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History of

Decatur County Iowa

And Its People

PROF. J. M. HOWELL and HEMAN C. SMITH

SUPERVISING EDITORS

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME I and VOLUME 2

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1915

(Over 700 pages on 1 CD)

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Volume 1 Table of Contents as Shown:

Chapter I. -  Early Settlement of Decatur County

Chapter II. -  Organization of Decatur County

Chapter III.  - Summary of County Officials

Chapter IV. -  Hamilton Township Before the War

Chapter V.  - About New Buda and the Hungarians

Chapter VI. -  Decatur's War Story

Chapter VII. -  Roster of Decatur County Soldiers who Served in the Civil War

Chapter VIII.  - Progress of Education in Decatur County

Chapter IX. -  Graceland College

Chapter X.  - The City of Leon

Chapter XI.  - The Founding of Lamoni and the Work of The Order of Enoch

Chapter XII.  - The Beginning of the Latter Day Saints Church

Chapter XIII.  - Early Settlement at Garden Grove

Chapter XIV.  - Decatur County Towns

Chapter XV.  - Politics in Decatur County

Chapter XVI.  - The Medical Profession

Chapter XVII.  - History of the Legal Profession

Chapter XVIII.  - The Names of Decatur County Streams

Chapter XIX.  - Miscellaneous

Chapter XX.  - Geology of Decatur County

Volume 2

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Ackerley, Akers, Albaugh, Alexander, Anderson, Arney, Arnold, Ashbach, Ashburn, Badham, Bailey, Banta, Barger, Barr, Barrows, Bathe, Bell, Bevins, Biggs, Black, Blair, Bolon, Bonnett, Bowman, Boyd, Brenaman, Brenizer, Briggs, Brown, Burchett, Burgess, Burnett, Campbell, Carrel, Chastain, Cherry, Church, Churchill, Clark, Cozad, Craig, Crees, Creveling, Crum, Dancer, Davis, Deemer, Derry, Dillon, Dobozy, Edwards, Eiker, Estes, Evans, Farquhar, Fierce, Foerman, Foxworthy, France, Frazier, Frost, Fullerton, Gammon, Garrett, Gates, Gaunt, Gill, Grenawalt, Griffith, Grimes, Gunsolley, Haag, Haas, Hagen, Hamilton, Hammer, Harmon, Harvey, Hazlet, Hedlund, Hill, Hollinger, Hollister, Holloway, Holt, Hopkins, Horner, Hurst, Jamison, Johnston, Jones, Judd, Keller, Kelly, Kerrins, Keshlear, Kindred, King, Latta, Layton, Lee, Lorey, Lovell, McBroom, McClaran, McCutchan, McDiffit, McDonald, McGinnis, McGraw, McGuire, McIntosh, McKibben, McLaughlin, McMorris, McWilliams, Machlan, Mallette, Mallory, Manchester, Mannasmith, Martin, Mather, Maxwell, Midgorden, Miller, Milligan, Mills, Moon, Neveln, Newcomb, Nicholson, Nish, Noftsger, Norman, Northrup, Ordway, Peck, Phelps, Piercy, Pitkin, Poland, Radnich, Rains, Reed, Rew, Rhodes, Richardson, Robertson, Robinson, Rowell, Sankey, Scott, Shakespeare, Shewmaker, Shields, Shira, Slauter, Smith, Spargur, Sparling, Stearns, Stebbins, Stephens, Stolberg, Stookey, Stover, Stuteville, Sutherlin, Teale, Thomas, Thompson, Thorp, Townsend, Turner, Turpen, Varga, Wailes, Walker, Walton, Warnock, Weld, Wernitch, West, Wiley, Williams, Wilson, Wion, Young, Youngs