A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 ROBERT L. ROACH, head of Roach Investment Company, is one of the active and prominent younger business men of Muscatine, which is his native city and the Iowa locality with which the Roach family have been identified for three generations. Mr. Roach is a son of William LeRoy and Margaret (McCarthy) Roach and was born at Muscatine February 27, 1894. More extended reference is made to his father in the preceding sketch. His father died December 18, 1916 and his mother in 1909. Robert L. Roach attended parochial schools, for three years was a student in St. Mary's College in Kansas, and completed a four years' liberal education in Notre Dame University of Indiana in 1915, being president of the senior class in that year. Throughout the years since he left college he has been interested in the lumber business. In 1916 he went to Live Oak, Florida, to enter the employ of the Standard Lumber Company and in 1917 was elected secretary. On returning to Muscatine in 1922 Mr. Roach became associated with the Roach & Musser Sash & Door Company and the Roach Timber Company. He is still secretary of the Roach Timber Company and director of the Roach & Musser Sash & Door Company. However, since 1927 he has given most of his time to the investment business as head of the Roach Investment Company, with offices in the Laurel Building. Mr. Roach is a very popular member of the business and social community of Muscatine. For one year he was president of the Lions Club, and for three years was president of the Geneva Golf and Country Club and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Mathias Catholic Church. He has been chairman of the finance committee of the Muscatine Welfare Association for the past three years and chairman of the joint committee of the Muscatine Service Club for the past two years. He married, December 27, 1915, Miss Julia S. Schneider, of Iowa City, daughter of A. J. and Mary (Hanley) Schneider. Her father is a member of Schneider Brothers, furniture dealers and undertakers of Iowa City. Mr. and Mrs. Roach have one son, William LeRoy, born in 1922. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 EDWIN CLAY ROACH is the dean of the bar of Lyon County. He has practiced law at Rock Rapids for over forty-five years, and his work as a lawyer has been accompanied by a varied service of a public nature and a constant participation in the work of the community. Mr. Roach was born in Knox County, Illinois, December 31, 1850, son of James P. and Jane (Castle) Roach. His father was a captain in the Twenty-third Iowa Regiment in the Civil war. Edwin Clay Roach attended school at Oskaloosa, receiving part of his education in Oskaloosa College, now a part of Drake University, and in 1875 was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa. During the following seven years he practiced in Jasper County and in 1882 moved to Rock Rapids, which was then a small town in a comparatively sparsely populated section of the state. Mr. Roach has practiced law ever since coming to Rock Rapids. He was elected and served as a member of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second General Assemblies in 1886-88 and was a delegate to the National Republican convention at Saint louis in 1896. He is affiliated with Lodge No. 406, A. F. and A. M., is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and attends the Congregational Church. He married, December 31, 1875, Miss Mary A. Ramsey, of Jasper County, Iowa, daughter of John and Catherine (Humphrey) Ramsey. They have four children: Loran J., born in March, 1878, served in the Fifty-first Iowa Regiment during the Spanish-American war and in the Philippine Island, being discharged in 1900. He graduated from the Iowa State University and took his law course at Columbia University, New York, and is now in the employ of the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married Georgine Reed, of Tesarkana, Texas, and they have three children: Edwin R., George L. and Lilian. Lena, born in 1880, is a teacher at Rock Rapids. Rollin E., born in 1885, died in 1911. Paul R., born March 1, 1893, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and served in the World war, in Battery E. One Hundred and Tenth Field Artillery, and later in the Aviation Service and is now in the life insurance business at Rock Rapids. He married in 1921 Miss Doris Kline, of Saint Paul, and they have two boys, James and Frederick. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 FRANCIS G. RICHARDSON, Doctor of Dental Surgery, in the First National Bank Building at Mason City, grew up as a boy on a farm in Cerro Gordo County, and the family have lived in this section of Northern Iowa for over half a century. Doctor Richardson is a native of Minnesota, born on a farm in Fillmore County, December 15, 1866, son of John A. and Nellie M. (Stevens) Richardson. His father was born in New York State and his mother at Concord, New Hampshire. The Richardsons came from England to America in Colonial times, and the Stevens family were also of English ancestry. The grandfather of Nellie M. Stevens was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. John A. Richardson came to Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, in February, 1874, and homesteaded just north of Mason City. The old home is still owned by the family. He always took a deep interest in local affairs, was a Republican, and died in 1907, and his wife in 1909. Doctor Richardson was the oldest of four children. The sister Grace died in 1880. Ralph, an industrial engineer, lives at Saint Paul. Mrs. Gladys Yelland, a widow, is a resident of Mason City. Francis G. Richardson is a graduate of the Mason City High School, also attended the University of Iowa, and was graduated from the dental school of Northwestern University at Chicago in 1896. He has spent over thirty years in the practice of his profession at Mason City. For a short time he was associated with Doctor Beemer, but since then has conducted an office alone. He is a member of the State, District and National Dental Associations. Doctor Richardson joined other patriotic citizens at Mason City in carrying out the local program for the winning of the World war. He is a Democrat, a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, B. P. O. Elks and the Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys occasional diversions in hunting and fishing. His family are members of the Baptist Church. Doctor Richardson married, August 15, 1904, Miss Alice Thee, of Mason City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thee. Her parents moved out to California in 1909, and her mother died there in 1926. Their children were Anna, Clara, Alice, Martha, Hulda, Lillian, wife of Dr. Earl B. Lloyd. All are residents of Pasadena and Los Angeles except Mrs. Richardson. The oldest of the children of Doctor and Mrs. Richardson is Donald F., born October 1`5, 1905, who is married and lives at Pasadena, California. The younger children are: Douglas, born September 17, 1908; Robert, born May 8, 1917, and died August 10, 1917; Mary, born October 18, 1918; and Curtis A., born May 16, 1922. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 EMMETT E. RICHARDS, M. D. The medical profession of Fremont County numbered among its members no more capable or learned physician and surgeon than Dr. Emmett E. Richards, who had been engaged in practice at Hamburg for more than two decades, and died August 10, 1929. During the time he spent in practice at Hamburg he not only built up a reputation for splendid talent along professional lines, but also as a citizen of public spirit, who accepted and discharged official responsibilities in a highly capable and commendable manner. Doctor Richards was born on a farm in Atchison County, Missouri, December 11, 1870, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Hayes) Richards. John Richards was born in Ohio, where he secured an excellent education for his day, and became a pioneer of Missouri in 1856, arriving in that state with only seventy-five cents in cash. He soon found employment as a teacher in the primitive rural schools, and was thus engaged for several years, then turned his attention to farming. During the war between the states he espoused the cause of the Union and served as a member of the Home Guard, and at the close of the struggle laid down the arms of war to take up again the implements of peace. For many years he was leading agriculturist of Atchison County, where he developed a highly cultivated farm and raised grain and cattle, at his death leaving an estate of about 100,000, including the old home place, which is owned by four of his children. Mr. Richards was not only prominent as an agriculturist, but as a man who was active and capable in public affairs. For nearly a quarter of a century he was president of the local board of supervisors, and in addition served as chairman of the Democratic county committee for a long term. He married in Atchinson County Miss Elizabeth Hayes, who was born in Indiana and was one year old when taken by her parents to Missouri. She was a member of the Christian Church, and, like her husband, passed away in Atchison County, greatly honored and respected by all who knew their many sterling qualities of mind and heart. Of their ten children nine are living, and Emmett E. was the fourth child in order of birth. As an example of the progressive spirit of John Richards it may be noted that in 1874 he brought into Missouri the first alfalfa seed that ever came over the Rocky Mountains. Emmett E. Richards attended the local schools of his native community, the Western Normal School at Shenandoah and Dixon (Illinois) College, and then entered Washington University, of Saint Louis, Missouri, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1898. He served his interneship in the City Hospital at Saint Louis, and commenced the practice of his profession at Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri, remaining ten years. In March, 1909, he took up his residence at Hamburg, Iowa, where he built up an extensive and remunerative practice. Doctor Richards won a substantial position in his profession through hard work, close application and steady development of accumulative knowledge and talent. He was a close student of his profession, and his offices contained a large and comprehensive medical library and all of the implements known to modern medical and surgical science. He was a specialist in no one line, as he was familiar with all departments of his science, and was a member of the Fremont Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. A Democrat in politics, he bore his full share of the duties of citizenship, and served as mayor of Hamburg for three terms and as a member of the school board for twelve years. He was always interested in farming, and was the owner of a valuable and highly-improved property located in Union County, Iowa. He was a York Rite Mason and Shriner and with his family belonged to the Christian Church. On June 28, 1899, Doctor Richards was united in marriage with Miss Bessie Carpenter, who was born in Atchison County, Missouri, and educated at Peru, Nebraska, and was a teacher in the public schools prior to her marriage. To this union there have been born two children: Mary Elizabeth, who has been well educated; and Charlotte Louise, who graduated from the Hamburg High School as valedictorian of the class of 1929. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 WILLIAM H. RICE, of the firm Mitchell & Rice, owners of a dental laboratory at Fort Dodge, is a native of Iowa, born on a farm near Mount Ayr, February 11, 1882. His parents were John and Sarah Rice. His father came to Iowa at an early date, spent his active life as a farmer and is now living retired at Mount Ayr. Dr. William H. Rice attended school at Mount Ayr and then completed a course in mechanical dentistry and is an expert in the technical work done in dental laboratories, including the making of bridges and the other delicate and marvelous work which has become one of the most important departments of the modern science of dentistry. Doctor Rice is a member of the Dental Study Club. He is a Republican in politics and has been a member of the vestry of the Episcopal Church at Fort Dodge. On October 15, 1908, Doctor Rice and Miss Florence Gretchen Clark were united in marriage. Mrs. Rice was born in Iowa City, July 9, 1882, and is a great-granddaughter of Gov. Robert Lucas, the first territorial governor of Iowa, who came to Iowa from Ohio, where he had been conspicuous as a public official. Mrs. Rice is a daughter of Augustus L. and Florence (Lucas) Clark. Her father was born at Rahway, New Jersey and her mother at Piketon, Ohio, in the old Governor Lucas home. Augustus L. Clark came to Iowa in 1849 and soon moved to California, spending five years in the gold mines of that state and on returning to Iowa he invested his fortune in this state. He lived at Iowa City and for many years carried on a business as a building contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had five children and the three now living are: Miss Caroline, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Rice; Dr. George Warfield Clark, a dentist at Fort Dodge; and Mrs. Rice. Mrs. Rice attended public school at Iowa City and St. Catherine's Episcopal School at Davenport. She is an active member of St. Margaret's Guild in the Episcopal Church. Doctor and Mrs. Rice have three children, John Clark, William Rice and Barbara. The two youngest children are twins, born in 1917, and are attending junior high school. John Clark Rice, who was born in 1910, is a student in the School of Commerce in the University of Iowa, is a member of the Delta Tau Delta and has won five letters in athletics. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

Cheryl, There was a Campton in an unknown twp. in Delaware co. but I'm sure that's not it. Campton was not there when the now destroyed 1890 census was taken. (American Place Names of Long Ago by Gilbert S. Bahn) William & Emma & their households were in Mahaska co. in 1880 & 1885 with spelling variants. Ancestry's index for 1895 is not complete for Mahaska co. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chebow1@aol.com> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:30 PM Subject: [IOWA] Minnie Crews/Lennie > Minnie Crews is found in the 1900 census for Mahaska county, Iowa. She > was > born abt. 1891 in Kompton (Compton?), Iowa and died in 1912 (probably > Iowa). > Minnie was married to my gr uncle, Louis L. Lennie. In the 1900 census, > Minnie is listed as an adopted daughter to William Crews. Does anyone > know who > Minnie's parents are? Cheryl -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 900 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Minnie Crews is found in the 1900 census for Mahaska county, Iowa. She was born abt. 1891 in Kompton (Compton?), Iowa and died in 1912 (probably Iowa). Minnie was married to my gr uncle, Louis L. Lennie. In the 1900 census, Minnie is listed as an adopted daughter to William Crews. Does anyone know who Minnie's parents are? Cheryl **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 JAMES RUTHERFORD RHODES, publisher of the Newton Daily News, is a native of Iowa, and of Jasper County, and has been interested in journalism and newspaper work since his college career. He was born on a farm near Newton December 31, 1882. His father, James W. Rhodes, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1849, and was brought out to Iowa in 1852 by his parents, who settled near Monroe. His active lifetime was given to farming and stock raising, and he died in January, 1923. His wife, Maria Hill, was born March 26, 1828, and died April 17, 1917. Of their six children four are living: Mrs. Winifred Wright, of Traer, Iowa; Hugh M., of Salt Lake City; George W., of Indianapolis; and James R. James R. Rhodes attended rural schools while a boy on the farm in Jasper County, graduated from high school in 1901, and had some experience as a teacher in his native county. In 1902 he entered Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, pursuing the four year liberal arts course and taking his A. B. degree in 1906. He was president of the student body in his senior year, was awarded a college letter for participation in baseball, and was active in college journalism in connection with the college papers and college annuals. It was at Monmouth, Illinois, that he gained his first regular experience as a reporter for the Daily Review. Mr. Rhodes in 1907 entered Princeton University in New Jersey, specializing in economics, and received his Master's degree in 1909. After about a year of travel he bought the Daily News of Newton in March, 1910, and has been the responsible editor and manager of that successful journal for more than twenty years. He has been a director of the Iowa Press Association and the Inland Press Association. Mr. Rhodes has been president of the Newton Chamber of Commerce. At Princeton he was a Sigma Delta Chi and member of the Friars Club. He is a Knight Templar Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine at Des Moines, the B. P. O. Elks, Rotary Club, and is a Republican and a United Presbyterian. He married, September 11, 1926, Mrs. Helen A. Smith, of Des Moines, Iowa. He has a stepdaughter, Marian Smith, at Minneapolis. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

Jan, The World War 1 Draft Registration card completed in 1917 shows he is married - living in Des Moines, Polk County, IA. The 1920 census enumeration in Seattle, King Co., WA has the child as 2 years 4 months....that would make a birth date somewhere around September 1917....the child was born in Iowa. Maybe this will help in your marriage search. Flavia > >

Hi, I'm new to this list. Can anyone please look up a marriage for me for Arthur De Foi and Martha Antle in Jasper Co., IA? They were probably married abt. 1915, 1916 or 1917 as their first child was born Sep. 1918. I would be most grateful. Thanks, Jan

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 O. N. REFSELL, attorney and banker of Emmet County, is a resident of Esterville and descended from one of the sturdy early Norwegian families in this section of Iowa. His grandparents, Ole and Mary (Paulson) Refsell came from Norway shortly after the close of the Civil war, and arrived in Emmet County just in time to secure the last tract of land still available from the public lands owned by the Government. This land had been filed on, but the first claimant had not completed the necessary improvements and it was a relinquishment when the Refsells secured it. Ole Refsell adapted himself to the circumstances of a new country, made a good record as an industrious farmer, and he and his wife enjoyed the respect and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances in Emmet County. He died March 2, 1895, and his wife in October, 1900. They were Lutherans in Iowa, as they had been in Norway. Their four children were: O. O., of Emmet County; Peter O., who died on Easter Sunday, April 20, 1930; James; and I. S., who died in Emmet County in March, 1930. James Refsell, father of the Esterville attorney, was six years of age when brought to America. He was born in Norway July 31, 1860. He was sixty-six years old when he died, April 19, 1926, and no citizen of Emmet County left behind him a record showing more enterprise in a business way, and more hearty public spirit and generosity in his relationships as a citizen and community builder. He grew up in Emmet County, had the advantages of the common schools, and for a number of years devoted all his personal attention to his farming. When he left the farm, in 1915, he moved to the Village of Wallingford in Emmet County, where he helped organize and became the first president of the Farmers Savings Bank. He was president of the bank when he died, and also president of the Farmers Elevator Company, was a director in the creamery company and telephone company. When he moved to town he did not dispose of his farming property and at his death he owned one farm of 280 acres, another of 188 acres and also the twenty acres in the home place at Wallingford. His bank was the only one in that section of Iowa which did not close during the epidemic of bank failures. The integrity of the bank was in keeping with the integrity of its president. Mrs. James Refsell lives at Wallingford and the only daughter, Miss Emma, is also a member of the household there. James Refsell married, in 1886, Annie Osher. She was born in Dane County, Wisconsin, daughter of Neis and Ingeborg (Nordheim) Osher. Her parents came from Norway and settled in Wisconsin in 1850 and in 1870 moved to Emmet County, Iowa. O. N. Refsell, only son of his parents, was born and reared in Emmet County, graduated form the Lutheran College at Red Wing, Minnesota, and later attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. For a time he was an instructor in the Lutheran College at Jewell, Iowa. Leaving school work, he took up the study of law at the University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa and was admitted to the bar while with the colors during the World war. He enlisted April 29, 1918, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Nineteenth Division and was stationed at Camp Dodge until discharged, November 30, 1918. Mr. Refsell for a few months worked in the office of E. A. Morling, of Emmetsburg, now chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, and then established himself at Estherville, where he has enjoyed a successful general law practice. Since the death of his father he has also been president of the bank at Wallingford and since the organization of the Iowa Trust & SAvings Bank at Estherville, in 1926, he has been its vice president. Mr. Refsell is a Republican and a member of the Lutheran Church, the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce. He was county attorney from January 1, 1925, to January 1, 1929, and in 1930 was candidate for representative in the State Legislature. He married, April 29, 1919, just one year after his enlistment, Miss Josephine Peterson who attended the University of Nebraska and the University of Minnesota. She was born in Nebraska. They have two daughters, Helen Ann, born July 25, 1922; and Eunice, born February 3, 1927. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 THOMAS JOHN REEVES, clerk of the District Court at Orange City, has spent a long and active life in Northwestern Iowa, and enjoys a place of special regard in Sioux County, the people of which have chosen him five successive times to his present office. Mr. Reeves was born at Kaneville in Kane County, Illinois, December 5, 1856, a son of Stephen and Abigail (Snell) Reeves, his father a native of England and his mother of New York State. Thomas John Reeves was twelve years old when his parents moved to Iowa, in 1868. He had attended Illinois schools and finished his education after coming to Iowa. When he was about sixteen years of age he went to work as clerk in a drug store, studied pharmacy largely by practical experience, and in 1878 was registered as a pharmacist. In the same year he opened a business of his own at Seney, Iowa, and was the local druggist of that community for ten years. He was also appointed postmaster in 1878, and held this office all the ten years he was in the general mercantile and drug business there. On selling his interest at Seney Mr. Reeves moved, in 1888, to Earlville, Iowa, where he was in the drug business one year, in 1888 located at Racine, Wisconsin, and soon afterward took up a Government homestead in Northwestern Nebraska, but in 1891 returned to Iowa and settled on a farm at Westfield. In the spring of 1892 he bought a farm in South Dakota and was a part of the rural community and the agricultural life of the state for thirteen years. On returning to Iowa Mr. Reeves settled at Hawarden in Sioux County, and in 1904 he and his nephew, S. W. Harker, engaged in the drug business. Their partnership continued for ten years, and when Mr. Reeves sold out, in November, 1914, he retired from business except for the supervision of his private interests and has had time to devote to the duties of public office. Mr. Harker still continues in business, with G. F. Burket. Mr. Reeves was city clerk of Hawarden from 1907 to 1923. On January 1, 1923, he took up his duties as clerk of the District Court at Orange City and is now serving in his fifth term. While living in South Dakota he was for twelve years, 1893-1904, a justice of the peace. He is a Republican in politics, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the thirty-second degree and being a life member of the Grand Lodge, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and district lecturer of the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Lions Club and of the American Reformed Church. He has the honor, too, of being president of the County Clerks Association of Iowa. Mr. Reeves married at Seney, Iowa, September 5, 1878, Miss Jennie L. March, daughter of John March. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves lived together for nearly half a century, until the death of his wife on May 14, 1926. She was the mother of three daughters. Pearl B., the oldest, was born June, 1879, and died in November, 1882. Maude, born in July, 1881, is the wife of A. L. Bennett, of Hawarden, Iowa, and has two children, Marian, born in 1911, graduated from high school in 1929 and is now a stenographer at Hawarden, and Duane K., born in 1913, graduated from high school in 1930. The other daughter is Miss Mae, born in 1895, now deputy clerk of the District Court under her father. She married, May 2, 1930, Arthur Z. Kubicek, of Tama, Iowa, now an electrician at Orange City. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

Seeking info on a KILLINGER family who lived in Des Moines in 1949. Thanks, Clyde

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 JOHN E. RAY, who is general agent for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with executive headquarters in the City of Waterloo and with office in the Pioneer Building, is a native son of the Hawkeye State and a representative, in the third generation, of one of its sterling pioneer families. Mr. Ray was born on the parental home farm three miles southeast of Shellsburg, Benton County, Iowa, on the 4th of January, 1872, and is a son of John H. Ray, Jr., who was born in New York City, he having been a son of John H. Ray, who was born in Sweden and who became an orphan when he was but a child. He was a lad of nine years when he initiated his seafaring career, and he continued a sailor on ocean ships during a period of twenty years and having voyaged far and wide. After retiring from the sea he maintained a Sailor's Home in New York City for a time and then removed to Indiana, from which state he came with his family to Iowa and became a pioneer settler in Linn County. There he owned and developed a productive farm, and he passed the closing period of his life in the village of Palo, that county, where he died November 13, 1902, at the venerable age of eighty-one years. He was a man of strong mentality, was well fortified in his political convictions and was an ardent supporter of the cause of the Republican party, as a representative of which he voted for Abraham Lincoln for the presidency of the United States. He was long and actively affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and received in the same the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite. His wife, who was of German ancestry, preceded him to the life eternal. John H. Ray, Jr., father of the subject of this review, was a boy at the time of the family removal to Linn County, Iowa, where he was reared on the pioneer farm and received the advantages of the public schools of the period. His youth was one of industry, as he early began to assist in the work of the home farm, and he started his independent career as a farmer by renting land from his father. He thus continued his operations three years and then, in 1874, removed to Sioux County, where he entered claim to a homestead of eighty acres. Like many of the other pioneers, he went through the three year grasshopper scourge soon after his arrival. He reclaimed this land to cultivation, erected good buildings and made other improvements, and there the family home was maintained until 1884, when removal was made to Hull, that county, in order to give the children the advantages of the public schools of the village. He continued to supervise the affairs of his old home farm and also of a farm adjoining Hull. There he remained until 1894, when he removed to Riceville, Iowa, where he died April 5, 1896, at the age of forty-seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Lucinda Miller, survived him many years and was within a week of eighty-three years of age at the time of her death, October, 3, 1928. She was born in Ohio and was a daughter of Paul and Catherine Miller, who were residents of Iowa at the time of their death. John H. and Lucinda (Miller) Ray became the parents of four children: Paul M., vice president and superintendent of agents of the Provident Life Insurance Company at Chattanooga, Tennessee; John E.; Daniel G., manager of the Farmers Cooperative Association at McGregor, Iowa; and Martha Gertrude, who lives at Blackwell, Oklahoma. John E. Ray supplemented the discipline of the rural district school by attending the public school at Hull, including the high school. That he profited by the advantages thus afforded him is shown by the success that attended his service as a teacher in the public schools, he having been principal of schools at different places and after continuing his pedagogic service several years he was a traveling salesman twenty years, during the period of 1898-1918. In the latter year he assumed his present position of general agent for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, and he has marked the passing years with successful administration in this position. His political support is given to the Republican party and he takes loyal interest in all that concerns the welfare of his home city and native state. In the year 1892 Mr. Ray was united in marriage to Miss Etta M. Sanborn, who was born at Columbus, Wisconsin, a daughter of George E. and Mary (Tompkins) Sanborn, representatives of families that came from England to America in an early period of the nation's history. Mr. and Mrs. Ray have five children: Elfa married John L. Thorson, a grocer at Waterloo, and they have one daughter, Patricia Darleen, born November 19, 1922; Lula E. married Blaine W. Gilda, a bank cashier at Grimes, Iowa; Mary E. married Frederick Thorne, inspector for the Viking Pump Company at Cedar Falls, Iowa, and they have one son, Ray F., born September 22, 1924; John H. III is a soloist and choir director and music teacher; and Paul E. is traveling in several Southern States for the Florsheim Shoe Company. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://ww w.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 FRANK GUY RAY has been a resident of Vinton Fifty-eight years. His activities have made Vinton a better place commercially and otherwise, and the community has come to look upon him not only as a landmark in business affairs, but as a sterling citizen whose support and helpfulness can always be relied upon when cooperative effort is needed. Mr. Ray for many years was an active merchant. In 1891 he was one of the organizers of the State Bank of Vinton, becoming a member of the first board of directors, and since the death of Paul Carrell, Mr. Ray has served as president of the bank. Recently the State Bank completed a new banking home, architecturally in keeping with the spirit of the times and also in keeping with forty years of splendid financial service the bank has rendered. This new building was opened for business, July 5, 1930. Mr. Ray is a native of Illinois. He was born in Portland Township, Whiteside County, three miles southwest of Prophetstown, and the time of his birth as subsequently told him by his parents has always been fixed in his memory. It was just four hours before the advent of the new year, on December 31, 1851. His parents were Guy and Louise (Pomeroy) Ray. His father came from Massachusetts and in 1835 made a trip of investigation through Illinois, discovering a tract of land that suited him, and in 1836 he came out to effect a permanent settlement. He became one of the prosperous farmers of Whiteside County, took an active part in local affairs, serving in township offices, and was one of the early voters of the Republican ticket. He was a Presbyterian. Guy Ray died in 1881. By his first marriage he had two daughters, Mrs. Emma R. Sleight, of Moline, Illinois, and Mrs. Camilla Frazelle, of South Charleston, West Virginia. Louise Pomeroy was his second wife. She was born in Ohio. Frank Guy Ray as a boy on a farm attended the district schools regularly each winter until he was eleven. Then, after a lapse of four years, he resumed his schooling, three winters at Geneseo, Illinois, later as a student at Mount Morris, and his educational opportunities were rounded out with a year in Oberlin College of Ohio. In the meantime he had taught school one term in his old home district. It was in 1873 that Mr. Ray came to Vinton, and being impressed by the appearance of prosperity and the character of the people and the opportunities of the outlying trade territory, he decided that this way the place to anchor himself permanently. He found employment in a local implement house, at a monthly salary, but two years later, in 1875, set up in business for himself. He and his partner conducted two implement stores, one at Vinton, and the other at Spencer, Mr. Ray in charge of the Vinton establishment and his partner at Spencer. After a few years they found it to their advantage in dissolve the partnership and each one take over entire responsibility for his local territory. Mr. Ray was in business for over thirty years. The steady enlargement of the volume of his annual sales was a source of great satisfaction to him, and also he found satisfaction in the commercial contacts he made with the farmers not only of the immediate locality, but those at a considerable distance as well. His dealings were such as to inspire confidence, and many of his steadiest customers were the Germans in the neighborhood. As an aid to doing business with them to better advantage he acquired a considerable familiarity with the German language. Mr. Ray finally retired from the implement business, in 1909, and since then has devoted most of his time to banking, and the Portland Cement business and other interests. For a number of years he was a director of the Northwestern Portland Cement Company at Mason City, in which connection he was associated with Charles H. MacNider, father of Hanford MacNider, former national commander of the American Legion, and Mr. Ray counted the senior MacNider as one of his closest friends. About 1914 Mr. Ray became one of the organizers and directors of the Trinity Portland Cement Company, with headquarters at Dallas, Texas, and branch factories at Houston and Fort Worth, and still remains on this board, of which he holds the title of secretary. He is also one of the organizers and now president of the Iowa Canning Company, with headquarters at Vinton and six other branches in Iowa. Mr. Ray is also president of the Virginia Gay Memorial Hospital, which is a credit to the City of Vinton. It was endowed with a gift of $100,000 by Doctor Griffin and a $50,000 gift from Mrs. Virginia Gay. He married Miss Emma Whiteside, who came from Pomeroy, Ohio. They were married September 13, 1876, at the bride's parental home. Mrs. Ray has been a life-long member and an active worker in the Presbyterian Church. They have two children. Their son, Earl K., first gained several years' banking experience and then took advantage of an opportunity to become an officer in the Corona Typewriter Company, which at that time was a comparatively new venture, and his ability and energy contributed largely to the success of the Corona Typewriter until it was merged with the L. C. Smith Company. His home is in New York City. He married Miss Mary Latham, of Vinton, and they have one daughter, Emma Janet, who married Leland E. Roseman, of Boston, Massachusetts, and they have one son, Leland Ray Roseman, who is the joy and pride of his great-grandparents. Mrs. Roseman is an accomplished musician. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray is Belle, who married Dr. J. M. Knapp, of Boone. Mr. Ray's chief hobby and diversion is Masonry. He is a past master of his lodge, a past eminent commander of the Knights Templar and a member of the Clinton Consistory. The thirty-third, supreme honorary, degree in the Scottish Rite was conferred on him at his home by Ex-Governor B. R. Sherman, who was a member of the Supreme Council of Washington, D. C. In politics Mr. Ray is a Republican. He is also known as the father of the Country Club at Vinton. It is a tribute to his youthful spirit that when the younger folks of Vinton need help in carrying through a project they turn to Mr. Ray for counsel. Thus they came to him with their need for a country club, and he devoted a large amount of his time for several years in personally supervising the actual construction of the club and in helping to work out the numerous problems involved, with the results that today Vinton is the recreational center of a considerable area, members coming from many miles around to use the facilities of the club. Mr. and Mrs. Ray will soon celebrate their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary, and it is worthy of note that the contribution they have made to the development of our great State of Iowa and the heritage of honor they are thus able to pass on to their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren is a source of pride and satisfaction to all who know them. 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A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 HARRY D. RAWSON is a native son of Des Moines and for over thirty years has practiced his profession as an architect. He is a member of a firm that in the individual and aggregate of attainments of its members and in the work accomplished of its members easily stands in the front ranks of architecture in the Middle West. Mr. Rawson was born at Des Moines, September 1, 1872, member of an old and well known family of this city. His parents were A. Y. and Mary (Scott) Rawson, both of whom were born at North Craftsbury, Vermont. A. Y. Rawson came to Iowa in the early 1850s and founded what has been known for many years as the Iowa Pipe and Tile Company. He was active in that business until his death. He was also a coal operator and in other lines of enterprise. He died in 1895 and his wife in 1900. They were members of the Plymouth Congregational Church and in politics the father was a Republican. There were four sons: Charles A., of Des Moines; J. Scott, in the insurance business at Des Moines; Hollis A., with the Iowa Pipe and Tile Company; and Harry D. Harry D. Rawson attended public schools in Des Moines, Grinnell College and was graduated in 1896 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For two years he had practical training with a firm of architects in Chicago and in 1898 started practice at Des Moines as member of the firm Hallett & Rawson. He has been in practice continuously, has had a number of different associates, and is now of the firm Proudfoot, Rawson, Powers and Thomas. His professional skill has been employed in a great variety of architectural work, but chiefly public buildings, including schools and office buildings. He was architect for the Polk County Courthouse, the Equitable Life Insurance Building, the Liberty Building and Valley National Bank Building at Des Moines and has handled a great deal of the work for the State Board of Education, including building groups at Ames, Iowa City and Cedar Falls. The Memorial Union, Home Economics and Dairy Buildings on the campus of the Iowa State College at Ames, the University Hospital and medical group at the State University at Iowa City. Mr. Rawson married, in 1902, Miss Louise Gilmore, who was reared in Des Moines, and was educated in that city and in Bradford Academy in Massachusetts. Her father, Charles Gilmore, was with the Rock Island Railway for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Rawson have two children: Charles Gilmore, who was educated in the Boston Institute of Technology and the School of Applied Fine Arts in Paris and is now practicing interior architecture in New York; and Mary Scott, wife of Richard R. Rollins, connected with the Bankers Trust Company of Des Moines. Mrs. Rawson is a member of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Rawson is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Wakonda Country Club, Des Moines Club and the American Institute of Architects. He is acting as the first president of the Board of Architectural Examiners for Iowa. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

Northeast Iowa researchers will be sure to find something new of interest on the Allamakee & Clayton co. IAGenWeb sites. Below is a list of all new items. You'll find links to everything on the Update Journals. Thank-you to all of our generous contributors! My best wishes to the Iowa listers for a happy and prosperous ..... and genealogically rewarding 2009! Sharyl Ferrall Allamakee & Clayton co. IAGenWeb volunteer coordinator ____________ Allamakee co. website: http://sharylscabin.com/Allamakee/journal.htm BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources *John Falb JR - from S. Ferrall CEMETERY RECORDS *Oak Hill burials 1885-2008, A-H updated - from Paul Moritz *Woodmansee notes pg 1, correction notes for W. Conrad Grangaard, Oakland cemetery - from Paul Moritz Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)" *Thompson Corner cemetery gravestone photos -from S. Ferrall *Postville cemetery gravestone photos - from Phyllis Peterson CENSUS RECORDS *1895 Iowa State census Fairview twp. - from S. Ferrall DEATH RECORDS *Thomas Laffan Proof of Will - from Ann Krumme HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc. *Landmarks-Black Hawk Bridge, updated with articles from Dec 31, 1930 - from Ann Krumme *Wexford Wanderings, article 22 & 23, Century Old Elm & Early Cattle Drive - from Hugh Conway LETTERS & DIARIES *Letter from Geo. Coppersmith, December, 1930 - from Ann Krumme LI'L BITS *Russian Famine Relief committees, 1892 - from S. Ferrall *Dasterdly deeds - the deathbed confession of Michael Joyce - from S. Ferrall *Many 'Looking Back' news clippings from 1928-1943 were added - from Kathy Maurer MARRIAGE RECORDS *Added to compiled marriages: Bartels-Kerr, Brooks-Bangtson, DeMay-Marti, Garin-Troendle, Kelly-Kelly, Kiesau-Snitker, Moe-Knuppe, Narum-Glynn, Reinke-Dee, Siewers-Lyons - from Ann Krumme, Ellen Lott & Jim Fowler *Added to Wedding Anniversaries (some have photos): Mr. & Mrs. N. Barbaras, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Bechtel, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Colbornson, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Decker, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hirth, Mr. and Mrs. Devillo Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Otto P. Martin & Mr. and Mrs. Herman Roth - from Jim Fowler & Ann Krumme MILITARY RECORDS *Updated the Indian Wars Veterans page *Updated Misc. News & Letters WWII and post-WWI *Updated WWII casualty page *Added a link to the Iowa Civil War Monuments website on the main military index OBITUARIES *78 new obits were posted to rhe Allamakee Obit Board in December, some with a photo. The obits have been shared by Jim Fowler, Henry Brainard, A. Bruce Owens, Michael Groth, Mary Durr, Ann Krumme, Kathy Maurer, AdaMarie Kerndt, Janet Koozer & Sharyl Ferrall PERSONAL SITES *Matthew Whalen has fixed the email link on his personal site "Whalen & Danaher Genealogy". If you previously visited his website, and couldn't send an email to him, please try again! *Michael Peterson has updated the URL of his personal site "Ancestors of Ina Abigail Freeman". If you've tried visiting in the past couple months and found a dead URL, it works now! SURNAME REGISTRY *Pam Schroder Paulson has registered BANKEY and SCHRODER/SCHROEDER --------------------------- Clayton co. website: http://sharylscabin.com/Clayton/journal.htm BIOGRAPHIES - misc. *William J. Pilkington - from Debbie Clough Gerischer GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT *Giard cemetery gravestone photos - from Ken Wright *Norway cemetery gravestone photos - from Dennis O'Brien *County Corners cemetery gravestone photos - from Phyllis Peterson DOCUMENTS - misc. *Murder of 'Old Dan' Shine, 1936, updated text & photos added - from S. Ferrall MARRIAGE RECORDS *Compiled marriages, Peterson-Breckler marriage, 1930 - from Ann Krumme MILITARY RECORDS *Clayton co. World War I Discharge Records have been updated with many more names linked to the records - from Constance Diamond OBITUARIES *10 new obits were posted to the Clayton co. Obituary Board in December, some with photos; contributed by Mary Durr & Sharyl Ferrall OFF-SITE DATA added recently that will be of interest to Allamakee & Clayton co. researchers *Iowa Old Press has added transcriptions by S. Ferrall from the Mail-Press, Strawberry Point, December 18, 1902 issue *Iowa Old Press has added transcriptions by Ann Krumme from the Allamakee Journal & Lansing Mirror, Lansing, Wednesday, December 31, 1930 issue *Iowa History Project has added Alumni & Ex-Students of Iowa State College (now ISU) 1872-1914 (this will be of interest to all Iowa researchers!)

unsubscribe Kelly Marshall OneSecure, Inc PGP Key resides at www.keyserver.net ----- Original Message ---- From: "iowa-request@rootsweb.com" <iowa-request@rootsweb.com> To: iowa@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, January 2, 2009 1:00:37 AM Subject: IOWA Digest, Vol 4, Issue 2 This is the IOWA list in digest form. For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ Today's Topics: 1. Obituaries (Sharon Becker) 2. Bio of Rev. Clifton E. Rash (Bare67deb@aol.com) 3. A New Year's Resolution (Oregon Rain) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 02:56:33 -0600 From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> Subject: [IOWA] Obituaries To: <Iowa@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4FE88B428E2B4D7D80B0C4192C2F54BC@becker> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I'm transcribing 2008 obituaries for Ringgold County's web site & found a couple that touched my heart. One said at the end, when mentioning survivors of an 80+-year-old man: ", and a special companion, his beloved dog Mike." Another said at the end of an obituary for a 66-yr-old man: "He loved all animals, especially his puppy Alli and kitten Zander." In ALL of the obituaries I've transcribed (over 3,000 to date), I haven't seen pets mentioned in the obituaries until I got to these two. Makes sense to me. Since I'm housebound due to a disability, I spend the bulk of my time with Sadie the dog, Squirt the kitten, and Horace & Angelo the cats. They are family, too. Just wanted to share & a thought for this, the 1st day of the New Year. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 04:46:44 EST From: Bare67deb@aol.com Subject: [IOWA] Bio of Rev. Clifton E. Rash To: IOWA@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <d52.3c87839d.368deb04@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 REV. CLIFTON E. RASH has a prominent place among the ministers of the gospel of the capital city of Des Moines, where he is in charge of the First Federated Church, with a large congregation, and a splendid organization for social and religious service. Rev. Mr. Rash was born in Salina, Kansas, March 23, 1885, son of Howard C. and Ella M. (Underwood) Rash. His grandfather, John C. Rash, was born in Tennessee, and shortly after the Civil war moved to Dallas County, Missouri, and in 1870 went to Salina, Kansas, where he was a merchant, continuing active in business until his death in 1891. The maternal grandfather, Charles R. Underwood, was a noted pioneer of Salina, Kansas, where he built the grist mill on the Smokey Hill River in 1867. This mill is still in operation, owned by the Western Star Milling Company. Howard C. Rash and wife are living at Salina. He was born in Tennessee and his wife in Ohio. Howard C. Rash became associated with his father in merchandising at Salina, and later built up an important business of his own, known as the Natural Body Brace Company, of which he has been president for thirty years. He is also vice president of the Farmers National Bank. He has been one of the most active members of the Christian Church at Salina, and has taught in Sunday School and for many years has been a member of the International Sunday School Association. He established the first graded Sunday School in this part of Kansas. Howard C. Rash is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason, having attained the thirty-third supreme honorary degree in the Scottish Rite, and is a Republican in politics, though not a seeker for political honors. He and his wife had five children. The two now living are: Leon C., associated with his father in business; and Clifton E. Clifton had a twin brother, Carlton H. Rash, who died when twenty-one years old. Clifton E. Rash was educated at Salina, in the grade and high schools there, and in 1904 received the Bachelor of Science degree from the Salina Normal University. He then spent two years in Drake University at Des Moines, pursuing theological work, and after being ordained a minister of the Christian Church spent six months in a pastorate at Chase, Kansas, for two and a quarter years was located at Plainville, and five and a half years at Lyons, Kansas. His next calls was to the Central Park Christian Church at Topeka, where he remained three and a half years and for two years, while recovering his health, did pastoral and missionary work in Stone County in Southern Missouri. Rev. Mr. Rash came to Des Moines in 1922 and took charge of The Urbandale Federated Church, now known as The First Federated Church. The church has a membership of 1,250, with an average attendance at Sunday School of 650. The church is non-denominational, and its members represent approximately thirty-two different denominations. Under the direction of Rev. Mr. Rash it is doing a splendid work and developing into an efficient instrument of religious service. Rev. Mr. Rash is a very able speaker, and outside of his regular pulpit services he averages about ten addresses and speeches in and out of the city every month. He married, in 1908, Miss Alice Young, of Salina, Kansas, daughter of John A. and Alvine (Henry) Young. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Belgium. Her father was in the transfer and merchandise business at Salina. Her grandfather Young was a pioneer Lutheran minister in Kansas. Her grandfather Joseph Henry was an old-timer of Kansas, operated a truck garden and was widely known for his scientific knowledge of botany and related sciences, and frequently wrote articles on these subjects. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rash have had two children: Paul Reaville, who was born at Lyons, Kansas, September 28, 1912; and Wayne Clifton, born at Lyons April 28, 1916. Rev. Mr. Rash is a York and Scottish Rite Mason. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:16:44 -0800 From: "Oregon Rain" <kool34tiger@webenet.net> Subject: [IOWA] A New Year's Resolution To: "Fremont List" <IAFREMON@rootsweb.com>, <IOWA@rootsweb.com>, <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <00ef01c96c5e$a3ea3290$eec91840@OregonRain> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Happy New Year! The new year and winter always inspires us to start something innovative. Why not make a New Year's resolution to become a county coordinator? The Volunteer Primer http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm will help you know more about the position. IAGenWeb has beautiful counties and several of them are ready to be adopted. New coordinators are needed for CEDAR, WARREN, LUCAS, CASS, APPANOOSE, & GUTHRIE counties. Go to http://iagenweb.org , click on the County Projects link and take a look at the available counties. Then send an email to the Welcome Hostesses with your choice of counties at welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org and we will send you an application. We will also do our best to answer any questions you might have. Let's get this year started! Greta & Conni Mac IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org ------------------------------ To contact the IOWA list administrator, send an email to IOWA-admin@rootsweb.com. 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