Adair County Iowa |
The following is a list of surnames currently being researched by individuals with Adair County roots. You may add as many surnames to the list as you would like by sending an e-mail which includes the following information: Thank You! |
Surname | Migration Route | Residence | Time Period | Researcher |
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Abrams | Pennsylvania to Iowa | Harrison Twp, Adair County | 1876-1887 | Susan |
Allard, Etta | b.1846 Vermont, 1854, IA. City IA. d. 1905, Whiterock Ok., m. Jasper Norris Moore, 1870 | lived in Prussia Twp, both are buried in Prussia Center, Children: Alva, Cynthia L, Edger O,and Jasper M. | 1870? to ?? | Beverly |
Amsbaugh | 1875-1970's | Sherry | ||
Brown | Oh>IL>MO>IA | Jackson & Summerset Twps | 1880-1940 | Tom |
Bunting | July 1855, in La Grange Township, Cass County, Michigan > 1857 to Calhoun County Iowa> in the 1860’s to Jasper County>between 1878 and 1880 Page County, Iowa > 1885 Walnut Street in Greenfield Township in Adair County Iowa. | Walnut Street in Greenfield Township in Adair County Iowa. | 1885-1943 | Andrew |
Comly, Jesse | From PA to Poweshiek Co IA about 1885? and then to | Walnut Twp. Adair Co. IA about 1890 and early 1900's , Gravestones in Canby Friends Cemetery | 1885-1890 | Orrin |
Conway | So Dak>IA | Walnut Twp | early 1900's | Carlyss |
Cox, Phoebe (wife of William Winn, below) | North Carolina> Indiana> Iowa | Left Indiana to Iowa about 1856 | Paula | |
Disney | 1873- present | Sherry | ||
Doan, Doane | Bucks County, PA>Ontario, Canada>near Memphis, TN>Warren County, IN>Decatur County, IA>Adair County, IA | Greenfield, Adair County, IA | 1874-1892 | Pam |
Eckardt | Germany in 1846 to New York, Mendota, Illinois and on to Prussia Twp. in the 1860's. | Prussia Twp., Casey, Greenfield | 1860-2002 | Darrell |
Erbes | Germany>Bureau Co, IL>Adair County, IA. | Not sure which townships, but near Fontanelle | 1872 | Angie |
Evans | Wales >PA>Iowa | Richland Twp | 1860's - 1940 | Sandra |
Floyd and Bathurst family | farmed outside of Casey, Iowa in the late 1880’s and early 1900’s. John Floyd had a farm outside Casey and his son, Elmer Floyd, also had a farm near John’s. Elmer married Edna Hazel Bathurst, whose family had a farm down the road from John Floyd’s farm. Elmer lost his farm during the depression and eventually did trucking for Harry Basset trucking of the Casey area. The Bathurst farm was sold in 1991 or 1992. | Casey, Iowa | 1880-1992 | Elmer Leroy Floyd’s grandson |
Funke | Braunschweig, Germany>NY>Bureau Co, IL>Adair County, IA | Summerset Township | 1872 | Angie |
Gillis | IRE>IL>IA | Grove Twp | early 1900's | Carlyss |
Girard | France>OH>IA | Harrison Twp, Stuart, Greenfield | 1870's- present | Marie |
Griffin, George F. | Mass>IA>Chickasaw County>Adair County | Orient Township | 1880 | Barbara |
Handley | IRE>WVIR>IA | Prussia Twp, Greenfield | 1893-1959 | Carlyss |
Hanna | WVIR>IA | Prussia Twp, Greenfield | 1893-1936 | Carlyss |
Harry, Margerett, b?, d.1869?, | lived in Prussia Twp. buried in Prussia Center, Mother to Jasper Norris Moore, who married Etta Allard, 1870 | early 1850's until death, 1869 | Beverly | |
Herrick | NY>Wis>Iowa | Grand River, Washington, elsewhere | 1866- | Ken |
Herrick George T. Herrick | New York/Wisconsin/Iowa | Washington Township | 1867-1963 | Jeff Gross |
Audra Sidney Higens | Greenfield, Iowa | born 13 Feb 1899 in Greenfield, Iowa | 1869 | granddaughter of Audra, Suzanne |
Parents of Audra, Wilber Lionel Higens (b. 10 Aug 1872 in Spring Hill, Iowa) Died on 10 August 1872 in Spring Hill Iowa, buried in Greenfield, Iowa -- and ---Margaret Vivian Lake, born 27 January 1877 in Quincy, IL. She died on 08 Apr 1907 in Garwood, Texas but was buried in Greenfield, Iowa. | Spring Hill, Iowa
Quincy, Il | granddaughter of Audra, Suzanne | ||
Jameson | Rockbridge Co VA>Franklin Co OH>Allen Co OH>Dallas County, IA>Cass County, IA>Adair Co, IA. | Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa | between 1900 and 1910 | Angie |
Jeffryes | England>IL>IA | Jackson Twp | 1865-1921 | Tom |
Kilpatrick | IRE>WIS>IA | Richland Twp | circa 1870-1954 | Carlyss |
Leppard/Lepard/Leopard | Lincoln Twp. | circa 1870-1885 | April | |
Madison | 1880-1902 | Lynda | ||
McCloud | Tyler & Wetzel Co., VA>Grant Co., WI>IA | Orient, Iowa | 1880-1900 | Sandy |
McClure | Indiana >Iowa | Richland Twp | 1856 -1940 | Sandra |
McGinnis | OH>Ind>IA | Jefferson Twp, Stuart, Greenfield | 1860's-present | Marie |
Calvin Beal McGinnis b. 5 Mar 1875 | Retha | |||
William Leroy McGinnis b. 1Jul 1901 | Adair County, Iowa | Retha | ||
Martin | KY>Muscatine Co, IA> Adair Co, IA | Washington Township, Adair Co | 1900 | Jack |
May | Butler County, Pa to Port Byron, Rock Island, Illinois in 1857. To Le Claire Township, Scott, Iowa 1860. Durant, Cedar, Iowa from Jan 1868 to May 1869, Farmington Twp., Cedar, Iowa 1870. Newton, Jasper, Iowa from 1873 to 1880, 1881 moved to Adair county | Residence within Adair County: Grove Township then Greenfield | 1880 to 1941 | Andy |
Murphy | 1850's to present | Sherry | ||
Overholt, Jacob SR | Illinois>Adair County, Iowa | born in Greenfield, Adair County | in 1895 State census | Debbi |
Quinn | County Tyrone, Ireland>Wheeling WV>St. Joseph, MO>Greenfield, Adair County, IA | Greenfield, Adair County, IA | 1875-1939 | Pam |
William Simpson McGinnis b. 29 Nov. 1851 | Retha | |||
McKeeby | 1880-1902 | Lynda | ||
Nevins | Kansas>IA | Jefferson Twp, Stuart | 1880's-present | Marie |
NEWBURY, Curtis Daniel b. 15 April 1826 in Ellery, Chautaugua Co., New York, son of Garret NEWBURY & Cynthia CURTIS. Curtis d. 22 July 1896 in Summerset Twp., Fontanelle, Adair Co., Iowa. He m. Maria Eliza WRIGHT 21 May 1854 in Springfield, Springfield Twp., Sangamon Co., Illinois.(See Wright below) | Ellery, Chautaugua Co., New York, They came to Iowa in 1882 first settling near New Virgina & St. Charles, Madison, Co., Iowa. In the same year they bought land two miles west of Fontanelle, IA. In 1889 Curtis & his brother Norman, built a creamery at Fontanelle. | Summerset Twp., Fontanelle | 1826-1896 | Carol |
Nichols | Ireland>Adair County, IA | Greenfield, Adair County, IA | 1885-1915 | Pam |
Noland | ?>VIR>OH>IA | Greenfield, Orient | circa 1900-1958 | Carlyss |
O'Brien | IRE>IL>IA | Harrison Twp, Stuart | 1870's-present | Marie |
Piper | England>Mass>IL>IA | Grove Twp & Richland Twp | 1872-1961 | Carlyss |
Pote | Pennsylvia, and Virgina, Indiana Iowa (Cedar County then Adair County also Guthrie County) | Farm in Adair County, Son -drug store in Bridgewater | 1875-1960 | Nancy Kunkel, granddaughter of Guy Pote, Bridgewater |
Purdy, William James | b. 1842 Chattem Ont. d. 1903 Fletcher, Canada . m. 1865 in Kewanee, Ills.to Margret Harry,b. 1846 Ohio, d.1887 , from 1866 to 1873. ill > 1875-1895 Adair co. Iowa | 1875-1895 residence of Eureka., Adair Co. Children, Mary E., Sherman, Charles A., Josephine, William J.both William and Margaret are buried in Eureka,,bp of mother Canada, can't find out Williams mother or father, or Margret's parents | 1842-1895 | Beverly |
Samuel Ralston and Elizabeth (Fritz) Ralston | They were both born in Virginia, and migrated through Kentucky, and Illinois. In 1840 they resided in Henry Co, IA. In 1850 and 1860 they resided in Madison County, IA. | They lived in Summerset Township, Adair County, IA from before the 1870 Census until their deaths. | Elizabeth died there in 1879 and Samuel died there in 1889. | Sue |
Reed | No.IRE, County Antrim, 1846>Penn>IL>IA | Lee Twp | 1871-1943 | Carlyss |
Lyle Raymond Rhodes | Lyle Raymond Rhodes was the son of John W Rhodes and Grace L. Rhodes (NEE Morgan). He was born on the family farm in Adair County in 1917. He moved to Pueblo, Colorado and eventually to Des Moines, with his mother. Lyle married Elvera Christine Rhodes (NEE Larson) of Des Moines. Lyle served as an infantryman in the 506 Parachute Regiment Combat Team (later part of the 101st Airborne Division) during WWII. Lyle moved to Council Bluffs in 1959 and died in Omaha in 1989. He is survived by his son, Lyle R Rhodes, Jr. who was born in 1946. | Adair County to Council Bluffs, died in Omaha | 1917-1989 | Lyle R. Rhodes Jr |
John W. Rhodes and family | born PA ca. 1858, lived in Pottawattamie Co., IA between 1885-1895. He married Leanna Putnam, dau of Rufus and Rosina Eastman Putnam and they had five children William (b. 1885), John, Charles P., Frank and Odessa (b. 1894), in Pottawattamie Co. before moving to the Greenfield area of Adair County ca. 1895. Here they had two more children: Bryan (1896) and Anna (1898). Charles P. Rhodes married Grace L. Morgan in Adair Co. ca. 1912. They had Harold (1915), Lyle (1917) and Betty A. (ca. 1921). Charles and Grace divorced before 1925 and he moved to Idaho with a wife from Nebraska. Grace moved to Des Moines by 1930. | Greenfield area, Adair County | 1895-circa 1925 | John M. Rhodes |
Sellers | Ohio to Iowa | Harrison Twp, Adair County | 1876-1887 | Susan |
Singer | IL>Adair County, IA | Greenfield, Adair County, IA | ?-before 1890 | Pam |
Stanton, Frank | born in New York about 1831> 1870 Elmira, Stark, Illinois> 1880 Kewanee, Henry, Illinois> 1885 and 1895 Iowa Census living in Lincoln Twp, Adair County, Iowa | 1900 and 1910 Frank and Jane Stanton living in Lincoln Twp, Adair County, Iowa. A farmer. 1900 Living with son, Charles Stanton,1920 Lincoln Twp, Adair Co. Iowa Living with son, Charles Stanton Children: Charles, Minnie, Electa, Lillie, Warren, Sarah All born in Illinois. | 1831-1920 | Carolyn |
Esther Strickland (wife of George F. Griffin, see above) their 3 children Mabel Griffin b 1879 Sadie Griffin b 1883 Esther Griffin b . 1890 | Chicksaw County, Iowa>Adair County, Iowa | Orient Twp | 1880 | Barbara |
Strong Milo J. & Dorothy (Fellows) Strong | Vermont/New York/Illinois/Iowa | Washington Township | 1867-1963 | Jeff Gross |
Sullivan | 1880-1902 | Lynda | ||
Speed | England>MD>OH>IA | Union, Orient, Richland, Eureka & Summerset Twps | 1890's-1940's | Tom |
Snyder | Indiana and Ohio and then on to Iowa then Kansas and back to Iowa | Union and Grand River twps | 1885-1895 | Cheryl |
TOMPKINS | NY>IL>IA | 1817 in NY; in IL in 1860s and 1870s. Appears in Adair county, IA in 1880 census | 1817-1880 | Rowdy |
Voss Family | Germany>Cedar Cnty, Ia. > Adair Cnty, Ia > Missouri | Prussia Twp, S.E. Corner Section 15 | 1883 - 1902 | John |
Wallace, Henry Hamilton | No. Ireland (probably County Antrim) >arrived in NY Nov 1841 with parents>1841-1855 Philadelphia Co., PA>1855-1868 Peoria Co, IL>1868/9? to Cass Co., IA & on to Sommerset Twp, Adair Co in 1890s | Died in Summerset Twp, Adair Co 1911.Descendants have continued to live in Adair Co to present day. | 1890's-present | Arlene |
White | CT>Grant Co., WI>IA | Orient, Iowa | 1880-1900 | Sandy |
Winn, William | Indiana>Iowa | Left Indiana to Iowa about 1856 | Paula | |
Woodson | VA>KY>Monroe & Ralls Co MO>Cass County, IA> Adair County, IA> | Greenfield | around 1900 | Angie |
Woodson | ?>IA | Lee Twp | early 1900's | Carlyss |
WRIGHT, Maria Eliza b. 28 May 1832 in Rodman Twp., Jefferson Co., New York. dau. of Asa WRIGHT Jr. & Abigail WOODSON/WOODSOM. Maria died 2 June 1895 in Summerset Twp., Fontanelle, IA. Both Maria & Curtis & families are buried in the Fonanelle Cemetery. | Rodman Twp., Jefferson Co., New York. They came to Iowa in 1882 first settling near New Virgina & St. Charles, Madison, Co., Iowa. In the same year they bought land two miles west of Fontanelle, IA. In 1889 Curtis & his brother Norman, built a creamery at Fontanelle | Summerset Twp., Fontanelle, IA. | 1832-1895 | Carol |
Young, Jacob (or JJ) and Magdalena (or Margaret) Young, daughter (Inez) Anna Young born 1886 in Adair | migration route ? (Would like to know where Jacob and wife came from and their origins) | Richland Twp. | 1886 - 1920 | Gina |
Young | Scotland>Illinois>Iowa>Greenfield | Greenfield, Stella Street | 1895-1930 | Alan MacMillan, Fife, Scotland |