History Of Wapello County, Iowa and Representative Citizens

edited and compiled by Capt. S. B. Evans copyright 1901

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Parts of Book

  • Title Page of Book
  • Coal Palace
  • Brief Sketch of Early Iowa (Chapter One)
  • Aboriginal Inhabitants (Chap. Two)(Note:several images)
  • Indian Census (Names of family leaders) (Note:Pages have whited out sections to minimize file size.)
  • South Ottumwa in Early Days (Chap. 4)
  • Occupying the Land (Chap. 5)
  • How The Pioneers Lived (Chap. 6)
  • County Organization (Chap. 7)
  • County Seat Located (Chap. 8)
  • Ottumwa and Its Institutions (Chap. 9)
  • Ottumwa and Its Municipal Officers (Chap. 10)

    • Biographies

  • Abegg, Walter, b. 10Feb1868
  • Abernathy, James M., b. 1852
  • Abernathy, M. H., b. 1850
  • Abraham, Nils, b. 1836
  • Acton, James J., b. 1848
  • Ainley, Joseph, b. 1833
  • Allen, C. R., b. 1850
  • Allen, Elmer G., b. 1Jan1865
  • Anderson, John P., b. 1844
  • Applegren, Gus, b. 1847
  • Areingdale, Arthur, b. 1876
  • Armstrong, Thomas K., b. 1838
  • Armstrong, William B., b. 10Aug1830
  • Arnold, George W., b. 1845
  • Arrison, Newton L., b. 1853
  • Atwell, Sarah W., b. 27Aug1836
  • Bailey, Guy Lorenzo, b. 1870
  • Baker, Hiram T., b. 24Nov1841
  • Baker, James Roy, b. 3Dec1868
  • Baker, L. J., b. May1850
  • Baker, Lorenzo D., b. 1March1845
  • Bannister, M.
  • Bannister, Dwight, b. 3Feb1833
  • Bare, J. V., b. 1825
  • Barnes, Stephen, b. 5May1854
  • Beach, John, b. 22Feb1812
  • Beagle, John F., b. 18Feb1842
  • Beck, W. R., b. 1866
  • Bell, Adam W., b. 1831
  • Bennett, Charles Peter, b. 1848
  • Betterton, Edwin, b. 3Jan1840
  • Bizer, J. F., b. Oct1856
  • Bolibaugh, Milan, b. 7Feb1853
  • Box, J. C., b. 1853
  • Bonnifield, W. B., b. 23Feb1827
  • Bosworth, Charles A., b. 1Aug1870
  • Boude, Charles E.
  • Bowman, Jesse B., b. 17Sep1863
  • Bremhorst, Otto, b. 11March1846
  • Brown, Benjamin P., b. 30Oct1840
  • Brown, Charles P., b. 30Oct1840
  • Brown, Hugh, b. 25Jan1818
  • Brown, W. A. C., b. November1853
  • Brown, W. A., b. 17June1849
  • Buchanan, A. W., b. 1848
  • Buchanan, Wesley A., b. 6Jan1862
  • Bullock, F. J., b. 1856
  • Burbage, James, b. 1816
  • Burton, George R., b. 9Dec1850
  • Burton, Samuel H., b. 29Jan1841
  • Caldwell, Paris, b. 13March1818
  • Campbell, James A., b. 4July1865
  • Carman, Joseph B., b. 5March1845
  • Carpenter, Luther M., b. 1834
  • Carr, Alfred, b. 1859
  • Carr, Mary A., b. 1823
  • Carr, Samuel B., b. 1834
  • Chisman, Benjamin F., b. 1Oct1834
  • Cline, Frank Norman, b. 26Feb1882
  • Cloyd, Caleb
  • Cloyd, Wealthy, b. 1839
  • Cohagan, S. L.
  • Cole, Edmonia M., b. 1849
  • Coleman, Alexander, b. 1833
  • Cornell, Seneca, b. 12March1858
  • Cottom, Albert, b. 25Feb1846
  • Creamer, Rebecca, b. 1842
  • Creath, George W., b. 1838
  • Crisman, L. T., b. 28June1866
  • Cullen, Sadie C.
  • Cummings, W. W., b. 1860
  • Daggett, Wallace R., b. 1863
  • Daggett, William, b. 12March1830
  • Dailey, John H., b. 3Nov1856
  • Daniels, John, b. 10March1876
  • Daniels, Susan E., b. 1835
  • Davis, Eliza H., b. 27Nov1826
  • Davis, Gilbert Judson, b. 23Aug1895
  • Davis, Morris L., b. 14July1845
  • Davis, William Z.
  • Davis, William, b. 3May1826
  • De Long, W. W.
  • Dean, Enoch L., b. 1849
  • Decker, Adam, b. 1844
  • Dennis, John B., b. 1853
  • Denny, William, b. 1859
  • Devin, Thomas, b. 17June1792
  • Dible, John, b. 1860
  • Dickins, George W., b. 18Sep1843
  • Dickins, Scott M., b. 1Aug1876
  • Dimmitt, Beniah, b. 1864
  • Dimmitt, Lincoln, b. 1860
  • Dimmitt, Samuel, b. 25Oct1866
  • Dimmitt, William H., b. 1851
  • Dixson, Harman G., b. 30Dec1849
  • Donellan, W. J., b. 12Aug1861
  • Dowell, J. H., b. 1821
  • Dudgeon, Lafayette, b. 1857
  • Dudgeon, Simon B., b. 29July1842
  • Dysart, J. K.
  • Earhart, George, b. 15Dec1853
  • Eastburn, B. M., b. 20Aug1848
  • Eaton, Daniel, b. 2May1831
  • Edwards, John, b. 14Dec1842
  • Elder, James M., b. 30June1845
  • Emery, D. H., b. 1837
  • Enoch, A. W.
  • Erskine, A. J., b. 25March1863
  • Evans, David Thomas, b. 1861
  • Evans, S. B., b. 31July1837
  • Fais, Garvais, b. 5March1831
  • Fecht, Emil, b. 1853
  • Ferree, J. D., b. 1838
  • Fetzer, W. H., b. 24Dec1863
  • Fink, Fred J., b. 1861
  • Fish, John M., b. 24May1815
  • Flint, Isaac T., b. 18April1839
  • Ford, C. E., b. 19Nov1850
  • Foster, Thomas D., b. 1847
  • Francis, Peter, b. 30march1828
  • Friend, George W., b. 1870
  • Fritz, Henry
  • Fullen, Charles D., b. 8July1860
  • Gardner, A. J., b. 21Feb1850
  • Gardner, Joseph
  • Garner, J. W., b. 1846
  • George, Minerva
  • Gibbons, Thomas E., b. 1856
  • Gift, William, b. 9April1828
  • Godley, Leonidas M., b. 1836
  • Goff, George W., b. 1846
  • Gosney, Lafayette S., b. 1Dec1841
  • Goudy, George T., b. 1864
  • Graves, Mary Ann
  • Gray, James D., b. 6Nov1860
  • Green, James R., b. 1855
  • Green, W. H., b. 1855
  • Guggerty, Lawrence, b. 1860
  • Hackworth, James T., b. Jan1839
  • Hale, Shelton, b. 15April1832
  • Hall, Walter T., b. 1857
  • Hamersley, Thomas Jefferson, b. 12Jan1847
  • Hamilton, Augustus H., b. 19Jan1827
  • Hammond, T. H., b. 1865
  • Hanawalt, John
  • Hanna, Joseph G., b. 1833
  • Hanshaw, Smith M., b. 1833
  • Hardsocg, Martin
  • Harper, S. H., b. 23April1843
  • Harper, W. T., b. 1868
  • Harrow, Albert G., b. 1852
  • Harsch, Emanuel Gotlieb, b. 28Dec1861
  • Harshman, Eli, b. 20April1845
  • Hatch, George W., b. 1820
  • Haw, Christopher, b. 1848
  • Haw, George, b. 8Oct1836
  • Heindel, George F., b. 1869
  • Helfer, J. W., b. 1858
  • Helman, J. B., b. 1838
  • Henry, Clyde A., b. 9Aug1873
  • Herman, Michael G., b. 2Aug1859
  • Hicks, Andrew J., b. 7Oct1865
  • Hill, Joseph Franklin, b. 1838
  • Hills, Levi, b. 22July1838
  • Hirst, William, b. 1819
  • Holzhauser, Adolph W., b. 25March1849
  • Howell, Charles A., b. 8Nov1854
  • Hull, John E., b. 9June1864
  • Humbert, H. C., b. 22April1827
  • Hunt, W. E., b. 5Oct1861
  • Hutchison, Martin B., b. 1861
  • Hutchison, Joseph G., b. 11Sep1840
  • Israel, Hiram J., b. 4Oct1849
  • Israel, Moses C., b. 20Nov1820
  • Israel, Robert T., b. 19Feb1856
  • Ives, Homer D., b. 1814
  • Janney, G. Campbell
  • Jaques, W. H. C., b. 29Oct1841
  • Jewett, Joseph, b. 1Nov1824
  • Johnson, Albert Wright, b. 10Dec1854
  • Johnson, Arnold E., b. 27Aug1862
  • Johnson, Elijah, b. 1838
  • Johnson, Joseph
  • Johnston, Allen, b. 1848
  • Kerfoot, J. F., b. 1870
  • King, W. L., b. 20April1861
  • Kitterman, Samuel
  • Kitterman, George W., b. 5Nov1843
  • Knight, Z. T., b. 18March1847
  • Knox, Edgar M., b. 1866
  • Knox, James F., b. 19Oct1856
  • Kriegh, John S., b. 11Jan1854
  • Krueger, Carl F., b. 15Aug1869
  • Langford, Joseph Earl, b. 10Feb1826
  • Lanz, William J., b. 12May1856
  • Lee, Alfred W., b. 8July1858
  • Leighton, Alvin C., b. 1839
  • Leighton, Henry, b. 1873
  • Lewis, William, b. 15May1810
  • Lindsay, Elizabeth Janett, b. 12Jan1855
  • Long, Albert, b. 2Nov1851
  • Lore, Levi, b. 1857
  • Lyons, Eliza B., b. 1847
  • MacMillan, John, b. 1853
  • Macoy, Hartwell Norris, b. 7Nov1824
  • Mader, A. J., b. 1840
  • Manchester, Julian C., b. 1844
  • Mann, Mark, b. 6Nov1827
  • Manning, Calvin, b. 7June1851
  • McCarroll, J. B.
  • McCarroll, C. T., b. 1851
  • McCollough, Samuel, b. 7Dec1831
  • McCormick, J. E., b. 2Jan1870
  • McCoy, John W., b. 1843
  • McDowell, J. H., b. 1821
  • McElroy, Ebenezer Erskine, b. 10Feb1849
  • McElroy, John M., b. 6April1857
  • McElroy, John M., b. 21Jan1830
  • McIntire, Frank
  • McIntire, William A., b. 11April1849
  • McShane, James, b. 30Oct1852
  • Melcher, A. W., b. 2Dec1842
  • Metzger, Frederick
  • Miller, W. H., b. 1Dec1837
  • Mitchell, J. C., b. 1849
  • Montagne, Henry
  • Moore, Emanuel W., b. 31Aug1826
  • Morey, Daniel F., b. 1851
  • Morrell, John H., b. March1864
  • Mowrey, J. B., b. 1841
  • Murray, John, b. 1810
  • Murray, John, b. 1839
  • Myers, Claude M., b. 1865
  • Myers, Samuel J., b. 2April1840
  • Neil, William J., b. 14June1853
  • Nelson, William R., b. 7May1858
  • Newell, David, b. 24June1842
  • Newell, Thomas J., b. 1830
  • Nosler, James
  • Nye, George L., b. 1845
  • O'Brien, Moses, b. 15Aug1826
  • O'Bryant, John, b. 4Sep1819
  • Ockert, Lee A., b. 1867
  • Ogden, Benjamin F., b. 1811
  • Ostdiek, H. B., b. 15Mar1855
  • Palmer, Charles C., b. 1845
  • Parker, J. A., b. 1811
  • Parks, John, b. 1832
  • Parr, James E., b. 1857
  • Peck, H. E., b. 7Oct1832
  • Pelham, William S., b. 1838
  • Phelps, Anselum B., b. 27Aug1839
  • Phillips, J. S. , b. 21Sep1822
  • Phillips, Henry, b. 1841
  • Phillips, Thomas J., b. 1841
  • Picken, James E., b. 1847
  • Porter, Robert, b. 1834
  • Powelson, Leander, b. 1838
  • Proctor, Joseph, b. 1848
  • Prosser, Christopher H., b. 15May1845
  • Pumroy, Emma J., b. 22July1855
  • Pumroy, Levi
  • Randel, E. L., b. 1836
  • Ream, Jacob, b. 20June1835
  • Reece, William M., b. 25Nov1856
  • Reeve, William, b. 1836
  • Renfew, John, b. 1819
  • Reno, Norman, b. 1836
  • Riggs, A. W., b. 6June1826
  • Riggs, Isaac S., b. 1854
  • Robertson, James F., b. 24July1856
  • Robertson, George D., b. 11Jan1854
  • Roemer, G. A.
  • Ruffing, Joseph, b. 15Jan1855
  • Ryerson, George, b. 1858
  • Sackett, Daniel M., b. 31Aug1851
  • Sauer, George, b. 1Oct1858
  • Sautbine, David, b. 1820
  • Sawyers, S. H., b. 16April1861
  • Schlagater, Dominick, b. 19March1821
  • Schmidt, Bernard, b. 27May1844
  • Schmidt, Garry, b. 2March1870
  • Schmidt, Henry, b. 15Sep1874
  • Schmidt, John B., b. 26Jan1872
  • Schwartz, John, b. 1845
  • Schwartz, Michael, b. 1857
  • Scott, John W., b. 16Aug1848
  • Sharp, Charles M. D.
  • Shawver, Samuel A.
  • Shumaker, William, b. 1827
  • Simmons, Francis W., b. 1854
  • Simmons, John T., b. 11Jan1829
  • Skinner, Frank, b. 11April1869
  • Smith, Charles L., b. 1874
  • Snow, Heman, b. 1813
  • Spangler, Lewis, b. 1853
  • Spilman, James H. R., b. 1855
  • Spragne, Caroline, b. 1834
  • Springer, Charles V.
  • Steck, A. C., b. 12Sep1852
  • Stevens, A. V., b. 1815
  • Stevens, Frank, b. 6Sep1840
  • Stevens, James F.
  • Stevens, Leo E., b. 11June1872
  • Stewart, Edwin P., b. 1853
  • Stodghill, Thomas, b. 21Aug1863
  • Streicher, Xaver, b. 17Nov1832
  • Strickland, Marshal Washington, b. 22June1836
  • Stuber, Charles H., b. 3Dec1855
  • Styre, S. S., b. 1876
  • Theunisson, John, b. 1835
  • Thomas, Benjamin F., b. 1839
  • Thomas, Mahlon
  • Thornburg, Thomas M., b. 17Nov1850
  • Thornton, Claude W., b. 1867
  • Timonds, James, b. 1827
  • Tinsley, A. V., b. 1829
  • Traul, Thomas, b. 1833
  • Trisler, John, b. 1843
  • Trout, H. L., b. 1850
  • Udell, C. N., b. 1817
  • Ulmer, Morris, b. 1825
  • Vance, Frederick Elmer, b. 6July1862
  • Vance, W. W., b. 1859
  • Vanfossan, W. P., b. 21March1842
  • Vass, John C., b. March1849
  • Von Schrader, Frank, b. 1860
  • Walsh, Charles A., b. 14Oct1859
  • Ward, Patrick, b. 10March1863
  • Warner, Sylvester, b. 21Nov1817
  • Warren, Albert, b. 21May1859
  • Warren, Washington J., b. 1828
  • Waterman, H. L., b. 19Nov1840
  • Waugaman, William A., b. 26Jan1854
  • Webber, L. A., b. 8Sep1860
  • Wellman, J. S.
  • Wellman, John Franklin, b. 8April1865
  • Wellman, Pherryba, b.
  • Wertz, H. J., b. 1860
  • Whitcomb, Frank, b. 13Oct1855
  • White, John M., b. 8Jan1854
  • Whitmore, Catherine, b. 1820
  • Williams, A. O., b. 1850
  • Williams, Richard M., b. 1April1850
  • Williams, T. H., b. 1840
  • Williams, W. E., b. 1844
  • Wilson, George Allen, b. 9April1856
  • Wilson, Ira, b. 1833
  • Wilson, J. B.
  • Wilson, John M., b. 1823
  • Wilson, Prier S., b. 22July1838
  • Withall, George, b. 11March1838
  • Wood, John Stuart
  • Work, William Alexander, b. 25Dec1844
  • Wycoff, J. C., b. 11Jan1859
  • Wycoff, William B., b. 6May1841
  • Wyman, Willie Cutter
  • Young, Abraham, b. 1Jan1841

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