Index to Miscellaneous Biographies with a
Clayton county connection
Surnames A-J
Surnames K-Z

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Biographical Extracts from "Germans in Iowa"

ARNEMANN, HEMPEL, BICKEL, HUNE, IHM, KOLITZ, KARBERG, KLOTZBACH, REINECKE, WAGNER, RUGNITZ, VENNS, SCHOLZ, BRUNER, SCHRODER, ESSER, MCDONALD, VAN STADEN, WALZER, WIEST, CLASS

• Acres, W.W.
  ACERS, PATTERSON, SOMES, WILCOX
• Adams, Charles L.
  ADAMS, WOOLF, MANN
• Adams, John Ballow
  ADAMS, BALLOW
• Andregg, Herman F.
  ANDREGG, MINGER, HECKEL, BOTTSFORD
• Addicken, Deidrick
  ADDICKEN
• Albright, W.K.
  ALBRIGHT, RICHE
• Alger, Myron H.
  ALGER, HERRICK, ROBINSON, HARE
• Allenstein, Albert
  ALLENSTEIN, NEIGHMAN, WESLEY, STELTZMILLER
• Anderson, Louis
  ANDERSON, OLSON, JOHNSON
• Andresen, Mr. & Mrs. C.H.
  ANDRESEN, WILLERS, THOMSEN, NICHOLS, KNOERNSCHILD, MUELLER, VOSS, ADDLEMAN, BOWMAN, ALTMAN, DEFONTAINE, SMITH, PALEN, FOHRMAN
• Andros, Dr. Frederick
  ANDROS, MARTIN, CLARK
• Ash, Eldred A.
  ASH, ASHLINE
• Askew, Charles W.
  ASKEW, THODA, STEARNS, CHAPPELL, RAWSON
• Austin, Laura Osborne
  AUSTIN, OSBORNE, COLMAN
• Axtel, Augustus E. Photo
  AXTELL, WELLMAN, YEOMAN, DULMAGE, RICHARDSON, DAVIS, BARTLETT, LAMPHIER, SCOVELL
• Backus, Sidney J.
  BACKUS, WATTLES, EATON
• Bailey, Sheldon
  BAILEY, HOUGH
• Baker, Obadiah E.
  BAKER, DALTON
• Bascom, John L.
  BASCOM, YORKER
• Bascom, John S.
  BASCOM, WALKER, SPENCER, BROWN
• Baumann, John
  BAUMANN, SCHORI, FREIBURGHAUS, HILDBRUNNER
• Bayless, Frank D. Photo!
  BAYLESS, REED, DRESSER
• Beardslee, Abram Leon
  BEARDSLEE, FARR, HEALEY, LIDDY, HAYES
• Becker, Charles L.
  BECKER, BERNHARD
• Becker, William Photo!
  BECKER, SCHMIDT
• Benson, C.A. Photo
  BENSON
• Benson, Emory J.
  BENSON, VAN SICKLE
• Benson, John
  BENSON, SWANSON, RUEGG, GULDINGER
• Berks, Anton
  BERKS, HOFFMANN
• Berks, Gerhard
  BERKS
• Bierbaum, C.H.
  BIERBAUM, STICKFORD, DUVENDACK
• Bierbaum, Louine (von Seitzberg) Fruchtenicht Photo
  BIERBAUM, VON SEITZBERG, VON SEIZBERG, FRUCHTENICHT
• Bierstedt, Edward C.
  BIERSTEDT, KNOCHENMASS, WAGNER
• Big Bear, Emma
  BIG BEAR, HOLT, BLUE WING, DECORAH, RED BIRD, MINER, LESCHENSKY, LUDEMAN, LUDEMANN, COTE', CARMAN,
• Bink, Alfred & Marinette
  BINK, OELKE, BENDER, POULL, OLESON
• Bissell, W.C.
  BISSELL, WELTE, SCHUTANIC, MEYER, ETTERDORF, COLLINS, THUENTE, DEVERAUX
• Bittner, Louis & Grover
  BITTNER, NIEMEYER, ERNST
• Birkholz, Eugenie S. Photo
  BIRKHOLZ, ANDROS
• Bishop, Hiram C.
  BISHOP, KERN
• Bixby, Ransom J. Photo
  BIXBY, KNAPP, TRUE, BUCKLEY, BLANCHARD, METCALF, ROUSSEAU, WOLF
• Boevers, George W.
  BOEVERS, WINKELHAKE, DAU, GIES, LANGE, ARNOLD
• Bonnstetter, Michael
  BONNSTETTER, DORWEILER
• Borcherding, Diedrick
  BACKHAUS, WALTERS, STAPLES, STRANGHOEVER
• Bothel & DeGraw families
  DEGRAW, BOTHEL, FERGUSON, BUTTS, DEFORCE, MAGNUS
• Bowles, N.D.
  BOWLES, CUMMINGS
• Brahmstadt, J. F. & Sophie
  BRAHMSTADT, FRITZ, KRAMER, SCHAEPER, HOLLMAN, THOMPSON
• Brandenburg, George C.
  BRANDENBURG
• Brandenburg, William A.
  BRANDENBURG, PENFIELD, MAXWELL, CHAPMAN, CARMICHAEL, CHRISTENSEN
  Brandenburg, William A.
  BRANDENBURG
• Braun, Rev. Karl William & Cornelia (Mueller)
  BRAUN, MUELLER, PAHLAS, STIEHL, KREBS, RAAB
• Bristol, W.H.P.
  BRISTOL, DECKER, BOLSINGER, MORELAND, GLYNN
• Brockmeyer, John George Photo
  BROCKMEYER, HILDEBRANDT, WESSEL, FRIEDLEY, MOSER, TOTMAN, GRAMLICK, HILDENBRANDT, BROFOGGLE
• Brorby, Joseph
  BRORBY, HAUGE, KJORVEN, TONGUIN
• Brorby, Paul
  BRORBY, RUTLAND, SHAVER
• Brunson, A.A.
  BRUNSON, BENJAMIN
• Brunson, G.A.
  BRUNSON, BENJAMIN, LAMBERSON, MCGUIRE, FERGUNSON
• Burgess, Joseph Martin
  BURGESS, WOODALL, JOHNSON, MCGINNIS, WHITE, MATTHEWS, THROSSEL, BATES
• Cahalan, Daniel
  CAHALAN, GRIFFIN, PHELAN, DELAHENEY, CARR, O'NEAL, NELSON, CMORIARTY, FLEMING
  Cahalan, Daniel
  CAHALAN, PHALEN
• Cass, Marian Maxine nee Duff
  DUFF, CASS
• Chambers, Georgie M.
  CHAMBERS, BURGESS
• Christena, Peter
  CHRISTENA, GARDNER, GOELLER, KUHLER, KUEHLER, FUNKE, ULRICH, PINION
• Chase, Dwight W., MD
  CHASE, PURDY, LYON, BUTLER
• Chipman, Seymour
  CHIPMAN, HOADLEY, MAXSON, SMITH, MOYER, SIMPSON, MILLER
• Clark, A.E.
  CLARK, FOSTER, ROGERS, HOCKADAY
• Clark, Doris
  CLARK
• Clark, H.G.
  CLARK, OTIS, WILLIAMS
• Clark, Dr. Henry H. Photo
  CLARK, ANDROS, BROOKS, BAUGH
• Clark, Joseph
  CLARK, SCHOPP
• Clemens, Andrew
  CLEMENS, WOLF
• Clendennen, James M.
  CLENDENNEN, SPARKS, HOCADAY, DODGE, HARVEY
• Cline, J.B.
  CLINE, COMBS, HAMPSHIRE, BOYCE, FENNER, WYANT, BLOODGOOD
• Constantine, E.W.
  CONSTANTINE, SULLIVAN
• Conway, Matthew Photo
  CONWAY
• Cook, George William
  COOK, BECKMAN
• Cooley, Andrew Sutherland
  ANDREAS, ANDROS, BUCHANAN, CARTER, CLEMENT, COOK, COOLEY, CROSBY, DOWNIE, EDSON, FILLMORE, FREMONT, GILLETT, GLADDEN, HAIR, KILHAM, LINTON, LIVSEY, MAY, MURDOCK, NOBLE, ONLY, OWEN, PATCH, PRICE, QUIGLEY, ROGGMAN, SELLERS, STILLMAN, SUTHERLAND, WARREN, WATSON, WING
• Cooley, Charles W.
  COOLEY, PATTERSON
• Cooley, Edwin Gilbert (1908) Photo
  Cooley
  Cooley, Edwin G. (1909)
  COOLEY, STANLEY
  Cooley, Edwin Gilbert (1911)
  COOLEY, HAMMOND
• Cooley, James C.
  COOLEY, PATTERSON, ALBRIGHT
• Cooley, Salome Warren
  ANDROS, COOK, COOLEY, HILL, JENNINGS, MURDOCK, PATCH, ROGGMAN, WARREN, WILLIAMS, WING
• Cooper, John
  COOPER, MCPHERSON, SPANGLER, ROE
• Cottle, Ira
  COTTLE, LOWE, BAKER, WIGHT, SMITH, CHASE
• Cottle, Royal
  COTTLE, LOWE, PARKER, HIGHT, WEATHERFORD, ERICK, BRYANT
• Cox, Matthew A.
  COX, MANNING
• Crary, Elisha Avery
  CRARY, BREWSTER, MCCRARY, BROEL
• Creglow, Charles
  CREGLOW, BECHTELL, KNEFF, STEALY
• Crawford siblings have 50th Wedding Anniversaries Photos
  CRAWFORD, CORLETT, ORR, RICHARDS, MCGILL
• Crosby, J.O.
  CROSBY
• Daugherty, Abel W. Photo
  DAUGHERTY, MCKEEVER, COOK, ELLSWORTH, STOUT, KNAPP, FARLEY, LOETSCHER, EIGHMEY, KNIGHT
• Davidson, Thomas M. Photo
  DAVIDSON, MURDOCK, COOK, WICKHAM, LUSK
• Davis, Augustus D. Photo
  DAVIS, HARVEY, ROE, MARTINDALE, FRY, PALMER, TORRENCE, SCHRAMM, SMITH, STONE
• Davis, Timothy
  DAVIS
• Day, John
  Day, Noble
• Deacon, Edward Photo
  DEACON, STODDARD, REYNOLDS, BARNUM
• Dealy, William
  DEALY, McDONALD
• DeGraw, Jonas
  DeGraw, De Graw, Rice
• DeGraw & Bothel families
  DEGRAW, BOTHEL, FERGUSON, BUTTS, DEFORCE, MAGNUS
• Dell, Frank U. & Freda
  DELL, WILKA
• Dickens, Anne Photo
  DICKENS, JENNINGS, TAYLOR, REDMOND, JORDAN, READ, HILL, DUBUQUE, WILLOUGHBY, PRICE, STOUT, VAN SICKLE
• Dittmer, Dr. Henry A. Photo
  DITTMER, REDDINGSHAFFER, BERG, WALTHER, HOLBERT
• Dittmer, Dr. Martin E.
  DITTMER, REDLINGSHOFER, TRIERN, WICKERSHAM
• Donahue, Daniel D.
  DONAHUE
• Dorweiler, Henry
  Dorweiler, Henry
  (2 bios) DORWEILER, SEILER, MARNACH
• Dorweiler, Paul
  Dorweiler, Paul
  (2 bios) DORWEILER, SEILER, BARTH, ECKERT, MERSCH
• Dorweiler, Philip
  Dorweiler, Philip
  (2 bios) DORWEILER, SEILER, KANN, JONES, ECKART
• Dougherty, Daniel
  DOUGHERTY, MALOY, GALLAGHER, WADE
• Douglass, George Photo
  DOUGLASS, LINCOLN
  Douglass, George Photo
  DOUGLASS, LINCOLN, SIDNEY

• Downie, Warren W.
  DOWNIE, WILLIAMS, BURGESON
• Drips, Andrew W. Photo
  DRIPS, CLARK, JACOBS, VAN DEVANDER, KNIGHT, GRANGER, KELSEY
• Drips, Joseph H. & Hannah (Hawkins)
  DRIPS, HAWKINS, SHAFF, PELHAM, DUFRAY, TRAINER, BAILEY, MILLER, ADAMS, BALLOW
• Drummond, Willis
  DRUMMOND
• Eaton, Abner J.
  EATON, COOLIDGE, MULLEN, STEWART
• Eberhard, Edward Peter Photo
  EBERHARD
• Eiboeck, Joseph Photo
  EIBOECK
• Ellings, Paul
  ELLINGS, SAMPSON
• Ernst, Frederick L.
  ERNST, KLINGMAN, FRITZ, REICHER, RAWSON, LAYTON, DOTY, PETERS, MATTOX
• Everall, John
  EVERALL, LIVERSAGE, RENSHAW
• Falkenhainer, Charles
    FALKENHAINER
• Farrington, Ray G.
  FARRINGTON
• Feay, Oliver J.
  FEAY, NELSON
• Feay, Samuel A.
  FEAY, GRAY
• Felder, Joseph & Anna family
  FELDER, BURR, SCHALLER, HEITMAN, HUENE, KIRSCHBAUM, STOEFFLER, WESTEMEYER
• Felt, Andrew J.
  FELT
• Fisher, Maturin L.
  FISHER
• Fladager, Severt Olson
  FLADAGER, ARNESON, OLSON, BERGE, MOEN, BAHNSON
• Flenniken, J.C. Photo
  FLENNIKEN, PEASE, ROBERTS
• Flenniken, Mary A. Pease Photo
  FLENNIKEN, PEASE, ECKHART, CRAIG, CRAGIN, MILLER, PRESCOTT
• Follett, Edwin R.
  Follett, Edwin R.
  (2 bios) FOLLETT, ANGELL, MONTGOMERY, DOWNIE, LYON, ROUSE, WOHLHEITER, WATERWORTH, MATTERN
• Foote, Amoretta E.
  FOOTE, RICH
• Foote, William M.
  FOOTE, SWISHER, MOORE
• Forbes, C.M. Photo
  FORBES, WHEELER, BREEDEN
• Fredelake, Henry
  FREDELAKE, VOSS, DITTMER, AULWES, CASSUTT, REED, IHM, HARTMAN, NIEMEYERS, MILLER
• Freitag, August
  FREITAG, HAMILTON
• Frey, Robert
  FREY, HENDRICKS
• Frink, Albert B.
  FRINK, WAGNER
• Froelich, John
  FROELICH, GUTHEIL, MANN, BICKEL
• Frohn, William
  FROHN, KLANK, KREUGER, LEPSEY, OBERMEYER, REISS, KANN, BOHL
• Frohn, Hubert
  FROHN, KRULL
• Fuelling, Otto
  FUELLING, BROWN
• Funk, Joseph P.
  FUNK, CONLEY, McTAGGART, CARR
• George, H.B.
  GEORGE, DUNHAM
• Geske, M.X.
  GESKE
• Gilbert, Elbridge L.
  GILBERT, BISHOP
• Gilbert, George Lovell
  GILBERT, KILLEN, KING, VEACH
• Gilbert, Lovell R.
  GILBERT, JOYCE, BURT, VEATCH, OLMSTEAD, KILLEN, GREEN, CARPENTER
• Glass, Albert
  GLASS, JAYME, RICHTER, BEUHERER, KRATS, HILLIGER, SANDHAGEN
• Glawe, Theodore
  GLAWE, TAAKE, LEMBKE, BERGER, HERMAN, KRAMBEER, VOGT, OELKE, SEIFERT, VULLGRAF, BINK, BENDER, MOYNA, WOOD, NESTEBY, DILLON
• Goddard, C.N.
  GODDARD, RICHARDSON, HENRY, HUTCHINSON, ELLSWORTH
• Goddard, C.W.
  GODDARD, BAILEY, BENT, CLARK
• Godden, David L.
  GODDEN, HUDSON, HUNT
• Godden, Moses L.
  GODDEN, HUDSON
• Goetz, Charles E.
  GOETZ, WELLMAN, DOUGHERTY, THORSEN
• Graham, J.T.
  GRAHAM, GILMORE, WYATT, STRONG
• Grimes, Franklin A. Photo
  GRIMES, BAKER, PITTMAN, REA, LANDIS, MERRIAM, ROSE
• Gronna, Asle J.
  GRONNA
• Grundmeier, Hermann
  GRUNDMEIER, OBEREGGE
• Grunhuvd, Mr. & Mrs. Knut E. Knutson Photo
  GRUNHUVD, HALGRIMSON, INGEBRITSON, KNUTSON, DAKKEN
• Haering, Fred
  HAERING, HOCHSTRASSER, BRUGGER
• Hall, Elmer E.
  HALL
• Hammond, William
  HAMMOND, BARNHARDT, SMITH, WALKER
• Harnack, John F.C.
  HARNACK, GREIMAN
• Hartman, Rochus
  HARTMAN, HERMAN
• Hatch, L.O.
  HATCH
• Hatfield, Putnam
  HATFIELD, WINDSOR, WILCOX, TYRELL, MIINCH, HAGENBORNE
• Hauschen, Henry & Wilhelmina
  HAUSCHEN, KOENEMANN, HINES, MEYER, REINKE, ENGELHARDT,
  PECK, OLMSTEAD, OELKE
• Hawkammer, Louis A.
  HAWKAMMER, SEIBRECK, WILLIAMS, JOHNSON
• Haworth, Frances J. nee Randall Photo
  HAWORTH, RANDALL, MITCHELL, WALTERS, PARRISH
• Hays, Marshall
  HAYS, MARSHALL, COOK, SCOTT
• Hayt, Henry C.
  HAYT, BERRY, HARRIS, BURDICK, ALSIP
• Hazen, Daniel
  HAZEN, EGGLESTON
• Heithoff, Heinrich
  HEITHOFF, BRANDEL, RAPIEN
• Helgerson, Tolle
  HELGERSON, NELSON, GULLICK
• Helwig, Mr. & Mrs. Conrad
  OELKE, BELTZDORFF, SCHMIDT, DATISMAN, MILLER, SHIEFELE, TIESZEN, HUBACHER, ERICKSON
• Hempel, J.G. Photo
  HEMPEL, BICKEL, GRAF
• Henderson, Sarah L. Hill
  HENDERSON, HILL
• Herman, Conrad
  HERMAN
• Hill, Gershem H. Photo
  HILL, GRINNELL, HENDERSON
  Hill, Gershom H., M.D. Photo
  HILL, HYDE, DOOLITTLE, FORD
• Hill, James Langdon
  HILL, HYDE, DUNHAM
• Hinds, Edwin B.
  HINDS, BURKE, SHAW
  Hinds, Hon. Edwin B. Photo
  HINDS
• Hines, Mary E. Clark
  CLARK, GRAVETT, HINES
• Hobart, David K.
  HOBART
• Hodges, Henry D.
  HODGES, JEROME
• Hodges, I.B.
  HODGES, BROWN
• Hoffmann, Ernst
  HOFFMANN, KERN
• Hoffmann, Isidor W.
  HOFFMANN, SEYLLER
• Hoffmann, John A.
  HOFFMANN, EIFLER
• Holman, William T.
  HOLMAN, MAIN, JAMES, HOSKYN, BABCOCK,STANSBURY
• Holms / Holmes, Peter
    HOLMES
• Hommel, Dr. Placido R. V. Photo
  HOMMEL, TWINING, MILLER
• Hopp, Thomas P.
  HOPP, GANBY, WILLERTON, STILLWELL, CROSBY
• Howard, Aleen
  HAVENS, HOWARD, HAKE, EASTMAN
• Howard, Donald F.
  HOWARD
• Howard, Freedom
  HOWARD
• Howard, Orpha M.
  HOWARD
• Howard, Warran M.
  HOWARD, NELSON
• Howe, William E.
  HOWE, WOOD, PURCEL, SKINNER, TURNER, PORTER, AITHISON, CARRIER
• Hoth, Harold & Rachel
  HOTH, BROWNSON, SCHLOETZER
• Hoth, John & Alise
  HOTH, GLAWE, BREITSPRECKER, RADLOFF, MEIER, STUCKFELD,
  SEIFERT
• Hoth, Leon & Joyce
  HOTH, FRIEDERICH, WALTER
• Hoth, LeRoy & Emma
  HOTH, STADE, HEUER, REINHART, MOHNING, MEYER, WENDT, FUNK
• Hubbard, Marian E.
  HUBBARD, GILES
• Hughes, Clinton B. Photo
  HUGHES, HALE, COOPER, ANDERSON, FLEIHLER, BAXTER, OPPERMAN, KRAMER
• Hume, Frank W.
  HUME, HENRICH
• Hunt, Dr. Charles H.
  HUNT, MCDOUGAL, KIMBALL, CHURCH, CLEVELAND, SNELL
• Hunt, G.W. Photo
  HUNT, SHERWOOD
• Hutchins, Clayton B.
  HUTCHINS, WHITNEY, CALL, WHITE, HAMILTON, BALLOU, DOUGLAS, GIBBS, WILSON, BASS, MORSE
• Hutchins, D.H.
  Hutchins, D.H.
  (2 bios) HUTCHINS, WHITNEY, CALL, WHITE
• Isenbarger, Katharine (Ulrich) Photo
  ISENBARGER, ULRICH, BALLARD
• Janssen, William M.
  JANNSEN, SMITH, HAWKAMMER
• Jessen, Fred
  JESSEN, MARQUARDT, GLASS, JOHANNES, HESNER, BARR
• Jewell, T.R.
  JEWELL, RICHARDS, TREAGUE, MALLETT
• Johnson, Keith & Darlene
  HELLUM, JOHNSON, KNOX, CLARKSON, GROSS