active in the life of the community, much more space must have been allotted than is at the writer's disposal.  Older citizens will remember distinctly, and many of them with feelings of kindly regret, Drs. Emeis, Olshausen and Hoepfner (the latter but recently deceased), Drs. R. F. Baker, Worley, Wessel and many others more or less prominent though not connected with the regular profession.  These, together with the dentists and druggists of the early days, might well be made the subject of a separate chronicle. 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