Links to all of the newly added content on Allamakee co. IAGenWeb have been added to the 'Updates Journal': http://www.sharylscabin.com/Allamakee/journal.htm Best wishes to all Iowa researchers, IAGenWeb volunteer coordinator .... Sharyl _____ ALLAMAKEE ALBUM *Sander famiy album:children in photo were identified by Kathryn Tollefson *New! Barthell family Album - from Sean Ryan CEMETERY RECORDS *Woodmansee notes pg 1, correction for Karen Smedsrud in Faegre Prairie - from Larissa Reutgen *Woodmansee notes pg 1, correction for William Harris in Minert - from DeLores Jensby *Woodmansee notes pg 2, correction for Cecelia O'Meara in St. Mary's Hanover - from Michael Whalen Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)" *43 Gravestone photos for the Postville cemetery - from Phyllis Peterson CHURCH RECORDS *St. John's - Wheatland -Birth, Confirmation & Marriage Records - index & look-ups - from Darcy Fritche *St. John's - Wheatland - A History of the church & photos - from Pastor Paul Burgess HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc. *Iowa: The Rivers of her Valleys; Yellow River - from Cindy Bray Lovell *History of Bee - from Cindy Bray Lovell IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION *Passports updated with the records & photos of A.G. Albert, M.T. Amsdell & L. Chriss - from S. Ferrall LI'L BITS *LOTs of news clippings from 1941-1958 *News clipping, 1940, the first white child in Allamakee co. - from Cindy Bray Lovell MARRIAGE RECORDS *Added to compiled marriages: Bassler-Hogan, Bohrer-Stack, Buege-Dennis, Fitzgerald-Ryan, Guider-Heatley, Horian-O'Brien, Johnson-Clark, Kohlstad-Hanson, Lemme-Anderson, Lunde-Laabs, Schutte-Dieckman (photo), Uglum-unknown & Wenig-Bulman -from Ann Krumme, Mary Durr & Erin Wilker *Anniversaries: Keffeler, 60th; Engen, 25th & Danaher, 20th - from Ann Krumme MILITARY RECORDS *WWII casualty page updated with death notice of Ensign Lawrence “Bud” Anderson - from Kathy Maurer *Spanish-American war page updated with brief news article - from S. Ferrall *A scan of the original photo of the Allamakee soldiers headed for Camp Dodge, 1918 has been added to the 1918 Soldiers page, also another ID of the soldiers - from Janet Koozer OBITUARIES *121 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in January! WOW!! Some have a photo. The obits have been shared by Patrick J. Utecht, Cindy Bray Lovell, Erin Wilker, Sharon Maguire Callinan, Janet Koozer, Sharyl Ferrall, A. Bruce Owens, Mary Durr, Paul Moritz, AdaMarie Kerndt, Kelly Schmall, Sharon Pratt, Carol Harris, Michael Groth & Ann Krumme PERSONAL SITES *Darcy Fritche has added her personal site: Eitzen, MN Area Families (lots of Allamakee co. people in her records!) REUNIONS *Guider family, 1929 - from Ann Krumme SCHOOL RECORDS *Eastern Iowa's Indian School - from Cindy Bray Lovell SURNAME REGISTRY *Mike Smith has registered his surname interests: Mahoney & McCormick Also of interest: Off-site links to newly posted data containing Allamakee co. people *Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror, Wednesday, June 26, 1929 - posted by Ann Krumme on Iowa Old Press.

This film only covers the surnames LAYER, Elizabeth to LONG, Thelma   have you tried this newspaper:  http://crpubliclibrary.newspaperarchive.com/AdvanceSearch.aspx   their spelling sucked back then, so be creative   Julie --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Julie <juls92627@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Julie <juls92627@yahoo.com> Subject: Brides' marriage returns 1840-1923 LAYER, Elizabeth Lena - LONG, Thelma To: "I_Iowa" <IOWA@rootsweb.com>, "I_ClaytonCo" <IACLAYTO@rootsweb.com>, "IA_Linn" <ialinn@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 8:47 AM Hi - I ordered this film and it's about to go back, but I'm willing to do any lookups you would like.  It's sorted by the Bride's name - it does ask for the Bride's maiden name if she was previously married, but none of mine fit into that category so I'm not sure if they are sorted by the maiden name if its the 2nd marriage or her married name.    let me know - I will probably go this saturday. Julie   Microfilm of original records at the Linn County Courthouse, and the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Brides' marriage returns 1840-1923 Layer, Elizabeth Lena - Long, Thelma -  FHL US/CAN Film [ 1704239 ]

Hi - I ordered this film and it's about to go back, but I'm willing to do any lookups you would like.  It's sorted by the Bride's name - it does ask for the Bride's maiden name if she was previously married, but none of mine fit into that category so I'm not sure if they are sorted by the maiden name if its the 2nd marriage or her married name.    let me know - I will probably go this saturday. Julie   Microfilm of original records at the Linn County Courthouse, and the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Brides' marriage returns 1840-1923 Layer, Elizabeth Lena - Long, Thelma -  FHL US/CAN Film [ 1704239 ]

Are you looking for a fun project? Then you have come to the right place! IAGenWeb has four great counties that need coordinators. Take a look at Warren, Lucas, Guthrie, and Appanoose counties at http://iagenweb.org/state/colist.php . They all have great information available, but really need someone to add more data and care for them. If you ever wondered what it takes to be a coordinator, go to http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm . We look forward to hearing from you soon with your choice of counties! Greta & Conni Mac IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org

The 1910 US Federal Census for O'Brien Co., Iowa, Summit Twp., Dist 93, shows: Dwelling 7: Yeager, Roy, head, age 25, married 4 yrs, b. IA, parents b. Germany, painter Yeager, Ida C., wife, age 24, married 4 yrs, gave birth to 2 children, 2 survive, b. Iowa, father b. Iowa, mother b. Illinois Yeager, Helen Z., daughter, age 2, b. Iowa Yeager, Doris L., daughter, age 9/12, b. Iowa In the 1920 US Federal Census for O'Brien Co., Iowa, Dale Twp., Primghar town, enumerated 3-5 Feb 1920: Dwelling 23: Yeager, Ida C., head, age 35, widow, b. Iowa, father b. Pennsylvania, mother B. Iowa Yeager, Helen Z., daughter, age 12, b. Iowa, father b. Iowa, other b. Iowa Yeager, Doris L., daughter, age 10, b. Iowa Yeager, Jeddie G., son, age 6, b. Iowa Since Ray Yeager was alive in 1910, and their last child was born in 1914, I would guess that Ray Yeager died between 1914-1920. I find a cemetery record in O'Brien County, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, town of Primghar, for Roy B. Yeager, but no death date. Checking further, I find a 1915 Iowa State census record for 1915 for Roy B. Yeager, age 31, in O'Brien Co., Primghar; painter, b. Iowa, father b. Germany, mother b. Penn; yes could read and write; years in Iowa 31. So he was still alive in 1915. By the time of the 1930 US Federal Census for O'Brien Co., Ida Yeager, age 45, is still not remarried. She states she was born in Iowa and both of her parents were born in Iowa. Daughter Doris, age 20, and son Jed, age 16, are still living with her. She is a housekeeper for a private family and still lives in Primghar. By the way, Roy Yeager's parents are both buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Primghar, along with Roy B. Yeager. Perhaps the local library in Primghar or in O'Brien County could find obituaries for you. Then I find a record of Roy B. Yeager who enlisted in the regular U.S. Army in 1906; enlisted at Minneapolis, Minn, born Osage, Iowa, eyes Blue, complexion White fair, height 5 ft 6 inches. (I don't know if this is the same man.) Finally, in the 1900 US Federal census for O'Brien Co., Summit Twp., Primghar town, June 2 there is this: Dwelling 8. Yeager, John, head, b. Jan 1845, married 34 yrs, age 55, b. Germany, immigrated 1851, occupation Carpenter. Yeager, Sophia J., wife, b. Nov 1847, age 53, married 34 yrs, gave birth to 7 children, 7 survive, b. Penn, father b. Penn, mother b. Penn Yeager, Theodore S., son, b. Mar 1877, age 23, single, b. Ill Yeager, Charles R., son, b. May 1881, age 19, b. Ill Yeager, Roy B., son, b. May 1883, age 17, b. Iowa Yeager, John F., son, b. Oct 1885, age 14, b. Iowa This looks like the correct family to be your Roy B. Yeager. ----- Original Message ----- From: <clyde1927@msn.com> To: "iowa-l" <iowa-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:31 AM Subject: [IOWA] YEAGER > Seeking info on a YEAGER family who lived at Pringhar,Obrien County in ca. > 1910. He died young. His wifes name was IDA SHINKLE. They had 3 children. > ZOE,JED & DORIS. All help would be appreciated. Thank you,Clyde > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hello List, I'm looking for the death of William Condon b: 1820 in Ireland I have him in the 1885 State Census in Chester, Howard, Iowa with wife Bridget, son James and daughter Maggie. Any information is appreciated. Caroline

I see from census records that Michael Faber and Hanna Faber were in Dubuque Co., Cascade Twp. It does appear, since they don't yet have children in this census, that they were probably married in 1870. However, since they were both born in Luxemborg, could it be that they married in Luxemborg and came to America right away? I don't find anyone named Anna Hilbert or Hannah Hilbert or similar in Iowa in the 1860 census. Could she have come with Michael to America in 1865? I also do not find a Hilbert name or similar in the 1870 census; and one would think that Anna H. would not be far from her family? I also see that "Mike" Faber states in the 1900 census for Plymouth Co., Iowa, that he immigrated in 1865. It also states that he was a naturalized citizen, so there is probably a record of his naturalization papers, either in Dubuque Co. or in Plymouth Co. The courthouse may have them, and I suspect they would state the names of his parents, and other valuable information. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luann Ouellette" <louellette@vyn.midco.net> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Luann Ouellette" <louellette@vyn.midco.net> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 5:25 PM Subject: [IOWA] Michael Faber & Anna Hilbert Marriage > Seeking date of marriage for Michael Faber and Anna Hilbert and names of > Michael and Anna's parents. Ancestry.com 1900 Census shows Michael > immigrated in 1865 and was married in 1870. Believe marriage may have > been performed at Dubuque. > Appreciate any help, > Luann Ouellette > Vermillion SD > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Seeking info on a YEAGER family who lived at Pringhar,Obrien County in ca. 1910. He died young. His wifes name was IDA SHINKLE. They had 3 children. ZOE,JED & DORIS. All help would be appreciated. Thank you,Clyde

Seeking date of marriage for Michael Faber and Anna Hilbert and names of Michael and Anna's parents. Ancestry.com 1900 Census shows Michael immigrated in 1865 and was married in 1870. Believe marriage may have been performed at Dubuque. Appreciate any help, Luann Ouellette Vermillion SD

PEGGY L. NORWISH Peggy Louise Norwish, 75, Lyndhurst, Va., formerly of Red House, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at the home of her grandson. Born Dec. 24, 1931, near Red House, she was a daughter of the late Lee B. and G. Marie (Ridder) Shaffer. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Clinton Shaffer; and one sister, Lillian Shaffer Jennings. She worked as an office manager for Dr. Herbert Leighton. She is survived by three daughters, Louise Norwish, Lyndhurst, Janet (Slaubaugh) Melvin, Staunton, Va., and J. Lynn Kahana, Wash.; one son, Richard Norwish, Eglon, W.Va.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Shirley Carr, Hambleton, W.Va.; and two brothers, Fred Shaffer, S.C., and David Shaffer, Ala. Her body was cremated, and a memorial service was held Sunday, Oct. 21, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Red House, with the Pastor Marjorie Lauver officiating. Best wishes, Greta Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corrinne Ellis" <cellis88@yahoo.com> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 11:36 AM Subject: [IOWA] Obituary on Ancestry.com > Can SKS please help me? I have a library subscription to Ancestry > and unfortunately it does not include a database that I'd like to > access for an obituary. (When I search Ancestry.com without the > library sub, the database with the obit requested is listed.) Can > someone with Ancestry.com help me please? > > Here are the details: > > Peggy Louise NORWISH (Shaffer), died 17 Oct 2007, obit published in > Republican News, (MD) on 25/26 Oct 2007. > > Thank you. > > Corrinne Ellis > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to the many volunteers who found the obituary for me on Ancestry.com. The great and immediate response was very much appreciated. Thank you! Corrinne Ellis For the record: PEGGY L. NORWISH Peggy Louise Norwish, 75, Lyndhurst, Va., formerly of Red House, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at the home of her grandson. Born Dec. 24, 1931, near Red House, she was a daughter of the late Lee B. and G. Marie (Ridder) Shaffer. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Clinton Shaffer; and one sister, Lillian Shaffer Jennings. She worked as an office manager for Dr. Herbert Leighton. She is survived by three daughters, Louise Norwish, Lyndhurst, Janet (Slaubaugh) Melvin, Staunton, Va., and J. Lynn Kahana, Wash.; one son, Richard Norwish, Eglon, W.Va.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Shirley Carr, Hambleton, W.Va.; and two brothers, Fred Shaffer, S.C., and David Shaffer, Ala. Her body was cremated, and a memorial service was held Sunday, Oct. 21, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Red House, with the Pastor Marjorie Lauver officiating.

Can SKS please help me? I have a library subscription to Ancestry and unfortunately it does not include a database that I'd like to access for an obituary. (When I search Ancestry.com without the library sub, the database with the obit requested is listed.) Can someone with Ancestry.com help me please? Here are the details: Peggy Louise NORWISH (Shaffer), died 17 Oct 2007, obit published in Republican News, (MD) on 25/26 Oct 2007. Thank you. Corrinne Ellis

Some time ago someone contacted me about information regarding the Wiley family from Ringgold County. I thought I saved that e-mail but for the life of me I can't find it. My sincere apologies go out to that person because I sure didn't want to "lose" anyone. Below is the biography of A. S. WILEY I just posted to Ringgold County's IAGenWeb site along with a link to that page. I hope and pray that by using this forum, I am reaching the person who made that request. Again, my sincere apologies. I didn't forget you at all. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net * * * * * * * http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/biographical/ring_bio-wileyas.html from Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago, 1887, Pp. 313-14 A. S. WILEY A. S. WILEY, stock-dealer and agriculturist, section 7, Lott's Creek Township, is a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, where he was born January 10, 1849 (sic), son of Abner and Jane WILEY. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Hendricks County, Indiana, where they resided until 1840, and then moved to what was then the "Far West," beyond the Mississippi, the Territory of Iowa, locating in Jefferson County. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the pioneer schools of that day. In the spring of 1855 he came to Ringgold County, and settled upon his present farm, entering 240 acres of Government land. His first dwelling was a log cabin, 12 x 14 feet. He has improved his farm as his means would permit, until the WILEY farm is known as one of the best in the county. He now has 606 acres in a good state of cultivation and well improved. He has a fine story-and-a-half residence, surrounded with shade trees, an orchard of two acres, a large native grove of about ten acres, a large barn, 30 x 60 feet, with basement for stock, feed lots, stock scales, and all the convenience for handling and keeping stock, in which he is extensively engaged. He stall-fed the first cattle that were fed in Ringgold County, and in February, 1857, drove them to Council Bluffs and sold them for about 3 cents per pound. He was married in April, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Jane STEWART, a native of Virginia. They have six children living - Oscar, Frank, Aleck, William, Hattie and Jennie. Mr. WILEY is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Garnet Lodge, No. 416, Caledonia. Politically he is a Democrat. Postoffice, Mount Ayr. NOTE: Abner WILEY was born January 5, 1790, and died at age 89 years on March 10, 1879. Alexander S. WILEY was born February 10, 1829, and died September 24, 1895. Elizabeth Jane (STEWART) WILEY was born August 25, 1831, and died February 11, 1920. Alexander and Elizabeth were interred at Oakdale Cemetery, as were Alexander's father Abner WILEY and their son Alexander M. WILEY, born October 16, 1863, and died January 5, 1922. SOURCES: Biography & Historical Record of Ringgold County, Iowa, Pp. 313-14, 1887. WPA Graves Survey Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009

If you haven't stopped by Des Moines County lately, check it out! Additional information has been added in the Churches, Military and History categories and you have the opportunity to be one of the first to post on our new Des Moines County blog. http://iagenweb.org/desmoines/ -Richard <http://iowajones.org/Photos/IowaJonesLarge.jpg> [] Richard Harrison's official photographer is <http://creatista.com/>Creatista.com ---------- Richard Harrison <http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/>IAGenWeb State Coordinator Friends of IAGenWeb <http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/>President <http://iowajones.org/>Jones County IAGenWeb Coordinator IowaJones@cox.net

Ringgold County has quite a few additions to the website over the past few months. I'm currently transcribing biographies from the 1887 Historical & Biographical Record and am putting them on-site as when completed. Here's a link to the "What's New" page - probably the best way to find these new additions since I update this page every day. http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/what'sNew.htm If you go to the Biographical Index and scroll down to "Coming Soon" you'll find a link to the surname index. If there's a biography that I haven't transcribed yet but it is a name you are researching, please let me know and I'll jump ahead and do that for you. http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/history_records.html Enjoy! Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator srbecker@iowtelecom.net. "It's hard to find peace until you find all the pieces." - Troy Dunn "The Locator"

is anyone researching the Warners? I just found that my Laura J. LeHew married Thomas E. Warner in 1883 in Cedar Rapids. In the 1900 census she's married to Henry Lowther, so I'm wondering what happened to Thomas.    thanks for your help

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 BURTON ROBBINS is a native of Iowa who has packed into a life of a little more than fifty years a heaping measure of experience, service and achievements, representing not only an exceedingly busy but a most useful career. He was born on a farm near Hastings in Mills County, Iowa, November 6, 1877, son of Lewis and Harriett E. (Benson) Robbins. The earlier generations of the Robbins family were found in New England, and members of the family were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, Joseph Robbins, was a miller at Nelsonville, Ohio, and Lewis Robbins also followed that occupation in Ohio until his marriage with Harriett E. Benson. She was born at Buffalo, New York, but before her marriage had taught school in Nelsonville. Her father, James Benson, was a native of England. On coming out to Iowa Lewis Robbins took up a homestead in Mills County, and made a good farm out of it. He remained in Mills County until March, 1893, when he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and died in that city in October, 1893. The mother passed away in May, 1896. Charles Burton Robbins spent his early years on an Iowa farm, attended country schools in Mills County, was a student in a private school at Hempstead on Long Island, and in 1898 took his A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska. Shortly before graduating from that school America declared war on Spain, and on April 27, 1898, he enlisted as a private in Company B, First Nebraska Infantry. On May 10, 1898, he was promoted to first sergeant, and on June 17th left San Francisco for the Philippines. The regiment participated in the battle of Manila on August 13, 1898, and was engaged in duty during the Philippine insurrection from its outbreak until June 18, 1899. All told, the regiment participated in twenty-eight battles, more than any other regiment in the Philippines. Colonel Robbins was cited for gallantry on February 5, 1899, and was wounded in the head at the battle of Marilao, March 27, 1899. He was commissioned a second lieutenant April 24, 1899, in Company I of the First Nebraska Infantry. He accompanied the regiment in June, 1899, and the regiment was formally disbanded in August of that year. After leaving the army Colonel Robbins did some post-graduate work in the University of Nebraska and in April, 1900, started on a trip around the world, revisiting the Philippines, and at the close of the trip entered Columbia University at New York, where he won his Master of Arts degree in June, 1903. While in New York he was a member of Company C, Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard, from 1901 to 1903. He studied law while in Columbia and after returning to Iowa entered the law offices of Grimm, Trewin & Moffitt, at Cedar Rapids. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1904, and then became junior partner of Grimm, Trewin & Robbins. His time and abilities were taken up by private practice until July 16, 1909, when Governor Carroll appointed him judge of the Superior Court, and he was on the bench until 1919. His service on the bench was distinguished by something more than the able conduct of the routine of office. It was he who instituted juvenile court work at Cedar Rapids, and he was in large measure responsible for getting through the Legislature the contributing dependency act, the Perkins law and widow's pension act, all important pieces of legislation in Iowa social welfare. Judge Robbins for many years has been known as an authority on insurance law, and since 1905 has been associated with the Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company, being general counsel and chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors until 1914, and since that year president and general counsel of the company. He is also a director of the Cedar Rapids National Bank and the Cedar Rapids Candy Company. His military record did not close with his service in the Philippines. He was captain of Company D of the First Infantry of the Iowa National Guard from 1914 to 1916. On November 2, 1916, he was commissioned major in the adjutant general's department of Iowa, while on duty on the Mexican border. From August, 1917, until May, 1919, he was major and adjutant of the Sixty-seventh and later the Sixty-ninth Infantry Brigade, with the United States Army, and was with the American Expeditionary Forces during 1918-19. In 1921 he was commissioned a major in the United States Reserves, lieutenant-colonel in 1923, and colonel in 1926, and is now colonel and commanding officer of the Three Hundred Forty-ninth Infantry. Colonel Robbins was chosen commander of the Iowa Department of the American Legion in 1922, and in 1924 was civilian aide to the secretary of war for the Citizens Military Training Camps. In 1928 he was called to Washington as an assistant secretary of war, and served in that capacity until March 5, 1929. When he left his post in Washington, after a year of service, the department employees voted him the most popular man who had ever held an assistant secretaryship, and subsequently the seven major general in charge of the Army Supply Department presented him with an American flag in appreciation of his work. In commenting on this signal recognition of one of Cedar Rapids' citizens, a local newspaper editorially said: "In other ways Colonel Robbins achieved a remarkable record during his short term of service in Washington. Hanford MacNider had set an enviable record, but Colonel Robbins kept well abreast of it. He could see no reason why the Government should be victimized just because it is supported by taxpayers. On one occasion the department was to sell one and a quarter million uniforms. The assistant secretary discovered that all of the bidders had gotten together on their bids. The plan was to split the profits. The uniforms were promptly withdrawn from sale and later were disposed of at an increase of several hundreds of thousands of dollars above the former high bid. "Col. Robbins' skillful maneuvering also is responsible for the appropriation of $250,000 annually for three years to furnish tanks for the army, and mechanize it in other ways. His own experience in war taught him the importance of tanks and motor trucks. Doubtless his keen appreciation of army needs contributed to the high esteem in which he is held by the generals. He brought to his post a rare combination of business ability and first-hand knowledge of military affairs. Add to this his knack of making friends and getting things done and you have the secret to his brilliant record as assistant secretary of war." Like many other very busy men Colonel Robbins has a hobby. He is collecting old coins. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Universalist Church, a member of the Iowa State Bar Association, Iowa Historical Society, Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, also belongs to the York Rite bodies, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is past exalted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks. He is a member of the Sojourners Club of Washington and was twice president of the Cedar Rapids Commercial Club. While with the organization he was chairman of the committee that started the movement, later became chairman of the election committee, for the bond issue to provide for the Memorial Building. The result is the million dollar building that is one of the finest war memorials in the country, serving a great utilitarian purpose as a community center of Cedar Rapids, being used as city hall, Chamber of Commerce quarters, armory for the National Guard, club rooms for the Grand Army of the Republic and Spanish War Veterans, and also as a civic auditorium. Colonel Robbins is president of the American Life Convention. He married, September 19, 1903, Miss Helen Larrabee of Clermont, Iowa, who died August 9, 1919. Her father, the late William Larrabee was the distinguished Iowan, educator, author, manufacturer, farmer and banker, member of the State Senate, and with a career culminating as the twelfth governor of Iowa. He was also the first president of the Iowa state board of control. Colonel Robbins has two daughters, Anna Marcella and Julia Larrabee, both at home, and one son, Lewis Frederic, a student in the State University of Iowa. 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/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

I received this and thought I'd post it here in case someone can help Suzanne. Perhaps someone is also doing research in Edgar and Vermillion Counties in Indiana, too? Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecome.net. I am researching my husbands' Whitehead family. I am currently tracing his "lost" g-g-uncle John T. (prob. Thomas) Whitehead. He was born in Blount Co., TN abt. 1855 and is believed to have moved to Indiana after 1875. I find him there married to an Annie Ike in 1882. One of their children was Howard Whitehead, b. 14,1885. I believe this to be the Howard Whitehead who married Lucinda as shown on your page: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/familypages/fam-rubyfamily.html Ida Jane RUBY married Walter NORTON Children of Ida Jane (RUBY) & Walter NORTON: 2) Lucinda NORTON married Howard WHITEHEAD Howard's W W I Draft Registration (dated Sept. 12, 1918) card lists a Lusinda Whitehead of Clinton, Ind. as his closest relative. This is presumably his wife. I would appreciate any info you might have on this connection in the Edgar Co., IL or Vermillion Co., IN area. Thanks, Suzanne Pitt Whitehead wisecatbrd@bellsouth.net

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 PHILIP F. ROAN, an Iowa attorney practicing law at Fort Madison, grew up in that town, was a salesman and business man until after the World war, in which he saw service overseas, and has made an excellent record in his profession. He was born at Marceline, Missouri, December 9, 1892, son of Peter F. and Mary (Fagan) Roan, both of whom were born in Iowa, his mother at Burlington. The parents live in Fort Madison. His father has spent all his active life as a railroad man, an engineer with the Santa Fe Company, and was living t Marceline on that road when his son Philip F. was born. The other children are: Leo, of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Cecilia Riley, of Marceline; Mrs. Rosana Freesmeier, of Detroit, Michigan; Miss Margaret, of Fort Madison; and Peter F. Jr., of Ontario. Philip F. Roan grew up at Fort Madison, and attended public schools there, graduating from high school in 1914. For two years he was a salesman for the M oon Motor Car Company at Saint Louis, and during 1916 was a timekeeper for the Sante Fe Railway Company. Mr. Roan in December, 1916, enlisted with an ambulance corps for service in the French army, had training at Fountainpieau, near Paris, and was in active service eight months, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. After being released from this service he returned to America and joined the Tank Corps, being trained at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with Company A of the Three Hundred Second Battalion, with the rank of sergeant. He again went overseas, was stationed at Langres, and for six months after the armistice was in Germany. After his honorable discharge in September, 1919, entered the Detroit College of Law, which he attended three years, getting his LL. B. degree in 1924. During the summer vacations he carried on his studies at the University of Michigan, and after graduating he spent a year in the University of Detroit, where he won his Master's degree in 1925. For one year he was connected with the legal department of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, and in 1927 returned to Fort Madison to engage in a general law practice, and has accumulated a very promising business in his profession. He is a member of the Sigma Nu Phi fraternity, the B. P. O. Elks, and was active on the school debating teams the three years he was in law college. He has served several years as chairman of the Lee County central Republican committee. Mr. Roan married, June 23, 1923, Miss Elinor Smith, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 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/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

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 WILLIAM LEROY ROACH. Many of the important facts of Muscatine's industrial and commercial history revolve around the name Roach. The Roach family has been in Muscatine since 1862. The founder of the family there was William Martin Roach, who was born in Canada, his father being a Canadian, of Irish descent, and hi smother of French parentage. William Martin Roach was born in Canada, learned the trade of tanner and furrier, and on moving to Muscatine, in 1862, engaged in the boot and shoe and wholesale leather business with Andrew Davidson, his father-in-law. Later he became connected with the hide and fur business, and was an active figure in Muscatine's commercial circles until his death in 1898, at the age of seventy-seven. William Martin Roach married Sarah Mary Davidson, whose father, Andrew Davidson, came to Iowa from Ohio. Her mother was Elizabeth (Meek) Davidson. William Martin Roach reared a family of six children, Elizabeth D., William LeRoy, Lillian M., Ada, Ellen V. and Grace E. William LeRoy Roach, of the second generation of the family at Muscatine, became conspicuous in the lumber industry, one of the men who made Muscatine of the leading centers of lumber manufacture in the Middle West. He was born at Muscatine, October 10, 1862, was educated in grade and high schools in his native city, and form an early age established his habits at thrift and industry by working on holidays and in vacations. When he was eighteen years old he was bookkeeper and clerk for the Davidson & Roach Boot & Shoe Store. After two and a half years he became bookkeeper for M. S. Ritchey, with whom he remained two years. Out of his earnings he saved $600 which he gave to his father, and then started to accumulate for himself, working steadily until he had an initial capital of $1000. It was in June, 1881, that he left Muscatine and became bookkeeper and clerk for the Muscatine Coal Company at What Cheer in Keokuk County, but the real opening of the doors of opportunity began in January, 1883, when he went to work for the Huttig Sash & Door Company at Kansas City. After he had accumulated $1000 he invested in stock in the Huttig Company. In 1885 he established the Roach & Wilker Manufacturing Company, manufacturing sash, doors and mill work, at Kansas City. Still later he concentrated his interests in teh Western Sash & Door Company. He was also a stockholder in and was made vice president of the Huttig Sash & Door Company of St. Louis. Selling out his interests in these two organizations, in June, 1888, he organized the Roach & River Manufacturing Company of Kansas City. Mr. Roach in June, 1889, returning to Muscatine, organized the Muscatine Sash & Door Company, and for several years shipped finished products all over the United States from the plants at Muscatine and Kansas City. Later he concentrated his interests in Muscatine, in the industry known as the Roach & Musser Sash & Door Company, of which he was president and general manager until his death on December 18, 1916. This business at that time was one of the largest of its kind in the United States and was instrumental in bringing a large share of substantial prosperity to the city. Mr. Roach also had large holdings in timber lands in different parts of the country. He is recalled as a man of not only superior business judgment but always generous in the spirit of helpfulness to his fellow men and public spirited wherever any cause for general benefit was concerned. He married, February 21, 1887, Miss Margaret E. McCarthy, of Kansas City, daughter of Michael McCarthy. She died in 1909, leaving four children: John William, James, Edward Andrew and Robert Leonard. 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/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)