What's New!
28 October 2009 - Section G-H of the Leon Cemetery Records courtesy of the City of Leon have been added on the Cemetery page.
21 September 2009 - Additions to the I Remember Page, additions of Sharon Becker's Road Trip Links to the Town Histories Pages for Davis City, Garden Grove, Lamoni, Leon, LeRoy, and Pleasanton and the addition of some pictures from Sharon to the Dekalb and Leon pages.
9 September 2009 - Many additions, corrections and changes to the Surnames Pages and a very special new page for memories of Decatur County called I Remember...Decatur County, Iowa. This page is just beginning. Please send any memories you have to me by email and I will get them posted as soon as possible.
26 August 2009 - New Bios from the 1915 History of Decatur County have been added on the Biographies Page including bios for Arthur M. Haag, Eli Craig, James R. Brown, Jacob Rhodes, John Burnett, Marietta Walker, Stephen Varga and William A. Hopkins.
15 July 2009 - The collection of photos of Leon Business of the 1890's is now complete. Photos courtesy of Bob Bixby and the Decatur County Museum on the Leon Page
6 July 2009 - Part of a collection of photos of Leon Businesses from the 1890's courtesy of Bob Bixby and the Decatur County Museum located on the Leon Page
30 March 2009 - Photo of Park Hotel on the Leon Town Page courtesy of Jo Achee, and Flyer introducing the new Grand River Community Center on the Grand River Page.
11 March 2009 - Biographies from the 1915 History of Decatur County courtesy of Sharon Becker on the 1915 Biographies Page and the Biography of G.W. Blair from Lamoni's Passing Parade courtesy of Jean Belzer on the Lamoni's Passing Parade Page, additions and corrections to the Surnames Page and corrections to the Lookups Page.
28 January 2009 - Leon Cemetery Records courtesy of the City of Leon, Surnames G on the Cemeteries Page. Updates to the Lookups Page and the Surnames Pages and the biography of Charles Barrows on the Down 100 Years Lamoni Biographies Page.
23 December 2008 - 1952 Directory for Leon/Davis City/Garden Grove/Pleasanton/Weldon on the Directories Page
1 December 2008 - Unidentified Photos from Kathleen on Page 5 of Unidentified Photos and many updates to the Surnames Pages.
20 October 2008 - Leon Cemetery Records courtesy of the City of Leon, Surnames E-F on the Cemeteries Page.
8 October 2008 - A new Directories Page on the Index Page that includes the 1937 Farm Directory and a NEW 1952 Lamoni/Davis City Telephone Directory. The addition of two new web sites, the Leon Chamber of Commerce Site and the Decatur County Development Corporation Site on the Resources Page and the Visit Our County Page.
15 September 2008 - Leon Cemetery Records courtesy of the City of Leon, Surnames D on the Cemeteries Page and the Surnames Page has been updated with changed email addresses.
1 September 2008 - Leon Cemetery Records courtesy of the City of Leon, Surnames C on the Cemeteries Page and the Surnames Page has some additions and updates too!
6 August 2008 - Leon Cemetery Records courtesy of the City of Leon, Surnames A-B on the Cemeteries Page and new biographies for J.R. Brown, A.M. Haag, W.A. Hopkins, Stephen Varga and Marietta Walker on the 1915 History Bios Page
30 June 2008 - A series of Newspaper articles bout the end of Grand River's Telephone Sytem courtesy of Sharon Becker on the Grand River Page and the June/July Newsletter for the Decatur County Historical Society Museum on the Decatur County Historical Society Page
23 June 2008 - The 1925 Iowa State Census page for Garden Grove Township are now included on the 1925 State Census Page courtesy of John Murray.
16 June 2008 - The Surnames Pages have been updated with some new names and some new email addresses.
9 June 2008 - The 1925 Iowa State Census, transcribed by John Murray, along with an Index, Transcription Notes and Assessor Information can now be found on the Census Page. Thanks so much John!
26 May 2008 - Thank you so much for your patience during the transition of the site from Rootsweb to IAGenWeb. Some updates to the Surnames Pages, a correction to the Hamilton Cemetery Page, and the really big addition, Transcriptions of the records from the Decatur County Courthouse Marriage Indexes and Abstracts of the actual Marriage Records on the Marriages Page courtesy of John Murray. These records are in .pdf format so you will need Adobe Reader to open them.
3 March 2008 - A new Biography on the Lamoni's Passing Paradge Biographies Page courtesy of Jean Belzer, a large collection of Grand River School Pictures on the Grand River Township Schools and the Richland Township Schools and Long Creek Township Schools and the Grand River Page Courtesy of the SchoolHouse Museum in Grand River and Donna Vann. A large collection of Weldon Pictures on the Weldon Page courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum and Bob Bixby.
21 January 2008 - New Biographies on the 1915 Decatur County Biographies Page including Theodore Albaugh, George Brown, Ulysses Griffith, J.A. Gunsolley, Benjamin Norman, and Joseph Walton. Also two new biographies on the 1887 Biographies Page including William Alden and J. W. Trullinger courtesy of Christy Jay.
31 December 2007 - Surnames Pages have been updated. New articles from the genealogical clippings of Norma G. (Foland) Becker and Pearl V. (Bramon) Foland courtesy of Sharon Becker on the Miscellaneous Bios Page, Grand River Page, Davis City Page, Leon Page including the surnames JIMMERSON, REED, MORRELL, BAKER AND MILLSTEAD, and Obituaries on Obituaries Pages A, B, C, F, G, K, M, R and T. Including the surnames FOLAND, ADAMS, COLE, BOWLSBY, KASTLER, RICHARDS, GRIMM, TAYLOR, COOPER, MORRELL AND BENSON.
18 October 2007 - The Rural and Town Teachers Databases are now complete! You can find them on the Teachers Page
19 September 2007 - Six new Biographies on the 1915 Decatur County Biographies Page including J.W. Hurst, Henry A. Stebbins, Orin J. Hill, Edwin Bevins, Charles T. Rhodes and Martin M. Turpen.
13 September 2007 - Van Wert High School Yearbook 1937 courtesy of Larry McElwee and Graceland Acacia Yearbook 1918 courtesy of Barbara on the Schools Pages. Look under Graceland and Long Creek Township Schools.
12 September 2007 - Five new Biographies on the 1915 Decatur County Biographies Page including Ole Midgorden, Millard Stookey, Oscar Anderson, Charles Mallette and James McDiffit.
6 September 2007 - Rural Teachers Pages updated at Decatur County Teachers Page with years 1847-48 and 1848-49 and a canvass of Bethel Cemetery done July 1, 2006 by Janet Jelsma on the Cemeteries Page.
22 August 2007 - Rural Teachers Pages updated at Decatur County Teachers Page with years 1935-36 through 1938-39 and a more recent canvass of Oak Hill Cemetery done by Betty Williams and Beverly Bair in 2004 on the Cemeteries Page.
16 July 2007 - Rural Teachers Pages updated at Decatur County Teachers Page, a new 1887 Bio from Christy Jay for John E. Logan on the 1887 Biographies Page and a new bio from Jean Belzer from Lamoni's Passing Parade on the Lamoni's Passing Parade Page.
22 June 2007 - May/June and July/August Decatur County Historical Society Newsletters on the Decatur County Historical Society Newsletter Page and the years 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33 and 1933-34 of Rural Teachers of Decatur County now on the Decatur County Teachers Page
4 June 2007 - Leon Alumni 1871-1935 from the Leon Reporter now on the Center Township Schools Page.
4 April 2007 - Walton Family Photos on the Photos Page Courtesy of Frank Durham, Many Great Pictures of Lamoni on the Lamoni Town History Page Courtesy of Alma Blair, and a picture of the Coffey Girls on the Franklin Township Schools Page Courtesy of Sherry Balow.
22 March 2007 - The Weldon High school Alumni Book 1893 thru 1958 is now on the Franklin Township Schools Page courtesy of Mary Wallace of Weldon and Bob Bixby.
07 March 2007 - Two New Biographies on the 1887 Bios Page - Zenos H. Gurley and Ebenezer Robinson, courtesy of Christy Jay; New on the Schools Page a photo of Emaline Manney Supt. of Schools 1880-1882 contributed by Chuck Mallette, on the Garden Grove Twp Schools Page photos of LeRoy schools contributed by Karyl Bonnett, on the Center Twp Schools Page under "More Leon School Photos", photos of the Leon Class of 1927 contributed by Darrell Eckardt, and on the Burrell Twp Schools page a photo of Miss Chatburn contributed by Frank Moden.
18 February 2007 - The "Decatur County Quilt", a map on a quilt that shows all of the rural school locations on it is now on the Schools Page. See "School Locations" at the bottom of the table.
10 February 2007 - Rural School Teachers 1924-25 through 1929-30 now on the Decatur County Teachers Page
31 January 2007 - New on the Richland Township Schools Page Grand River Alumni Book covering the years 1894 through 1960, courtesy of Bob Bixby.
24 January 2007 - More New School pictures on the Schools Pages - Davis City, Eden Twp., Garden Grove Twp., Hamilton Twp., Morgan Twp. and Richland Twp. Schools, Contributed by Carmelita Abrams, Karyl Bonnett, Ron Davis, Jan Paschell, and Betty Jones. Also the death of Harold Saffell, Contributed by Karyl Bonnett on the Deaths Page. Thanks to all of you!
09 January 2007 - New School pictures on the Schools Pages - New Buda, Woodland, Eden and Hamilton Townships, Courtesy of the Davis City Cafe' and Bob Bixby.
02 January 2007 - Davis City Photos Courtesy of Bob Bixby and the owners of the Cafe' in Davis City now on the Davis City Page, Church Page, and the Davis City School Pictures Page.
19 December 2006 - Pages 1-10 of the Iowa State Census, Long Creek Twp., Decatur County now on the 1885 State Census Page
12 December 2006 - New Town Teachers Database including all teachers in Decatur County Town Schools from 1924 through 1953.
14 November 2006 - Iowa State Census, 1885, High Point Twp. is now complete. Find it on the 1885 State Census Page, at the bottom of the page.
10 November 2006 - Photos contributed by Don Jones on the Decatur Township Schools Page of the Lone Star School. Photos added to the Miscellaneous Schools Page from Sherry Balow and Sandy Neder. Comments from Don Latta and Wanda Myer added to the Davis City Photos Page.
26 October 2006 - New Photo on the Decatur Township Schools Page of the Lone Star School 1915 courtesy of Chuck Mallette, names added to the Popcorn School Class of 1932 on the Franklin Twp. Schools Page, 4 new photos on the Churches Page courtesy of Alma Blair and Kara Weiershauser, a name added to the Civil War Page courtesy of Lowell Whitney, and two new photos added to the last page of the Unidentified Photos Pages courtesy of Sherry Balow.
23 October 2006 - New Photo on the County Farm Page and on the Schools Pages including Normal School, Woodland Twp. Schools, Bloomington Twp. Schools, Burrell Twp. Schools, Decatur Twp. Schools, Franklin Twp. Schools (including one courtesy of Sherry Balow), Long Creek Twp. Schools, Grand River Twp. Schools and New Buda Twp. Schools Courtesy of Bob Bixby and the Decatur County Museum.
20 October 2006 - Many, many new photos on several pages courtesy of the Decatur County Museum and Bob Bixby. On the Schools Page the Center Twp. Schools, Eden Twp. Schools, Fayette Twp. Schools, Hamilton Twp. Schools, Garden Grove Twp. Schools, High Point Twp. Schools, Morgan Twp. Schools and Miscellaneous Schools Pages all have new photos. On the Town Histories Page there are new photos on the Garden Grove, Pleasanton, and Lamoni Pages including a photo courtesy of Jack Scott and a new page with new photos for New Buda.
26 September 2006 - Popcorn School Souvenirs from 1909 courtesy of Sherry Balow and 1916 courtesy of the Decatur County Museum on the Franklin Twp. Schools Page and Lamoni Normal School Records on the Fayette Twp Schools Page courtesy of the Decatur County Museum.
23 September 2006 - Lamoni Bank Souvenir from 1907 plus additional Lamoni pictures courtesy of the Decatur County Museum on the Lamoni Town History Page
5 September 2006 - New photos on several of the Town Histories Pages courtesy of Bob Bixby and the Decatur County Historical Society Museum. Pages included are Decatur City, DeKalb, High Point, LeRoy, Lineville, Terre Haute, Van Wert, Weldon and I've added a page for Kellerton even though it's not in Decatur County. We have a picture from there and it's close!
4 September 2006 - New photos courtesy of the Decatur County Museum and Bob Bixby on the Davis City Town History Page and also on the Davis City Schools Page, including some from Francis Pickens Moden.
3 September 2006 - The Decatur County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2, September/October 2006 is now available on the Decatur County Historical Society Page.
26 August 2006 - New on the Schools Page under Fayette Township Schools - Athens School Records from 1900 to 1958! This school was located in Lamoni.
15 August 2006 - The 1937 Farm Directory is now COMPLETE! Surnames T U V, W, Y Z are now available on the 1937 Farm Directory Page.
15 August 2006 - The Decatur County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 1 is now available on the Decatur County Historical Society Page.
13 August 2006 - Surnames N O P, Q R and S are now available on the 1937 Farm Directory Page. Also a list of the Decatur County Farm Bureau Officers on the same page.
3 August 2006 - Surnames L, Mc and M are now available on the 1937 Farm Directory Page.
27 July 2006 - Surnames G through K are now available on the 1937 Farm Directory Page.
26 July 2006 - New Photos on the following pages - Town Histories Page on the Decatur City, Garden Grove, Grand River, Lamoni, Pleasanton and Westerville pages. Schools Page on the Bloomington Twp, Eden Twp, and Franklin Twp Pages. Churches Page under Grand River and RLDS Churches. All of these photos are courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum thanks to Bob Bixby!
19 July 2006 - The Schools Page has been entirely reconstructed. There are 2 1/2 New pages of Pictures in the Leon Schools Album and an album with some New and some old pictures on the Grand River Schools Page. The 1937 Decatur County Farm Directory now has Surnames D, E and F completed.
13 July 2006 - The Biography of Charles H. Anway is now on the Lamoni's Passing Parade Page courtesy of Jean Belzer. Also the beginning of a new database!!! The 1937 Decatur County Farm Directory. Surnames A through C are now online with more to come!
24 June 2006 - A new album of Leon School Pictures courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum on the Schools Page.
17 June 2006 - A new canvassing of Westerville Cemetery done in September 2004 by Betty Williams and Beverly Bair on the Cemeteries Page.
4 June 2006 - New Pictures courtesy of the Decatur County Historical Society Museum! On the Schools Page a picture of a Grand River Class in 1892. On the Town Histories Page under Leon a picture of a Girls Group, under Pleasanton a picture of Senior Citizens from 1911 and under Grand River a picture of the Daughton and Bone businesses in 1925.
30 May 2006 - The Decatur County Historical Society Page has been updated again with pictures of some of the items in the museum courtesy of Bob Bixby. The Early Decatur Fashions Page has a new photo of a dress shop in Lamoni from about 1901 contributed by Bob Bixby. There is a new Biography on the 1887 Biographies Page for Enos Davis contributed by Christy Jay. Also three school pictures from Lamoni on the Schools Page contributed by Bob Bixby. Thanks to Bob and Christy!
5 May 2006 - Pages 11-19 of High Point Twp., Decatur Co., Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.
12 April 2006 - Eight new Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including Albert L. Ackerley, Robert C. Bolon, Thomas A. Churchill, William A. France, Latta H. Hagen, Edward C. Hollister, William McIntosh, and Guy H. Williams. Pages 1-10 of High Point Township, Decatur County, Iowa of the 1885 Iowa State Census are now on the 1885 Iowa State Census Page.
7 April 2006 - Seven new Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including William Asbach, Benjamin Darst Barger, C. E. Creveling, James Hazlet, John P. Maxwell, M.D., Charles Walter Moon, and Alexander Hale Smith.
29 March 2006 - Pages 11-27 of Hamilton Twp., Decatur Co., Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.
15 March 2006 - Eight new Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including A. M. Noftsger, John W. Wailes, M.D., G. S. Foreman, Thomas Teale, Guy Pace Reed, M.D., John Boyd, Harry R. Layton, M.D., J. W. Rowell, D. D. S., and Dennis R. Slauter.
14 March 2006 - Pages 11-16 of Garden Grove Town, Decatur County, Iowa and Pages 1-10 of Hamilton Township, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 Iowa State Census Page.
4 March 2006 - Pages 1-10 of Garden Grove Town, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.
2 March 2006 - New Photo Pages added to the Photos Page including Gore Family Photos contributed by Charlene and West/Hacker Family Photos contributed by Barry West. Also two items added to the Schools Page contributed by Barry West also. A program for the 1917 Decatur County Common Schools Commencement and a picture of the Popcorn School Class of 1932 from Van Wert. Thanks to both of them!
1 March 2006 - Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including Aaron A. Cozad, A. F. Radnich, Frederick W. Newcomb, John O. McKibben, Judge John W. Harvey, James Brainer Horner, M.D. and William Wallace Blair.
16 February 2006 - Pages 11-20 of Garden Grove Township, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.
9 February 2006 - Pages 1-10 of Garden Grove Township, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.
8 February 2006 - Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including Joseph Smith, Carter Scott, J. P. Haas, O. L. Frazier, Peter Poland, and W. E. Reed and Louis N. Stephens.
4 February 2006 - Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including A. C. Northrup, George W. Blair, Theodore Creveling, Jasper W. Spargur and William H. Campbell. Also a biography added to the Lamoni's Passing Parade Biographies Page for Roxanna Anderson courtesy of Jean Belzer. Thanks Jean!
31 January 2006 - Pages 21-26 of Franklin Township, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page. This ends Franklin Township. The Biography of William D. Duff has been added to the 1887 Biographies Page courtesy of Christy Jay. Thanks Christy!
28 January 2006 - Pages 11-20 of Franklin Township, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.
18 January 2006 - Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including Joseph Bailey, Theophilus Brenizer M.D., Burgess Wilson Garrett, E. W. Gaunt, James Wilbur Mather D.D.S., J. F. McMorris, Fred E. Teale, Ezekiel J. Sankey and George Smith.
5 January 2006 - Biographies added to the 1915 Biographies Page including Charley W. Kelly, George P. Campbell, James F. Gill, James H. Stover, Marion J. Thompson, Myron Phelps M.D., and William J. Mather D.D.S.
2 January 2006 - Pages 1-10 of Franklin Township, Decatur County, Iowa have been added to the 1885 State Census Page.