Thank you.... Alan Cook........................................................................................ -----Original Message----- From: Don <dwdwrks2@omnitelcom.com> To: IOWA@rootsweb.com; kennewickman4@aol.com Sent: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 9:44 am Subject: Re: [IOWA] Adoption records question Each county I work in has handled their records differently - usually I find the records are on microfilm. Contact the Montgomery County Clerk of Court for information.? ? Montgomery County Clerk of District Court? P.O. Box 469? Red Oak, IA 51566? Telephone: (712) 623-4986? ? Good Luck,? ? Don Woodley? ? RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa.? Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, Lingenfelter and others as time permits.? ?

Each county I work in has handled their records differently - usually I find the records are on microfilm. Contact the Montgomery County Clerk of Court for information. Montgomery County Clerk of District Court P.O. Box 469 Red Oak, IA 51566 Telephone: (712) 623-4986 Good Luck, Don Woodley RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa. Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, Lingenfelter and others as time permits.

----- Original Message ----- From: Bare67deb@aol.com To: ia-civil-war@rootsweb.com ; bluebear@new.rr.com Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:07 AM Subject: Bio of Amos C. Pearsall 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 AMOS C. PEARSALL, general manager of the Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company's branch in the city of Des Moines, is also vice president of this important industrial corporation, with which he has been associated during virtually his entire active business career. He is one of the vital and progressive business man of the younger generation in the capital city of his native state. Mr. Pearsall was born at Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa, January 12, 1889, and is a son of George E. and Mary A. (Cleveland) Pearsall, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in the State of New York, where their marriage was solemnized at Franklin, Delaware County, though both had previously become residents of Iowa. George E. Pearsall is a son of the late Amos Pearsall, who was born in the State of New York, whence he removed to Ohio, and from the latter state he came with his family to Iowa in the year 1855, so that he gained distinct pioneer precedence in the Hawkeye State, he having been a carriage builder by vocation during much of his active life. George E. Pearsall was young at the time of his family removal to Iowa, and here he was reared and educated under the conditions that marked the pioneer days. He has long been one of the representative business men of Des Moines, where he is now vice president of the Iowa National Bank. He is a Republican in politics, he attends and supports the Congregational Church, of which his wife was a devoted member, he is affiliated with both York and Scottish Rite bodies of the Masonic fraternity, and is an active member of the Des Moines Club. Mrs. Mary A. (Cleveland) Pearsall, whose death occurred in 1923, came to Iowa about the year 1879, and prior to her marriage, which occurred in the year 1882, she had here been a popular teacher in the public schools of McGregor, Clayton County. She was a daughter of George Cleveland, who was born in New York State and who thence removed to Ohio, from which latter state he went forth as a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, he died while held as a prisoner of war in historic Andersonville Prison of the Confederacy. Of the two children of George E. and Mary A. (Cleveland) Pearsall the elder is Amos C., of this review, and the younger is Georgene, who is the wife of F. F. Wheeler, a leading lawyer in the City of Appleton, Wisconsin. Amos C. Pearsall supplemented the discipline of the Des Moines public schools by attending Iowa College at Grinnell, this state, and in 1910 he was graduated from the University of Wisconsin, from which he received the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Mechanical Engineer. Almost immediately after his graduation he became associated with the Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company, with which he has continued his alliance during the intervening years. He was made vice president of the company in 1921 and has since been general manager of the Des Moines branch of this important industrial corporation, the western business of which has been greatly expanded under his progressive administration. Mr. Pearsall is a Republican in politics, he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, he has affiliation with the Masonic fraternity in both its York and Scottish Rites, as well as its Mystic Shrine, and he has membership in teh Des Moines Club, the Wakonda Club, the Grant Club and the Rotary Club, all representative organizations in his home city. While at the University of Wisconsin he became affiliated with the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In the year 1913 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pearsall and Miss Mary L. Perine, daughter of Albert C. Perine, long and prominent exponent of the lumber business at Spencer, Iowa. Mrs. Pearsall received teh advantages of the public schools of Spencer and also those of Iowa College at Grinnell, and she is a popular figure in social and cultural circles of Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Pearsall have one son, Amos C., Jr., who was born in June, 1917, and who is at the time of this writing a student in the public schools of his native city. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project http://iagenweb.org/history/ Scott County, Iowa http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now.

Do any of you Iowa listers know what rules and strings attached and or where you go to look into adoption records in Iowa during , say , the 19th century or early 20th? I have a gr grandfather who was an adoption atty in Red Oak, Montgomery or 25 or 30 years !? He himself may have been adopted into our family, a persistent rumor for decades. I am trying to resolve this now. Of course I dont live in Iowa, so I would start by 'remote control' first and go from there. Any suggestions appreciated. Also, are there good places to research a person such as this, places where records are still on paper or microfish and not yet digitally transcribed. In other words, would a trip to Red Oak be wortwhile in the opinion of any of you?

Hi Karen - I think you might have an ambrotype which is older. http://www.gclark.com/phototree/main/history/hist_ambro.htm An ambrotype is a photo made on glass with another piece of glass behind it. Do not try to separate the glass plates, or you will ruin the photo. A daguerrotype was made on metal [copper] with glass over it. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Conroy" <karen.conroy@virgin.net> To: <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:58 PM Subject: [IOWA] Fw: question about old photos | | >I have one in a wooden closing two part frame with tinny stuff holding the | >edges of two pieces of glass together tucking it into the inside frame. The | >wooden frame has carvings of horses on the front and cushiony stuff on the | >left hand side when you open it up.. The glass underneath has a photo on | >glass of a little girl about three standing on a chair in black and white. | >The top piece of glass over it is clear. Is this a daguerrotype? I long | >to know who she is and how to date it. Karen |

>I have one in a wooden closing two part frame with tinny stuff holding the >edges of two pieces of glass together tucking it into the inside frame. The >wooden frame has carvings of horses on the front and cushiony stuff on the >left hand side when you open it up.. The glass underneath has a photo on >glass of a little girl about three standing on a chair in black and white. >The top piece of glass over it is clear. Is this a daguerrotype? I long >to know who she is and how to date it. Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Chebow1@aol.com> > To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:08 AM > Subject: [IOWA] question about old photos > > >> Does anyone know if there was such a thing as old photo restoration in >> the >> early 1870's? >> A picture that is believed to have been taken abt. 1871-1872 has a stamp >> on >> ithe back that says......"Particularly specializing in copying old & >> faded >> photographs." >> Would photos have been around long enough to even be faded in the >> 1870's? >> >> Cheryl >> **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW >> AOL.com. >> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) >> _____________________________________________ >> >> For additional information concerning how the list >> works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 message >> >

from another list --- On Wed, 11/26/08, Barbara A Valentin <batv@juno.com> wrote: - 110 Years of Life Magazine Photos Now Online I love those glossy photographs that Life Magazine is famous for. Now the magazine has placed 10 million photographs on Google's servers. The photographs range from Margaret Bourke-White's harrowing depictions of the just-liberated concentration camps to Dorothea Lange's haunting photo of a migrant mother to pictures of men walking on the Moon. One picture that I especially like is that of a parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1865. On many of the photos, you need to click on the link labeled "View Full Size" in order to see the high resolution version. You can start exploring here: http://images.google.com/hosted/life. Another method is to search Google by and simply add "source:life" to any Google image search. That will limit the search to the LIFE photo archive. For example: genealogy source:life. Even if you don't find exactly what your looking for there's lots of interesting pictures. My thanks to Carla Bodette for letting me know about this valuable new resource. Other newsletter readers' questions, comments or corrections to the above article have already been posted at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/11/110-years-of-li.ht ml

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 LEE O. PEACOCK has been a printer since early manhood, and in that work has been connected with printing houses and newspaper establishments in many localities in Iowa and other states. Another important chapter of his experience was his service during the World war. Since 1923 he has been the publisher of the Tripoli Leader in Breamer County, Iowa. Mr. Peacock and the Leader were born in the same year, 1894. His birth occurred at Bloomington, Wisconsin, July 5 of that year. His parents, James and Lottie (Trollope) Peacock, were also born at Bloomington, and his father is now seventy-one and his mother seventy-two. James Peacock has for many years been owner of a barber shop and has been active in local affairs, serving as a member of the city council and for twenty-four years has been city treasurer. He is a Republican, is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are Methodists. There were five children in the family: Maude, wife of J. E. Kavanaugh, foreman of a printing shop in Chicago; Lee O.; Bernice and Bernard, twins, the former the wife of L. G. Millin, an accountant at Racine, Wisconsin, while Bernard, a Chicago salesman, served with the artillery brigade in the Forty-second of Rainbow Division overseas; and Blanche, wife of Calvert Liggitt, in the wholesale paint and varnish business at Madison, Wisconsin. Lee O. Peacock graduated from the Bloomington High School in 1912 and in the same year began his apprenticeship as a printer in the office of the Bloomington Record. On leaving there he took up his experience as a journeyman, which brought him relationships with various papers and publications in the Middle West. For a time he was linotype operator on the Prairie du Chien Courier. In July, 1917, he volunteered and enlisted in the regular army. He joined at Jefferson Barracks, Saint Louis, and was with the colors two years, being transferred from camp to camp as a drill sergeant and instructor in machine gun and small arm and bayonet practice. He was probably stationed at a dozen cantonments, including Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, Camp Gordon, Georgia, Camp Sheridan, Alabama, and others, and received his honorable discharge at Camp Dodge, Iowa. His regular assignment was with Company F of the Forty-sixth Infantry. When the country no longer needed his service he resumed his place with the Prairie du Chien Courier. He was next with the Oelwein Iowan until it was merged with the Register. For a time he was on the Dairy Farmer at Waterloo, then with the Cedar Falls Record, and left there to take charge of the Tripoli Leader, which has enjoyed a period of exceptional prosperity under his management since 1923. Mr. Peacock is a past adjutant of the Tripoli Post of the American Legion, is a member of the Iowa State Press Association and National Editorial Association. He is a Republican, is a Knights Templar Commandery Mason at Waverly, and he and his wife are Methodists, but attend the Congregational Church, as the Methodist Church was consolidated with that denomination. He is also a member of the Commercial Club. He married Nora M. Schultz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Schultz, of Waterloo. Mr Schultz was in the furniture, jewelry and undertaking business in Stacyville, Iowa, for about twenty-two years. Mrs. Peacock is active in various local organizations, notably Congregational Church activities, Ladies Improvement Club, and the Legion Auxiliary, of which she is a member of the executive committee. She is also a member of the Eastern Star. They have three children, Eunice Jean, born March 17, 1924, Donna, born July 24, 1928, and Dorris Mac, born November 4, 1929, all born at Tripoli. 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) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

Thank you everyone for the comments on the restoration of old photos. I have a copy of the photo that is believed to be from 1871-72 and would gladly share it in hopes that someone could help me date it. The photo isn't mine, it's from another Smith researcher. I have requested a copy of the back of the photo and if received, will also send it if someone is interested in seeing it. What we are trying to determine is whether or not the photo was taken in the 1870's or copied/restored in the 1870's. What I was told about the back of the photo is this: The photo studio was in Attica, 13 miles from Covington, but then I saw that it says also on the back "Particularly specializing in copying old & faded photographs." Attica is in Fountain Co. (?) Indiana. Thanks again for all of the responses and links. You may email me at my private email addy in order to request a copy of the picture via email. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

Since tintypes & deguerreotypes are the earliest forms of photographs, the "copying of old and faded photographs" might be referring to these types of photographs? Just a thought. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator

Hello Cheryl, Since I am very involved in photo restoration I'm really curious about your question. Is there further identification included in the "stamp" on the back of your photo, i.e. the name of a photographer, or company, or location? Is it possible that your photo is a more modern (20th century) "restoration" of an 1870's photograph? A quality restoration can appear to be just like the original and the stamp on the back may be there to indicate that it is actually a restored copy of the original. Photography has been around for a very long time and became more and more popular before the Civil War (ca. 1840 - 1860.) After the Civil War established photographer's studios were common in many communities, and itinerate photographers who traveled the country were very numerous. Your post is a little ambiguous as to weather you feel the photograph was actually taken in the 1870's, or was restored in the 1870's? If it was taken in the 1870's it could have been restored even in the early 20th century though not by today's standards. If the photo was taken prior to the 1870's - even by only a very short period of time, say just a year - it could definitely have faded or been damaged from improper use or storage, exposure to sunlight was, and is, a big no-no, but I am not aware of any restoration process available in that time period (just because I'm not aware of something doesn't rule it out.) The method used to take the original photo would have a large bearing on deterioration as well. Few people are aware that photographs taken in the mid 20th century, especially Polaroid and early color film processes, are now fading and being lost at a faster rate than photographs taken a hundred years earlier! Can you provide more information about your photo and the stamp on the back? Regards, Kate Foote kate@comm1net.net > -----Original Message----- > From: iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Chebow1@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:09 AM > To: IOWA@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IOWA] question about old photos > Importance: High > > Does anyone know if there was such a thing as old photo restoration in the > early 1870's? > A picture that is believed to have been taken abt. 1871-1872 has a stamp on > ithe back that says......"Particularly specializing in copying old & faded > photographs." > Would photos have been around long enough to even be faded in the 1870's? > > Cheryl > **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW > AOL.com. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new- > dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.12/1824 - Release Date: 12/2/2008 9:31 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1826 - Release Date: 12/3/2008 9:34 AM

Probably, what the photographer meant was that he could make the photo darker or give it more contrast, either when he shot the photo or when he printed the image on paper. So he's restoring the darkeness/lightness to the photo and not really restoring the photo the way we would think of today. Teri ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chebow1@aol.com> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:08 AM Subject: [IOWA] question about old photos > Does anyone know if there was such a thing as old photo restoration in the > early 1870's? > A picture that is believed to have been taken abt. 1871-1872 has a stamp > on > ithe back that says......"Particularly specializing in copying old & > faded > photographs." > Would photos have been around long enough to even be faded in the 1870's? > > Cheryl > **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW > AOL.com. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > 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 message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.12/1824 - Release Date: 12/2/2008 9:31 AM

Hello Cheryl, Since I am very involved in photo restoration I'm really curious about your question. Is there further identification included in the "stamp" on the back of your photo, i.e. the name of a photographer, or company, or location? Is it possible that your photo is a more modern (20th century) "restoration" of an 1870's photograph? A quality restoration can appear to be just like the original and the stamp on the back may be there to indicate that it is actually a restored copy of the original. Photography has been around for a very long time and became more and more popular before the Civil War (ca. 1840 - 1860.) After the Civil War established photographer's studios were common in many communities, and itinerate photographers who traveled the country were very numerous. Your post is a little ambiguous as to weather you feel the photograph was actually taken in the 1870's, or was restored in the 1870's? If it was taken in the 1870's it could have been restored even in the early 20th century though not by today's standards. If the photo was taken prior to the 1870's - even by only a very short period of time, say just a year - it could definitely have faded or been damaged from improper use or storage, exposure to sunlight was, and is, a big no-no, but I am not aware of any restoration process available in that time period (just because I'm not aware of something doesn't rule it out.) The method used to take the original photo would have a large bearing on deterioration as well. Few people are aware that photographs taken in the mid 20th century, especially Polaroid and early color film processes, are now fading and being lost at a faster rate than photographs taken a hundred years earlier! Can you provide more information about your photo and the stamp on the back? Regards, Kate Foote kate@comm1net.net > -----Original Message----- > From: iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Chebow1@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:09 AM > To: IOWA@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IOWA] question about old photos > Importance: High > > Does anyone know if there was such a thing as old photo restoration in the > early 1870's? > A picture that is believed to have been taken abt. 1871-1872 has a stamp on > ithe back that says......"Particularly specializing in copying old & faded > photographs." > Would photos have been around long enough to even be faded in the 1870's? > > Cheryl > **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW > AOL.com. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new- > dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.12/1824 - Release Date: 12/2/2008 9:31 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1826 - Release Date: 12/3/2008 9:34 AM

Hi Cheryl, As I read it, they specialize in copying but not restoring. And yes, earlier photos may have faded if they were left in the sun or because of the type of photographic method used. Grace You wrote: Does anyone know if there was such a thing as old photo restoration in the early 1870's? A picture that is believed to have been taken abt. 1871-1872 has a stamp on ithe back that says......"Particularly specializing in copying old & faded photographs." Would photos have been around long enough to even be faded in the 1870's?

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 C. PAYNE, physician and surgeon at Pella, has lived practically all his life in Iowa, the only extended period of residence outside of the state having been three years in Canada. He was born at Beacon in Mahaska County, September 7, 1871, son of Robert C. and Mary Ann (Evans) Payne. Robert C. Payne was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Iowa soon after the close of the Civil war, settling later in Monroe County. He was a Pennsylvania soldier in the Union army, serving four years and three months. He had four brothers in the Civil war: John J. and Salathiel, both deceased; George, who died on the field of battle; and Edward, who is still living at Pella. David Payne, a brother of Dr. Harry C. Payne, was a soldier in the Spanish-American war and for three years was in the regular army service in the Philippines, and during the World war period enlisted for service with the Canadian stoops. Dr. Harry C. Payne graduated from the Albia High School in 1890, continued his education in the University of Iowa, and in 1897 was graduated from the Keokuk Medical College. He has spent more than thirty years in active practice, and is regarded as one of the men of highest attainments in his profession. He is a member of the Marion County, Des Moines Valley, Iowa State and American Medical Associations, the Des Moines Academy of Medicine and the American College of Physical Therapy. Doctor Payne married at Keokuk in December, 1898, Miss Lillian C. French, daughter of Frank A. and Eunice E. (Gray) French. She is of English, Scotch-Irish and French ancestry, and of Revolutionary stock. her family has many interesting connections with American history and with Iowa. Her grandfather, John B. Gray, came from Burlington, Vermont, to the Middle West in 1834 and located on the west side of the Mississippi River, later, in Eddyville, on land that was not yet opened for settlement, still being occupied by Indians who acknowledged allegiance to the great Sax chieftain. Black Hawk. It was in honor of his home town in Vermont that he named his first place of settlement Burlington, now one of Iowa's most prominent cities. Mrs. Payne's great-great-grandfather Gray lost his life while a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Her father enlisted at Eddyville, Iowa, and was in the hospital service of the Union army for over three years in the Civil war. Mrs. Payne is a member of the Pella Woman's Club, the P. E. O. and Eastern Star. Dr. and Mrs. Payne had three children: Leah Ruth, who died in January, 1915; Lillian Mary, a teacher in the schools of Fredericksburg, Iowa; and Dorothy Eunice, a junior in the Pella High School. Doctor Payne has been a loyal and public spirited citizen as well as a capable doctor. He served on the first elected Board of Trustees for the public library. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Chamber of Commerce. 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) **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom4 0vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)

Does anyone know if there was such a thing as old photo restoration in the early 1870's? A picture that is believed to have been taken abt. 1871-1872 has a stamp on ithe back that says......"Particularly specializing in copying old & faded photographs." Would photos have been around long enough to even be faded in the 1870's? Cheryl **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)

I enjoyed this bio, Debbie, even though I'm not a member of the Paul family. I would like to add a couple of insights, if I may. Dr. Paul, the dentist, was very well known, almost like a celebrity. His passion was Palomino horses and was so well-known for his horse training abilities that he helped train Roy Roger's 1st Trigger. Dr. Paul traveled to Pasadena every year and rode one of his Palominos in the Rose Bowl Parade. As a child, I'd watch the Parade (in b/w - no color TV sets at that time!) and sure enough, almost ever year there would be about a 30 second footage of Dr. Paul and his horse, riding the parade route. I worked for a time at one of the dental clinics here in Osceola and a few of our patients were former patients of Dr. Paul. It was amazing, the dental work he did long before dental x-rays were available. He was performing root canals long before it was an accepted practice. He was a pioneer in the dental field and did excellent work. The dentists I worked for had a great admiration for Dr. Paul and his work. Descendants of the Paul family are still living in the Osceola area. One, George Paul, has a nice farm a couple of miles from me. He has an impressive Christmas lighting display on his farm every year, attracting many carloads of people out enjoying the Christmas lights. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bare67deb@aol.com> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com>; <ia-civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:07 AM Subject: [IOWA] Bio of Ebert G. Paul >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 > > EBERT G. PAUL. Since the fall of the year 1854 the family name of Paul > has > been closely identified with the progress and development of Clarke > County, > where, without exception, those hearing the name have been men of > substance, > industry, high character and public spirit. Engaged in a variety of > interests, they have contributed materially to the growth and prosperity > of this > section, at the same time advancing their own personalities along > legitimate > channels of industry. A worthy representative of this old and honored > Clarke > County family is found in Ebert G. Paul, who during his active years was > successively farmer, grocer and hardware merchant, in addition to being a > public > official, but who is now living in retirement at his home at Osceola. > > Mr. Paul was born on a farm in Ward Township, Clarke County, Iowa, > October > 21, 1856, and is a son of George and Mahetable (Sutton) Paul. His > paternal > grandfather, Rev. William Paul, came from Indiana to Iowa in 1854, and > became > one of the early pioneer circuit riders of the Protestant Methodist > faith, > serving his cause over a wide territory, where he was greatly beloved and > accomplished much for the spiritual welfare of the community. He reared a > family > of eleven children, all of whom lived long and useful lives. Although > Grandfather Paul was of the Methodist faith, during the past half a > century the > members of the family have been Spiritualists. > > George Paul, father of Ebert G. Paul, was born in 1830, in Marion County, > Indiana, where he received a country school education and was reared to > the > pursuits of agriculture. He was twenty-four years of age when he > accompanied > the family to Iowa, entering land in Clarke County, where he set about > developing a farm. Seven years later came the war between the states and > he enlisted > in Company D. Thirty-ninth, Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which > he > served until the close of the war, principally as a nurse. With an > excellent > record for fidelity, courage and great human sympathy, after his > honorable > discharge he returned to Clarke County and resumed farming and stock > raising, > in which he became successful through his industry and natural ability. > He > was not a politician or office seeker, but was always ready to contribute > of > his time and ability to the furtherance of those projects which were > inaugurated for the benefit of his community. > > Ebert G. Paul passed his boyhood and youth on his father's farm, where he > was reared to habits of industry and integrity and acquired his > educational > training in the local schools. In 1887 he took up land in Kansas, where > he was > engaged in farming for three years, at the end of which time he returned > to > Clarke County and for a number of years was successful both as a farmer > and an > extensive feeder of live stock. Although he still retained his farming > interests, in 1910 Mr. Paul moved to Osceola, where for a short time he > was > engaged in the grocery business, but disposed of this to devote his > energies to > the hardware trade. In this venture he was highly successful, continuing > therein for about two decades. Mr. Paul is now independent as to his > financial > affairs and owns large and valuable properties in the Dakotas and Iowa. > He > also has a home in California, where he and Mrs. Paul spend the winter > months, > but he has always regarded Osceola as his real place of residence. Mr. > Paul > is a natural mechanic and for many years operated a threshing machine > outfit > throughout Clarke and the adjoining counties, and was, in fact, the first > owner of a steam thresher in Clarke County. A public-spirited citizen > and a > Republican in politics, he has served his community capably as mayor, > member of > the city council and president of the district school board. > > In 1888, in Clarke County, Mr. Paul was united in marriage with Miss > Maggie > Williams, who was born in Iowa, and to this union there were born the > following children: Frank, a hardware merchant of Osceola, who has two > sons, Lloyd > and John; Earl, a farmer of Clarke County, who is the father of two > children, > Maxine and Marvin; Dr. Everett, a dental practitioner of Osceola, who has > one son, Townsend; Mabel, the wife of William Edwards, of spokane, > Washington, > who has tow sons, Alvin and Everett; George, who is deceased; and Aletha, > who > married Wayne McIntyre and resides at Osceola. In 1918 Ebert G. Paul > married Mrs. Minnie Erts, who was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, of South > English > ancestry, daughter of Richard L. and Margaret Lakin, and who prior to her > marriage to Mr. Paul had been a professional nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Paul > have one > daughter; Mary Jeanette, a student of the public schools. The present > modern > home of the Paul family, located on Main Street, was erected in 1918. > > > 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) > > **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. 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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 EBERT G. PAUL. Since the fall of the year 1854 the family name of Paul has been closely identified with the progress and development of Clarke County, where, without exception, those hearing the name have been men of substance, industry, high character and public spirit. Engaged in a variety of interests, they have contributed materially to the growth and prosperity of this section, at the same time advancing their own personalities along legitimate channels of industry. A worthy representative of this old and honored Clarke County family is found in Ebert G. Paul, who during his active years was successively farmer, grocer and hardware merchant, in addition to being a public official, but who is now living in retirement at his home at Osceola. Mr. Paul was born on a farm in Ward Township, Clarke County, Iowa, October 21, 1856, and is a son of George and Mahetable (Sutton) Paul. His paternal grandfather, Rev. William Paul, came from Indiana to Iowa in 1854, and became one of the early pioneer circuit riders of the Protestant Methodist faith, serving his cause over a wide territory, where he was greatly beloved and accomplished much for the spiritual welfare of the community. He reared a family of eleven children, all of whom lived long and useful lives. Although Grandfather Paul was of the Methodist faith, during the past half a century the members of the family have been Spiritualists. George Paul, father of Ebert G. Paul, was born in 1830, in Marion County, Indiana, where he received a country school education and was reared to the pursuits of agriculture. He was twenty-four years of age when he accompanied the family to Iowa, entering land in Clarke County, where he set about developing a farm. Seven years later came the war between the states and he enlisted in Company D. Thirty-ninth, Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, principally as a nurse. With an excellent record for fidelity, courage and great human sympathy, after his honorable discharge he returned to Clarke County and resumed farming and stock raising, in which he became successful through his industry and natural ability. He was not a politician or office seeker, but was always ready to contribute of his time and ability to the furtherance of those projects which were inaugurated for the benefit of his community. Ebert G. Paul passed his boyhood and youth on his father's farm, where he was reared to habits of industry and integrity and acquired his educational training in the local schools. In 1887 he took up land in Kansas, where he was engaged in farming for three years, at the end of which time he returned to Clarke County and for a number of years was successful both as a farmer and an extensive feeder of live stock. Although he still retained his farming interests, in 1910 Mr. Paul moved to Osceola, where for a short time he was engaged in the grocery business, but disposed of this to devote his energies to the hardware trade. In this venture he was highly successful, continuing therein for about two decades. Mr. Paul is now independent as to his financial affairs and owns large and valuable properties in the Dakotas and Iowa. He also has a home in California, where he and Mrs. Paul spend the winter months, but he has always regarded Osceola as his real place of residence. Mr. Paul is a natural mechanic and for many years operated a threshing machine outfit throughout Clarke and the adjoining counties, and was, in fact, the first owner of a steam thresher in Clarke County. A public-spirited citizen and a Republican in politics, he has served his community capably as mayor, member of the city council and president of the district school board. In 1888, in Clarke County, Mr. Paul was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Williams, who was born in Iowa, and to this union there were born the following children: Frank, a hardware merchant of Osceola, who has two sons, Lloyd and John; Earl, a farmer of Clarke County, who is the father of two children, Maxine and Marvin; Dr. Everett, a dental practitioner of Osceola, who has one son, Townsend; Mabel, the wife of William Edwards, of spokane, Washington, who has tow sons, Alvin and Everett; George, who is deceased; and Aletha, who married Wayne McIntyre and resides at Osceola. In 1918 Ebert G. Paul married Mrs. Minnie Erts, who was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, of South English ancestry, daughter of Richard L. and Margaret Lakin, and who prior to her marriage to Mr. Paul had been a professional nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have one daughter; Mary Jeanette, a student of the public schools. The present modern home of the Paul family, located on Main Street, was erected in 1918. 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) **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)

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 AYLETT L. PASCAL, has lived all his life in Clinton County, and has to his credit an active membership at the Iowa bar covering more than half a century. His father was a lawyer by training, although he never practiced, and Mr. Pascal's two sons have followed him in the same profession. Mr. Pascal's father was George W. Pascal, an Iowa pioneer, and a man of notable attainments, possessing a rich and varied scholarship as well as a faculty for practical business. He was born at Longeville, Saint Avold, Lorraine, France, and came with his parents to America in 1841. The family settled at Canal Dover, Ohio. During 1846-47 he learned to make and paint chairs at Zanesville, Ohio. From 1848 to 1850 he pursued his studies in Allegheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, then and since one of the best small colleges in the United States. George W. Pascal settled at Dewitt in Clinton County, Iowa, in 1852. He taught school for a time. He possessed the knowledge and training of a surveyor and was employed in running many of the old land boundary lands over the county. Later he established a home on eighty acres situated a mile and a half north of Dewitt, and in subsequent years became one of the largest land owners in the county, at one time having 1,000 acres on farm land in addition to considerable property in the town of Dewitt. His landed interests gave him his chief business occupation. He also found time to cultivate many unusual fields of knowledge. During 1859-60 he was a student of astronomy and higher mathematics in the University of Michigan and worked directly under James Watson in the Detroit Observatory. George W. Pascal in March, 1861, was admitted to the bar by Judge John F. Dillon. He married, March 11, 1851, Talitha Cumi Cotton, a descendant of the famous New England Colonial family of Cottons. She was born at Austintown in Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Western Reserve, February 13, 1829. Aylett L. Pascal was one of the eight children of these parents and was born at Lyons, Clinton County, October 25, 1854. He attended school at Dewitt, then entered the University of Iowa and was graduated from the law school June 21, 1878. In December of the same year he began his career as a practicing attorney at Dewitt, and has had his law offices there steadily except for the period from 1891 to 1900 when he practiced at Clinton. The general practice of the law had afforded him satisfaction for his chief ambition, without resort to politics or public life. He is a member of the Clinton County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations, is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Republican in politics. He married, August 21, 1878, Miss Sarah C. Purcell, of Iowa City, daughter of Isaiah and Rachel (McDaniel) Purcell. Her parents were among the pioneers of Johnson County, Iowa. Mrs. Pacal died in 1924, after forty-six years of married companionship. The two sons are Aylett L., Jr., and Percival P. Both are graduates of the law school of Drake University at Des Moines, Aylett L., Jr., graduating June 14, 1906, and his brother in 1907. Aylett, Jr., is now attorney for the Iowa Mutual Insurance Company. Percival is associated with his father, in the law firm of Pascal & Pascal, at Dewitt. 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) **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)

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 L. PARSONS. The professional life of John L. Parsons, of Fort Dodge, was passed upon the highest plane of a lawyer's work, but recently he gave up the practice of law and became manager of the Builders Supply Company of Fort Doge, with which concern he has been connected since March, 1930. John L. Parsons was born on a farm in Calhoun County, Iowa, May 4, 1883, and is a son of Thomas and Mary H. (Clutter) Parsons. His father, who was born in England, came to the United States about 1879 or 1880 and settled on a farm in Calhoun County, Iowa, where from small beginnings he rose to be one of the substantial men of his community. He won the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, took an active part in public life, and after serving for some time as a member of the board of county supervisors was sent to the State Legislature, in which body he served with signal ability for three terms. His death occurred in 1928. Mr. Parsons was a stanch Republican in political matters, belonged to the Knights of Pythias, and during his entire life was a devout member of the Congregational Church and took an active part in its movements. In Iowa he was united in marriage with Miss Mary h. Clutter, who was born in Ohio, and died about 1899, and they became the parents of three children: Alfred H., who is engaged in agricultural operations in Calhoun County; John L., of this review; and Flora E., the wife of Charles H. Beck, of Fort Dodge. John L. Parsons attended the public schools and Cornell College, at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and in 1907 embarked in civil engineering, a vocation to which he gave the greater part of his attention until 1928, being principally engaged in drainage projects. In the meanwhile he studied law under the preceptorship of D. M. Kelleher, and in 1926 was admitted to the bar, although he did not start active practice until 1928, after which time he built up a large and representative clientage. He has large land holdings which require his attention. Mr. Parsons belongs to the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fort Dodge and is a member of the board of stewards. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons and has served as secretary of his lodge. In September, 1918, he entered the Officers Training Camp at Camp Humphreys, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant, but was not called upon for overseas service, receiving his honorable discharge in December, 1918. A Republican in his political affiliation, he has served as president of the local school board since 1927, and was formerly county engineer of both Humboldt and Webster counties. In 1907 Mr. Parsons was united in marriage with Miss Laura Cheney, who was born in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, and graduated from Cornell College as a member of the class of 1906. They are parents of three children: Elsie L., who married Harold J. Foreman, who is connected with the Register and Leader, Cedar Rapids; Lawrence C., who is attending the junior college at Fort Dodge; and Carol, attending the junior 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) **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)