Source Information

Ancestry.com. Cherokee County, Iowa Biographical History, 1889 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa. Chicago, IL, USA: W.S. Dunbar, 1889.

About Cherokee County, Iowa Biographical History, 1889

This database contains a portrait and biographical record of the prominent and representative citizens of Cherokee County, Iowa, along with biographical sketches and portraits of all the governors of the state of Iowa and presidents of the United States to 1889 (the date of publishing). It also contains a concise history of Cherokee County and its cities and townships. This database would be of great worth to researchers with ancestors from this area in Iowa. Although this biographical record of prominent citizens may not include your ancestors (because it only includes the more prominent citizens of the area), much can be learned by reading about the lives of others who lived during the time of your ancestors.