The history of Washington County, Iowa, its cities, towns, and c., a biographical directory of its citizens, Part 24

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Des Moines : Union Historical Co.
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In addition to the above officers, the following were appointed a Board of Managers:


Lee County .- Arthur Bridgeman, Reuben Brackett, and Josiah Hinkle. Van Buren County .- Timothy Day, Dr. Elbert, and William Campbell. Henry County .- Thomas Siviter, Amos Lapham, and J. W. Frazier. Jefferson County .- P. L. Huyett, John Andrews, and B. B. Tuttle. Wapello County .- R. H. Warden, Gen. Ramsay, and Uriah Biggs.


Mahaska County .- Wm. Mckinley, Sr., John White, and M. T. Wil- liams.


Polk County .- Dr. Brooks, Thomas Mitchell, and William McKay.


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Des Moines County .-- J. F. Tallant, A. K. Avery, and G. Neely. Louisa County .- George Kee, Francis Springer, and Joshua Marshall, Muscatine County .- J. H. Wallace, James Weed, and John A. Parvin. Dubuque County .- W. Y. Lovel, Orlando McCraney, and L. H. Lang- worthy.


Johnson County .- R. H. Sylvester, LeGrand Byington, and C. Saunders. Scott County .- J. A. Burchard, James Thorington, and Laurel Summers.


A resolution was adopted providing that the first State Fair be held at Fairfield, commencing Wednesday, October 25, 1854. A resolution was also adopted for the appointment of a committee of five to memorialize the General Assembly. for pecuniary aid, and the following were appointed: George W. McCleary, of Johnson county; George S. Hampton, of Johnson county; David Rorer, of Des Moines county; Ralph I'. Lowe, of Lee county, and George Gillaspy, of Wapello county.


At this meeting the following fourteen persons affixed their signatures to the Constitution, agreeing to become members: Charles Negus, J. M. Shaffer, D. P. Inskeep, Amos Lapham, J. W. Frazier, Josiah Hinkle, J. T. Gibson, Stephen Frazier, Evan Marshall, Thomas Siviter, John Andrews, B. B. Tuttle, Eli Williams, and P. L. Huyett.


This meeting was held in the court house at Fairfield, and was not very largely attended, for at that time there was not a mile of railroad in the State.


THE FIRST STATE FAIR.


In accordance with the arrangement made at the organization of the So- ciety, the first annual fair was held at Fairfield, commencing October 25th, 1854, and continued three days. The number of people in attendance was estimated at the time at from 7,000 to 8,000. The exhibition was consid- ered a grand success. All portions of the State at that time settled, were represented by visitors. The fair was held on the grounds which have for many years been occupied as the depot grounds of the Burlington & Mis- souri River Railroad. There was a fine display of stock, agricultural imple- ments, farm products, and articles of domestic manufacture. In the ladies' department there was an attractive exhibit of their handi-work. The nat- ural history of the State was illustrated by Dr. J. M. Shaffer's collection of reptiles and insects, and by a fine collection of birds shown by Mr. Moore, of Des Moines. The dairy was well represented, and a cheese weighing three hundred and sixty pounds was presented to Gov. Grimes by his Lee county friends.


The most exciting incident of the fair was the equestrian exhibition by ten ladies. This took place on the afternoon of the second and the forenoon of the third day. The first prize was a gold watch, valued at one hundred dollars. It was awarded by the committee to Miss Turner, of Keokuk. One of the fair contestants was Miss Eliza J. Hodges, then only thirteen years of age. She rode a splendid and' high-spirited horse, the property of Dr. J. C. Ware, of Fairfield, The daring style of her riding, and the per- fect control of the animal which she maintained, enlisted the favor and sympathy of the throng present in her behalf. The popular verdict would have awarded the prize to Miss Hodges. A purse of $165, and some other presents, were immediately contributed for the "Iowa City girl," as the heroine of the day was called. Provision was also made for her attendance,


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free of all charge, for three terms, at the Ladies' Seminary at Fairfield, and one term at Mt. Pleasant, all of which she gracefully accepted.


George C. Dixon, of Keokuk, delivered the first annual address. Thomas W. Claggett was re-elected President, and Dr. J. M. Shaffer, Secretary. The second annual fair was appointed also to be held at Fairfield, commencing on the second Wednesday in October, 1855, and continuing three days.


Such is a brief account of the humble beginning, and first exhibition of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, which has since grown to be one of the important institutions of the State, attracting to its annual exhibits many thousands of people, not only from all parts of Iowa, but from other States.


THE FISH COMMISSION.


The Fifteenth General Assembly, in 1874, passed " An act to provide for the appointment of a Board of Fish Commissioners for the construction of Fishways for the protection and propagation of Fish," also " An act to pro- vide for furnishing the rivers and lakes with fish and fish spawn." This act appropriated $3,000 for the purpose. In accordance with the provisions of the first act above mentioned, on the 9th of April, 1874, S. B. Evans of Ottumwa, Wapello county; B. F. Shaw of Jones county, and Charles A. Haines, of Black Hawk county were appointed to be Fish Commission- ers by the Governor. These Commissioners met at Des Moines, May 10, 1874, and organized by the election of Mr. Evans, President; Mr. Shaw, Secretary and Superintendent, and Mr. Haines, Treasurer. During the first year the Commissioners erected a "hatching house" near Anamosa, and distributed within the State 100,000 shad, 300,000 California salmon, 10,000 bass, 80,000 Penobscot salmon, 5,000 land-locked salmon, and 20,- 000 of other kinds.


The next General Assembly amended the law, reducing the commission to one member, and B. F. Shaw was appointed. During the second year there were distributed 533,000 California salmon, and 100,000 young cels; in 1877, there were distributed 303,500 lake trout in the rivers and lakes of the State, and several hundred thousands of other species. During the years 1876 and 1877, the total number of different kinds distributed, and on hand, was over five and a half million. The Seventeenth General As- sembly, by an act approved March 23, 1878, appropriated $6,000 for con- tinuing the promotion of fish culture in the State. B. F. Shaw was con- tinued as Commissioner.


STATE ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION.


The first legislative act in Iowa designed to promote immigration, was passed in March, 1860. The law provided for the appointment by the Gov- ernor of a Commissioner of Immigration to reside and keep an office in the city of New York, from the first of May until the first of December of each year. It was made the duty of the Commissioner to give to immi- grants information in regard to the soil and climate of the State, branchies of business to be pursued with advantage, the cheapest and best routes by which to reach the State, and to protect them from imposition. To carry ont the objects of the law, the sum of $4,500 was appropriated to be ap- plied as follows: for the payment of the Commissioner two years, $2,400;


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for printing documents in English, German, and such other languages as the Governor might deem advisable, $1,000, and for office and oflico ex- penses for the Commissioner, $1,100. Under this law, Ilon. N. J. Rusch, of Scott county, who had previously been Lieutenant Governor, was appointed Immigration Commissioner, and in May, 1860, established an office in New York. The object of the law seems to have had special reference to foreign immigration. The Commissioner in his report to the Governor, in Decem- ber, 1861, gave it as his opinion, that the establishinent of an agency in New York was not the most successful method of inducing iminigration .to a particular State. He thought far more could be accomplished at less ex- pense by the distribution of documents. In February, 1862, the law was repealed, and the office of Commissioner of Immigration was discontinued May 1st of that year.


The next effort put forth by the State to promote immigration was under an act passed by the Thirteenth General Assembly, in 1870. Hon. M. J. Rohilfs, of Scott county, had at the previous session introduced a bill in the House of Representatives for the purpose, but the measure did not then succeed. At the next session he renewed his efforts with success. The law provided for the appointment by the Governor of a Board of Immigration, to consist of one member from each Congressional district, and the Gov- ernor, who was ex-oficio President of the Board. It also provided for a Secretary, to be ex-officio Commissioner of Immigration, and to be chosen by the Board. Provision was also made for the appointment of agents in the Eastern States and in Europe, and for the publication and distribution of documents. To carry out its objects an appropriation of $5,000 was made. This was designed to pay expense of documents, salary of Secre- tary, and compensation of agents, the members of the Board receiving no compensation, except mileage for two meetings each year, to be paid out of the general fund. Under this law the following persons were appointed by Governor Merrill: Edward Mumm, of Lee county; M. J. Rolilfs, of Scott county; C. L. Clausen, of Mitchell county; C. Rhynsburger, of Marion county; S. F. Spofford, of Polk county, and Marcus Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county. At their first meeting, held in April, 1870, they elected A. R. Fulton their Secretary, and authorized him to prepare a pamphlet for dis- tribution, in the English, German, Holland, Swedish and Norwegian lan- guages. Many thousands of copies of a pamphlet entitled "Iowa: The Home for Immigrants," were printed in the several languages named, and distributed throughout the East and in European countries. Many other pamphlets and documents were also distributed, and several agents com- inissioned. So successful were the efforts of the Board that the next Gen- eral Assembly appropriated $10,000 for continuing the work. The amend- atory law, however, reduced the Board to five members, including the Gov- ernor. The Board, as reduced, was composed of the following members: M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county; S. F. Spofford, of Polk county; Marcus Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county; C. V. Gardner, of Pottawattamie county, and the Governor. The new Board continued the former Secretary, and pursued its work by the distribution of documents, through agents and by correspondence. After four years existence the Board of Immigration was discontinued, but not until it had doubtless been the means of inducing thousands to find liomes within the borders of Iowa.


STATISTICS.


NUMBER OF TROOPS FURNISHED BY THE STATE OF IOWA DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, TO JANUARY 1, 1865 .*


No. Regiment.


No. of men.


No. Regiment.


No. of men.


1st


Iowa Infantry


959


39th Iowa Infantry


933


2d


1,247


40th


900


4th


..


=


1,184


44th Infantry (100-days men).


867


5th


1,037


145th


912


6th


1,013


46th


892


7th


46


1,138


47th


$6


884


8th


1,027


48th Battalion


346


9th


1,090


Ist Iowa Cavalry.


1,478


10th


1,027


2d


1,394


11th


4.


1,022


3d


1,360


12th


981


4th


1,227


13th


989


5th


1,245


14th


840


6th


1,125


15th


=


1,196


7th


..


9th


=


66


562 1,234 1,178 93


19th


=


66


925


1st Battery Artillery 2d $6


149


21st


=


980


123


22


1,008


3d


142


23d


44


961


4th


152


24th


979


1st Iowa African Inf'y, 60th U. S.t Dodge's Brigade Band


903 14


27th


=


940


28th


¥


956


Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1, '64, for the older lowa regiments Enlistments of lowa men in regi- ments of other States, over. ...


2,765


29th


66


1,005


30th


46


978


Total


61,653


33d


985


Re-enlisted Veterans for different regiments .


7,202


35th


66


984


Additional enlistments


6,664


36th


=


914


38th


910


Grand total as far as reported up to Jan. 1, 1865 ..


75,519


16th


919


8tlı


17th


956


18th


875


Sioux City Cavalry t.


985


Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry


87


20th


25th


995


26th


919


Band of 2d Iowa Infantry


10


31st


977


32d


925


34th


.6


953


986


37th


* This does not include those Iowa men who veteranized in the regiments of other States, nor the names of men who enlisted during 1864, in regiments of other States.


t Afterward consolidated with Seventh Cavalry.


# Only a portion of this regiment was credited to the State.


1,074


41st Battalion Iowa Infantry


294


3d


2,500


184


NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS OF IOWA REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR.


TRANSFER'D.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


-


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


In action.


Accidentally.


Of wounds.


Of disease.


By drowning.


For disability.


Cause


Total.


In action.


Accidentally.


Resigned.


Dismissed.


Captured.


To Vet. Res.


Corps.


ment.


Total.


4


4


34


3


46


1


21


6 2 NAOONCE


12


12


25


9


9


39


1


63;


5


Second Cavalry .


2


OTO


2


Fifth Cavalry ...


1


1


1


1


1


15


2


21 .


15!


6


23


1


41


22


Seventh Cavalry


3


2


2


NON


25


30


3


3


1


2


2


6


10


Ninth Cavalry ...


No


casu


alt's rep.


Artillery, First Battery . .


1


2


1


·


.


1


1


Artillery, Third Battery


..


4


4


5


1


1


8


9


6


2


23


23


25}


1


1


3


3


3


9


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


. .


1


35.


34


40


81


8


4


..


2


..


5


1


16 ... -


16


34!


59


3


3


1


6


4


6


17 ..


17


281


1


63


7.


1


Fifth Infantry ..


7


1


2


3


1


4


5


18 . .


18


32


2


67


2


7


7


4


3


3


6


·


14


14


30


2


57


12


1


3


4


Eighth Infantry. .


6


6


7


2


9


1


3


5


24 2


26


261


...


58


1


·


6


6


Tenth Infantry . .


3


3


2


4


1


3


4


8. ..


81


25


3


47


4


Eleventh Infantry.


3


1


8


9


.


11 2


13


$19


1


45


1


·


41


4


Twelfth Infantry ..


2


2


41


19]. .


1911


361


11


651


NOcreo 2


2


Third Cavalry ..


8


7


31


2


55


4


..


6


6


35


51


8


1


1


.


1


1


Sixth Cavalry. ..


2


2


Eighth Cavalry.


1


1


.


8


1


1


Artillery, Fourth Battery.


291


1


1


. .


6


2


2


Third infantry .


5


5


Fourth Infantry ..


1


6


22 1


23


37


73


Seventh Infantry ..


1


4


2


2


4


..


72


9


.


6


6


Ninth Infantry. . .


4


4


16


16


32


. .


5


5


.


22


4 ....


Thirteenth Infantry.


STATISTICS.


WOUNDED.


un-


appoint-


By


5.


5


45


1


First Cavalry . .


3


Fourth Cavalry .


23


10


10


Artillery, Second Battery.


61


First Infantry . .


Second Infantry


Second Veteran Infantry


1


Second and Third Infantry (consolidated) ..


.


Third Veteran Infantry


Sixth Infantry .


1


1


·


Total.


Total.


known.


Total.


Total casualties.


1


STATISTICS.


Total.


133/ 21


135


88 115


21


205


51|


80


132


565 8| 566 12254


56| 2321


241


4


105| 109


3


31


2


00


6 ..


6


22||


1|


35 !!


201 .


Fourteenth Infantry.


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion.


22


22|


27


1


62


5


.


2


2


21


211


13 .


47


15


..


2


2


Sixteenth Infantry ...


2


2


3321


2


3


2


2


7


7


18


1


36


12


3


3


Nineteenth Infantry ..


1


1


3.


1.


4


2 2


3


5


15


11


26


1


48


1


2


2


Twenty-first Infantry ..


4


4


2


2


3


2


5


1


3


4


9 171. . .


17


54


4


4 .


6


.....


1


19


19


24


1


49


1


2


2


Twenty-fifth Infantry ...


.


2


4


4


8


4


2


6


22 .


22|1


281 ....


661


3


1


1


Twenty-sixth Infantry ..


3


2


3


5


7


17


32


2


2


Twenty-seventh Infantry.


3


5,


2


2


4


3


5


8


3


3


17


17


27


33


1


46


2


2


3


7


9


9


13


1


38


5


2


Thirty-first Infantry ..


2


2


2


8.


1


9


26


42


1


1


4


Thirty-second Infantry .


1


3


3


28


35


1


Thirty-fourth Infantry.


1


1


1


2


.


1


2


2


12


2


. 25


27


23


1


1


Thirty-fifth Infantry ..


6


2


3


·


·


3


27


2


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry.


3


5


5


15


29


3


1


1


Thirty-eighth Infantry,.


2


12


2


2


18


1


35


1


Thirty-ninth Infantry ..


2


Fortieth Infantry. .


1


1


1


Forty-fourth Infantry ..


No


casu alt's


Forty-fifth Infantry ...


2


1


1


.


..


.


·


... .


.


.


...


.


. ...


...


1


.


.


. ..


.


.


.


·


1


11


3


16


1


1


Forty-seventh Infantry.


Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion).


First Colored Regiment of Iowa (60th U. S.) ....


5


2 .


Thirtieth Infantry ...


123 3


.423


1


1


2


8


8


25


39


2


·


58


.


1


1


Twenty-ninth Infantry .


9


8


. ·


.


.


.


....


2


3


1


1


Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th] consolidated.


4


4


16


...


5


11


.


Thirty-sixth Infantry ..


3


.5733221 2 1


.


7. 16 . .


16


21


.. 1


50


4


1


1


Twenty-eighth Infantry .


4


2


.


. .


9


26 27 23


1


56


5


22| . .


22|


47


1


...


Twenty-fourth Infantry. .


2


4


.


.


.


2


.


2


1


3


6


6


20


·


.


33


3


1


1


. .


Twentieth Infantry. ..


1


1


2


2


Twenty-second Infantry.


. .


Twenty-third Infantry. .


1


..


20, 5


40 20


5


69 33


14


..


.


5


5


Seventeenth Infantry. .


5


. ·


Eighteenth Infantry ..


5


5


.


.


1


19


1


...


1


1


5.


5


Fifteenth Infantry. .


5.


.341 4 1


Thirty-third Infantry.


4


..


. .


1


.


.


..


Forty-sixth Infantry ...


2


·


21


1


2


2


..


185


NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AMONG ENLISTED MEN OF IOWA REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


TRANSFER'D.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Of wounds.


Of disease.


By suicide.


By drowning.


For disability.


un-


known.


Cause


Total.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total casualties.


Captured.


To Vet. Res.


Corps.


appoint- ment.


Total.


34|


8


42


201


187| 11


4


312;1 187


16| 203


81


3


84


2


543]


211


14|


22|


36


First Cavalry. . .


37


3


40!


28|191 . .


3


222,


140


29


169


158


3


161


10


602


73


26


11


37


Second Cavalry.


58!


4


62


19


224 . .


2


245


220


85


305


155


2


157


1


770


141


24


7


31


Third Cavahy ..


371


4


41


11


186


4


201


151


82


233


108


4


3


590


90


25


8


33


Fourth Cavalry.


36


6


42


7


127


2


137


172


51


223


3


50


452


209


14


3


17


Fifth Cavalry ..


16


3


19


5


59|


2


4


70


70


16


86


15


3


18


193


1


5


6


Sixth Cavalry ...


37


8


45


2}


92


1


1011


228


18


246


4


1


8


402


3


5


8


Seventh Cavalry ..


3


27


9


91


4


104


49


15


64


75


2


77


2


274


237


20 .


20


5


1


6


10|


162 .


3


175


54


8


62


13


2


15


258


10


1


11


Ninth Cavalry ..


7


7


3


51 .


54


25


9


341


28


1


29


124


3


·


5


1


6


Artillery, 2d Battery ..


1


1


1


29|


30


16


16/


14


1


15


.


2


3


1!


33


34


23


3


26


15


1


16


79


....


· ..


.


..


.


5


3


.


12


12


5


7


13


.


137 191 328


244


1


245


758


13


9


6


15


Second Infantry.


11


11


3


11


·


27 .


·


27|


14


14


28


8


8


67.


18


5


3


8


41 ·


4


·


28


991


2


129


163


67


230


2


335


10


749


85


13


4


17


Third Infantry ...


17


. .


1


58


51


237).


2


152


146


298


319


3 322


5


973


30


2


32


Fourth Infantry ..


59|


1


60


29


90 1


120


222


15


237


278.


4


282


699


45


2


47


Fifth Infantry.


1021


102


30


124 .


..


154 172


180


108


288


328


Seventh Infantry.


49


1


50


44


137 ..


1 182


245


63


308


210


354


5


359


1


973


23.


24


24


Ninth Infantry.


56| 1


57|


35/ 134 . .


11


170 !!


137| 115| 252


257|


4


261


739|


16/1


411


5


48


Tenth Infantry.


.


76 2


78


57


208.


266


243


26


269


47


258


331


335


3


855


54


....


Sixth Infantry .. ..


94 .


94


35


135


. .


2


10 290


1


....


. .


·


28


...


2


2


Third Veteran Infantry.


17


1


9


.


. .


..


. .


885


73 382


21|


13


34


Eighth Infantry. .


.


52 3


55


17


107 ·


4


128


14


2


1


3


41


41


69


1


1


Second Veteran Infantry.


55


3


58


.


165


.


137


3


First Infantry ..


t Company A. 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry .. . Dodge's Brigade Band. .


4


4


3


3


·


11


.


.


7


7


7


* Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry.


5


1


6


11


Artillery, 4th Battery. .


.


.


..


..


.


.


.


.


62|


1


3


Artillery, 1st Battery ...


....


..


Artillery, 3d Battery. .


1


· .


:


.


Second and Third Consolidated Infantry.


.


23 44


96


15


7


22


761


4 4 3 331 214


· . : 8


·


.


STATISTICS.


186


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


Total.


Missing.


Total.


By


1


1


47


.


Eighth Cavalry. .


24


57


7


211


1


137


333


112


Eleventh Infantry. . Twelfth Infantry ..


54| 1| 30|


55|1 30


25| 148 . 32 243 .


1


1


122


·


... ·


.


·


2 274


270


53 4 32


269 190 11 302| 209 222 228 188


392 289 225 73 190


1 290 225 1 : 74 1 3 191 46


14 8 , .


614 449 562


242 264 63 204


21 23 5 27


6 3 5


27 26 10


Eighteenth Infantry ..


26| 2


28


7


109


3


249 116 119 130 142


160 129 222 183 157


5


6 163


43


Twentieth Infantry . .


8!


8


1


38


29


2


188


139


14 8


153 158


147 245 123 240


3 150 245 126 243


2


531


49


5


54 42 42


Twenty-second Infantry.


53


1


54


52


126 . .


2


180 228


150 171


6


177


4 204


18


138


162


2


164


4


564


17


16


8


69 69 45


7 ..


7


14


162


4


180 206


166


16


182


242


4


246


10


696


33


10


43 37 47 72


Twenty-ninth Infantry.


19 2


21


17


248


1


266


117 129


13


142


202


31


205


2


646


19


46


721. ..


93


27


6


33


56


56


33


203


1


237


156


101


166


132


12


168


7


580


73


10


28


Thirty-third Infantry .


4


4


2


228 1


231


286


27


313


13


13


561


3


18 22


...


·


·


....


....


·


2


. 14


66


Thirty-fifth Infantry ..


23 2


25


19


182 1


1


203


172


17


189


93


93


3


510


15


51


14 65


Thirty-sixth Infantry .


35| .


35


24


226 .


1


251


187


4


191


142


142 .


437


17


6


23


Thirty-seventh Infantry.


1


1


310


1


311


108


9 117


2


2


431


8!


4


12


Thirty-eighth Infantry ..


33


1


34


21


119 .


1


141


89


34


123 105


3


108


406


12


31


15


Thirty-ninth Infantry ...


5


5


10


5


194


117


4


41


41


361


21


20


6


26


Fortieth Infantry


2


15


15


..


·


. .


·


14.


14


.


Forty-fifth Infantry ..


2


2


1


17 .


1


19


Forty-sixth Infantry ..


2


2


1


23


24


.


....


.


·


. . ..


.


...


..


.


.


1


331


5


337


40


40


1


1


383


1


1


*Before transferred to 7th Iowa Cav. +Partial returns. 1940 78 2017 1199 8695! 8| 109 10011|8005.1982 9987 8180 11218232||


1151


303941 4489,1264| 281 1545


.


1


59


53|


197 .


3 253


200


120


140


1


141


140


3 3


135


6


530


32 89


53


31


6 1


39


1


40


24


233


...


16


2611


277


137


38.


175


77j


...


. .


. .


.


25| 1


26


37


166 .


3


236


109


34


143 166


Thirty-fourth Infantry


6


Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th] luft. consolidated


3


4


2


10


12


29


7


36


12


356


2


2


503


2


·


.


....


141


1


142


326


30


...


..


.


.


17


Forty-fourth Infantry.


1


22


1


·


1


21


28


.


.


.


....


..


Forty-seventh Infantry .


1


1


45


1


46


Forty-eighth Infantry.


4


.


..


.


4


·


..


First African Infantry [60th U. S.] ..


4


1


5


1


174|| 121| 276 124 217 145


30| 151|| 220


6| 2261 209


. .


61011 768 852 526


59| 382|


26| 19 15


11| 3


22


Thirteenth Infantry ..


65 1


66


34


182


77


290 162


4 294 162 1


6


84 249 .


15 10


30 23


Fourteenth Infantry .


11


1


78


13


14


27


Fifteenth Infantry. .


52 .. ..


52:


78 194 .


Sixteenth Infantry ...


57


..


57


32 217 18 97


1


91 1301 157


6 7


10


36


2


39


Twenty-first Infantry .


...


..


570


3 72


1! 6


54


Twenty-fifth Infantry .. .


39


39


22


199


...


40 2


42


29


204 .


3


219 236


134


681


202


132


97


2


99


1


511


77 133


540


13


589


Thirty-second Infantry


.


..


3


3


3


3


..


Thirty-fourth consolidated Battalion Infantry ..


52 .


52


24|


180


1


1


Thirtieth Infantry ..


11


11


30


196


2


Twenty-third Infantry .


2


761


143


562


24


69 ·


40


· 5


Twenty-sixth Infantry ..


...


·


STATISTICS.


187


.... .


...


2 394


7


1029 819


Seventeenth Infantry .


43


43;


Nineteenth Infantry . .


53 . .


53


33 5


20 79


2


40 41 48


13


40


..


359


634


39


39


Twenty-fourth Infantry.


58


Twenty-seventh Infantry .


Twenty-eighth Infantry .


7


124


.


·


..


.


..


·


179.


*Forty-first Infantry (battalion).


2


·


15


1


.


47


4


·


..


27| 1|


23}


281 .


1


2


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion


192 137 7


49 93 6


....


3 3


....


Thirty-first Infantry


.


22


.


2


3


3


619


.


203


121:


.


1


1


..


37


133 257 ~208 1


257


37


188


STATISTICS.


TABLE.


SHOWING THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED.


COUNTIES.


Organized.


1875.


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Adair.


1854


7045


3982


984


Adams.


1853


7832


4614


1533


Allamakee.


1849


19158


17868


12237


777


3653


Appanoose.


1846


2370


16456


11931


3131


527


Audubon


1855


17405


1212


454


Benton. .


1846


28807


22454


8496


672


4778


Black Hawk.


1853


22913


21706


8244


135


4877


Boone.


1849


17251


14584


4232


735


3515


Bremer.


1853


13220


12528


4915


2656


Buchanan.


1847


17315


17034


7906


517


3890


Buena Vista.


1858


3561


1585


57


817


Butler.


1854


11734


9951


3724


2598


Calhoun


1855


3185


1602


147


681


Carroll.


1856*


5760


2451


281


1197


Cass


1853


10552


5464


1612


2422


Cedar.


1836


17879


19731


12949


3941


1253


3934


Cerro Gordo.


1855


6685


4722


940


1526


Cherokee.


1856


4249


1967


58


1001


Chickasaw


1853


11400


10180


4336


2392


Clarke


1851


10118


8785


5427


79


2218


Clay. ..


1858


3559


1523


52


3873


1101


5272


Clinton.


1840


34295


35357


18938


2822


821


5569


Crawford


1855


6039


2530


383


854


3170


Davis.


1844


15757


15565


-13764


7264


3448


Decatur.


1850


13249


12018


8677


965


2882


Delaware.


1840


16893


17432


11024


1759


168


3662


Des Moines.


1834


35415


27256


19611


12988


5577


6654


Dickinson


1857


1748


1389


180


10841


3059


8759


Emmett


1859


1436


1892


105


299


Fayette


1850


20515


16973


12073


825


4637


Floyd


1854


13100


10768


3744


2884


Fremont.


1849


13719


11173


5074


1244


2998


Greene.


1854


7028


4627


1374


1622


Guthrie


1851


9638


7061


3058


2339


Hamilton


1857


7701


6055


1699


1455


Hancock.


1858


1482


999


179


303


Hardin


1853


15029


13684


5440


3215


Harrison


1853


.11818


8931


3621


2658


Henry.


1836


21594


21463


18701


8707


3772


4641


Howard.


1855


7875


6282


3168


1712


Humboldt.


1857


3455


2596


332


695


Ida


1858


794


226


43


822


3576


Jackson Jasper


1846


24128


22116


9883


1280


5239


Jefferson


1839


17127|


17839


15038


9904


2773


3721


Johnson


1838


24654


24898


17573


4472


1491


5225


Jones.


1839


19168


19731


13306


3007


471


172


Iowa.


1845


17456


16644


8029


18493


7210


1411


4901


Franklin


1855


6558


47381


1809


1374


Grundy


1856


8134


6399


793


1525


Clayton


1838


27184


27771


20728


Dallas.


1847


14386


12019


5244


394


Dubuque


1834


43845


88969


31164


868


1244


4180


1838


23061


22619


AGGREGATE.


1616


1727


3679


189


STATISTICS.


TABLE


SHOWING THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED.


Continued.


COUNTIES.


Organized.


1875.


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Keokuk.


1844


20488|


19434


13271


4822


4202


Kossuth


1855


3765


8351


416


773


Lee ..


1837


33913


38210


29232


18861


6093


5709


Linn


1839


31815


28852


18947


5444


1373


7274


Louisa


1839


12499


12877


10370


4939


1927


2899


Lucas.


1849


11725


10388


5766


471


2464


Lyon.


1850


16030


13884


7339


1179


2632


Mahaska.


1844


23718


22508


14816


5989


5287


Marion.


1845


24094


24436


16813


5482


4988


Marshall


1850


19629


17576


6015


338


4445


Mills.


1851


10555


8718


4481


2365


Mitchell


1854


11523


9582


3409


2338


Monona.


1854


2267


3654


832


1292


Monroe.


1851


12811


12724


8612


2884


2743


Montgomery


1838


21623


21688


16444


5731


1942


6588


O'Brien


1860


2349


715


8


595


Osceola.


1851


14274


9975


4419


551


3222


Palo Alto.


1857


2728


1336


132


556


Plymouth.


1858


5282


2199


148


1136


Pocahontas


1859


2249


1446


103


464


Polk ...


1846


81558


27857


11625


4513




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