Iowa
Old Press
Elkader Journal
Elkader, Clayton co. Iowa
March 27, 1872
Local Personal and Miscellaneous
-Rember the Sociable at the residence of Dr. Chase this
evening
-D.S. Peck, Esq., of Mallory, paid his subscription last week in
specie (five cent, nickels) done up in a nice little bundle tied
with a tow string.
-A.F. Tipton and lady started off on Monday to Dubuque, St. Louis
and Chicago.
-A.W. Daugherty has gone to Chicago after new goods.
-J.E. Bagley, of National, who has just closed a successful term
of school at that place, was in town yesterday.
-Elijah Hill, the famous deer hunter of Clayton County, promises
20 coons for the Old Settlers' Festival.
The new German paper of Guttenburg, Der Waschter am
Mississippi has made its appearance, we learn. Not having
received one, we are unable to pass our opinion.
Married.
In Strawberry Point, March 17th, 1872, at the residence
of the bride's father by Rev. W.J. Hicks, Mr. W. Dunsmoor, to
Miss E.J. Bemis. May they walk the rugged path of life happily
together, with no fears of the ugly thorns growing by the
wayside, and may their lives be one long beautiful holiday,
always out of the shade into the glorius sunshine.
Estate of John Reinke, Deceased.
To Frederike Reinke, Ferdinand Reinke and Frederick
Reinke, known heirs at law of John Reinke, late of said county,
deceased, and all others concerned:
You are hereby notified, that at a regular term of the Circuit
Court of Clayton County, Iowa, held on the 29th day of January
A.D. 1872, there was opened and publicly read, an instrument of
writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John
Reinke, late of said county, deceased; and you are further
notified that the second day of the next erm of said Court,
commencing on the 1st day of July, A.D. 1872, has been set as the
day for the final hearing and proof of said will, at which time
all persons interested may appear and show cause why the same
should not be admitted to probate,
By order of the Court,
H.S. Granger, Clerk
by L.A. Mahony, Deputy
The Pioneers and Old Settlers of Monona Township
The following list has been carefully prepared by Hon.
P.P. Olmsted:
Names of Pioneers.
Jedadiah Barker
Richard Pearson
Mary Pearson
P. Page Olmsted
Hannah Olmsted
Susan H. Gregg
Thomas B. Walker
Susan E. Walker
Henry F. Walker
Mary L. Collins
William J. Walker
Amanda A. Freeman
Names of Old Settlers.
John T.H. Scott
William S. Scott
Archibald Scott
Robert Killen
Margaret Killen
John Gregg
Nancy J. Barker
Noah W. Royce
Catharina McGonigle
Charles L. McGonigle
John H. McGonigle
Clamanda C. Egbert
Wm. A. McGonigle
Lucy Ames
Helen Strombridge
Old Settlers Born in the County
Van Buren A. Depue
Irving D. Olmsted
Susan E. Walker
Emma L. Riley
Names of Children of Old Settlers
Lillie M. Barker
Forest A. Barker
Addie G. Barker
Stella C. Barker
Nellie M. Barker
Frank Barker
Pressilla Wheeler
Eliza J. Gregg
Gustavus Gregg
Lovina Gregg
James Gregg
John Killen
Martha J. Killen
George H. Killen
Alexander G. Killen
Mary L. Killen
Cora E. Scott
Clara Curtis
Esther Davis
Parma Olmsted
Phineas P. Olmsted
Sarah C. Olmsted
Julia S. Scott Ernest
John T. Scott
Ida M. Scott
Willie R. Scott
Walter B. Freeman
Frank W. Freeman
Willis S. Freeman
David A. Freeman
Annetta A. Walker
Margarette Walker
Lillian R. Walker
Edmond L. Walker
Sela R. Scott
Bartimus Scott
Winfield Scott
Owen G. Scott
Abner B. Scott
Amanda M. McGonigle
John Blasdell
Names of Grandchildren of Old Settlers.
Addie F. Gregg
Gilbert H. Gregg
Page H. Gregg
Minnie Ernest
Olive H. Wheeler
Oscar E. Walker
Edgar W. Walker
Perry H. Walker
Mary A. Walker
Elisabeth Walker
William Walker
Etta Walker
Walter Walker
John T. Collins
Ella F. Collins
Wm. H. Collins
Cora F. Collins
Henry C. Collins
Hattie J. Riley
Alice J. Morgan
Barton O. Curtis
Eunice Curtis
Myron A. Olmsted
Willard E. Olmsted
Effie L. McGonigle
Mc B. McGonigle
[transcription note: the type set of the paper was difficult to
read - there may be errors in the transcription due to some
letters or numbers not being completely legible or due to
artifact; transcribed by S.F., July 2014]