Gallery of Photos and Post
Cards
Below you will find researcher submitted photos
from over the years. A new project is being constructed and it is photos
of different communities in Butler County.
Please follow the link to access this new photo project. If you have
historical community photos, please feel free to submit them to me for
inclusion~Karen D.
Community Snapshots of Butler County
Photo pages from previous
submitters
These pictures are from
the late
1800s and/or early 1900s and are believed to be from the
Burma,
Hook and/or Roelfs families. The submitters grandmother Lela
Walters Uhlenhopp of Aplington (Butler County) had these
pictures. They are believed to be from old family friend of
hers who passed back in 1974 by the name of Minnie Roelfs Hook.The
photographers listed on these pictures are from Lennox, SD; Aplington,
IA; Ackley, IA; Shell Rock, IA; Waterloo, IA; Cherokee, IA; Rockford,
IA. One picture was taken in Germany. One
picture has the initials A.B. and M.S. on the
front and on the back what appears to be Anni Burma and Mag
Snifken (sp?). If you know any of these people please contact the
county coordinator and they will get you
in touch with the submitter.
The
picture is of the
Zenas
Thomas’ family. Zenas was the son of Samuel Thomas, a native
of Wales. Samuel fought in the Revolutionary War under Col. Ethan Allen
and participated in the battle of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. Samuel’s
son Zenas moved from New York to Nashua, IA in 1860 with his family.
Four of his sons, Ed, Garner, Newton and Sam, who are a part this
picture, opened the first business in Greene in 1871 which sold
hardware. Additional businesses followed by the Thomas brothers. Sam
was also was active in real estate. Zenas’ other children shown in the
picture married and their descendant are a part of Iowa history. Ansel
was my great grandfather. Ansel’s son Arthur started the Thomas Dairy
which was continued by my father Lloyd Thomas until about 1941.
Norton's Corner's School, est. about 1912
submitted by Bill
Schrupp, whose great grandmother Mamie Sells and her brother
Lee Sells are in the class picture. Lee has offered to make a
higher-resolution copy for anyone who would like it. He can also use a
format other than .jpg if desired.
Who
is this young man?
Linda Blanchard, who is originally from Guthrie County, bought this
framed photo at an estate sale in Spokane, WA recently and noticed that
it was taken by the studio of R.S Doore in Greene, IA. She would like
to restore it to a member of his family.
A Quartet of Butler County Photos
submitted by Linda Frey Bayliss
Horace
Wheeler Family Photo
Unidentified
Little Girl Photograph circa 1890-1895
Samuel
Overturf Home
Eileen
Anne Feeney-Day
Anne
Cornelia Bailey, Guy Bailey, Elizabeth "Betty" Louise Bailey, Earl
Russell Bailey, circa 1917
Earl
Russell Bailey
John
A. Shannon and his wife Elizabeth
Shannon was a carpenter credited with building the Clarksville Hotel;
photo submitted by Cliff Westphal
William
Henry Bonwell and Family
In front of their home in Section 25, Fremont Township, about 1900;
photo submitted by Cliff Westphal
Benson
Case and his wife Jennie Bartles Cain Case
Shell Rock, Iowa. Submitted by Hubert K. Peal. "Benson Case (1833-1923)
married Jennie Bartles Cain. Jennie (1851-1943) was my
great-grandmother. Benson was my step-great-grandfather."
Clarinda
"Callie" Cain Bigsby
Submitted by Hubert K. Peal. "Clarinda (1872-1924; buried in New
Hartford, IA) was the daughter of Jennie Bartles Cain and the
step-daughter of Benson Case. She married Hubert 'Bert' Bigsby."
Hubert
B. "Bert" Bigsby
July 25, 1870 - March 01, 1919
Farmer/Blacksmith
Submitted by Hubert K. Peal.
Hubert
and Clarinda Cain Bigsby
Submitted by Hubert K. Peal.
Julia
Cain (Julia Cain Green?)
Submitted by Hubert K. Peal. From Mr. Peal: "H. C. Eberhart, the
Traveling Photo Artist who took the picture. was in Tama county in 1884
and Shell Rock in 1889 - 1891. There also was an H. C. Eberhart in
Reinbeck. They thought he worked in the 1880's and 1890's."
Can you help identify
Mom's
Aunt Isabelle?
Submitted by Hubert K. Peal. "This is a photo with the inscription
Mom's Aunt Isabelle. We don't know which lady is Isabelle and we don't
know her surname. The photo was in with Bigsby and Case family
pictures."
Gyneth
Case at Fred and Nellie Dorman's farm
Submitted by Laverna and Hubert Peal.
Photo
of Fred Dorman
Back row: Fred Dorman and his father; front row on left: Benson Cora
Case and unknown friend or relative on right.
Submitted by Laverna and Hubert Peal.
1924
New Hartford Postcard
Submitted by Laverna and Hubert Peal.
Unidentified
Family
"The people in this photo are not identified. We think they might be
related to the Bigsby or Case family.
The picture was taken by Webb in Shell Rock, Iowa."
Submitted by Hubert K Peal
Warren
Bolton
"Photo taken of Warren Bolton age 7 mos who was a friend or relative of
my mother. It's an old photo on a postcard possibly from around 1918."
Submitted by Hubert K Peal
Adrian
Ingalls and children
The children are his sons Ernest and John, and his stepdaughter, Marie
Bigsby, the daughter of Dora Ingalls. The photo probably dates from
around 1925.
Submitted by Laverna and Hubert Peal.
