History of Winneshiek and Allamakee counties, Iowa, Part 49

Author: Alexander, W. E; Western Publishing Company (Sioux City, Iowa)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Sioux City, Ia. : Western Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 772


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Vet. R. C. J. D. Spaulding, Stephen Thibodo, John Upstrom, George Ibach, Wm. P. Winter, Elisha J. White, George Bailey, L. D. Bearce,


Nelson Clark. Chas V. Clark, d, Dec. 29, '63. David Dewey.


S. H. Davis. Homer Ellis, k, Iuka, '62.


A. B. Travis. Cyrus Miner. Christian Bartshe.


Nicholas Klees.


Paul M. Krohn.


W. E. Lytle, d, Iuka, '62.


Jas. W Manson, d, Memphis, '64.


M. T. Sparks.


Wm. F. Stirts, k, Champion Hill, '63 Michael Shindler.


David D. Terrill.


Newton E. Terrill. Edwin Taylor.


Henry Fry. W. Presho.


J. A. Fosdick. Jacob Ryder.


Frank E. Hancock, d. Annapolis, Oct. 27. '62. Adam Decker, Cornelius Denny, John Dowling, Isaac Edwards, Matthias Englehorn, George Ettle, John Feidt,


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


J. B. Beisel, d. '65.


Wesley B. Bort,


Madison J. Roe, d. Macon, '62, H. R. Andrews, O.F. Adams,


Gustavus Brock, John L. Bryant, d. Macon, '62. Josiah H. Butts,


George Calico, d. St. Louis, '62. L. B. Churchill,


Henry Jones, Charles King, d, Macon, '62,


Frank Klees,


Henry Kuck, d. Macon, '62. Hans Knudtson,


Aslak Larsen,


August Lene, k. Tupelo, '64. Edward Lewis,


Wm. F. Maynard, d. Vicksburg, 63, Hugh McCabe,


Frank Mc Kay,


Bryan McGuire,


Jasper J. Miner, d. St. Louis, '61, Frederick Monk,


Alonzo Noyes,


Gharles H. Noyes, d. Macon. '62.


Joseph Scott, d. St Louis, '61, Joseph Starts,


John J. Stillman, k, Donelson Feb 13, W. F. Sanner, 1862.


Thomas Dowling,


R. G. Pratt,


C. S. Smith,


A, K. Bort,


Edwin T. Greenup, d. Memphis, '64.


Stephen H. Greenup.


Lawrence Hannon, d. Cairo,['64,


Knud Iverson,


George F. Nye, d. Nov. 16, '63.


M. H. Pratt,


Jacob Beisel,


P. Bowe, Wm. L. Bailey.


Jo. H. Huestis, Hans Knudson, Ansel E. Mann,


Orin E. Peck, d. Memphis, '64,


John P. Peck.


Lewis Johnson.


F. H. Bartlett,


A. C. Bushnell,


Co. C. A. L. Brown, John McElvain.


D. W. Reed, Major 12th Regt. Jacob M. Husted, d. Memphis, '64. D. Shuburne. Co. F. Abram S. Heitcher,


Co. G. S. M. N. Fladmark.


Henry S. Fry, B. Ferguson, D F. Goodykoontz, Hiram Hawkins, John Hughes,


I. B. S. Isted D. P. Jennings, Ole Olesen,


Charles C. Ogan, Edwin R. Perry, d. Annapolis, Nov. 20, '62.


James W. Patterson, d. Memphis, '64. Ira E. Peck, d. Macon, '62.


Simeon Peck, d. Macon, '62. Charles E. Rowe,


Al J. Rogers, Sergeant-Major. Charles Russell.


Thomas Stack, d. St. Louis, 62.


Richard B. Sargent,


Carson Smith, John Sohn, d. Paducah, '62. Peter Sjodin,


Richard Schiffhauer.


William Steeker,


Robert Bathen,


Samuel Kleven, d. Macon, 62.


John Olse n, James McClintock,


Knud Thronsen, d. Atlanta, '62. Jesse Thayer,


Robert Wampler,


Isaac Woodmansee,


William M. White, d. Macon, '62. Edwin W. Wood. Stephen Wood,


C. Clevens, d. Macon, '62. Geo. Candee, Erick Erickson. Kensel Larson, James McDonald,


Francis A. Winter, k. Tupelo, '64, Rufus B Winter, A. L. Barnhart, d, Memphis '64.


Horatio Birnum,


Oviatt D. Burlingame, Merrit J. Burt,


B. Oleson, Levi Plank,


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


John Devine,


John Turlton Henry C. Merriam, Daniel Fagan.


Co. I. John W. Miller, d. Memphis, '64. Co. K. Frank Keizer Isaac Mickey, Henry Waldruff.


Co. not Giren D. A. Walcott, d. Taladego '65.


TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.


James I Gilbert, Colonel.


Charles A. Comstock, Adjutant.


P. J. Harrington, Sergt-Major. Darius C. Mather, Fife-Major.


David N. Bordwell, Chaplain.


Co. 4.


A. M. Haslip, Captain, d. Montgomery James A Lyons, 2d Lieut. July 3, '65.


C. S. Richardson, d. Jackson, Tenn.,


Jedediah N. Granger, 1st Lieut., Capt.


April 12, '63.


Wm. H. Tuttle,


W. D. Harden, 2d Lieut.


Wm Crane James W Blacker


Reuben K. Hall


Hezekiah Biggs C J Bishop


Charles O. Thompson James Patterson, d Jackson, Tenn. '63 Albert N Bond


Charles M Bailey,


James Briar


John W. Pratt, Ist Lient.,


Henry Baker


E C Ballard


James D. Maltbie,


Elisha Cuney


Thomas McLonan


F B R Kussell, d. Tupelo, '64. John J Beedy.


Charles N Colburn Wm S Connor, k Yellow Bayou '64


Allen Blanchard


Truman Stoddard,


John Chapman


George W. Allen,


O C Adams, d. Cairo '63.


John D. Adams, d. Cairo, '62.


Wm. Barnoble,


Joseph Damon


Warren Baird, d Little Rock '63


John Pixley


Lucius Green


W S Raymond


D. Gardner


E B Raymond


Washington Gill


Charles Rumph, Lieut. A D


Romain Ryder


John E Randall


Ezra W Reed


George W Sherman


Alonzo D Stiles


Melvin E Mann


C C Marston, d Jackson, Tenn, '64 W H Morrison


C McMullen Linus Maxam Milton D Miller, d Memphis, '61 C F Mitchell Wm J M ller Wm'T Merrian k Old Town Creek '64 Jas W McClasky, d Memphis '65 Meredith McGee


Daniel H Shaff


Wm B Slick Wm Shroda


L M Schriber


Charles W Schriber


Wm Shortreed E M Stephens Joseph B Smith


Wm A Stewart W H Thornbirg Geo W Topliff, d Jackson, Tenn, '63


Henry Hill


Hiram Hawkins


J Y Hawthorn


Wm Hawthorn Wm V Ingalls


Daniel Cole


Reuben Daniels


S G Dodge T B Douglas


Samuel Do:son, d. Cairo '62.


Richard Gates


Alex F Cooksey d Memphis '64


Austin Kimberly,


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


Jas R Newcomb


Wm Niblock Iliram Ogg James Osborn, d Memphis, '64 Jefferson Osborne, d Dubuque '62 A J Patterson


Junius Patterson, d Memphis '63 G B Pratt, d April 17 '65. Wm J Savoie, d Red River, '64


S. W. Hemenway Capt.


Theo. Groezinger, Ist Lt.


Samuel O. Smith, 2d Lt., Capt.


Robt. H. Williams.


Robt. Baender. J. T. Robinson. John Corell, 1st Lt. Julius Nelson. Levi Donnor, d, Wis., Nov., '63. J. D. Harrington. Roan C. May.


Jas. Ruth, Capt. Co. F. 6th Cav. Wm. J. Hutson, 2d Lt.


Geo. W. Griswold, d, Wis., Jan., '65. Peter Griffin.


G. W. Hartshorn.


John Dignan. Robt. Pennel. Ole Anderson. T. A. Anderson. John Alcorn. Isaac Alcorn. Wm. Bates.


S. W. Bates.


G. Berdell, d, Jackson, Tenn. N. Betsinger.


H. Botsford. Dason Barnes, d, Jan., '63. George McKee. Wm. Burnham. Jas. H. May. A. B. Marshall. George Melton. John S. Monk. John Moyer, d, at Memphis, '63. R. D. McKnight. C. H. Maxwell. Nelson Milks, d, Memphis, '64. John Myers. D. Obert. Peter Oleson. Edmund Peacock. Walter j. Pfaff. A. Peterson, d, Nashville, '64. Milton T. Reed, d, Jackson, Tenn, '63. William Dubois.


Emil Roese. Wm. Roese. Richard Roese. P. Ruprecht. Phineas Smith. S. Skjursen.


Alonzo Thornton Jefferson P Thorp, d Vicksburg '64 David R Walker


Wm Wheeler d Prairie du Chien, '65 Charles Cole d Memphis '64


Lemnel Pratt


Wn H Crouch


Edward Conner


Elijah Perry, d Memphis, '61


Co. B.


Elisha Bennett. George Burgess.


W. G. Coppernoll.


Peter Conner, d, Memphis, '64.


George Cornwall.


Stephen Dobbs.


C. R. Dodds. Frisbie Davis. Augustus Eck.


Joseph Green.


John Ginther.


Geo. B. Goble. Richard Griffin.


E. J. Hutson, d, Jackson, Tenn., '63.


N. D. Hutson.


H. P. Harding, d, Ft. Snelling, Dec '63 John Hermanson.


S. J. Hartshorn.


Joseph Hawes. Pulaski Hughes.


Hans Hanson, d, Cairo, Dec., '62.


Thos. B. Hall.


Robt. S. Jackson.


John Kohr. Jas. Langford.


John Syres. Andrew Soderstron.


John Strohm, Wm. S. Sims, 2d Lt., d, Aug., '65. John Pharp.


Isaac Wightman.


Wm. H. Harrison.


Franklin Melton. J. W. Osgood, d, Bayou Cotille Apr '64 Geo. H. Rosc.


C. W. Sells, d. Jeff. Barracks, '64. Daniel HI. Wolcott. Ole G. Anderson.


E. Churchill. John Churchill, d, Memphis, '64.


Job Ellsworth, d, Memphis, '64. Peter Hector. Francis B. Hale, d, Memphis, '64. Andrew Hector. Wm. E. Jackson. J. Nielson, d, Memphis, '64.


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


Chris. Schneider.


Fred Schulze. Wm. Schulze. Emil Stangier.


H. Strong, d, Lansing, Jan., '64.


William Strong. F. F. Sturtevant. Wilhelm Schmidt. John Brannan.


Erick Iverson


Alden E. Wolcott. James Barnes.


Warren Clough. M. N. Hancock.


Harvey Sargent.


Walter F. Rich. E. S. Stockwell.


Geo. R. Miller, Capt.


Edwin A. Sherburn, 1st Lieut., Capt.


John A. Pool Martin Battle


Thos. B. Wiley James Bryson


Lewis S. Beall


J. H. Boorn


Alex Bryson


Henry Geesen


S. W. Moody, d, Memphis, '62


Frank Holman


E. Gillett


Jesse Burgess Jackson Mcclintock


Jared Brown, d, Jackson, Tenn., '63


A. E. Colegrove Thos. W. David


Geo. Harvey Seth Craig


Michael Casey Elias Dubes


Harvey Eells


Jas. Skipworth


A. Sawvell


Alfred Smith


Daniel Tracy


A. Tannehill, d Jeff Barracks, '65


C. N. Wheeler


Geo. Watkins


A. P. Beeman, d, April 3, '64 Frank Clark


Jas. McClintock


Robt E. Noble


H. L. Lewis, k, Old Town Creek, '64 David Dial Lorenz Poesch


J. F. Oglevie


A. B. Conner H. H. Pettit W. J. Pardee, k, Pleasant Hill, '64


Oscar Obert, d, La., '61. John A. Peterson.


T. Roonsburg, d, Columbus, Ky., '64. M. Anderson.


Aretus W. Butler.


Wm. E. Gardner.


Amon Iverson.


Thomas C. Medary.


Frederick Price. Perry Reed, d, Louisville, '65


Co. C. Wm. Barnes.


Co. E.


W. R. Reed.


Co. F. Alex Wandle.


Co. H. C. M. Stockwell.


Co. I. Frank H. Robbins, 2d Lieut.


Jas. Beall, d, Columbus, Ky., '61 Henry Case


Calvin H. Beall, d-


Chas. Beeumer, d, Jackson, Tenn., '63


Solomon Babesck


J. N. Barlow


T. J. Coffman Samuel Craig, k, Pleasant Hill, La.


Gardner Clough


Jas. H. Coffman


Win. T. Stull


James Stanley, d, Memphis, '63


David M. Scott


Tiffany Eells, d, Jackson, '63 Daniel Eells


J. S. Fuller


Chris. Fossuni


Henry Gast L. Haskell, d, Jackson, Tenn., '63 P. Hulverson


Hans Johnson


J. S. Mitchell A. McClintock


J. G. Moore, d, Jackson, Tenn., '63 J. L. Mattock


E. McClintock


L. W. Scott Lewis Lewis Daniel H. Wolcott


Alden E. Wolcott


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


J. N. Pettit


L. A. Powell, d, Jackson, '63


E. Peabody, d, Jackson, '63 J. Pinkerton, d, Memphis, '62


Peter Lewis S. S. Robinson J. Henry Robbins, d, Davenport, '64 Oliver A. Ross


Chas. T. Granger, Capt Theo. C. Granger


Co. K Asa Bradway H. M. Harris


THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.


Jerome Callahan A. Granabam


Co. A. Kichard Hardy. Neil McCaffrey


FIRST CAVALRY.


Co. A. Byron Pettit, d, Memphis, '64. Co. K.


Thos. H. Barnes, 1st Lieut., Capt. James Russell, 2d Lieut., Capt. Jas. Chambers A. J. Case


W. W. Carpenter, 1st Lieut.


Alex. Graham


Barron Edwards


Chas. A. Granger


Samuel Jameson.


Robt E. Granger, k, Arkansas, '63 Morris Granger


John L. Gardner


J. M. Truman John A. Bailey


C. G. Carpenter, k, Centralia, '64


D. P. Jennings


B. B. Rathburne


Hiram Hackenburg


F. J. Howard


Geo. M. Josyln, d, Little Rock, '64


Geo. K. Masiker


Jesse B. Shelhamer


Jesse Thayer Walter H. Wheeler, d, Little Rock, '64


Wm. Servoss, d, Helena, Ark., '64 Geo. Ehll, d, Little Rock, '64


Allison Adams, d, Little Rock, '64 John Post, d, Postville


Peter Chambers


Jas. Lyons (2d Lt. Co. A. 27th Inf) Albert Lyons Filley


Geo. Robinson


Palmer Dobson


Samuel Stillions


Co. M. John M. Smith


Company Unknown. Chas. P. Crocker.


John Blein


Jas. Wood, d Forsyth. Mo., '63 John Israel


Chas Anderson


E. E. Collins


Daniel Cheadle, d, on way home


Alex. McClasky D. M. Minert Samuel Harris E. W. Hurlbut Geo. Lewis. Frank Pease Lewis Reid


H. O. Burger


John Douglass


D. T. Durbon


Hiram H. Mayne


Leonidas Ogg


Chas. E. Roe C. A. Robey Elias Reynolds B. G. Stanley


Albert Burgess, k, Austin, Tex., '65 Stephen Harris Moses Bollman


Geo. McClasky John Crawford Cornelius Miller


J. W: Kinsley Washington McNutt


Wm. H. Saucer


Francis A. Doray


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


SIXTH CAVALRY.


Co. F.


Scott Shattuck, Capt.


Jas. Ruth. 1st Lt., Capt.


A. H. McKallor, 2d Lt.


E. A. Allen.


Samuel C. Gibbs.


Chas. L. Beetem


Andrew Baldwin.


Rush Bellows


Henry A. Post.


M. V. Beede.


H. E. Braymin


Edward Ruth.


D. A. Blake, d, Dakota, '65.


Patrick Downex. )


A. J. Butts


Wm. Fitzgerald.


Jas. S. Bingay


S. C. Marsh.


Jas. U. Baker


Fred Legler. d, Dakota, '64.


Hiram Booth


Samuel C. Carr.


John Ki'illay


L. Callendar.


George W. Miller


George Echsten.


Chas. Merrill.


Patrick Ford.


Wm. Maxwell.


F. F. Gilman.


Patrick Healy.


Andre Oleson.


Ben. Howard.


John F. Pitt


Alfred Jarvis.


Christopher Potter.


J. R. Pritchard.


Chas. H. Raymond.


Anton Steimer.


Lewis Speicher.


Jas. Thompson


S. Eells, d. Davenport, '62


R. Wier, d, Davenport, '62 A. Burgess, d, Dakota


Joseph Hartley


George Bellows.


Leander Ferris.


John Bones.


J. Mobley.


Co. K.


- Elijah O. Esty. Co. Unknown.


Wm. Cowen. Thos. H. Dodd


Chauncey McCoy James H. Milks Job D. Milks


NINTH CAVALRY.


Co. E.


George M. Dean, Capt Albert H. Peck, 2d Lt., 1st Lt


Carl Schultze, d, Jefferson Barracks, 19.


Grandison Able


Daniel Sires


John Griffin


John Stillions, d, Duvall's Bluff, '64 John W. Smith


J. K. Rinehart


Simeon Smith, d, Duvall's Bluff, '62 Jas. W. Smith John T. Rinehart


Aaron Scranton. d, St. Louis, '64.


O. Van Valkenburg Wm. H. Williams


Gideon Franklin, d, Austin, Ark., '64 David G. Wilson, d, St. Louis, 64(?)


L. P. Stillman


John Toole


C. M. D. Wagner, k, White Stone, Dakota, '63.


John Williamson.


J. Mobley.


John Hartley


John Ruth, d, Dakota, '65


Wm. J. Ruth.


A. M. Kanfinan.


Chr. Dundee, d, Dakota, '65.


John T .. Beetem


S. S. Farnham.


Chas. H. Bellows


John Ehnes.


Wm. Monk.


Philip I. Pierce.


Joseph H. Strain


W. H. Sammon


Hardin Jarvis Robert Winn, d, Dakota


M. McFadden


ThoseBarnes


THE NEW YORK


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY. 461


Philip Bailey Jesse F. Becker


F. E. Clough J. K. Engelhorn


Henry Wilson Edward Ryan Henry B. Able Joseph Kappes Chas. Williamson


George C. Halsey


Orin C. Halsey


Dagle Dagle


George J. Pettit


D. B. Roderick


Samuel L. Rush


Russell K. Ross


J. A. Morehead Nelson B. Mann


Simon Simonson, d, Austin, '64 Louis Schultze


Co. F.


Samuel J. Davis, 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut. H. Ingebritson (dec'd)


Geo. R. Peacock


Peter D. Hanser


Peter Banks


T. Johnson, d, Little Rock, '65


Geo. W. Barker, d, St. Louis, '64 Ono Clark


Geo. W. Krohn


W. W. Lampman, d, St. Louis, '64


Michael Mahony


Philip Cullens Josiah Curran


Harmon Martin


Thos. Carey


John Nelson


Orin Deremo


Tollef Oleson, Sr.


T. Engebretson


Tollef Oleson, Jr., d, Duvall's Bluff, '64 Frank Peterson


Co. Unknown.


John V. Hazlett Hans Anderson, d, Keokuk, '64


ENGINEER REGIMENT OF THE WEST


Co. I.


A. R. Prescott (pro 2d Lt., Co. F) Wm. Dickson


Wm. R. Johnson Wm. Harris John F Jones, d, Commerce, Mo., '62 Geo. W. Wheeler


TWENTY-SEVENTTH MISSOURI INFANTRY. H. Schierholz, Sergt. Major. NINETEENTHI ILLINOIS INFANTRY


John Mckenzie, Co. H Albert Stone, Co. H


THIRTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY E. W. Pratt Lieut. Co. K. FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Benj. H. Howard, Co. D. SEVENTY-FOURTHI ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Job Blanchard, Musician . NINETY-FIFTHI ILLINOIS INFANTRY Noah H. Pratt, Co. I, (pro 2d Lieut., 48th U. S. A. D.) 126THI ILLINOIS INFANTRY Wm. B. Smith. SECOND WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Franklin F. Forrest. Co. B.


Geo. Krolın, Co. H


THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY Henry Moyer, Co. H


29


George Hackenburg Neils Knudtson


John H. Kinning, d. Duvall's Bluff '64 Adam Lingerfelt


John P. Quinlan


Thomas Hall


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


SIXTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY. P. F. Gulberg, Co. C. L. M. Nelson, Co. C.


FIFTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Hans A. Lageson, Company B. FORTY-NINTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.


H. H. Haskin, Co. E. Dell J. Clark, Co. F. .


SEVENTH MINNESOTA INFANTRY . Louis Johnson, k, Tupelo, 1864. SECOND KANSAS CAVALRY.


John Eckerson, k, Sulphur Springs, Wm. Walker, k, Walden, Arkansas, 1864. 1863.


ELEVENTH OHIO BATTERY. John Ettle, k, luka, September 19, 1862. 4. 4


UNITED STATES ARMY.


Jas. W. Manson, Hospital Steward, d, L. Brown, Hospital Steward. Memphis, Tennessee, July, 1864.


TWELFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. John Kelly


SIXTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.


J. B. Reed


C. H. Arnold.


D. W. Douglass James M. Lisher Thos. Hancock


Daniel Ryan


Erastus Cheadle, k, Murfreesboro, '63 Charles Page, k, Murfreesboro, '63.


Samuel B. Robbins, d, Columbus, Ky., Coleman Shuff, k, Atlanta, '64.


Jan. 20, '63. - Gilson, k, Peach Tree Creek, Tennessee.


Hiram Smith, k, Murfreesboro, '63.


Amos Brainard, k, Murfreesboro, '63. Henry E. Johnson, d, Nashville, '62. James Dorsey, k, Murfreesboro, '63. Miller, k, Murfreesboro, '63. John M. Oleson, d, rebel prison, '63. James Crawley, d, rebel prison, '64.


Thomas Oleson, k, Murfreesboro, '63. George Smith, d, Fort Ontario, N. Y. Lemuel Palmer, k, Murfreesboro, '63. Geerge Schroda.


SEVENTY-FIRST UNITED STATES INFANTRY. J. W. Earle, 1st Lieut., Reg. Q. M.


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


CHAPTER XII.


Chronology: List of the More Important Events in the History of Allamakee County, in the Order of their Occurrence.


1825. Upper Iowa River southern boundary of Sioux.


1828. First saw mill, on Yellow River.


1830. Neutral ground established.


1832. Winnebago Reservation.


1834. Old Indian Mission built.


1835.


Mission School and Farm established.


1837. First settler at Johnsonsport about this time.


1840. Old Mission abandoned.


1841. First white child born at Old Mission.


66 Joel Post located at Postville.


First murder, caused by whisky.


1847. Act passed defining county boundaries.


Winnebago treaty relinquishing Neutral Ground:


1848. First school, at Postville.


1849. First settlers at Lansing.


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County organized by act of Legislature, January 15. First postoffice established, at Po-tville.


66 County Seat at "The Old Stake."


First election, in April.


First settler at Waukon, July. First school house built, at Hardin.


1850.


First grist mill, at Waterville.


1851. First county seat election, April.


Second county seat election, May.


66 First church built, at Wexford.


1852. First District Court, Columbus, July 12. 66 First newspaper, at Lansing, November 23.


1853. County seat located at Waukon, March.


.. Third county seat election, April. First County Agricultural Society, June 7.


First flouring mill built, at Village Creek.


First criminal trial in District Court, November 9. County Democratic organization, December 24.


1856. Fourth county seat election, April. Mining at New Galena.


"-77. Winter of the crust.


1857. Prairie du Chien & Mankato R. R. Co. organized.


1859. Fifth county seat election, April 4. Contract for court house at Waukon let, August 2.


1861. Sixth county seat election, April 8.


Court house at Waukon completed.


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HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY


1861 Court house at Lansing erected.


1862. Seventh county seat election, April.


1864. McGregor Western Railroad built.


Eighth county seat election, November S.


1866. County seat "raid," June 9.


66 Poor Farm bought, October 22.


1867. County seat question decided for Waukon.


1868. Present Agricultural Society organized, January S.


1869. Ninth county seat election, October 5.


1872. B., C. R. & N. R. R. built.


River Railroad built.


1875. Tenth county seat election, October ..


1877. Waukon & Mississippi R. R. built.


1880. High water in Mississippi, June.


1881. Poor House built.


1882. Jail built.


BIOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT.


ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


Armstrong & Alexander-these two young and energetic busi- ness men established their business, which is known as the Chicago Clothing House, in 1879, and now carry a stock of $8,000 to $10,000.


Levi Armstrong was born in Kentucky, January, 1849. In 1864 the family removed to Linn Co., Iowa, where the subject of this sketch received a good education at Cornell College. He commenced mercantile life by clerking, which he followed until March, 1879, when he engaged in his present business. He was married in April, 1875, to Anna MeLaury, and now has two chil- dren, Nettie and Edwin.


R. J. Alexander was born in Linn Co., Iowa in 1852. Subse- quently the family removed to Cedar Co. He was educated at Cornell College, and in 1876 commenced mercantile life as clerk, and continued as such until 1879, when he formed the partner- ship with Mr. Armstrong.


Andrew Anderson, P. O. Elon; farmer. sec. 33; son of Andrew and Christine Anderson; born in 1824 in Sweden, emigrated to the U. S. in 1853, locating in Rock Island Co., Ills., till the fall of 1854, when he came to Allamakee County, Iowa, locating on the farm he still owns, now containing 176 acres, well improved and worth $4,000. He married Miss Sophia Palmgren in 1859, she was also a native of Sweden. They have four children, John A.,¿Peter A., Mary S. and Samuel C. He is a member of the Baptist Church.


P. J. Amquest (deceased) was a native of Stockholm, Sweden, who emigrated to the U. S. in 1856, and settled in Makee tp., Allamakee Co., where he worked at the tailor's trade np to the time of his death. which took place in December, 1863. He left a wife and four children.


N. J. Amquest, son of P. J. and Cecelia Amquest, was born in 1859, received a good common school education, and in 1878 com- menced mercantile life as clerk for C. D. Buman, whom he served until Dec .. 1881, subsequently clerked for L. Clark.


Ole G. Anderson, P. O. Elon; farmer, sec. 29, brother of An- drew Anderson, born in Sweden, July 12, 1832. His mother died when he was but a boy, and in 1854 himself and father came to America and located in this township, where his father died in


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1872. During the late rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf. in March, 1864, the company being immediately taken to the front, where they participated in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and Fort Blakely, Ala., they being about the closing up of the war. In the fall of 1865 he was transferred to the 12th Infantry, Co. B, and discharged in January, 1866, at Davenport. He married Miss Betsy Eastman, August 10, 1867; they have but one son, David, having lost six children, five of whom died in the spring of 1882, from diptheria, August I., Clara E., Amy E., Effie G., Bertie M., Huldah having died previously. Mr. A. owns a farm of 182 acres, worth $25 per acre. He is a member of the Baptist Church.


Andrew E. Ammundson, P. O. Elon; farmer, sec. 4; son of Erick and Cornelia Ammundson; born in 1847 in Norway. His parents emigrated to the U. S. in 1851, locating in Rock Co., Wis. In the fall of 1853 they came to this county, locating in Center tp., where they still reside. Mr. A. was married to Miss Agnes Shaugor in 1873. She was born in Lafayette county, Wis .; they have two children, Gundy Maud and Anna A. Mr. A. has served his tp. as secretay of school board, sub-director, etc. He is a member of the Lutheran church.


A. T. Anderson, P. O. Dalby; farmer, sec. 2; son of Thomas and Ambjor Anderson, was born in this Co. in 1851, was reared on his father's farm with the exception of the time he attended school and was engaged in teaching. He was some three years in attendance at the Lutheran College, Decorah. He married Miss Oline Smeby in June 1877. She was also born in this Co. They have two children, Olaf and Theodore. Mr. A. owns a farm of 1583 acres, valued at $35 per acre. He is the present tp. clerk, which office he has filled seven years, and is a member of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church.


Thomas Anderson, P. O. Dalby; farmer, sec. 12; owns 440 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He was born Dec. 15, 1820, in Norway. In early life he learned the tailor's trade, at which he worked mostly till he came to the U. S., which was in the spring of 1846, locating in Rock Co., Wis., where he was married in May, 1850, to Miss Emily Christianson, and the same year came to Allamakee Co., la., locating on a part of his present farm, he be- ing one of the earliest settlers of the tp. His children are An- drew T., Knudt, Lena and Mary. He has lost three, Christian, Betsey and Sarah. Mr. A. has served as trustee of his township several terms, and is a member of the Norwegian Evangelical Lu- theran Church.


Charles Arklay. P. O. Waukon; farmer, sec. 34; owns 120 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. He was born in Fifeshire, Scot- land, in 1815; learned the carpenter and joiner's trade in early life, which business he followed for many years. He was married to Miss Emily Murray in 1841, and in 1851 they emigrated to the U. S., stopping in New York City till 1859, when he came to this


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county and purchased the farm upon which he still resides. His children are William, Emily and Margaret. Mr. A. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.


Charles Amann, proprietor Germania House, was born in Ger- many in 1849, and came to America in 1872, and settled in Troy, N. Y. In 1875 he came to Lansing and engaged in brewing until 1882, when he engaged in his present business. He married Carrie Christ, also a native of Germany; they have three chil- dren, Ernest, Eugene and Lena.


Dudley W. Adams, horticulturist, was born in Winchendon, Mass., November 30, 1831. His father was a lumberman and lost his life from an accident in the woods when the son was but four years old. His mother gave him a careful home training and an ordinary district schooling, with the addition of an academic course before maturity, which he assisted to secure by intervals of teaching. With the attainment of his majority came the de- velopment of a malady all too common in that region, and a se- vere cough admonished him to leave his native state and the dan- gers of its climate. Accordingly, one day in September, 1853, he might have been seen (had there been any in the country as wit- nesses) "hoofing it" from the port of Lansing eighteen miles to the capitol of Allamakee County in company with L. T. Wood- cock. Reaching the upland near Adanis' present residence, the pilgrims ran across Scott Shattuck and Tom Minard cutting a road through the hazel-brush, and upon inquiring the way to Waukon they were directed to cast their eyes to the westward where two log huts were in sight and informed that these constituted the object of their pilgrimage. One of these huts was the pioneer residence of Geo. Shattuck, and the other the "seat of justice" of Allamakee County. As might have been expected of young men in their circumstances they were somewhat taken aback, and doubtless showed it; but going bravely to work they at once began preparations for the erection of a frame store and dwelling, which is now the National House on Main street. The lumber was all oak and was hauled from Smith's mill on - Yellow River, where it was sawed out by Austin Smith. A stock of goods was opened in this building the same fall. The first sale of mer- chandise in Waukon, was by Mr. Adams, a pair of boots to Ezra Reed, Jr., from the stock while it lay in Scott Shattuck's new frame hotel (now George Mauch's residence) awaiting the com- pletion of the store. He also took out the first letter from the first mail received at Waukon, it being one he himself had written whlle east after the goods, addressed to his partner, Mr. Wood- cock. Meanwhile Mr. Adams had taken up 200 acres of govern- ment land, of which he still owns 120, forty acres of which are now occupied with orchards in bearing. From 1853 the growth of the community was rapid, and Mr. Adams found many ways in which to occupy his time to advantage, and proved himself a




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