IAGenWeb ~ Cerro Gordo County History of 1883: Table of Contents

1883 History of Franklin & Cerro Gordo Counties

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
The Change, p. 589

CHAPTER II.
Location, Topography & Geology, p. 590

CHAPTER III.
EARLY SETTLEMENT, p. 592
By H. G. Parker, p. 593

CHAPTER IV.
CREATION & ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY, p. 601
The County Seat, p. 603

CHAPTER V.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT & OFFICIAL MATTERS, p. 605
The County Court, p. 605
Board of Supervisors, p. 609
Population, p. 613
First Instruments Recorded, p. 614
Matrimonial, p. 614
Vital Statistics, p. 616
Civil Subdivsions, p. 617

CHAPTER VI.
INDIAN TROUBLES, p. 618

CHAPTER VII.
JUDICIAL, p. 624
District Court, p. 624
Circuit Court, p. 626
County Court, p. 627

CHAPTER VIII.
THE BAR of CERRO GORDO COUNTY, p. 628
The Bar of the Past, p. 629
The Present Bar, p. 635

CHAPTER IX.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, p. 645
Mason City Physicians, p. 645
Clear Lake Physicians, p. 652
Rockwell Physicians, p. 655
Plymouth Physicians, p. 655

CHAPTER X.
THE PRESS OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY, p. 657
Cerro Gordo Press, p. 658
Cerro Gordo Republican, p. 658
Clear Lake Independent, p. 651
Clear Lake Observer, p. 662
Clear Lake Mirror, p. 662
Mason City Express, p. 663
The Freeman, p. 665
The Western Democrat, 666
Mason City Times, p. 666
The Phonograph, p. 671
Clear Lake Record, p. 672
The Plymouth News, p. 672

CHAPTER XI.
REMINISCENCES OF PIONEERS, p. 673
By M. P. Rosecrans, p. 673
By George E. Frost, p. 674
By Will Ed. Tucker, p. 677
By T. H. Parker, p. 677

CHAPTER XII.
EDUCATIONAL, p. 678
School Fund Commissioner, p. 681
County Superintendents, p. 682
The Development, p. 685
Teachers' Normal Institutes, p. 686

CHAPTER XIII.
AGRICULTURE & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, p. 687
Stock Raising, p. 688
Cerro Gordo County Agricultural Society, p. 691

CHAPTER XIV.
POLITICAL, p. 692
Official Vote, p. 692

CHAPTER XV.
NATIONAL, STATE & COUNTY REPRESENTATION, p. 706
Congressional, p. 706
Auditor of State, p. 706
Republican Electors, p. 709
Register State Land Office, p. 709
District Judge, p. 709
District Attorney, p. 709
Government Appointments, p. 709
State Bank Examiners, p. 709
State Appointments, p. 709
Members of the General Assembly, p. 710
County Judges, p. 715
County Auditors, p. 719
Treasurer and Recorders, p. 720
County Treasurer, p. 720
County Recorders, p. 721
Clerk of Courts, p. 724
Sheriffs, p. 726
Prosecuting Attorneys, p. 729
County Surveyors, p. 729
County Assessor, p. 730
Coroners, p. 730
Drainage Commissioners, p. 731

CHAPTER XVI.
RAILROADS, p. 732
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, p. 733
Central Railway of Iowa, p. 733
Austin & Mason City Railroad, p. 733
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, p. 733
Projected Railroads, p. 734

CHAPTER XVII.
OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION, p. 734
First Meeting, p. 736
Second Meeting, p. 737

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE WAR - ITS CAUSES, p. 738

CHAPTER XIX.
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN THE WAR , p. 743
Enlistments, p. 745
Roll of Honor, p. 746

CHAPTER XX.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, p. 747

CHAPTER XXI.
BATH TOWNSHIP, p. 757
Settlement, p. 757
SURNAMES: Tucker, Cantonwine, Morrison, Fuller, Brown, Roder, Brisbin, Lillbridge, Bran, Friend, Michael, Moore, Reed, Cross, Ziegler, Tripp, Fonce, Potts, Long, Gibson, Clark, Henderson, Bable, Hill, Densmore, overbeck, Kuppinger, Graham, McDowell, Gamble, Kelley, Conrad, Decker, Shoner, Fowle, Webster, Henry, Naas, Canneff, Kahlke, Sadler, Hart, Boomer, Armsbury, Ramsey.
First Things, p. 763
Organic, p. 763
Schools, p. 763

CHAPTER XXII.
CLEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP, p. 764
Early Settlement, p. 764
SURNAMES: Hewitt, Dickirson, Adkins, Alloway, Robinson, Garn, Rosecrans, Wright, Sirrine, Tuttle, Gardner, Wilson, Luce, Callam, Gray, Kennedy, Goodwin, McMillen, Abbott, Simpson, Frost, Hamilton, Martin, Richardson, Salisbury, Rogers, Ehle, Langenberg, Hammond, Williamson, Burkholder, Farley, Merchant, Case, Barnard, Clement, Huntington, Groves, Wrightman, Rice, Chapin, Pizer, James, Quick, Cane, Grant, Leslie, Pierce, Ward, Plummer, Wetmore, bliss, Pattee, Burnham, Boyden, Kimball, Pike, McFadden, Lee, Heaight, McCloky, Merry, Parsons, Huntly, Messer, Joslin, Shaw, Lozier, Dunlap, Fletcher, Scripture, Bolton, Lindon, Wheeler, Vance, Rowen.
First Events, p. 775
Organic, p. 775,
Schools, p. 775
Town of Clear Lake, p. 775
Recorded Plats, p. 775
Early Days, p. 776
Educational, p. 777
Postoffice, p. 782
Societies, p. 783
Religious, p. 785
City Park, p. 792
Incorporation, p. 792
Business Interests, p. 792
Hotels, p. 798
Clear Lake Mills, p. 799
State Camp Meeting Grounds, p. 800
Biographical - Dr. M. M. SKINNER, p. 801-02

CHAPTER XXIII.
DOUGHERTY TOWNSHIP, p. 803
Early Settlement, p. 803
SURNAMES: Dougherty, Gallagher, Humphrey, Moran, Kirk, Crapsor, Jessmore, Ames, Keenen, Campbell, Masse, Harris, Broderick.
Organic, p. 805
First Things, p. 806
Schools, p. 806
Religious, p. 807

CHAPTER XXIV.
FALLS TOWNSHIP, p. 807
Settlement, p. 808
SURNAMES: Wiltfong, Myers, Wright, Frederick, Massey, Campbell, Brown, Clymer, Morris, Stoddard, Lugard, Sutton, Williams, Thompson, Kramer, Morgan, Aurenger, Redington, Tenney, Perrett, Senior, Johnson, Beck, Glover, Gregory, Varnald, Sherick, Claus, Alden, Smith, Morse, Langschadl, Fitzl, Hill, Barnes, Gildner, Schnarr, Graves, Cleveland, Holden, Farington, Hoffman, Brunner, McAdam, Fox, Helm, Lewis, Krug, Berlin, Steinhagan, Kinney, Spangenberg, Lee, Calvert, Vickerman, Short, Daney, Slater, Cotey, Elliiott, Tompkins, Gootlieb, Iring, Ward, Chambers, Flood, Nolan, Page, Todd, Elmore, Ehler, Cole, O'Neil, Stevens, Hickey, O'Connell, Bergan, Hickok, Mosher, Knapp, Moore, Walker, Potter, Apker, Wallraff, Jones.
Organic, p. 829
First Events, p. 829
An Incident of Hardship, p. 830
Churches, p. 830
Schools, p. 831
Plymouth Village, p. 833
Plymouth Mills, p. 834
Railroads, p. 834
Cemetery Association, p. 834
A Tragic Death, p. 834
Rock Falls, p. 835
Water Power, p. 835
Creamery, p. 836
Incorporation, p. 836
Religious, p. 837
Ladies Union Aid Society, p. 837

CHAPTER XXV.
GENESEO TOWNSHIP, p. 838
Early Settlement, p. 838
SURNAMES: Rogers, Hunt, Fuller, Walter, Grummon, Whitesell, Lyman, Benjamin, Folsom, Kittell, Dillingham, Lyman, Warner, Wright, Dodd, Rockwell, Trapp, Howland, Colwell, Bruce, patterson, Felthous, Federspiel, Behr, Hathaway, Piersol, Secor, Johnson, Nettleton, Hall, Kinyon.
Organic, p. 848
Schools, p. 848
Village of Rockwell, p. 849
Business Interests, p. 849
Postoffice, p. 853
Schools, p. 854
Societies, p. 854
Churches, p. 855
Rockwell Cornet Band, p. 856
Incorporation, p. 857
Rockwell's Experience with Saloons, p. 857

CHAPTER XXVI.
GRIMES TOWNSHIP, p. 859
SURNAMES: Pratt, Prescott, McNish, Severts, Hunter, Winter, Robinson, Stead, Beck, Cook, Sanford, Wells, Mann, Lillie
Organic, p. 860
Schools, p. 860

CHAPTER XXVII.
GRANT TOWNSHIP, p. 863
Settlement, p. 863
SURNAMES: Bennett, Spear, Frost, Meddaugh, Emsley, Rosecrans, King, Thompson, Noyes, Goodwin, Martin, Faulp, Booth, Cook, McAuley, Scoville, Helsel, Ogram, Folsom, Dickerson, Mason, Fisher, Blood, Horton, Witt, Leach, Knight, Osborn, Hennis, Garlock, Hurd, Sampson, Brown, Atkins, Ward, Miller, Carr, Spencer, Donneough, Dexter, Hartwell, Whiting, Hooper, Dudgeon, Long, Hayes, Devine, Heath, Sanderson, Paulson, Gullickson, Gullick
First Events, p. 868
Organic, p. 868
Schools, p. 868
Religious, p. 870

CHAPTER XXVIII.
LAKE TOWNSHIP, p. 870
SURNAMES: Dickirson, Sirrine, Reese, Denslow, Rice, Stiles, Gardner, Lucas, Tuttle, Butterfield, Wilson, Bennett, Parrish, Wood, Meddaugh, Humphreyville, Hotelling, Cressey, Howe, Brockett, Parsons, Warner, Stevens, McKinney, Berkley, Glass, Robinson, Speers, Emsley, Bull, Gillespie, Crowell, Dickerm, Hall, Gibbs, Dort, Howard, Hubbard, Piser, Jackson, Barton, Seabury, Case, Fairbanks, Patrick, Palmer, Carlton, Burdick, Palmeter, Stewart, Lindon, Bolton, Quick, Freeman, Converse, Straw, Vose, Hoyt, Weller, Warren, Johnson, Williams, Thada, Langenberg, Schiller, Leonard, Brayton, Heath, Ettles, Helm, Moore, Richards, McLaughlin, Cook, Clark, Hill, Hyde, Goodspeed, Allen, Hanson, Moody, Davis, Parker, Turner, Rosecrans, Evans, Gray, Boeye, Bool (?), Lutz, Callanan.
Settlement, p. 870
Organic, p. 882
First Events, p. 882
Schools, p. 882

CHAPTER XXIX.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP, p. 883
Early Settlement, p. 883
SURNAMES: Clark, Williams, Pence, McConnell, Goodell, Rhodes, Richardson, Duell, Umbarger, Booth, Lavanway, Yokom, Lavanway, Cobb, Lock, Kegley, Osborn, Kirk, Law, Hamilton, Bishop, French, Thompson, Hildreth, Thomas, Ford, Westcott, Phillips, Ranney, Blackmore, Ferrier, Lumsdale, Fuller, Aldrich, Willis, Newcomb, Moffett, Taylor, Draper, Braydon, Hill, Whitman, Shields, White, Class, Frazier, Harding, Reeves, Hallock, Mapes, Ayers, Fassler, Hiller, Walker, Watts, Sumner, Ind, Giddings, Pitman, French, Bentley, Witman, Winans, Faulkell.
Organic, p. 901
Schools, p. 901
Religious, p. 903
Lincoln Springs Creamery, p. 803
Mills, p. 903
A Winter Night's Experience, p. 903

CHAPTER XXX.
LIME CREEK TOWNSHIP, p. 903
Early Settlement, p. 904
SURNAMES: Wright, Benton, Martin, Beebe, Stevens, Van Curen, Van Patter, Russell, Ferguson, Hartshorn, Wilson, Parker, Bryant, Dennis, De Hayes, Whitney, Dunbar, Hill, Berger, Vandermark, Cooper, Tucker, O'Neil, Beidleman, Whiting, Borwn, Peck, Ingalls, Harroun, Reynolds, Short, Matley, Draper, Maning, Miller, Neidermyer, Thing, Fish, Cross, Nickerson, Corington, Long, Lutz, Temple, Gardner, Cummings, Dexter, Thompson, Hoyt, Crane, Babcock, Musselman, Gray.
Organic, p. 905
Schools, p. 905
Religious, p. 906
Boulder Cave, p. 907
Lime Creek Brick Yard, p. 907

CHAPTER XXXI.
MOUNT VERNON TOWNSHIP, p. 908
Settlement, p. 908
SURNAMES: Nichols, Stevens, Coomes, Hendrickson, Lane, Chadbonrn, Carpo, Staples, Babcock, Hawks, Shafer, Campbell, McFarlin, Gregory, Harmon, Schow, Latham, Kinnison, Quincy, Franklin, Chapman, Forber.
Organic, p. 909
First Events, p. 910
Schools, p. 910
Religious, p. 910

CHAPTER XXXII.
OWEN TOWNSHIP, p. 910
Early Settlement, p. 911
SURNAMES: Willson, Hill, Quackenbush, Fullerton, Pierce, Updike, Andrews, Armitage, Jacobs, Meloy, Wicks, Barney, Stevens, Wells.
Organic, p. 915
Constitutional Amendment, p. 915
First Birth and Marriage, p. 915
Schools, p. 916

CHAPTER XXXIII.
PORTLAND TOWNSHIP, p. 917
Settlement, p. 917
SURNAMES: Owen, Felt, Conover, Walden, Lee, Bunce, Gregory, Reed, Boomhover, Whitaker, Weaver, Senior, Brown, Pardee, Jeffords, Hunt, Ford, Revett, Hewitt, Meacham, Allen, Stilson, Clark, Frost, Filbrick, Knowlton, Bailey, Andrews, Coleman, Sutton, Buckingham, Fairchild, Burlingham, West, Bishop, Bitterman, Spotts, chapman, schulte, Heintzelman, Pickford, Haynes, Webster, Beltz/Belts, Mullan, Whelan, McCormick, Sabin, Vernal, Jinnis, Keim, Heinselman, Dennis, VanAukein, Lawrence, Crosby, Harroun, Sizer, Compton, Greenlee, Stanbery, Stutler, Bauer, Hake, Barker, Cramer, Doyle, Parker, Hoag, Griswold, Hawley, Douge, Fish, McGregor, Forbes, Marsh, Vernall, Graham, Coggin, Holbrook, Jackson.
Organic, p. 927
Two Men Frozen (ABBOTT & WICKS), p. 928
Portland Mills, p. 929
Cheese Factory, p. 829
Religious, p. 930
Educational, p. 930
First Events, p. 930
Village of Portland, p. 930

CHAPTER XXXIV.
PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, p. 931
Early Settlement, p. 931
SURNAMES: Goheen, Cortell, Warner, Austin, Dilts, Rood, Carthcart, Storer, Willard, Burgher, Caspers, Rockwell, Dillingham, Grant, Geer, Baker, Thompson, Winter, Kaynor, Allen, Palmer, Greenfield, Cannon, Tree, Hailyer, Lazier, Carver, Way, Cornell, Ray, Abrams, Pollock, Royston, Hovey, Halstead, Hendricks, Howard, Lillie, Shoudy, Moran, Hewitt, Shobe, Moroney, Reddin, Crouse, Toulouse, Eggloff, Haddow, Drake, Phifer, Franklin, Keeling, Platts, Wilcox, Franklin, Piersol, Chase.
Organic, p. 938
Educational, p. 938
Religious, p. 939

CHAPTER XXXV.
UNION TOWNSHIP, p. 939
Early Settlement, p. 939
SURNAMES: Smith, Price, Owens, Ward, Henry, Brayton, Hamstreet, Pride, Gary, Meagher, Benner, Bean, Tice, Dryden, Hickok, Wood, Thompson, Parker, Gibson, Brown, Walley, Hobbs, Wilson, Lough, Pramer, Shepherd, Hendy, Sheldon, Hare, Grippen, Chamberlain, Callanan, Hubbard, Sirrine, Hughes, Bigelow, Stork, Furse.
First Things, p. 943
Educational, p. 943
Organic, p. 943

CHAPTER XXXVI.
MASON TOWNSHIP, p. 943
Settlement, p. 943
SURNAMES: Jenkinson, McMillen, Long, Cassidy, Casteline, Brentner, Giddings, Thompson, Peabody, Card, Randall, Felt, Jones, Osborn, Huntley, Adams, Gibbs, Van Patter, Miller, Beeber, Felt, Taylor, Temple, Rugg, Clark, Brown, Franklin, Bryant, Ogden, Cole, Frevett, McGowan, Vernall, O'Neil, Gillett, Flint, Waite, Sponer, Calahan, Joy, Piatt, DeBoe, Rowe, Deyoe, Watkins, Paulson, Hansen, Roberts, Hill, Strain, Benham, Duncan, Perry, Sheldon, Keerl, Sale, Dougan, McPeak, Dimming, Cilley, Dunham, Barney, Rule, Vandermark, Armitage, Barton, Grippen, Green, Noyes, Spink, Morris, Waterbury, Page, Bennett.
Organic, p. 952
Schools, p. 953
Quarries, p. 953

CHAPTER XXXVII.
MASON CITY, p. 955
SURNAMES: Long, Brentner, Woodward, Card, Felt, Garner, Emsley, Hartshorn, Pratt, Allen, Miller, Waterbury, Stanbery, Smith, Vincent, Randall, Mumford, Foster, Parker, Jenkinson, Mcmillen, Dingman, Ragan, Drummond, Turnure, Helben, West, Burlingham, Valentine, Holmes, Whitney, Farrell, Walsh, Powers, Feely, Coffin, Freer, Babcock, Gibson, Schermerhorn, Vinton, Wilson, Prichard, Dayton, Van Wie, Kisner, Case, Ensign, Ruder, Johns, Crane, Parish, Patton, Fitch, Harding, Reeves, Brightman, Wheeler, Shelton, Catton, Moore, McCullough, Howe, Wells, Buxton, Brown, Eager, Sherwin, Wiltfong, Brett, Sheldon, Burgess, Bell, Davidson, Russell, Ferguson, Harris, Hodges, Doud, Danielson, Cole, Willson, Gardner, Stewart, Thompson, Burge, Alexander, Ticknor, Lee, Klinefelter, Washburn, Knapp, Tuttle, Mason, Dakin, Wilber, Glass, Lucas, Cliggett, Owen, Ludlum, Thomas, Becker, Church, Benham, Dummings, Woodman, King, Sanborn, Humphrey, O'Neil, Cross, Richards, Styles, Williams, Freeman, Fennills, Dunham, Crandall, Sale, Legg, Tucker, Avery, Gibb, Lewis, Walling, Hughes, Tondro, Sleeper, Goodhue, Richardson, Adams, Randall, Huntley, Dyer, Crippen, Tenney, La Due, Gilbert, Blakeslee, Moulton, Knodell, Van Patter, Temple, Dibble, Green, Florence, Bennett, Eagan, Dougherry, Mackey, Burns, Percell, McMorrow, Cronan, Landers, O'Riley, Solin, Galligher, Kelly, Cruden, Collins, Fannery, Carolan, Estabrook, Newcomb, Hall, Barnhart, Tiffany, Benton, Rogers, Pardon, McNider, Rule, Lloyd, Gold, Douglass, Elder, York, Christman, Sabin, Griffin, Shockey, Bagley, Ensign, Nicholas, Wright, Steinhart, McGrigor, Sirrine, Frankel, Hay, Babcock, Pratt, Wood, Brockett, Wightman, Harding, Deveraux, Crandall, Marshall, Kirk, Sargent, Weir, Frink, Marshall, Crosby, Steart, Gloyd, Warbasse, Glasier, Knovalinka, Herrick, Thayer, Holcomb, Cerney, Henry, Cameron, Patterson, Field, Page, Bogardus, Elder, Dike, Burnham, Dagan, Patton, Bush, Bishop, Stearns, Blackman, Rucker, Francisco, Dougan, Knapp, McGibbery, Nickerson, Vaughn, Church, Bumgardner, Quincy, Green, Owen, Eastman, Hepburn, Timberwood, Dows, Davison, Clark, Walker, Watson, Silloway, Jackson, Andrews, Congar, Bolden, Peabody, Waughtal, Baughman, Couey, Tinker, Wood, Dexter, Wauninger, Northcott, Stackhouse, Belding, Terrell, Baker, Bradley, Wake, Collas, Wordsworth, Gale, Rice, Keeney, Dailey, Hotchkiss, Lien, White, Montague, Renneiger, Balch, Kane, Willson, Blood, Eddy, Reynolds, Shipley, Handy, Osborn, Allyn, Horsmann, Bryan, McKay, Vermilya, Starr, Mason, Dunn, Schell, Barnard, O'Rourk, Wright, Penney.
Recorded Plats, p. 956
Early Days, p. 957
Items of Interest, p. 966
Centennial Exposition, p. 967
Garfield Memorial Service, p. 968
Incorporation, p. 968
Post Office, p. 970
Railroads, p. 970
Religious, p. 973
Cemetery, p. 976
Educational, p. 976
Mason City Park, p. 977
Societies, p. 978
Water Power and Mills, p. 980
Business History, p. 982
Banks, p. 1007
Building and Loan Association, p. 1008
Parker's Opera House p. 1004
Mason City Lime Kilns, p. 1004

1883 BIOGRAPHIES INDEX

History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties, Iowa. Union Pub. Co. Springfield IL. 1883.

Contributed by Sally Youngquist, 2008
Updated April of 2011 by Sharon R. Becker