Norma, Thanks to your fine work, I just now resolved the marriage date of my great grandfather. THANKS SO MUCH!! Jae Berry Brown (great granddaughter of David Franklin Berry, married 1888 in Washington County!) On Sep 13, 2006, at 1:47 PM, njennings wrote: > Another great database is now complete. The 1839-1900 marriage > records are > done and on line on the Washington County website. Use the drop > down menu on > the Main index to access the years. Later years will be added > sometime but > not this week! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/ > > Norma Jennings > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IAWASHIN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Another great database is now complete. The 1839-1900 marriage records are done and on line on the Washington County website. Use the drop down menu on the Main index to access the years. Later years will be added sometime but not this week! http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/ Norma Jennings

Approx. death date? Cheryl ---- sunny43ch@netins.net wrote: ============= 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/Bl.2ADI/571 Message Board Post: I am doing Polzien genealogy and would appreciate a copy of Mr. Polzien's obituary and that of his wife. I understand he was the postmaster in Brighton for a while. Any other information on him appreciated. Thanking you in advance. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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/Bl.2ADI/571 Message Board Post: I am doing Polzien genealogy and would appreciate a copy of Mr. Polzien's obituary and that of his wife. I understand he was the postmaster in Brighton for a while. Any other information on him appreciated. Thanking you in advance.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#127256) Benjamin F. Demorest <http://iagenweb.org/boards/washington/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=127256> AUTHOR: Cheryl DATE: 9/10/2006 at 21:26:48 Surnames: DEMOREST,DEMAREST,SOMMERS,GREGORY,DAVIS,FERREE March 22, 1903 Death of Benjamin Demorest B. F. Demorest, well known throughout this section, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Godfrey Sommers, where he was visiting, Sunday March 22nd. He was born in New Albany, Indiana, Feb. 20, 1840 and had been a resident of Iowa for a good many years. He is survived by 7 children: Mrs. Godfrey Sommers, Richmond; Mrs. Harriet Snider, Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Nettie McKibben, Tacoma, WA; Mrs. Maxie Nickerson, Washington, IA; Miss Mathilda G. Demorest, Washington, IA; Harrison D. Demorest, Richmond, IA; and Ruth F. Demorest of Glenwood, IA. The deceased served 3 years in the Civil War. The funeral was held at Richmond Methodist Church Monday, conducted by Rev. W. J. Pyle. Burial took place in the Richmond Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#127254) Barbara Sommers <http://iagenweb.org/boards/washington/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=127254> AUTHOR: Cheryl DATE: 9/10/2006 at 21:15:55 Surnames: HEITZMAN,SOMMERS Iowa City Press Citizen December 11, 1916 Mrs. John Sommers Dead Mrs. John Sommers, of Washington township, mother of Charles W. Sommer, died Friday at the family home. Burial was made yesterday morning in the Schneider Cemetery in Kalona. Mrs. Sommers was past 80 years of age and had lived many years in the community where she is mourned by hosts of friends and neighbors.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#127141) Christian Eicher 1819 - 1896 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/washington/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=127141> AUTHOR: Ann Miller Whit DATE: 9/9/2006 at 23:44:22 Surnames: EICHER,WENGER Obituary: Herald of Truth EICHER - On February 21st, 1896, near Noble, Washington Co., Iowa, of dropsy, Christian Eicher, aged a few months less than 77 years. Bro. Eicher was born in France and came to Wayne Co., Ohio in 184-, and a little later to Washington Co., Iowa, where he has remained every since. In 1853 he was married to Anna Wenger; she died in 1885. Eleven children were born to them, of whom 7 are still living. On the 22d, he was buried in the Sommer graveyard. Services by Harvey Allebach in English, and S. Gerig in German.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#127132) Barbara Roth Eicher 1836 - 1910 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/washington/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=127132> AUTHOR: Ann Miller Whit DATE: 9/9/2006 at 22:45:51 Surnames: ROTH,EICHER,MILLER,CONRAD,BOSHART,WYSE,GRABER Barbara Roth obituary: On Wednesday evening very suddenly occurred the death of Mrs. Barbara Eicher, one of the old settlers of this community. The news of her death came unexpectedly and surprisingly to many. Mrs. Eicher was real well all winter, considering her age. Last summer, she had been quite sick for several weeks, evidently she did not fully recover from the effects. Wednesday she felt well as usual at supper, and after supper, before Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Graber realized the conditions, she passed peacefully into the land of the hereafter as the morning came, into the spiritual existence where unhindered by physical illness, her mind will mingle with and be a part of the beauties and grandeur of that other world as we term it, of which we know so very little at best. Mother Eicher was a friend of both young and old. She reared a large and useful family, one that is a pleasure to meet. Mrs. Barbara Roth-Eicher was born in Wayne County, Ohio, January 5, 1836. In 1846, with her parents, she emigrated to Iowa, locating in Jefferson County, and in the year of 1852, she was united in marriage to Martin Eicher. This young couple then located in Washington County. To this union were born thirteen children; six sons and seven daughters. The husband and a daughter preceded her to the Valley of the Shadow. She leaves six sons, six daughters, fifty-three grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren, two brothers, and two sisters to mourn their loss. The children are: Mrs. Mary Roth of Creston, Mont.; Mart, Dan, and Mrs. Maggie Miller of Milford, Nebraska; Levi, of Hartford, Kansas; Frank of Manson, Iowa; Jacob of Goodland, Kansas; Mrs. Barbara Conrad of Smithville, Ohio ; Mrs. Peter Boshart, William R. Eicher, Mrs. S.P. Wyse,and Mrs. J.W. Graber of this community. With the latter the deceased had made her home the last fourteen years of her life. The surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Kate Roth of Pueblo, Colorado; Mart and Emily Roth of Villisca, Iowa; and Jacob, of Red Oak, Iowa. Nearly all of her children visited her while she was sick last summer and all were here to attend the funeral except Mrs. Roth of Montana, Mrs. Miller of Nebraska, and Levi of Kansas. Mrs. Eicher united with the Amish Mennonite church in her youth and remained a faithful member until the end. Funeral services were held at the Sugar Creek church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock conducted by Revs. Gerig, Graber, and Gingerich. Internment was made in the Sugar Creek Cemetery by the side of her husband who died twenty-six years ago.

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#127130) Martin Eicher 1828 - 1884 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/washington/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=127130> AUTHOR: Ann Miller Whit DATE: 9/9/2006 at 22:42:12 Surnames: EICHER,ROTH,MILLER,BOSHART,GRABER,WYSE,CONRAD May 1, 1884 HERALD OF TRUTH EICHER.--On the 13th of March, in Washington County, Ia., Martin Eicher, aged 55 years, 11 months and 27 days. He leaves a widow and 12 children to mourn his departure; but they have reason to believe their loss is his eternal gain. About an hour before his death, at his request, the 20th chapter of Matthew was read to him. He was for some time a deacon of the Amish Mennonite church. The funeral was very largely attended. Services by the brethren S. F. Miller, S. Gerig and John Gunden from John 11:25. Note by poster: This was my great-great-great grandfather; the surnames of his wife and children come from my own database. AMW

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#127128) John Amos Eicher1863 - 1849 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/washington/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=127128> AUTHOR: Ann Miller Whit DATE: 9/9/2006 at 22:27:24 Surnames: EICHER,SOMMER,LEWIS,NOBLE,ALLEBACK,SWARTZENDRUBER,MILLS Mt. Pleasant News – January 19, 1949 John Amos Eicher, Last of Family of Thirteen, Dies Wayland—John Amos Eicher, son of Rev. Benjamin and Lydia (Sommer) Eicher was born in Washington County near Noble, Iowa on June 24, 1863. He passed from this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Lewis at Webster Groves, Missouri January 14, 1949. His age was 85 years, 6 months, and 21 days. His father was the organizer of the Eicher Emanuel Church near Noble. To the union of the Rev. and Mrs. Eicher, thirteen children were born, all of whom are now deceased. The other brothers were Henry and Edward, attorneys at Washington, Iowa, William, a doctor at Peoria, Illinois, Noah a mail clerk at Winfield, David, a fruit grower at Springdale, Arkansas, Ezra, banker at Wayland, and Joe, a farm supervisor at Chillicothe, Missouri. The sisters were Mrs. Clayton Noble of Crete, Nebraska, Mrs. Clara Alleback of Wayland, and Mrs. Line Swartzendruber of Pulaski. Cora and Frank died in their youth at their family home. John Eicher operated the creamery at Noble for several years before moving to Springdale, Arkansas where he was engaged in fruit growing for many years. After leaving Arkansas he lived in Des Moines until 1944. In 1891 he and Glennie Mills were united in marriage at Richland, Iowa. Of this union, two daughters survive: Mrs. J. A. Lewis of Webster Groves, Missouri and Lida Eicher of Des Moines. Following the death of his wife in November, 1944, Mr. Eicher moved to Webster Groves, Missouri. In his early youth he joined the Eicher Church and remained active in all church activities wherever he resided as long as his health permitted.

Thank you for writing. Folks like you are what keep us going and going and going. Norma -----Original Message----- From: iawashin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iawashin-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Jeannette Haynie Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 6:24 AM To: Norma Jennings Subject: Re: [IAWASHIN] 1843-1850 marriages now on line Norma and all who helped, I have appreciated over the years being able to go to your web site and search for information. Thank you for all your hard work!! You have done an excellent job! Jeannette > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:31:24 -0700> From: iawashington2002@yahoo.com> To: IAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [IAWASHIN] 1843-1850 marriages now on line> > Well, folks, the promised marriage files are materializing. The years 1843-1850 and 1884 were uploaded today. The 1884 marriages are a continuation of those published in the Washington County Genealogical Society newsletter that has both the applied for date and the marriage date on most of them. > > The 1843-1850 ones are from older files and may look strange. All known marriages prior to 1850 are now complete. > > These were scanned with Omnipage 14 and saved into an Excel format where they were converted to webpages so they would be searchable. It does take about a week or so for the site to be respidered and pull up new material that has been added. For the most part they will look like the original copy. with year at the top and month and date to the left.> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-! 47wmarr.htm> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1848_50wmar.htm> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1884wmar.htm> > Norma Jennings> > > > ---------------------------------> Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685 ee3e858fe ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Norma and all who helped, I have appreciated over the years being able to go to your web site and search for information. Thank you for all your hard work!! You have done an excellent job! Jeannette > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:31:24 -0700> From: iawashington2002@yahoo.com> To: IAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [IAWASHIN] 1843-1850 marriages now on line> > Well, folks, the promised marriage files are materializing. The years 1843-1850 and 1884 were uploaded today. The 1884 marriages are a continuation of those published in the Washington County Genealogical Society newsletter that has both the applied for date and the marriage date on most of them. > > The 1843-1850 ones are from older files and may look strange. All known marriages prior to 1850 are now complete. > > These were scanned with Omnipage 14 and saved into an Excel format where they were converted to webpages so they would be searchable. It does take about a week or so for the site to be respidered and pull up new material that has been added. For the most part they will look like the original copy. with year at the top and month and date to the left.> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-47wmarr.htm> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1848_50wmar.htm> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1884wmar.htm> > Norma Jennings> > > > ---------------------------------> Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685ee3e858fe

Whoops! Must have forgotten what I named the file. The correct link for the 1843-47 marriages is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-7wmarr.htm More years were added later today (1851-53 and 1866) so you might want to go to the index page and go from there as more will be added soon. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/main_index.htm

The links on the main_index page all worked when I checked them. Try this one. Apparently a typo in the e-mail. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-7wmarr.htm Norma -----Original Message----- From: iawashin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iawashin-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Jae BROWN Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:07 PM To: iawashin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IAWASHIN] 1843-1850 marriages now on line Norma, This link doesn't work. :-( jae On Sep 8, 2006, at 12:31 AM, Norma Jennings wrote: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-47wmarr.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Norma, This link doesn't work. :-( jae On Sep 8, 2006, at 12:31 AM, Norma Jennings wrote: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-47wmarr.htm

Well, folks, the promised marriage files are materializing. The years 1843-1850 and 1884 were uploaded today. The 1884 marriages are a continuation of those published in the Washington County Genealogical Society newsletter that has both the applied for date and the marriage date on most of them. The 1843-1850 ones are from older files and may look strange. All known marriages prior to 1850 are now complete. These were scanned with Omnipage 14 and saved into an Excel format where they were converted to webpages so they would be searchable. It does take about a week or so for the site to be respidered and pull up new material that has been added. For the most part they will look like the original copy. with year at the top and month and date to the left. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1843-47wmarr.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1848_50wmar.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawashin/1884wmar.htm Norma Jennings --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com

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/Bl.2ADI/172.2.1 Message Board Post: I can look through what I have on the Thompson surname. My grandmother was Nellie Thompson. Her father was Wilfred and her grandfather was James Thompson. Do you have any of these names? I believe James married for the second time in Washington Iowa to a Rebecca Bunker. They both had been married before and their spouses had died. James was from New Jersey and then Ohio and on to Iowa

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/Bl.2ADI/570.2 Message Board Post: They and the monument is in Woodlawn Cemetery, do you want photo's? I live by there. They are not buried together.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Bl.2ADI/570.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, the monument for Robert Simpson Young is in Woodlawn Cemetery!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Bl.2ADI/570 Message Board Post: Hello, A great-great-grandfather of mine is buried in "Washington" Cemetery or "Old Washington" cemetery. Is there another name for this cemetery? Robert Smith Young is buried there (d. 1913). Also there is a family monument for his cousin Robert Simpson Young who died as a prisoner of war in Macon GA in 1862. Both men were taken prisoner, but Robert Smith Young survived and was released in October 1862. I just wanted to know the correct name of the cemetery. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!