This is the final section from this booklet. It is online on the Iowa History Site. MODERN CONVENIENCES FOR THE MODERN FARM HOME ADVANTAGES OF BUILDING FIRST ON PAPER 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 I am seeking information on my Great-Great grandfather who was born in Iowa. He was born in 1859. I can find him in the 1870 Census and the 1880 census living with a family by the name of Ino or John Dumass in Sweet Home township, Clark county in Missouri, which is very close to Lee County Iowa. I have no other information on him and I do not have any idea why he would be living with this other family. There is a John Householder family in the 1860 census in Lee county but they do not show a baby living with them, and after that I cannot find them again. I am really new to genealogy and would appreciate any help, tips or leads you can give me. thanks

I did not see an answer to this (hope I didnt miss it), so... 11 June 1900, Marshalltown, Marshall Co, Iowa: Eychaner, Amas?? (indexed as Amasy T. but that is not clear. another system indexes him as Amos which does not look right) born Dec 1864 in IL, parents from NY Etta, born April 1876 in Iowa, parents: Iowa Hazel B. July 1894 Iowa RC

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 G. H. Clark, Jr. George Harold Clark, Jr., member of the law firm of Clark & Clark, well known attorneys of Ida Grove, with offices in the First National Bank building, is now serving for the third term as county attorney of Ida county. he was born at Everett, Washington, on the 11th of June, 1895, a son of Georg H. and Elizabeth (Reichenekeer) Clark, the former born at Dewitt, Iowa, December 6, 1869, while the birth of the latter occurred at Golden, Colorado, July 24, 1874. The ancestral record of the family in both the paternal and maternal lines goes back to the original colonial settlements in America. George H. Clark, Jr., received his early education as a public school pupil at Battle Creek, Iowa, where he completed the work of the first to fifth grades inclusive. He took up the studies of the sixth grade in a public school at Ida Grove and there continued his education until graduated from high school. From September, 1814, until May, 1917, he attended Stanford University of California for prelegal work and thereafter devoted the period between June, 1917, and September, 1920, to the study of law in the same institution. He completed his preparation for the legal profession in the state University of Iowa, which he attended from September, 1920, until June, 1921. Mr. Clark was but two years of age when his parents removed from Everett, Washington, to Battle Creek, Iowa, where the family home was maintained for a decade, at the end of which time, in 1907, it was permanently established at Ida Grove. It was on the 1st of July, 1921, that he there joined his father in law practice as junior member of the firm of Clark & Clark, and he has already become widely recognized as a young attorney of marked ability in the work of the courts. He has shown himself well grounded in the basic principles of jurisprudence, is faithful to his clients and hold to the highest ethical standards of the profession. He has made a most commendable record in the position of county attorney of Ida county, for which office he was nominated and elected in 1922, 1924, and 1926, and in which he has served continuously since January 1, 1923. At Ida Grove, Iowa, on the 9th of June, 1924, Mr. Clark was married to Ferne Rosalia Jones, whose birth occurred at Charter Oak, Iowa, March 30, 1903, her parents being Frank M. and Phila Belle (Kepford) Jones. The father, who was born at Iowa City, Iowa, May 29, 1870, is assistant manager of the Green Bay Lumber Company at Indianola, this state. The mother, born at Oxford, Iowa, July 31, 1872, departed this life on the 3d of November, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clark, Jr., are the parents of a daughter, Shirley Elizabeth, born January 17, 1926. The wife and mother has membership in the Eastern Star, the Federation of Woman's Clubs and the Delphian Society. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Clark has supported the men and measures of the republican party, believing that its principles are most conducive to good government. His military record shows service between July 14, 1917, the date of his voluntary enlistment, and December 27, 1918, the date of his honorable discharge. During the months from July, 1917, to May, 1918, he served successively as private, corporal and sergeant in the One Hundred and Ninth Ammunition Train at Deming, New Mexico. From May until August, 1918, he served with the Field Artillery Officers' Training School and from the latter date until December, 1918, was second lieutenant of United States Field Artillery, in Battery D, Fiftieth Field Artillery, at Camp Bowie, Tesas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The religious faith of Mr. Clark is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, while in fraternal circles he is known as a Knight Templar Mason who has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Greek letter society Alpha Delta Phi an to Phi Alpha Delta, a professional fraternity. His name is likewise on the membership rolls of the Commercial Club, the Kiwanis Club, the American Legion and the Ida Grove Golf and County Club, all of Ida Grove, and of the Izaak Walton League of America. 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. H. Clark George H. Clark has been an active representative of the legal profession in Ida county during the past three decades and since July, 1921, has been engaged in practice at Ida Grove in association with his son and namesake under the firm style of Clark & Clark. His birth occurred in Dewtt, Iowa, on the 6th of December, 1869, his parents being Adoniram J. and Matilda (Bell) Clark, the former born in Stark county, Ohio, February 1, 1837, and the latter at Greensburg, Ohio, in August, 1842. The ancestry in both the paternal and maternal lines is traced to early colonial settlers in the territory of the original thirteen colonies. Adoniram J. Clark, the father of George H. Clark of this review, passed away on the 31st of October, 1921, while the mother departed this life in December, 1907. In the acquirement of an education George H. Clark attended public school in his native city from 1874 until 1887, while the two succeeding years were spent in the law department of the University of Iowa. From 1890 until 1896 inclusive he lived at Everett, Washington, engaging in timber crusing and in general law practice. During the last two years of his residence, there, from 1894 until 1896, he served as police judge. Returning to the Hawkeye state, he devoted his attention to the practice of law at Battle Creek for a period of eleven years or until 1907, when he took up his permanent abode at Ida Grove. here he has continued in general law practice to the present time and since the 1st of July, 1921, has been in partnership with his son, George H. Clark, Jr., under the firm name of Clark & Clark. He has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as an attorney of broad legal learning and pronounced analytical powers and is accorded a clientage of extensive and gratifying proportions. On the 14th of June, 1894, at Everett, Washington, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Elizabeth Reicheneker, who was born at Golden, Colorado, July 24, 1874, and whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. William C. Reicheneker, residents of Berkeley, California. She has membership in the P. E. O. and the Federation of Women's Clubs. By her marriage she has two sons: George H. Clark Jr., who married Ferne R. Jones and makes his home in Ida Grove, Iowa; and Bruce R. Clark, also residing in Ida Grove. Politically Mr. Clark is a staunch republican. He filled the office of mayor of Battle Creek from 1904 until 1907, giving the city a businesslike and beneficial administration characterized by many measures of progress, reform and improvement. He belongs to the Commercial Club and the Kiwanis Club of Ida Grove. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious faith is that of the Baptist church. Mr. Clark is friendly and affable in his social relations, is public spirited in his interest in the welfare of his community and liberal in his attitude towards charitable and benevolent objects, so that he has gained an enviable place in the estimation 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/

Below is now online on the Iowa History Site. NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS 1804-1926 BIOGRPAHICAL INDEX Volume III 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/

Looking for census records to show household for Amosie Eychaner and his wife Etta Mae Wyatt Eychaner. Their children should include: Irene, Ronald, and Hazel Belle. Hazel was born in Rockwell City, IA, in 1890. The family lived in Marshalltown before moving to Sheridan, Wyoming. Amosie Eychaner's siblings were Andy, Will, and Belle. I'm looking for proof that Hazel Belle was Amosie and Etta Mae Eychaner's daughter. As you can see, I have limited information. I have never come across the name of Amosie in any of my various family lines and genealogy searches. I show this spelling in a family Bible and other places, so assume it is spelled correctly. Just curious if any of you have ever seen this unusual name. Also - am familiar with Rockwell, IA ... did not know there is/was a Rockwell City - must be near Marshalltown. Thanks, ~Nanci

1900 > IOWA > MARSHALL > 3-MARSHALL TWP Series: T623 Roll: 448 Page: 208 Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year EYCHANER AMOS 36 M W IL IA MARSHALL 3-MARSHALL TWP 1900 ***Note Ancestry's indexes this as Amasy T.Eychaner. Rockwell City is in Calhoun co. May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Irwin709@aol.com wrote: >Looking for census records to show household for Amosie Eychaner and his wife >Etta Mae Wyatt Eychaner. Their children should include: Irene, Ronald, and >Hazel Belle. Hazel was born in Rockwell City, IA, in 1890. The family lived >in Marshalltown before moving to Sheridan, Wyoming. Amosie Eychaner's >siblings were Andy, Will, and Belle. I'm looking for proof that Hazel Belle was >Amosie and Etta Mae Eychaner's daughter. As you can see, I have limited >information. I have never come across the name of Amosie in any of my various family >lines and genealogy searches. I show this spelling in a family Bible and >other places, so assume it is spelled correctly. Just curious if any of you have >ever seen this unusual name. Also - am familiar with Rockwell, IA ... did not >know there is/was a Rockwell City - must be near Marshalltown. >Thanks, >~Nanci > > >==== 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/ > > > >

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 Harry Chamberlain Harry Chamberlain, a widely known attorney specializing in probate cases, has been a resident of Spencer during the past half century and has figured prominently in public affairs as well as in professional circles. His birth occurred in Glover, Vermont, on the 5th of July, 1849, his parents being Alonzo and Betsey N. (Phillips) Chamberlain, who were also natives of that place, the former born May 7, 1818, and the latter in 1824. In the paternal line he comes of English and French descent. He traces his ancestry back to the Chamberlain who killed the Indian chief Paugus in the battle of Lovewell's Pond on May 8, 1725, which so discouraged the red men that they withdrew and left the whites in possession of the field. A great-grandfather of Harry Chamberlain in the paternal line participated in the Revolutionary war. His wife melted and ran into bullets the lead weights of the family clock, replacing the weights with bags of sand. This clock and the old Queen's Arm musket which the greatgrandfather used are still in possession of members of the Chamberlain family in Vermont. It was in the year 1802 that the Chamberlains removed from Keene, New Hampshire, to the Green Mountain state. Spencer Chamberlain, the paternal grandfather of Mr. Chamberlain of this review, served as a soldier of the War o f1812 and participated in the battle of Plattsburg. Most of the representatives of the Phillips family, which is of English and Welsh lineage, still live in Glover, Vermont. Harry Chamberlain was a little lad of less than six hears when his parents removed from Glover, Vermont, to Winnebago county, Illinois, where the family home was established on the 14th of May, 1855. He acquired a common school education in the latter place and there remained until after he had attained his majority. It was in May, 1871, that he came to Clay county, Iowa, and took a homestead in Clay township, where he farmed during the summer seasons and taught school in the winter months until the fall of 1876, at which time he was elected clerk of the district and circuit courts. He then took up his abode in Spencer, Iowa, the county seat, and most acceptably filled the office of clerk of courts until January 1, 1887. In the meantime he had studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1885. Mr. Chamberlain engaged in law practice in association with E. C. Hughes for two years and subsequently was in partnership with Robert M. Bush for several years or until the latter's removal to New York. Thereafter he continued in the practice of his chosen profession independently, also handling loans and insurance. As above stated, he specializes in probate cases and is accorded a most gratifying clientage. He is also deputy auditor of Clay county, Iowa, for his son, Alonzo W. Chamberlain, who has served as auditor for eighteen years. Mr. Chamberlain is a stanch republican and has taken an active part in local politics. In addition to filling the office of clerk of the courts for ten years, as above mentioned, he made a commendable record as a member of the city council of Spencer from 1889 to 1891, inclusive, and again from 1901 until 1906. He served as mayor of Spencer from 1892 until 1896 and again from 1910 to 1912, giving the city a most progressive, beneficial and businesslike administration. During a period of twenty years he was a member of the board of education of Spencer, Iowa. Fraternally he has been affiliated with the Masonic order since 1887, being a member of Evening Shade Lodge No. 312, A. F. & A. M. Since November, 1878, he has belonged to Spencer Lodge No. 247, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he has held all the offices in the subordinate lodge and camp. His name is also on the membership rolls of the Spencer Commercial Club. He is a consistent member of the Christian church and helped organize the first church of that denomination in Clay county in 1875. Mr. Chamberlain has passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey and can look back over an active, honorable and useful career. Mr. Chamberlain has been twice married. On the 20th of June, 1875, in Clay township, Clay county, Iowa, he wedded Mary E. Ellis, who was born in Polk county, Iowa, December 15, 1855, and came of New England stock. Her father, Walter Ellis, whose birth occurred near Rochester, New York, in 1818, passed away at Rising Sun, Iowa, in December, 1904. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Clarissa J. Nichols, and who was born near Rochester, New York, in 1820 died at Rising Sun, Iowa, July 2, 1893. Harry and Mary E. (Ellis) Chamberlain became the parents of four children, as follows: Alonzo W., who wedded Lydia Skyles and lives at Spencer, Iowa; Myrtle May, who is the wife of Harry G. Keese and resides at Visalia, California; Ernest C., who married Esther Chapman and died September 21, 1904; and Harry E., who wedded Anna Ankerstrand and makes his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. On the 22d of December, 1918, at Spencer, Iowa, Mr. Chamberlain was again married, his second union being with Ineze. Palmer, who was born at Madrid, Boone county, Iowa, August 11, 1878. Her father, Daniel Clark Palmer, whose birth occurred in Erie county, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1845, departed this life at Spencer, Iowa, on the 6th of September, 1920. He served in the Civil war as a member of Company D, Thirty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, from January, 1864, until March, 1866, and took part in the siege of Mobile. After the cessation of hostilities between the north and the south he was stationed at Brownsville, Texas, for a year. It was in 1869 that he took up a homestead claim in Lincoln township, Clay county, Iowa. In this county, with the exception of a period of about five years, he continued to reside, most of the time in Spencer, until his death in 1920. His widow, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Elizabeth Lahmon and who was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio, July 4, 1847, is a resident of Spencer, Iowa. Mrs. Enez E. (Palmer) Chamberlain, whose ancestors lived in Connecticut prior to the Revolutionary war, is a member of Lydia Alden Chapter, D. A. R. She also belongs to Rebekah Lodge No. 28. Mrs. Chamberlain was graduated from the University of Iowa with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary scholastic fraternity. 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 am looking for info on Charles Ferm born in Sweden about 1867, living in Lincoln, Lucas county Iowa in 1880 with the Charles O Linstrom family. He is listed as 13, boarder, farm laborer, at school. I have been unable to find any other info on him, but suspect he may be somehow related to Lewis Ferm who married one of my Munson family ancestors, who is also listed as born in Sweden in several censuses I have found. The Linstroms were my Step-Family, and a connection between Charles & Lewis could connect the two families. Ray Munson 1212 E Leach Des Moines, Ia 50315-3741 515 287 5281 r.munson@mchsi.com rlmunson_50315@yahoo.com

NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 Scott Case Scott Case, who proved his loyalty to the Union by gallant conduct on the battlefields of the south, was one of the venerable residents of Spencer. He started out in life emptyhanded and earned the right to the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens and the honorable title of "self-made man." He was born February 6, 1841, in Springfield, Erie county, Pennsylvania, and his parents, Almond and Charlotte Case, were natives of Connecticut. His father was killed in a railroad accident which occurred in Wisconsin and the mother passed away in Pennsylvania. Four children were born to them, namely: Margaret, George, Hastings and Scott, all of whom are deceased. After the death of his first wife Almond Case married Sallie Huff and there were two children of that union, Charlotte and Martha. Mr. Case came to Iowa when he was a child of six years and earned his first money by working on a farm in Clinton county. He afterward went to the Badger state and in Jefferson county in 1863 enlisted in Company C, of the Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry. He fought for two years in the Civil war and lost a leg while in the service. On March 25, 1864, Mr. Case married Miss Frances Vienna Gundell, and four children were born to this union. Edmond Almond, the eldest, died at the age of fifteen. Olive Loretta married Charles Bell, and they now make their home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Edna married G. L. Bowden, and to this union were born two children, Donna and Bonnie. She later married Louis Lahoda, of Omaha, Nebraska, and they have one child, Crissy. Parepa became the wife of Frank M. Hill, and they had two children, Frances Merrill and Hellen Virginia. Some years after his death she married August Claussen, and they have two girls, June Ann and Scottie Lavonne, and she has made her home in Spencer, Iowa, since the death of her first husband. Mr. Case is a faithful member of the United Brethren church and a staunch republican in his political views. He was a valued member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic and also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Although he had reached the advanced age of eighty-four years, his mental and physical powers were well preserved and his conversation was enriched with interesting accounts of his experiences as a pioneer. In the hard school of experience he learned many valuable lessons and time proved his worth. He passed away June 27, 1926, of old age and complications, and left behind the thoughts of "Well done, good and faithful servant." His wife still resides in the little home he provided for her and which they occupied for over fifty-four years, and at the advanced age of eighty-four years she also bears her burdens faithfully. 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 the beginning of this story. The whole story is on the Iowa History Site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE PALIMPSEST EDITED BY JOHN ELY BRIGGS VOL. XII ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER 1931 NO. 9 COPYRIGHT 1931 BY THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Famous War Horse Written by O. A. Garretson In the spring of 1864 the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry participated in the Red River campaign. The Second Brigade, of which the Fourteenth Iowa was a unit, was commanded by Colonel William T. Shaw of the Fourteenth, while Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Newbold of Hillsboro, Iowa, was in command of the regiment. When General N. P. Banks organized his expedition to ascend the Red River and capture large stores of cotton which the Confederates had assembled at various ports along the river, Colonel Shaw's brigade was ordered to join the other forces in Louisiana. On the tenth of March, Colonel Shaw's brigade left Vicksburg as a part of the First Division of the Sixteenth Army Corps, and proceeded to Alexandria, Louisiana, encountering some resistance on the way. After a brief rest, the detachment broke camp at Alexandria and marched to Cotile Landing up the Red River, where it embarked on transports and was conveyed to Grand Ecore. On April 9th the brigade reported to General Banks at Pleasant Hill. During this campaign, the horse that Colonel Newbold was riding got infected eyes and it was feared that he was going blind. On the twenty-mile march from Alexandria to Cotile Landing, a squad of soldiers of the Fourteenth from Hillsboro, Iowa, neighbors of Colonel Newbold, were out on a foraging expedition. In the course of their search for supplies, they arrived at a very aristocratic plantation and decided at once to see what they could find. In the barn they discovered a beautiful white horse. Here was a real prize, just such a horse as the colonel needed to take the place of the one he was riding. 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 H. U. Carpenter For practically forty years Hiram U. Carpenter has been identified, in one way or another, with the livestock business at Sioux City, and during this period he has been a witness of and a participant in the wonderful growth of the business from a small beginning to its present mammoth proportions, Sioux City now being one of the chief livestock markets of the world. He is now vice president and general manager of Long & Hansen, one of the old and reliable livestock commission houses of this city, and because of his success and his splendid personality has gained an enviable place in the esteem of all who know him. Mr. Carpenter was born in Chicasaw county, Iowa, on the 27th of May, 1869, and is a son of Alpheus and Sarah (Layton) Carpenter. His father was a native of Montpelier, Vermont, while his mother was born in England, from which country she was brought to the United States in childhood. She became the wife of Alpheus Carpenter in Nashua, Iowa. Mr. Carpenter was a man of progressive and enterprising spirit and established the first steam sawmill in Chickasaw county, operating it a number of years in Bradford. Later he engaged in the livery business. He and his wife are now both deceased. Hiram U. Carpenter secured his educational training in the public schools of Charles City, Iowa, and his first employment was in carrying bricks used in the building of the courthouse at Spencer, Iowa, being sixteen years of age at the time. Later he worked four or five summers at railroad construction work, mostly grading, in Nebraska and South Dakota, and in November, 1887, came to Sioux City, being for some years employed at the stockyards. In 1899 he began his identification with the live stock commission business as yard man for Long & Hansen. Later he was made hog salesman for this firm, which position he held until 1910, when he became a partner. Eight years later he became vice-president of the company and on March 1, 1925, was made the active manager of the business, which position he still fills. In 1893, Mr. Carpenter was united in marriage to Miss Mary Niven, of Hampton, Iowa, and to this union have been born two children, namely: Orpha, who died in 1896; and Harry U., who is connected with his father's company. Mr. Carpenter is a member of Morningside Lodge, No. 615, A. F. & A. M.; Sunrise Chapter, No.l 141, R. A. M.; Sioux City Consistory, No. 5, A. A. S. R.; Abu-Bekr Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; Isis Chapter, No. 173, O. E. S.; Mispah Shrine, No. 13, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem; the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Homesteaders. Mrs. Carpenter belongs to the Eastern Star and the White Shrine. Mr. Carpenter is vice-president of the Sioux City Live Stock Exchange, and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member and director of the Morningside Country Club and of the Morningside planning commission. The family are all members of the Morningside Presbyterian church. Mr. Carpenter is of the highest type of progressive citizen, standing for all that is best in community life and supporting every measure calculated to advance the public interests. Candid and straightforward in all of his relations, he has long held a high place in public esteem and is regarded as one of the representative men of his community. 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 following is now on the Iowa History Site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MODERN CONVENIENCES FOR THE FARM HOME POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING MODERN CONVENIENCES INTO HOUSES ALREADY BUILT 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/

Welcome Craig, Happy to have you aboard,I too have deep roots in Keookuk Co. My GG-Grandfather David Stout was born in NC in 1785, he received a land patent in Keokuk Co.Jan.01,1847. I visited the site a few years ago and unfortunately it appears to be an auto graveyard now. I believe it was north of Ollie on the north bank of the Skunk River. (Sec 3,Twp. 74,Range 11). David died in Lancaster Twp. in 1852> Ed Sheldon, now retired in Colorado. ed

> Keokuk County has a new coordinator, Craig Fenton. Please WELCOME him > in his new capacity. Craig comes to us with much enthusiasm and roots in > Keokuk > County. Welcome Craig! I have many warm and happy childhood memories of Keokuk County. (1937 - 1942) My family (SURBER) has roots going back to the 1850's in Keokuk Co. (mostly around Hedrick) We lived on the "old Utterback place" down the dirt road about 4 miles from Hedrick. It was owned then by Adne UTTERBACK. We were just barely inside the Hedrick Consolidated school district (I rode in a rickety school bus driven by, as I recall, "Mr. Vischer ... Fisher?") That dirt (clay) road was rough on the school bus. It occasionally got stuck in the sticky, red mud, even sliding into the ditch, and my dad would pull them out with a team (sometimes two teams) of horses. That was always very exciting. When we lived there, the old rock house was still standing at the top of the hill overlooking our small house near the road. I've learned that there is a quarry there now, and the old house is gone, which makes me sad. My dad & his family had lived in that house for a time about 1910. Gone, too, would be the glorious bank of bluebells that my grandmother, Finetti SMITH SURBER had planted behind the house. Jeanne Surber surberj@earthlink.net

Below are the highlights of this chapter. You can read the whole chapter on the Iowa History Site. History of Iowa Vol 3. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER VI George W. McCrary in the Cabinet - Financial Condition of Iowa - An Important Decision of the Supreme Court - The Political Conventions of 1877 - The Southern Policy of President Hayes - John H. Gear Elected Governor - A Terrible Railroad Disaster - The Seventeenth General Assembly - Repeal of the "Granger Railroad Law" - Interesting Statistics - Political Conventions of 1878 - Election of the Republican Candidates - Conventions and Platforms of 1879 - Governor Gear Re-elected - The Eighteenth General Assembly - National Conventions of 1880............... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. N. Bowman Wilbur N. Bowman is at the head of a job printing establishment in Spencer which he is successfully conducting under the name of the Bowman Printing Company. His birth occurred in Marquette county, Wisconsin, on the 2d of June, 1862,his parents being William Parker and Lestina Charlotte (Boynton) Bowman. The father was born in the town of Jay, Essex county, New York, February 12, 1823, a son of Thaddeus and Martha (Upham) Bowman, both of whom were natives of Windsor county, Vermont. The family was established in New England when this country was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Thaddeus Bowman, Sr., the paternal grandfather of William Parker Bowman, was born in the Green Mountain state and was of German and English linage. He was a shoemaker by trade, and at the time of the second war with England he put aside business and personal considerations to fight in defense of American interests. He lived to be more than ninety years of age and was twice married, having a family of five children by his first marriage, this number including Thaddeus Bowman, the father of William Parker Bowman. The maternal grandfather of William P. Bowman was Alonzo Upham, who also lived in Windsor county, Vermont, where he devoted his life to the pursuits of the farm. He, too, was twice married and to him was allotted a ripe old age, his years numbering more than ninety when he was called to his final rest. thaddeus Bowman, Jr., the father of William Parker Bowman, engaged in the tilling of the soil as a life work, but did not remain always a resident of New York. In fact, he became one of the pioneer citizens of Wisconsin, locating there when it was under territorial government. He tookup his abode in Waukesha county and was closely identified with the early development and progress of that part of the state in the effort to plant the seeds of civilization upon the virgin soil of the west. After following farming in Wisconsin for a number of years, he removed to Mitchell county, Iowa, where he remained for seven years, passing away in 1880 at the age of eighty-nine years and seven months. His wife died in 1833 in the faith of the Congregational church, to which Mr. Bowman also belonged. While living in New York he served as justice of the peace. Following the death of his first wife he wedded Nancy Nichols. His eight children, five sons and three daughters were all born of the first marriage. In his boyhood days William Parker Bowman worked on his father's farm in Essex county, New York, taking his place in the fields as soon as he was old enough to handle the plow. When the corps were all harvested in teh autumn he had the opportunity of attending the district school, the sessions of which covered little more than the winter months. He was twenty-four years of age when in 1847 he became a resident of Wisconsin, living in Waukesha county. Subsequently he took up his abode in Rock county, that state, and afterward lived at Marquette, Wisconsin. In 1864 he donned the nation's blue uniform and went to the front in defense of the Union, enlisting as a member of Company K, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, in which he served until the close of the war. After the war was ended and victory perched upon the northern banners, he resumed the pursuits of peace, returning to him home in Marquette county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in general farming. The following year, however, he came to Iowa and it was in this state that the remainder of his life was spent. He located first in Mitchell county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. Eight years were devoted to farming that tract, and in 1874 he took up his abode in Spencer, Iowa, where he continued to reside until called to his final rest. Here he made investment in three hundred and twenty acres of land in Lone Tree township and operated the farm for three or four years, after which he sold that property His bank deposits and other investments were amply sufficient in the evening of life to supply him with all necessities and many comforts and luxuries, and thus in his declining days he did not find it necessary to labor for those things which contributed to his welfare. On the 2nd of June, 1847, William Parker Bowman was married to Miss Lestina Charlotte Boynton, a daughter of Ephraim and Alice (Thurston) Boynton. She was born in the town of Jay, Essex county, New York, and in her girlhood days was a schoolmate of him who later became her husband. For more than sixty years they traveled life's journey together, sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, adversity and prosperity, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years went by. At length, however, they were separated in the death of Mrs. Bowman, who passed away January 4, 1908, at the age of eighty years and five months. There were eleven children in their family, five sons and six daughters, namely: Harriet, Caroline, Henry, Charles, Martha, Minnie, Wilbur N., Ella and three who died in infancy. William P. Bowman belonged to Spencer Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to Annett Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a stalwart advocate of republican principles from the organization of the party, and while in Wisconsin served as supervisor. In Spencer, Iowa, he became a member of the city council. A life of activity and usefulness won for him an enviable position in the regard of his fellowmen. He early learned to value life's opportunities and appreciate its purposes, and never was content to choose the second place. He was one of the revered patriarchs of his community, who was born during the administration of President Monroe and lived to witness the notable events which not only shaped the history of the country but also largely molded the destiny of the world. His reminiscences of the earlier days were interesting and gave a glimpse into the bygone civilization almost totally unknown to the youth of the present time. Wilbur N. Bowman, whose name introduces this review, spent a brief period with a surveying party in his young manhood and subsequently engaged in newspaper work for a short time. Thereafter he followed the printing trade in South Dakota and in Iowa for a number of years. He purchased the Spencer Herald in 1915 and on selling that paper turned his attention to the job printing business, which has claimed his time and energies continuously since and in which he has become well known as proprietor of the Bowman Printing Company in Spencer. In former year he did composition work at Faribault, Minnesota, and Mason City, Iowa. On the 5th of January, 1885, Wilbur N. Bowman was united in marriage to Miss Nellie M. McKay, a native of Decorah, Iowa, nd daughter of Cyrus and Livia Ann (Porter) McKay, who were born in Pennsylvania and New York, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. McKay came to Iowa by wagon, locating first at Freeport, this stare, while subsequently they took up their abode in Decorah. Cyrus McKay served as a county official for a number of years. To him and his wife were born eight children, as follows: Aruthur L., who is a resident of San Diego, California; Eva M., who is the widow of W. T. Bowen and also lives in San Diego, California; Alice J., deceased; Allan M., who has also passed away; Frank, who makes his home at Pomona, California; Mrs. Nellie M. (McKay) Bowman; Charles S., deceased; and Jessie, who is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur N. Bowman became the parents of four children, namely: Lyle, who died in infancy in South Dakota; Clifford, who was born in Sturgis, South Dakota, and who is associated with his father in the printing business; Jessie A., the wife of Leo C. Dailey, of Spencer, Iowa; and Lloyd, who died in Mason City, Iowa. In politics Mr. Bowman maintains an independent attitude, supporting men and measures rather than party. He is a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the Masonic fraternity, to which he belongs, and is also a consistent member of the Congregational church. In his community he is respected for his character, trusted for his counsel and honored for his service. 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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Keokuk County has a new coordinator, Craig Fenton. Please WELCOME him in his new capacity. Craig comes to us with much enthusiasm and roots in Keokuk County. Craig, don't hesitate to ask questions. We are here to help if we can. The IOWA 99 (counties) GenWeb group is the best in support and encouragement!! Welcome Aboard! Linda Ziemann Welcome Hostess Co-Chair welcome@iagenweb.org