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 CARL RAUSCHER. Ottumwa banker, was born in that city October 25, 1879, and during his career has cultivated a number of active interests that have brought him a considerable degree of prominence outside banking circles. Mr. Rauscher's parents, Gottlieb and Margaret (Sonntag) Rauscher, were natives of Germany. His father came to the United States at the age of eighteen, and for a business followed his trade as potter. Carl Rauscher graduated from the Ottumwa. High School in 1898. For thirty years he has been identified with the Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa, of which he is now cashier. Mr. Rauscher has long been a golf enthusiant, and was secretary and during 1913-14 president of the Iowa State Golf Association. He has been secretary and treasurer of the Wapello Club, secretary and treasurer of the Ottumwa Country Club, and was one of the organizers and charter members and is a past president of the Ottumwa Kiwanis Club. He is a thoroughly well qualified business man, and at all times has responded to the call for participation in the important civic movements in his city and county. He and his family are identified with the various departments of activities of the Trinity Episcopal Church, in which he has held the office of senior warden for several years. Mr. Rauscher married at Ottumwa, April 15, 1903, Miss Elizabeth Martin. She was born in Ottumwa, daughter of Richard and Mary Martin. Her parents came from Wales to Iowa. Her mother was of the same family as Ivor Novello, the celebrated Welsh singer. Mr. and Mrs. Rauscher have a son, Richard, now attending Ottumwa High School. 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)

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

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)

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

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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 E. RANSOM, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Iowa since 1915, save for the interval of his overseas service in the World war, and he is now one of the representative physicians and surgeons in the City of Des Moines, with office headquarters in the Iowa Building. Doctor Ransom was born on the parental home farm near Avalon, Rock County, Wisconsin, October 16, 1884, and is a son of Ensign H. and Nellie Marie (Verbach) Ransom, who still maintains their home in the Badger State, where both were born and reared. Ensign H. Ransom having been born near Avalon, Rick County, and his wife at Johnstown Center. Hubbell Ranson and George Verbach, respective paternal and maternal grandfathers of Doctor Ransom, were numbered among the sterling pioneer and substantial farmers of Wisconsin. The active career of Ensign H. Ransom has been one of close and successful alliance with farm industry in Rock County, Wisconsin, where he is still the owner of a valuable farm estate and where he is an influential and progressive citizen who commands unqualified popular esteem. He is a stalwart in the local ranks of the Republican party, and in addition to having served as a member of the Board of Commissioners of his native county he gave two terms of service as county sheriff. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Congregational Church. Dr. Harry E., of this review having been the first born of their five children. After completing his studies in the high school at Clinton Junction, in his native county, Dr. Harry E. Ransom followed the dictates of his youthful ambition by entering the medical department of Marquette University in the City of Milwaukee, and in this institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1914. After receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he further fortified himself in the valuable clinical experience he gained while serving as interne in the hospital maintained by the Illinois Steel Company at Gary, Indiana, and in the Englewood Hospital, Chicago. In November, 1915, he engaged in the private practice of his profession at Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa, where he continued his practice until the nation became involved in the World war, when he subordinated all personal interests to the call of patriotism and enlisted for service in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He was thereafter stationed at Camp Grant, Illinois, and, with the rank of first lieutenant, he accompanied his unit overseas, where he continued in active service thirteen months and was advanced to the grade of captain, which rank he retains as a member of the Reserve Medical Corps of the United States Army. After the close of the war and the reception of his honorable discharge Doctor Ranson returned to Polk County, Iowa, where he has since continued in active general practice in the City of Des Moines and where he has made such record of success as to mark him as one of the representative physicians and surgeons of Iowa's capital city. In his practice he gives major attention to internal medicine. The Doctor has membership in the Des Moines Academy of Medicine and the local Medicine Study Club, of which latter he was president in 1928. He gave three years of service as secretary of the Polk County Medical Society, and in addition to his membership in this organization he is a member of the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He has held since 1923 the office of assistant health commissioner of Des Moines. Doctor Ransom is found loyally arrayed in the ranks of the Republican party, and he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Phi Beta Pi college fraternity and the American Legion. In January, 1926, Doctor Ransom was united in marriage with Miss Gladys Marie McMurray, of Iowa Falls, where her father, J. H. McMurray, is engaged in the shoe business and where she was reared and educated. Doctor and Mrs. Ransom have a son, Ensign, who was born November 20, 1927, and who was named in honor of his paternal grandfather. Doctor and Mrs. Ransom are members of the Methodist Church. 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) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

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 VERON C. RAMSEYER, manager of the Ramseyer Hatchery, is one of the aggressive young business men of Oskaloosa, and ne whose public spirit in proverbial. A veteran of the World war, he not only did his duty during the war, he not only did his duty during the war period, but upon his return to civilian life took up the burdens of reconstruction, and has achieved a prosperity that is all the more to his credit, in that he has made his own way in life. He was born at Pulaski, Iowa, August 15, 1894, a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Brenneman) Ramseyer. The birth of John H. Ramseyer occurred in Switzerland, and in the early seventies he came to the United States, locating in Davis County, Iowa. The Ramseyer family is a well known one in Iowa, and his brother, Hon. C. W. Ramseyer, is representing the Sixth Congressional District of Iowa in the National Assembly. Mrs. Ramseyer was born in Davis County, Iowa. Growing to vigorous young manhood amid healthful surroundings, Vernon C. Ramseyer attended local schools and later Bluffton, Ohio, College, from which he was graduated in 1919 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was a student of the law department of the University of Michigan, and also of the University of Chicago. In the meanwhile, however, he gave his country a military service, in 1918 being inducted into the army for the World war, and was a member of Company E, Three Hundred and Fifty-first Infantry, of which he was ranking sergeant. Sent overseas to France, he saw service at the front, and was honorable discharged after his return to the United States at Camp Dodge, Iowa. While in France he was given intensive training in the Officers Training School La Valbonne. Following his discharge in 1919 Mr. Ramseyer went to college and continued his education as already stated. >From 1919 to 1922 Mr. Ramseyer was superintendent of Bureau Township schools, Princeton, Illinois, and during 1923 to 1924 he was superintendent of the schools of Pulaski, Iowa. In 1923 he, his father and two brothers, Harry W. and Obern B., the latter of whom has since died, launched the Ramseyer Hatcheries, Incorporated, thus entering the baby chick industry at Pulaski, Iowa. This enterprise has proven a great success, and expanded to such an extent that in 1925 a branch was established at Washington, Iowa; and in 1926 a fine plant was opened at Oskaloosa, and since then the home office has been at Oskaloosa, but all three plants are operated. Each year approximately 1,000,000 chicks are hatched the output in season averaging 50,000 per week. These chicks are sent to every state in the Union. There are fifteen varieties produced, known as the Ramseyer Master-Mated chickens, and they took grand champion award at Iowa State Chick Show at Ames in 1928-1929, and 1930, besides winning sweepstakes in Kansas and Michigan. For several years Mr. Ramseyer of this review has been general manager of the corporation, and is devoting himself to the further expansion of the business. In August, 1920, Mr. Ramseyer married at Berne, Indiana, Miss Florence Lehman, born in Indiana, a daughter of J. F. and Elizabeth (Neuenschwander) Lehman, of Swiss parentage, but both born in the same state as their daughter. Mr. Lehman is a banker and poultryman. Mr. and Mrs. Ranseyer have a daughter, Janqueline Rose. Both Mr. Ramseyer and his wife are Mennonites, but there being no church of their faith at Oskaloosa they are associated with the First Presbyterian Church of this city, and he is superintendent of the Sunday School. He belongs to the Kiwanis Club, Gamma Eta Ganna of the University of Chicago; is president of the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association, also chairman of the Iowa Poultry Council; president of the Mahaska County Red Cross; and is a member of the Iowa State Sunday School Executive Council. Mr. Reamseyer is regarded among his associates and fellow citizens as a man of high moral and business character, and the few years he has resided at Oskaloosa have been a period of constant and honorable advancement in the business and social relations of life. 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) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

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 RICHARD ROEMER RAMSELL. Aside from any distinction that may be his because of his connection with two of the foremost pioneer families of Iowa, of that sturdy stock so closely identified with the progress and development of the Hawkeye State, Richard Roemer Ramsell, of Ottumwa, has gained recognition as being one of the leading members of the Iowa bar. During his career he has been associated with some of the most important litigation that has been brought before the state and federal courts, and from 1917 until 1926 was the incumbent of the highly important position of chairman of the committee on appeals and review of the United States Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. Mr. Ramsell was born in Wapello County, Iowa, November 7, 1881, and is a son of William B. and Caroline A. (Roemer) Ramsell. His paternal grandfather, Moses Ramsell, was born at Bangor, Maine, and became an early pioneer of Iowa in teh '40s. During the war between the states he served four years as a member of Company C. Seventh Iowa Cavalry, in which he won a sergeant's stripes. Gustavus Adolphus Roemer, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Ramsell, was born in Switzerland, where he married Anna Fritag, and served his term of service in the Swiss army. In 1847 he came to the United States and settled as a pio neer in Wapello County. He was then a man of small means, but possessed his military overcoat, and this he traded for forty acres of land possessed by a former settler. All of this land is now within the city limits of Ottumwa and is the site of the Franklin School. He also secured land from the Government and other land by purchase and became one of the leading and substantial citizens of his community. The old house, greatly remodeled and enlarged, still stands, and is now the home of the fourth generation of the Roemer family in Iowa. Richard Roemer Ramsell attended Willis Academy at Iowa City, and in 1906 graduated with the degree of Bachelor of laws from the law department of the State University of Iowa. In the same year he was admitted to practice in the state and federal courts, and established himself at Ottumwa, where he soon was recognized as a talented and reliable attorney. From 1917 until 1926, inclusive, he was chairman of the committee on appeals and review of the United States Treasury Department at Washington, D. C., and then resigned to return to the home state and resume his law practice. During the Quartermaster's Department, and still holds that commission as a member of the Officer's Reserve Corps. He is allied with the Republican party and actively interested in all public and political affairs, and has served two terms as police judge of Ottumwa, and in December, 1929, was appointed police judge for the third term. Mr. Ramsell is an out-door enthusiast, and in particularly fond of hunting and fishing. On September 11, 1912, at Ottumwa, Iowa, Mr. Ramsell was united in marriage with Miss Alma Ethel Glew, who was born at Creston, Iowa, a daughter of Henry G. and Lucy (Hawcock) Glew, of Washington, D. C. natives of England, who came to the United States in 1880 and located in Iowa. Mrs. Ramsell graduated from the Ottumwa High School and for a time taught in the Ottumwas public schools. As a loyal Republican she is actively interested in politics, takes a constructive part in the work of the Presbyterian Church, is a past president of the Parent-Teachers Association, and is active and popular in club circles. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsell are the parents of two sons: Richard Roemer and William Henry, both of whom are attending the Ottumwas High School. The attractive family home is situated at 2223 Roemer Avenue. 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) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

I forwarded this on to my mom and her friend since they both attended ISD. I thought they might know the coaches. I never dreamed that the Captain holding the ball would be my Mom's friend's older brother. They were excited to see this. Thank you for sharing & making it possible. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: "old news" <oldnews@genkeys.com> To: <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 1:22 AM Subject: [IOWA] Council Bluffs,Iowa School for the Deaf Football Team 1927 Photo > Council Bluffs, Iowa School for the Deaf Football Team 1927 > > http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/iowa/8855/council-bluffs-iowa-school-deaf-football-team-1927 > > In the photograph: Mann, Alfred Powers, G. Vander Hart, Adams (Captain), > Brundige, Handley, Oelberg, Assistant-Coach Sagel, Andy Powers, Boettner, > Clancy, S. Vander Hart, Curtis, Neuschwanger, Woodruff, Coach Taylor > > More Iowa Old Photos > > http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/category/united-states/iowa > >

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 HON. JOHN MCDONALD RAMSEY is an Iowa newspaper man with a continuous record of forty years' association with one paper, the Clarksville Star. These years have been rich in other service to his community and state, especially noteworthy having been the eight years he spent in the Legislature at Des Moines. Mr. Ramsey was born on a farm a mile north of Clarksville in Butler County. February 25, 1870. He is Scotch ancestry and through his mother is classified with that stock known as Scotch-Irish, due to the fact that a family long seated in Scotland moved across the channel to Northern Ireland, whence representatives came to America. Mr. Ramsey is a son of Charles and Margaret Jane (Gabby) Ramsey. His grandfather, Adam Ramsey, came from Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a cabinet maker by trade and was a young man when he sought home and fortune in the new world. Charles Ramsey was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and as a young man located at West Union, Ohio, where in 1861 he married Margaret Jane Gabby. Her father, Alexander Gabby, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, was also a cabinet maker, and on coming from Ireland to America settled in Washington County in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Adam Ramsey and Alexander Gabby were both members of the Masonic fraternity and very devout United Presbyterians, maintaining their religious activities strictly according to the rites of that substantial old church. Both served as superintendents of their Sunday School. Charles Ramsey after his marriage tried to get accepted for service in the Union army, but for some reason was rejected. However, he was with the Ohio Home Guard and was called out for active duty at the time of the Morgan raid through the southern part of the state. Morgan made one of his camps on the Gabby farm. In 1865 Charles Ramsey brought his family to Iowa, acquiring a tract of land a short distance northeast of Clarksville. Later he moved to the property of M. B. Wamsley, one mile northwest of Clarksville, and two years later he bought a farm four miles southeast of Greene. He had acquired the skill of a cabinet maker from his father and was always an adept with tools and machinery. The furniture and other equipment for his Iowa home were made by his own hands during his hours of leisure. He developed a fine farm and in later years was a representative of the International Harvester Company. He died in 1906, at Sioux City, Iowa. His wife was born in 1840 and died in 1887. Charles Ramsey took an active part in local affairs, serving as trustee, treasurer and clerk of his township and as a school director. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Greene and voted Democrat, though two of his sons became very staunch Republicans. There were eight children in all, only two of whom are now living. Arthur died in infancy. George passed away in 1878, when a small boy. Ida Ellen died in early girlhood. Agnes Euphemia became the wife of W. W. Moss and died at Osage, Minnesota. William M., a farmer and carpenter, died at Clarksville in 1905. Charles met an accidental death at Sioux City in 1921. The only surviving child besides John M., is Mrs. J. L. Caskey, of Akron, Iowa. Farm life during the years when John McDonald Ramsey was a boy was not a series of prosperous years. There were crop failures, and with a large household to provide for Charles Ramsey had need to economize and there was little money to provide the children with advantages outside of those of the community church and school. Consequently John M. from early boyhood buckled down to a routine of hard work, and his earnings paid for all his education beyond the limited advantages of the neighborhood school. Part of the time he carried water for a gang of section hands at fifty cents a day. It was more or less of a struggle for him to complete the work of the Greene High School. Borrowing money, he enrolled as a student in the Cedar Rapids Business College. His training there made him a good penman and a capable accountant, and for several years he was employed in the clerical department of the Chicago Great Western and Rock Island Railroads. His political career began before he reached his majority, when he was elected township clerk. Following that he was made recorder of Clarksville, for ten years was township assessor and five years township trustee, and for five years was assistant state game warden. In 1920 Mr. Ramsey went to the Legislature. He represented Butler County four years in the Lower House and for four years was in teh Senate from the district comprising Butler and Bremer counties He proved himself one of the most valuable members of both Houses, being hard working, taking an intelligent attitude toward all public questions and was given important committee assignments, being a member of the judiciary, ways and means, text books, cities and towns, and was chairman of the committee on education. He was in the Legislature during the code session, and he read proof on the revised laws. His legislative experience gave him a wide acquaintance with prominent men all over the state. His first lessons in the printing trade were acquired in the office of a Waterloo newspaper. For twenty years he was an employee of Edward Madigan, owner of the Clarksville Star, and in 1909 he bought the paper, so that for fully forty years he has been associated with that live publication. His newspaper files are mines of historic interest for this section of the state. Mr. Ramsey is a master of a forcible newspaper style and his editorials and comments on public questions have been widely quoted in the press of the state. He has for twenty-five years been attending state Republican conventions and twenty-two years of that time has been a delegate. He is a member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association, is a past chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Clarksville, and has taken all the degrees of Odd Fellows. The record of his life shows that he has been a very busy man, but he has hobbies, one in particular being geology. He has gone about with an observing eye examining the rocks and soils of Iowa, and in collecting specimens illustrating geologic history he has been naturally drawn to the kindred investigations in local archaeology and has gathered up many interesting specimens and curios. Mr. Ramsey married Miss Della Shafer on September 30, 1893, daughter of the late W. W. R. Shafer, who passed away in 1929. Mrs. Ramsey was born in Butler County. They have two daughters, Georgia Edna and Alice Lavon. Georgia is the wife of Gay Jackson, and they have three children: Robert G., Barbara A. and Billy Joe. Both daughters graduated from the local high school and attended the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls, and Alice Lavon is also a graduate of the Ingram School of Expression. 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Council Bluffs, Iowa School for the Deaf Football Team 1927 http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/iowa/8855/council-bluffs-iowa-school-deaf-football-team-1927 In the photograph: Mann, Alfred Powers, G. Vander Hart, Adams (Captain), Brundige, Handley, Oelberg, Assistant-Coach Sagel, Andy Powers, Boettner, Clancy, S. Vander Hart, Curtis, Neuschwanger, Woodruff, Coach Taylor More Iowa Old Photos http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/category/united-states/iowa

I am out of the office until Monday 5th January. If your enquiry is urgent then please call me on my mobile (07949 111986) and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you Geoff Fynes GF Environmental Ltd 8 Alcotts Green Sandhurst Gloucester GL2 9PE Tel +44 (0) 1452 730240 Fax +44 (0) 1452 730240 Mob +44 (0) 7949 111986 Email gfynes@gf-environmental.co.uk Skype: northeastgeoff **************************************************************************** ***************************** Company Registration Number: 06650921; VAT Registration Number: 941364821 **************************************************************************** ***************************** The Information in this E-Mail is Confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in this message and must delete the message. Please inform us by reply and delete it, thank you. Although GFE believes this E-Mail and any attachments are free of any Virus or other defect which may affect a computer, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is Virus free and GFE does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage arising in anyway from its use.

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 GEORGE H. RAMSAY, president of the Economy Coal Company, which has its general offices in Des Moines and the business of which is of both wholesale and retail order, finds satisfaction in giving his active attention to business affairs, though in December, 1928 he celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday anniversary. Vital and alert in both mental and physical powers, Mr. Ramsay is consistently to be designated as one of the grand old men of the business circles of Iowa's capital city. Mr. Ramsay was born in the County of Durham, England, December 29, 1844, and is a son of William and Ann (Heckels) Ramsay, he being now the only surviving member of a family of nine children. William Ramsay passed his entire life in England, and was forty-five years of age at the time of his death, he having been manager of one of the Durham mines of the Cowen Coal Company. In 1863 Mrs. Ann (Heckels) Ramsay came with her children to the United States and made settlement at Morris, Illinois, the closing years of her life having been passed at Streator, that state, and she having been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. William Ramsay, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this review, was born in Scotland and was a farmer in England at the time of his death. The maternal grandfather, William Heckels, passed his entire life in England and was there identified with the coal-mining industry during a long period of years. Thus it may be said that, along both paternal and maternal lines, George H. Ramsay had inherent predilection for the coal business, of which he is now a prominent representative in Iowa. He began work in the coal mines of his native county when he was a lad of ten years, and in the schools of England he gained his youthful education at night school, but his education was somewhat limited. He was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his widowed mother and other members of the family to the United States, and among his early experiences in Illinois was that of assisting in the laying of tracks on the line of railroad between Perkin and Peoria. Thereafter he worked in the coal mines of that state and finally was made mine foreman at Braidwood, Will County. Upon coming to Iowa he became superintendent of coal mines at Albia, and thereafter he was superintendent of the Oskaloosa mines of the Excelsior Coal Company. He finally became independently interested in coal-mining operations in the vicinity of Oskaloosa and Des Moines, and the company of which he is now the president owns and operates mines in the vicinity of Knoxville, Marion County, these mines supplying much of the product used in the wholesale and retail trade of the company. Mr. Ramsay, as previously noted, is president of the Economy Coal Company, and his son John H. is its vice president and manager. The political convictions of Mr. Ramsay place him in the ranks of the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Nazarene Church, of which his wife likewise was a devoted member. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Ramsay is indebted to his own ability and efforts for the success he has achieved, as he became virtually dependent upon his own resources when he was ten years old and found employment in coal mines in his native land. In 1906 he made a month's visit to England, where he enjoyed the surveying of the scenes of his boyhood and the meeting with old family friends, but he states that he was more than glad to come back to the land of his adoption and to his home state. He has made twenty trips to California, but has never faltered in his loyalty to Iowa. In the year 1869 Mr. Ramsay was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Caswell, who was born at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, but reared and educated in Illinois. The devoted companionship of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay continued nearly sixty years, and the gracious bonds were severed by the death of Mrs. Ramsay in June, 1927. Of the twelve children nine survive the loved mother: John H., who celebrated in 1928 his fifty-eight birthday anniversary, is now vice president of the Economy Coal Company, as previously noted. He married Miss Myrtle Phinney, who was born at Iowa Falls, and they have three children: Bertha, John C. and Charles D. Miss Bertha remains at the parental home; John C., who was reared and educated in Des Moines and Oskaloosa, married, in 1919, Miss Lella Stevens, and they have one child, Dorothy May; and Charles D., who received the advantages of the University of Iowa, is now foreman of the mines operated by the Economy Coal Company, five miles east of Des Moines. Ann, second of the surviving children of the subject of this review, is the wife of Frank Ewing, of Des Moines, who is bookkeeper for the mines of the Economy Coal Company, their children being Wilma and John. Clara, next younger daughter, is the wife of John Nowles, who is engaged in mercantile business in Des Moines. Stella is the wife of Dr. George W. Miser, a physician and surgeon engaged in practice in Des Moines. Robert C. is engaged in the machinery business in Oakland, California. Roy resides in Des Moines and is weighmaster at the mines in his father's company, his one child being a son, Roy, Jr. Dora is the wife of Carl Mayer, who is identified with banking enterprise in the City of Oskaloosa. Margaret is the wife of Thomas Beal, and they maintain their home in Des Moines, Mr. Beal being a commercial traveling salesman. 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) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

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 HENRY A. QUINN. The important lumber industry of the great Hawkeye State has a worthy and prominent representative in the person of Henry A. Quinn, one of the old and honored residents of Council Bluffs, and president of the H. A. Quinn Lumber Company, Inc. Mr. Quinn has been identified with the lumber business since 1882 and has been connected as employe or owner with large yards in the State of Iowa, but since January 1, 1898, has made his home at Council Bluffs, of which city he is now a prominent citizen. Mr. Quinn was born at Rockville, Maryland, July 1, 1859, and is a son of Bernard F. and Rebecca (Dielman) Quinn. Bernard F. Quinn was born in New Jersey, but as a youth went to Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he was educated at Mount St. Mary's College, and subsequently became a professor of Latin and Greek, following the profession of an educator for many years. He was a Democrat in politics and he and his wife, a native of Emmitsburg, Maryland, belonged to the Catholic Church. They had a family of six children, Henry A. being the eldest, and one is deceased. Henry A. Quinn attended the public schools of Baltimore, Maryland, and began his independent career when still a lad, by delivering bundles for a store during vacation periods. Subsequently he served an apprenticeship to the trade of printer at Littlestown, Pennsylvania, and worked at this occupation from 1879 until 1882 at Emmitsburg, his status being that of manager of a newspaper, which meant that he had charge of the details, of very department of the business. In 1882 Mr. Quinn gave up the printing business and came to Odebolt, Sac County, Iowa, where he secured employment doing general work in a lumber yard, but later went to Schaller, Iowa, in the same county, where from September, 1882, he was in charge of a lumber company until 1885. In that year, after a vacation, he returned to Odebolt, continuing there until 1888, but in the meantime spent much time traveling around the country looking for a suitable place to go into business with the president of the company for which he was working. In 1888 he bought the yards at Manilla, Iowa, and Buck Grove, Iowa, in the name of H. A. Quinn & Company, with S. H. Bowman, of Minneapolis, as partner. He remained at Manilla until 1890, in the meantime purchasing another yard at Logan, this state, where he remained one year, and then for the next seven years was located in business at Woodbine, Iowa. Later he bought yards at Little Sioux, Malvern and Weston, Iowa, this putting him in control of six yards, and January 1, 1898, settled permantly at Council Bluffs, where he bought the yard of L. Hammer Lumber Company, doing a general lumber business. Mr. Quinn is president of this concern: E. A. Moore is vice president; H. A. Quinn, Jr., treasurer; and B. M. Pemple, secretary. Mr. Quinn devotes his entire time to the lumber business. However, he is more than a mere business grind and enjoys the companionship of his fellows, being a member of Council Bluffs Lodge No. 531, B. P. O. Elks; and the Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor commander and formerly a member of the Grand Lodge. Politically he is a Republican, but does not take an active part in politics, although he is a good citizen of public spirit. In the summer of 1889 Mr. Quinn was united in marriage with Miss Jennie M. Arnold, of Jones County, Iowa, a daughter of William F. Arnold, who early came to Iowa in a covered wagon and spent the remainder of his life in carpentry and cabinet-making. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Quinn: Orpha A., the wife of Wallace B. Graham, of Ottumwa, Iowa, who is identified with a general chain store business; Elizabeth M., who is unmarried and lives with her parents; and Henry A., Jr., treasurer of the H. A. Quinn Lumber Company, who married Miss Adele Plumer. 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) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

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Those cards were precious! Merry Christmas! Mary Grether On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 3:00 AM, <iowa-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > 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/<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Erichard/ialist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. old christmas postcards (gggsonfred2) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:46:42 -0800 (PST) > From: gggsonfred2 <gggsonfred2@yahoo.com> > Subject: [IOWA] old christmas postcards > To: iowa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <17668.24232.qm@web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >From another list. Thought you might enjoy: > > Vintage Christmas Postcards from the early 1900s.... > maybe your ancestors sent or received one like these > > http://www.twogatos.com/vintage/christmas > > > ******************** > > Happy Holidays, > > JM > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IOWA list administrator, send an email to > IOWA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IOWA mailing list, send an email to > IOWA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IOWA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 206 > ************************************ >

>From another list. Thought you might enjoy: Vintage Christmas Postcards from the early 1900s.... maybe your ancestors sent or received one like these http://www.twogatos.com/vintage/christmas ******************** Happy Holidays, JM

Linda, My husband, an avid bicyclist, said that indeed the reason for reversing the wheels on the "penny farthing" or big wheel, was to prevent the rider from going head first over the wheel. These bikes did not have brakes so were not very easy to ride. My husband has ridden one with the large wheel in front, in a parade no less. Grace in Mankato MN You wrote: I have a question about the content of an old photo. Would any of you be able to help explain just why the difference in the two bicycles in this photo? We believe the man to be the owner of a "bicycle and typewriter" store in LeMars, IA. Unfortunately no name or dates were written on the Plymouth County photo. The likely rider in the photo is Mr. C.L. VonBerg, circa 1897 LeMars, IA. Here is a link to the photo. The man is riding one bicycle and holding onto the other as he sits on his bike. These I believe were referred to as the Big Wheel. If you notice closely, the wheels on the two bicycles are reversed. What is the significance of that? Does anyone know? A google search brought up this explanation and a photo showing a modern day specialized bicycle.."Supposedly the reverse High Wheeler is safer because the rider wouldn't go head first over the big wheel, he'd probably just fly backwards."