| MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA | |
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| LAST NAME | GIVEN NAME | WIFE | CHILDREN | LOCATION | LAND DESCRIPTION ac.= acres sec.= section | Yrs in County | OWNER & COMMENTS |
| Addleman | Frank | Letts, R. 1 | owns 25.83 ac., sec. 6 | 40 | |||
| Albrecht | Wm. | Maggie | Clarence, Minnie Walter | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 123 ˝ ac., sec. 1; 13.67 ac., sec. 2 | 36 | |
| Altekruse | C. C. | Lenora | Irma | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 160 ac., sec. 3 | 32 | |
| Altekruse | Samuel C. | Velma | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 200 ac., sec. 3 | 33 | Breeder of Poland China hogs | |
| Bailey | G. W. | Mabel | George | Letts, R. 1 | owns 240 ac., sec. 29 | 1 ˝ | |
| Barnes | Geo. W. | Mary | Letha | Letts, R. 2 | rents 320 ac., sec. 33 | 20 | |
| Barnes | Wm. M. | Josephine | Evelyn, Beulah, Bessie | Letts, R. 2 | rents 320 ac., sec. 33 | 20 | |
| Blake | F. H. | Jennie | Emmett, Elene | Letts, R. 1 | rents 140 ac., sec. 30 and in Cedar Twp., 80 ac., sec. 25 | 5 | |
| Bloomer | W. | Anne | George, Howard | Letts, R. 1 | owns 160 ac., sec. 32; 24 ac., sec. 34 | 32 | |
| Brookhart | Albert | Jessie | Florence, Leo, Mary | Letts, R. 1 | owns 115 ac., sec. 6, and 240 ac., sec. 31, Lake Twp | 33 | |
| Brookhart | Archie | Bessie | Edith, Ray, Myrta | Letts, R. 1 | rents 144 ac., sec. 30 | 29 | |
| Brookhart | Mrs. B. F. | James, Mildred, Edna, Helen | Letts, R. 1 | owns 40 ac., sec. 6 | 43 | ||
| Brookhart | P. M. | Matilda | Letts, R. 1 | owns 144 ac., sec. 30 | 56 | ||
| Byrne | J. E. | Mamie | Agatha, Clement | Letts, R. 2 | owns 120 ac., sec. 28, 60 ac., sec. 27 | 45 | |
| Byrne | J. P. and L. F. | Letts, R. 1 | owns 320 ac., sec. 8; 160 ac., sec. 17; 7 ac., sec. 5 | 43-45 | |||
| Byrne | Mrs. Thomas | John, Frank, Lawrence, Felicitas | Ardon | owns 80 ac., sec. 16; 60 ac., sec. 15 | 40 | ||
| Carson | R. W. | Sister, Charlotte | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 496 ac., sec. 13 and 14 | 2 | ||
| Cashman | Thomas | Mary A. | William, James, Nellie, Edwin, Mary, Philip, Harry | Letts, R. 1 | owns 79 ac., sec. 16; 193 ac., sec. 18; 80 ac., sec. 19; 80 ac., sec. 20; 80 ac., sec 29 | 66 | |
| Coady | E. J. | Letts, R. 1 | owns 40 ac., sec. 19; 102 ˝ ac., sec. 30 | 17 | Breeder of Poland China hogs | ||
| Davis | J. W. | Mary | Floyd, John, Helen, Ben, Ralph, Irene | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 135 ac., sec. 2,11 and 12 | 3 | |
| Derby | Paul | Edna | Pauline | Letts, R. 1 | rents 233 ac., sec. 17 | 2 | |
| Dodder | Ed. H. | Lola | Merle, Grace, Dean | Letts, R. 1 | owns 80 ac., sec. 31; 160 ac., sec. 32 | 6 | |
| Downer | Louis | Emma | Edna, Cloice | Letts, R. 2 | owns 300 ac., sec. 21 and 22 | 44 | |
| Digney | Will | Sister, Elizabeth | Letts, R. 2 | rents 52 ac., sec. 22 | 8 | ||
| Eichelberger | E. E. | Kate | Gladys, Milton, Levi | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 40 ac., sec. 2; 160 ac., sec. 5 and 240 ac., sec. 32 and 32 ac. in Lake Twp. | 50 | |
| Eichelberger | O. E. | Mary | Arlene | Letts, R. 1 | rents 160 ac., sec. 5 | 26 | “Peach Grove Farm” |
| Eisele | Joseph | Catherine | Russell, Raymond | Letts, R. 2 | owns 167 ac., sec. 34 and 35 | 56 | |
| Eisele | Xaviar | Will | Letts, R. 2 | owns 266.60 ac., sec. 35; 11 ac., sec. 36 | 64 | “Pioneer Eisele Farm” | |
| Eliason | John | Frances | Allen, Roscoe | Letts, R. 1 | owns 40 ac., sec. 30; 120 ac., sec. 31, and 100 ac., sec. 26 in Cedar Twp | 58 | |
| Fletcher | Wm. | Minnie | Hazel, Herschel, William | Letts, R. 2 | owns 261.07 ac., sec. 26, and 27 | 49 | |
| Foley | Mrs. M. | Moses, Margaret, Mary, Annie, Agnes, Matt | Letts, R. 1 | owns 40 ac., sec. 20; 80 ac., sec. 21 | 50 | ||
| Fry | Thomas | Luella | Forest, Earl, Anna, May, Ralph, Esther | Letts, R. 1 | owns 77 ac., sec. 19, and in Cedar Twp. 113 ac., sec. 24 | 21 | |
| Fuhlman | Wm. | Bessie | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 76 ac., sec. 13 and in Fruitland Twp. 29 ac., sec. 18 | 20 | ||
| Fullerton | H. H. | Cora | Earl, Ida, Mildred | Letts, R. 1 | owns 80 ac., sec. 29 | 14 | |
| Furlong | J. E. | Margaret | James, Edward, Alice | Letts, R. 1 | owns 70 ac., sec. 6; 40 ac., sec. 9; 1 ac., sec. 16 | 70 | Breeder of Poland China hogs and Herford cattle |
| Gabel | Louis A. | Wilma | Evelyn, Margaret | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 77.50 ac., sec. 1 | 3 | |
| Gertenbach | J. E. | Maud | Gertrude, Kenneth, Velma, Rollin, Grace, Ralph | Letts, R. 1 | owns 100 ac., sec. 5; 10 ac., sec. 6 | 46 | |
| Goldberry | Clyde | Hazel | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 103 ac., sec. 14 and 15 | 26 | ||
| Goldberry | C. C. | Ida | Erma | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 60 ac., sec. 2 | 60 | |
| Graham | Nelson | Amanda | Grant W. | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 80 ac., sec. 13; 80 ac., sec. 12; 80 ac., sec. 14 | 2 | |
| Grosjean | D. H. | Letts, R. 2 | owns 94 ac., sec. 26 and 27 | 64 | |||
| Grosjean | Mary | Leo, Lillian | Letts, R. 2 | owns 204 ac., sec.14 and 15 | 33 | ||
| Hackett | James | Mother, Jane | Letts | owns 277.40 ac., sec. 34 | 50 | ||
| Hackett | Thomas | Katie | Letts, R. 1 | owns 160 ac., sec. 32; 28 ac., sec. 34 | 45 | ||
| Hackett | W. | Lillian | Arthur, William | Letts, R. 1 | owns 57.50 ac., sec. 33 | 47 | |
| Harvey | John | Frances | Ward, Esther, Edward, Lucile | Letts, R. 1 | owns 90 ac., sec. 6 | 15 | |
| Healey | Andrew | Mary | Kate, Mark, Maria | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 240 ac., sec. 10; 140 ac., sec. 9; 80 ac., sec. 8 | 64 | |
| Healey | John T. | Elizabeth | Mabel, Lily, Grace, Bernice, Florence, Edward | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 80 ac., sec. 10 | 37 | |
| Hendrix | Wm. | Willits | Willmet, Ledru | Letts, R. 2 | owns 240 ac., sec. 28 | 72 | Breeder of Short Horn cattle “Wood Lawn Farm” |
| Herlein | Ed. | Lillie | Harold, Ernie, Lizzie, Clarence, Howard, Viola, Florence, Clifford | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 150 ˝ ac., sec. 1 | 49 | |
| Hickey | J. P. | Mary | Irma | Letts, R. 2 | owns 120 ac., sec. 28; 119 ac., sec. 34 | 46 | |
| Hintermeister | G. W. | Bessie | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 158 ˝ ac., sec. 11 | 35 | Breeder of Herford and Short Horn cattle | |
| Hoffmeyer | Henry B. | Lillie B. | Mary, Franklin, Everett | Letts, R. 2 | owns 43 ac., sec. 27; 32.39 ac., sec. 22; 38.60 ac., sec. 26 | 52 | Breeder of Duroc Jersey hogs and Poland China hogs. “Rosy Hill Terrace” |
| Holliday | Elias | Jennie | Emmett, Alinzo | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 120 ac., sec. 1 and 2 | 60 | |
| Hughes | C. A. | Emma | Letts, R. 2 | rents 38 ac., sec. 35 | 20 | ||
| Kemmer | Wm. | Lottie | Charles Wm., Stella | Letts, R. 2 | rents 70 ac., sec. 33 | 1 | |
| Kopf | Henry | Margaret | Estella, Walter | Letts, R. 2 | rents 240 ac., sec. 33 | 32 | |
| Lee | Ira H. | Florence | Robert W., Vivian N. | Letts, R. 1 | rents 80 ac., sec. 8; 79 ˝ ac., sec. 5; 280 ac., sec. 9 | 28 | Breeder of Short Horn cattle and Herford cattle and Hampshire hogs. “Prairie Stock Farm” |
| Lee | J. R. | Hattie | Donald, Lloyd, Paul | Letts, R. 1 | rents 280 ac., sec. 16; 120 ac., sec. 21; 160 ac., sec.15 and 20 | ||
| Legler | V. W. | Lillian E. | Morris, Marjory, Elizabeth | Letts, R. 1 | owns 232 ˝ ac., sec. 5 | 31 | Breeder of Poland China hogs. “Oak Grove Stock Farm” |
| Lynch | John | Sister, Kate | Letts, R. 2 | owns 75 ac., sec. 15; 120 ac., sec. 14 | 7 | ||
| Lynch | Michael | Etta | Ardon | owns 120 ac., sec. 16; 53 ˝ ac., sec. 15 | 49 | ||
| Lynch | Patrick | Sisters, Maggie & Mary | Letts, R. 2 | owns 235 ac., sec. 15, 21, 22 and 23 | 48 | ||
| McCabe | C. T. | Emma | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 121 ˝ ac., sec. 11 | 44 | Breeder of Duroc Jersey hogs, Herford cattle, White Wyandotte chickens | |
| McFaden | E. J. | Ida M. | George, Loraine, Margaret, Lucile, Martha | Letts, R. 2 | owns 294.45 ac., sec. 26 and 27 | 7 | |
| Martin | Robert | Kate | Helen, Ledrue | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 40 ac., sec. 11 | 1 | |
| Meeker | Jos. W. | Marie | Letts, R. 1 | owns 100 ac., sec. 7 | 63 | ||
| Meeker | W. E. | Effie | Geraldine | Letts, R. 1 | rents 160 ac., sec. 18; 20 ac., sec. 7 | 29 | |
| Milholin | Bert | Maggie | Mabel | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 82.51 ac., sec. 4; 40 ac., sec. 3 | 41 | |
| Misch | Fred | Letts, R. 2 | owns 47.45 ac., sec. 27 | 40 | |||
| Nau | Andrew | Mary | Josephine | rents 80 ac., sec. 18 | 24 | ||
| Nicklas | Edward | Laura | Dorothy | Letts, R. 1 | rents 80 ac., sec. 8; 140 ac., sec. 9 | 24 | |
| Nicklas | Henry | Fred, Harold, Celia | Letts, R. 1 | rents 80 ac., sec. 8; 140 ac., sec. 9 | 52 | ||
| Nolan | Christopher | Mary | Marvel, Hugh, Margaret, Clarence, Maria, Francis | Ardon | owns 80 ac., sec. 16 | 28 | |
| O'Brien | D. | John, Dennis, Maggie | Letts, R. 1 | owns 80 ac., sec. 28; 80 ac., sec. 29 and in Cedar Twp., 80 ac., sec. 26 | 66 | ||
| O'Brien | James S. | Sister, Nannie | Letts, R. 1 | owns 80 ac., sec. 19; 80 ac., sec. 20 | 48 | Breeder of Poland China hogs. “Sunny Slope Farm” | |
| O'Brien | John | Mary | Veronica, Robert, Geneva, William, Mary | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 200 ac., sec. 3 | 45 | |
| O'Brien | Joseph | Margaret | Helen | Letts, R. 1 | owns 120 ac., sec. 17; 36 ˝ ac., sec. 33 | 51 | |
| O'Toole | James | Margaret | William, Philip, Winifred, Mary, Frances, Edward, Emmett, Gerald | Letts, R. 1 | owns 320 ac., sec. 20; 40 ac., sec. 29 | 57 | |
| O'Toole | Patrick | Mary | William, James, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, Agatha, Lawrence | Letts, R. 1 | owns 280 ac., sec. 19; 200 ac., sec. 29 and 30, and in Cedar Twp., 10 ac., sec. 27 | 63 | |
| Pallett | B. | Anna | Letts, R. 1 | rents 80 ac., sec. 6; 80 ac., sec. 7 | ˝ | ||
| Pallett | J. R. | Leah | Letts, R. 1 | rents 80 ac., sec. 7; 80 ac., sec. 6 | ˝ | ||
| Peterson | J. C. | Bertha | George, Velma, Nellie, Carl | Letts, R. 1 | owns 69.50 ac., sec. 6 and in Lake Twp., 26 ac., sec. 31 | ||
| Plowman | Chas. | Florence | Leon, Harland, Glenn, Lura | Letts, R. 2 | rents 60 ac., sec. 34 and 35 | 25 | |
| Pontel | George | Gladys | Letts, R. 2 | rents 100 ac., sec. 35 | 31 | ||
| Pontel | Joe | Anne L. | Minnie | Letts, R. 2 | owns 100 ac., sec. 35 | 35 | |
| Reed | John, William, Dayton l., & Mary A. | Letts, R. 2 | owns 319 ac., sec. 15 and 22 | 58 | |||
| Riggs | W. M. | Anna N. | Lee S., Anna G. | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 325.73 ac., sec. 4; 110 ac., sec.9 | 62 | Breeder of Percheron horses, Geurnsey cattle and Poland China hogs. “Evergreen Drive” |
| Runyon | F. A. | Gertie M. | Ralph, Harold, Gertrude | Letts, R. 1 | owns 124 ac., sec. 30; 20 ac., sec. 34 | 53 | “Maple Wood Farm” |
| Schafer | J. H. | Nellie | Raymond M., John M., Lulu L. | Letts, R. 1 | owns 160 ac., sec. 32; 80 ac., sec. 31 | 5 | Breeder of Short Horn cattle “City View Farm” |
| Scott | W. R. | Martha | Ellen, Harry, Howard | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 126 ac., sec. 1 and 2 | 51 | |
| Schellabarger | M. J | Cora R. | John R., Ruthetta, Ralph, Lyle, Maude, Frank, Viola, Dwight | Letts, R. 1 | owns 116 ac., sec. 18 and in Cedar twp., 160 ac., sec. 13 | 57 | |
| Stroh | Fred B. | Marie | Frances, Fred; brother and partner, Frank C. | Fruitland, R. 1 | rents 64.64 ac., sec. 26 | 30 | |
| Stump | F. A. | Bertha | Carl, Lucile, Forest, Evelyn, Max | Letts, R. 1 | rents 160 ac., sec. 8 | 1 | |
| Tarpy | M. F. | Marie | Frances, Dorothy | Letts, R. 2 | rents 200 ac., sec. 22 and 23 | 3 | |
| Thomas | Ed. | Gertrude | Gladys, Raymond, Fred, Ruby | Letts, R. 1 | owns 60 ac., sec. 6 | 37 | |
| Thornton | F. M. | Elizabeth | Letts, R. 2 | owns 3 ˝ ac., sec. 33 | 40 | ||
| Timberlake | A. D. | Appie | Arthur | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 80 ac., sec. 4; 20 ac., sec. 9 | 54 | |
| Tomfeld | John | Anne | Fred, Louisa, Ernest, Christ | Letts, R. 2 | owns 100 ac., sec. 35 | 33 | |
| Tomney | M. and J. | Letts, R. 1 | owns 40 ac., sec. 17; 50 ac., sec. 9 | 39-32 | |||
| Tomney | Patrick | Marguerite | Letts | owns 145 ac., sec. 22 | |||
| Townsley | G. T. | Mary W. | Fay, Anna, Lila | Letts, R. 1 | owns 220 ac., sec. 7; 80 ac., sec. 18 | 62 | |
| Turner | Chas. | Hattie | Esther, Dorothy | Letts, R. 2 | rents 56 ac., sec. 14 and 15 | 12 | |
| Verink | J. T. | Florence E. | Zelda S., John H. | Letts, R. 1 | owns 180 ac., sec. 7; 80 ac., sec. 6 | 38 | |
| Vincent | H. W. | Minnie | Gertrude, Thelma | Letts, R. 1 | owns 240 ac., sec. 31 and in Cedar Twp., 33 ac., sec. 27 | 45 | |
| Vormezeele | Leum | Clementine | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 24 ac., sec. 12 | 1 | ||
| Vyncke | Chas. | Zuelma | Madeline, Frank | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 240 ac., sec. 12 | 1 | |
| Wigim | Adam | Elizabeth | Robert B., Gertrude L. | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 320 ac., sec. 10; 77 ac., sec. 11 | 63 | Breeder of Herford cattle “Evergreen Lawn” |
| Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 103.48 ac., sec. 2 | 1 | |||||
| Winnning | Sam. | Eva | Esther V., Ione B. | Muscatine, R. 6 | rents 103.48 ac., sec. 2 | 1 | |
| Zeller | R. C. | Mae | Mervin, Melvia | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 100 ac., sec. 13 | 1 | |
| Zybarth | Jos. A. | Stella | Madelina | Muscatine, R. 6 | owns 60 ac., sec. 14; rents 77 ˝ ac., sec. 11 | 29 |