Jan, Do you think Hirschi is a variation of Hershey? Mark

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 H. C. McNEIL Henry Clay McNeil, one of the best known and best liked citizens of Sioux City, where he was actively identified with business interests for more than a half century, was at the time of his death the senior member of the firm of H. C. McNeil & Son, dealers in building supplies at Nos. 308 and 310 Jackson street.l He was in the eighty-seventh year of his age when called to his final rest on the 26th of March, 1924, his birth having occurred October 30, 1837, at Homer, Cortland county, New York, the scene of the novel, "David Harum." In the novel Homer is referred to as Homerville. The parents of Henry C. McNeil, James and Hannah (Billings) NcNeil, were natives of Connecticut and of New York, respectively. The family comes of Scotch lineage, the emigrant ancestor arriving from Scotland about 1640 and settling in Connecticut. James McNeil saw service in the War of 1812 and his death occurred in 1866, when he was eighty-seven years of age. Henry Clay McNeil attended the public schools of Homer, New York, but at the age of twelve years went alone to Sandusky, Ohio, where his brother Albert was in business. He remained there for a few months and then paid a visit to his brother, Orin S., in Crawfordsville, Indiana, spending two years in that place, during which time he attended school. He then returned to Sandusky, where he spent the succeeding year, after which he went with his brother Orin S. from Sandusky to Rock Island, Illinois. Not long afterward, in 1852 when a youth of fifteen years, he made his way to Davenport, Iowa, where he secured a clerkship in a grocery store and also learned the tinner's trade, remaining in that city for two years. He next went to Muscatine, Iowa, where he completed his trade, which he followed at that point for two and one-half years. Returning to Davenport, he established a retail furniture business, which he conducted until he enlisted for service in the Union army during the Civil war. The smoke from Fort Sumter's guns had scarcely cleared away when Mr. McNeil offered his services to the government. In fact, he had the distinction of being the first man in Iowa to enlist, joining the army on the 15th of April, 1861, at the first call for troops. He was assigned to duty as a private of Company C, Second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the state on the 24th of April as a sergeant. On the 28th of May the regiment was mustered into the United States service and on the 7th of October, 1862, Mr. McNeil was commissioned second lieutenant of his company, with which he remained until May, 1864, when he was mustered out at Pulaski, Tennessee, after more than three years of active service. He commanded his company for over a year and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth and many minor engagements. He was wounded in the arm at Fort Donelson and was also wounded at Shiloh and Corinth. His military record was indeed a most creditable and honorable one, and he proudly wore the little bronze button of the Grand Army of the Republic. Upon his return from the south mr. McNeil joined his brother in business in Davenport, Iowa, the relation continuing for about five years. In 1869 he came to Sioux City, where he entered the fire insurance business, with which he was connected throughout the remainder of his life, representing a number of the substantial old companies. In 1887 he began dealing in building materials, along which line he developed a business of constantly growing importance. the Sioux City Journal of January 23, 1921, contained the following interesting article concerning the pioneer experiences of Mr. McNeil in this state: "Sixty-eight years ago there was not a foot of railroad track in Iowa or west of the Mississippi river. Today in Iowa there is not a spot that is more than twelve miles from the railroad. That is what H. C. NcNeil, Sioux City pioneer and head of the building material company of H. C. McNeil & Son, thinks of every time he looks at the big map of Iowa in his office. And he pictures himself as a boy about fifteen years old hopping on the tender of the first locomotive that ever covered a foot of track in this state or west of the Mississippi and riding along on the little woodburner enjoying the sensation of being carried by the steam engine that was as truly a curiosity in those days as a purple cow would be to the present generation. Mr. McNeil counts himself fortunate to have lived in a period of such great achievement, and though he modestly believes that he is not the sole possessor of interesting information in regard to the early history of the state and Sioux City, he consented to relate a few of his experiences. When a boy Mr. McNeil came west, and it was while he was in Davenport, Iowa, that he saw the beginning of the railroad transportation in the state. Mr. McNeil came to Davenport in 1852, and it was in 1853 or 1854 that the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company laid its tracks from Davenport to Iowa City and planned to construct a line across the state. The Mississippi and Missouri company was afterwards taken over by the Rock Island company, which still owns the line. The first engine to run on the track laid in Davenport was brought in pieces across the ice on the Mississippi and put together on a temporary track laid along the river. There was no bridge there then. When young McNeil and a few other boys of his age heard that the phenomenon was actually going to move, they ran down the track and, hopping on the tender of the little engine that was but a toy compared to the powerful locomotives of today that speed across Iowa's length and breadth, were carried along over the first track ever covered by a steam engine west of the Mississippi river. Mr. McNeil came to Sioux City in 1869 and has been in business for himself continuously since that time. He is past eighty-three years of age and takes pleasure in walking to work and in being in his office daily. He was in the insurance business when he first came here and keeps up that interest in the Peters, Guiney, McNeil and Powell Company. The only railroad in Sioux City at the time he came was the Sioux City and Pacific, which ran one train a day each way and was a combination freight and passenger train. There were no business houses in Fourth street and only a few in Pearl street and along the river front. Sioux City developed to a greater extent for its size between 1869 and 1872, Mr. McNeil believes, than it has in any other period. At that time, he pointed out on a map of Old Sioux City, it spread north about as far as Ninth and Tenth streets. The past century, Mr. McNeil stated, he believes to be the most remarkable century in history. In one line of accomplishment alone, it has seen transportation by railroad develop upon the plains of Iowa a network of railroad lines, all of which have been laid in less than one man's lifetime." The following article appeared in the local press in 1923: "Can you remember away back when Pierce street was known as Honeymoon Glen? If you can, then you can remember when Henry C. McNeil, of the firm of H. C. McNeil and Son, built the residence that is still standing at 901 Pierce street. That was fifty years ago, and Mr. McNeil is still occupying the house. But the business center of Sioux City has grown until now it practically surrounds the McNeil home, so Mr. McNeil and his wife have decided to move. They have purchased the residence at 1427 Douglas street, which was the property of the late R. C. A. Flournoy. When Mr. McNeil built the house which he lives in now, the region in the vicinity of Tenth and Pierce streets was still country. The open prairie extended beyond his dooryard, stretching away northward towards the level sweeps of northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota. There was only one other house in the block at that time, for Sioux City had not yet exerted her commercial cha rms upon the people who were flowing through toward the vacant west, where land could be had for a 'song.' But shortly after Mr. McNeil and his wife had settled in their new home other young people who had lately contracted matrimonial bonds, began to move into the section and it wasn't long until the first comers were living 'right down town.' It was because so many newly married couples built their homes on the north edge of the city, that Pierce street was known by the sobriquet of 'Honeymoon Glen.' The Home Insurance Company, of New York city, recently presented Mr. McNeil with a gold medal, in commemoration of fifty years of service with that company. He was the recipient of a silver medal from the same firm twenty-five years ago when he completed that number of years of faithful service. As above stated, when Mr. McNeil came to Sioux City in 1869 he took up the insurance business. From 1878 until 1898 he was in the building material business with C. T. Hopper, under the firm style of Hopper & McNeil, after which the firm of H. C. McNeil & Son was organized. For about thirty years he was a director of the Security National Bank, so continuing to the time of his death. On the 8th of June, 1871, at Davenport, Iowa, Mr. McNeil was united in marriage to Miss Marie B. Wilber, a daughter of Lorenzo D. Wilber, and to them were born two children: Carrie, who is the wife of Jerome P. Schnabele of Sioux City; and Wilbur C., who with his wife, Mrs. Virginia (Hearne) McNeil, was killed in an automobile accident near Hull, Iowa, September 6, 1914. Both were graduates of Leland Stanford University. They left two children: Joseph Herne, born February 8, 1904, who was graduated from Yale University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1926, and who is now attending Oxford University; and Eleanor Marie, who is a student at sweet Briar College at Sweet Briar, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. McNeil attended the Unitarian church. In politics he was a progressive republican. He never sought nor desired political office and the only public position he filled was that of secretary of the school board of Sioux City for twenty years. He was honored with various official preferments in fraternal circles, however, being identified with the Masonic order for about six decades. He joined the Masonic order at Davenport, Iowa, and later when he came to Sioux City he was instrumental in founding Sioux City Lodge, No. 103, which became known as Landmark Lodge. He also was a member of Chapter No. 26 of the Royal Arch Masons, of Columbian Commandery and of Abu-Bekr Temple of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. During the many years of formation and growth, Mr. McNeil assumed a position of activity and responsibility in lodge work. From an undernourished child laboring for breath, he saw and helped Sioux City Masonry develop into a potential power of beauty and strength. He attended scores of meetings and conventions, state, district and local, and was persistent worker through thick and thin for the higher achievements. During his career, Mr. McNeil was worshipful master of Landmark Lodge; high priest of the Royal Arch chapter; eminent commander of Columbian Commandery; and grand high priest of the grand chapter of Iowa. He was appointed grand high priest in 1888, and he was a past grand warden of the grand lodge of Masons in Iowa. He belonged to the Hawkeye Club and the Sioux City Boat Club and in all these different organizations had many warm friends and admirers. His life was an active and useful one, characterized by loyalty in every relation as well as during the days when he served his country as a soldier upon southern battlefields. He became a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and was chosen commander for Iowa. He likewise belonged to Hancock Post, G. A. R., of Sioux City, and was one of the organizers and a charter member of August Wentz Post of Davenport, which was the third Grand Army post organized in the United States and the first in the state. The following newspaper paragraph appeared under date of March 29, 1924: "Old comrades of the Civil war, their heads bowed in sorrow, were among the many Sioux Cityans who paid their last respect Saturday afternoon to H. C. McNeil, the first Iowa man to enlist in federal forces when the call came to save the Union. Lodge brothers, business associates and friends made in the long years in Sioux City, when, as a pioneer city builder and business man, the late Mr. McNeil was prominent, gathered for the funeral ritual in the Masonic temple to hear the eulogy of Rev. Charles E. Snyder of First Unitarian church. A short service and prayers preceded the eulogy. "The unbroken prairies have yielded to the husbandman's plow. The haunts of the buffalo no longer resound to their mighty tread. The builders came. They came with the working tools, the plumb, the level and the square, and they made the foundation and erected houses and temples and they smoothed the rough ashlers. A city grew with homes for the wives, who also endured the pioneer life, and for the children whose laughter rang o'er the hillsides,' said Rev. Mr. Snyder. "Today we have gathered in a lodge of sorrow for one of those builders, who out of his vision and strength contributed to the growth of city and its institutions. He remained active, interested, quick of mind, firm of judgment and finally lay down as one who wraps the draperies of his couch about him to pleasant dreams. We are gathered this sorrowful consistory to speak our tribute of farewell, but I cannot say, I shall not say, that he is dead. The grand master has called him into the lodge room beyond whose doors we cannot see. But I think, if we might see him just now, it would be with a wave of his hand and a smile of good cheer to say to us that the order he heard was, Let there be light, and there was light." The following is an editorial tribute which appeared in the Sioux City Journal under date of March 28, 1924: "In the death of Henry C. McNeil, Sioux City has lost one of its best known citizens, one who had been a part of the community's progress for more than half a century. Also Sioux City has lost one if its best liked men. Mr. McNeil's friendships were many. It is doubted that anyone here had a wider acquaintance. Many interesting things are connected with the life of Mr. McNeil in Sioux City. An outstanding feature of it was the fact that he was in business constantly for some fifty-two years, during which time he built up a reputation for integrity, public spirit and business activity all of which reflected the character of the man. At eighty-six this pioneer of the long ago had not retired, as he might have done and as many business men much younger have preferred to do. His friends knew his attitude toward life to be that of one who wanted to go on, active and energetic to the end. Such an outlook may be recommended to anyone approaching the natural end of a career. He saw the paving of the streets, the extension of the city limits to take in many square miles, the coming the street car, the automobile, the telephone and electric lighting. He saw, in a word, the growth of a village to a modern city. And he was a part of it all, a part of its business life constantly expanding, a part of its fraternalism, of its social activities, aiding, meanwhile, in undhanging confidence the community's advancement. Henry C. McNeil was one of Sioux City's formost citizens throughout his long residence here. Dependable, trustworthy and energetic, he was, like many others of his time, responsible in a large degree for Sioux City's progress. His familiar figure will be missed by the hundreds who knew him. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

I'm looking for any Schindler's and Hirschi's in Iowa. My GGGrandmother, Magdalena Schindler Hirschi came to America from Switzerland on the Underwriter in 1860. I find her on the passenger list with her husband David Hirschi who died coming across the ocean and was buried at sea, and their two children Magdalena (also known as Maud Lena) and Daniel (who may actually have been David rather than Daniel). They arrived in New York around the end of May or first of June in 1860. Others on the ship went to Nebraska to meet up with the Mormon wagon trains. But my search does not find Magdalena and her children there with them. There was a Parry family who came from Wales on the Underwriter at that time also. Thomas and Ann--the parents--and children Joseph, Leah, Emma and David They were in Nebraska when the census was taken in 1860. Their son Joseph eventually married Magdalena's daughter, Magdalena or Maud Lena, and they lived in Salt Lake City until their deaths. But I don't know where they married. I just have records of them in Salt Lake and nothing on Magdalena's family between arriving in New York until I see the daughter married and living in Salt Lake. If anyone knows of either one of these families I would love to hear from you. Thanks! Jan Merkley windsongplace@aol.com

Thank you Sue and Dick for the census information you provided. It was very helpful, in that now I know my grandmother Iona's siblings, and I remember her mentioning them. I am very grateful to you. How would you suggest I find the names and data of Iona's grandparents, since I know her parents were the above Henry McGinnis and Lucy Jane Cook? Where would I write for birth/marriage/death certificates for Henry and Lucy or other documentation? I am new at this "genealogy business", but very determined to at least follow thru to four or five generations. Thank you again, LaVonne Murphy Eckert

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 W. D. LATHROP Warren D. Lathrop, an honored veteran of the Civil war, has been a resident of Cherokee county for fifty-seven years and is rounding out a well spent life in the ease and comfort purchased by laborious effort directed into constructive channels. He was born November 7, 1844, in Delaware county, Iowa, his parents were Ichabod D. and Catherine (Humphreys) Lathrop, the latter a native of Ohio. The father was born in the state of New York and came to Iowa in pioneer times. He settled on a farm in Hardin county and there spent the remainder of his life, transforming his land into a rich and productive tract on which he made many improvements. He had a family of nine children, seven of whom are deceased. Mr. Lathrop attended the rural schools near his father's farm and aided him in the cultivation of the soil until 1862, when he responded to the call to arms, becoming a member of the Company A, Thirty-second Regiment of Iowa Infantry. He was with the Western Army and spent three years in the service of the Union. He participated in many notable battles and was wounded in the left leg. He was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, and returned to Hardin county, where he engaged in farming for about three years. In 1868 he came to Cherokee county and entered a homestead in Afton township. He proved up on the land, which he brought to a high state of development, and in his work was guided by a progressive spirit, keeping in close touch with the latest developments along agricultural lines. Eventually he sold the farm and since his retirement has lived in Cherokee with leisure to devote to those affairs in which he is most interested. In 1868 Mr. Lathrop married Miss Rosa Armour, who passed away in 1912 and was laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery at Cherokee. Four children were born to them but two are deceased. Those who survive are Frank E.; and Erma D., the wife of Russell A. Jones. Mr. Lathrop is a republican in his political views and has held several county and township offices, discharging every duty with fidelity and thoroughness. He is a member of Custer Post, No. 25, of the Grand Army of the Republic and derives much pleasure from his association with the "Boys in Blue." He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. His life has been long, upright and useful, crowned with successful achievement, and the years have brought him an ever widening circle of steadfast friends. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

Below is part of the chapter....you can see the whole chapter on the Iowa History Site. STORIES OF IOWA FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CHAPTER XVI ON THE WARPATH The Sauks and Foxes, like the Sioux, were a brave and warlike people. From their earliest appearance in the Mississippi Valley their story is one of savage strife. You remember how they resisted the advance of the French traders. In the War of 1812 some of them fought with the British against the Americans, and their repeated attacks upon Fort Madison, you recall, forced the garrison to abandon this post. The story is told that they swept aside the Iowa tribe in one heroic battle near the present site of Iowaville. According to this story the Sauks and Foxes led by Pashepaho and Black Hawk set out to attack the Iowas. They crept up within sight of the village of their enemy and lay in hiding. Soon they saw that the Iowa braves were engaged in running races, and had left their weapons in the village. One band of Sauks and Foxes led by Pashepaho rushed upon the defenseless Indians on the race course. Another group under Black Hawk attacked the village. The Iowa warriors fought bravely but soon were forced to yield. They never recovered from this blow. Many clashes took place in Iowa between the Sioux and the Sauks and Foxes. War parties from one tribe or the other would dash into the country of their enemy, strike a sudden blow on some unsuspecting village or hunting party, an take as many scalps as they could. Then they would hurry back into their own country to escape from the enemy. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

Hi Folks, I just got on the Iowa list and wanted to throw something out at you all, of which you can help me with. David Pennington died in Keokuk County, Iowa in the late 1850's and all I have is that he died fighting a prairie fire. Need more information so I can find his cemetery tombstone along with his wife Catherine Pennington who was listed in the 1860 Census record as living with friends and family, of which was William and Mary Ann Montgomery. It is my thinking that they took her in after David was killed in the prairie fire. Any tiny bit of information is so important to us. Thank so much, Respectfully Submitted,

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 M. C. LANGE Martin C. Lange enjoys distinct prestige in the business circles of Sioux City, where he is efficiently serving in the responsible position of treasurer of the Knapp & Spencer Company, to the success of which concern he is a contributing factor. Born in North Freedom, Wisconsin, on the 4th day of November, 1894, he is a son of C. A. and Cora R. (Simons) Lange, the former a native of Wisconsin and the latter of Travis, Minnesota. The father was a construction engineer in the employ of the state of Wisconsin giving his attention to the building of roads, and he and his wife are still living in that state. Of the six children born to them, Martin, C. Lange is the oldest. He attended the public schools of North Freedom and then took a course in a business college in Baraboo, Wisconsin. In April, 1918, he went to work for the Wisconsin Zinc Company, at Plattesville, Wisconsin, but soon afterwards resigned and enlisted for service in the World war, being assigned to the Forty-eighth Coast Artillery, with which he served until receiving an honorable discharge in 1919, Mr. Lange came to Sioux City as bookkeeper for the Knapp & Spencer Company, by whom his ability and faithfulness were quickly recognized, and he was successively promoted from time to time until, in 1922, he became treasurer of the company, which position he is now filling. Mr. Lange is vice president and a director of the Interstate Association of Credit Men, is a member of the Riverside Boat Club, the High Twelve Club and the Credo Club. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, in which he belongs to lodge, chapter and commandery, and is also a member of the American Legion. Politically Mr. Lange maintains an independent attitude but in all affairs affecting the well being of the community he takes an active interest. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and, because of his business success, his splendid character and his friendly manner, he is held in high esteem by all who know him. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

The 1850 Federal Census for Decatur County, Iowa is now on the Decatur County, Iowa IAGenweb website in it's entirety. You can find it at _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/census.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/census.html) . Stacey Dietiker momdit@aol.com Decatur Co IA List Administrator Decatur Co IA Website Coordinator www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu

Debbie suggested I should share this with the list - My family have been in Mills county, Iowa from the early 1800's - 3rd gr grandparents: REYNOLD APPLEBEE and his wife ANN CECELIA RICHASON both are dead ends 2nd gr grandparents: SARAH CLARISSA APPLEBEE and James Josiah LEEK/LEAKE/LEAK 1st gr grandparents: Anna Elizabeth LEEK/LEAKE/LEAK and Ozias Cullen STEVENS grandfather: Josiah "Joe" Charles Stevens was born 1883 in Malvern, Mills, Iowa my mother: Wilma Stevens was born 1909 in Silver City, Mills, Iowa besides dozens of aunts and uncles and cousins - My great grand parents Rollin Hugh Dimick and his 1c Nellie Adell Shepard were married 1878 in Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa - their daughter Theo Adell Dimick married Josiah Charles STEVENS- and they became my grandparents - My grandmother THEO ADELL DIMICK often told me the story of the 'big blizzard' when she was 7 or 9 years old - She was at the school house, it started snowing in the late afternoon not hard, just light snow - she left the school house heading for home - soon it was snowing hard and she was not able to see where she was going - she had been told by her parents, when and if that would happen, return to the school house, even if the teacher was gone, she would be safe out of the storm - The school had a horse and wagon to take the children home in, it also returned to their school house that afternoon. Her father was out looking for her -he knew she would not keep trying to get home, but go back to the school, as she had been told. That is where he found her - she said she was so happy to see her papa - they ended up at the school house all night - she said there were about 3 other papa's that came looking for their children - blankets were kept at the school just for an occasion like this - the children had a good time - the parents and teacher burned desks, chairs, any thing that would burn to keep them warm. She said the next day they had a "heck of a time getting home" - There were children frozen to death that night. Her mother was frantic when her daughter and her husband didn't come home all night. Snow was piled up to the roof of the house - they had to dig their way out. When I was in school, we had a test that asked the question, what year was the big blizzard on the prairie - I got it right - because my grandmother had told me the story so often - She also told me of the time she was baptized - it was in the "Little Blue River" they had to chop the ice away to do it. She loved Bluebells - [the flower] - she wanted to name me Bluebell - but I got Wilma instead! We were on a trip a few years ago - we camped just above Yellowstone - and there I saw my first Bluebell flower - I pick a bouquet and had it for a few days, even pressed some - they never meant any thing to me before that, now, when I see my pressed Bluebells, I think of my grandma's favorite flower and am still glad my name is Wilma - Strange how something so minor can put you in a melancholy mood uh? We really don't have it so hard do we? Our ancestors have put us where we are today - I don't think I could go thru what they did, and I am grateful that I have what stories I have - how blessed we are to have their lives still touching ours - Wilma Fleming Haynes wilmahaynes@direcway.com

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 ADELAIDE C. H. KNIGHT One of the most highly esteemed residents of Spencer, Clay county, is Mrs. Adelaide Clark House Knight, who enjoys an enviable reputation as a writer for the press and whose charming personality and gracious qualities have gained for her a host of loyal and devoted friends throughout this community. Mrs. Knight was born in Burt county, Nebraska, on the 14th of January, 1868, and is a daughter of Harvey and Mary Jane (House) Clark. Her father was born at Nunda, New York, November 13, 1838, and died July 8, 1873, while her mother, who was born in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, October 26, 1843, died September 18, 1869. Mrs. Knight is descended from sterling gold English stock, her line being traced back directly to Richard and Frances (Dighton) Williams, who lived in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1838, and also to Thomas Rogers, a passenger on the "Mayflower," through his granddaughter, Elizabeth Rogers, who was a daughter of John Rogers, and who married Nathaniel Williams. Her paternal grandfather, James Clark, was the son of John, whose father, Jonathan Clark, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army from Morristown, New Jersey. Through these connections Mrs. Knight has been proved eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mayflower Descendants, the Daughters of the Colonists, Colonial Dames, Order of the Crown, Americans of Royal Descent, Magna Charta Barons and other equally exclusive societies. Harvey Clark, who was born of pioneer parents, received a common school education, himself became a pioneer in Nebraska and was a veteran of the Civil war. Mrs. Knight was but one year old at the time of the death of her mother, soon after which event her father, who died a year later, took her to her maternal uncle, A. E. House, at Delhi, Iowa, where she was reared and educated. She was married in that place, June 7, 1893, to Frank Wadsworth Knight, who is of English and Huguenot descent, the son of Joseph and Lois (Acker) Knight, both of whom were natives of Rushford, New York, the former born March 8, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Knight had two children, Louise Lareau, born September 29, 1894, and Frank Albert, born June 19, 1896, who is in the naval aviation service. Mr. and Mrs. Knight lived in Milford, Iowa, about twenty years, when they moved to spencer, where they have lived for the past eleven years. Mrs. Knight taught school two years and published and edited the Earlville (Iowa) Phoenix two years. Politically, she is aligned with the republican party and takes a deep interest in public affairs. She is a member of the Congregational church and belongs to the Woman's Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Mayflower Descendants. She has been an extensive reader, holds well defined opinions on the leading questions of the day, and possesses a strong and vigorous literary style, her writings being widely read. Personally she is gracious and tactful, is a pleasing conversationalist and is extremely popular in the circles in which she moves. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

Below is only a very small part of this very long chapter. There is so much in this chapter. I loved it. The whole chapter is online at the Iowa History Site. GRANDMOTHER BROWN'S HUNDRED YEARS CHAPTER V AN IOWA FARM And so it was that the Brown family came to Iowa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Denmark was a pretty village, a really charming town in some respects," Said Grandmother Brown. "It had an air of refinement. It had been settled by educated people from the East. They had a fine academy and a good church there. But it was five miles from us, and five miles in days of bad roads was a real barrier. We could not often spare the time or use the horses to drive so far to church. The first Sunday we were at the farm we drove to the poor little church on Lost Creek." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We were too late for the Indians, also. They too had gone before we came. But once, driving home from Fort Madison, Dan'l did overtake two braves. he asked them to ride. When he reached home they sat down under a tree in the yard. I fixed up a big trayful of good things to eat and sent it out to them. There they squatted in paint and feathers, showing their nakedness as they ate. They were the first Indians I ever saw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Naturally our children imbibed our feelings in regard to slavery," Said Grandmother Brown. "That meant trouble for them almost from the first in the country schools of southeastern Iowa. Denmark was an exception with its abolitionists and fugitive slaves. We had a colored cook from Denmark once, Old Tishy, who had been a slave and a runaway. But in Augusta and most of the other places near the Missouri border Southern sympathizers were numerous. It was soon discovered in school that the Brown children were abolitionists." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Oh, that was a dreadful war! Soldiers weren't provided with doughnuts in those days. Often they had nothing but wormy hard-tack and black coffee. The worms would float to the top of the coffee, but the best they could do was to skim them off and swallow the coffee thankfully. They used to beg in their letters for onions, for most of the soldiers got the scurvy for lack of fresh vegetables. Like the Irishman, they might have said: 'I prefer onions to strawberries; they're more expressive.' No one sent then things in packages or cans; we didn't have canned goods in those days. No one knit socks for them. We scraped lint for them; now army surgeons use absorbent cotton. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Once Dan'l and a girl named 'Liza, who was working for us, were taken sick the same day. 'Liza wanted the doctor. He came and looked at them both. 'They're in for about three weeks' sick spell,' he said. I didn't give Dan'l the doctor's medicine. Instead, I put him through one of my scrubbings and gave him some grated rhubarb. When the doctor came next day Dan'l was out chopping wood, but 'Liza was in bed. Sick for three weeks and more - sure enough! "One time I came to Eben Foster's house when he was very sick with bloody flux - every low indeed. I went to the drug store and bought some slippery elm and laudanum, grated the slippery elm and beat it to a fine cream, added fifteen drops of laudanum, got my brother to give his son an injection with a baby syringe, put a hot plate on his abdomen. He rested all night. 'Good morning, doctor!' he called to me when daylight came. I just knew that slippery elm was very cool and healing, that laudanum was soothing. And it worked! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not so wild when you consider Robert might have fudged on his age a bit Sue. In 1860 Benton, Lafayette co, Wi. Robert is 31, Susan 22, Archibald 9, Wi. followed by Lydia A & Mary E. (But now we have Susan at 22?) May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Sue Thielmann wrote: > > > > Possible, but not not probable . . . wild speculation follows . . . > 17 year old Archie is close to the Henry A. above > Unlikely to be the son of a 32 year old and a 30 year old > Could Archie and Lydia be orphaned siblings of Robert? Such thing > were not uncommon in 1800s. > In 1870 census LaFayette County, WI (relationships not listed) > Robert McGinnis age 32, born in Ireland > Susan McGinnis age 30, born in VA > Archie McGinnis age 17, born in IA > Lydia McGinnis age 16 born in WI > Ellen McGinnis age 8 born in WI > Grant R. McGinnis age 4 born in WI > > That's all I can find in Wisonsin or in Iowa using a variety of > spellings. > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Eckert" <floblue@execpc.com> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:11 AM > Subject: [IOWA] Henry Archibald McGinnis (Maginnis) > > >> I am the great grand daughter of Henry Archibald McGinnis and would >> like to find information about and the names of his parents. He was >> born on 6 Nov. 1850 in Benton, WI , married Lucy Jane Cook on 12 >> March 1880 in Durango, Iowa and died 28 March 1928 in Dubuque, Iowa. >> >> I'd also like information on Lucy Jane Cook's parents. She was born >> 29 March 185l in Durango, Iowa and died 1 June 1936 in Dubuque, Iowa. >> >> Thanks for any help anyone could provide >> Lavonne Murphy Eckert > > > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Way to go Sue! That's gotta' be the 1900 family. In 1930 Burlington, Nancy J. is living with daughter Effie & family. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Sue Thielmann wrote: > > Looks like the family, birth dates don't match > The 1900 census in Dubuque County, Tayor Township, IA has the following: > Henry A. Maginnis, age 46, born Sept 1854 in WI, married for 21 years, > father born in Ireland, mother born in MO > Lucy J. Maginnis, age 42, born Mar 1858 in IA, had 8 children 6 > living, father born in England, mother born in PA > Edith M., daughter, age 16, born May 1884 in IA > Effie J., daughter, age 14, born Jan 1886

Bonnie, Can you amplify on your post a bit? Do you have the McGinnis family on a later census that indicates Henry's parental nativity? I find nothing on his family 'til 1930 where Lucy J. Maginnis is in the h/h of her daughter & s-i-l. in Burlington, Des Moines co. Found a Walter 37, Pa. & Maria 33, Eng. Cook in 1870 Center twp, Dubuque co. With younger sibs is a daughter Lucy J, 14, Ia. Can't find them in 1860 but in 1880 Walter Cook is a widower in town of Dubuque, but Lucy has left the nest. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Bonnie Eckert wrote: >I am the great grand daughter of Henry Archibald McGinnis and would like to find information about and the names of his parents. He was born on 6 Nov. 1850 in Benton, WI , married Lucy Jane Cook on 12 March 1880 in Durango, Iowa and died 28 March 1928 in Dubuque, Iowa. > >I'd also like information on Lucy Jane Cook's parents. She was born 29 March 185l in Durango, Iowa and died 1 June 1936 in Dubuque, Iowa. > > > >

Looks like the family, birth dates don't match The 1900 census in Dubuque County, Tayor Township, IA has the following: Henry A. Maginnis, age 46, born Sept 1854 in WI, married for 21 years, father born in Ireland, mother born in MO Lucy J. Maginnis, age 42, born Mar 1858 in IA, had 8 children 6 living, father born in England, mother born in PA Edith M., daughter, age 16, born May 1884 in IA Effie J., daughter, age 14, born Jan 1886 in IA Iona M., daughter, age 11, born Jan 1889 in IA Verne L., daughter, age 9, born Sept 1890 in IA Flossie J., daughter, age 6, born Aug 1893 in IA Lelah M., daughter, age 3, born Aug 1896 in IA Possible, but not not probable . . . wild speculation follows . . . 17 year old Archie is close to the Henry A. above Unlikely to be the son of a 32 year old and a 30 year old Could Archie and Lydia be orphaned siblings of Robert? Such thing were not uncommon in 1800s. In 1870 census LaFayette County, WI (relationships not listed) Robert McGinnis age 32, born in Ireland Susan McGinnis age 30, born in VA Archie McGinnis age 17, born in IA Lydia McGinnis age 16 born in WI Ellen McGinnis age 8 born in WI Grant R. McGinnis age 4 born in WI That's all I can find in Wisonsin or in Iowa using a variety of spellings. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Eckert" <floblue@execpc.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: [IOWA] Henry Archibald McGinnis (Maginnis) >I am the great grand daughter of Henry Archibald McGinnis and would like to >find information about and the names of his parents. He was born on 6 Nov. >1850 in Benton, WI , married Lucy Jane Cook on 12 March 1880 in Durango, >Iowa and died 28 March 1928 in Dubuque, Iowa. > > I'd also like information on Lucy Jane Cook's parents. She was born 29 > March 185l in Durango, Iowa and died 1 June 1936 in Dubuque, Iowa. > > Thanks for any help anyone could provide > Lavonne Murphy Eckert

I am the great grand daughter of Henry Archibald McGinnis and would like to find information about and the names of his parents. He was born on 6 Nov. 1850 in Benton, WI , married Lucy Jane Cook on 12 March 1880 in Durango, Iowa and died 28 March 1928 in Dubuque, Iowa. I'd also like information on Lucy Jane Cook's parents. She was born 29 March 185l in Durango, Iowa and died 1 June 1936 in Dubuque, Iowa. Thanks for any help anyone could provide Lavonne Murphy Eckert

Hi to all, THANKS so MUCH for your prompt answers to me. My Charles was Charles A. Durham and he was born in May 1892, He could not have been the Charles C. that was referred to you. At least I will know that my Charles A. Durham probably did not die in IOWA after all, unless someone can turn up a Charles A. Durham somewhere. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. Mary

Here's the ssdi info Name: Charles Durham SSN: 478-46-2421 Last Residence: Iowa Born: 22 May 1892 Died: May 1964 State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1955 ) marycurt@juno.com wrote: > Hi, > > I am new on this list, and would like to know how I might obtain a Death > Certificate, if I do not know the name of the county where the Individual > lived in Iowa. All I know is that he died May 1964 , and last residence > was IOWA, and he obtained his Social Security # in Iowa. > > His name was Charles Durham, and he was the owner of the Durham Transfer > Co. in 1930, and at that time lived in Nashville, TN. > > Has anyone ever heard of a Durham Transfer Co., in IOWA. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Mary > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi, I am new on this list, and would like to know how I might obtain a Death Certificate, if I do not know the name of the county where the Individual lived in Iowa. All I know is that he died May 1964 , and last residence was IOWA, and he obtained his Social Security # in Iowa. His name was Charles Durham, and he was the owner of the Durham Transfer Co. in 1930, and at that time lived in Nashville, TN. Has anyone ever heard of a Durham Transfer Co., in IOWA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mary