Fremont County, Iowa
Fremont's Underground Railroad
Abolitionists
Adams, Samuel H. (Tabor)
Avery, Egbert (Tabor)
Avery, Harriet King (Tabor)
Blanchard, Dr. Ira D. (Civil Bent)
Botsford, Rev. O. D. (Benton Township)
Gaston, George B. (Tabor)
Hunter, George (Tabor)
Jones, Jonas (Tabor)
Lambert, Lydia (Benton Township)
Lane, William (Benton Township)
Platt, Elvira Gaston (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Platt, Lester W. (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Platt, Rev. Merrit F. (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Shepardson, Mrs. S. R. (Ladonna) (Tabor)
Smith, Cordelia Goodrich (Scott Township)
Smith, James L. (Scott Township)
Todd, Rev. John (Tabor)
Todd, Martha Atkins (Tabor)
Vincent, Rev. James (Tabor)
Vincent, Mary Sheldon (Tabor)
Anti-Slavery
Briggs, Daniel C. (Glenwood)
Brooks, William (Tabor)
Case, Cephas (Benton Township, Scott Township)
Clark, William (Tabor)
Cummings, H. S. (Tabor)
Cummings, Origen (Scott Township)
Hallam, Aurelia Stillman Woodruff (Tabor)
Hallam, John (Tabor)
Henry, Irish (Vicinity Unknown)
Hill, Edwin S. (Scott Township)
Hill, Leverett B. (Scott Township)
Lawrence, Charles F. (Ross Township)
Matthews, Darius P. (Tabor)
Matthews, Rachel Tucker (Tabor)
Merritt, J. F. (Civil Bend)
Ricketts, Charlotte Betsey Platt (Civil Bend)
Ricketts, Richard (Civil
Sanborn, Dr. J. F. (Tabor)
Sheldon, Hon. Edward T. (Tabor)
Webb, Lemuel (Tabor Vicinity)
Webb, Elizabeth Hill (Tabor Vicinity)
West, Jesse (Tabor)
West, Lucinda Whitney (Tabor)
West, Mary Jane Kinney (Tabor)
Williams, Reuben (Civil Bend)
Williams, Hon. Sturgis (Civil Bend)
Williamson, John (Civil Bend)
Woods, Daniel E. (Tabor)
Associated with John Brown
Adams, Samuel H. (Tabor)
Blanchard, Dr. Ira D. (Civil Bend)
Blanchard, Mary (Civil Bend)
Gaston, George B. (Tabor)
Gaston, Maria Cummings (Tabor)
Jones, Jonas (Tabor)
Matthews, Darius P. (Tabor)
Matthews, Rachel Tucker (Tabor)
Platt, Elvira Gaston (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Platt, Lester W. (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Todd, Rev. John (Tabor)
Todd, Martha Atkins (Tabor)
Vincent, Rev. James (Tabor)
Vincent, Mary Sheldon (Tabor)
Bounty Hunters
Jacob Herd
Conductors/Station Agents
Adams, Samuel H. (Tabor)
Avery, Egbert (Tabor and Civil Bend)
Avery, Harriet King (Tabor)
Blanchard, Dr. Ira D. (Civil Bend)
Early Life (Ohio)
Kansas Baptist
Correspondence – Delaware Baptist Mission, KS
Ira Blanchard—Benton Township
Ira Blanchard—Civil Bend
Ira D. Blanchard’s Family I
Ira D. Blanchard’s Family II
Blanchard Cemetery Photos I
Blanchard Cemetery Photos II
Blanchard, Mary (Civil Bend)
Briggs, Daniel (Lived in Mills County, but was doping UGRR conducting in Fremont Co.)
Brooks, William M. (Tabor, Scott Township)
Case, Cephas (Benton Township, Scott Township)
Chapman, Calvin (Transported Freedom Seekers from NE to Lickskillet)
Clark, William L.(Tabor)
Cummings, H. S. (Tabor)
Cummings, Origen (Scott Township)
Gaston, Alexander C. (Tabor)
Gaston, George B. (Tabor)
Gaston, James K. (Tabor)
Gaston, Maria Cummings (Tabor)
Hall, J. B. (Civil Bend)
Hallam, Aurelia Stillman Woodruff (Tabor)
Hallam, John (Tabor)
Henry, Irish (Tabor)
Hill, Leverett B. (Scott Township)
Hill, Edwin S. (Tabor)
Horton, H.B. (or Harton) (Civil Bend)
Hunter, George (Tabor)
Jones, Jonas (Tabor)
Lawrence, Charles F. (Tabor)
Mason, Pascal (Vicinity unknown)
Matthews, Darius P. (Tabor)
Matthews, Rachel Tucker (Tabor)
Merritt, J. F. (Civil Bend)
Pearse, Marcus (Tabor)
Platt, Elvira Gaston (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Platt, Lester W. (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Platt, Rev. Merritt F. (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Sanborn, Dr. J. F. (Tabor)
Sheldon, Hon. Edward T. (Tabor)
Smith, Cordelia Goodrich (Tabor)
Smith, James L. (Tabor)
Todd, Rev. John (Tabor and Civil Bend)
Todd, Martha Atkins (Tabor and Civil Bend)
Treat, Joe (Civil Bend)
Vincent, Rev. James (Tabor)
Vincent, Mary Sheldon (Tabor)
Webb, Elizabeth Hill (Tabor Vicinity)
Webb, Lemuel (Tabor Vicinity)
West, Jesse (Tabor)
West, Lucinda Whitney (Tabor)
West, Mary Jane Kinney (Tabor)
Williams, Reuben (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Williams, Hon. Sturgis (Civil Bend, Benton Township)
Williamson, John (Civil Bend)
Woods, Daniel E.(Tabor)
Free African-Americans
Garner Family (Civil Bend)
Garner, Henry (Civil Bend)
Garner, Maria (Civil Bend)
Williamson, John (Civil Bend)
Freedom Seekers
Clarke, Judy (Arrived at Civil Bend from Kansas)
Celia Grayson
Eliza Grayson
Unknown Status
Dea, S. D. (?) (Unknown Vicinity)
Hurlbutt, R. H. (Tabor)
Merritt, J. F. (Civil Bend)
Payne, Moses U. (Payne)
Source: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, State Historical Building, 600 E. Loccust Street, Des Moines, IA 50319;
For additional information see their Website
Photo shared by Harry Wilkins, Tabor Historical Society.
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