Chapter 10 cont. DIXON. Dixon is the leading town in Allens Grove township and is on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, twenty-two miles northwest of Davenport.  In 1905 the population was 325.  It has a good school employing two teachers.  Opposite the schoolhouse is the Christian church.  The town has one bank; two hotels; saloons; a drug store; two blacksmith shops; stock yards; meat market; implement concern; two general stores; two physicians; an elevator; and a livery stable. 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

A Raft Pilot's Log cont. Sawmills and their Owners 263 Muscatine, Iowa The Muscatine Lumber Company mill, burned in 1886. The Heshey Lumber Company mill, started by Jacob Hershey in 1852, was in control of Benjamin Hershey until his death and continued sawing to the last of the logs. My first contract, when I got charge of the steamer 'Last Chance' in 1882, was to run ten million feet of logs from Beef Slough to this mill. The Musser lumber Company had a large mill that sawed about forty-five million feet annually. Richard Musser, Peter Musseer and P.M. Musser were all fine men. I was clerk on one of the Van Sant and Musser raft-boats for three seasons and did occasional work for them later. Their mill was built in 1870 and it was vigorously operated every season. The Van Sant and Musser boats earned over a million dollars towing for the Musser Lumber Company. Burlington, Iowa The Harmar Manufacturing Company mill. The Burlington Lumber Company had a big mill that had a long, steady and prosperous career. Fort Madison, Iowa S. and J.C. Atlee mill ran steadily until the last. The old mill is still there and the business is carried on handling southern and western stock. 264 Keokuk, Iowa The Taber Lumber Company built a new mill when the old one burned and continued sawing after nearly all others had quit. Captain Taber, who had been in command of steamers in the Saint Louis and new Orleans trade, one of which was the famous 'Ruth,' was fatally injured by an automobile only a few years ago. The mill has been dismantled but the business has been carried on by his sons, Ben and Carroll Taber. Canton, Missouri The Canton Sawmill Company had a medium sized mill. Quincy, Illinois The Quincy Sawmill Company had a mill up in the bay. Hannibal, Missouri The Hannibal Sawmill Compnay had a good mill. Saint Louis, Missouri Shulenburg and Boeckeler mill. Knapp, Stout and Company mill. Hill-Lemmon and Company mill. H.S. Parker and Company mull. C.F. Leibke mill. chapter complete.

Chapter 10 cont. BIG ROCK. Big Rock is in the northern part of Liberty township and on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.  This place is noted as the home of Farmer Burns, the ex-champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler of the world.  There are in Big Rock a lumber yard; elevator; drug store; general store; meat market; confectionery store; blacksmith; wagon maker; hotel; opera house. 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 10 cont. NEW LIBERTY. The leading town in Liberty township is New Liberty.  It is situated on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad.  It has a population of about 150.  It has one bank; one opera house; three saloons; two general stores; and implement concern; lumber yard; physician; blacksmith and harness maker; two elevators; stock years; and livery stable. 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

A Raft Pilot's Log cont. Lyons, Iowa 258 Gardiner, Batcheler and Welles mill No. l. Gardiner, Batcheler and Welles mill No. ll Lyons Lumber Company mill. David Joyce's mill. Fulton, Illinois David Joyce- The old Langfors and Hall mill. Clinton, Iowa Clinton Lumber Company. W.J. Young ans Company, the Upper mill. C. Lamb and Sons, The Stone mill. C. Lamb and Sons, the brick mill. W.J. Young and Company, The Big mill/ C. Lamb and Sons, the Riverside mill. C. Lamb and Sons, Riverside mill, lower. Camanche, Iowa W.R. Anthony, successor to Anthony and McClosky. Fort Byron, Illinois Fred S. Gates mill. LeClaire, Iowa J.W. Strobeen, the old Van Sant and Zebley mill. Moline, Illinois Dimock,Gould and Company, originally a water power mill and manufact- ed tubs, pails, washboards, etc. The J.S. Keator and Sons mill, started in 1859. Rock Island, Illinois Mills on Sylvan Water Slough between the water works and the C.R.I. and P. station, owned and operated 259 from 1878 by the Rock Island Lumber Company, in which Weyerhauser and Denkmannheld the controlling interest. Previous to 1878 the style of the operating firm was Anawalt, Denkmann and Company. Mill of Weyerhauser and Denkmann at teh lower end of Rock Island. In 1857 the firm of Mead, Smith and Marsh operating this mill got in Financial trouble and the mill was shut down. Mr. Fred Weyerhauser, who was in their employ took hold of the property and operated it on his own account.When the affairs of Smith, Mead and Marsh were finally closed up the mill was offered dor sale. In 1860 Mr Weyerhauser and his brother-in- law, Mr. F.C.A. Denkmann, bought the mill for $3000.00. They operated it continuosly and very successfully until the log supply was exhausted. They made extensions and improvements increasing its output until it was known as one of the 'big mills' sawing over forty million feet annually. Davenport, Iowa The Lindsay and Phelps mill at Stubbs' Eddy was erected in 2864. It had the advantage of an excellent place to land and hold their rafts in the Eddy. This mill had a long and very prosperous run with the same ownership and when it had to close for want of more logs to saw, it was dismantled, and the lumber yard cleared off amd generously given to the city for what has become the landing feature of East Davenport, Lindsay Park. In 1868 L.C. Dessaint built a sawmill just above the water works. It was later owned by Price and Hornsby. In 1874 George W. Cable bought it and later organized the Cable Lumber Company which operated the mill until the supply of logs was exhausted. 260 The Renwick mill, built in 1854, operated by Renwick and Son, later by renwick, Shaw and Crossett and last by Weyerhauser and Denkmann. Was an extremely hard place to land and hold logs as the water was not deep but very swift. In 1849 Strong Burnett built a saw and planing mill at foot of Scott street, later operated by Denkmann and Schricker, then by Schricker and Mueller and after 1883 by Chr. Mueller and his sons, later incorporated as the Mueller Lumber Company, still a going business. In 1849, A Mr. Howard built a mill about warren street, later owned by French and Cannon and then by French and Davies. It was later operated by Paige and Dixon and under the management of Mr. E.W. Dixon. Its career was interupted by the financial complications arising from the suicide of Mr. S.B. Paige of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who killed himself in his room in the Burtis House one Sunday afternoon in March, 1883. After the tangled affairs of Paige and Dixon had been cleared away, a new company called the Davenport Lumber Company took hold of the old mill and started sawing in1887. S.J. Keator was president and Henry Jager was Manager. They pushed the business with vigor and success until their log supply gave out and the mill closed for good in 1891. "Mueller Lumber Company's new mill" at Cooks Point. The old mill at Scott Street burned in 1901. The larger, modern mill was erected in 1902 and continued sawing until the logs gave out in 1907. As Stated elsewhere, our company took care of all Mueller logs where rafted and supplied the old mill from March, 1887, until it burned in 1901, and we supplied every raft cut at the new mill during its prosperous run. 263 We never had a difficulty of any lind or any unpleasant experience with this company during the twenty-one years we handled their logs which ran about fifteen million feet annually. Our work for them amounted to $360,000.oo. to be cont.

The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Tuesday Morning May 20, 1862 Local Matters Vandalism.-Nicholas Krambech, sexton of the city cemetery, informs us that he detected a couple of young women, on Sunday, robbing the graves in the inclosure (sic) of the flowers that friends had placed over the remains of the cherished dead. He contented himself with taking the bouquet from them, and reprimanding them for their conduct, but says if it is repeated he will be under the necessity of prosecuting the parties guilty of such outrage. Returned.-Lieut. Henne, accompanied by his wife and Mr. Holm, arrived yesterday afternoon on the Sucker State from St. Louis. Lt. H.'s wound is healed up, but he is unable to walk, being destitute of both left arm and left leg, and has not yet obtained an artificial substitute. On his arrival, the cannon was got out, and a salute fired in honor of the return of the gallant officer to his home, for the first time since his departure with Capt. Wentz's company last spring. Seduction and Suicide.-One of the most melancholy cases of death by suicide it has ever been our duty to record, occurred last Sunday afternoon in this city. The deceased,--Jennett Dutton, was a native of Scotland, and had been in this city two or three years, during which time she had been living with different families in town, and for some time previous to her death had been employed at the Burtis House. The circumstances leading to her death are related in the testimony as taken before the Coroner's Jury on Sunday evening nearly all of which we publish elsewhere. She first tried to kill herself with laudanum, but took an over-dose, which caused nausea and vomiting, destroying the effects of the poison. Sunday morning she procured some strychnine, with which she succeeding in accomplishing her object, death ensuing at about 5 1/2 o'clock in the evening. She appears to have been suffering very much in her mind from the stories which had been set afloat about her, and these! eventually, no doubt, led her to commit suicide. The jury in the coroner's inquest found that the deceased died from the effects of strychnine, and that Frank Collins was guilty of a criminal misdemeanor on her person, which prompted her t commit suicide. On the rendition of this verdict, Coroner Tomson issued his warrant for the apprehension of Collins; and last evening constable Teagarden, assisted by Mr. Dermody, and by Justice Swander, of Rock Island, arrested him on the other side of the river, brought him over, and locked him up in jail. The ferry boat had lain up for the night, but Capt. Robinson promptly got up steam, and brought over the party, declining to receive any pay for it. Collins will probably be examined this morning. Testimony In the Case of Jennett Dutton who committed suicide, Sunday, May 18. Examination of witness, produced, sworn and examined before me, J. J. Tomson, Coroner of said County, and Israel Hall, J. Ruch, G. H. Mosier, lawful men of the said county, duly sworn upon their oaths to inquire when, how, and by what means Jennett Dutton came to her death. Dr. J. C. Parker, sworn: I know the person lying dead. I saw her some 8 months ago. She was apparently sane at that time. Some 4 or 5 days ago she came to my office, saying that she was in trouble-wished to know what to do. I saw her to-day about 11 o'clock. I found her suffering from spasms. She informed me that she had taken strychnine with the intention of killing herself. Said she got the poison in Rock Island. I think that her death was caused by strychnine. She said she had been dishonored, and wished to die. I remained from 11 till 3 o'clock. Dr. Adler, sworn: I saw her, the person here lying dead, for the first time this afternoon. Found her lying on the floor, on her back. Found her quite rational, with frequent pulse. Face flushed-head turned to the left, and vomiting at intervals. She had a slight convulsion of her limbs soon after I saw her. I had been informed that she had taken strychnine. She told me herself that she had taken strychnine. I remained until she died. I am satisfied that she died from the effects of strychnine. J. J. Burtis, sworn: I know the person here lying dead; have known her about four months; she has been in my employ; I considered her a girl of sound mind; I did not know of her troubles; for the last two or three weeks she has not done as well in my service as previous; she has due her from me $4.65, which I have paid to Mr. Daniel Moore; I believe her to be a girl of good moral character; she lost no time by reason of sickness during the time she was in my employ. Daniel Moore, sworn: I know the person here lying dead; her man (sic) is Jennett Dutton; she worked for me in 1860, three months, also three months in 1861; she said that she had been married in Scotland, and her husband was lost on the ocean; so far as I know she was woman of good moral character; she came to my house last night about nine o'clock, a good deal excited; she said that Frank Collins had started reports about her at the Burtis House, and that she had taken laudanum on his account; she laid down and slept all night; this morning she appeared to be rational, but somewhat excited; she left my house about 10 o'clock to go to her sister's in Coal Valley, Rock Island county, Illinois; I went to East Davenport and between ten and eleven o'clock I was sent for, saying that Jennett had returned to my house and had taken strychnine; when I got home Dr. Parker was with her; a little time before she died, she seemed to be sorry that she had taken the strychnine; she seemed! to be anxious to get well; the balance of my testimony corroborates that of Drs. Parker and Adler. Mrs. Rachel Keating, sworn: I have known the person here lying dead about two years.; she told me that she was a widow; she had been at the Burtis House nearly six months; she came to my house yesterday and asked me if I had heard any reports about her; I said that I had, but had paid no attention to them; I then asked her what her trouble was; she said that Frank Collins had raised a bad report about her; she said that she had been to him on Thursday night last, and urged him to clear her of it, or she would throw herself into the river; the next morning she heard what she said to him from the girls in the Burtis House, she told me that she had taken laudanum, and did not wish to live; I gave her mustard and alt, which vomited her; she told me yesterday that she was determined to kill herself; I saw her this morning, soon after she returned to Mr. Moore's; she was very much excited; I put my hand into her pocket, and found a paper with what I supposed to be strychnine; the! paper was still wet, as though she had had her tongue to it; she told me that she had taken some of the powder which I found in her pocket; she said that she got the powder, which she said was strychnine, in Rock Island; she said that she had tried the laudanum from Tuesday and had not succeeded in taking her life, and she thought that she would try strychnine. Sudden Death of Henry Y. Slaymaker It is with deep regret that we this morning announce the sudden death of Mr. Henry Y. Slaymaker, which occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock Sunday evening, at the residence of Mr. Chas. Ruthrauff, his son-in-law, on Brady street, opposite the college Grounds. Mr. Slaymaker had attended church in the morning, and seemed to be in his usual health all day. At night he retiredquite early, apparently well. About 10 o'clock he was taken alarmingly ill, and Dr. Adler was immediately summoned, but before he could arrive the sufferer was dead. He lived only about twenty minutes after he was taken ill. Mr. Slaymaker was a native of Lancaster, Pa., and was sixty-seven years of age at the time of his death. About ten years ago he removed to this city, since which time he has been on of our most respected citizens. During the last administration, Mr. S. held the position of agent for Government on rock Island. Mr. Slaymaker leave no offspring except Mrs. Ruthrauff; and his wife has been d! ead some years. The late Capt. Slaymaker was a nephew of the deceased. Died In this city, on Sabbath evening, May 18th, suddenly of disease of the heart, Henry Slaymaker, aged 64 years. The funeral will take place from his late residence on Brady street, this (Tuesday) afternoon at 2 1/2 o'clock. In Littleton, N. H., at the residence of her father, Mrs. Altheram, wife of Milo K. Parks, of this city, aged 34 years. A Case for the Charitable Mr. Editor: I desire to call the attention of the public to the case of Mrs. Adolphus Knocke, corner of Rock Island and Second streets. Her husband and two sons have been in the army of the U. S. as volunteers since January, 1862, and have not yet been paid off by the U. S. The family are actually suffering for food. Some generous persons whoa re able, should provide her the means of living until her husband and sons are paid off.~~G. E. Hurbell. We had thought there was a committee appointed in our city, to see that the families here of those fighting the battles of our country did not suffer in their absence. It seems that we were mistaken. It should be done in all haste, as it seems the least we can do. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Chapter 10 cont. BUFFALO. The principal town in Buffalo township is Buffalo.  It is about ten miles below Davenport on the Mississippi river and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, whose track is also used by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway.  This gives the town two means of transportation by railroad.  It now has about 400 inhabitants.  In 1900 one of the finest public school buildings in the county outside of Davenport was built at a cost of $5,000.  It has Methodist, Catholic and Lutheran churches.  Quite a number of coal mines are in operation within two miles of the village, and with quite a sprinkling of timber land near at hand fuel is plentiful and comparatively low in price.  One of the largest brick manufactories in the county is maintained here, which turns out superior quality of work and gives employment to about forty men.  There are four pearl button factories in operation at Buffalo; three general stores; a bank; a drug store; bakery; meat market; lumber yard; farm implement concern; a very good hotel; livery stable; blacksmith shop; two physicians; and three or four saloons. 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 10 cont. BETTENDORF It would take no Rip Van Winkle awakening from a twenty years' nap to rub his eyes when he visits Gilberttown and describes Bettendorf.  A very few years of stay would do it.  The steady people of Gilbert raised onions and cultivated pretty flower beds, kept early hours and good habits and were content with quiet life in the eastern suburbs of Davenport, when all of a sudden they awoke in a whirl of industry, with chimneys that smoke and wheels that hum, mammoth hydraulic presses that make steel cars and shears that chew up boiler plate.  The necromancer, W. P. Bettendorf and his associates have worked the transformation.  The town changed in name as well as nature and has become the second in the county.  An army of men are employed in axle works and car works, gas machine factory, automobile works, stone crushers and other industries.  Bettendorf has a mayor and council, is improving the streets and arranging for a municipal septic tank.  The trains of the C. B. & Q., the C. M. & St. P. and the I. & I. interurban stop for freight and passengers.  The street cars of the Davenport system provide speedy and cheap transit.  Suburban homes are becoming plentiful on the bluffs at Bettendorf.  Everything points to a great growth in this city of industry.  Davenport is already looking with covetous eyes and hopes to make this growing suburb the seveth ward of the city at no distant date. 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

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/499.503.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, but I was able to collect quite a bit of information on Phoebe from various sources. You may want to see her page on our Sudlow Family Website: http://www.geocities.com/sudlow_family/Phoebe.html

Chapter 10 cont. LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. According to Mr. Barrows, settlement in Liberty township first began in 1837.  Those who came to this section of the county were men and women who were determined to make an abiding place for themselves and children.  One of these not mentioned was Josiah Figley, who came to Davenport from Columbiana county, Ohio, and stopped at the Davis House, a small story and a half structure on Harrison street.  This was in February, 1850.  Later he went to Allens Grove where he drove a team and also carried the mail to and from Davenport.  At that time a Mr. Eldridge was postmaster.  The country at that time was teeming with fur-bearing animals of the smaller kind and deer were plentiful.  The settlers were forced to put up with the most primitive arrangement for a habitation and furniture.  This Mr. Figley in 1852 married Eleanor Heller, who was born in Scott county.  It was but a few years until the farmers of this township began to prosper and on a farm owned by Mrs. Figley's father Dr. Dixon laid out the town of Dixon.  It was in the '50s that the farmers of this township were very much annoyed by the depredation of horse and cattle thieves.  Two of them were eventually captured and tried by a jury selected by a band of the settlers who had formed an organization for the punishment of suchlike evil-doers.  George Rule, Sr., settled on Rock creek and erected a grist mill which was an improvement greatly appreciated by the settlers for many miles around.  Roads were laid out, bridges built and the bountiful harvests of grain were marketed at Davenport.  Today the town of Dixon is one of the most important in the county and is described elsewhere in this history.  Horace Woods with his family located on section 11 early in 1837, and following closely on his heels, in July of the same year, came Jacob Heller and family, above referred to, who settled on section 12, now the town site of Dixon.  About the same time came John Heller and family, and with him were Mark C. Jacobs and John Grace, who were employed by Jacob Heller.  Mrs. Figley is given the distinction of being the first white female born in Scott county.  The first cabin built in the township was by Jacob Heller in 1837, and the first prairie land broken in the township was for Jacob Heller, the work being done by John Grace and Mark C. Jacobs.  The land was sowed to winter wheat.  John Heller settled on section 14 and M. C. Jacobs took up a claim on section 24.  The first school house was a log cabin built in 1842 and slabs cut from logs were fashioned into benches for the pupils.  Today the township has seven school houses in as many districts and two independent districts, one in New Liberty and the other in Dixon.  The school in Dixon is a graded one with two teachers.  There are also three churches in the township, two at Big Rock and one at Dixon.  The soil in Libetty township is of the best and more or less rolling.  Two beautiful groves of timber, Big and Little Walnut groves, add very much to the beauty of the landscape, and cutting through these groves is Walnut creek, a beautiful little stream, fed by living springs of water.  There is also in the township an abundance of good gravel and limestone. 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 10 cont. ALLEN'S GROVE TOWNSHIP. Allens Grove township originally comprised the present township limits and that of Liberty.  It is bounded on the east by Winfield township, on the west by Liberty, the south by Hickory Grove and on the north by the Wapsipinicon river.  The name of the township was derived from a Mr. Allen, who settled in the township in 1836.  F. E. Rothstein, who settled on section 28 in 1859, built a steam saw and gristmill in 1860 and removed it to the Wapsipinicon river in 1865.  He remained at Allens Grove until 1867, when he removed to Clinton county after selling his stock to Martin O'Neil.  Mr. O'Neil remained in business until 1872, when W. B. Stevens became his successor.  The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad cuts across the township diagonally, entering at the southeast corner and leaving it at Dixon, in the northwest corner.  A branch of the Rock Island railroad crosses the township from west to east, entering at New Dixon.  Truly remarkable has been the development of Allens Grove township during the past half century, and the years which have come and gone since its history was published by Dr. Barrows in 1863, have witnessed continuous and substantial progress in various lines.  Whereas in the early days the mail was brought from Davenport by different ones of the neighborhood, perhaps twice a week or whenever any one happened to go to that city, the township now enjoys the advantage of a rural daily mail delivery, and is closely connected with other sections of the county by the telephone system, while the time is doubtless not far distant when Allens Grove will enjoy the added advantage of communication with other points by means of the electric trolley line.  The old time subscription schools, held in log cabins, have long since ceased to exist, while modern buildings and methods have been instituted in their place, and today the township can boast of having six of the finest school buildings in the rural districts, each equipped with the latest conveniences, while one of them represents an expenditure of $1,880. 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 10 cont. BLUEGRASS TOWNSHIP. In Barrows' history will be found concisely told a narrative of the first settling of Blue Grass township, which is a full township of thirty-six square miles, and has for its northern boundary Hickory Grove township; on the west bounded by Muscatine county, on the south by Buffalo township, and on the east by Davenport and Rockingham townships.  It has but little timber and is watered by few streams.  Lines of the Rock Island road cross this township, one at the north and one at the south, the southern branch entering the village of Blue Grass and the main line the village of Walcott.  There are seven sub-districts in this township which are well patronized by the children during a greater part of the year, and Walcott and Blue Grass, both thriving villages, each have excellently conducted graded schools.  A description of the towns is given elsewhere. 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

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/499.503.1 Message Board Post: Phoebe Sudlow was, I believe, the first woman Superintendant of Schools in Davenport. I have seen a brief bio on her somewhere on a Davenport or Scott County site. Possibly if you searched Davenport Community Schools?

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/2299.1 Message Board Post: Search for Diocise of Davenport, and try there. They are using the home today for headquaters, etc.

A Raft Pilot's Log cont. Sawmills and their Owners 255 I can only tell about those in operation at different points along the upper Mississippi while I was in the rafting business. There were many small and a few large mills on the Saint Croix, Chippewa and Black riversthat sent out an immense quantity of rafted lumber to be taken to the many down river yards; but I had no line on their activities; and as the office of surveyor-general of logs and lumber in Wisconsinwas abolished four years ago, I am unable to get at the records to compute the output of these mills, that supplied the yards of Knapp, Stoutand Company at Dubuque, Fort Madison and Saint Louis. P.J. Seippel Lumber Company at Dubuque. Rhodes Brothers at Savanna. Daniel Stanchfield at Davenport. S.G. Stein and Company at Muscatine. Gilbert-Hedge and Company at Burlington Rand Lumber Company at Burlington and Keokuk. A.S.Meridiam and Comapy at Quincy. John L. Cruikshank at Hannibal. LaCrosse Lumber Company at Louisiana. LaCrosse Lumber Company at Clarksville. Shulenburg and Boeckeler at Saint Louis. Eau Claire Lumber Company at Saint Louis. Methudy and Meyer at Saint Louis, and others. A large part of the lumber to these yards was hauled out, piled and seasoned and then shipped west to buildhomes, barns and fences in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas. 456 STILLWATER, MINNESOTA The big Shulenburg and Boeckeler mill later owned by Isaac Staples, E.L. Hospes and Samuel Atlee and finally owned by George H. Atwood who cut forty-eight million feet of lumber a season. Hersey Bean and Brown mill; which in 1882 came under the management of George H. Atwood. The Saint Croix Lumber Company. The Eastside Lumber Company(Bronson and Folsom mill). South Stillwater mill(Durant and Wheeler and David Tozer). Hershey Lumber Company mill. R.W. and A.R. Turnbull mill at lakeland. The Eclipse Sawmill Company at South Stillwater. The Fall and McCoy mill at Lakeland. Teh Musser-Sauntry mill. Hudson, Wisconsin(Mouth of Willow River) The Purington mill, built 1850. Destroyed by fire. It was replaced in 1883 by a modern mill owned by the Hudson Lumber Company, that cut 700,000,000 feet and sent the last raft down river in 1915. Glenmont,Wisconsin Olds and Lord mill-later owned by Gillespie and Harper. Prescott, Wisconsin The John Dudley mill. Red Wing, Minnesota The Red Wing Mills Company, The Charles Betcher mill. 257 Winona, Minnesota(Four large mills) Youmans Bros. and Hodgins-1856-1898. Laird Norton and Company started in 1857. Winona Lumber Company started in 1881. The Empire Lumber Company started in 1887. LaCrosse, Wisconsin(at mouth of Black river) C.L. Clomans mill. John Pauls mill. N.B. Holways mill. Sawyer and Austins mill. G.B. Trows mill. P.S. Davidson Lumber Company mill. McDonald Brothers mill. Lansing, Iowa Lansing Lumber Company, John Robson of Winona , principal owner and manager. McGregor, Iowa W. and J. Fleming mill, c.W. Cowles, manager. Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin Stauer and Daubenberger mill. Guttenburg, Iowa Zimmerman and Ives mill. Dubuque, Iowa Knapp, Stout and Company's mill. Ingram, Kennedy and Day, later Standard Lumber company. M.H. Moore's mill. Bellevue, Iowa Dorchester and Huey's mill. to be cont.

Chapter 10 cont. HICKORY GROVE TOWNSHIP Hickory Grove is one of the oldest townships of Scott ocunty and was first settled in 1836, Alfred Carter making the first claim on the northwest quarter of section 16.  He was a native of Shenandoah valley, Virginia, and came here from Indiana.  This township is bounded on the north by Allen's Grove and on the south by Blue Grass, on the west by Cleona and on the east by Sheridan townships.  It is mostly prairie, which is well watered, and takes its name from a tract of timber in the central portion of the township known as Hickory Grove.  At the time Alfred Carter came to this section of the country wild animals roamed the prairies and hills.  The wolves and wildcats were very troublesome, committing depredations on the settlers' live stock.  Hickory Grove was at that time a great rendezvous for deer.  One night while Mr. Carter was absent in Henderson county, Illinois, where he had journeyed in quest of provisions for himself and neighbors, ten Indians came suddenly upon the house and asked for a night's lodging. Fearing to refuse them Mrs. Carter granted their request.  Mr. Carter and his sons, Charles P., John and Martin, often joined the Indians in hunting deer.  Eearly in its history there were three tracts of timber which were known as Hickory Grove, Pilot Grove and Linn Grove; the two latter have practically disappeared.  In 1837 Philip Baker of Muskingum county, Ohio, took up a claim on section 9, and at about the same time came Jonathan Porter from Muskingum county, Ohio, also Daniel and John Porter.  John Spicer had preceded them from Muskingum county in the fall of 1836, settling on section 9.  William and Daniel Porter also came in 1836.  Muskingum county, Ohio, furnished George Schuck, who settled in the township on section 10 in 1838, and died there in 1848.  John Schuck also came in 1838 and built a hewn log house on section 15.  He removed to Nebraska in 1859.  Samuel Freeman, whose native place was New London, Connecticut, arrived in Davenport on December 3, 1839, and a short time thereafter entered a tract of land near Kirtle's ferry on the Wapsipinicon, but lost his claim by being too slow in filing on it.  Eventually after many vicissitudes he was able to gather enough money to purchase a farm near Slopertown.  This was sold in a few years for another farm near Hickory Grove, where he remained until the day of his death.  The first school was held in the winter of 1837-8 at the home of Alfred Carter, George F. Emery, a highly educated man and a native of Boston, having been employed by Mr. Carter to teach his children.  The first birth in the township occurred November 10, 1838, and was that of William H. Baker, son of Philip and Catherine Baker.  The first death was that of Alfred Carter in 1839.  The first marriage took place at the home of Philip Baker in 1842, the contracting parties being Alexander Wells and Julia Carter.  The ceremony was performed by Squire Grace at Walnut Grove.  Hickory Grove township takes pride in the fact that the great apostle of Methodism, Rev. Peter Cartwright thundered his philippics against sin and unrighteousness in homes of the settlers here who threw them open to him for religious services.  It is especially remembered that he preached a sermon at the home of Alfred Carter in 1838.  In November, 1851, Elder Jonas Hartzell, later of Davenport, organized the Linn Grove Christian church.  It was then known as the Allen's Grove Church of Christ and was removed to Linn Grove in 1858 and its name changed.  Both in Allen's Grove and Linn Grove the congregation held services in the school houses, but a modest frame house was built in 1866, where services were afterwards held.  This township today has eight sub-school districts where school is taught   during summer and winter from eight to nine months in the year.  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

Dear Josie: Hi, Thank You So Much. I have a cousin who is and has always lived in Davenport and I have sent along the information you have given me to her and will see if she can go to the library. I had a genealogical research done by the library a couple of years ago but they did not find the information in which you have sent. We have been really enjoying our Hoffbauer Family Research and love so reading about Buffalo. Through cousins we have found letters which date back to 1859 and were written by Mathilda (Schniedewind) Hoffbauer, wife of Frederick G.H. Hoffbauer founder of the Hoffbauer Brewery. These letters were written in old German and we are currently having then translated. I have seen your family name often and will look to see if I have any information on the Westendorf Family to send to you. Thank You Again Josie! Sincerely, Kathy Price (I live in Ca.)

Chapter 10 cont. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP. Sheridan township was organized in 1866 and is the central township of the county.  It is bounded on the north by Winfield, on the south by Davenport, on the west by Hickory Grove and on the east by Lincoln townships.  Much of the early history of this township has been told in the story of the first settlments in the county by Mr. Barrows.  It was originally named Phil Sheridan township, after the noted cavalry officer of the Civil war, but later Phil was dropped.  The township was formed by subtracting eighteen sections from Winfield and eighteen sections from Davenport.  The first election was held on a certain Tuesday of October, 1866, the polling place being at Claus H. Kuhl's tavern.  At this election H. H. Fry was chosen as supervisor; Christ Vogt, James Quinn and Gilbert Wicks, trustees; Anderson Martin, assessor; B. F. Berkley, clerk; William Saddoris and Asmus H. Lamp, justices of the peace; Peter Weis and James Morrison, constables.  Samuel Sloper settled on section 28, in the territory now comprising Sheridan township, in 1840, and in 1841 Lyman Osborn took up a claim on section 29.  Among others who followed these hardy pioneers may be mentioned; ex-Governor Rusch; Hans Schneckloth; Claus Hageddorn; Joseph Seaman; William Rigg; Dr. A. J. Emeis; Benjamin Barr; Captain LeMarinel; C. Myer; John and Nathan Greer; Moses Barber; James and Joseph Quinn; Christ Vogt; Peter Blunk; Hans and Juergen Schmidt.  Dr. A. J. Emeis was the first physician to take up his residence in the township, and Henry Kuntzen was the first to open a blacksmith shop.  He erected his building on section 25.  Mr. Sloper was the first to turn up the prairie for cultivation.  There are nine sub-districts in Sheridan township, each of which has a good school building where the children are taught from eight to nine months in the year.  Eldridge also has an independent school. There is but one village in Sheridan township - Eldridge Junction, established in 1871 by J. M. Eldridge.  It is situated in the eastern part of the township, on section 11, at the junction of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad and the Maquoketa branch.  Soon after the advent of the railroad shops were located here by the company, giving employment to a large number of workmen.  This gave an impetus to the young village and for a time the prospects were good for a large and thriving settlement; but the railroad magnates saw fit, some years since, to remove the shops, which was a death blow to the embryo "city of Eldridge."  Many of its business places, hotels, etc., were soon after closed and a number of buildings have since been torn down and removed from the place.  The first school election in the township was held in 1867, when the following board was chosen:  Alexander Murrison, James Calderwood, Albert Brugman, Henry Fellner, A. J. Emeis, William Rogers.  A church edifice was erected by the Presbyterian society of Eldridge Junction about the year 1874.  James Mason was the first pastor.  Eldridge Lodge, No. 132, A. O. U. W., was organized in 1877, with John Rogers P. M. W.; E. T. Morgan, M. W.; J. W. Davidson, G. F.; J. D. McCormick, O.; J. A. Pollock, recorder; James Youmans, financier; G. A. Hastings, receiver; P. Herbold, G.; J. G. Quinn, I. W.; L. Cohman, O. W.  For a full description of Eldridge see another page. 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

Kathy, If you have access to the Quad-city Times Archives at the Dav. Public Library, you would enjoy the article by Julie Jensen. It was in the Sunday, May 23, 1976 edition-pp. 8D-9D. It was entitled "Buffalo: Once It Was Gateway to the West" and was part of the "Pathways to the Present" series. It included wonderful sketches of five of the older Buffalo buildings by Bobbi Mongeau and quotes August P. Richter, the German-American historian. I had hoped there would be a mention of my ancestors, the August Westendorf family & the Brick Factory. Unfortunately these were not included in the article. There were mentions of Fred, Hugo, and Max Hoffbauer. If you wish to write me off-line, I will quote those sections for you. Jo Westendorf Banks researching: Banks, Collins, Lamping, Puck, Rabeling, Sand, Thielvoldt, Voss, Westendorf, Wulf, and Zarnt in Iowa. Collins, Fitzpatrick, McManaman, & Halliburton in MO.

Chapter 10 cont. BUTLER TOWNSHIP. Butler township was organized in 1865 and was first named Ben Butler in honor of the gentleman of that name who became famous in the Civil war and later as a statesman.  Later the board of supervisors abbreviated the name by dropping the prefix Ben.  Butler is in the north tier of townships bordering on Clinton county.  The northern sections of the township are irregular and cut into by the Wapsipinicon river.  In the northern portion of the township is considerable timber, especially in the northwest part, and the west central section of the township has considerable timber in the locality of Walnut Grove.  The western boundary of Butler township is Winfield, the southern Lincoln and the eastern Princeton townships.  The first election for town officers took place October 8, 1865, and the first entry of land was made in 1836 by Henry Harvey Pease and John G. Grafford, jointly.  This entry consisted of 500 acres in wheat was known as Walnut Grove on section 19.  Alphonso Warren had previously indicated his ownership of this claim by having "blazed" trees thereon.  He relinquished his interests to Pease and Grafford for the sum of $100.  Pease, the pioneer of Butler township, built the first cabin and Alphonso Warren built the second on section 20 in the fall of 1838, as he had preceded both Pease and Grafford as settlers in the county.  Mr. Warren had come to the township from New York and operated a grindstone quarry in the township for several years before he removed to Kansas.  George Daly, a native of Ohio, had spent some time in Moline, Illinois, and in 1839 erected a flour mill on section 17, near a stream of water known at that time as Daly's creek.  Daly afterward settled in Jackson county, then removed to Plymouth county, where he died.  Clinton W. Pease, son of H. H. Pease, was the first white child born in the township.  His birth occurred September 1, 1839.  George Daly and Rebecca Arble were the first couple married in the township.  The wedding took place in 1839.  Miss Alice Alvord in 1846 taught the first school in the township in an old log house at Walnut Grove.  James and Alexander Brownlie, Presbyterian divines, held the first religious services in this section of the county at the residence of H. H. Pease in 1838.  Ciruit rider Brace, a Methodist minister, would often stop at the Pease home and hold services.  The first schoolhouse was a log structure and was erected on section 18 in 1850.  In 1861 the Mount Joy Methodist Episcopal church was built on section 30 and had for its first pastor Rev. S. H. Harmer.  Mount Union church was built in 1868 by members of the Presbyterian organization on section 35, and Rev. McBride was its first pastor.  About 1851 Claus Boltz settled on section 15.  Charles Bennet settled on section 35 in 1850.  George Washington Martin and Lafayette Martin were located in this township long before it was separated from Winfield township.  They came here in 1843.  John C. McCausland located on section 23 in 1855; William Mooney, in 1852; Henry F. Schlotfeldt, in 1853; Claus Mundt in 1855; George Baughman settled in Winfield township in 1847 and removed to Bulter township in 1855; and in 1859 J. Helble, a native of Germany, settled on section 26.  Butler township has nine school districts and three churches.   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