History of Iowa Vol 1 Chapter 4 is on the Iowa History Site. Below are the sub titles within the chapter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHAPTER IV Cavalier de La Salle - Exploration of the Mississippi Valley - Louis Hennepin's Voyages in 1679-80 - Names the Country Louisiana - La Salle's Voyage in 1682 - Naming the River - Fate of the Explorer and his Colony - De Iberville's Colony in 1699 - Lesueur Expedition - Governor Bienville Founds the City of New Orleans - Slavery Introduced into the Colony - English Conquests in America - Early Trappers and Fur Traders - Founding of St. Louis in 1764 - Colonel George Rogers Clark Expels the British.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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/

Part of Chapter 29. You can see the whole chapter on the Iowa History site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the cabins on the peninsular are similar scenes of barbarity and slaughter. Night falls, and the Mattock cabin is burning, while circling around it the Sioux indulge in a hideous dance of triumph. Not all the persons in the cabin are unconscious, and shricks of agony can be heard. During the next few days the Indians seek out other cabins, and kill right and left. Then, having stripped the bark from a tree, on the white truck they picture the deeds, and leaving this monument as a trophy, flee, taking with them Abigal Gardner, Mrs. J. M. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret Marble and Mrs.Lydia Noble. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 list, I am looking for James Hart in 1885. In 1880 he is living in Buena Vista County in the household of Julius Cady. He is widowed and has five children living with him. The children in 1880 are, Frank, 12, Orange L. 9, Theodore 4, Charles 7, J ,3 (perhaps either Julius or James Jr.) James Hart is listed in Perry, Tama County in 1870 with a wife Betsy. I believe Betsy is the daughter of Hial and Polly Cady. Thank you for your help, Janet

Cheryl, Godfrey and Edith Nelson were in Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA in the 1910 Federal Census, married 2 years with no children. By the 1920 Census They had moved to Slope County, ND and 9 year old Arlone is on that census report. There were two school teachers boarding with the family at that time. The Nelson's were born in Minnesota and don't seem to have stayed long in Iowa. I don't know about your Arlone Lennie, but I only find 4 Lennie households in the Iowa Federal Census information that I have access to. They are: 1910 Monroe County, IA Emmila Lennie, age 38 and wife Mary Lennie, age 29 both French immigrants, married 11 years, four children all born in IA (no Arlone) Louis Lennie, age 19, born in Belgium and wife Minnie Lennie, 20, born in England, Married 2 years, one daughter, Alfreda, age 1 year 4 months. 1920 Monroe County, IA Louis Lennie, age 32, born in France and two daughters, Alfreda age 12, Angeita? age 10, also housekeeper Eva Henderson X. Lennie, age 53, wife Mary Lennie, age 53, four sons and one daughter, (no Arlone) Monroe County and Woodbury County are not very close so I doubt a connection. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chebow1@aol.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 3:16 PM Subject: [IOWA] Arlone Nelson query >I am a little bit in awe of Dick Tague. That fella is quite the >detective!! > I looked for your Arlone Nelson last night and couldnt find anything. > This morning I recieved an email from a cousin in Iowa saying that she > needed > me to do a look up for her. The name she gave me was Arlone Lennie. > (Lennie > is my maiden name). I had never seen the name Arlone before and now I am > wondering if your Arlone Nelson, and my Arlone Lennie are somehow > connected. > Do you know what part of Iowa your Nelsons lived? > The only thing I know about Arlone Lennie is that her death notice was in > a > newspaper. This is what it read: > Lennie, Arlone...age 87, Detroit Michigan, Milwaukee Wisconsin; > Milwaukee > J-S; 2001-09-05; kap > Another Lennie from that same area is listed as Marjorie K. Anything > sound > familiar? Cheryl > >

Hello list: I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me anything about Amanda Newbery, who married James A. Newbery of Mills and Pottawattamie Cos. IA. We think that her maiden name may have been Elliott, but we are unsure at this juncture. An Amanda (whose maiden name we are unsure of) married James Newberry who resided in Pottawattamie Co. and Mills Co. when she was just a teenager, and he was in his 80's. The marriage took place sometime after the death of his fourth wife in Jan. of 1870 at Indian Creek. By 1876 James was living with his daughter in Pottawattamie Co. According to their family record he was ill for about six years and lived with them in Wheeler's Grove. His farm was in Indian Creek in Mills Co. Amanda either divorced or left and supposedly went into Harrison Co. We found an Amanda Newberry in the California census of 1930 and followed her backward to Iowa and Indiana which is where we get the Elliott name. We think that she also may have gone to Page Co. IA and married a man named William Epla, about 1876 who seemed to have a penchant for marrying and divorcing. Epla has two more wives after Amanda and live in Page Co. If our hunch is correct, and our Amanda is the same person who went on to California, she dies shortly after the census at the age of 76. Her son Harlan is there in California as well. (obituary info named him) This has been pieced together with census records. We have been unable to come up with a marriage record for Amanda and James Newberry in Iowa, yet that's where they lived. The only record we have found her on is the deed that she signed when she and James Newbery sold a piece of property in Pottawattamie Co. He died in 1880, but she was not listed on his will or the probate. The only indication that she ever existed for him was in family lore, and where the word "widow" is crossed out of the probate record. James' son mentions his fathers last wife went to Harrison Co. Thanks for any info anyone can provide. This is a real conundrum. Sue Simonich

I am a little bit in awe of Dick Tague. That fella is quite the detective!! I looked for your Arlone Nelson last night and couldnt find anything. This morning I recieved an email from a cousin in Iowa saying that she needed me to do a look up for her. The name she gave me was Arlone Lennie. (Lennie is my maiden name). I had never seen the name Arlone before and now I am wondering if your Arlone Nelson, and my Arlone Lennie are somehow connected. Do you know what part of Iowa your Nelsons lived? The only thing I know about Arlone Lennie is that her death notice was in a newspaper. This is what it read: Lennie, Arlone...age 87, Detroit Michigan, Milwaukee Wisconsin; Milwaukee J-S; 2001-09-05; kap Another Lennie from that same area is listed as Marjorie K. Anything sound familiar? Cheryl

Before is part of Chapter 2 from: Grandmother Brown's Hundred Years. The whole chapter is on the Iowa History Site. This is a very long chapter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "After periods at the Brice House or in Logan or Somerset, we were always glad to get back to our own father's dear old home. Nowhere else did we have the same conveniences. We did most of our work there in the summer kitchen. That was where we had the big brick oven. We used to fire it twice a week and do a sight o' baking all at once. We'd make a hot fire in the oven, and then, when, the bricks were thoroughly heated, we'd scrape out all the coals with a big iron scraper, dump the coals into the fireplace, and shove in the roasts and fowls, the pies and bread. At other times we'd use the open fireplace. It wasn't nearly so difficult to work by as people think. When we went to keeping house in 1845, Dan'l and I, he bought me a little iron stove, a new thing in those days. It was so good, and would only bake things on one side. I soon went back to cooking at an open fireplace. "You know the look of andirons, crane, spit, reflectors. Our heavy iron vessels were swung from chains. When we wanted to lift the iron lids off, we'd have to reach in with a hook and swing them off. They had a flange around the edge. Many of our dishes were baked in Dutch ovens on the hearth. We used to bake Indian pone - that is, bread made of rye and corn meal - that way. We would set it off in a corner of the hearth covered with coals and ashes, and there it would bake slowly all night long. In the morning the crust would be thick but soft - oh so good. "For roasting meat we had reflectors. Some joints we roasted in our big iron kettles with a bit of water. And others we put on three-legged gridirons which could be turned. These had a little fluted place for the gravy to run down. Chickens we could split down the back and lay on the gridiron with a plate and flatirons on top to hold them down. Oh, how different, how different, is everything now, encumbered with conveniences! 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/

Thanks all for diggin' up Godfrey E. (G.E.) Nelson finding the rascal in North Dakota in 1930. He was found in the 1910 IA (Federal census) too - that was fun to see. Cathie

In the back of Vol 3, History of Iowa there is a Section "Directroy of Public Officials" It is the 3rd file in this section. There will be a lot more to come in the future. I have been using tables to type the information in because it looks much neater on site. Because of the tables I can not share part of that section with you in email. But the new section is "Judges of the District Court." I hope you enjoy it. There are lots and lots of names in this section. 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 a small excert from the Annals of Iowa. You can view the whole letter by going to the Iowa History Site. It is quite long with lots of information. Every detailed. ~~~~~~~~~~ JANUARY, 1921 ANNALS OF IOWA MAJOR-GENERAL LEWIS ADDISON GRANT By Charles Keyes* Dr. Charles Keyes, the writer of this article, was a neighbor of General Grant for many years and talked with him frequently concerning the events herein related, and other phases of the Civil War.-Editor. The real hero of "Sheridan's Ride," and the one personage of all others who made the great fame of that ride possible, appears to me not to have been the commander himself but one of his lieutenants, who, with a relatively small force, had fought and held back an entire Confederate army all day while the rest of the Union regiments were in disastrous retreat. The recent announcement of the demise of that hero recalls the fact that for a quarter of a century he was an honored and distinguished citizen of our state, and was for years one of the most widely known survivors of the Civil War resident in the West. Major-General Grant, at the time of his death, March 20, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the ripe old age of four score and ten years, was the sole survivor, save one, of the famous Old Vermont Brigade which was one of the most active units throughout the Civil War. Of the many engagements in which he took part two in particular stand out prominently. At the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, he saved the Union army from signal defeat. Before Petersburg he planned and led the assault which broke the Confederate lines and opened the way for Lee's surrender seven days later. Subsequently he became assistant secretary of war, and acting secretary of war, under President Harrison. ``````````````` 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 an excert from the book, Making of Iowa, Chapter 28, From Canoe to Railroad. It can be seen in full on the Iowa History Site. ```````````````````` The barge was flat bottomed, and was not unlike the barge of to-day, but has one or two masts bearing a square sail. If one mast, it was set forward. Near the stern was a cabin, and a platform on which stood th ehelmsman in order to mainipulate his great sweep. Some of these barges were one hundred feet long and twenty wide, and were rowed by fifty men. A keel boat was a barge with a shallow hold and low hull. The freight was "boxed" on deck, with a gangway, called the "walking board", on the two sides. This "walking board" might project over the hull. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While Des Moines River Improvement was in its glory the boats running did a good business. They carried considerable freight and transported passengers from town to town. Standing on the deck of a steamer the crew and passengers joked and chaffed with the people on shore, as the channel swerved now to one side, now to the other. A steamboat could go clear to Fort Dodge. ~~~~~~~~~~ A number of towns sprang up along the banks at places designed for landings. While navigation lasted they attained considerable importance. But when the river became too shallow for the boats, and traffic ceased, the main occupation of these towns was gone. Their object for existing vanished, and in cases where the railroad did not help them they were left to dream of the times that were, and of those that might have been. Quiet, uneventful towns are these, eternally waiting for something to "turn up". ~~~~~~~~~~~ In May, 1854, the first rail for a railroad in Iowa was laid at highwater mark, in Davenport. The first locomotive on Iowa soil was set up at Davenport a few weeks afterward, and was christened Antoine Le Claire. Railroads were stretching westward from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and were waiting on the east bank until time was ripe for them to cross into a new field. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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/

In 1930 town of New England in Hettinger co. N.D. , reside G.E. & Edith M. Nelson & 5 y/o Gordon, born N.D. Young Gordon probably receives free haircuts at Uncle Ivan Otterson's tonsorial parlor, escorted by his sister Arlone Otterson. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Cathie Nelson wrote: > Would sks have access to Heritage Quest that could look for a Godfrey > E. Nelson with wife, Edith and children, Arlone (born in Iowa 1910) > and Gordon (born ??? in 1925) Godfrey and Edith died in Portland, OR > Am particularly interested in knowing if Gordon was born in Iowa, > Oregon, or elsewhere. > Cathie > >

Would sks have access to Heritage Quest that could look for a Godfrey E. Nelson with wife, Edith and children, Arlone (born in Iowa 1910) and Gordon (born ??? in 1925) Godfrey and Edith died in Portland, OR Am particularly interested in knowing if Gordon was born in Iowa, Oregon, or elsewhere. Cathie

Mornin' Richard, Information on Richard Wayne Suesens can be found utilizing a search engine. If additional information is needed, you can re-post being more specific in your request. Richard & family are in 1920 & 1930 Burlington, Ia. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Reworthy@aol.com wrote: >Looking for any information on Richard Wayne Suesens, a World War II Navy >Cross receipient. > >Richard > > > >

Looking for any information on Richard Wayne Suesens, a World War II Navy Cross receipient. Richard

Hi. Does anyone have access to the 1925 Delaware County census? I am looking for the parents of Josephine Warborg B 20 Sept 1849 and D 5 Nov 1943 and also the parents of a Susan Quint Hessing. B 2 Feb 1869 and D 24 Jan 1933.Thanks, Sheila

The summer brought the following updates to Palo Alto Co, IA at http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm We are always looking for new contributors and new information! DIRECTORIES 1908 Patron's Reference Directory http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/1908patronsdirectory.htm 1908 Plat Map Transcriptions for Townships of Silver Lake, Walnut, Emmetsburg, Great Oak http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/silverlakeplat1907.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/1908walnutplat.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/1908eburgplat.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/1908greatoak.htm 1954 Farm Directory Surnames A-B http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/1954directory.htm ------- CEMETERIES WPA Grave Transcriptions for Calvary Cemetery, Ayrshire http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/calvaryayrshire.htm Calvary Cemetery, Ruthven http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/calvaryruthven.htm Silver Lake Cemetery, Ayrshire http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/silverlakeayrshire.htm ---- NEWSPAPERS Misc News Clips 1898-1899 http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/addlnews.htm ----- PHOTOS McNally Photos from Shelly Alexander http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/paloaltopics6.htm Kane Photos from Michelle Meyers http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/paloaltopics9.htm ----- OBITS Obits from several contributors. http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/paobitindex.htm --- BIOGRAPHIES Misc Bios added. http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/bios.htm Cathy Joynt Labath Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm

Could you please check your spellings and repost. Are you looking for HULLINGER or ULLINGER and are you looking for MERRIT or METTIT? Might make a difference. Am I right in assuming you meant Davis City in Decatur County and not Davis County? It would also help GREATLY if you include some birth years or some time frame. RC

Hello, I am seeking information on ministers who would have performed marriages in 1889 in Burlington Iowa and might have filed the marriage record in another county. I have a marriage record for S. D. Bishop and Amanda Mc Keehan who were married 30 November 1889 Burlington, Iowa by Rev. W. W. Pierson. I have contacted Des Moines Co., IA and they do not have a license application on file for this marriage, nor do they have a minister's return. We have the souvenir copy of the marriage record. The witnesses are Mrs. Sophia Brown and T. J. ?elphery. I find Sophia Brown in the Burlington in the 1900 census, on the page above her is a Pierson who is not a Reverend. I know from working with marriage records here in Indiana that ministers and JP's would file the marriage record where ever it was convenient for them to do so. Especially if they were traveling to various churches to perform there duties as ministers. I contacted Des Moines Co. and had a search done there by their genealogy society. I have had someone check the surrounding counties for application and a register of the actual marriage, but none has been found. I have searched the 1880 and 1900 census records for this minister to determine where he might have lived circa the time of the marriage. So far I have not found him. Does anyone one on the list have recommendations on how I can find the actual record for this marriage. Any advice would be welcomed. Others have searched for this record by going to the county of record and not found anything either. Regards, Virginia L. Aldridge www.genealogy-resources.net

There were 67 searches for the week ending 08/28/04 for DesMoines County, Iowa at http://users.rootsweb.com/~iadesmoi/. Here are the top phrases searched: - 3 for "anderson" - 3 for "coffelt" - 2 for "coffle" - 2 for "data processing phone number" - 2 for "hoyt" - 2 for "koffel" - 2 for "lange" - 2 for "tedrick" - 2 for "thorn" - 2 for "william simpson" I hope you find a cousin here. Donald O'Còllàùgh/O'Còllàìgh Kelly