The Death Roll of PioneersIn an earlier chapter we have read of one of the first winters spent in Denison, how the young men clubbed together, worked and played and how in spite of cold and snow they were comparatively content, for were they not young, strong and hopeful with life before them and the future an unopened book but peopled with roseate dreams? But the snows of time are harder to defy than the snows of winter. The years moved on space and with the opening of the Twentieth Century we find that the pioneers are growing old. they have fallen as the leaves of autumn until, today, there remain but a few of those who have the brunt of early settlement. The death roll of the pioneers since 1900 is long and sad and the names recall the faces of many loved ones, of many others who played humbler, but just as important parts in happy homes. We give the list of the fallen pioneers, those who have died since 1900 as nearly as possible. It has been the effort to give them all, if some have been omitted it is unintentional and greatly regretted. Where possible the date of their coming to Crawford county is given in parenthesis, following the name. |
The Dead of 1900
(into the)
Last Name First Name ( county )
McKim Ethan 1861 Deloit
Wright Rev Wm 1876
Romans Mrs J B 1861
McKim Esau 1861 Deloit
White John West Side
Nehls Danl
Rudd J F Dow City
The Dead of 1901
Huckstep John B Deloit
Burk J F 1869
Staley C M
Meyers Mrs J Fred 1874
Brogden Jos 1855
McAhren O C
Stessie Mrs H
Dohle Henry 1871
Austin Ethel
Tierman Mrs Margaret Dow City
Frodig Mrs C P Kiron
Espholt Mrs Sophie West Side
Bowling C J
Reimers Wm
Greek S B
Brogden Edward 1855
Swanson N A Kiron
Giss Phillip
Kinnan Emma Bell
Seagrave Mrs Levina 1857
Robertson A Dow City
French A F
Spiegel Gottlieb 1882
Tempest D Vail
Ryan Jeremiah Vail
Binnall Mrs Thos 1862
McFarland Mrs J R 1879
Sievers John sr
Smith Mrs C R Manilla
Piper John F
Hoff David Manilla
Cody Mrs C Vail
Noll Levi Dow City
Nixon Mrs L B
Valley Mrs L Charter Oak
The Dead of 1902
Henry Patricrk
Aylesworth B
Riddle Daniel 1854
Heston George 1868
Ainsworth M
Tabor Mrs Chas 1873
Eastman S
Langian Hon. Hugh
Conroy Martin 1863
Barber E R 1876
Topf Henry
Lawler M C
Pfankuch H E
Lapel Hy
Thorpe John
The Dead of 1903
McHenry Mrs D F
Lane Bernard
Griffin Thos 1873
Short John 1873 Vail
Revwswot Hy
Smyth James 1865
McCarthy John 1876
McCarthy David 1874
Beermaker Peter 1887
Shaw D W
Schuler J P
Lorenzen L B 1876
Lorentzen Capt H J 1887
Vanervere Hy
Nobles Hy
The Dead of 1904
Gunn J N 1880 Jackson twp
Smith W
Mahoney Patrick
Harker Mrs T W 1870
Gillmor Mrs Issac
Davie Mrs W A
Dobson T C 1852 Deloit
Cochran Wesley
Fellingham Andrew West Side
Cadwell Leroy Manilla
Campbell J M 1878
McAhren Mabel
Butler T W
Luth Fred
The Dead of 1905
Butterworth Ward
Jones Mrs John
Nicholson Mrs C L
Sewell L A 1872
Denahy John 1886
Johnson D O 1874
Sprecher Cyrus
Weickmann Mrs Aug
Stegeman Mrs C
Jurgensen Mrs B P
Rouilliard A D
Harris Rev J B
Swan T J 1874
Wood E H 1880
Eggers Henry
Griffin Mrs Susie
Nixon L B 1872
Baber John Dow City
Oxwang Mrs P
Lynch P M Vail
Byrnes Mrs Wm Vail
Molseed Robert 1873 Vail
Leahy Thos 1880
Glau Wm
Bendixen Henry
Clough J H 1875
Henning Gus
Ainsworth Mrs Mary 1868
Kuhl Hans
Wiiggins Henry 1869
Gould H W 1880
Hunt Mrs M 1864
Wilson M C East Boyer twp
Herre F J West Side
The Dead of 1906
Lorenzen Mrs A C 1875
Slater S W East Boyer twp
Sheridan Jas 1885
Young F J 1871
Jordan G S 1881 Milford twp
Keith A B 1873
Iseminger Mrs H G 1881
Bugge Fred
Scriver Mrs W J
McSorley John
Owens James 1877
Woodard C H Manilla
Salomon C J 1883
Bond G H
Petersen J P East Boyer twp
McGrew Mrs Vera Dow City
Grill Claus Goodrich twp
Johnson Frances L Deloit
Kruger Emil 1881 Schleswig
Ullrich Geo Charter Oak
Shirtcliff Mrs Henry 1873
Wrightman J W 1869
Brosnahan M 1879
Lorenzen Mrs L
Savage Prof H H
Dow S E 1855 Founder of
Dow City
Dow Mrs S E 1855
Segebart John Manilla
Bond Mrs L L 1882
Howorth Mrs E Goodrich twp
Petersen Frederick Paradise twp
Dieter Mrs J A 1883 Vail
Chapman Tracy 1852 East Boyer twp
Schultz Mrs Herman
The Dead of 1907
Thew Erastus 1870 Buck Grove
Cole Mrs W E
Familton Mrs Wm 1872
Marshall W H 1871
King Mrs Orpha Joy 1881
Rae Hon George 1865 Dow City
Carstens Matthias Aspinwall
Mundt Wm 1870
Carey Mrs Thos 1873 Iowa twp
Long Mrs Sarah Vail
Kevan Mrs J T 1872
Gould Mrs Sabina 1872
Dillivan Mrs Walter
Kinney Michael 1875
Norman H sr
O'Connor John
Snell Mrs E R
Schelm Carl
Hillebrant Mrs P
Bonsall J W 1874 Dow City
Scaggs Harry 1871 Memorial Day
Frahm Claus
Magner James sr 1882
Breen P J Vail
Gable Mrs S L 1858
Neal Martin 1883
Torrey John 1880
O'Connor Thos 1871
Heuttmann Gus
Woodruff David
Barber Mrs E R 1876
Potter Mrs F M 1882
Otto Mrs C sr 1885
Trosene R
Girard Gustav Schleswig
Harthun Mrs J F
Hattery Mrs H J Deloit
Peper Geo Iowa twp
White Mrs Thos
The Dead of 1908
Weatherby Amos Dow City
Butler D J Arion
First white child
born in co.
Hawley R C 1860
Jackson W W 1868
Clark Mrs Prudence
Winans Lawrence
Von Tuil M 1875
Hill Mrs T G
Hill T G age 91
Spottswood George E West Side
DeWolf C H
Poitevin S
Cochran Mrs W J 1859
Jackson Mrs W W 1870
Ainsworth E M
Coon W W 1867
Larson A J
Cummings Mrs H J
Broadus Jackson
Powers James
White B 1872 Vail
Kolls Rudolph
Berg Mrs Anna 1879
Ainsworth O J
Ayres Mrs Elizabeth
Jaaks Henry
The Dead of 1909
Bixler Isaac 1881
Fegtley Mrs Jacob 1875
Roggendorf Mrs P C 1882
McWilliams Hugh 1859
Plimpton Mrs E S 1858
Lewis M B 1874 Dow City
Phillips T J
Ryan M E 1875 Vail
Bumann Mrs Hy 1874
Wiley J F 1871
Gillmor Isaac 1869
Miller J P 1872
Dobson Mrs Sarah K 1852 Deloit
Swan Mrs Catherine 1873
Hermann Wm 1875
Evans Dr W B 1877 Arion
Maynard James
King M 1881
Wright M D 1873
Meggers Frank 1873
Lenz Mrs A 1882
Bergstedt Mrs Wm
Saggau H H 1876
Brown Mrs Cynthia
Holmes Maj G W 1883 Charter Oak
Mount Mrs Anna 1863
Luney Samuel 1867
Way John 1872
Lehfeldt Mrs H H 1870
Carey Mrs Patrick 1870 Iowa twp
Barden Edward
Bayles J W 1870 Manilla
Dorfler John R 1883 Ricketts
Costello Mrs Thos Vail
Ely C P 1874
Dobson Harry G Deloit
Behan Mrs Patrick
Grill Jurgen 1874 Schleswig
Nemitz Wm Charter Oak
Riddle Jas 1870 Dow City
Powers John 1882 Vail
Thies John West Side
Gorman John Buck Grove
Boger F Buck Grove
Gibson Samuel Dow City
Lee Arnold Dow City
Jepsen Mrs Wm Schleswig
Hickey T A Manilla
Kunze Wm Charter Oak
Slattery James Buck Grove
Bauman W J 1880
Cose James 1870
Binnall Geo Dow City
Diersdorf C P Schleswig
Servoss L L
The Dead of 1910
Cavanaugh Mrs Jane 1872
Brinckman Mrs P 1882
Blackman Jerome 1870
Whited Bert Buck Grove
Rohwer Henry 1873 West Side
Buss Mrs F C 1879 Dow City
Peper Mrs H 1879
Lochner John 1876 Vail
Coon Mrs W W 1875
Herrig A
Carstens J H
Long Mrs B B Vail
McMahon M 1869 Iowa twp
Hart A P Charter Oak
Ballangee E J 1870 Dow City
Giss Mrs C 1880
Costello Thos 1875 East Boyer
Clinton Mrs Peter 1885
Guth Henry 1890 Aspinwall
Ainsworth Mrs Edith Burk 1876
Gaffey Mrs Luke
Vosgerau Henry 1876
Huntington Mrs G W 1869 Dow City
Laub Hon H C 1855
Landon Mrs Jane 1865 Deloit
Romans Hon J B 1881
Odefy Aug 1885
Boger Mrs M 1886
Eastman Mrs B 1887
McCarthy Mrs P A 1867
Sherwood Mrs Frank
Hart Miss Frances 1887
Rollins Mrs Kate Davis 1886
Beerman Mrs Carl
The Dead of 1911
Weber Martin 1868
Morgan Mrs M 1869
Campbell Mrs J M 1878
Lantau Chris West Side
Edans Mrs A 1883
McHenry Hon Morris 1856
Walker Henry 1871 Manilla
Mulligan Julia C
Lass Geo H C 1864
Branka Mrs Delphine 1874
Green Mrs C 1864
Schroeder Mrs Dorothea 1889
Christiansen M F 1880
McClellan Mrs J B 1889
Petersen Mrs Andrew Buck Grove
Huebner Adolph 1883
Marshall Mrs Lydia
Ackley Mrs W A
Kelly Henry 1880
Heiden C F 1868
LaFrantz N 1869
Lochmueller Mrs J H 1867
Mahler Mrs Sarah 1878
McWilliams Mrs Hugh 1862
Galland B F 1868
Crandall Mrs H A 1861
Nicholson George W 1880
Petersen Mrs Hy 1889 Manilla
Walsh Mrs Jas 1883
Romans Mrs Lewis
Kelly John 1869
Conyne A M
Gunn Mrs Elizabeth 1881
Richardson George A 1882
Henry Leora
Maynard Henry 1879
Vassar Mrs Leon
Mooney L P former sheriff
Smith E H 1872
Macentum Hy
Fineran P 1881
Dodd Geo 1876
Meeves Peter 1881
Larson Otto 1871 Kiron
Lindberg Mrs Chas 1869 Kiron
Zea Ed 1861
Johnston Mrs Carrie 1871 Kiron
Christensen J D 1873
Servoss Geo 1878
Saunders J Manilla
Clinton Mary A
Morris Harry 1882
Cook Mrs Elizabeth 1881
Flint Mrs Geo 1875
Jabens Jurgen Schleswig
Brockelsby J R 1874 Hayes twp
Lindstrom Mrs Otto Kiron
Staffanson Mr Kiron
Johnston Mrs A F
Gilbreath Mrs Wm
Schroeder Hon H C 1877
Hird Mrs I 1880
Koappen Wm
Schmidt J D West Side
Gulick Mrs H S 1872
Braddy Wm former city marshal
Duncan J P
Crandall D C Dow City
Marshall A
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This brings the list of our dead among those who had lived long in the county or who had been prominently identified with its history, down to August 20th 1911 and it speaks more eloquently and more pathetically of the work of the grim reaper is doing than the most impassioned phrases. Long before another such a volume of Crawford county history is written the first pioneers will have passed away. Three hundred and forty-seven names are in the lists above, who among us will be the three hundred and forty-eighth will have answered before this book reaches the hands of its readers, but whoever it shall be, let us hope that the verdict may be "Well done, thou good and faithful servant," just as we know that it has been with the vast majority of the pioneers who have gone before. |
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