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/Cl.2ADI/950.1 Message Board Post: I have a Nellie Pearl Dunbar in my database. She married Wilbur Rynor in 1905. Sources from Wayne county records: Her parents named in marriage record: S.M. Dunbar and Mary J. Gordon; parents named in 1925 census: S.M. Dunbar and Mary Gordon; named in Old Age Assistance Tax: Silas Dunbar and Mary Gordon; named in Nellie's obituary: Silas M. and Mary Jane Dunbar. Hope this helps. Janet Rogers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunbar, Sears, Gorman, Gates, Elliott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/950 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on Silas DUNBAR (1856-1913) and his wife Mary J. (1858-1928). Their childred are: Roy DUNBAR (1880 – 1959); John DUNBAR; Charles Archie DUNBAR (2/12/80 – 5/7/08); Gertie DUNBAR (1886 – 1965); Ethel DUNBAR (died 4/30/1898) and another daughter. Any information that you have on Silas and Mary would be greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for information on Ellen SEARS. She married Charles Archie DUNBAR. They had five children: Wayne DUNBAR, Mildred DUNBAR, Ethel DUNBAR (1901-1970), Nellie DUNBAR (3/24/06 - 8/15/99) and Claudine DUNBAR (12/21/07 - 10/14/87) (my grandfather). After Charles Archie DUNBAR died in 1908, Ellen moved to Oklahoma, remarried, and had a daughter named Audra. Ellen died in about 1914 or 1915 and the family was split up. Most of the people listed are buried in the Clio Cemetery. Thanks for your help!

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/Cl.2ADI/254.373.385.1 Message Board Post: I am also looking for information on the SEARS family. My great-grandmother's maiden name was Ellen SEARS. She married Charles DUNBAR and had five children: Wayne, Mildred, Ethel, Nellie and Claudine. Charles died in 1908 at the age of 28. Ellen moved to Oklahome, remarried, and had a daughter named Audra. She died in Oklahoma in about 1914 or 1915. Does she fit any of your information?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunbar, Sears, Gorman, Gates, Elliott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/409.1.1 Message Board Post: I am also looking for information on the SEARS family. My great-grandmother's maiden name was Ellen SEARS. She married Charles DUNBAR and had five children: Wayne, Mildred, Ethel, Nellie and Claudine. Charles died in 1908 at the age of 28. Ellen moved to Oklahome, remarried, and had a daughter named Audra. She died in Oklahoma in about 1914 or 1915. Does she fit any of your information?

I have no progressed through my reports of John Abraham Brower and descendants, to begin with my own ancestor, who is Dr. Jeremiah Brower. Jeremiah Brower b. 4-24-1801 NY d. 1-12-1875 Lineville, Wayne Co. IA. Son of Jacob Brower and Abigail Manning. Jeremiah Brower married Lucinda DAY in 1826 at Brownstown, Jackson Co IN. They moved to Marion Co. MO about 1830. Lucinda was born in IN, but I don't know her parentage. Lucinda Day Brower died in 1836 most likely at Marion Co MO. I do not know where she is buried. Lucinda and Dr. Brower had 2 children (at least). #1. Juliann ( Julia Ann) Brower, I don't have exact dates for her, she married Henry M. Davis 2-7-1847 Schuyler Co MO. I don't know when she died. #2 Chancellor Jeremiah Brower b. 1833 MO d. 1917 Appanoose Co IA. Dr. Brower then married Nancy Weaver Swindle b. 4-29-1815 Ashe Co NC. Nancy's grandfather was a Rev War Vet. She had come to stay with her Uncle Joseph Swindle of Monroe Co MO and then married Dr. Brower after he was widowed. They married 11/12/1837 at Shelby Co MO (that record is on file there). Nancy took the Oregon Trail after she was widowed and died in 1901 at LaGrande, Union Co OR Dr. Brower and Nancy lived in Marion Co Mo, then later moved North to Schuyler Co MO, along with his older brother John Abraham Brower. About 1852 Dr. Brower and family moved up North to Appanoose Co IA were he was active in medicine practice as well as Masonic Lodge. They lived at Hamburg, IA. About 1855 Dr. Brower and family moved slightly south to Lineville, Wayne Co. MO which is just over the border from Schuyler Co MO. While at Wayne Co IA he was active in poliics, and ran for County Judge, but lost. I have another History book which says he did win one term, but lost the re-election. He continued his Masonic duties, and was the moving force behind bringing a Masonic Lodge to Corydon, IA and was the First Worshipful Leader of the Lodge at Corydon. The chidren of Nancy and Dr. Jeremiah Brower: 1. Elizabeth Brower b. 1840 MO 2. Albert Grundy Brower b. 1842 MO d. 1923 Hamburg, IA 3. Emily "Emma" Brower b. 1844 MO d. Oregon 4. Sarah Permelia Brower b. 1845 MO d. 1922 Oregon 5. Amanda Brower b. 1848 MO d. Oregon or Washington 6. Martha E. Brower b. 1855 IA d. Washington 7. Abigail Brower b. 1856 IA d. 1864 IA 8. Jeremiah Brower b. 1858 d. 1915 Portland, OR 9. Cynthia Ann Brower b. 1863 IA 10. Elias Brower (he may have been a Civil War soldier?? Co E, 24th IA infantry.) 11. William Brower (perhaps died young???) I will do a report on each child to detail marriage and children. Please write if you connect or have further info. Lillian Kathleen Martin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: miner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/351.1 Message Board Post: I am inquiring about picture, was wondering if it is still available? please email me soon.. thank u, my mother is floence miner and father is james

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BINCKLEY Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/949 Message Board Post: I found that an A. O. Binckley was in the Southern Border Brigade, Roster Company B, 3rd Battalion in 1862. Residence given as Corydon, IA. This may be my g-g-uncle, Allen Otho Binckley. He was born in Ohio, but I have no other details. Could someone check to see if he is listed on the 1860 or 1870 Iowa census? I'd love to know about wife, children, etc. Thanks!!

Flori Are you interested in information concerning Alman Fortune who married in 1919 Hildah Riddle? Gayle

Dear Pauline I think?! Thank you so much for putting these biographies on the web. Ellen Barber was a great aunt of my Grandma. I have a doll Aunt Ellen sent to her in the early 1880's. My direct line stayed in Linn county IA. The rest of the Barbers settled in Wayne county. There are a lot of clues in this biography, I'm so glad I subscribe to this mailing list. Thanks again for your hard work. Flori ------------ Searching Barber, Newell, Eastman, Bice, Ingersoll, Bryant and more

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WALKER, RUSH, NIDAY, MCCAULAS, TRACY Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/948 Message Board Post: Sanders Walker, section 12, Benton Township, was born in Shelby County, Indiana, February 14, 1831. His father, Samuel Walker, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a pioneer of Shelby County, settling there when the country was infested by Indians and wild animals, and when his nearest white neighbor was five miles distant. He was a member of the Indiana militia in the early days, and barely missed being in the battle of Tippecanoe by being absent on a foraging expedition. Sanders Walker was reared a farmer, and has made excellent use of the knowledge acquired in his youth. His education was limited to that obtained in the subscription schools in the early days of Indiana, but he has by reading and observance acquired a practical knowledge that has been of more benefit than that obtained in the schools. He came to Iowa in the spring of 1845, and lived in Jefferson County ten years. In the spring of 1855 he moved to Wayne County and bought the land which is now his valuabl! e farm. This farm of 140 acres he has brought from a wild uncultivated state to that of advanced cultivation and in place of the rude buildings erected for his use at that time he now has a pleasant frame residence and large comfortable farm buildings. Mr. Walker was married in January, 1852 to Mary, daughter of James Rush. They have had five children, but four of whom, John J., George W., Libbie and Emma, are living. One son, James W., died aged twenty-eight years. He had married America Niday, and left three children-Benjamin S., John R., and George W. John, now of Bent County, Colorado, married Clara McCaulas, and has one child-Mabel M. George married Alice Tracy, of Benton Township. Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties P-358-359 Interstate Printers Chicago 1886

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WALKER, WHITELEY, SWONGER Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/947 Message Board Post: Joseph Walker, a prominent and successful farmer of Wright Township, lives on section 17, where he has a fine farm of 160 acres. He came to Iowa in 1855, and lived one year in Jefferson County, and then came to Wayne County and entered Government land on section 23, which he improved and made his home five years. He then sold his farm and rented land three years, buying his present farm in 1865. His residence, which is a model of architecture, was built in 1879. Mr. Walker was born in Adams County, Ohio, September 17, 1825, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth(Whitley)Walker. His father was a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, a son of James Walker, a native of the same county, of Irish descent. His mother was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Whiteley, and was of German descent. His parents family consisted of nine children, of whom our subject is the fourth, viz:-Samuel, James, Jane, Joseph, William, Madison, Maria, Melvina and George W. Joseph Walker was reared in his nat! ive State, remaining there until he came to Iowa. He was married February 7, 1850, to Charlotte I. Swonger, a native of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, daughter of John and Mary Swonger, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. They have a family of nine children-John A., Philip A., Ambrose B., Elizabeth M., Josephine A., Virginia, Rose B., Ida and Willa Inez. Mr. and Mrs. Walker and their family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties P-462 Interstate Printers Chicago 1886

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIAMS, BARBER Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/946 Message Board Post: Charles Williams, one of the prominent citizens of Wayne County, residing on section 22, Clay Township, was born in Glenmorganshire, Wales, in the town of St. Fagans, in 1816. He was reared to the trade of a carpenter, and from the age of sixteen till twenty-six years of age he followed the sea as a ship carpenter. In 1851 he came to Philadelphia as ship carpenter on the sailing vessel Switzerland, of Charleston, South Carolina. After reaching Philadelphia he was married to Miss Ellen Barber, a young lady whom he became acquainted with while crossing the ocean. She was a native of Norfolk, England, living there till she came to America in 1851. Soon after his marriage he began working on the Camden & Amboy Railroad, which he followed till April 1851, when he went to Jersey City and worked in the car shops of Messrs. Cummings and James till the following October. He then went to Illinois under contract to take charge of bridge building on the Illinois Central Railway, but, having reached his destination, he waited in vain for the arrival of his tool chest which he had ordered to be shipped to him. This was a serious loss to Mr. Williams, as his outfit was a very complete and valuable one. Owing to the loss that he had thus sustained, and which he was then unable to repair, he resolved to change his occupation, and purchasing a piece of land in De Kalb County, Illinois, he engaged in farming in 1853, occupying his farm for three years,when he sold it and followed carpentering at De Kalb Center till the spring of 1860. He then sold his business and,accompanied by his wife and two children, crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains and engaged in mining at California Gulch, in Colorado, remaining there most of the time till September, 1861. The same month he enlisted in Company A,Second Colorado Inf! antry, and was elected bugler of the regiment. His regiment participated in a number of battles,including Patch Canon,-Pleasant Hill, Independence, Big Blue River, Little Blue River and Westport. For a considerable time the regiment engaged in suppressing the bushwhackers in the Fourth District of Missouri. It was subsequently engaged in the pursuit of the rebel General Price till the latter left Missouri. Mr. Williams then went with regiment, which was ordered to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service having served three and a half years. That his wife might accompany him into the army he secured for her the position of laundress of the company,she going with her husband through all the marches and campaigns in which the regiment was engaged. But her labors were by no means confined to her service as laundress. She was a faithful minister to the sufferings of the sick and wounded of the regiment, and thus in the capacity of nurse did she render invaluable service to the soldiers. Mrs. Williams is a woman of considerable ability as a writer, and has written a very interesting history of the Second Colorado Infantry,whose fortunes she shared for three and a half years. After the war Mr. Williams came with his family to Wayne County,where he has since made his home. After coming here he rented the farm of James Shriver, and in 1867 bought eighty acres of land in Jefferson Townshi! p. After raising several crops on the this land he sold out and bought his present farm in Clay Township. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have had four children, two now living--Arthur W. B. and Owen D. K., both married and living in Clay Township, near the home of their parents. Two sons, Frederick and Charles, died in childhood. Biographical and Historical Record Of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa 1886 Inter-State Publishing Co. 113 Adams Street Chicago page 458-459

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: welch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/945 Message Board Post: I am researching William B Welch and I think I found him a wdr in 1900 census living in Corydon Wayne Co and would like to find out if his wife Arabella died and was buried in Wayne Co? Thanks Nancy cunningb@flash.net

Wayne County Listers: I just wanted to let you all know about a few things that are going on with the Wayne County Website. As you may have noticed I have added a Search Engine to our main page. This should save time for anyone looking for family in Wayne. I also have enabled Wayne County to participate in the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. At the present time there are no photos for Wayne, but you may submit a photo to be placed on this site. In time I will be placing several photos that I have collected as well. The photos must be of a gravestone in a Wayne County Cemetery and you must know the cemetery name (or I can look it up for you if unknown). There are over 5200 photos for various other counties, however and you may also submit your photos to other counties as well. The following URL will take you to the Gravestone Project and explain its' existence and directions. I hope you all will join us in this wonderful project and help our fellow researchers in the process. http://iagenweb.org/grave/ Verna May Coordinator Wayne County -- GOD BLESS AMERICA Alone we can do little, together we can accomplish much. ....Helen Keller http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawayne/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/123.1 Message Board Post: Kim, Tried to reach your email but it returned as undeliverable. Should you see this, please reply privately. I have information re the Clarks of Wayne Co., IA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/944 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Wilma Lee. Died 6/7/1993 in Corydon, wayne, IA. looking for maiden name, living relatives, burial place. If she was buried in Corydon Cem. or not, and if she was buried next to husband Elmer. Trying to find connections. Thank you in advance for any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: James/Eaton/ Stephens/Hayes/Campbell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/943 Message Board Post: I am looking for a connection to my Benjamin James and Mary Eaton. They were born in New Hampshire and are on the 1880 census of Wayne County Iowa. Would like to share information and find out who their parents were. Thanks Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/941.2.1 Message Board Post: Rose. These families connect way back to John Rathbun, I think # 2. John Rathone, it was spelled back then, and Ann Dodge. He was son of John Rathbone and Margaret Acres. I'd have to get my papers out to tell you the exact lineage down to Edwin but they are definately related. Thanks for the info. Appreciate the time you took to post that. Are you related to those you posted? God Bless and have a good day. Lavona

Emma MOWER was born 9/25/1889 Appanoose Co., IA. She later married Omer BROWER b. 9/5/1895 MO. Their marriage MAY be recorded at Appanoose Co., IA if they married in her hometown. Omer and Emma Brower lived at Rt. 3, Moulton, IA. Omer was from the Brower family of Schuyler Co., MO. There was another Brower family of Appannose Co., IA and Wayne Co. IA. These Brower families are related. Chancellor J. Brower of Centerville, Appanoose Co., IA was the son of Dr. Jeremiah Brower of Lineville, Wayne Co., IA. Dr. Jeremiah Brower was the brother of John Abraham Brower of Schuyler Co., MO who was the grandfather of Omer Brower. I would like to connect with any Brower or MOWER researchers. I have alot of Brower data, but I don't have much on Omer and Emma Brower. Thanks, Lillian Kathleen Martin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Rains, Garringer, Adams,Whitenack Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cl.2ADI/941.2 Message Board Post: Have website for you to see if he connects if you want it. This is from the older generation. Perhaps his brother's son ? Names carried down in most families with using siblings names, or ancestors. http://www.phinneysplace.com/genealogy/p106.htm and if that not helpful let me know.