Sharon, I want to compliment you for citing your sources. As we dig deeper into genealogy, and learn more about what we are doing, there comes a point when we realize that accurate citing of sources is absolutely necessary. Having a proper source citation not only allows us to go back, find out where we obtained our information and add to, or correct it; it is also a gift we leave for family members or others who may use our research. Sadly, it is not something one sees very often on these lists (or on multitudes of online family trees), which only leaves us unable to follow-up, and unsure of the accuracy of information. Good Job! Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Becker To: Iowa-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] NICHOLS, David & Nelle: MARRIAGE lookup Trudy, this is all I have: Dovie F. and Jacob POLEN were interred in Diagonal Cemetery which is in Washington Township of Ringgold County. "P" surnames of WPA Grave Survey: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/cemeteries/Pwpa.html David and Nelle's daughter Joanne (NICHOLS) MADDUX's obituary is on Ringgold County's IAGenWeb site: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/obitht001/obit-madduxjoanne.html According to the 1920 U.S. Census, David and Nellie were living in Washington Township of Ringgold County, Iowa. (Series T625, Roll 511, page 271, January 7th & 8th of 1920, ED 136, sheet 6A): David R. NICHOLS, head of household, white, age 23, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio/mother born in Indiana, farm laborer, working out for wage Nellie L. NICHOLS, wife, white, age 22, born in Iowa, parents both born in Illinois Robert R. NICHOLS, son, white, aged 4 2/12 years, born in Iowa David R. NICHOLS, son white, aged 2 2/12 years, born in Iowa You might try writing to: Clerk of Court c/o Ringgold County Courthouse P.O. Box 523 Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 phone (641) 464-3234 or Mount Ayr Public Library 121 W. Monroe Street Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 phone (641) 464-2159 The library has a marriage record index from 1880 to 1913 Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "hughud" <hughud@yahoo.com> To: <Iowa-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: [IOWA] NICHOLS, David & Nelle: MARRIAGE lookup > Hello > > I'm looking for record of marriage for NICHOLS, David, bd 6-24-1896 > POLEN, Nelle Louita, bd 11-15-1897 > > Nelle's parents: POLEN, Jacob & Dovie > > David's parents: NICHOLS, John & Mary > > married Oct. 1914 > > All I have is the month and year, but location unknown. They both lived in > Ringgold or Washington County > > Thank You > Trudy Holden _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2078 - Release Date: 04/24/09 07:54:00

Trudy, this is all I have: Dovie F. and Jacob POLEN were interred in Diagonal Cemetery which is in Washington Township of Ringgold County. "P" surnames of WPA Grave Survey: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/cemeteries/Pwpa.html David and Nelle's daughter Joanne (NICHOLS) MADDUX's obituary is on Ringgold County's IAGenWeb site: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/obitht001/obit-madduxjoanne.html According to the 1920 U.S. Census, David and Nellie were living in Washington Township of Ringgold County, Iowa. (Series T625, Roll 511, page 271, January 7th & 8th of 1920, ED 136, sheet 6A): David R. NICHOLS, head of household, white, age 23, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio/mother born in Indiana, farm laborer, working out for wage Nellie L. NICHOLS, wife, white, age 22, born in Iowa, parents both born in Illinois Robert R. NICHOLS, son, white, aged 4 2/12 years, born in Iowa David R. NICHOLS, son white, aged 2 2/12 years, born in Iowa You might try writing to: Clerk of Court c/o Ringgold County Courthouse P.O. Box 523 Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 phone (641) 464-3234 or Mount Ayr Public Library 121 W. Monroe Street Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 phone (641) 464-2159 The library has a marriage record index from 1880 to 1913 Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "hughud" <hughud@yahoo.com> To: <Iowa-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: [IOWA] NICHOLS, David & Nelle: MARRIAGE lookup > Hello > > I'm looking for record of marriage for NICHOLS, David, bd 6-24-1896 > POLEN, Nelle Louita, bd 11-15-1897 > > Nelle's parents: POLEN, Jacob & Dovie > > David's parents: NICHOLS, John & Mary > > married Oct. 1914 > > All I have is the month and year, but location unknown. They both lived in > Ringgold or Washington County > > Thank You > Trudy Holden

Hi all, Some of the major data sets in the GenealogyBuff.com library of files for Iowa ( http://www.genealogybuff.com/ia/ ) are: Miscellaneous Central Iowa Obituaries (scans) http://www.genealogybuff.com/ia/ia-central.htm Benton Co. - Index of Deaths - Phillips Funeral Home 2003-2004 http://www.genealogybuff.com/ia/ia-benton-phillipsfh.htm Benton County Miscellaneous Obituaries http://www.genealogybuff.com/ia/ Marshall Co. - Miscellaneous Deaths from the Times-Republican - 1 http://www.genealogybuff.com/ia/ia-marshall-deaths1.htm Marshall Co. - Miscellaneous Deaths from the Times-Republican - 2 http://www.genealogybuff.com/ia/ia-marshall-deaths2.htm Other counties are represented but these are the larger datasets. Other Iowa resources: Iowa Newspaper List http://www.genealogybuff.com/np/iowa_newspapers.htm Iowa Counties http://www.genealogybuff.com/us_counties/iowa_counties.htm Iowa Cities http://www.genealogybuff.com/us_cities/iowa_cities.htm Hope this helps. Bill

Hello   I'm looking for record of marriage for NICHOLS, David, bd 6-24-1896  POLEN, Nelle Louita, bd 11-15-1897   Nelle's parents:  POLEN, Jacob & Dovie   David's parents:  NICHOLS, John & Mary   married Oct. 1914    All I have is the month and year, but location unknown.  They both lived in Ringgold or Washington County   Thank You Trudy Holden

In a message dated 4/23/2009 7:07:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, srbecker@iowatelecom.net writes: I've received an e-mail regarding an octagon house that once stood in Mount Ayr. The lady who e-mailed me was interested in any information (and hoped to find a photograph) about the house. This is for Robert Klein's website regarding historic octagon architecture http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/main_page.html Thanks!! Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net There is one in Muscatine. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003)

I find a marriage of Cora Bell Abbott to Land Hurst Weyer in Boone Co., Iowa, 19 Sep 1896. Cora Abbott was in Boone Co. in the 1895 census, but I don't find M. Catharine anywhere. ----- Original Message ----- From: "sherry bowman" <grammie33467@yahoo.com> To: <Iowa-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:59 PM Subject: [IOWA] Early marriage look up please? > > Hi List, > > Could someone look up an late 1800's marriage for Cora B. Abbott and M. > Catherine Abbott. It probably took place in Washington, Polk, or Fremont > Counties. Also if you could look up a marriage for Mercy Ann (Myers > Abbott) to Oswald Leander Schooley. In the same places! Thank you so much! > > Sherry > > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > ---------------------------------------- > Your support makes IAGenWeb possible. > ~Visit The Friends of IAGenWeb Store today~ > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I've received an e-mail regarding an octagon house that once stood in Mount Ayr. The lady who e-mailed me was interested in any information (and hoped to find a photograph) about the house. This is for Robert Klein's website regarding historic octagon architecture http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/main_page.html Thanks!! Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net

There is a marriage for Cora Bell ABBOTT to Landa Hurst (L. H. in 1900) WEYER 19 Sep 1896 in Boone County. Nothing for M. Catherine or Ada. Mercy Ann ABBOTT married Leander SCHOOLEY 17 Aug 1879 in Washington County. Mercy Ann MYERS married George ABBOTT 12 March 1872 in Washington County. RC -------------------------------------------------------- Hi List, Could someone look up an late 1800's marriage for Cora B. Abbott and M. Catherine Abbott. It probably took place in Washington, Polk, or Fremont Counties. Also if you could look up a marriage for Mercy Ann (Myers Abbott) to Oswald Leander Schooley. In the same places! Thank you so much! Sherry **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621490x1201450102/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26 hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooter421NO62)

The Iowa list just has not been that active lately. It could be that the Iowa resources for genealogical information are so good (by far compared to other states) that most folks have already found what they are looking for. The lists also tend to decrease after winter when there are more things to occupy people's minds. RC from Urbandale --------------------------------------------- I have not received any emails from this group since April 6,2009 except the email that I sent. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572844x1201387506/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= Aprilfooter420NO62)

I have not received any emails from this group since April 6,2009 except the email that I sent.

Hi List, Could someone look up an late 1800's marriage for Cora B. Abbott and M. Catherine Abbott. It probably took place in Washington, Polk, or Fremont Counties. Also if you could look up a marriage for Mercy Ann (Myers Abbott) to Oswald Leander Schooley. In the same places! Thank you so much! Sherry

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Thanks to George there have been 511 new gravestone photos uploaded to the Calhoun County Gravestone Photo Project in the last 30 days! Have you searched for your ancestors lately?? http://iowagravestones.org/index.php Cyndi Vertrees CC for Calhoun County

I just "kicked" off Ringgold County's new project - called it "Tales from the Front Porch: Ringgold County's Oral Legend & Memories Project." http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/frontporch/frontporchindex.html Okay, there's only one story there now (mine) but I hope that this project will grow over time. If you have a Ringgold County story to add to this project, please do share!! Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net "In order to find peace, you need to find the pieces." -Troy DUNN, the Locator

HI, this is very Odd. One of my ancestors was named Jeremiah Shade jr., though not bullfrog.And his fathers name was Jeriamiah Shade Sr.. My Jeremiah Shade was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania June 12, 1823 and died in Ida Grove Iowa March 10, 1890. . He married Andalusia Page September 11, 1856 in Dayton, Ohio. Andalusia Page was born June 07, 1838 in Dayton, Ohio.They the Shades have to be related somehow. and I think Shade is German. Scott McKay A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 JEREMIAH SHADE was an Iowa pioneer, and had a notable career as a banker and business man. His career as a banker has been continued through his son, Charles Grant Shade, who for over forty-two years has been connected with the Savings Bank of Lockwood and the First National Bank of Rock Rapids, of which he is president. Jeremiah Shade was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1828, and died September 14, 1901. His father was a German sailor, who early located in Pennsylvania. Jeremiah Shade spent the first twenty-four years of his life in his native state, had a practical education, and was always a hard worker and possessed of a very excellent business judgment. At the age of twenty-four he went west to Bloomington, Illinois, and engaged in farming there for about ten years. At the outset of the Civil war he volunteered, but was rejected on account of disability. However, he was assigned duty as a cooper, making barrels for the Government. Jeremiah Shade came to Iowa in 1862 and settled in Delaware County, on a farm, and in July, 1871, moved to Lyon County. He became one of the largest farm and land owners in that section of the state and was associated with other progressive men in organizing banks and other institutions. He was elected and served eight years as county treasurer. He was one of the group of men who organized the First National Bank of Rock Rapids, and became president of the institution on May 17, 1880. The other original directors of the bank were T. K. Bradley, B. L. Richards, B. B. Richards and F. A. Keep. **************New Deals on Dell Netbooks – Now starting at $299 (A HREF=http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220635155x1201407495/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fa d.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213771973%3B35379628%3Bw)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 JEREMIAH SHADE was an Iowa pioneer, and had a notable career as a banker and business man. His career as a banker has been continued through his son, Charles Grant Shade, who for over forty-two years has been connected with the Savings Bank of Lockwood and the First National Bank of Rock Rapids, of which he is president. Jeremiah Shade was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1828, and died September 14, 1901. His father was a German sailor, who early located in Pennsylvania. Jeremiah Shade spent the first twenty-four years of his life in his native state, had a practical education, and was always a hard worker and possessed of a very excellent business judgment. At the age of twenty-four he went west to Bloomington, Illinois, and engaged in farming there for about ten years. At the outset of the Civil war he volunteered, but was rejected on account of disability. However, he was assigned duty as a cooper, making barrels for the Government. Jeremiah Shade came to Iowa in 1862 and settled in Delaware County, on a farm, and in July, 1871, moved to Lyon County. He became one of the largest farm and land owners in that section of the state and was associated with other progressive men in organizing banks and other institutions. He was elected and served eight years as county treasurer. He was one of the group of men who organized the First National Bank of Rock Rapids, and became president of the institution on May 17, 1880. The other original directors of the bank were T. K. Bradley, B. L. Richards, B. B. Richards and F. A. Keep. Jeremiah Shade was associated with B. L. Richards in the purchase of 8,000 acres of land, and the management of this land, together with the bank, occupied his energies fully until he retired in 1895. Mr. Shade was a Republican in politics, was a charter member of Border Lodge No. 406, A. F. and A. M., of Rock Rapids, and a member of the Methodist Church. He married at Bloomington, Illinois, in 1849, Miss Isabel M. Martin, who was of Scotch-Irish parentage. They reared a family of ten children: Hanna R., born April 30, 1851; Robert A., born February 17, 1853; Jeremiah Elwood, born October 4, 1855; Harriett Alice, born in December, 1857; Mary Louise, born July 16, 1859; Seymour Eugene, born December 10, 1861; Emma May, born September 15, 1863; Charles Grant, born March 29, 1865; Ostor Burr, born February 18, 1867, and Harry Well, born July 16, 1873. Charles Grant Shade, eighth in age, in this large family of children, was born March 29, 1865, and has spent practically all his life in Rock Rapids. He attended public schools there, for several years worked at the trade of printer, and at the age of nineteen graduated from Upper Iona University at Fayette, Iowa. On November 11, 1886, he began his long career as a banker, and that has been his life work. He has been president of the First National Bank of Rock Rapids since 1902. He organized and was at the head of a syndicate that owned fourteen banks, but in 1909 he withdrew from connection with all but four of these banks. Mr. Shade is independent in politics and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. In 1914 he was honored with the office of president of the Iowa State Bankers Association. He is a past grand treasurer of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa and is affiliated with the Congregational Church. Mr. Shade married in 1887 Miss Minnie B. Bradley, daughter of Edwin and Laura Bradley. Mr. Shade has a winter home in Pasadena, California. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New Deals on Dell Netbooks – Now starting at $299 (A HREF=http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220635155x1201407495/aol?redir=http:%2F %2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213771973%3B35379628%3Bw)

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 CHARLES S. SEELY, physician and surgeon, practicing medicine at What Cheer in Keokuk County, graduated M. D. from the University of Iowa in 1897, when he was only nineteen years of age. He was the youngest man upon whom the University of Iowa has ever conferred the Doctor of Medicine degree. His subsequent career has been in keeping with the brilliant scholarship of his undergraduate days. Doctor Seely was born at Muscatine, Iowa, September 25, 1877. His father spelled the name Cilley and the remote origin of the family is said to have been in the Scilly Highlands of Great Britain. His father, Charles W. Cilley, was born at Jericho, Vermont, was reared and educated in that state, and came out to Iowa in 1860. He tried to enlist in the Union army but was rejected. For many years he was in the grain commission business and he owned docks and other facilities known as Port Louisa, Iowa. Charles W. Cilley died April 21, 1908. He married Rebecca McGrew, who was of Scotch Irish ancestry and s he now resides at Des Moines. Of their two children Doctor Seely is the only survivor. Doctor Seely was educated in common schools at What Cheer, graduating from high school in 1894 and immediately entered the University of Iowa, where he graduated with high honors. He was the first medical student from the university to serve an interneship. He was awarded a certificater after twelve months in the Mercy Hospital at Davenport and then returned to What Cheer and practiced one year with Dr. John R. Williams. He spent a short time in Seattle, Washington, and in 1899 returned to What Cheer and resumed his general practice of medicine and surgery. From 1905 to 1908 he practiced in Davenport and from 1908 to 1911 was in Chicago, dividing his time between the practice of medicine and post-graduate study. Doctor Seely in 1911 returned to his old home of What Cheer and has been an outstanding representative of his profession there except for a time during the World war, when he enlisted and was sent to Camp Greenleaf in Chattanooga, and subsequently was on duty at the base hospital at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, until honorably discharged June 2, 1919. Doctor Seely is a member of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Surgeons Association and for fifteen years was a member of the Masonic fraternity, Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Davenport, and the Knights of Pythias. He married, August 15, 1911, Miss Ethel Lines, of Chicago. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************New Deals on Dell Netbooks – Now starting at $299 (A HREF=http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219939010x1201342897/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fa d.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213771626%3B35379597%3Bw)

He is buried in Logan Park Cemetery, with an interment date of January 31, 1951. Since you know the burial date, you can order obituaries from the Sioux City Public Library research staff. The cost is minimal, and you can make your request by email at questions@siouxcitylibrary.org. Other contact information for the Library can be found at http://www.siouxcitylibrary.org/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:56:08 -0400 From: "Mona Knight" <mknight5@ctc.net> Subject: [IOWA] Look Up Sioux City, Iowa To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <C08CE679BCD14795BCAE3B6CB4CB918F@MonaPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I wonder if anyone has access to obits or cemetery indexes for Sioux City, Iowa and can do a look up for me? I am searching for the death date of my gr-gr-uncle, TILDEN MAGERS, who was last living in Sioux City, Iowa, in the city directory dated 1947. He was deceased by 1954 when he was named as a deceased brother in the obit of William Magers of Perry, Iowa. I sent for a copy of his death record from the Department of Vital Records in Iowa, but it was returned to me today. It reads: "Your application for a copy of a Vital Record is being returned because (1) the records has to be 75 years old before a niece, nephew or first cousin can get a death or marriage certificate for genealogy information; (2) the record has to be 100 year old before a niece, nephew or first cousin can get a birth certificate for genealogy information; (3) You hold entitlement to the record of the relative that you share a direct blood linage." Yes, I typed it exactly as they did, with the spelling errors. I specifically told them in my letter and on the request form that I did not need a certified copy as this was for genealogy purposes. Any help you can provide me is appreciated. Tilden Magers was never married and died childless and single. I am assuming that he was buried somewhere in Sioux City. He was born August 14, 1876, in Warren County, Illinois. He was last living in Sioux City and working as a "Houseman" at the Martin Hotel. He lived in Sioux City almost 15 years. Thanks.

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 D. FRED SCRIBNER, of Davenport, was officially identified for a number of years with one of the outstanding manufacturing establishments of the City of Clinton, the Iten Biscuit Company. He is well known over Iowa. Mr. Scribner has been prominent in the Masonic fraternity, and at the beginning of 1927 the Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine reelected him illustrious potentate for a fourth year, this being the first time in the fifty years since the temple was established that a member has been paid the tribute of four successive terms as potentate. Mr. Scribner was born at Osakis, Minnesota, January 7, 1873. He is a son of E. E. and Sarah (Bell Scribner, his mother a native of Canada and his father of the State of Maine. His father is of Mayflower New England stock, and of the same branch of the Scribner family to which the famous publisher Charles Scribner belonged, The Scribners came to the Northwest when Minnesota was on the frontier and the settlements exposed to Indian uprisings. From Minnesota they moved to Clinton, Iowa, when D. Fred Scribner was three years old. The latter grew up at Clinton, attending grade and high school there, and in boyhood took up railroad work, which he followed for seven years. He left the railroad to join the Iten Biscuit Company in Clinton, at first as branch manager, and subsequently became a large stockholder in this enterprise and continued actively with the organization until several years ago it was taken over by the National Biscuit Company. Mr. Scribner married in 1895 Miss Sadie Iten, who was born at Davenport. Her father, Louis Iten, was a native of Switzerland, came to Davenport many years ago and as an expert baker was made foreman in the Eagle Steam Bakery. He drew out of that organization to establish a business of his own, known as the Iten Cracker Company, at Clinton, and developed an industry which is one of the largest plants in Clinton and whose products, a special high grade of crackers and biscuits, have practically a worldwide distribution and sale. Mr. and Mrs. Scribner have one son, Frederick Francis, a graduate of the Davenport High School and Lake Forest Academy, now attending Stanford University. Mr. Scribner has been the recipient of many honors in the Masonic fraternity, including the thirty-third, supreme honorary degree in Scottish Rite. He is a Past Master of Western Star Lodge No. 100, A. F. and A. M., at Clinton; member of DAvenport Chapter No. 16, Royal Arch Masons; St. Simon of Cyrene Commandery, Knights Templar, and is past wise master of De Molay Consistory at Clinton. He is a member of the Davenport Country Club and Outing Club. During the World war he was enrolled for a year and a half with the war council of the Y. M. C. A., and went overseas and was attached to the Italian army, in charge of physical recreation work, having charge of a district of 200 men. He was given citations from Rome and was decorated by the Italian government. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221421323x1201417385/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62)

Oh my goodness. I searched that site just last week and can't imagine how I missed it! Thanks so much. I'll go there right away. Now perhaps I can get some kind soul to find his obit for me. Thank You. Thank You. Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: User392423@aol.com To: mknight5@ctc.net Cc: IOWA@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Look Up Sioux City, Iowa FindAGrave shows that he is buried in Logan Park Cemetery in Sioux City with an interment date of 31 January 1951, Plot: Section 14 Plot S1/2-F. RC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!