J. H. Moorehead came to Ida County in June, 1856. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, September 21, 1808. He was a son of Thomas Moorehead who was of Scotch ancestry. He had been engaged in shipping flour down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. In 1854, Mr. Moorehead came to Iowa City, […]
Adams, L Bagley, A. E. Bremer, Henry Brown, James Brown, Mike Brownlee, R. Bryngleson, M. Bush, Frank Butt, A. E. Butt, R. Button, L. H. Capp, Geo. Christoffer, John Conover, C. B. Curtain, W. H. Daniels, S. B. Davis, Frank Davis, R. H. Dewell, M. F. Dickinson, James Dows, C. Foster, Wm. Fratic, Otto Fredendoll,
H.H. Moorehead, manager for the Green Bay Lumber Co., came to Ida County, Ia., in 1856. He engaged in the mercantile business in the spring of 1869, which business he continued until 1878. In 1880 he engaged as above.
Name Occupation Name Occupation Acker, W. E. Amen, J. J. Angle, Lee Anspach, Jacob Babcock, D. A. Baker, Dr. A. T. Baker, Samuel Barnes, G. F. Barnhart, C. Barofsky, Mat Bartholomew, N. S. Bassett, Thomas Bassett, W. H. Bassett. E. Baxter, J. R. Beach, E. A. Beager, C. F. Beardsley, Wm. Beck, A. Beckman, S.
Many experts recommend starting your research with the death records first. The death record is the most recent record, so it will more likely be available to you. Death records are kept in the state where your ancestor died, not where they were buried. However these records can provide a burial location. Death records are
Abbe, August Abbe, Emiel Abbe, Gustav Abbe, Theo. Abbe, William Aiken, J. H. Allman, Jacob Amstein, R Anderson, Henry Andresen, E. Bailey, Edward Barthel, Carl Barthel, Henry Bradshaw, J. S. Bielenberg, Jacob Bumann, Julius Burk, Ernest Burk, Fred Carr, Enos Cassens, Frank W. Cassens, John H. Cole, J. A. Dutler, Samuel Ehler, Julius Ehler, Ludwig
Abell, W. R. Abney, Alfred Abney, J. N. Barnhart, Cyrus Barnhart, Guy Bartley, Reuben Blackhall, William Brown, J. S. Brown, Cyrus Buck, Wilber Charles, George Christy, A. M. Cope, Albert Cram, W. E. Crane, Elijah Crane, J. H. Crane, Margaret Crane, Thomas Crawford, A. M. Crawford, James Y. Crawford, W. P. Cronstedt, Peter Crosbie, G.
Isaac Bunn, clerk of the courts, is a native of England; came to America in 1851 and located at Cleveland, O.; removed to Dubuque, Ia., in 1856; thence to Ida Grove in 1871, where he engaged in wagon making and blacksmithing. He was elected to his present office in 1874, and has been re-elected each
Ed. H. Barnes, stock dealer, was born in St. Albans, N.Y.; moved to Manchester, Ia., in 1855; was their engaged in business for twelve years. He went to Waterloo, where he engaged in the hotel business; then went to Yankton, Dakota He built the telegraph line from there to Fort Sully. In 1871 he came
He was County Commissioner of Ida County, Iowa, was born in Schuylkill Co., Pa., in 1845. He was the youngest child of Thomas and Margaret (Watters) Williams, natives of Cornwall, England. Richard was reared and educated in Jo Daviess Co., Illinois. In October 1864, he enlisted in Battery F, First Illinois Light Artillery, for one
Enoch Jones, a well-known citizen of Battle Creek, Iowa, was a resident of Ida County since 1883, and of Iowa, since 1852. He was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 6, 1825. He was reared and educated in Kentucky, and learned the trade of blacksmith. John Jones, his grandfather, married a native of Wales. He
Abbe, Theodore Abrecht, Charles Aldag, Henry Anderson, Anders Anderson, Alfred Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Charles Anderson, E. Anderson, Ed. Anderson, John Anderson, Lars Anderson, Magna Anderson, Oscar Andressen, Henry Baker, John Baker, Lester Barrett, C. E. Belstein, Gust Belstein, John Bendixen, Fred Bendixen, William Benson, Lars Bergin, Andrew Bergin, Charlie Bergman, Nels J. Bergman, O. A.
Philo O. VanWagner passed away on August 4, 1919 at Ida Grove, Iowa. His affliction was pronounced muscular paralysis. Philo was born on November 17, 1849 at Oxford, Michigan, and was in his 70th year. He attended school at the Oxford Academy. At the age of twelve, he moved with his parents to the country.
This collection consists of 412 brief biographical sketches and 3 short sketches of companies extracted from the History of Western Iowa. It contains sketches from Harrison, Ida, Manona, and Woodbury Counties in Iowa. The sketches are sorted alphabetically by first name.
He was a farmer residing near Holstein, Iowa, in Battle Township in Ida County, 1883. He was a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, born December 21, 1835. His limited education was received in a log schoolhouse, built with puncheon floor and slab seats. He came to Ida County in 1883. He married Agnes Miller of
L.T. Burd, attorney at law, was born in Pa.; moved to Ill. when quite young. He read law in the office of the Hon. J.W. Mcdill; came to Ida Grove in Jan., 1882, and opened an office. Buxton & Clark, real estate, loan and insurance agents. The firm is composed of Will. B. Buxton and
A.T. Baker, M.D., was born in Jackson County, Ia., in 1847. He began the study of medicine at an early age, graduated from the Iowa State University in the class of ’76. The same year he located at Webster City, where he soon built up a large and lucrative practice. He moved to Ida Grove
Arnold, George H. Arnold, Grant Arnold, Hugh Arnold, Mary Arnold, Rule Becker, Charlie Becker, Elizabeth Becker, Ernest Becker, Hugo Becker, Nora Becker, Oscar Bishop, T. A. Bossard, Arthur Bossard, Catherine Bossard, Ella Bossard, Fannie Bossard, Giford Bossard, Liander Breitspracher, Albert Breitspracher, Augusta Breitspracher, Carl Breitspracher, Martha Breitspracher, Theresa Bullock, Alice Bullock, Edwin Bullock, Leslie Bullock,
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
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.
