William Crane was born on the Isle of Man, May 16, 1841. His father, William Crane, was a soldier in the British army for 3 to 4 years, and died of cholera while in the Indias at the age of 33. His mother, Catherine (nee Faragher), was born on the Isle of Man. His brother […]
Frank Ferris Correll was born at Chenoa, Illinois on February 27, 1859. They lived in North Dakota and taught school in Mandan, North Dakota. When they came to Iowa, they came by train to Alta, Iowa. They were met by a bobsled with a pig in the back to keep their feet warm. They were
Henry and Eliza Jane (Anspach) Ferguson moved to Silver Creek Township in 1874. They purchased their land several years before the railroad was built through this area and trains went through in October 1877. They bought railroad lands for $6 per acre. There were no doctors or banks in Ida County then. Before the railroad
Matt. M. Gray, attorney at law, was born in Hancock county, Ill., in 1850; moved to Mo. and engaged in the practice of the law. In 1872 he came to Ida Grove; opened the first law office in the town, and in 1873 was elected county auditor, which office he held until 1876; then was
H. F. Gilbert resided on a farm of 160 acres in Section 3 of Maple Township, Ida County, Iowa. He settled on the land in Maple Township in 1888. His father had purchased the land in 1883. He was born in Herkimer County, New York, September 26, 1856, son of S. L. and Eveline (Seaman)
Name Section of Land Auchstetter, Jacob 35 Auchstetter, Wm. 14 Backhaus, Henry 25 Baxter, R. B. 35 Behn, Peter Jr. 31 Bresnahan, E.A. Mrs. 13 Burgert, Frank 13 Campbell, Jed H. 20 Carstensen, John D. 35 Christensen, L. W. 11 Clark, A. B. 7 Clemens & Isakson 6 Cobb, Ella 14 Coil, A. W. 4,
W.E. Churchill, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, was born in N.Y.; came to Clarence, Ia., in 1862, and was employed as salesman in a hardware store until 1871, when he engaged in business for himself. He moved to Battle Creek in 1878, and engaged in business as above.
He was an attorney-at-law in Ida Grove, Iowa, and was a resident of Ida County since 1879. He was born in Keyesville, Clinton County, New York, August 15, 1839, and reared in Canada East until 14 years of age. In July 1861, being in the state for a visit, he enlisted in Co. C., 10th
Name Section of Land Anderson, Edward 7 Babcock, E. & A. M. 1 Baird, J. P. 22 Baxter, James 20 Baxter, John 29 Baxter, Marg’t. 29 Baxter, Stuart 29 Behn, Peter 30 Behn, Peter Jr. 3, 9, 11, 16, 34 Behn & Etler 5, 8 Bertelsen, Jens 6, 7 Brueck, Carrie M. 36 Burrow, Chas.
Adams, James A. Andersen, Andrew Andersen, John Baker, John B. Baumann, Julius Baumann, Rudolph C. Banse, Chas. Bastets, Rudolph Bingham, D. K. Black, O. H. Booth, Mrs. J. H. Booth, Marion Bower, John Bowman, E. G. Bradshaw, J. V. Bradshaw, W. H. Bradshaw, L. Breston, Frank Brown, Mathias Brown, W. L. Brueck, Henry Brueck, Chas.
E.C. Heilman, of the firm of Heilman & Moorehead, physicians and surgeons, was born in Scott County, Iowa. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College in the class of ’77. G.C. Moorehead is a graduate of the Iowa State University, class of ’79.
L.D. Ingman, of the firm of Dean & Ingman, dealers in dry goods, clothing and carpets, was born in Ohio; came to Cedar County, Iowa in 1859. He enlisted in 1861 in the 5th Ia. Infantry was discharged in 1864, and returned to Cedar county, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He came to
Name Section of Land Aldag, Henry 32 Anderson, Anders 15, 22 Anderson, Emil 15 Anderson, Erick 23 Anderson, Charles 13 Anderson, Martha 13 Anderson, Oscar 11, 12, 14 Anderson, Reuben 14 Anderson, Tilda 35 Baker, John 24 Baker, John A. Sr. 13 Barrett, J. R. 16, 17 Belstein, Gust 1 Bendixen, Wm. 32 Bergin, Charles
He is a citizen of Battle Creek, Ia., Ida County, and an ex-soldier of the Civil War. He was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio on September 22, 1837. He was raised on a farm in the Territory of Iowa, Linn County. He had his school lessons in a primitive log schoolhouse of Iowa. In 1862,
Jasper McArthur, farmer, was born in Linn county, Ia., in April, 1857; came to Crawford county in March, 1878, where he engaged in farming on 145 acres, section 1. His post office in Battle Creek. On Jan. 1st, 1879, he was married to Ella Page, of Linn County. They have one child.
G.W. McIntosh, furniture dealer, is a native of Wis.; came to Ia. in 1869, and engaged as carpenter and builder. He moved to Red Oak in 1873, and to Battle Creek in 1877. In 1881 he engaged in his present business.
He located at Ida Grove, Iowa, August 20, 1877. He was born in Cedar County, Iowa, July 18, 1856, son of Samuel and Mary (Ranck) Heilman. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. He was reared in Iowa, received his literary education at Cornell College and took his medical course at the
Anderson, James Anderson, Mary Anspach, Jacob Anspach, Levi Anspach, Milton Armstrong, William Austin, George Barley, James J. Baxter, Robert Bennett, E. A. Bleakley, Chris Bray, August Bresnahan, Daniel Buck, Charles Buck, John Buck, Wm. Burrows, James Carter, J. Carter, John Clapsaddle, George Clouse, Collins, J. Condit, R. B. Cooper, J. B. Corey, Matt Corey, Pa.
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Charles Hansen was born on March 25, 1856 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He came to the United States in 1873 at the age of 17. He married Anna Margret Jepsen on September 18, 1882 at Dixon, Illinois. Anna has come to America in 1881. She was born on June 3, 1861 at Assens, Fyen, Denmark. A
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