Mills County, Iowa

History of Mills County, Iowa, 1881
Des Moines, State Historical Society
  • Townships in 1881
    1. Anderson
    2. Center
    3. Deer Creek
    4. Glenwood
    5. Indian Creek
    6. Ingraham
    7. Lyons
    8. Malvern
    9. Oak
    10. Plattvile
    11. Rawles
    12. St. Mary's
    13. Silver Creek
    14. White Cloud
The number after the biographical indexed names shows township of residence. If there is a plus (+) after the name, it indicates a biography is also in "The Mills County History of 1985".

  • A
    • ABEL, Charles 5
    • ABEL, Mrs. Sarah 5
    • AISTROPE, Thomas M. 14 +
    • AISTROPE, Walter 14 +
    • ALLIS, Henry 9
    • ALLIS, Otis E. 9
    • ALLIS, Samuel 12
    • ALLISON, James R. 6
    • ALLISON, J. D. 7
    • ANTRIM, Elias 14+
    • APPLEGATE, Wm. E. 5
    • ARCHIBALD, O. W. 4
    • ARMSTRONG, J. T. 6
    • ARRISON, Edwin R. 10
    • ASHTON, Thomas W. 2
    • AULT, John E. 10
    • AYERS, H. G. 5
  • B
    • BALDWIN, Thomas J. 10
    • BANISTER, E. 6
    • BARBER, W. L. 10
    • BARKER, Dr. W. W. 5
    • BARKER, L. C. 2
    • BARRETT, John 9
    • BARTHOLOMEW, Jacob 4
    • BAUMGARTNER, A. 1
    • BAXTER, Wm. S. 14
    • BENNETT, Barton S. 4
    • BENTLEY, Leander 8
    • BERKHIMER, Andrew 8+
    • BIRDSALL, Joseph R. 10
    • BLACK, W. M. 8
    • BONE, James 1
    • BOSBYSHELL, E. P. 5
    • BRAUNSFIELD, F. 10
    • BRICKNELL, William 11
    • BRITTAIN, William 9+
    • BROEMMIER, T. F. 1
    • BROHARD, James T. 8
    • BROOKS, G. W. 2
    • BROTHERS, S. T. 8
    • BUFFINGTON, E. H. 9+
    • BUFFINGTON, F. M. 8+
    • BURGER, A. H. 11+
    • BURKET, Jacob 6
    • BURNHAM, Z. W. 6
    • BUTTLE, John 11
    • BYERS, John 9+
    • BYERS, M.H. 4+
  • C
    • CAMPBELL, P.M. 8
    • CARTER, John 4
    • CARY, Abel 5
    • CATTRON, James H. 9
    • CHENEY, Elihu 5
    • CHENEY, Gilbert 5
    • CHENEY, Horace B. 5+
    • CILLEY, Horatio G. 4
    • CLARKSON, A. B. 2
    • CLITES, Solomon 3
    • COATS, W. M. 2
    • COLE, Maj. George Emmett 10
    • COLWELL, J. P. 4
    • CONGER, Joseph 4
    • COOLIDGE, Joseph W. 4+
    • COPPOCK, Jacob 1+
    • COX, J. H. 12
    • CRONEY, Charles A. 4
    • CROSBY, A. W. 6
    • CROSS, George 5+
    • CUNNINGHAM, Patrick Jr. 11
    • CUNNINGHAM, Patrick Sr. 11
    • CUNNINGHAM, Peter 11+
    • CURTIS, M. J. 8
  • D
    • DAUGHERTY, Christopher 14
    • DAVIS, Coradon 6
    • DAVIS, M. T. 14+
    • DAVIS, Stephen D. 14+
    • DAVIS, Sterling 2
    • DEACON, E. T. 4+
    • DEAN, Seth 4+
    • DEAN, William E. 7+
    • DEAVER, G. W. F. 8
    • DELAVAN, Alfred Jr. 11+
    • DELAVAN, Alfred M. 11+
    • DELAVAN, H. A. 11+
    • DEVORE, J. W. 1
    • DILL, Andrew 4
    • DILL, Benjamin 10
    • DOBNEY, R. 11
    • DOLBOW, John B. 11
    • DONNER, C. A. 5
    • DONNER, Richard J. 8
    • DOUGLAS. W. S. 5
    • DYAR, C. H. 4
    • DYSON, John 14
  • E
    • EHRENHARDT, Matthew 14
    • ELROD, James M. 14
    • EMERICK, David 6
    • EPPERSON, Charles L. 7+
    • EVANS, Henry 10
    • EVANS, Mevrel L. 10
  • F
    • FLASHER, David 5
    • FLOOD, James H. 4
    • FOLDEN, George S. 7
    • FOLLET, Warren 13+
    • FOSTER, George W. 5
    • FOWLER, H. P. 9
    • FOXWORTHY, Joseph 14+
    • FRENCH, A. D. 4
  • G
    • GARRIGUS, James Edward 8
    • GASTON, James K. 11
    • GENUNG, L. T. 5+
    • GERARD, J. 9
    • GERARD, Nicholas 9
    • GIDLEY, Richard L. 8+
    • GILLILAND, Edward 10+
    • GILLILAND, John 10+
    • GLYNN, John W. 11
    • GODDARD, T. S. 5
    • GODSEY, D. I. 10+
    • GOHEEN, S. G. 4
    • GOODE, John 11+
    • GOODELL, William S. 5
    • GOODWIN, Charles F. 8
    • GRAVES, E. R. 11
    • GRAY, G. W. 8
    • GRAY, H. B. 5
    • GRAY, W. A. 11
    • GRAY, William E. 8
    • GREEN, George W. 10
    • GREEN, Levi 10
    • GREGORY, Charles H. 10
    • GROSSE, Thomas 11
    • GUNSOLLY, Thomas 10
  • H
    • HAINS, Joseph 11+
    • HALE, Peter 11
    • HAMBSCH, Philip 14+
    • HAMMOND, Richard L. 14
    • HAMMOND, Robert L. 14
    • HANNA, M. R. 6
    • HANNER, Alfred John 7
    • HARRISON, W. H. 12
    • HAWLEY, C. D. 6
    • HAYES, Bahman L. 14
    • HAYNIE, John 7
    • HAYNIE, Paul 7
    • HAYNIE, Sarah 7+
    • HEAD, Thomas H. 4
    • HEINSHEIMER, D. L. 4
    • HENDRIE, James S. 4
    • HERSHEY, Albert 8
    • HIATT, O. T. 6
    • HILTON, George 14+
    • HOCH, William 4
    • HOLMES, Mrs. Rebecca 1
    • HONEYMAN, John 5+
    • HORNBY, George H. 2
    • HOWARD, Joel L. 11+
    • HOWARD, Samson 6+
    • HOWARTH, Dennis 7
    • HOYT, Hiram 5
    • HOYT, Homer C. 5+
    • HUBBARD, Rev. James 7+
    • HUBBELL, Garrett V. 7+
    • HUFFAKER, H. H. 6+
    • HUFFAKER, L. W. 6
    • HUGHES, James 14
    • HUTCHENS, John 9
    • HUTCHINGS, William 5
    • HYDE, Richard W. 5+
  • I
    • INGRUM, James 10
    • IVES, O. T. 5
  • J
    • JACKSON, Andrew 6
    • JOHNSON, John M. 8+
    • JONES, Benjamin F. 4
    • JONES, G. F. 2
    • JONES, Norvel 2
  • K
    • KAYTON, R. S. 1
    • KELLEY, B.E.F. 1+
    • KELLEY, Rev. Isaac 2
    • KELLEY, P.P. 4+
    • KENNY, Hugh 10
    • KERNEY, Nathan 13+
    • KISBY, Henry 4+
    • KLINE, John 10
    • KLINE, John M. 11+
    • KROON, Charley 10
  • L
    • LAMBERT, James 7+
    • LONDON, E. F. 6
    • LANG, John 5+
    • LANGMUIR, James 14
    • LARAWAY, W. F. 4
    • LEWIS, A. 2
    • LEWIS, Daniel 13+
    • LEWIS, I. B. 2
    • LEWIS, Millard F. 13
    • LILLY, J. J. 10
    • LLOYD, Henry 5
    • LONG, Abigail 2+
    • LUNGER, E. J. 10
  • M
    • MADDEN, John H. 11
    • MADISON, William W. 11
    • MAINS, Webster 6
    • MARKS, William 12
    • MARTENS, Herman H. 12
    • MARTIN, Cintha E. 3
    • MARTIN, H. 10
    • McCAMMON, Charles C. 2
    • McCLAIN, Arthur 5
    • McCORMICK, P. 2
    • McCOY, C. O. 6
    • McKNIGHT, G. R. 7
    • McPHERRON, Alfred B. 11
    • McPHERRON, William 11
    • MEADOWS, Isaac 9+
    • MERRITT, Rufus L. 7+
    • MERWIN, Rev. Charles 8
    • METZ, Pierce 8
    • MICKELWAIT, Hon. James 2+
    • MICKELWAIT, Joseph 2
    • MICKELWAIT, Richard 4+
    • MILLER, Isaac 14
    • MILLER, J. C. 14
    • MILLER, J. M. 2
    • MITCHELL, Howard A. 10
    • MOFFITT, W. H. 9
    • MOON, Henry 10
    • MOON, T. J. 11
    • MOORE, John B. 5
    • MOORE, W. G. 6
    • MORRIS, J. D. 10
    • MORROW, Allen 14
    • MORROW, Andrew 7
    • MORROW, George 7
    • MORSE, Edwin 6
    • MUNGER, James P. 8
    • MUNSINGER, Charles 11+
    • MUSSELMAN, David T. 5
  • N
    • NELLEN, Gerhard 1
    • NEWMAN, G. W. 1
    • NORRELL, George W. 7
    • NORRIS, William 13
  • O
    • OSBORN, John F. 11
    • OSBORN, S. C. 4
    • OTIS, George 4
    • OWENS, James R. 1
  • P
    • PADDOCK, Charles H. 8
    • PADDOCK, John D. 8
    • PAINTER, J. A. 10
    • PARKER, George 1+
    • PARKER, John 6
    • PARKS, Sarah 14
    • PARRISH, A. G. 5
    • PARSONS, W. H. 4
    • PATRICK, G. W. 2+
    • PATRICK, Robert 5
    • PATTERSON, Lee 6
    • PERRY, H. E. 5
    • PITZER, E. W. 2
    • PITZER, S. C. 2
    • PLUMB, Robert 6+
    • PLUMB, Valentine 1+
    • POWELL, F. M. 5
    • POWLES, Thomas 7+
    • PRATT, S. A. 2
    • PRINDLE, Lyman D. 9
    • PRUDEN, S. 1
    • PURCELL, Andrew 5+
    • PURCELL, Samuel 5+
  • Q
    • QUIMBY, H. H. 1+
  • R
    • RAINS, Lawrence 11+
    • RANNE, Henry 2+
    • REASONER, James P. 11
    • REASONER, W. B. 2
    • RINGLAND, I. B. 8
    • RIST, Henry 11
    • ROBERTS, Benjamin 14
    • ROBINSON, J. E. 4
    • ROENNAN, Henry 12
    • ROENNAN, John 12
    • ROGERS, Jacob 5
    • ROWE, Philip 2
    • RUSSELL, A. J. 4
    • RUSSELL, Henry 11
    • RUSSELL, Hiram 11
    • RUSSELL, L. W. 4
    • RUSSELL, Orlonzo B. 11
    • RUSSELL, Samuel 11+
  • S
    • SALYARDS, William 7
    • SALYERS, Samuel S. 14
    • SALYERS, William G. 14+
    • SAWYERS, N 2+
    • SCHANCK, D. G. 6
    • SCHICK, William 3
    • SCOTT, B. W. 4
    • SHEFFER, Rilan K. 5
    • SHELDON, Ancil L. 5
    • SHEPERDSON, William H. 7+
    • SHERMAN, C. W. 4
    • SHERWIN, James 3
    • SHINN, Frank 5
    • SIDENER, E. L. 6+
    • SIDENER, M. F. 6
    • SKADAN, J. Edgar 8
    • SKAITH, George 11
    • SLATER, Sampson 13
    • SLAUGHTER, Franklin 6
    • SMAWLEY, Franklin 2
    • SMITH, T. P. 8
    • SMITH, W. S. C. 13
    • SPEES, F. B. 11
    • SPRAGUE, Ira A. 4
    • STARBUCK, E. 4
    • STARBUCK, Elisha 4
    • STEPHENS, T.L. 4+
    • STOUT, James E. 11
    • STOUT, Joshua 11
    • STRAHAN, J. M. 8+
    • STRANATHAN, John 2+
    • STURGEON, James 5
    • STURGEON, John F 5+
    • SUMMERS, H. W. 14+
    • SUMMERS, James M. 14+
    • SUMMERS, William G. 14+
    • SWINNERTON, M. 4
  • T
    • TERRY, Alby 4
    • TIPTON, James A. 7
    • TIPTON, Saul 6
    • TIPTON, Theodore I. 4
    • TUBBS, Judge L. W. 5+
    • TUBBS, William L. 5
    • TURNER, Albert W. 9+
    • TURNER, Alfred S. 12
  • U
    • UTTERBACK, Addison 11+
    • UTTERBACK, William E. 11
  • V
    • VAN DOREN, William 14+
    • VAN ORSDEL, Samuel 2
    • VENTIS, Isaac 11+
    • VERNON, Allen 2
  • W
    • WALKER, Carson 4
    • WALL, Major W. R. 9+
    • WARREN, I. M. 9
    • WARREN, John 7
    • WEARIN, A. J. 5+
    • WEARIN, Andrew 5+
    • WEATHERHEAD, John 11+
    • WEAVER, M. 14
    • WEAVER, William 14
    • WELLS, Charles F. 11
    • WELLS, Henry 11
    • WEST, Cassius H. 11
    • WEST, Nathan A. 13
    • WHEELER, Hon. William 4+
    • WHITE, William G. 11+
    • WILES, Luke 11+
    • WILKINSON, H. A. 2+
    • WILLIAMS, A. Warren 11+
    • WILLIAMS, Judge J. F. 4
    • WILLIAMS, Marshall 9
    • WILSON, H. F. 8
    • WILSON, I. N. 4
    • WILSON, W. B. 1+
    • WOODS, Joel 1
    • WORTMAN, Joseph W. 3+
    • WRIGHT, Hon. A. R. 2+
  • Y
    • YOUNG, Augustus L. 8
    • YOUNG, M. C. 12
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