What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Wapello County and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the:

History of Wapello County Iowa and Representative Citizens

EDITED AND COMPILED BY

Capt. S. B. Evans.

ILLUSTRATED

 

PUBLISHED BY

BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

 

1901

 

 

(660 pages on 1 CD)

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

 

Table of Contents as Shown:

Chapter I. - Brief Sketch of Early Iowa

Chapter II. - Aboriginal Inhabitants

Chapter III. - Indian Census

Chapter IV. - South Ottumwa in Early Days

Chapter V. - Occupying the Land

Chapter VI. - How the Pioneers Lived

Chapter VII. - County Organization

Chapter VIII. - County Seat Located

Chapter IX. - Ottumwa and Its Institutions

Chapter X. - Ottumwa and Its Municipal Officers

Chapter XI. - Ottumwa Water Works and Water Power

Chapter XII. - The Coal Palace

Chapter XIII. - Roster of County Officials and Census

Chapter XIV. - The Briscoe Gold Fever

Chapter XV. – Kelley’s Army and His Fleet of Flat Boats

Chapter XVI. - Improvement of the Des Moines River

Chapter XVII. - Bench and Bar

Chapter XVIII. - The Medical Profession

Chapter XIX. - The Towns of the County

Chapter XX. - Notable Events

Chapter XXI. - War Record - Civil War — Spanish-American War.

 

 

Biographical Surnames:

 

Abegg, Abernathy, Abraham, Acton, Ainley, Allbaugh, Allen, Applegren, Areingdale, Armstrong, Anderson, Arnold, Arrison, Asbury, Bailey, Baker, Bannister, Bare, Barnes, Beagle, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Betterton, Bizer, Bolibaugh, Bonnifield, Bosworth, Bonde, Bowman, Box, Bremhorst, Brown, Buchanan, Bullock, Burbage, Burton, Caldwell, Campbell, Carman, Carpenter, Carr, Chisman, Cline, Cloyd, Cobler, Cohagan, Coleman, Cornell, Cottom, Creath, Cremer, Crisman, Cullen, Cummings, Daggett, Dailey, Daniels, Davis, Dean, Decker, DeLong, Denny, Dennis, Devin, Dible, Dickins, Dimmitt, Dixson, Donelan, Dudgeon, Dysart, Earhart, Eastburn, Eaton, Edwards, Elder, Emerv, Enoch, Erskine, Evans, Fais, Fecht, Ferree, Fetzer, Fink, Fish, Flint, Ford, Foster, Francis, Friend, Fritz, Fullen, Gardner, Garner, Gibbons, Gift, Godley, Goff, Gosney, Goudy, Gray, Green, Guggerty, Hackworth, Hale, Hall, Hammersley, Hamilton, Hammond, Hanawalt, Hanna, Hanshaw, Hardsocg, Harrow, Harper, Harsch, Harsliman, Hatch, Haw, Heindel, Heifer, Helman, Henrv, Herman, Hicks, Hill, Hills, Hirst, Hodson, Holzhauser, Howell, Hull, Humbert, Hunt, Hutchison, Israel, Ives, Jewett, Janney, Jaques, Johnson, Kerfoot, King, Kitterman, Kitterman, Knight, Knox, Kriegh, Krueger, Langford, Lanz, Lee, Leighton, Lewis, Long, Lore, Lottridge, MacMillan, Macov, Mader, Manchester, Mann, Manning, McCarroll, McCollough, McCorraick, McCoy, McElroy, Mclntire, McShane, Melcher, Metzger, Miller, Mitchell, Montagne, Moore, Morey, Morrell, Mowrey, Murray, Myers, Neil, Nelson, Newell, Nosier, Nye, O'Brien, O'Bryant, Ockert, Ogden, Oldham, Ostdiek, Palmer, Parker, Parks, Parr, Peck, Pelham, Phelps, Phillips, Picken, Porter, Powelson, Proctor, Pumroy, Prosser, Pumroy, Randel, Ream, Reece, Reeve, Renfew, Reno, Riggs, Robertson, Roemer, Ruffing, Ryerson, Sackett, Sauer, Sautbine, Sawyers, Schlagater, Schmidt, Schwartz, Schwarz, Scott, Sharp, Shawver, Shumaker, Simmons, Skinner, Smith, Snow, Spangler, Spilman, Springer, Steck, Stevens, Stewart, Stodghill, Streicher, Strickland, Stuber, Styre, Theunisson, Thomas, Thornburg, Thornton, Timonds, Tinsley, Traul, Trisler, Trout, Udell, Ulmer, Vance, Vanfossan, Vass, Von Schrader, Walsh, Waugaman, Ward, Warner, Warren, Waterman, Webber, Wellman, Wertz, White, Whitcomb, Williams, Wilson, Withall, Wood, Work, Wycoft, Wyman, Young,