Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with accompanying
Biographies of each; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; and Engravings
of Prominent Citizens of Pottawattamie County, with
Personal Histories of many of the Early
Settlers and Leading Families.
"Biography is the only true history." - Emerson.
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1891
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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. George Washington 9 Millard Fillmore 72 John Adams 14 Franklin Pierce 76 Thomas Jefferson 20 James Buchanan 80 James Madison 26 Abraham Lincoln 84 James Monroe 32 Andrew Johnson 93 John Quincy Adams 38 Ulysses S. Grant 96 Andrew Jackson 47 Rutherford B. Hayes 102 Martin Van Buren 52 James A. Garfield 109 William Henry Harrison 56 Chester A. Arthur 118 John Tyler 60 Grover Cleveland 117 James K. Polk 64 Benjamin Harrison 120 Zachary Taylor 68
HISTORY OF IOWA.
Aboriginal 123 State Institutions 151 Caucasian 124 Educational 154 Pioneer Life 133 Statistical 157 Louisiana Territory 137 Physical Features 158 Iowa Territory 139 Geology 158 State Organization and Subse- Climate 163 quent History 141 Census of Iowa 164 Patriotism 145 Territorial officers 161 Iowa Since the War 151 State Officers 165
GOVERNORS OF IOWA.
Robert Lucas 171 William M. Stone 199 John Chambers 173 Samuel Merrill 203 James Clarke 175 Cyrus C. Carpenter 207 Ansel Briggs 179 Joshua G. Newbold 211 Stephen Hempstead 183 John H Gear 215 James W. Grimes 187 Buren R. Sherman 219 Ralph P. Lowe 191 William Larrabee 223 Samuel J. Kirkwood 195 Horace Boies 225
HISTORY OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Abbott, E. J. 539 Allensworth, J. P. 246 Abel, Joseph 622 Alston, Joshua 669 Ackels, Paul 689 Altmannsperger, C. A. 632 Acker, W. C. 694 Anderson, Andrew 590 Agnew, S. G. 599 Avery A. E. 535 Aldridge, H. L. 267 Axtell, J. M. 364 Alexander, C. 376 Axtell, L. S. 317 Allee, F. M. 388 Aylesworth, E. E. 688 Allen, A. L. 540 Bair, I. F. 408 Book, John 466 Baldwin, Caleb 231 Boren, I. A. 417 Baldwin, J. N. 279 Boren, J. 508 Baldwin, J. T. 443 Boruff, D. W. 302 Ball, W. D. 679 Boruff, J. C. 598 Barnett, E. S. 442 Bosen, C. 403 Barstow, J. M. 583 Bosted, August 442 Barstow, Samuel 245 Boulden, J. P. 306 Barton, J. J. 633 Boulden, J. R. 332 Barton, Reuben 417 Bowman, Thomas . 335 Battin, Vincent 484 Braden, Peter 528 Beek, C. H. 258 Bradley, J. G. 479 Beezley, Paul 562 Bray, Theodore 650 Beezley, William 666 Breneman, N. E. 610 Bell & Berlinghof 485 Briggs, D. M. 509 Bellinger, F. P. & M. J. 486 Brown, A. L. 604 Bevan, S. I. 275 Brown, 0. H. 393 Beyer, Wm 567 Brown, Wm 348 Bisbee, A. C. 286 Brown, Wm. It 437 Bixby, B. F. 530 Bryant, T. G. 554 Blain, David 594 Bullis, Allen 599 Blakely, John 235 Bunker, W. W. 620 Blanchard, W. A. 451 Bunnell, J. A. 582 Bloom, J. C. 455 Burckhalter, D. A. 574 Bloomer, Amelia 242 Burckhalter, J. W. 352 Bloomer, D. C. 241 Burke, Finley 447 Boiler, Cyrus 335 Burke, F. A. 446 Boiler, James 259 Burke, J. P. 703 Bolton, C. H. 578 Burnett, G. V. 600 Bolton George 299 Bybee, Alfred 664 Bolton, J. 439 Cady, T. J. 371 Coe, D. A. 570 Campbell, Lyman 381 Cole, W. T. 651 Campbell, Rasmus 382 Coleman, Frank 504 Carley, E. B. 591 Coleman, W. J. 611 Carson, George 475 Collard, Frank 313 Carson, A. S. 710 Collins, N. S. 576 Carter, I. G. 692 Comer, S. R. 628 Casady, J. P. 431 Confarr, W. N. 544 Casady, T. E. 439 Conklin, J. F. 658 Cater, E. H. 334 Consigny, E. A. 623 Chambers, H. J. 458 Converse, Wm 500 Champ, G. H. 477 Cook, H. C. 652 Chaney, C. H. 595 Cool, John 344 Chaney, Wm. L. 481 Coons, J. M. 315 Charles, Wm. 345 Cooper, A. P. 433 Cheney, M. J. 300 Cooper, W. A. 541 Chicago Lumber Co 381 Copeland, T. N. 316 Citizens' Bank of Oakland 260 Council Bluffs Lumber Co 631 City Roller Mills 338 Craft, W. P. 505 Clark, D. B. 311 Crippen C. M. 379 Clark, F. C. 487 Croghan, J. M. 236 Clark, John 563 Cuppy, Wm. B. 635 Clark, J. H. E. 391 Currie, John, Jr 683 Clayton, B. F. 458 Currie, Robert 681 Dailey, D. B. 467 Dohany, John 328 Davis, Fred 651 Doner, H. A. 616 Davis, J. C. 386 Doner, Jacob 377 Davis, J. H. 691 Doner, I. E. 402 Dean, Warren 250 Dool, Thomas 580 Dean, W. L. 254 Dorton, J. M. 371 DeHart, F. A. 527 Dowty, Joseph 612 Dentler, B. B. 514 Dunkle, David 347 Devol, P. C. 327 Dunn, S. T. 581 Devol, David 327 Durham, W. E. 670 DeWitt, W. 309 Dye Bros. & Co 668 Dial, W. H. 655 Dye, G. S. 543 Dingman, J. B. 453 Earnest, Solomon 240 Evans, Joseph 682 Edie, Wm. S. 270 Evans, T. J. 471 Ellis, F. M. & Co 652 Everett, Horace 519 Ellis, M. P. 637 Everett, Leonard 615 Elswick, J. C. 374 Everson, J. W. 672 Evans, John 653 Exchange Bank 702 Fay, Wooster 253 Foxley, A. R. 492 Ferguson. M. W. 672 Frank. J. A. 361 Flint, John 518 Frazier, Alfred 662 Flood, Thomas 676 Freeman B. F. 260 Ford, Fred 276 Frisbie, M. B. 404 Forsyth, Mrs. S. 422 Frizzell, A. L. 266 Foster, C. P. 461 Frizzell, J. 0 562 Foster, J. B. 657 Fuller, A E. 534 Foster, S. H. 465 Gardner, I. N. 536 Graham. 0. W. 414 Garner, F. G. 322 Grass, F. 489 Garner, Win 238 Graybill, S. 481 Gault, J. D. 456 Graybill, G. H. 602 Gault, T. 0 280 Green, Charles 511 Gertz, H. P. 695 Green, John 686 Gittens, Henry 354 Green, Norman 382 Glynn, A. 400 Gregg, J. H. 280 Godfrey, C. 645 Gress, Bernhard 598 Gordon, 0. W. 429 Groneweg, Wm 449 Gorrell, J. V. 593 Grout, Alonzo 547 Goudie, M. C. 513 Guittar, Francis 565 Gould, J. H. . 644 Guittar, Theodore 564 Graff, W. H. 555 Gustin, Wm 288 Haines, David 399 Hendricks, I. F. 402 Hall, A. J. 521 Henry, J. H. 702 Hamilton, G. W. 568 Hetzel, F. G. 616 Hammer, Lewis 649 Hewitt, G. W. 415 Hanchett, A. P. 379 Hicks, G. W. 704 Hansen, Isaac 310 Hitchcock, F. G. 479 Harbert, B. F. 315 Hoffmayer, J. C. 338 Harcourt, B. 307 Holmes, G. A. 375 Hardenbergh, Otis 532 Hoogewoning, A. 436 Hardin, W. D. 455 Hooker J. D. 360 Harding, B. G. 659 Hoops, Isaac 602 Harding, John 680 Horner, Albert 592 Harl, C. M. 305 Hose Co. No. 3. 479 Harle, M. E. 568 Hotchkiss, 0. 0 628 Harris, A. 689 Hough, H. C. 613 Hartwell, T. J. 656 Hough, J. R. 521 Hatswell, L. A. 657 Hough, Morris 653 Hazleton, A. S. 308 Hough, Warren 390 Headlee, Joseph 365 Houghton, F. W. 687 Heagney, C. F. 291 Hughes, Martin 459 Heileman, Wm 385 Huff, A. M. 690 Hellman, Andrew 466 Hutchinson, A. A. 665 Hendricks, A. L. 707 Ingram, Robert 673 Irwin, H T. 392 Jack, H. B. 606 Johnson, F. T. C. 708 Jameson Bros 887 Jones, J. G. 325 Jameson, W. J. 507 Jones, L. G. 330 Jefferson, T. H. 235 Jones, 0. W. 349 Johns, T. J. 661 Jones, R. F. 359 Johannsen, J. B. 698 Jones, T. J. 440 Johnson, A. W. 329 Judd, C. B. 24 Kaven, August 611 Kimball, J. F. 416 Keast, Thomas 704 Kincaid, A. E. 566 Keller. A. H. 322 Klanehan, L. 474 Kenedy, Alex 549 Kirby, Joseph 515 Kerney, Lawrence 295 Kirkwood, Robert 478 Kerney, Perry 491 Keppinger, W. C. 496 Kiel Stables 651 Knepher, W. H. 630 Killion, I. C. 640 Knotts, Joseph 493 Killion, J. A. 496 Knotts, L. G. 494 Killpack, James 304 Kuhn, W. H. 685 Kimball, Caleb 368 Lacey, T. B. 434 Levin, F. R. 644 Lacy, Patrick 412 Lewis, F. M. 348 Lainson, A. T. 536 Lewis, Jackson 510 Lange, J. O. 474 Lewis, Nelson 252 Larson, C.A 389 Lewis, Wm 512 Lathan, Edmond 675 Lewis, Wm 681 Lebeck, A. 699 Livingston, James 579 Leland, H. C. 593 Lodge, O. F. 535 Leland, L. S. 594 London Bros 370 Leonard, Thomas 288 Long, Wm C. 239 Lerette, N. 511 Loudenback, J. A. 482 Leslie, F. N. 558 Lowe, H. G. 350 MacConnell, S. P. 381 McMullen, C. E. 234 MacKay, T. J. 522 McPherron, F. T. 428 Mackland, Elizabeth 282 McReynolds, L. 357 Macrae, Donald 271 Merriam, F. 237 Manhattan, The 492 Metcalf, F. W. 454 Martin, Andrew 330 Metcalf, George 453 Martin, I. L. 462 Mickelwait & Young 340 Martin, Martha 531 Mikesill, J.W. 630 Martin, W. J. 641 Miller, J. W. 400 Maxfield, Wm. H. 380 Miller, Robert 499 Maxwell, W. E. 595 Minahan, M. 373 Mayne, W. S. 285 Mitchell, A. I. 340 McDonald, J. H. 561 Montgomery, H. 308 McDonald, Wm 590 Montgomery, P. J. 372 McFall, S. T. 641 Morris, F. 274 McGee, H. G. 486 Morrison, S. 480 McGee, J. E. F. 407 Mulholland, J. P. 396 McGinnis, Joseph 540 Muller, Julius 428 McKenzie, K. 577 Murchison, J. K . 552 McKeown, Win 356 Murphy, J. A. 503 McMaster, D. B. 336 Murray, James 634 McMenomy, B. P. 247 Mynster, C. 0 319 McMillen, W. A. 483 Mynster, W. A. 687 Nellis, L. D. 393 Nordyke, Albert 324 Nicholas, A. B. 378 Nusum, J. W. 444 Nixon, Win 289 O'Brien, N. 492 Orr, William 675 Officer, Thomas 495 Osborn, G. H. 684 Olds, James 413 Osler, Alex 320 Olney, J. J. 243 Owens, F. M. 684 Packard, W. S. 557 Pierce, 0. W. 254 Painter, Lewis 490 Pilling, T. A. 450 Palmer, M. 695 Pinney, C. H. 272 Parish, E. 292 Plank, M. V. 575 Parker, D. K. 441 Pleak, D. S. 329 Parker, Henry 464 Plumb, George 246 Parker, Joseph 488 Plumer, H. F. 654 Passmore, S. B. 251 Plummer, A. 608 Pearce, A. W. 283 Plunket, W. F. 678 Peck. G. W. 660 Poland, G. W. 600 Perkins, A. B. 674 Potter, L. F. 260 Peters, Wm 290 Powell, Isaac 700 Peterson, E. W. 457 Pratt, C. F. 670 Peterson, H. H. 558 Prentice, A. R. 463 Peterson, M. P. 312 Price, C. S. 577 Phillips, John M. 346 Pusey, W. H. M. 481 Pieper, Henry 546 Putnam, A. D. 277 Quick, Wm 646 Quick, W. S. 677 Rainbow, James 596 Robbins, T. M. 313 Randall, A. A. 550 Robertson, J. C. 365 Rankin, S. L. 298 Robinson, C. S. 572 Read, S. R. 372 Robinson, James 323 Reed, J. I. 597 Rock, Wm. V. 517 Reed, J. R. 609 Rodenbough, J. J. 278 Reel, C. D. 301 Rodwell, John 281 Reichart, E. 662 Rohrer, M. F. 255 Reimer, Max 515 Rollins, J. Q. 248 Reynolds, C. 291 Roop, M. S. 342 Reynolds, Simon 341 Roosa, Isaiah 679 Reynolds, S. W. 526 Ross, L. W. 351 Rishton, Henry 362 Rush, J. W. 452 Riss, F. X. 275 Rust, S. S. 260 Ritter, Adam 451 Saint, James 643 Smith, W. I. 249 Sanderson, Charles 480 Snyder, C. W. 323 Sapp, W. F. 423 Snyder, Wesley 633 Sarr, H. M. 401 Spetman, F. W. 421 Schlicht, John 480 Spetman, H. H. 528 Schmoock, A. C. 362 Steele, Wm 521 Schultz, J. H . 263 Stephens, S. L. 664 Scott, G. W. 269 Stephenson, A. J. 445 Seward, L. D. 350 Stevenson, Henry 631 Seybert, F. T. 711 Stevenson, Wm 525 Sheldon, L. 470 St. Francis Xavier Church 247 Sherraden, C. H. 706 Stidham, Wm 647 Shinn, Frank 603 Stillings, Origan 553 Sidener, Win 658 Stoker, Margaret 385 Sides, John 614 Stone, Albert 354 Siedentopf, Win 567 Stone, C. E. 400 Sims, Jacob 262 Strong, S. C. 571 Sivers, J. H. 396 Straub, Christian 701 Smart, G. F. C. 560 Stuhr, J. H. C. 438 Smith, E. C. 263 Stuhr, J. P. 435 Smith, J. F. 605 Sullivan & Virtue 668 Smith, Peter 421 Sylvester, J. A. 420 Taylor, I. A. 502 Tilton, Preston 705 Taylor, W. H. 524 Timberman, Isaiah 607 Templeton, J. L. 649 Tinley, Emmet 392 Terry, H. A. 472 Tipton, J. G. 331 Thayer, John 483 Tittsworth, W. G. 584 Thomas, F. S. 369 Tompkin, Wm 667 Thomas, Zeph 640 Tostevin, Thomas 460 Thompson, Joseph 398 Treynor, I. M. 303 Throp, W. L. 673 Underwood, S. G. 619 Utterback, W. C. 384 Vallier, Alex 264 Van Brunt, H. H. 383 Van, S. F. 516 Vandruff, C. H. 614 Van, W. H. 488 Voorhis, Cornelius 711 Wadsworth, S. B. 287 Wicks, N. B. 479 Waldo, Mary A. 709 Wilding, David 639 Walker, R. F. 555 Williams, J. E. 300 Ware, Mrs. E. 397 Williams, N. W. 538 Ware, W. H. 367 Williams, W. S. 367 Waterman, E. T . 403 Wilson, H. M. 618 Way, W. J. 627 Wilson, James 505 Weak, A. L. 481 Winans, J. H. 601 Weaver, J. P. F. 343 Winchester, B. 542 Weeks, F. G. 387 Wind, P. H. 359 Wells, Lucius 551 Winterstein, Wm 497 Wells, Wm. S. 410 Wolf, J. A. 552 West, H. S. 416 Wood, Alex 539 Westcott, J. H. 411 Wood, E. A. 545 Western Lumber & Supply Co. 649 Woodbury, E. I. 406 Wheeler. Wm. J. 358 Wright, Fred 317 White, R. M. 548 Wright, George 314 Whitney, Wm 268 Wright, G. F. 295 Wickham, James 648 Wyland, J. M. 569 Wickham, 0. P. 642 Wyman, A. W. 621 Young, J. F., Jr. 651 Young, T. J. 340 Young, J. N. 697 Young, W. O. 529 Zahner, Jacob 271
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Baldwin, Caleb 231 Lodge, 0. F. 535 Baldwin, J. N. 279 Macrae, Donald 271 Barstow, J. M. 583 McGee, J. E. F. 407 Bloomer, Amelia 241 McMenomy, B. P. 247 Bloomer, D. C. 241 Murphy, J. A. 503 Bowman. Thomas 335 Mynstor, C. 0. and Mrs. M. 319 Burke, Finley 447 Officer, Thomas 495 Casady, J. P. 431 Pusey, W. H. M. 487 Casady, T. E. 439 Rohrer, M. F. 255 Clark, D. B. 311 Ross, L. W. 351 Clark, Eleanor 311 Sapp, W. F. 423 Clark, J. H. E. 391 Smith, E. C. 263 Devol, P. C. 3_7 Treynor, I. M. 303 Evans, T. J. 471 Van Brunt, H. H. 383 Everett, Horace 519 Wadsworth, S. B. 287 Everett, Leonard 615 Ware, W. H. 367 Grand Hotel 477 Weaver, J. P. F. 343 Haines, David 399 Wells, Lucius 551 Hewitt, George W. 415 Wind, P. H. 359 Holmes, G. A. 375 Wright, G. F. 295
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