Des Moines County Iowa Queries 2005

I know that William Cole and Lusetta Buchanan were married in Des Moines Co. on Feb 12 1857
I am hoping that I could get a copy of this record in hopes of finding William's parents names.

If anyone could help please let me know
Thank you.

Looking for a cemetery record for this person. She died April 6, 1937. Buried April 8, 1937.She was buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Interested in any info on the Valentin Gauer family - lived in Burlington from about 1855 to ? Found census records from 1856, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Would love to know about deaths, marriages, etc. Valentin Gauer is my great great grandfather.
Joy Lutz-Mizar

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The Iowa Section (Vol 2 pages 1229 to 1266) Taken From:
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OUR WHOLE COUNTRY
A
PANORAMA AND ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF THE
UNITED STATES
IN TWO VOLUMES
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BY JOHN WARNER BARBER
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CINCINNATI
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES TUTTLE, 111 MAIN STREET,
(SUCCESSOR OF HENRY HOWE)
1863
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This is big file. The whole section is on the Iowa History Site. It
includes:

Lots of stories and lots of surnames. With some early history of Iowa.

Cities of: Dubuque - The tornado of Comanche - Davenport - Bellevue -
Burlington - Keokuk - Prairies - Des Moines - Muscatine - Council Bluffs City -
Iowa City - Fort Dodge - Sioux City - Fort Madison - Brinnell

Surveying the State.

Debbie Clough Gerischer

The whole chapter is on the Iowa History site.

STORIES OF IOWA
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
CHAPTER XX

HOW THE INDIANS LOST IOWA

As white settlers began to come to Iowa the Indians again and again were
compelled to bid farewell to their native villages and to move to new homes. Even
before white settlers were allowed to live in Iowa, the Sauks and Foxes in
1824 gave up a triangular shaped region in what is now Lee County for the
half-breeds. But white traders soon gained control of this land.

You have already learned how the Sioux and the Sauks and Foxes, in 1830, each
gave up a strip of land twenty miles wide in northeastern Iowa to the
government to form a neutral area between them. At the same time the Indians in
western Iowa gave up their claims to the Missouri slope. Later the Winnebagoes
were moved over from Wisconsin into the Neutral Ground, and the Potawatamis with
some of their kinsmen, the Ottawas and Chippewas, were brought from Illinois
to occupy the government-owned land in southwestern Iowa.

Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
_http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/)

The following chapter is on the Iowa History Site.
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STORIES OF IOWA
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
CHAPTER XXXII

THE IOWA-MISSOURI BOUNDARY WAR

When Governor Lucas arrived at Burlington in 1838, he found that he had many
problems to solve. One of these was a serious dispute as to the location of
the boundary between the Territory of Iowa and the State of Missouri. A
strip of land from nine to thirteen miles wide along the border was claimed both
by Missouri and Iowa.

Governor Lucas had been through a similar dispute with Michigan when he was
governor of Ohio. He insisted that the quarrel was not between Missouri and
Iowa, but between Missouri and the United States, since Iowa was still a
territory. If the Missourians started a war about the location of the boundary,
they would be fighting the United States, he declared.

The trouble had its beginning long before any settlers came to Iowa. In
1816, J. C. Sullivan had been employed by the United States government to survey
and mark the boundaries of the Osage Indian lands in Missouri. When Missouri
became a state in 1821, that part of the Sullivan line which extended due
west from the Des Moines River to a point near the present northwestern corner
of Missouri was regarded as the northern boundary of the new state. In 1824
an extension of this line from the Des Moines River to the Mississippi was
regarded as the northern boundary of the Half-Breed Tract.

No question was raised about the boundary until after settlers began to move
into northeastern Missouri and southeastern Iowa in the late thirties. By
this time the marks of the old Indian boundary or Sullivan line could scarcely
be found, and the settlers in this region did not know whether they lived in
Iowa or Missouri.

Debbie Clough Gerischer

The whole chapter is online on the Iowa History Site.

STORIES OF IOWA
Chapter 22
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
THE TAMA INDIANS

If you go west along the Lincoln Highway from Tama you will find Indians
still living in Iowa. Perhaps you will wonder how these Indians happen to be
here when all the rest are gone. To tell you the story we will have to go back
many, many years.

A hundred years ago the Indians hunted and fished over all of what is now
Iowa. But the white people soon saw that the land here was good for farms.
They told the Indians that they must sell their hunting grounds in Iowa. Of
course the Indians did not like to see the white people come in and take their
lands, but they had learned that if they went to war the white soldiers
always won.

In 1832 the United States said that the Sauk and Fox Indians must sell their
lands along the Mississippi River. Then the white settlers wanted more
farms and the Indians had to move again. Finally, in 1845, the Sauk and Fox
Indians had to leave Iowa and go to a new home in Kansas. Before they left, they
met at Fort Des Moines to receive the money which the government was paying
them for giving up their homes. This fort stood where the city of Des Moines
now stands, just where the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers come together.
Unusually the Indians had a very good time when they received this money.
There was always plenty of things to eat and there were white men there who
sold whisky to the Indians. But this time the Indians were very sad. They
knew that they must leave Iowa. They did not want to go. They loved the
prairies of Iowa where there were deer and the streams where there were fish. But
they knew that white soldiers with guns would come and drive them out if they
did not go.

So early in the fall of 1845 these Indians started their march across the
Missouri River. They did not have wagons or trucks. Most of them rode
horseback. Perhaps some of the women walked. Everywhere were dogs, barking at each
other or chasing the rabbits across the prairies.

Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
_http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/)
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
_http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/_ (http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/)

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From: "DAVID LEEBRICK" <dleebrick@comcast.net
To: <IADESMOI-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: [DES MOINES COUNTY] Leebricks in Burlington

Interested in the Leebrick family in Burlington. Samuel, George,
Catherine and Sara Leebrick all traveled west from Hummelstown,
Pennsylvania to Burlington, Iowa in 1833. Samuel was 20 and Sarah was
only 17. They crossed the Mississippi River shortly after the Indian war
that opened that area to settlement. They arrived in Flint Hills (later
to be named Burlington, Iowa) and built a saw mill on the river bank a
short distance above the town. Later George moved on to Quincy, Ill and
Samuel established a mercantile business that apparently was quite
successful as he purchased a large block of land on the hill west of town,
subdivided it, and developed it as Leebrick Subdivisions 1&2 which are
bound on the East by Leebrick street. He lived in a large house on the
north side of West Street until he died in 1901. Earlier, Samuel and his
brother George had a two story house on the corner of Washington and
Water streets, on the south side.

Will provide further information if you have connections to this family.

Dave Leebrick

Hi
I don't know if this applicable anymore but my email address has changed from rootdigger378@aol.com to blazing378@aol.com. This is on the Schmitt/Burger query of 2001.

thanks
Paula Blazing

Query: I am searching for information on John SCHMITT (b. 28 Nov 1832) married to Susanna BURGER (b. 13 Sep 1834) They were married in Burlington IA on 24 Mar 1867. They moved to Viola in Mercer Co. Illinois the next day. I have not been able to find any information on this family and I am hoping they had brothers and sisters living in the Burlington area. I would appreciate any help in locating members of this family or a record of their marriage.
NAME: Paula Blazing
Email: blazing378@aol.com

SURNAMES: DUKE / MILLER

     My name is Doug Miller and I am trying to located information on an Elizabeth DUKE. Her maiden name was Elizabeth MILLER. She married a David DUKE around 1798 in South Carolina. She has a brother named Christopher MILLER. Elizabeth lived in Des Moines County for a short time. She was found living with William MILLER'S family in Pleasant Grove Twp. I have read that their maybe a genealogy for her, that is located at the Des Moines County Genealogical Society.   My question is does anyone know if this is true?

     Doug Miller
     e-mail address is doug822@aol.com
    Date May 28, 2005

I have a query involving Union County to share. I am posting a copy to the
DesMoines County query board.

Cheers

Don Kelly, DesMoines

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Surnames: STEYH, PFIEFF, EBEL

Hello,

I am looking for the location where William Steyh is buried in Union County.
William Steyh was city engineer for Burlington and helped in building "Snake
Alley. William Steyh is my great grandfather and married Christina Pfieff.
Her parents, Conrad Pfieff and Elizabeth (Ebel) and siblings are buried in
Rock Springs Cemetery along with one daughter Flora Steyh. William Steyh was
born in Germany in 1845 and was 35 during the 1880 US Census for Union
County and was city engineer in the late 1880s.

However, I am not sure if they died in Burlington or moved away. I plan to
visit Burlington in the next few weeks to do family research and finding out
what happened to William Steyh and his wife would be helpful. Did they move
away or are they buried in Des Moines County? His son, my grandfather
William Steyh may be buried in Des Moines County as well.

I have very little information on Elizabeth Ebel, listed as Ebil in the 1856
census, or Conrad Pfieff listed as Pfief in the 1856 census.

Thank you for your time.

Robert Flanagan
1509 Eastern Ave
Red Oak, Iowa 51566

bojo_6@yahoo.com

Surnames: ZION
Classification: Query

According to her obituary, 2 of her children with Mr. Williams were living at the time Nettie passed away:

On the 4th inst occurred the death of Mrs. Nettie Zion, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Shelladay, 4 miles northeast of New London. Mrs. Zion was just recovering from a severe spell of sickness which had confined her to her bed for several weeks, when she was again stricken down, this time with a stroke of paralysis. In this, her last illness, she was unable to speak during the entire time, covering a space of more than 4 months, and a great portion of that time could not turn herself in bed. The funeral took place at the church at Pleasant Grove yesterday, and the remains laid to rest by the side of her last husband in the cemetery at that place. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Carter, of the C. P. church, of which she was also a member. She was born in Buckingham county, Va., Aug. 27th 1805. Was married to Wm. Williams, Aug. 1823, who died in 1833. Married again in July 1836 to Jacob Zion, who died Sept. 1869. Her first marriage was blessed with si!
x children, two of whom are yet alive, and three by her second, one of whom survives his mother.
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This is what I have for Jacob and Nettie census-wise:

Jacob is listed in the 1840 Federal Census Index for Des Moines Co., Iowa: Age ranges - 11200001-122001

and in the 1850 Federal Census, Mont Rose Township, Lee County, Iowa with his wife, and one of her children - Mary Jane (age 16 born Indiana) and his other children with Nettie (I have a copy of this one if you want it).

Too bad the obituary didn't list which two children so you'd know who the other one was besides Mary. Course this obituary also states that Mr. Williams died in 1833, but the Des Moines County Iowa Queries shows it as 1836.

I don't have any more info at this point.... I'm researching the ZION line. Jacob, Nettie's second husband, was my ggg-grandfather (thru his first marriage to Catherine Fleenor).

Do you have a way to look for census info, i.e. Ancestry.com? I just resubbed to them and would be happy to look around for your WILLIAMS if you like. Might find me some more ZION's that way too, you never know.... email me, if so.

Sorry I couldn't help more.

Sandy Zion Anderson

Surnames: Kerr, Hamilton, Walstrom
Classification: Obituary

August 29, 2002 Morning Sun News-Herald

Carol J. Kerr, age 68, of Burlington passed away at 6:59 a.m. Thursday, August 22, 2002 at the Genesis Medical Center, East Campus in Davenport.

Born August 17, 1934, in Burlington she was the daughter of Carl J. and Lillian G. Hamilton Walstrom. She married Clair Tillotson; they later divorced. She then married Keith Kerr; they later divorced.

Mrs. Kerr was a surgical tech at the former Burlington Medical Center for 25 years and was then a self-employed cosmetologist for 10 years.

She was a member of the First Christian Church. She enjoyed crocheting and traveling.

Survivors include one son, Dennis Tillotson of Victoria, Texas; one daughter, Karen Gelski of Aurora, Colo.; five grandchildren; two brothers, Bob Walstrom of Albuquerque, N.M., John Walstrom of Dallas City, Ill.; three sisters, Donna Dombroski of Polson, Mont., Judy Kleintobe of Quitman, Texas and Vicki Blaufuss of Fenton, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one infant daughter.

As per her wish the body has been cremated.

The graveside committal service and inurnment for Carol Kerr was held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Burlington Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. David A. Nash officiating.

A memorial has been established to the First Christian Church.

The Haas Funeral Home, Burlington, was in charge of the arrangements.

From: Darlene Ornduff

To: 'Don Kelly'

Don, I am still planning coming back to Iowa around the end of May to research some ancestors. I talked to my (Johnson) cousin in Stockport and they told me my great-great-great grandfather Craven Johnson (d. 1889) was buried in the same cemetery where his son Joel Johnson (d 3/7/1889) was. Kenneth said when he went back to find Craven’s grave several years ago it was no longer there. I found Joe’s grave information on your web. Kenneth said he talked to the man who took care of the cemetery and he said they had worked on the road in that area of the cemetery and he did not know what happened to the graves there. Do you have any suggestions where I might go to find out what might have happened to those graves?

Also, I am trying to find out Craven’s father’s name and thought it might be on the death certificate. Do you know where I might be apt to find the 1870 death certificates. Are they held in Des Moines (city)?

Do you work out of an office in Burlington?

Subject: RE: Trinity Cemetery

My relatives, the Rex Johnson family are buried in a cemetery, which they called the Johnson cemetery. I believe it is in Des Moines County. When I go back there next year (about May-June) I hope to get pictures of the family tombstones there. I will forward a copy to you.

I also have an old book titled “A. T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa 1875” It has a write up on each county. Do you have a copy of this book or the article on Des Moines County? One of the people here in Lincoln, California checked with the Morman Church and they did have a copy of the book. I would photocopy the article and pictures and send to you, but the book is too big for the photo copier.

Subject: RE: Trinity Cemetery

Surnames: Gohn/Jacoby/Ritter
Classification: Query

1860 census for Des Moines County Iowa. John Gohn (Gone) 40 farmer, wife Eva M. 39, daughter Margaret 5, daughter Mary M. 4, son John 2, son Frank 1. Margaret and Mary born in Ohio. Before 1870 they had two more children, Eva 7 in 1870 and Anna 6 in 1870. John Sr. died sometime before 1870. I have not been able to locate a death date or burial in any of the Des Moines County cemeteries although I am sure he was buried there. The John Gnahn and family in Aspen Grove cemetery are not from this family. The first known spelling was Gnahn and they came from Bavaria. The Iowa name went from Gnahn to Gahn and Gohn. I am trying to locate information for John Gohns daughters Mary who married John Jacoby, died after 1930 and Anna who married John Ritter, also for his son John Gohn who died after 1930. Because Des Moines, Iowa holds all the death records for 1921 to 1941 it is almost impossible to research anyone who died between these years unless you can find a death date f!
rom a cemetery or funeral home records. Are any of you related to these family members who may have the information I need? I need death dates for John Gohn Jr., Mary Jacoby and Anna Ritter.

I have a Sarah MACKIN that married into my DUFFY line. She married Thomas
DUFFY 24 Apr 1889 in Buchanan County, Iowa. Would she perhaps be in your
ancestry line?
Gwen
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From: "D. Friese" <dfriese@zipnet.us
To: <IA-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:35 PM
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Mackin Clan

I am trying to find information about my ggrandparents John and Ann (Page)
Mackin. They both came from Ireland in1852 or1854. They eventually settled
in Iowa. They were married in Des Moines County, Iowa in December 1854.
Grandpa worked on a railroad. They had 5 children and all were born in
Delhi, Iowa. I would appreciate any information anyone might have about the
family. Dorothy Friese

Surnames: Dailey/Daily/Carruthers/Sickler