NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 G. A. Hartley Dr. George Alexander Hartley has for the past eighteen years been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Battle Creek, where he specializes in surgery and conducts a hospital. His birth occurred near Ida Grove, Ida county, Iowa, on the 12th of November, 1882, his parents being Alexander F. and Frances Elen (Glenn) Hartley, the former born at West Galway, Saratoga county, New York, October 1, 1845, and the latter at Glenville, Montgomery county, New York, May 12, 1841. The Hartley family is of English lineage, while the Glenn family comes of Scotch, English and Dutch descent and was represented in the Revolutionary war. Alexander F. Hartley, the father of Doctor Hartley of this review, was a son of Isaac and Sarah (Barlow) Hartley, a grandson of Robert and Martha (Smithson) Hartley, and a great-grandson of Henry Hartley. David Hartley, M. P., was plenipotentiary in the treaty with America. James Smithson was a famous philanthropist and the founder of the Smithsonian institution. George A. Hartley acquired his early education in the rural school of his native county, subsequently pursued a high school course at Ida Grove and continued his studies in Coe College at Cedar Rapids. His professional training was received in the State University of Iowa, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in June, 1908. He had spent the period of his minority on the farm in Ida county on which he was born and had taken up his abode at Ida Grove in 1903. Following his graduation from the State University of Iowa he began the practice of his chosen profession at Battle Creek, where he has remained continuously to the present time and has gained a degree of success commensurate with his skill and ability. As above stated, he devotes particular attention to surgery and conducts a well equipped hospital. He keeps thoroughly informed concerning the latest discoveries of the medical science through his membership in the Ida County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Association of Railroad Surgeons. On the 19th of June, 1912, at Odebolt, Iowa, Doctor Hartley was united in marriage to Miss Flora E. Buehler, who was there born on the 3d of September, 1883. They are the parents of four children - Frances Elise, Eugene Robert, Miriam Constance and George Norman, all of whom are still at home. Doctor Hartley is a Scottish Rite Mason and a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the craft. He subordinates all other interests to the demands of his profession, of which he is an able exponent, and he fills an essential place in his community, in which he is highly esteemed. 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/

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 G. A. Hartley Dr. George Alexander Hartley has for the past eighteen years been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Battle Creek, where he specializes in surgery and conducts a hospital. His birth occurred near Ida Grove, Ida county, Iowa, on the 12th of November, 1882, his parents being Alexander F. and Frances Elen (Glenn) Hartley, the former born at West Galway, Saratoga county, New York, October 1, 1845, and the latter at Glenville, Montgomery county, New York, May 12, 1841. The Hartley family is of English lineage, while the Glenn family comes of Scotch, English and Dutch descent and was represented in the Revolutionary war. Alexander F. Hartley, the father of Doctor Hartley of this review, was a son of Isaac and Sarah (Barlow) Hartley, a grandson of Robert and Martha (Smithson) Hartley, and a great-grandson of Henry Hartley. David Hartley, M. P., was plenipotentiary in the treaty with America. James Smithson was a famous philanthropist and the founder of the Smithsonian institution. George A. Hartley acquired his early education in the rural school of his native county, subsequently pursued a high school course at Ida Grove and continued his studies in Coe College at Cedar Rapids. His professional training was received in the State University of Iowa, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in June, 1908. He had spent the period of his minority on the farm in Ida county on which he was born and had taken up his abode at Ida Grove in 1903. Following his graduation from the State University of Iowa he began the practice of his chosen profession at Battle Creek, where he has remained continuously to the present time and has gained a degree of success commensurate with his skill and ability. As above stated, he devotes particular attention to surgery and conducts a well equipped hospital. He keeps thoroughly informed concerning the latest discoveries of the medical science through his membership in the Ida County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Association of Railroad Surgeons. On the 19th of June, 1912, at Odebolt, Iowa, Doctor Hartley was united in marriage to Miss Flora E. Buehler, who was there born on the 3d of September, 1883. They are the parents of four children - Frances Elise, Eugene Robert, Miriam Constance and George Norman, all of whom are still at home. Doctor Hartley is a Scottish Rite Mason and a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the craft. He subordinates all other interests to the demands of his profession, of which he is an able exponent, and he fills an essential place in his community, in which he is highly esteemed. 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/

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 T. F. Harrington Among the men who are closely and prominently identified with the financial interests of Sioux City, none takes precedence over Thomas F. Harrington, who has long been recognized as a man of more than ordinary business capacity and acumen and who has contributed in a very large measure to the prosperity and commercial advancement of this community. Mr. Harrington was born near Cedar Rapids, Benton county, Iowa, in 1857, and is a son of William and Bridget (Guinan) Harrington, bot of whom were natives of Ireland. They emigrated to the United States with their families at the respective ages of eighteen and thirteen years, settling in Ohio. After their marriage they came to Iowa, locating first in Iowa City, Johnson county, and subsequently in Benton county, where they were among the pioneer settlers and where William Harrington followed the occupation of farming for many years. Subsequent to the death of his wife he retired and moved to Cedar Rapids, where he spent the remainder of his life. Thomas F. Harrington pursued his early education in the public schools of Benton county and continued his studies in Tilford Academy at Vinton. At the age of nineteen years he came to Woodbury county and engaged in teaching, his first school being four miles northwest of Kingsley. He taught through five winters and then bought a farm three miles east of Moville, which he operated for three years, when he again engaged in school teaching and county work for about three years. On the expiration of that period he purchased another farm near Kingsley, to which he devoted his attention for seven years, and in 1900 he came to Sioux City and for four years was connected with the Lockwood Land & Emigration Company. In 1904 he formed a partnership with Ed M. Hunt, with whom he operated in the land business under the firm name of Hunt & Harrington until 1907, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Harrington continued in the land business independently until 1911, at which time he sold his interests to James F. Toy and became associated with the Farmers Loan & Trust Company and the Farmers Trust & Savings Bank. He served as vice president of the Farmers Loan & Trust Company for two years. About 1912 the Farmers Trust & Savings Bank was made a national bank and the name of the institution was changed to National Bank of Commerce, of which Mr. Harrington soon afterward became the president, in which capacity he continued until the fall of 1914. At that time Mr. Harrington and his associates organized the Continental National Bank and the Continental Mortgage Company and he was made president of both corporations. In 1921 the Continental National Bank was merged with the Sioux National Bank, of which Mr. Harrington is vice president. he is president of the Leeds Bank of Sioux City and was formerly interested in a number of country banks. In all these relations he has shown superior capacity in financial matters and in business circles of this community he is highly esteemed as a man of high ideals and progressive principles. In 1884, at Kingsley, Iowa, Mr. Harrington was married to Miss Maria O'Leary, daughter of Patrick O'Leary. They are parents of the following children: Anna, who is the wife of E. J. Culligan, of St. Paul Minnesota; Mary, who is a graduate of the University of California and who is now in the service of the Continental Mortgage Company of Sioux City; Vincent, a graduate of Notre Dame College, who was a member of the 1924 Notre Dame football team and who is now teaching and coaching in Columbia University of Portland, Oregon; Thomas F., Jr., who is identified with the Leeds Bank of Sioux City; Gerald, a graduate of the Sioux City high school; and Zeta. Politically Mr. Harrington is a democrat and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He is also a member of the Sioux City Golf and Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Columbia Luncheon Club. Unassuming in manner, but genial and friendly in his social relations, he is widely acquainted and is deservedly popular in all the circles in which he 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/

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 George Haight At an early age George Haight began to provide for his own support, exhibiting that spirit of courage and determination which carries the individual ever forward, and his life has been crowned with success. He has reached the ripe age of seventy-eight years and is now living retired in Cherokee, enjoying a well deserved period of leisure. He was born in New York, May 3, 1848, and his parents, Thomas and Adeline Luthera (Reed) Haight, were also natives of the Empire state. They started for the west in 1857 and settled in Jackson county, Iowa, during the pioneer epoch in its history, spending the remainder of their lives in that section. The father was a tailor and always followed the trade, acquiring marked skill in his work. There were ten children in the family and four are now living, three sons and a daughter. Mr. Haight attended the common schools of Jackson county and when a boy of thirteen secured work on a farm. He earned six dollars per month and at the age of sixteen enlisted in the Tenth United States Infantry, in which he served for three years, from 1865 until 1868, becoming corporal of his company. He next went to Lawrence, Kansas, and for fourteen years was prominently identified with interests in a fruit farm, which he still owns. On the expiration of that period he returned to the Hawkeye state and since 1922 has lived in Cherokee In October, 1868, Mr. Haight married Miss Mary Pickard, who was a native of Newark, Ohio, and he sustained a great loss in her demise on January 27, 1922. She had become the mother of four children: Adelaide, the wife of Justin Barry, of Cherokee; Mary E., who lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa; Albert H., who makes his home in the city of Chicago; and Frank L., a resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Mr. Haight casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party and is s member of the Church of Christ in religious faith. he belongs to Custer Post, No. 25, of the Grand Army of the Republic and is highly esteemed by the members of that organization as well as by those with whom he has been associated in other relations of life. 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/

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 C. E. Haakinson Carl E. Haakinson, an enterprising business man of high standing, is thoroughly imbued with the admirable qualities of his Scandinavian ancestors and worthily bears a name that is deeply engraven upon the pages of Sioux City's history in terms of honor and success. He was born May 5, 1876, in Sloan, Iowa, and his father, Edwin Haakinson, was a native of Ringsager, Hedemarken, Norway. He was born January 4, 1844, and was a boy of ten when his parents, Haakin and Ellene (Amundson) Haakinson, left Ringsager and came with their family to the United States, settling in Winchester, Winnebago county, Wisconsin. In September, 1861, when a youth of seventeen, he enlisted in the Union army, becoming a member of Company C, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, and was later promoted to a position on the staff of General Lester. Mr. Haakinson spent four years in the service of his adopted country, participating in the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary ridge and Knoxville, and was honorably discharged in September, 1865. After the termination of the Civil war he returned to the Badger stare and obtained employment in the ship yard at De Pere, subsequently taking subcontracts for ship building at Fort Howard, Maryland. In 1870 he opened a general store in Sloan, Iowa, and there resided until 1883, when he came to Sioux City. He organized the Union Stock Yards Company, of which he was managing officer until January, 1889, and then established the Haakinson Packing House. He was sole owner of the business and built up a large industry. He next turned his attention to transportation affairs and was one of the five men who formed the Sioux City & Northern Railway Company. He was one of the directors of the Sioux City Rapid Transit Company and a leader in every project for the development of this region. He was managing director of the University of the Northwest and from 1885 until 1887 acted as treasurer of Woodbury county. He was one of the most progressive men in Iowa and did much to shape the destiny of Sioux City, in which he was greatly admired and esteemed. In 1870 he married Miss Carrie Hanson, who was also a native of Norway and during her infancy was brought to Wisconsin by her parents. Mr. Haakinson was but seven years old when the family came to Sioux City and his education was acquired in its public schools. He was graduated from high school in 1892 and for three years was employed in his father's packing plant. In 1895 he started out for himself and for several years conducted his affairs independently as a dealer in building material on a brokerage basis. he prospered in the undertaking and in 1904 formed a partnership with Robert I. Beaty. The business was operated under the firm name of Haakinson & Beaty until 1915, when it was incorporated, and the present style of the Haakinson-Beaty Company was adopted. Mr. Haakinson has formulated many well devised plans for the expansion of the business, which has now assumed large proportions, and as its president displays the foresight, administrative power and unerring judgment which were distinguishing features of his father's commercial career. On December 20, 1904, Mr. Haakinson married Miss Evelyn Bowers, who came to Sioux City in 1900 from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and they now have five children. Carlton B., the eldest, was graduated from the Shattuck Military Academy in 1924 and is now attending Williams College at Williamstown, Massachusetts. He belongs to the Alpha Kappa Epsilon fraternity and is the possessor of a fine physique and a well developed intellect. While a cadet he played football and baseball and excelled in these sports. The other children are: Bradford R., a young man of seventeen and a senior at the Shattuck Military Academy; Sue, who is fifteen years of age and a member of the junior class of St. Mary's Hall at Faribault, Minnesota; John Wallace, who is a student at the North junior high school in Sioux City; and Jean, a pupil at the Hunt grammar school of this city. Mr. Haakinson is an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and each season spends considerable time at his lodge on Deer lake, in northern Minnesota. He belongs to the Sioux City Boat Club and through his connection with the Chamber of Commerce is stimulating municipal growth and development. He is a consistent member of the St. Thomas Episcopal church and leads a healthful, well balanced life, enjoying to the fullest extent the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. 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/

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 G. A. Gorder George A. Gorder, a product of the west, is a successful lawyer and one of the highly respected members of the Sioux City bar, with which he has been identified for a period of ten years. He was born July 24, 1888, in Deadwood, South Dakota, and his father, Carl O. Gorder, was a native of Norway. He came to the United States when a youth of seventeen and lived for a time in Minnesota, filling the position of clerk in a mercantile establishment. He went from that state to South Dakota and for many years was engaged in the fire insurance business at Deadwood, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away May 2, 1925, at the age of fifty-eight years. He had married Anna M. Johnson, who was born in the city of Chicago and survives her husband. Mr. Gorder attended the public schools of his native city and Woodworth Academy in Denver, Colorado. He entered the employ of the government and became acting forest supervisor of the Black Hills national forest of South Dakota and later of the Battlement Mesa national forest of Colorado. In the meantime he read law during his leisure hours and in 1913 came to Sioux City, Iowa, to continue his studies. He was admitted to the bar on October 7, 1915, and has since practiced in this city except during the legislative session of 1916-17, when he was employed in a professional capacity in the governor's office at Des Moines. Mr. Gorder was assistant city attorney of Sioux City in 1918 and 1921, while during 1919 he acted as assistant county attorney. He is a strong and able lawyer, well qualified to handle important litigation, and his clientele has steadily increased as he has had opportunity to demonstrate his legal acumen. On October 14, 1912, Mr. Gorder was united in marriage to Miss Esther Sarah Larson and they now have three daughters: Helen, whose birth occurred on September 11, 1913; Mildred, who was born October 27, 1916; and Elizabeth, born February 17, 1919. Mr. Gorder is influential in local political circles and has served as secretary of the republican organization of Woodbury county, acting in that capacity from 1922 until 1924 inclusive. He is state reporter for the Knights of Pythias lodge and is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Riverside Boat Club and is a Presbyterian in religious faith. Mr. Gorder is a young man of studious nature and natural talent and acquired ability have brought him rapidly to the fore in his profession. 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/

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NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 C. W. Goltz Among the younger members of the Woodbury county bar who have achieved marked success in the practice of law, specific mention should be made of Carlos W. Goltz, who maintains his offices in the Davidson building. He was born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, on the 28th day of January, 1894, and is a son of Alexander C. and Katherine (Wakefield) Goltz. His father was a native of Russia, though of German parentage. In May, 1875, at the age of fourteen years, he came to the United States with a young cousin, L. C. Mittlesladt, and located in Stillwater, Minnesota, after being in Sioux City and Yankton, Dakota Territory, a short time. His uncles, Louis E. and Gus A. Torinus, had come to this country some time in the '50s and had established a lumber business in Minnesota, founding the St. Croix Lumber Company, with headquarters at Stillwater. They owned a number of mills and extensive timber interests, with a string of yards through Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota Territory. Louis E. torinus became a multimillionaire and was an intimate friend of James J. Hill, Weyerhaeuser and other men of prominence and influence in the western business world. On his arrival here, Alexander C. Goltz went to work for the St. Croix Lumber Company, first in the yards, but later in the mills at Stillwater. Subsequently he spent several years in the woods, so that he became intimately familiar with every phase of the lumber business. Coming out of the woods, he again entered the mills but was afterwards made manager of the yards. His people in Russia possessed property and in the latter part of the '80s he inherited from relatives some money. With this, he engaged in the lumber business in Beaver Creek, Minnesota, later removing to Spencer and Salem in Dakota Territory. He became one of the founders of the town of Laurel, Nebraska, owning eighty acres on which a part of the town was built. In 1918 he founded the State Bank of Lauel, but later sold his banking interests and is now living retired. He was also the founder of the First Bank of Spencer, Dakota Territory, which is still in operation. While on a timber cruising trip through Kentucky, Mr. Goltz met Miss Katherine Wakefield, who was a granddaughter of Matthew Washington Wakefield, whose parents came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary war, settling in Pennsylvania. Later they moved to Kentucky, then part of Virginia, and the great-grandfather of Katherine Wakefield was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His son, Matthew Washington Wakefield, was a veteran of the War of 1812, and the latter's son, Matthew Washington Wakefield, Jr., grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born on a plantation near Wakefield (so named for his father), in Kentucky, in 1822. Six or seven generations of the Wakefield family have lived in Kentucky. Carlos W. Goltz attended the public schools and then entered the Chattanooga College of Law, where he was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1917, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He then came to South Dakota, and entered the law school of the University of South Dakota, where he received the same degree in 1918 and was admitted to the bar of that state and of Nebraska. He engaged in the practice of law at Laurel, Nebraska, one year, and in 1919 moved to Sioux City and was admitted to practice in the Iowa state and federal courts, and has since been actively engaged in practice here. In 1920 he was the candidate of the democratic party for district judge, but was defeated by Judge C. C. Hamilton. In 1922 he was appointed judge of the police court, serving one term of two years. Mr. Goltz has been twice married, first, in 1914, at Crown Point, Indiana, to Miss Marie Gilmore, of Sioux City, to which union was born a daughter, Helen Marie. In 1923 Mr. Goltz was married to Miss Grace Nordenson, of Sioux City, and they are the parents of a daughter, Carol Christine. Mr. Goltz is member of the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity and of the Theta Nu Epsilon society. He belongs to Sioux City Lodge, No. 112, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and Woodbury Lodge, No. 98, Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Sioux City Academy of Science and Letters, the Izaak Walton League of America, the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, the International Penal Institute for the Study of Crime, the Woodbury County Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and International Law Association. Mr. Goltz in his practice of law in Sioux City has won and retains the respect and good will of 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/

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 W. F. Gilchrist On of the most important and valuable scientific attainments of the present century was the discovery of an effectual means of combating that dread animal scourge, the hog cholera, through the ravages of which the farmers of the United States lost millions of dollars, and in years like those of 1913-14 the loss was so great as to be almost incalculable. The Sioux City Serum Company is now the largest manufacturers of anti-hog cholera serum and hog cholera virus in the world and the business is now numbered among the prosperous and substantial enterprises of this city. In 1912 C. I. Peters came to Sioux City from Kansas City, Missouri, with a view of establishing an anti-hog cholera serum plant here, and became acquainted with William F. Gilchrist, who agreed to join him in the venture. They founded the Sioux City Serum Company as a partnership concern, and in October, 1913, the business was incorporated, with Mr. Peters as president, and Mr. Golchrist vice-president and treasurer. In 1913, the business was incorporated, with Mr. Peters as president, and Mr. Gilchrist, vice-president and treasurer. In 1913 Sylvestr F. Cusack, of Kansas City, Missouri, came to Sioux City and became connected with the company. In 1915 Mr. Gilchrist and Mr. Cusack acquired Mr. Peters' interest in the business, and in the readjustment which followed, Mr. Gilchrist was made president of the company, and Mr. Cusack was made vice-president and manager. The Sioux City Serum Company manufactures anti-hog cholera serum and hog cholera virus and are jobbers of a complete line of veterinary biologic and other specialties. The Spring Valley Farm Company, owner of four hundred acres of land abut eight miles from Sioux City, is a subsidiary corporation, the farm being operated by the company for the purpose of growing and fattening hogs to be used for the production of anti-hog cholera serum. They always have on feed and pasture at this farm from three to five thousand head of hogs. During the great cholera scourge of 1913-14, the worst in the history of the country, the company bought many thousands of pigs, which they treated and placed on their farm, and after the cholera had practically depopulated the country of hogs, they were in a position to restock hundreds of farms in the middle western country, a service of inestimable value to the farmers. William F. Gilchrist, president of the Sioux City Serum Company, was born in Monmouth, Illinois, on the 9th of April, 1878, and is a son of Richard and Mary Ellen (Hanna) Gilchrist, the former a native of New York, while the mother was born in Illinois. They were married in the latter state and settled in Monmouth, where they resided until 1887, when they moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where Mr. Gilchrist became one of the early livestock commission men, with which business he remained identified to the time of his death. William F. Gilchrist attended the public schools, graduating from high school in Omaha, after which he took a course in a business college. He then went to work for his father in the livestock commission business and in 1900 he accepted a position with Armour & Company as hog buyer in the Omaha yards. In 1904 he was transferred to Sioux City as hog buyer for that company, with which he continued until July, 1919, when he resigned in order to be able to give his entire time and attention to the serum business, which had grown to large proportions. He has since given his undivided attention to it, the splendid growth of the business being in a large measure due to his indefatigable and well directed efforts. On September 19, 1904, Mr. Gilchrist was united in marriage to Miss Lulu J. Kelly, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and they are the parents of a daughter, Jocelyn A.m who is now attending school at Brownell Hall, in Omaha. Mr. Gilchrist is a member of Sioux City Lodge, No. 112, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Sioux City Country Club, the Sioux City Boat Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He and his family are members of the First Congregational church. He is a broad-minded, public spirited man, of sterling integrity and fine address, and enjoys the unbounded esteem of 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/

To all I just wish I knew where in one of those cemeteries my ancestors lived! I am having difficulty even finding their names. But I think its utterly fantastic to see what you have accomplished in contributions of time, pictures, work, travel to obtain pictures ... this is an absolutely wonderful treasuretrove of kindness and generosity! Thanks to all who worked on it, from one who has yet to find that keystone name to unlock the mysteries of three generations ago! Karenfaye

To all I just wish I knew where in one of those cemeteries my ancestors lived! I am having difficulty even finding their names. But I think its utterly fantastic to see what you have accomplished in contributions of time, pictures, work, travel to obtain pictures ... this is an absolutely wonderful treasuretrove of kindness and generosity! Thanks to all who worked on it, from one who has yet to find that keystone name to unlock the mysteries of three generations ago! Karenfaye

My HATS OFF to this project and all the volunteers....those researchers who contribute by uploading photos....and those of us who edit and approve the photos and to all the crew that Rich has in administrating the site. This is a magnificent milestone.....and one that will keep on growing, I have no doubt. Sioux County alone has contributed 6029 photos since a researcher has discovered our GPP. In 3 1/2 months, Sioux has gone from 2 records to 6031 as of last night. I have not checked today to see if she has uploaded any more. Now this same lady has recruited two more people to photograph two other large cemeteries in the county. HERE'S TO THE NEXT 100,000...........GO RICH......GO GPP. Linda Ziemann IA GenWeb Welcome Hostess, Co-Chair welcome@iagenweb.org Iowa GenWeb County Coordinator http://www.iagenweb.org/ Plymouth County, Monona County, Sioux County, Cerro Gordo County. Plymouth County, IA Old Press Host http://www.iowaoldpress.com/IA/Plymouth/index.html "A Look Back at the Lives & Times of our Ancestors"   -----Original Message----- From: Rich Lowe [mailto:richlowe@web-iowa.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:31 AM To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IOWA] Gravestone Photo Project Tops 100,000 Records! The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project reached a major milestone, early this morning, surpassing a total of 100,000 gravestone photo records now online. The "GPP" is thought to be the largest online collection of gravestone photos anywhere on the Internet. The project, which was introduced in January 2003, allows genealogy researchers to search its large database for surnames of interest within any of Iowa's 99 counties or by doing a full statewide query. Researchers and volunteers can also quickly upload their digital images of gravestones to add to the database. There is no charge to search the database or to add one's own photos. The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project is part of the IAGenWeb and can be found at: http://iowagravestones.org "Thank-Yous" go out to every one of you who have played a role in the success of the Gravestone Photo Project these past 21 months. Those of you who have not yet visited the site are encouraged to do so. If you have digital photos of your ancestors gravestones, you will find them easy to add to the database. The result could be contact with yet-to-be-discovered cousins interested in the same surnames. Rich Lowe IA Gravestone Photo Project Coordinator http://iowagravestones.org ==== 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 ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/

The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project reached a major milestone, early this morning, surpassing a total of 100,000 gravestone photo records now online. The "GPP" is thought to be the largest online collection of gravestone photos anywhere on the Internet. The project, which was introduced in January 2003, allows genealogy researchers to search its large database for surnames of interest within any of Iowa's 99 counties or by doing a full statewide query. Researchers and volunteers can also quickly upload their digital images of gravestones to add to the database. There is no charge to search the database or to add one's own photos. The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project is part of the IAGenWeb and can be found at: http://iowagravestones.org "Thank-Yous" go out to every one of you who have played a role in the success of the Gravestone Photo Project these past 21 months. Those of you who have not yet visited the site are encouraged to do so. If you have digital photos of your ancestors gravestones, you will find them easy to add to the database. The result could be contact with yet-to-be-discovered cousins interested in the same surnames. Rich Lowe IA Gravestone Photo Project Coordinator http://iowagravestones.org

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 C. O. Epley The biography of a man is of importance and interest to the men just to the degree that his life and work touches and influences his time and the lives of individuals. Only in a feeble way, at best can the life story of any man be told on the printed page. The story is better as it is written in the hearts of men and women, and the man himself does the writing. Dr. Clarence O. Epley has long been engaged in the work of alleviating human suffering and thus lengthening the span of life, and has not only been successful in the professional work but has also won the gratitude and confidence of those with whom he has come into contact. Born in Butler county, Iowa, on the 25th of December, 1882, he is a son of Jacob H. and Mary (Becker) Epley, the former born in Center county, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. The mother was brought to this country when eight years of age by her parents and was reared in Stevenson county, Illinois, as was her future husband, their marriage occurring there. There Jacob H. Epley enlisted for service in the Civil war, taking part in the last year of the conflict, and soon after returning home he was married. About 1868 he came to Iowa, locating in Butler county, where he bought eighty-six acres of virgin prairie. Here he built a frame dwelling and prospered in his farming operations, later buying one hundred acres additional, just across the line in Bremer county. He conducted farming operations there until 1904, when he retired and moved to Waverley, where he is now living, but still retains his farm holdings. Clarence O. Epley attended the public schools, graduating from Shell Rock high school in 1903, and he then spent three years at Upper Iowa University, at Fayette. In 1906 he matriculated in the medical school of the University of Illinois, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1910. He served a seven months' externeship at the Augustana Hospital, Chicago, before graduation. He was given third place in the competitive examination for internship at the Chicago Polyelinic Hospital, and then served two months. There he was given a recommendation to the Hospital of the Good Shepherd, at Syracuse, New York, where he served for six months on the surgical staff. For three months he was with Dr. L. C. Kern, at Waverley, Iowa, and then engaged in the practice of his profession at Fort Dodge, Iowa, for six months, followed by six months at Nora Springs, Iowa, and five years at La Porte City, Iowa. In 1917 he went to Durango, Colorado, where for fourteen months during the influenza epidemic he served as assistant to Dr. Benjamin J. Ochsner. He was making preparations to go to Denver and enlist for service in the World war when the Armistice was signed, and on December 15, 1918, he came to Spirit Lake and has since been engaged in the active practice of medicine here. He has been very successful and has gained an enviable reputation among the leading physicians of this section of the state. In 1909 Doctor Epley was united in marriage to Miss Valtina e. Carbauh, of Fort Madison, Iowa, who is a graduate nurse of the West Side Hospital of Chicago, class of 1909. To them have been born two children, Violet Geraldine and Berne Carbauh, both of whom are students in high school. The Doctor is a member of the Dickinson County Medical Society, the Upper Des Moines Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Fraternally he is a member of Twilight Lodge, No. 329, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Minnewaukon Lodge, No. 274, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his wife are members of Twilight Chapter No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star. The Doctor is a member and formerly a director of the Spirit Lake Commercial Club and takes an active and effectual interest in community welfare. Genial and kindly, he easily wins friends and throughout this locality is held in hightest esteem. 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/

Dubuque County specific information has been reformatted and added to the IA Orphan Train Riders site. http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/counties/dubuque.shtml Please visit and add you county specific information! http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/counties.shtml Tina Vickery IA Orphan Train Riders http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/ http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/whats_new.shtml

Des Moines County specific information has been reformatted and added to the IA Orphan Train Riders site. http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/counties/desmoines.shtml Please visit and add you county specific information! http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/counties.shtml Tina Vickery IA Orphan Train Riders http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/ http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/whats_new.shtml

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 Nettie S. Eells Nettie Sophia Eells has been successfully engaged in teh millinery business at Ida Grove during the past seventeen years and is numbered among the highly esteemed and representative women of the community. Her birth occurred at Freeport, Illinois, on the 23d of June, 1865, her parents being Amos Gaylord and Adaline (Smith) Eells, the former born in Chautauqua county, New York, February 23, 1826, and the latter in Cattaraugus county, New York, October 23, 1831. The family is of English lineage. Amos G. Eells first arrived in Ida county, Iowa, in 1862, at which time he purchased and homesteaded a large tract of land two miles west of Ida Grove. Owing to the hostility of the Indians, however, he returned to Freeport, Illinois, and did not again come to this state until 1880, at which time he took up his permanent abode in Ida county. Here he passed a way on the 16th of June, 1891, while his wife was called to her final rest on teh 28th of January, 1894. Ida Smith, daughter of Edwin Smith and cousin of Mrs. Adaline (Smith) Eells, was the first white child born in Ida Grove and the town was named for her. The military record of the Eells family is notable one by reason of the distinguished war service of many of its representatives. The ancestral line is traced back to Sir John Eells, who was killed in Cromwell's army. His son was Major Samuel Eells, U. S. A. Fourteen of the name of Eells fought in the Revolutionary war, among these being Captain Waterman Eells. Major Edward Eells also made an honorable record as a soldier, while James J. Eells died in service in the Spanish-American war. All the male members of the family who were of the required age participated in the World war. Many of its representatives have dedicated their lives to the ministry and to the cause of higher education, some of the name being among the first white missionaries who sought to enlighten the Indians in the west. Nettie S. Eells enjoyed the advantages of a high school education. She was a maiden of fifteen summers when in 1880 she accompanied her parents on their removal from Freeport, Illinois, to Ida county, Iowa, where she has resided continuously to the present time. It was in 1909 that she embarked in the millinery business at Ida Grove, where she has since developed a patronage of extensive and profitable proportions and enjoys an enviable reputation as a woman of marked artistic skill as well as executive ability. Miss Eells belongs to the Daughters of the American Revolution and to the Women's Club. She is a Congregationalist in religious faith and a member of various church societies. She is widely and favorably known throughout the community in which she has lived from girlhood, the circle of her friends being almost coextensive with the circle of her acquaintances. 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/

Cornelius Connor is listed in the Iowa 1836 census and 1840 census in Henry Co., Iowa, with a wife and several children. Who were his wife and children? What happened to him after 1840? Matilda Conner b. abt. 1823 in Ohio and Mary-Anne Connor b. abt 1832 in Iowa (their spelling) were sisters. Matilda was married in 1843, Des Moines Co., Iowa. Could they have been the children of Cornelius Connor? Who was Mrs. Ellen Connor who married Claiborn G. Worrall in Linn Co., Iowa, in 1845? I would be thankful for any help or ideas. Phyllis Young

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 G. H. Eastman George H. Eastman, now of Long Beach, California, was one of the venerable citizens of Storm Lake, having been a resident of this community for more than a half century and his labors were a valuable element in its development and progress. He rose to a position of leadership in financial affairs and his work in the field of public service has been of much importance and value. He was born April 1, 1846, in North Amherst, Massachusetts, and in both the paternal and maternal lines is descended from Puritan families of New England. His parents were Austin and Mary Haskell (Spear) Eastman, the former of whom was born October 5, 1812, in North Amherst, and the latter at Shutesbury, Massachusetts, April 19, 1814. Mr. Eastman supplemented his common school instruction by three years' attendance at the new London academy of New Hampshire and in October, 1867, entered the first class of teh Massachusetts Agricultural College, in which he was a student for two years. In May, 1870, he came to the middle west and for three years was identified with building operations, residing successively in Elgin, Chicago and Maywood, Illinois. He came to Storm Lake, Iowa, in November, 1873, and taught school for two years, ringing the first bell in the first permanent school building in the town. In August, 1875, Mr. Eastman turned his attention to commercial pursuits and for three years engaged in real estate, insurance and abstract work. In January, 1876, he entered the Storm Lake Bank as bookkeeper and assistant cashier and in January, 1882, became assistant cashier in the First National Bank, of which he was cashier from 1883 until 1886. For six years he was connected with H. S. Ballou & Company and the Ballou Banking Company as secretary and manager and in 1892 returned to the First National Bank in the capacity of vice president. He was afterward elected president of that institution and filled the office until 1898, ably and successfully directing the operations of the bank. Afterward he engaged in insurance and abstract work and when he had reached the eightieth milestone on life's journey was still active in business here, retaining both physical and mental vigor, but on the 1st of October, 1926, removed to California. On November 6, 1871, at Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Eastman was united in marriage to Miss Kate Agnes Dewey, who was born May 11, 1843, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and passed away December 1, 1917. Mr. Eastman is a stanch adherent of the republican party and has ever been actuated by an unselfish spirit of devotion to the general good, serving his city with rare fidelity. He was city recorder for three years and for a similar period was township trustee. He acted as county supervisor for three years and for eight years was a member of the city council. He was park commissioner for fourteen Years and for a like period was treasurer of the Storm Lake independent school district. Mr. Eastman has a high conception of duty and honor, caring little for the artificialities of life, and through the bonds of loyal and progressive citizenship and the ties of enduring friendship has attached himself closely to the residents of Storm Lake. 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/

Delaware County IAGenWeb http://iagenweb.org/delaware/ is growing quickly! We have a new Cemetery Directory http://iagenweb.org/delaware/cemeterydirectory.htm where you will find all things to do with cemeteries both on site and off site. We have also added the 1856 Coldwater Twp., Iowa state census http://iagenweb.org/delaware/census1856/coldwater.htm . We also have new additions to our Gravestone Photo Project (GPP), cemetery location maps, and an index for all photos in our GPP. To see all of the new items as they are added please check out our "What New" page http://iagenweb.org/delaware/whatsnew.htm . This page will list everything new as it is added. I hope you will stop by and take a tour of our new Delaware county site. And while you are there please take a moment to let us know how we are doing. Constance