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Pioneers of Marion County: Consisting of a General History of the County ...

 By William M. Donnel
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By William M. Donnel
Published 1872
Republican steam
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Marion County (Iowa)
346 pages
Original from the New York Public Library
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Contents

Section 1
1
HISTORY, EARLY
Section 2
11
whisky, Chief payments, dragoons
Section 3
17
Keokuk, Skunk river, Black Hawk
Section 4
25
hominy, corn, door shutter
Section 5
31
Knoxville, slough, canoe
Section 6
37
polecat, wheat, chaff
Section 7
42
settlers, claim law, sign these by-laws
Section 8
48
pretended claim, arbitration, unoccupied
Section 9
50
Mahaska county, Oskaloosa, Peter Parsons
Section 10
63
Mahaska, seat of justice, county of Marion
Section 11
66
Mahaska county, Indiana township, White Breast creek
Section 12
92
Edwin Baker, Thomas Pollock, Marion County
Section 13
96
Marion County, burglars, Pioneers of Marion
Section 14
100
Samuel Fowler, Iowa City, whig
Section 15
109
Ottumwa, Republican, Democratic party
Section 16
157
Scholte, Netherlands, Amsterdam
Section 17
166
Jasper county, John Jordan, Robert D
Section 18
176
Old Blank, grease, California
Section 19
186
Kish, Franklin county, Montgomery county
Section 20
195
Fort Des Moines, turnips, skillet
Section 21
212
Red Rock Township, Thomas Black, venison
Section 22
225
course the Squire, pork, find the heads
Section 23
230
Shoemake, Cannon party, Wilson brothers
Section 24
235
Township, Spurlock, Eed Eock
Section 25
239
Flouring Mills, Simp, Mikesell's creek
Section 26
243
Otley, James Price, David Ray
Section 27
252
Coalport, John Babcock, Warren D
Section 28
255
Van Buren county, Coalport, Lick Creek
Section 29
265
Knoxville township, Neur, Knoxville City
Section 30
272
Union township, Ross county, John Flanders
Section 31
278
James Rousseau, Liberty Township, Marysville
Section 32
289
Indiana, Allen Lowe, Bonebreak
Section 33
292
Keosauqua, mush, potatoes
Section 34
294
Attica, James Barker, Indiana
Section 35
301
wild cat, Walnut Creek, Bennington
Section 36
318
Pleasantville, Wapello county, Coal creek
Section 37
325
Allen Pearson, Gosport, Milling Expedition
Section 38
337
Jacob Smith, Dallas, Thomas Kirton
Section 39
340
Lucas county, Eddyville, Dallas

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Knoxville - Page 267
it to Knoxville and put up the first circular saw mill in what is now the south side of town. When the mill got into operation it proved to be quite a ...
more pages: 35 55 69 73 86 102 260 261 266 268
Iowa City - Page 89
The last named gentlemen were at Iowa City just previous to the time of election, laboring earnestly with the members of the senate to secure their ...
more pages: 69 103 104 276
Libertyville - Page 151
Warren was among the first ministers of the ME Church who preached in the county, and organized the first class west of Libertyville. ...
more pages: 149
Des Moines - Page 12
on a trail mo'st frequently traversed by the Indians, between Des Moines and Hard Fish, an Indian town located where Eddyville now is, and Agency. ...
more pages: 10 68 107 144 243
Knoxville, Iowa - Page 69
Some time after, when he kept the post office there, he thought the liability of mistaking Knoxville, Iowa, for some other place of the same name ...
Dallas - Page 325
It is bounded on the north by Knoxville, on the east by Indiana, on the south by Lucas county, and on the west by Dallas township. ...
more pages: 81 82 332
St. Louis - Page 19
Our informant thinks that the head may be at St. Louis to this day. But this is not so very probable, for when the Indians discovered this mutilation ...
more pages: 160 161 297
Burlington, Iowa - Page 274
Andrew Startz was a native of Pennsylvania, from whence he began to move westward in 1805, till he arrived at Burlington, Iowa, in 1839, ...
more pages: 245
Pittsburgh - Page 160
Their conveyances from thence as far as Pittsburgh, were canal boats and rail cars, and from Pittsburgh to St. Louis they came by steamers, ...
Baltimore - Page 160
Four sail vessels were chartered to carry them to Baltimore, and in the early part of April three of them sailed from Rotterdam, ...
Reynolds, IN - Page 244
.Reynolds, IN Crum, and Ira Kelsey, trustees; Abram B. Scott, clerk; Ira Kelsey, assessor; and A. Donnel and PP Harp, constables. ...
New York - Page 280
Horace Lyman was born in New York, from whence he was moved to Kentucky when quite young. From there he vrent to Ohio, and from Ohio, ...
more pages: 97 224
New Orleans - Page 224
On his way home he contracted the cholera at New Orleans, and died at Natchez. Mr. Chestnut was known as a worthy citizen, and for some time a class ...
more pages: 107
Fort Scott, Kansas - Page 76
we have been informed of the death of ,1 ridge Williams, near Fort Scott, Kansas, aged 69 years. t Owing to the want of suitable offices, ...
Salt Lake City - Page 8
in Italy, Constantinople, in Turkey, and Salt Lake City, in Utah. Marion county is bounded on the north by Jasper county, on the east by Mahaska, ...
Chicago - Page 149
Gillaspy still lives in Ottumwa, engaged in buying and selling cattle and hogs, and in packing pork in Chicago. In person he is a somewhat remarkable ...
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa - Page 265
After various removals he finally came to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1839, and from there to this county in October, 1844, and settled six miles ...
Sioux City - Page 131
"W. lives in Clay, James and Martin V. in Union township, John the oldest, near Sioux City, and Garret in Oregon. ...
Cincinnati - Page 301
It was suggested by some of the citizens that it should be called Cincinnati, but this name was not adhered to after the township was organized. ...
Fairfield, Iowa - Page 220
17, 1817, emigrated to 111. in '29, and from thence to Fairfield, Iowa, in Nov. '43, in company with Thomas Black, and their families. ...
Athens, Illinois - Page 84
Claiborn Hall ; lives near Athens, Illinois. 6. Alfred Vertrice ; went to California. 7. John Whitlatch; lives in Indiana township. 8. Wm. ...
Richmond, Indiana - Page 144
Went to Wilkes county, same State — date not mentioned — and from thence to Richmond, Indiana, in 1827 ; thence to Macbon-.
Troy, NY - Page 144
Ose Matthews, Sr., was born in Massachusetts, March 14, 1784; moved to Troy, NY, — date not remembered — where he resided several years; ...
Amsterdam - Page 160
sail vessels were chartered to carry them to Baltimore, and in the early part of April three of them sailed from Rotterdam, and one from Amsterdam. ...
more pages: 140 157 165
Brighton - Page 215
milling expeditions that seemed inseparable from pioneer life at that early period. They had to go eight miles south of Brighton to get corn, pay-.
more pages: 206
Athens - Page 310
It was called Swan from the beauty and brevity of the name, by the suggestion of a former citizen of Swan township, Athens county, Ohio. ...