None of these are my surnames; however, if anyone has anyone that migrated to Iowa, to Clinton County [big 'first stop' in 1850's], then here is a website that now lists some biographies of individuals - I chose just a few to put on this e-mail. The cemetery listing is growing as well, so you may be able to find some ancestor's names here. Hope this is able to help someone. Jan [Researching MCCLUSKY, FARRELL, RIPPLE in Mercer & Lawrence Co., PA, and Mahoning & Trumbull Co., OH] http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclinto/bios/bios.htm The History of Clinton County, Iowa by Lucius P. Allen published in 1879 and re-published in 1979 by the Central Community Historical Society with the addition of an every-name index Bloomsfield Twp J. B. McLAUGHLIN, M. D., Delmar; a native of Greenville Mercer Co., Penn.; was born in 1827 ; he attended the common schools until he was 17 years of age, when he entered the Greenville Academy; after completing a course study here, he went to Kinsman Academy, Kinsman, Trumbull Co., Ohio; he graduated in medicine in 1860, from the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio; he practiced in Millerstown, Penn., and in Henry and Bureau Cos., Ill., for several years; came to Delmar, Clinton Co., in February, 1877, where he has successfully practiced since. He married his first wife, Miss Harriet McMillan, at Harnisville, Penn., her native place, in 1851 ; she died in this county; they had fourteen children, ten of whom are living; his present wife was Miss Elizabeth Marsh, of Delmar ; they were married Sept. 13,1878. He is a member of the M. E. Church; Republican. JOSEPH BRADY, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Elwood;. Mr. Brady was born in Lawrence Co., Penn., Aug. 14, 1808; he removed, with his parents, John and Elizabeth Brady, to Jones Co., Iowa, in 1854; he enlisted in Co. C., 14th I. V. I; served until the fall of 1863, when he was transferred to Co. M., 7th I. V. C., and served until February, 1866, when he was honorably discharged, and came to Clinton Co. immediately afterward. In June, 1867, he married Miss Caroline, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Gearhart, who came from Pennsylvania to Jackson Co., at an early day; moved thence to Cass Co., where they now reside. Mr. Brady's children are Ida E., Jennie A. and Robert. Mr. B. is a Republican; owns 200 acres of land. B. CLARK, farmer; P. O. Elwood; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., 1799. Married, in the same county, Miss S. Hitchcock ; they removed to Rhode Island in 1832; thence to Ohio, where they remained until the year 1852, when they emigrated to Clinton Co. and settled in Brookfield Township; she died May 6,1877 ; they had five children-Samuel H. (hardware merchant at Elwood), F. H. Clark (who served in the 46th I. V. I.), Lorinda R. (now Mrs. William A. Stanzel), Mary J. (now Mrs. O. P. Dunkin), and S. C. (now the wife of G. H. Wade, Brookfield Township). GEORGE B. CLARK, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Elwood; a native of Mercer Co., Penn; born in 1819. Married Miss Gertie Elwood in 1844; she was also a native of Mercer Co.; born in 1824. They emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1851, and entered land in Fairfield Township; remained until 1867, when they moved to this township; they have five children-Thomas J. (married Lydia Burgin), John A. (married Eliza I. Johnson), Ettie G. (married R. W. Crane, of Jackson Co., Iowa), George W. and Ruth. Mr. Clark has been a member of the Republican party ever since attaining his majority; has held various local offices. Owns sixty-eight acres of land, a portion of which is underlaid with building-stone of an excellent quality; has twenty acres of fine timber, containing a spring of living water, making it one of the most desirable farms in Clinton Co. S. H. CLARK, proprietor of hardware store, Elwood; was born in Massachusetts, A. D. 1827; while a child, his parents moved to New York; thence to Delaware Co., in 1832, where he married Miss Mary Jacobs; in 1852, they came to Iowa and settled in this county. Mr. Clark keeps a first-class store, and is noted for the substantial work he turns out from the tinware department; his business has always been marked by a spirit of fair-dealing and a liberal policy throughout. F. H. CLARK, farmer, P. O. Elwood; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio Nov. 1,1849; in 1853, removed with his parents (B. Clark and Mrs. S. Clark, nee Hitchcock), to Iowa and settled in Brookfield Township, this county. He has been twice married; first wife was Miss Mary Newkirk, who was born near Cincinnati, Ohio; she died Dec. 23, 1873; he married present wife (Miss Lettie A. Thornton) in Cedar Co., Iowa; she was horn in Pennsylvania; there were three children by first marriage; two are living-Ida and George B.; one child by second marriage-Abigail. Mr. Clark was Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk and Trustee several years; he has also held various school offices members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark has always acted with the Republican party; in the summer of 1864, he enlisted in Co. K, 46th Iowa V. I.; was honorably discharged with his regiment. Owns a finely-improved farm of eighty acres. W. A. CLARK, of the firm of Beard & Clark, proprietors of creamery and grain and stock, dealers, Elwood; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1853; in 1867, he went to Stephenson Co., Ill., where he attended school until 1872, when he came to Clinton Co. Oct. 28, 1874, he married, in this county, Miss Emma J. Beard; they have two children-Elizabeth J. and Mary Irene. Mr. Clark and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he acts with the Republican party.