What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Audubon County and its people.
2 Books on 1 CD!
Over 1700 pages of historical and genealogical Information
1) History of Audubon County, Iowa – 1915
2) Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon County, Iowa – 1889
An essential resource for Genealogists
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HISTORY
OF
AUDUBON COUNTY,
IOWA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES and INSTITUTIONS
By H.F. Andrews
Editor
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
ILLUSTRATED
B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
(875 pages)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I—GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.
CHAPTER II—ORGANIZATION OF AUDUBON COUNTY
CHAPTER III—OFFICIAL ROSTER
CHAPTER IV—SETTLEMENT OF AUDUBON COUNTY
CHAPTER V—THE FIRST SETTLERS
CHAPTER VI—GOVERNMENT SURVEYS AND LAND ENTRIES
CHAPTER VII—POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS
CHAPTER VIII—COUNTY SEATS AND COUNTY SEAT CONTESTS
CHAPTER IX—RAILROADS, HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER X—AUDUBON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XI—THE BAR OF AUDUBON COUNTY
CHAPTER XII—THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XIII—THE PRESS
CHAPTER XIV—BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER XV—CHURCHES AND RELIGION
CHAPTER XVI—AUDUBON COUNTY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XVII—LODGES AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XVIII—TOWNS AND VILLAGES
CHAPTER XIX—THE DANES
CHAPTER XX—AUDUBON COUNTY STATISTICS
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Agnew, Aikman, Alt, Anciaux, Andersen, Andrews, Artist, Bagley, Baker, Ballman, Barten, Baylor, Beers, Bisom, Black, Bladt, Blake, Boehme, Bonnesen, Bonwell, Boyd, Brooks, Burr, Buthweg, Butterton, Caldwell, Callow, Campbell, Carlson, Carter, Channon, Childs, Christensen, Christiansen, Christoffersen, Clark, Clausen, Clemsen, Cotton, Covault, Crees, Culver, Curtis, Darnold, Daugard, David, Davis, Deletxke, Dennis, Dimick, Donaldson, Dreier, Dryden, Duvall, Eagen, Egan, Engel, Esbeck, Essington, Everts, Faaborg, Fabricius, Farquhar, Feltner, Foley, Forsbeck, Franklin, Frederick, Fredericksen, Frick, Fry, Garmire, Garnett, Gebers, Gilroy, Goodwill, Graham, Grant, Green, Grinyer, Groteluschen, Hahn, Hallock, Hammann, Hansen, Hanson, Harmon, Hartvigsen, Hartzell, Harvey, Hays, Heckmann, Heiken, Henriksen, Hensley, Hepp, Hight, Higley, Hill, Hinricks, Hoegh, Hollenbeck, Hoogenakker, Hoover, Horning, Hoyman, Humiston, Hunt, Hyen, Jacobsen, Jacobson, Jenkins, Jensen, Jeppesen, Jessen, Johannsen, Johnson, Jorgensen, Jurgens, Kester, Kienast, Kitson, Kline, Knudsen, Knutsen, Kreamer, Kuhn, Kyhnn, Lancelot, Lange, Lantz, Larsen, Lauridsen, Lauritsen, Lauritzen, Layland, Leanord, Leffler, Liken, Lohner, Loveland, McGaffin, McLaughlin, McLeran, McMahon, McMichael, McMurphy, Madsen, Mantz, Marcusen, Mardesen, Marquesen, Martin, Mason, Masterson, Mathisen, May, Mayer, Mease, Mendenhall, Meurer, Meyer, Miller, Minerman, Moller, Moore, Mortensen, Mullenger, Musson, Nash, Nelson, Nielsen, Niklason, Nissen, Northup, Nymand, Oldaker, Olsen, Onken, Owen, Pardee, Parkinson, Patty, Paul, Paulsen, Pedersen, Perrine, Petersen, Peterson, Phelps, Porch, Potter, Preston, Quinby, Rabe, Rasmussen, Reimers, Reynolds, Rice, Ridgley, Riley, Roberts, Roed, Ross, Rubel, Rucker, Rutherford, Sampson, Schmidt, Schouboe, Schrader, Schrader, Schreiber, Schroeder, Scotland, Shaw, Shoesmith, Shupe, Siemsen, Simonsen, Smith, Soar, Sorensen, Sorrensen, Spencer, Starck, Stearns, Steere, Stetzel, Stone, Strahl, Stuedeman, Sunberg, Sunberg, Swinehart, Thomas, Thomsen, Thygesen, Tibben, Topp, Torpy, Tramp, Tunmann, Turner, Twist, Ullerich, Vanaernam, VanGorder, Voss, Wahlert, Weaver, Wedemeyer, Welch, Weston, Wheeler, White, Williamson, Wilson, Witthauer, Wolf, Wulf, Yager, Zierke,
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Biographical History
of
Shelby and Audubon
Counties, Iowa
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS,
113 Adams Street, Chicago
.
1889
(824 Pages)
Containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships
Table of Contents
HISTORY OF AUDUBON COUNTY
CHAPTER I.
Introductory
Geology, Topography and General Features
CHAPTER II.
Early Settlement and Organization
First Events
Organization
CHAPTER III.
County Government
CHAPTER IV.
Election Returns—County, State and National
Liquor Prohibitory Amendment
CHAPTER V.
Special Events and Other Matters
Special Events
Assessed Valuation of Property in 1888
Marriage Record
Population, by Townships, in 1886
Population at Various Dates
CHAPTER VI.
The Newspaper Press
CHAPTER VII.
Various Things
Educational
Audubon County Soldiers
Railroads, the Squatters, etc
Stock-raising
Agricultural Society
CHAPTER VIII.
Towns and Villages
Record of Village Plats
Audubon
Exira
Brayton
Gray
Ross
Kimballton
CHAPTER IX.
Crime in Shelby and Audubon Counties
The Jellerson Murder and Subsequent Lynching
Polk City Murderers Captured and Lynched
Crooked Creek Outlaws
Murder of C. H. Kleva
Biographical Index
Allen, Andrews, Armstrong, Bagley, Baker, Bartlett, Busham, Bauer, Beason, Beers, Bell, Bickelhaupt, Bilharz, Bonwell, Bradley, Brookfield, Brown, Burnside, Cameron, Carpenter, Carper, Clark, Cloughly, Colee, Conklin, Conrad, Consigny, Cotton, Cousins, Crane, Creveling, Cunningham, Curtis, Davidson, Davis, Detwiler, Doak, Donaldson, Dubois, Eddy, Fancher, Ferguson, Fiscus, Foreman, Frahm, Francisco, Freeman, Gardner, Garroutte, Gault, Gifford, Graves, Gray, Green, Griggs, Hall, Hallock, Hamlin, Hanna, Hausen, Hardenbrook, Hays, Henderson, Hendricks, Hensley, Hicks, Hill, Hoffman, Holliday, Holmes, Houston, Howald, Huffman, Hutchinson, Ide, Jarman, Jeffries, Jenkins, Jensen, Johnston, Jordan, Kilworth, Lacy, Lancelot, Lass, Lewis, Littlefleld, Luse, Mallory, Mason, McAnulty, McCain, McClure, McFadden, McLachlin, McLaughlin, McLeran, Miller, Morey, Myers, Nash, Newell, Oelke, Overholtzer, Phelps, Poulson, Powers, Reed, Reynolds, Ridpath, Riley, Roberts, Rodgers, Ross, Russell, Sampson, Sanborn, Scott, Seyller, Shaugur, Shingledecker, Sibson, Sickles, Sizer, Smith, Steere, Strahl, Stuart, Swaney, Taylor, Teakle, Thomas, Thornisch, VanGorder, Vail, Walker, Walkup, Waycoff, Webster, Weeks, Wever, Whitted, Willcut, Wilcox, Winters, Wiseman, Witthauer, Wood, Young,
HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY
CHAPTER I.
Introductory
Geology, Topography and Natural History
CHAPTER II.
Early Settlement—The Mormons
County Government
Organization of Townships
First Events
CHAPTER III.
Official Vote of Shelby County
County Officers
County-Seat History
CHAPTER IV.
The Great Civil War
CHAPTER V.
The Newspaper Press
CHAPTER VI.
Various Things
Population in 1885, by Townships
Valuation of Property
Agricultural Society
Medical Society
School Population
The Marriage Record
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company
The County Poor Farm
The County Jail
Church of Latter-Day Saints
Elkhorn—Postoffice and College
Then and Now
Defunct villages
Itau
Shelbyville
Manteno
Present Towns and Villages
Harlan
Shelby
Irwin
Defiance
Village of Earling
Panama
Portsmouth
Village of Westphalia
Kirkman
Corley
Botna
Biographical Index
Contains over 550 names from Shelby County
