LaPorte City Progress
LaPorte City, Iowa
December 2, 1893

Derivation of Names
-Chandler was once a candlemaker.
-Payne, Paine, and the like, are contractions of Pagan.
-Croker and Crocker has fathers who made earthenware.
-Stot was formerly a herd, hence the Stottards and Stoddards.
-Miller, Milman, Mills, Milner, Milward, all have the same derivation.
-Calvert was once a calf herd; so also were the Calverds, Coverts, and Calvards.
-Bark, Barker and Barkley show the importance of tan bark in early English times.
-Crook, Crump, Cramp and Crimp are but changes rung on an old nickname for a cripple.
-Pattens were overshoes, hence the Pattons, Patons, Patteners, Putners and Putnams.
-Sanders, Saunders, Sanderson, are variations of Alexander, a favorite name in Scotland.
-Clark was the village penman and the father of a long line who spell their one name in many ways.
-White, Black, Brown, Gray, Green, Reed or Red, Ruddle and a few more originated in peculiarities of dress or complexion.