Butler County Biographies: 1883
Index of Butler County biographies from the 1883 History of Butler and Bremer Counties
Transcription provided by Diane Wilson.NOTE: All these biographies are now on the Butler County Biographies Message Board.
Name Page
Ackerman, David 584
Adair, William 722 Picture
Adair, George W. 695
Ahrens, Henry 677
Allen, J. W. 699
Anderson, John D. 371
Apfel, Henry 709
Arends, John P. 655
Ashton, M. W. 474
Atkinson, Henry 504
Auner, John S. 725
Austen, Albert 679
Austen, Lewis J. 680
Austin, William 731
Austin, Henry 731
Baker, Otis 436
Bailey, Martin 622
Baldwin, S. M. 620 Mrs. Baldwin Mr. Baldwin
Balsley, W. E. 595
Bannon, Charles A. 332
Barker, Samuel 590
Barker, John 420
Barnett, Benjamin H. 485
Barkelew, Stephen 606
Barrett, A. C. 514
Beals, A. H. 567
Bell, Hiram 750
Bellows, E. C. 445
Bement, J. P. 717
Beninga, Daniel 731
Bennett, Edward 595
Benson,George 774
Berlin, Frederick 619
Best, A. 515
Bettesworth, Thomas 552
Bickley, J. E. 609
Billhimer, Christopher 525
Billhimer, Henry 520
Billings, James V. 422
Billsen, G. W. 473
Birney, V. C. 352
Birkbeck Brothers 756
Bisbee, William 653
Bishop, C. B. 761
Bishop, W. H. 297
Blackmer, E. L. 358
Blake, G. G. 700
Blaisdell, E. B. 513
Bolton, J. F. 470
Bomell, E. 751
Boggs, John N. 579
Bomgardner, F. 633
Bonnell, William H. 580
Bonwell, S. 588
Bonwell, John 607
Bonwell, Charles 607
Boomer, J. H. 342
Bourquin, Eugene 463
Bowen, John 701
Boyd, John 608
Boylan, Isaac, 742
Bragg, Lafayette 584
Bremer, John 343
Brook, James 645
Brown, H. C. 685 Picture
Brownell, Joseph H. 490
Burbank, Jerome 350
Burbank, F. E. 351
Burdick, W. H. 344
Burdick, W. H. 297
Burk, John E. 333
Burke, James E. 505
Burlett, A. J. 565
Burnett, Herman D. 473
Burnham, J. J. 732
Burroughs, S. E. 350
Burt, T. J. 436
Burton, H. F. L. 537
Burton, W. E. 296
Byerly, O. 440
Caldwell, J. M. 636
Carpenter, Harrison, 235
Carpenter, Volney 235
Carr, Clark 604
Carson, J. H. 727
Carter, Lemuel 580
Cass, Hollis 751
Caswell, Charles H. 604
Caul, Charles 645
Caywood, David 422
Chamberlin, Cyrus D. 479
Chamberlin, Ira A. 479
Chapel, Thurman S. 424
Chapin, F. W. 506
Chapman, Chauncey 474
Cheever, S. W. 603
Chesley, Nathaniel 419
Christy, John 703
Chrystie, Alex 653
Clark, A. G. 294
Clark, Thomas 730
Clayton, Walter 414
Clayton, Walter 635
Cline, Alexander 679
Codner, Joseph 417
Collar, James 453
Collins, Joseph 440
Combs, Harrison 734
Conn, Thomas W. 439
Connolly, James 771
Converse, Alonzo 341
Coon, August 417
Copeland, T. G. 470
Corson, E. B. 703
Cortright, S. S. 472
Corwin, C. W. 762
Coryell, G. J. H. 418
Cotton, William R. 655
Courtwright, O. B. 344
Coyle, Peter 630 Picture
Coyle, Edward 630
Craig, George M. 343
Cramer, Miss Dr. 352
Cramer, James D. 440
Cramer, Samuel 417
Critzman, Aug. 474
Cronin, William 589
Croot, Samuel 732
Cross, J. J. 588
Cross, Solomon C. 515
Crouse, William F. 491
Crowell, R. G. 235
Culp, Joshua R. 423
Cummings, Edward 485
Curtis, W. A. 350
Daggett, J. M. 755
Dahn, F. E. 656
Daily, Christian 744
Daniels, Richard 416
Davis, E. J. 538
Davis, James W. 339 Picture
Davis, Timothy 287
Dearmoun, S. R. 674
Deering, N. C. 288
Dellinger, P. N. 569
Demoss, Thomas 678
De Vries, P. 733
Dodge, Frank L. 322 Mr. Dodge Mrs. Dodge
Dodge, Fred A. 316
Dopking, George M. 754
Doty, Aaron 603
Doty, Cyrus 606
Downey, Daniel 421
Downing, Simeon, 507
Downing, John E. 489
Dreyer, Henry 645
Drum, John 697
Dudley, E. H. 357
Dumont, S. B. 683 Picture
Dunson, P. E. 619
Early, T. M. 673 Picture
Eastman, O. L. 707
Eastwood, W. C. 716
Ebersold, P. J. 580
Eichar, J. J. 502
Eikenberry, J. F. 574
Ellsworth, J. F. 342
Ensign, Charles 454
Ensign, E. W. 470
Ensign, S, 354 Picture
Etter, F. G. 549
Eustis, M. D. 733
Evans, Oliver 479
Failing, C. M. 336
Fairfield, W. B. 324
Fassett, R. E. 525
Feltus, James 526
Feltus, George 525
Ferris, S. W. 680
Ferguson, Jarvis E. 586
Fetters, Samuel 470
Fifield, J. R. 469
Findley, S. B. 653
Fisher, Irving M. 763 Mr. Fisher Mrs. Fisher
Fisher, George 532
Fitzgerald, Stephen 584
Fletcher, J. R. 332
Flood, William 517
Flora, Abraham 551
Foote, S. A. 434
Foote, William M. 336
Forney, C. H. 583
Forney, Alexander 595
Freeman, M. J. 604
Frowe, Frederick 696
Gabby, A. M. 526
Gabby, Thomas B. 526
Gates, Johnson 507
Giblin, John 620
Gibson, J. R. 701
Gilger, J. W. 336
Gleason, Martin 697
Gleason, Charles L. 424
Glodery, Andrew 568
Goodale, Jonathan 433
Gough, William 749
Graham, George 370
Graham, J. A. 725
Graham, W. H. 723
Graves,Zur 340
Green, K. S. 631
Greene, C. M. 341
Greene, G. P. 714
Greene, H. 701
Griffith, James 368
Groat, James M. 439
Gue, W. H. 370
Hagey, William H. H. 353
Hale, J. H. 294
Hall, J. R. 507
Harlan, John 673 Picture
Harlan, Jehu 674
Harmon, C. R. 471
Hart, John M. 549
Harter, Aaron M. 491
Hartgraves, N. 630
Hartness, John 538
Hartness, Moulton 538
Hartson, A. E. 631
Haven, E. M. 774
Hawley, G. C. 698
Haynes, T. L. 712
Haynes, William H. 712
Hays, William 616
Hazen, L. P. 637
Hazlett, Gilbert 299
Heery, John 502
Henderson, D. B. 288
Hersey, William 422
Hesalroad, William 552
Hewitt, John 743
Hickle, John 505
Hickman, John B. 607
Hicks, Joseph 235
Hill, C. H. 644
Hilton, Seth 236
Hilton, D. C. 294
Hodgson, Asa 519
Hodgson, James 519
Hollenbeck, Michael 297
Horr, R. R. 441
Hostetler, David 506
Houston, J. M. 519
Hovey, Elias S. 424
Hovey, Lewis 429
Howard, L. W. 700
Howe, John 518
Howenstein, W. M. 434
Hubbard, A. W. 288
Huckins, C. C. 352
Hughes, R. 723
Hull, L. O. 310 Picture
Hunt, Thomas 514
Hunt, H. D. 519 Mr. Hunt Mrs. Hunt
Hunt, W. T. 727
Hunter, R. W. 621
Hunter, W. M. 475
Husband, G. T. 704
Hyde, Willis 296
Ilgenfritz, A. J. 535
Ilgenfritz, C. H. 297
Ilgenfritz, Henry 536
Jackson, Frank D. 341 Picture
Jamieson, L. W. 473
Jamison, W. R. 334 Picture
Jaquis, Elihu 421
Johnson, A. K. 353
Johnson, Charles 702
Johnson, N. T. 344
Johnson, William R. 680
Jones, John R. 208, 503 Picture
Jones, Charles A. 705
Jones, Charles L. 771
Jones, Frank A. 771
Keenan, James 730
Keister, William A. 476
Kemmerer, Jacob 416
Kenefick, Patrick 730
Kenison, Sevedra 773
Kennedy, Samuel 718
Kent, F. P. 490
Kephart, T. E. 536
Kerns, J. H. 641
Kilen, Gawn S. 489
Kilson, Louis 743
Kimmins, John 517
Kincaid, Edwin 688
Kingery, William 549
Klinetob, C. P. 605
Knapp, J. 422
Knapp, Horace 520
Knipe, Jacob M. 471
Kocher, Jeremiah 768
Krebbs, Jacob 351
Krebbs, Jacob 351
Kremer, G. K. D. 633
Kublank, J. H. 727
Kyle, Adam 489
Laandphere, J. D. 697
Ladd, William A. 590
Lafaver, George 656
Lamson, C. T. 568
Landis, Felix 550
Lathrop, W. A. 339 Picture
Leavens, Bainbridge 518
Lee, A. W. 589 Mr. Lee Mrs. Lee
Lenhart, Samuel 517
Lett, A. N. 609
Levally, Lafayette 733
Leverick, James 297
Lewis, Baldwin D. 471
Leybig, Emanuel 551
Linn, Joseph 642
Linn, Nathan 620
Lobdell, Charles S. 443
Lockwood, John H. 483
Lockwood, R. B. 774
Logan, James 678
Logan, Michael 645
Long, Norman 632
Long, Perry 632
Lovell, William 486
Lucas, I. E. 763
Lucas, W. V. 289
Lyford, William H. 586
McCrery, Samuel 603
McCrery, W. L. 603
McDonald, Robert 726
McIntyre, George A. 342
McKernan, Robert 689
McKinney,James W. 673
McMahon, Peter 638
McMannes, S. 684
McRoberts, Samuel 551
Mabee, F. D. 562
Major, William 519
Manley, N. T. 432
March, Samuel 525
Margretz, J. S. 690
Markle, George 525
Marquand, E. D. 606
Martin, Robert 734
Marts, D. J. 336
Mason, D. W. 335
Mason, D. W. 342
Mason, George 585
Mather, Charles T. 583
Mather, Daniel 501
Maxwell, E. S. 471
Maxwell, Francis 486
Maxwell, John 486
Mayberry, L. L. 490
Meade, George E. 725
Meade, John H. 704
Mead, R. P. 642
Merrill, Richard 369
Messerschmidt, H. 633
Meyer, Albert 490
Miles, John 681
Miller, Charles 491
Miller, Joseph 550
Miller, Philip 744
Miner, Richard 565
Mitchell, Wellington 506
Monroe, George W., Jr. 689
Montgomery, W. S. 342
Moore, Elihu 552
Moore, Fletcher 755
Moore, J. W. 528
Moore, William 552
Moore, W. H. 516
Moorehead, J. G. 687
Morrill, Frederick 586
Morton, John H. 369
Moss, Jacob 490
Mott, C. L. 434
Mott, E. E. 604
Moulton, David 526
Mullarkey, Hugh 617
Mullen, J. M. 723
Mullen, J. H. 724
Mundinger, Jacob 423
Murray, W. W. 713
Myers, Jacob R. 722
Nash, Thomas 641
Neal, James 508
Neal, John H. 773
Neal, John P. 525
Neal, Joseph N. 751
Needham, B. C. 677 Picture
Needham, Silas 678
Nelson, Charles B. 601
Nettleton, Henry 699
Newbury, F. E. 773
Newcomb, O. S. 708
Newman, Hiram 518
Nichlaus, P. 646
Niece, Michael 417
Niece, M. D. L. 369
Norris, Robert 439
Norton, Selden 526
Nugent, Michael 644
Olmstead, Aaron 453
Olmstead, Nathan 452
Orr, Jackson 288
Orvis, L. S. 340
Otthoff, Ottze 646
Owen, Henry 419
Owen, L. D. 419
Owens, Edward 646
Overturf, Samuel 681
Packard, Joseph 585
Paley, J. H. 717
Parker, Frank 733
Parker, J. D. 442
Parker, James F. 442
Parker, Pascal P. 416
Parker, Patrick 732 Picture
Parriott, R. R. 734
Parris Brothers 433
Pattee, William W. 296
Patterson, William 605
Patterson, A. B. 607
Patton, J. E. 724
Paulger, John 469
Peet, George R. 530 Picture
Perrin, Jeremiah 495 Mr. Perrin Mrs. Perrin
Pfaltzgraff, Fred 633
Pfaltzgraff, Philip 685
Playter, John B. 771
Playter, H. J. 768
Poisal, Byron L. 515
Poisal, George W. 501
Pomeroy, Charles 288
Powers, M. I. 354
Pratt, Henry O. 288
Prescott, R. D. 342
Price, W. H. 585
Priest, Benjamin 602 Picture
Prince, Charles S. 654
Quinn, Rachel 729
Ransom, C. M. 608
Ramsy, Charles 587
Ray, John 501
Ray, John W. 296
Reed, J. P. 314
Reed, W. J. 726
Reints, H. W. 655
Renken, R. G. 436
Ressler, Amos 697
Ressler, Elias 704
Rice, Sylvester 698
Rice, Orson 332
Richmond, George A. 333
Richmond, John F. 555
Riden, W. A. 505 Mrs. Riden Mr. Riden
Riefe, Henry 536
Riggs, J. S. 349
Robbins, Benjamin 703
Roberts, J. D. 513
Robinson, John 589
Rockewll, J. G. 726
Root, Milton R. 585
Root, Ruluff 515
Roszell, C. A. L. 335
Royce, Orlin 417
Russell, F. M. 608
Russell, George L. 418
Russell, Thomas 418
Santee, Joseph L. 688
Scallon, H. G. 731
Schoolcraft, D. W. 439
Schellenger, C. G. 508
Scobey, John 354
Scofield, J. 605
Scott, Oscar H. 343
Seaver, J. W. 474
Seitz, A. 538
Shadbolt, Jerome 516
Shafer, Thomas A. 583
Shafer, William W. R. 585
Shannon, John A. 583
Sill, E. E. 358
Sill, Samuel 723
Slimmer, Lewis 535
Slosson, Henry 518
Smith, A. E. 536
Smith, A. J. 343
Smith, G. B. 654
Smith, J. M. 537
Smith, L. L. 472
Smith, Orrin C. 480
Smith, Robert 749
Smith, Samuel 632
Smith, W. C. 590
Smith, W. H. 358
Snyder, Peter B. 353
Soesbe, E. W. 339
Soesbe, S. W. 336
Speaker, John 710
Speedy, M. B. 620
Spencer, A. M. 440
Spencer, James W. 293
Spoor, Isaac 555
Sproul, Rev. O. H. 1314
Stannard, Asa 696
Stevenson, John 608
Stewart, J. L. 607
Stewart, John W. 370
Stock, Wilhelm 632
Stockdale, Charles 738
Stonebreaker, A. G. 716
Stoughton, William 335
Straight, A. 643
Strickland, R. D. 469
Strout, A. O. 354, 782 Picture
Sturtz, Solomon 552 Picture
Surfus, C. V. 744 Picture
Swan, H. M. 508
Sweitzer, H. L. 696
Tammen, Mr. 439
Taylor, J. R. 516
Taylor, Morrison A. 236
Taylor, Sylvanus H. 418
Taylor, W. R. 519
Temple, Julius 585
Tennyson, William 606
Tharp, Washington 702
Thomas, Charles N. 590
Thomas, Edward S. 295
Thomas, Hugh 580
Thompson, Charles 650
Thompson, J. D. 324
Thompson, N. C. 618
Thompson, N. A. 618
Thompson, Thomas 618
Thorington, James 287
Thorp, E. L. 357
Tilford, J. Y. 517
Tindal, John 490
Tobey, Elisha 729
Tompkins, A. J. 293
Town, E. 722
Tracey, Edward S. 551
Trinde, George 750
Trotter, James A. 619
Trotter, Henry 688
Trumbull, M. M. 330
Turner, Abel 414
Turner, E. Leroy 351
Vandever, William 287
Van Vlack, William 621
Van Vleck, G. O. 724
Wade, Michael 489
Wait, Daniel 605
Walker, H. N. 624
Walker, Joseph 698
Walrath, James 514
Walter, Elias 520
Wamsley, Henry 586
Wamsley, John M. 590
Wamsley, M. B. 493
Wamsley, M. V. 604
Wamsley, W. C. 513
Wamsley, W. S. 493
Warner, A. C. 643
Waters, Isaac 418
watson, WolcotT 613
Watston, Alvin 632
Weeks, Henry 423
Week, Phineas 700
Weichman, E. 733
Wemple, Henry B. 415
Whaley, A. M. 291 Picture
Wheeler, Horace A. 773
Wheeler, O. J. 698
Whipple, Nelson H. 472
Whitehead, James 699
Wick, D. M. 353
Wilcox, A. C. 608
Wilson, Elwood 294
Wilson, Milton 476, 782 Picture
Yost, Jacob 689
Young, E. J. 717
Young, William 352
Younker, George 415
Younker, William F. 415
Zell, August 633
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