Mills County, Iowa
Probate and Will Index

The majority of this Index, was transcribed by Cay Merryman. Indexes are of Books II, III, IV and V. The names are spelled differently, than the typed copies of the actual wills. The index, and the typed wills, were probably done during the Works Progress Administration days. There may be errors in both areas. This is a list of the names as shown in the TYPED copies of the wills, rather than the index.

The index includes: Name of deceased, page where will is located, date of will, and date admitted to probate. This means, the will might have been written a year, or more, before the date of death.

If you have possession of any wills not posted, please consider posting them in Documents to help others researching.

**A second will Book II was discovered in a back room at the Mills County Courthouse by Deb Hascal. This book was evidently missed in the LDS microfilming. Thanks to Roseanna Zehner for transcribing the index to these wills.
  • Newly Found Will Book II, 1884-1898
    • Anderson, Wm. H. , p-53
    • Bain, Patrick, p-50
    • Banister, James, p-64
    • Banister, James Jr., p-39
    • Banister, Jane, p-95
    • Barbee, Soloman, p-14
    • Barnes, W.R,. p-9
    • Bell, William, p-133
    • Berigan, Abraham, p-18
    • Blair, T.M., p-8
    • Blythe, James, p-68
    • Brower, Cordelia A., p-1
    • Boyd, Joshua, p-148
    • Bratton, John, p-112
    • Breeding, Benjamin, p-65
    • Britt, Leroy, p-111
    • Brockman, Ida, p-44
    • Brown, Ina B., p-42
    • Bruen, John N., p-143
    • Burchard, Nancy, p-34
    • Buffington, B.F, p-140
    • Butler, Elizabeth, p-138
    • Burgess, Jacob C., p-73
    • Burnham, J.W., p-52
    • Busse, Henry, p-29
    • Campbell, Dorothy, p-119
    • Cary, Shepherd
    • Christy, Samuel, p-21
    • Cole, Eliza A, p-16
    • Criswell, W.P., p-58
    • Cunningham, Patrick
    • Davis, Hannah, p-130
    • Davis, Jennie, p-19
    • Davis, Maria, p-6
    • Dean, Wm. E ., p-86
    • Deitchler, Frederick F., p-116
    • Dill, Andrew, p-95
    • Douglas, Julia A., p-109
    • Dunlap, James J., p-98
    • Estes, Richard C ., p-20
    • Evans, Mcord L., p-36
    • Finch, Martina E., p-81
    • Follett, Warren K., p-149
    • Foster, P.D. p-96
    • Foulks, Harvey D., p-38
    • Fowler, J.G., p-146
    • Frederick, John, p-48
    • Gill, F.H., p-139
    • Gilleard, George, p-59
    • Gillilland, Sarah., p-26
    • Goode, John, p-35
    • Gordon, Mrs. E.M., p-106
    • Gordon, Thomas B., p-61
    • Grosse, Thomas , p-40
    • Hagood, Leander Newton, p-82
    • Hall, Joseph L., p-99
    • Hall, Sarah J., p-91
    • Harover, Flora R., p-25
    • Harrigan, Cornelius, p-31
    • Hawley, C.D., p-145
    • Henderson, Sarah J., p-91
    • Hobson, Stephen, p-156
    • Hovey, Joseph M., p-24
    • Hoyt, Hiram. , p-5
    • Huffaker, Israel, p-136
    • Irwin, Solomon, ,p-118
    • James, Elias, p-135
    • Johnson, John, p-132
    • Jordon, Peter H., p-113
    • Kay, Celia, p-74
    • Kay, Celia, p-80
    • Killgore, Harriett, p-142
    • Konz, John, p-134
    • Leavitt, George, p-123
    • Lupkin, D.B., p-46
    • Lloyd, Elizabeth, p-97
    • Long, Abigail, p-117
    • Longshore, Jesse Markwood, p-21
    • Madden, H., p-55
    • Madison, Wm., p-11
    • Martin, Levi, p-57
    • Martin, W.B., p-41
    • McPherron, A.B., p-32
    • Meadows, Sam'l, p-4
    • Miller, Marie, p-45
    • Minner, James, p-37
    • Mathews, L.A., p-83
    • McCurdy, Margaret J., p-128
    • McElree, Charlotte, p-62
    • Mickelwait, James, p-60
    • Miller, Jesse, p-122
    • Morris, John, p-115
    • Negley, Catherine R., p-153
    • Phifer, William, p-114
    • Pitzer, Emory W., p-127
    • Plumb, Francis, p-137
    • Rains, Lawrence, p-120
    • Rains, Mary, p-27
    • Reinert, Louise, p-63
    • Rinehart, W.H., p-147
    • Roat, Mary A., p-12
    • Rowe, Philip, p-33
    • Saar, Henry, p-28
    • Sabin, H.S., p-92
    • Sayles, Cora A., p-72
    • Sherwin, James & Lydia M., p-94
    • Sherwin, James & Lydia M., p-141
    • Sidener, Harriet, p-87
    • Thompson, Margaret F., p-71
    • Thomas, Soloman, p-66
    • Tindall, Clara E., p-10
    • Tryon, J.L., p-56
    • Van Ausdale, Emily B. p-2
    • Wall, Joseph, p-108
    • Wemark, Carl, p-30
    • Werdner, Benj. S., p-107
    • West, Carlos, p-3
    • Wheeler, Wm., p-15
    • White, George, p-67
    • Wilkinson, Benj. F., p-88
    • Williams, Janet, p-17
    • Windham, Harriet, p-51
    • Wilson, Jane, p-23
    • Wray, John, p-49
    • Wright, Walter J., p-43
    • Wolf, William p-76
    • Wooding, Mary, p-150
    • Woodrow, E. R. S., p-121
    • Woodruff, Martha B., p-93
    • Young, Jacob, p-13
  • Book III 1861 - 1904
    • Aiton, William, p. 69 / 1901
    • Bomar, Joel M., p. 24 / 1895
    • Barber, Sarah, p. 61 / 1900
    • Brown, Frank, p. 64 / 1901
    • Boswell, A. P., p. 67 / 1901
    • Baldwin, Alfred, p. 70 / 1893
    • Burke, Edward, p. 74 / 1898
    • Brooks, George, p. 108 / 1900
    • Bowen, Alexander M., p. 128 / 1902
    • Chambers, John, p. 2 / 1897
    • Currier, William I., p. 3 / 1892
    • Coppage, M. F., p. 9 / 1898
    • Connor, G. W., p. 16 / 1895
    • Carter, John, p. 50 / 1898
    • Cary, Abel, p. 54 / 1895
    • Coats, Wallace M., p. 55 / 1899
    • Cadenhead, James L., p. 78 / 1902
    • Culver, Addison W., p. 83 / 1897
    • Cantwell, Lawrence, p. 101 / 1903
    • Crow, Fannie E., p. 111 / 1897
    • Dunn, Phillip G., p. 35 / 1899
    • Carrie E., p. 56 / 1893
    • Deitchler, Charlotte, p. 68 / 1899
    • Dice, James M., p. 72 / 1901
    • Deacon, Emerson T., p. 113 / 1900
    • Fellows, Clarissa L., p. 10 / 1897
    • Frazier, John R., p. 42 / 1898
    • Flanagan, John, p. 43 / 1898
    • Gleason, Cyrenius, p. 6 / 1888
    • Goodman, Abraham, p. 31 / 1893
    • Gerards, Jodocus, p. 47 / 1899
    • Gregory, Gilbert D., p. 92 / 1900
    • Galloway, Ephriam M., p. 95 / 1900
    • Houser, William H., p. 23 / 1898
    • Hummel, Delilah Ann, p. 71 / 1899
    • Hinchma n, Joseph V., p. 84 / 1902
    • Heitmann, Carl H., p. 99 / 1903
    • Hunsinger, Verona, p. 105 / 1903
    • Henton, Cordelia C., p. 112 / 1904
    • Houser, Elizabeth, p. 51 / 1900
    • Heithoff, Minnie, p. 121 / 1901
    • Jamison, Mary M., p. 48 / 1898
    • Juergens, Leo, p. 96 / 1892
    • Kline, John M., p. 18 / 1898
    • Kruse, Henry F., p. 100 / 1898
    • Kratzer, Angeline, p. 106 / 1902
    • Leavitt, E. C., p. 8 / 1898
    • Linville, George H., p. 44 / 1897
    • Lanz, Louis, p. 46 / 1895
    • Lewis, George W., p. 75 / 1899
    • Lewis, Aaron, p. 97 / 1898
    • Lacock, Alice B., p. 124 / 1904
    • Leu, Fredrick, p. 127 / 1897
    • Mickelwait, Richard, p. 19 / 1898
    • Mathew, Mary Ann, p. 22 / 1899
    • Modie, Margaret, p. 28 / 1897
    • Maessner, John C., p. 34 / 1899
    • Moon, Mary Susan, p. 62 / 1900
    • Musselman, David T.p. 65 / 1892
    • >Meadow, Catherine P., p. 90 / 1897
    • Martin, M. J., p. 98 / 1903
    • Morrel, David, p. 119 / 1881
    • McElree, Samuel, p. 80 / 1902
    • McKnight, Charles L., p. 53 / 1894
    • McCoy, Robert, p. 118 / 1885
    • Nagel, William, p. 52 / 1900
    • Newton, Judith D., p. 125 / 1904
    • Palmer, Henry H., p. 11 / 1896
    • Provost, Phoebe A., p. 17 / 1897
    • Parker, Lydia Ann, p. 30 / 1899
    • Patrick, Robert, p. 41 / 1898
    • Plumb, George, p. 45 / 1899
    • Paul, Thomas, p. 82 / 1902
    • Potter, Matilda, p. 109 / 1899
    • Rohwer, Hans J., p. 94 / 1882
    • Slater, Sampson, p. 29 / 1895
    • Sheldon, Benj. R., p. 32 / 1897
    • Smith, W. J. G., p. 36 / 1893
    • Smith, Augustus M., p. 37 / 1861
    • Schank, Adolph, p. 49 / 1899
    • Summers, W. G., p. 66 / 1901
    • Swarts, George, p. 77 / 1881
    • Sandiland, James, p. 79 / 1900
    • Saar, Sophia, p. 91 / 1898
    • Sivers, Mary Ann, p. 93 / 1899
    • Stumpf, Henry, p. 103 / 1901
    • Strickler, Conrad, p. 104 / 1902
    • Stone, E. A., p. 110 / 1904
    • Shepardson, Wm. H., p. 115 / 1885
    • Stockton, Nancy, p. 121 / 1875
    • Sawyer, N., p. 126 / 1904
    • Terryberry, George, p. 25 / 1899
    • Tubbs, Lewis W., p. 57 / 1897
    • Thomas, Addison, p. 63 / 1901
    • Thorp, Sarah J., p. 73 / 1900
    • Vaughn, Lizzie, p. 122 / 1903
    • Wray, Mary A., p. 1 / 1897
    • Wright, John D., p. 76 / 1902
    • Wilson, Thomas J., p. 81 / 1902
    • Warren, J. M., p. 102 / 1903
    • Whitfield, Lydia M., p. 107 / 1901
      Williams, Bessie E., p. 114 / 1897
    • West, J. M., p. 117 / 1902
    • Winter, Joseph, p. 123 / 1903
    • Zanders, William, p. 116 / 1903
  • Book V 1860 - 1922
    • Anthony, James M., p. 193 / 1921
    • Askwig, John, p. 58 / 1880
    • Bailor, Stephen, p. 156 / 1910
    • Bartlett, James W., p. 174 / 1912
    • Bauer, Lorenc, p. 154 / 1919
    • Bell, John A., p. 74 / 1907
    • Benedict, Jane, p. 167 / 1917
    • Bently, Rebecca J., p. 176 / 1917
    • Benton, A. A., p. 132 / 1919
    • Birney, David D., p. 80 / 1860
    • Blake, Armena V., p. 202 / 1922
    • Bock, Jacob, p. 16 / 1914
    • Bogart, Eliz. Buffington, p. 191 / 1918
    • Bogart, Lawrence, p. 111 / 1916
    • Bradford, Ezra, p. 17 / 1908
    • Briggs, Ida J., p. 90 / 1915
    • Buffington, F. M., p. 22 / 1911
    • Burgess, Samuel O., p. 151 / 1913
    • Burrell, Henry Leslie, p. 112 / 1910
    • Carson, James M., p. 69 / 1914
    • Cary, Able, p. 218 / 1922
    • Chantry, Mary Alice, p. 149 / 1892
    • Chase, Columbus, p. 37 / 1915
    • Chase, Mosley S., p. 124 / 1912
    • Cheyney, R. S., p. 121 / 1918
    • Coiner, George A., p. 67 / 1916
    • Conger, D. L., p. 127 / 1914
    • Cook, Elizabeth, p. 51 / 1908
    • Creech, S. W., p. 179 / 1917
    • Culver, Dallas, p. 148 / 1913
    • Cumings, Alice M., p. 100 / 1895
    • Cunningham, Patrick, p. 199 / 1910
    • Danford, Anna, p. 7 / 1904
    • Danford, Thomas,p. 45 / 1904
    • Davidson, John C., p. 75 / 1912
    • Davies, George A p. 117 / 1916
    • Davies, Rosaltha, p. 206 / 1921
    • DeLashmutt, W. E., p. 68 / 1916
    • Detlef, Wilhelm, p. 213 / 1908
    • Dolph, Joseph W., p. 36 / 1915
    • Donelan, Julia A., p. 114 / 1913
    • Douglas, Henry, p. 182 / 1919
    • Dyson, John, p. 93 / 1917
    • Eaton, William H., p. 195 / 1909
    • Estes, Claude H., p. 208 / 1922
    • Evans, Eliza Jane, p. 88 / 1915
    • Evans, W. H., p. 161 / 1920
    • Evernham, Amos B., p. 82 / 1908
    • Evernham, Lydia E., p. 29 / 1906
    • Evernham, Mary, p. 99 / 1910
    • Farrington, Joseph A., p. 12 / 1914
    • Fender, Henrietta, p. 63 / 1915
    • Fender, Martin, p. 61 / 1911
    • Fitzgibbons, Iva E., p. 207 / 1920
    • Frazier, Julia, p. 146 / 1917
    • Galbraith, Jas. F., p. 162 / 1920
    • Galbraith, Susan C., p. 152 / 1917
    • Garman, Julia, p. 115 / 1917
    • Gaywood, Anna, p. 44 / 1915
    • Glynn, Betsey W., p. 175 / 1915
    • Goos, Laura, p. 135 / 1913
    • Goyer, Philipp, p. 15 / 1914
    • Green, Henry, p. 38 / 1914
    • Hackney, Sophronia, p. 139 / 1919
    • Hammer, Charles, p. 178 / 1916
    • Hammer, John H., p. 98 / 1907
    • Hammers, Ed, p. 170 / 1920
    • Harmer, Alfred J., p. 143 / 1916
    • Hartje, Mary, p. 64 / 1912
    • Hastings, Heman, p. 13 / 1914
    • Hedlund, Christine, p. 203 / 1922
    • Heinsheimer, Sarah, p. 41 / 1915
    • Heitman, Henry, p. 129 / 1914
    • Heppenstall, Margaret, p. 26 / 1905
    • Higgins, John J., p. 54 / 1911
    • Hillyer, Robert, p. 63 / 1887
    • Hougas, Mary E., p. 102 / 1915
    • Howard, Samson, p. 192 / 1909
    • Huffaker, H. H., p. 204 / 1913
    • Jackson, Andrew, p. 91 / 1909
    • Jennings, Henry H., p. 46 / 1862
    • Jens, William, p. 18 / 1914
    • Johnson, Mary M., p. 147 / 1905
    • Johnston, Mary E., p. 187 / 1917
    • Jones, Elizabeth, p. 3 / 1910
    • Judson, Ida, p. 130 / 1917
    • Jurgens, Katie, p. 66 / 1905
    • Kates, Esther, p. 30 / 1912
    • Kayton, E. C., p. 87 / 1904
    • Kerns, Jonathan, p. 52 / 1905
    • Kirkpatrick, F. J., p. 109 / 1912
    • Kochersperger, Jacob, p. 9 / 1911
    • Lambert, Asahel, p. 136 / 1901
    • Leak, Sophia J., p. 189 / 1906
    • Leet, Nancy J., p. 205 / 1922
    • Lewis, Aaron, p. 50 / 1910
    • Lloyd, Evan, p. 134 / 1919
    • Long, Lewis R., p. 138 / 1901
    • Lumm, Mary I., p. 122 / 1907
    • Mackey, William, p. 211 / 1921
    • Manchester, Bradford A., p. 95 / 1862
    • Mass, John J., p. 27 / 1914
    • Masters, Samuel, p. 201 / 1908
    • Mayberry, J. H., p. 86 / 1917
    • McCarter, Florence M., p. 183 / 1920
    • McClain, Arthur, p. 110 / 1914
    • McClure, J. J., p. 168 / 1914
    • McClure, Jennie, p. 153 / 1920
    • McCurdy, Fannie E., p. 185 / 1920
    • McDonald, Robert E., p. 8 / 1914
    • McFadon, L. F., p. 76 / 1902
    • McGrew, James C., p. 77 / 1915
    • McIntyre, John A., p. 78 / 1906
    • McKnight, Almer, p. 24 / 1915
    • McMillen, Henry, p. 107 / 1911
    • Menschel, Emil, p. 186 / 1921
    • Mershon, Catharine, p. 157 / 1907
    • Mershon, J. B., p. 56 / 1914
    • Mershon, Samuel, p. 53 / 1913
    • Meyers, Fred K., p. 198 / 1920
    • Miller, Detlef, p. 177 / 1913
    • Miller, James W., p. 113 / 1918
    • Miller, Joseph M., p. 71 / 1916
    • Mintle, William R., p. 137 / 1919
    • Morrow, Mary E., p. 164 / 1919
    • Nebe, Martin, p. 180 / 1915
    • Norall, Carl, p. 141 / 1919
    • O'Connor, Bridget, p. 196 / 1920
    • Parker, John, p. 28 / 1915
    • Patrick, G. W., p. 165 / 1913
    • Paulson, August, p. 194 / 1922
    • Perry, Mrs. C. A., p. 11 / 1914
    • Phipps, Elvira, p. 120 / 1905
    • Pierson, Robert H., p. 209 / 1909
    • Pirmann, Jacob, p. 21 / 1912
    • Pontow, August, p. 72 / 1907
    • Pontow, Lewis, p. 34 / 1912
    • Powers, John, p. 43 / 1915
    • Powles, George, p. 142 / 1917
    • Powles, Thomas B., p. 85 / 1911
    • Pratt, Mrs. Nancy, p. 116 / 1904
    • Rains, Allen T., p. 92 / 1917
    • Reeves, Maggie, p. 140 / 1918
    • Retelsdorf, John H., p. 84 / 1903
    • Rist, Henry H., p. 217 / 1919
    • Robinson, William, p. 2 / 1914
    • Rodman, Solomon, p. 144 / 1919
    • Roenfeld, C. F., p. 14 / 1909
    • Ronnfeldt, Johann, p. 31 / 1910
    • Rowe, Solomon, p. 57 / 1913
    • Royle, Jane, p. 70 / 1916
    • Salmons, John, p. 6 / 1914
    • Salyers, William G., p. 40 / 1912
    • Schappel, Andrew, p. 5 / 1908
    • Schroeder, C. H., p. 97 / 1912
    • Scoggan, Edward B., p. 131 / 1911
    • Scott, Edward, p. 212 / 1921
    • Scott, Marquis L., p. 89 / 1917
    • Scott, William, p. 4 / 1914
    • Searle, Dayton W., p. 171 / 1877
    • Seeger, H. W., p. 83 / 1916
    • Seitz, Mrs. Augusta, p. 108 / 1918
    • Shamblin, Frederick, p. 32 / 1910
    • Sidner, Sidney G., p. 128 / 1915
    • Sivers, Edward, p. 126 / 1905
    • Skadan, Julia M., p. 158 / 1919
    • Sloan, J. S., p. 160 / 1920
    • Smith, Mary A., p. 25 / 1909
    • Stone, Sophia, p. 166 / 1920
    • Storey, W. H., p. 65 / 1913
    • Stout, Eliza, p. 172 / 1921
    • Summer s, Ella, p. 60 / 1916
    • Swarts, W. C., p. 94 / 1917
    • Tague, Joanah, p. 73 / 1905
    • Taylor, C. C., p. 210 / 1922
    • Thomas, Edward C., p. 214 / 1903
    • Thomas, Edward, p. 101 / 1902
    • Timmerman, Henrich, p. 163 / 1919
    • Trout, Sarah, p. 1 / 1913
    • Utterback, Addison, p. 133 / 1917
    • Van Ausdale, W. E., p. 35 / 1915
    • Van Gilder, Ada M., p. 205 / 1919
    • Van Kirk, E. H., p. 188 / 1920
    • Vandermark, Lina, p. 55 / 1916
    • Vickory, Jane, p. 23 / 1912
    • Viner, J. B., p. 123 / 1916
    • Vinton, William C., p. 215 / 1923
    • Warren, Emma, p. 190 / 1922
    • Wearin, Andrew, p. 19 / 1910
    • Weaver, Sarah M., p. 150 / 1915
    • Whipple, E. G., p. 119 / 1919
    • White, Wm. George, p. 197 / 1922
    • Wilkins, Margaret E., p. 200 / 1919
    • Wills, R. W., p. 10 / 1914
    • Wilson, Ann E., p. 173 / Filed 1921
    • Wilson, George B., p. 169 / 1911
    • Wood, David, p. 39 / 1911
    • Zanders, Frederick, p. 81 / 1917
    • Zanders, Wilhelmina, p. 145 / 1917

Source: This information was taken from LDS Film #1491840. **See additional notes on BooK II, below


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