Johnson County, Iowa

People of Johnson County

History of the 

Old Settlers Association

WHO WERE THE  OLD SETTLERS
WHO SIGNED THE ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REGISTER?

David Switzer, was born in Pennsylvania, May 1, 1800. Settled in Iowa in 1838. Occupation: a farmer. Deceased.

Frederick Macy Irish, was born in New York, March 13, 1801. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: sailor and  farmer. Died in Iowa City February 16, 1875.

David B. Case, was born in  Tennessee, November 20, 1815. Settled in Iowa in 1837. Occupation: a farmer.

Samuel C. Trowbridge, was born in Virginia, May 1, 1812. Settled in Iowa in 1837. Occupation: a farmer.

James R. Hartsock, was born in Pennsylvania, May 15, 1818. Settled in Iowa in 1838. Occupation: an artist and postmaster.

A. D. Packard, was born in Ohio, July 2, 1816. Settled in Iowa in 1818. Occupation: a farmer.

Franklin Kimball, was born in Maine, June 20, 1812. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: marketman; deceased.

Isaac Bowen, was born in Ohio, August 23, 1812. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation, a farmer.

Bryan Dennis, was born in Ohio, April 1, 1819.Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: a farmer.

Charles H. Berryhill, was born in Pennsylvania, december 7, 1818. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: merchant, farmer and speculator; deceased.

Robert Hutchinson, was born in New Hampshire, September 16, 1814. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: carpenter.

George Fesler, was born in Virginia, November 23,1824. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: farmer

Edward Lanning, was born in New Jersey, May 7, 1815. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: horticulturist.

James H. Gower, was born in Maine, October 22, 1806. Settled in Iowa 1840. Occupation: varied; deceased.

Silas Foster, was born in New Hampshire, October 24, 1802. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: mercantile; deceased.

Silas Foster, was born in New Hampshire, October 24, 1802. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation, mercantile; deceased.

O. A. Patterson, was born in Indiana, January 28, 1827. Settled in Iowa in 1841. Occupation: merchant

Mathew Ten Eyck, was born in New Jersey, August 12, 1805. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation, farmer.

Abel Stevens, was born in Vermont, October 19, 1811. Settled in Iowa in 1841. Occupation, farmer; deceased.

Charles Gayman, was born in Pennsylvania, October 17, 1817. Settled in Iowa in 1841. Occupation: farmer.

John M. Anson, was born in France, November 2, 1817. Settled in Iowa in 1846. Occupation, farmer.

Charles Cartwright, was born in NOrth Carolina, November 26, 1811. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: carpenter

D. K. Shaver, was born in Pennsylvania, January 3, 1822. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: farmer

Allen Phillips, was born in Indiana, June 12, 1819. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: farmer; deceased.

Levi M. Phillips, was born in Illinois, March 22, 1837. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: farmer.

W. N. Chalfant, was born in Ohio, September 25, 1832. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: carpenter.

J. J. Mendinhall, was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 17, 1817. Settled in Iowa in 1841. Occupation: farmer.

Jabez Stevens, was born in Vermont, June 6, 1815. Settled in Iowa in 1841. Occupation: farmer.

J. N. Seydel, was born in Ohio, Jan. 24, 1830. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: tinner.

Green Hill, was born in NOrth Carolina, Aug. 4, 1801. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation, farmer. Deceased.

George W. McCleary, was born in Ohio, Feb. 28, 1812. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: mercantile. Deceased.

William Jaynes, was born in New Jersey, Jan. 26, 1802. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupaation: carpenter. Deceased.

Henry Felkner, was born in Ohio, April 18, 1810. Settled in Iowa in 1837. Occupation: farmer.

Thomas Hill, was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 1800. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: farmer.

John R. Vanfleet, was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 6, 1818. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: farmer. Deceased.

A. C. Denison, was born in Ohio, April 12, 1813. Settled in Iowa in 1838. Occupation: farmer.

Cyrus Sanders, was born in Ohio, Sept. 28, 1817. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: farmer.

J. Y. Blackwell, was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 10, 1815. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: lawyer.

Henry N. Berry, was born in Iiowa, Dec. 17, 1844. Occupation: farmer.

Garret Lancaster, was born in New York, Dec. 2, 1827. Settled in Iowa in 1837. Occupation: cooper.

Clinton Dodt, was born in New York, Jan. 31, 1833. Settled in Iowa in 1846. Occupation: farmer.

Robert Walker, was born in New York, Oct. 4, 1802. Settled in Iowa in 1838. Occupation: farmer. Deceased.

Mrs. J. C. Shoff, was born in Canada West, Jan. 4, 1825. Settled in Iowa in 1843. Occupation: milliner and dressmaker.

R. B. Woods, was born in Indiana, Jan. 14, 1841. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: farmer. Deceased.

Edgar Harrison, was born in Virgniia, April 7, 1833. Settled in Iowa in 1844. Occupation: printer.

William Windram, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania, June 7, 1836. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: farmer.

Sauel Mitchel, was born in Maryland, Jan. 17, 1829. Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: painter.

Mathew Cavangh, was born in Michigan, May 13, 1832. Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: lawyer.

Thomas D. Jones, was born in Wales, June 21, 1789.  Settled in Iowa in 1842. Occupation: farmer.

George S. Hamilton, was born in Kentucky, May 18, 1806. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: lawyer. Deceased.

Peter Roberts, was born in Pennsylvania, April 30, 1809. Settled in Iowa in 1841. Occupation: cabinet maker. Deceased.

Lewis S. Swafford, was born in Indiana, October 31, 1818. Settled in Iowa in 1840. Occupation: carpenter. Link to Obituary

David Simonton, was born in Delaware, January 1, 1798. Settled in Iowa in 1845. Occupation: farmer. Deceased.

John W. Alt, was born in Virginia, April 5, 1815.  Settled in Iowa in 1839. Occupation: farmer.

John Powell Irish, was born in Iowa City, January 1, 1843. Occupation: printer. Link to Biographies & Death Notice

ADDITIONAL NAMES

The following additional names of members who had paid their fee, we found on loose sheets of paper, but they had not been entered in the "Register" book:

James McAllister, was born in Pike county, Ohio, in 1831.

Bradford Henyon, was born in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1817. Settled in Iowa in 1836. Deceased.

Mathew Albright, was born in York county, Pa., in 1815. Settled in Iowa in 1849.

J. N. McCaddon, was born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1806. Settled in Iowa in 1849. Deceased.

Edward Carson, was born in Washington county, Tenn., in 1810. Settled in Iowa in 1843. Deceased.

Titus R. Fry, was born in Licking county, O., in 1811. Settled in Iowa in 1840.

Enos Fry, was born in Licking county, O., in 1812. Settled in Iowa in 18--. Occupation: Wagon-maker.

W. D. Canon, was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1840.

H. W. Lathrup, was born in Franklin county, Mass, in 1819. Settled in Iowa in 1847.

Joseph R. Johnson, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1809. Settled in Iowa in 1841.

James Magruder, was born in Chesterfield county, Va., in 1814. Settled in Iowa in 1838.

Mathew Cochran, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1828. Settled in Iowa in 1843.

William Cochran, was born in Morris county, N. J., in 1830. settled in Iowa in 1843.

James C. Hamilton, was born in St. Joseph county, Ind., in 1833. Settled in Iowa in 1837.

Charles Pinney, was born in Franklin county, O., in 1812. Settled in Iowa in 1840.

William Crum, was born in Dauphin county, Pa., in 1818. Settled in Iowa in 1840.  Deceased.

A. W. G. Norse, was born in New York, in 1832. Settled in Iowa in 1841.

John Lemore, was born in Scotland, in 1819.  Settled in Iowa in 1847.

Abram Miller, was born in Preston county, W. Va., in 1822.  Settled in Iowa in 1839.  Deceased.

Samuel McCaddon, was born in Trumbull county, O., in 1825.  Settled in Iowa in 1848.  Deceased.

John Porter, was born in Adams county, O., in 1814.  Settled in Iowa in 1842.  Deceased.

Daniel Hart, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1801.  Settled in Iowa in 1846.  Deceased.

Edwin A. Brown, was born in New York in 1819.  Settled in Iowa in 1839.

Jacob Bean, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1815.  Settled in Iowa in 1844.

Rush Mendenhall, was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1849.

C. H. Bane, was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1843.

A. C. Dennison, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1813.  Settled in Iowa in 1838.

Christopher S. Roplen, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1819.  Settled in Iowa in 1840.

Samuel Hunter, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1825.  Settled in Iowa in 1850.

John Cohnan, was born in York county, Pa., in 1818. Settled in Iowa in 1848.  Deceased.

J. S. McCrory, was born in Johnson county, in 1845.

Wm. T. Sweet, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1833.  Settled in Iowa in 1839.

Theodore S. Parvin, was born in Cumberland county, New Jersey, Jan. 15, 1817.  Removed  to Iowa in July, 1838, (Bloomington, now Muscatine,) and to Iowa City Sept. 1, 1860.

Henry Hart, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., July 4, 1839. Came to Iowa in 1849.

James Cavangh, was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1806.  Settled in Iowa in 1839.  Deceased.

Philo Haynes, was born in New London county, Conn., in 1814.  Settled in Iowa in 1842.

E. K. Morse, was born in Windham county, Conn., in 1816.  Came to Iowa in 1838.  Deceased.

Julius G. Brown, was born in Erie county, New York, in 1818. Came to Iowa in 1839.

A. L. Clark, was born in Essex county, New Jersey, in 1832.  Settled in Iowa  in 1852.

Florence A. Clark, was born in Pike county, Ohio, in 1842.  Settled in Iowa in 1848.

Horace Kimball, was born in Iowa CIty sept. 2, 1849.

Jacob RIcord, was born in Philadelphia Sept. 26, 1816.  Came to Iowa City March 4, 1840.

Emily Ricord, was born in Missouri in 1829.  Cae to Iowa (at Dubuque) in 1834.

Henry Bechtel, 1845

Samuel Welch, 1841

J. J. Ressler, 1840

Fanny Ressler, 1849

Anna Albright, 1849

Henry Walker, was born in Portage county, Ohio, in 1829.  Settled in Iowa in 1841.  Farmer.

John Wilson, was born in Ohio in 1809.  Came to Iowa in 1842. Farmer.

L. G. Wilson, was born in Monroe county, Ohio.  Came to Iowa in 1842.  Merchant.

Source: History of Johnson County 1836 - 1882; 


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