Index to 1879 Bios

This is an index of all of the biographies in the 1879 History of Lee Co. The cities of Fort Madison and Keokuk have their own bio page from this book. Many more of these names will be in the Message Board, Biographies. Use the Search Engine.

The History Of Lee County
Chicago: Western History Co., 1879
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Abel, Henry          
Abel, Jacob          
Ackerman, George     
Acklam, George         
Agnew, C.N.             
Albright, Jacob W.      
Albright, R.W.          
Albright, William G.    
Alexander, Fontaine    
Allen, Timothy         
Allyn, Frank           
Alston, Joshua         
Amborn, Conrad         
Anderson, A., Hon       
Anderson, Benjamin F.   
Anderson, Israel       
Anderson, J.G.          
Anderson, James H.      
Anderson, John M., MD   
Andrews, Gilbert M.     
Andrews, Joseph        
Angear, J.J.M., MD      
Anthes, George         
Anwerda, J.             
Arens, Casper   
Armknecht, George  
Atlee, John C.   
Atlee, Samuel   
Auwaerter, John M.
 

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Babcock, Peleg H. 
Bacon, James H., Dr
Baker, Charles O. 
Balback, A.
Bargar, M.L.
Barnes, Stephen 
Barr, Robert 
Bartlet, Henry D. 
Bauder, C.C., Hon 
Beach, Julius 
Bean, David W. 
Beck, Joseph Marcus 
Beckley, Charles A. 
Belknap, William W., Gen 
Bell, T.A. 
Bell, Z.T. 
Bendlage, John B. 
Benson, C.L. 
Berg, Martin 
Berger, John 
Bernhard, Edward 
Berry, George 
Best, Peter 
Billmann, John 
Bird, George 
Bird, William J. 
Blackburn, Jacob C., Dr 
Blakely, W.T., MD 
Bliss, Jas T., Rev
Blood, H.B. 
Boler, Thomas B. 
Bonnel, James H. & Wm 
Bonnell, John W. 
Botte, P. 
Bowden, T. 
Bower, R.F. 
Boyd, John R. 
Braton, J. C., 
Braton, L. J., 
Brewster, Charles 
Bridgeman, Arthur, Gen 
Bridges, Sam G. 
Brockway, Martin 
Brooks, Oliver 
Brown, Charles 
Brown, J.J. 
Brown, John 
Brownlee, Samuel H. 
Buchholz, Robert P. 
Buck, A.G. 
Buck, Asaph 
Buck, Morton 
Buechel, H. 
Buechel, Valentine 
Buell, Lyman 
Bullard, A. J.
Bullard, James
Bullard, James
Bullard, John
Bullard, John Brown
Bullard, Richard
Bullard, Wilson
Burke, James E. 
Burns, John 
Burster, Anton
Burt, B.C. 
Burton, A.H.
Burton, Alonzo
Burton, C.H. 
Burton, E.G.
Burton, Isham
Butterfield, Manly T. 


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Cahalan, J.& W. 
Caldwell, John 
Camp, E.R. 
Campbell, Isaac R. 
Campbell, J.W. 
Canaday, Rachel 
Carey, Samuel E. 
Carpenter, A.M., MD Prof 
Carpenter, C.A.
Carpenter, George R. 
Carpenter, J.R. 
Carr, T.B. 
Case, Hosea S. 
Casey, Joseph M., Hon 
Chatman, Charles W. 
Chenowith, T.J. 
Cherry, J.W. 
Clark, Issac 
Clark, James 
Clark, Newton E. 
Clawson, C.L. 
Claypoole, J.H. 
Cleaver, Hiram T. 
Clemens, Orion 
Cochran, William J. 
Cole, A.J., MD 
Collier, William 
Collins, W.B. 
Colton, George 
Conklin, O.S. 
Conrad, Charles 
Cook, Benjamin 
Coon, D.N. 
Cooney, John K. 
Coons, Madison 
Cooper, Elisha 
Coriell, Julian D. 
Corwine, G.H. 
Courtright, Archibald L. 
Courtright, Hiram 
Cowles, Philotus 
Coyne, Frank 
Craig, D.T. 
Craig, John H. 
Crane, J.T. 
Cruikshank, Alexander 
Cruze, John B. 
Curtis, Charles H. 
Curtis, George D. 
Cutler, Otway 


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Daugherty, D.C. 
Daugherty, J.F. 
Davis, C.F. 
Davis, John F. 
Davis, S.M. 
Davis, William G. 
Davis, William 
Davis, William M. 
Dawley, John M. 
Day, J.N., MD 
Deiman, Henry 
Delaplain, J.W. 
Denmire, Edward 
Denny, Eli 
Dewey, George H. 
Dill, John H. 
Dimond, James K. 
Dimond, James, Sr. 
Dingman, Barney 
Dinsmore, Robert 
Dinsmore,Samuel 
Dodd, H.W. 
Doerr, Chalres 
Douglass, Almeda A. (Knapp)
Dow, W.W. 
Dressel, Casper
Dresser, R.W. 
Drollinger, B.W. 
Dunkin, Henry 
Dunkin, John H. 
Dye, Henry 


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Eaton, Geo C. 
Eberling, Conrad
Edwards, J.F. 
Ehart, John 
Ehart, Joseph
Eidson, Jeremiah S.
Elliott, Joseph L. 
Ellis, Thomas J. 
Ellis, Willia, B. 
Ellwanger, F.D. 
Emerson, J.H. 
Enslow, Sarah O. (Lee), Mrs 
Enslow, T.W.
Entler, P.J. 
Ernst, Theodore 
Eschmann, Fred 
Evans, A.H. 
Evans, J.M. 
Ewers, William
Ewing, James 


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Farrell, J.W. 
Feldmann, Henry
Ferguson, Robert A.
Field, Charles 
Field, Isaac 
Fletcher, G. 
Flood, A.J. 
Foggy, Andrew
Foggy, James 
Ford, T. 
Fordenwalt, David 
Froebel, Charles 
Frow, J.W. 
Fullenkamp, Henry 
Fuller, E.E., MD 
Fuller, Helen M. 
Fulton, Harry 
Fulton, William 


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Gage, C.D. 
Galland, Isaac, Dr 
Gardner, James M. 
Garver, jacob F. 
Garverich, Henry
Gaston, S.M. 
Gay, James H.
Geese, W.A. 
Gibbs, Benjamin F. 
Gillham, James G. 
Gillmore, R H 
Gilmer, Campbell, Dr 
Gilmer, Will S. 
Glancy, A.C., Col 
Goodrich, J.W. 
Gorgas, J.F. 
Grabosch, Mathias
Graham, Arthur
Graham, Benjamin
Graham, E.W.
Graham, Thomas B.
Graham, William
Gregg, Silas
Gregg, William C. 
Griffin, A.L.
Griffis, R.E.
Griswold, William H.
Gunn, F.R. 
Guthrie, Eliza Ann (VanPelt), Mrs


- H -
Haaffner, John, Sr.
Haafner, Fred, Jr.
Hain, C.H.
Hale, Hiel 
Hale, Isaiah
Hale, Oscar Cutler 
Hall, James
Hamilton, J.D.M.
Hamilton, Jesse 
Hampton, Andrew 
Hardin, Andrew J.
Hardin, Enos, 
Harrington, John 
Harshman, Franklin 
Harvey, Isom
Hassall, George
Hayes, Samuel F.
Heer, Frank
Heiser, Hermann C., MD
Hellman, Bennet H.
Henderson, James E.
Henkle, Amos
Hennies, August
Hennies, Henry 
Herbener, J.
Hermann, Fred
Hermes, Frank 
Herring, John R.
Herring, Sophia, Mrs 
Higgins, George T.
Hill, Samuel 
Hillis, D.B.
Hilpert, F.
Hilton, George O.
Hitchcock, William H.
Hobbs, John W.
Hobbs, Wesley C.
Holzberger, Fred
Hornby, Wm L.
Hornish, Joseph K.
Hosmer, Arthur 
Houston, John 
Houston, Samuel
Hugel, Benedict
Hughes, Hugh W.
Hughes, Joseph C. MD
Huiskamp, H.J.
Hunt, Jeremiah F.
Huntington, John T.
Hurt, C.H.
Hyde, Charles J.
Hyde, George W.
Hyter, Samuel 


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Immegart, John H.
Ingersol, Arthur
Ingersol, E. M.
Ingersol, E. M.
Ingersoll, L. C.
Irwin, Stephen
Ivins, W.S.


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Jackman, Catharine (Holman), Mrs
Jacoby, Wm, Rev 
James, S.L.
Jarrett, Elias 
Jarrett, John E.
Jeager, Edmund
Jenkins, G.F., MD 
Jennings, Henry D.
Jewell, Benjamin B.
Johns, Charles 
Johnson, Andrew M.
Johnson, S.W.
Johnson, Seth 
Johnstone, Edward 


- K -
Karle, John
Kellogg, Birge & Co 
Kellogg, Wm E.
Kemper, Barbara (Laferet), Mrs
Kempker, Garret H.
Kennedy, John 
Kennedy, John G.
Kennedy, Josiah
Kent, Josiah 
Kent, Wm G.
Keran, J.P.
Kern, Emanuel A.
Kerr, Robert 
Kiel, Ferdinand
Kiel, George W.
Kiel, John B.
King, Marvin R.
Kirchner, Philipp
Kissick, J.B.
Kliebenstein, Ludwig 
Klunder, Louis H.
Knapp, Jonas S.
Koehler, Frank
Krebill, Peter
Krehbiel, F.B.
Krehbiel, John C.
Krehbiel, John J.
Kretsinger, William H.


- L -
Lakin, J.S.
Lamb, Smith
Lambert, Ann E., Mrs
Lambert, Cyrus D.
Lander, H.C.
Larson, Christian
Larson, John 
Laumann, Gerhart S.
Lauther, Alexander
Lauther, Elizabeth J. (Jacobs) Mrs
Lauther, S. M.
Le Fevre, A.I.
Lederer, George F.
Lee, G.W.
Leech, E.J.
Lentz, Z.
Lessenger, Jacob H., Hon 
Light, John
Limberg, Conrad 
Linebaugh, Henry W.
Little, I.C.
Lochhead, Alexander
Loftus, R.
Lohmar, Henry
Loomis, Sarah (Chalfont), Mrs 
Loveless, Aaron 
Lowery, D. Dr 
Lucas, W.K.
Lynch, James 


- M -
Malcolm, Eliza E (Sample), Mrs
Mallett, J.G., Dr 

Marr, J.F.

Marsh, B.J.

Marsh, J.L.

Marsh, Mulford 

Marshall, Samuel Taylor 

Mason, J.K.

Mason, William

Matheney, A.N.

Mathews, Paul

Matteer, M.

Matthews, J.W.

Maxwell, J. David

McCabe, Arthur

McCluey, J.E.

McComb, William

McCord, J.S.

McCoy, J.S.

McCracken, John

McCready, Lucy A.

McCready, William

McCulloch, David T.

McCulloch, E S, Hon

McCullough, Nathaniel 

McCutchen, J.F.

McFarland, Robert

McGillis, John

McLellen, H K

McMillan, Lewis

McNamara, M (Stafford), Mrs

McNamara, P.

McNeill, Amos

McNeill, Luther P.

Medes, W.J.

Meek, Johnson 

Mehl, John

Meis, Aloysius 

Menz, John

Meyer, J.

Meyer, S.

Millard, James F.

Miller, Daniel F.

Miller, Daniel F. Jr.

Miller, H.C.

Miller, J.F.

Miller, P.H.

Miller, W.H.

Mitchell, John Jr.

Mitchell, M.W.

Moore, Thomas 

Moore, W.S.

Morgan, John, Sr.

Morrison, Dennis A.

Morrison, Joseph B.

Morrison, Miriam

Morrison, W.H.

Morton, Alex H. Jr.

Mueller, George 

Mueller, Jacob

Mullikin, William

Myers, Francis M.

Myers, Justus M.T.

Myers, M.M.



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Nabers, Theodore

Narrley, W.G.

Neal, Enos H.

Newbery, A.B.

Newman, George W.

Newton, Martha

Newton, Sarah (Hazen), Mrs

Noble, J R, Prof 

Nodler, Theresa (Whealen), Mrs 

Nunn, John A.



- O -



O'Connor, F H, Dr.

Odell, Frederick

O'Donnell, Thomas

Ogden, R.B.

Ohler, A.

Orm, Aaron

Orton, Palmer 

Overton, Elias

Owen, Robert S.



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Parrott, James C.

Paschal, Samuel

Patterson, E.R.

Patterson, J.C.

Patterson, William, Col 

Pearce, Isaac N.

Pease, Joseph A.

Pease, Raymond S.

Peirce, C.H.

Perkins, John T.

Peters, Charles H.

Peters, Jacob

Petty, William E.

Phillips, T.F.

Pickard, James

Pickard, Henry

Pickard, Hiram

Pickard, H. J.

Pickard, Laban

Pickard, S.

Pierce, J.W.

Pierce, P.F. Dr 

Pitman, R.W.

Pittman, Lydia

Pittman, W.G.

Poland, Samuel M.

Pollard, James 

Pollock, S.

Powell, Geo W.

Powell, John W.

Pranger, Theodore

Prichett, William 



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Quinton, Royal B.



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Rankin, John Walker, Hon

Rankin, Wm T. 

Rau, J.

Ray, W.B.

Reader, L.B.

Reed, Elmer

Reed, Madison

Reed, Myrick 

Reed, Robert

Rees, William

Reeves, Manasseh

Reichelt, August

Reid, Matthew T.

Reiner, Catherine, Mrs

Reinhart, F.

Rhode, J.W.

Rhynalds, Wm J.

Ribyn, Matt 

Rice, A.L.

Rice, J.L.

Rice, Jonas, Jr

Rice, W.O.

Richard, F.

Richardson, A.J.

Richardson, S.F.

Riddick, Dabney C.

Riddle, Ebenezer 

Riddle, Robert T.

Rigler, L.

Risser, Jacob

Rix, John 

Robers, George

Roberts, Abel Cummings, MD 

Robertson, Thos R.

Robertson, Wm J.

Rogers, Milward H.

Roth, J.F.

Runner, A.F.

Russell, Robert A.



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Salmon, Annie M (Salmon), Mrs

Sample, George W.

Sample, John T.

Santo, David 

Sargent, John

Sargent, Nicholas

Sargent, O. G.

Sargent, Stephen

Satterly, Eleanor (Norris), Mrs

Sawyer, Francis, Jr 

Sawyer, Jemima (Sawyer), Mrs

Sawyer, Jennett, Mrs 

Sawyer, Silas N.

Sawyer, Thomas

Sawyer, William

Sax, George 

Sax, John 

Schafer, George H.

Schaffer, John D.

Schlapp, George

Schlapp, Henry 

Schlemer, Henry

Schock, John 

Schowalter, Christian, Rev

Schroeder, Henry L.

Schulte, Stephen

Schulz, Charles

Schwartz, John H.

Schwartz, Joseph G.

Schweer, Conrad, Hon

Scott, Rowland Thomas 

Scovel, R.A.

Seeley, Eli 

Seidlitz, G. Neuman

Semple, F H 750

Seyb, Michael 

Shaffer, Joshua Monroe, MD 

Shaw, William B.

Shay, P.

Sheppard, L.D.

Sherman, R.H.

Skinner, William

Skyles, Benjamin

Slack, Thomas A.

Smith, D.B.

Smith, Edwin D.

Smith, Edwin F.

Smith, George R.

Smith, Joe 

Smith, John O.

Smith, Joseph 

Smith, Joseph 

Smith, Joseph A. Dr

Smith, Roswell J.

Smith, Thomas

Snider, Joseph

Snook, J.C.

Snyder, Jacob S.

Soechtig, August, Jr 

Soellinger, M.

South, Henry

South, John

Spicer, Nathan

Spreen, Henry C.

Spring, J.

Spurlock, Mathew

Stanwood, George 

Starkweather, Geo. A.

Stegman, Coonrod

Stempel, H.C.

Stempel, Herman F., MD

Stenger, John

Stephenson, J.P., Dr 

Stephenson, John S.

Stevens, Manning W.

Stevenson, J.D.

Stewart, E.M.

Stewart, John

Stewart, Thornton

Stewart, William, Col 

Stiles, Horace 

Stoddard, E.D.

Stoevener, John T.

Stripe, W.C.

Sullivan, V.H.

Sutherland, Robert 

Swan, J.C.



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Taylor, C.W.

Taylor, T.S.

Tebbs, James

Tebbs, Joseph

Tewksbury, J.R.

Thackray, John

Tibbets, Washington 

Tieken, John B.

Timpe, Jacob Fritz

Tinsman, J.B.

Tremaine, Harmon H.

Tuttle, A.M.

Tyler, Loren S.


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Unverzagt, Henry H.


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Van Grieken, S.
Van Valkenburg, John 
Vanhyning, Tersey
Vanorsdal, Valencourt 
Vermazen, Archie
Vermillion, L.G.
Vogt, George
Vorwaldt, Henry A.


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Walker, Joel C., Dr
Walsmith, E.
Wappich, William 
Washburne, H. M.
Washburne, F. F.
Weber, H.
Weber, Jacob
Weese, Nicholas 
Weikmann, Franc Joseph
Weismann, Adolph 
Welch, Thomas 
Wells, Guy 
Welsing, Herman 
Werse, J.C.
Westcott, C.L.
Westcott, J. Henry
Weston, John H.
Wever, Laura C. (McConn), Mrs 
Whitaker, John
White, Chester F.
Whitehead, William 
Whitmarsh, Charles E.
Whitney, A.J.
Wiegner, Adam
Wiegner, A. & P.
Wiegner, Jacob
Wiegner, J. Phillip
Wiegner, Peter
Wilcoxson, Berry
Wilkinson, C.L.
Wilkinson, W.T.
Willer, H.
Williams, John B.
Williamson, Elijah, Rev 
Williamson, J.D.
Wilson, Eliza H (Huston), Mrs
Wilson, George
Wilson, George W.
Wilson, Hazen
Wilson, Henry H.
Wilson, Joseph
Winter, William 
Witz, Fred
Witz, Joseph
Woolman, John A.
Worley, S.T.
Wright, Alexander
Wright, Milton
Wright, Rosanna (Irvin), Mrs 
Wright, Samuel
Wulff, Adolphus
Wycoff, J.F.
Wylley, A.
Wyllie, J. M.
Wyman, F.W., MD


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Younkin, R.H.


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Zerr, John
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