Muscatine County Biographies - Index - 1911

MUSCATINE COUNTY HISTORY - 1911

All the biographies are now online. Click on a surname and it will take you to their biography. A big thank you goes out to Norma Rogers for typing all these bios and sending them to Dave Dunston to put online. Thanks a bunch, Norma!!

The Portraits and Historical sections of the 1911 County History are listed further down the page in separate tables.
Good luck in finding your long-lost relative.

VOLUME II

Biographical Index

Surname	First Name	Page
Adams	Chester C.	678
Ady	Emmett	255
Aikins	Albert A.	246
Albers	John W.	172
Allbee	Elbert Argene	424
Altekruse	Henry R.	29
Altekruse	Rudolph J.	649
Anderson	Hans	526
Anderson	A. B.	296
Anson	P. Frank	593
Arnold	Gilbert A.	144
Arzt	John H.	461
Ashcraft	Frank	54
Atteneder	Charles	760
Ayers	L.N.	625
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Babbitt	Henry F.	717
Bailey	Joseph L.	487
Baker	Cyrus J.	504
Baker	Elijah	651
Baker	Ira G.	189
Baldwin	George W.	209
Barclay	C.S.	205
Barnard	Harry F.	39
Barnes	Franklin	122
Barry, Jr.	Nicholas	50
Barry	Thomas Francis	627
Bartemeier	J. A.	763
Bartlett	Howard M.	754
Beach	Colonel Benjamin	360
Beach	Fred	133
Beitz	William	450
Benham	R. Frank	581
Benham	Bert C.	662
Bernick	Harry M.	470
Bernick	Mortiz	746
Beveridge, M.D.	Thomas Franklin	344
Birkett	Lindley L.	198
Birkett	Thomas	772
Birkhofer	Fred	433
Bishop	William Foster	624
Black	Hon. B. H.	475
Black	George W.	656
Black	James C.	728
Black	John W.	713
Black	Robert C.	501
Black	W. L.	379
Bliven	William E.	117
Bockwoldt	Frederick N.	533
Boggs	John	556
Boldt	Henry J.	249
Boyce	Robert	699
Brand	Samuel	318
Brandt	Arthur Charles	690
Brannan	Thomas H.	199
Brannan	Judge William F.	82
Braunwarth	Charles Clarence	120
Bridgman	Charles Weed	141
Brisbine, M.D.	Royal E.	431
Brockmann	Johannes	524
Broders	Henry P.	584
Brooke	Robert W.	438
Brown	Nelson S.	276
Brown	Thomas	571
Brus	Tony T.	525
Burke	Thomas and Matilda F.	761
Butler	Charles Mark	140
Byrne	John	327
Byrne	Peter	326
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Cadle	Charles F.	43
Canon	Joshua H.	40
Carl	Jeremiah H.	162
Carroll	P. F.	591
Carskaddan	Hon. Jerome DeWitt	20
Cashman	Thomas	513
Cecil	A. J.	485
Chambers	James A.	518
Chapman	William A.	259
Chaudoin	George A.	66
Chown	C. Richard	702
Chown	George C.	753
Chown	Louis D.	275
Christofferson	Nels	667
Clark	Edward W.	242
Coady	Edward J.	464
Cochran	Andrew	462
Cockshoot	James T.	497
Coder	Chester N.	686
Coffin	J.F.	398
Cole	Darius Albert	414
Cone, M.D.	William Davison	535
Conklin	William David	751
Cook	Seabury Brewster	55
Cooling	Richard C.	428
Cooling, M.D.	William A.	465
Crees	Neely	184
Cronin	Michael Francis	116
Croxin	Mrs. Ovilla	190
Crozer	Willis Harold	348
Cunniff	John	197
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Davidson	Elmer E.	132
Davidson	Thomas	37
Day	Goldsmith O.	586
Denton	Edward W.	208
Devitt	John F.	110
Dice	A. L.	397
Dittmer	George	517
Downer	Louis E.	316
Drumm	Jacob	350
Duge	Louis	508
Duge	William	521
	.	.
Eade	John	654
Eaton	Martin F.	601
Eells	Joseph Worrell	69
Ehrecke	Gottlieb	608
Ehrecke	Rudolph	498
Eichelberger	E. E.	285
Eichenauer	George	68
English, M.D.	H.H.	376
Eppel	Frank J.	76
Estle	Chester M.	705
Evans	Roy E.	195
Eversmeyer	Frederick William	77
	.	.
Fanning	James	689
Feers, M.D.C.	Albert G.	429
Fenstermaker	Benjamin	196
Fiderlein	Louis	60
Fisch	Charles Augustus	161
Fisch	Jacob	26
Fitchner	Otto	528
Fitzgerald	Thomas Rodney	90
Fitzsimons	Rev. Bernard Joseph	281
Fohrmann	Hans	542
Foley	Andrew	515
Foster	George	696
Frenzel	John C.	102
Frenzel	Thomas	745
Freund	Paul W.	65
Fritchman	W. O.	70
Fry	Josiah	719
Fuller	Anthony J.	587
Fullerton	Hamilton Havelock	507
Fulliam, M.D.	Edmond B.	27
Fulliam, M.D.	Jefferson D.	57
Fultz	William Stroup	370
	.	.
Garnes	John S.	650
Garvin	Charles	378
Gay	Frank B.	366
Geertz	R. H.	391
Gibson	C. D.	726
Giessler	Henry F.	101
Gipple	Charles W.	735
Graham	Israel Lewis	10
Gray	Francis A. J.	779
Green	Hiram H.	324
Green	Frederick H.	674
Greenwald	Peter	514
Greiner	Jeremiah	248
Griffith	William George	597
Grimm	Daniel	628
Griggs	Frank L.	466
Grossklaus	Wilhelm	661
	.	.
Hadley	I.D.	741
Hafner	Norrell T.	716
Hagermann	Charles C.	646
Hahn	J. Henry	156
Hall	Mercer M.	232
Halling	George	538
Hankins	George W.	733
Hankins	J. F.	708
Hargrave	C. G.	463
Harney	George J.	369
Harper	C. S.	401
Harper	John C.	439
Harper	R. D.	381
Havercamp	John J.	171
Hawker	Thomas	330
Heabner	John S.	421
Healey	Andrew	512
Healey	John J.	444
Healey	L. C.	449
Heath	Joseph A.	386
Heath	John E.	258
Heinz	Henry	357
Helverson	James H.	492
Hendriks	Herman J.	460
Hendrix	H. C.	682
Hendrix	William	536
Herr	B. F.	286
Hess	Jacob	319
Heston	Franklin G.	710
Hildebrand	E. H.	251
Hill	William S.	354
Hitchcock	John S.	543
Hitchcock	W. P.	347
Hoffman	William	63
Hollenbeck	Ulissis Grant	669
Holtz	John Oliver	574
Hoopes	Lindley	267
Hoopes	John A.	300
Hoopes	Joseph Linn	97
Horan	Judge Lawrence J.	404
Huchendorf	Herman	14
Hucke	Charles J.	440
Hucke	H. C.	236
Huffman	Thomas J.	762
Hughes	Samuel M.	596
Hughes	William H.	46
Hunter	William S.	665
Hutchinson	Zelah W.	634
Huttig	Frederick	736
Huttig	Harry W.	566
Huttig	William	562
Hyink	J. Albert	225
	.	.
Inghram	W. G. H.	237
	.	.
Jackson	Judge Douglas V.	17
Jackson	Frank	605
Jackson	George B.	107
Jakeman	John H.	516
James	Clayton S.	343
James	Curtis W.	325
James	Gad	174
James	Jess K.	691
James	Warren W.	177
Jarr	Hermann D.	637
Jayne	Henry	92
Johnson	Raymond Eugene	149
Johnson	Silas L.	150
Jones	George W.	698
	.	.
Kammerer	John G.	413
Kasper	Frank W.	16
Kelch	George	250
Kelley	David Page	527
Kemble	John M.	346
Kemper	August	555
Kemper	Edward	551
Kemper	John Christopher	476
Kennedy	Joseph E.	759
Kern	Harry	9
Killion	Thomas C.	505
Kimberley	Wilson C.	280
Kirchner	Bernard	268
Klein	John G.	185
Klein, M.D.	John L.	602
Klepper	Alfred H.	685
Koeppe	Andrew F.	523
Kook	Bernard	495
Kuechmann	J. Theodore	165
	.	.
Lamb	Charles H.	469
Lane	Edwin	240
Lane	Peter N.	210
Lang	George J.	606
Lang	Nicholas	588
Lawrence	Arthur Stanley	265
Lawton	Frank T.	403
Lee	Ira H.	338
Lee	Robert	47
Leffingwell	George R.	647
Legler	Jacob J.	631
Leimkuehler	Frank	418
Leith, M.D.	A.R.	385
Leverich	Professor Ruthven Wilson	622
Lewis	Isaac W.	766
Leysen	Jacob P.	49
Lillibridge	Chester	568
Lilly	Benjamin Emmons	720
Lindee	G.C.	671
Little, M.D.	Frederick Henry	134
Loeb	William E.	598
Lorenz	Jacob	19
Lowry	F.D.	672
Lutje	John F.	577
	.	.
McClun	Adelbert Hickman	775
McCullough	Alex	731
McCullough	Forest Glenn	733
McCurdy	Allen	402
McElravy	James	119
McElravy	James W.	112
McIntire	Thomas	262
McKee	L.R.	684
McKeown	M. Parker	701
McMahon	Andrew	217
McNutt, D.D.S.	Robert S.	554
McNutt	Samuel	544
McQuesten	William	607
Madden	Henry C.	98
Manning	Thomas J.	664
Mapes	Fred B.	434
Marchant	William	506
Marolf	J. E.	292
Marolf	John Peter	481
Marten	Albert	486
Martin	Walter Edward	585
Mathewson	John Arnold	290
Maxwell	Robert	700
Maxwell	Thomas	387
Maxwell	Thomas	687
Maxwell	William	706
Meisky	Joseph	289
Metcalf	Burton L.	636
Metcalf	Harvey L.	252
Milholin	William Bert	261
Miller	Charles H.	410
Miller	Robert	235
Miller, M.D.	William J.	423
Mills	Joshua A.	756
Mills	Van Buren	222
Moeller	E. E.	547
Moore	Henry Waterman	5
Mosher	Henry	315
Mosher	L. O.	302
Mundt	J. Herman	88
Murphy	Philip	340
Murphy	Philip J.	644
Musser	Peter Miller	159
Myers	William	412
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Nachbaur	William	417
Naftzger	David B.	742
Nash	Albert J.	333
Nash	John D.	724
Nay	James A.	178
Neff	John T.	392
Neidig	Maurice O.	152
Neil	William H.	483
Neilsen	John	473
Nelson	Austin	740
Nelson	A. Thomas	390
Nester	John T.	25
Newton	Thomas	692
Nichols	H. C.	295
Nichols	I. A.	721
Nichols	John C.	219
Nichols	Jay Ira	388
Nichols	J. P.	419
Nichols	Townsend B.	187
Nicholson	Valentine F.	166
Nicola	John	173
Norris	W. A.	502
Norton, M.D.	William Sheffield	335
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O'Brien	Daniel	471
O'Brien	John M.	496
Ogilvie	Charles Benjamin	339
Ogilvie	Adam	358
Oliver, M.D.	Arthur J.	743
O'Toole	James	482
O'Toole	Patrick	679
Oxley	Emerson E.	367
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Parker	J. E.	474
Parry	Chester C.	380
Patten	James S.	67
Paul	August	615
Peck	George W.	655
Pepper	Irvin S.	659
Peters	C. A.	218
Phillips	Harold B.	226
Phillips	N. M.	298
Pingrey	Linn R.	377
Plett	H. C.	484
Poole	Milburn Z.	668
Poole	William S.	245
Potter	James D.	227
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Quinn	Mark	86
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Rabe	Copeland	328
Rathjen	Albert	695
Reeder	George	773
Reeves	J. N.	430
Reppert, M.D.	Lyell	552
Richards	Devolve	277
Richards	William C.	725
Richman	Evert F.	329
Richter	Mrs. Dora	511
Ridenour	William D.	183
Riggs	William Millar	491
Rinnert	Frederick	565
Roach	William Le Roy	770
Roach	William M.	780
Robbins	John Alden	320
Rock	Edward	334
Romig	Harry L.	645
Rosenberger	Nathan	260
Royal, M.D.	Lester A.	241
Ruess	Henry R.	297
Ruess	John W.	317
Rynearson	F. E.	778
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Sanders	Jefferson E.	194
Sanger	William	207
Satterthwaite	John	256
Sauer	Daniel	594
Sawyer	Stephen P.	612
Schaefer	Francis Xavier	764
Scheelhaase	William	522
Schenck	John Bell	368
Schlapkohl	Leonard	531
Schmidt	John and Lena	488
Schmidt	L. A. and William M.	408
Schmitt	Frederick H.	769
Schmitt	William R.	365
Schwalm	Henry	34
Shammo	Samuel	155
Shellabarger	Milton J.	777
Shetler	Simon G.	422
Simpson	W. L.	452
Sissel	Emery E.	541
Smalley	Abraham	30
Smith	Ellis D.	448
Smith	John L.	216
Smith	S. H. Jr.	288
Smith	Walter I.	193
Snyder	Ottie S.	131
Snyder	Samuel B.	703
Spilger	Nicholas	282
Springmeier	Henry T.	532
Stafford	Edward J.	301
Staley	Charles	472
Steffen	Herman	553
Stein	Simon Gerberich	128
Steinmetz	Paul	592
Stephens, M.D.	W. H.	537
Stewart	Alexander	270
Stigers	L. N.	558
Stiles	R. M.	441
Stockdale	William	642
Stohr	Frank J.	59
Strong	Harold Beecher	364
Stucker	Samuel B.	272
Swan	Fitch William	89
Sywassink	John	616
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Teeter	John P.	723
Thompson	Herbert G.	105
Thompson	Ralph U.	105
Thompson	Theron	153
Thompson	William Lewis	572
Throop	Frank Dwight	582
Titus	Hon. George Marion	79
Tough	James and Isabel	632
Townsley	O. E.	666
Townsley	Thomas T.	673
Tyler, M.D.	Edward K.	127
	.	.
Umlandt	Henry	621
Umscheid	George	638
Underdonk	William Seaton	336
	.	.
Vail	Charles B.	142
Vanatta	John	738
Vannatta	W. J.	38
Van Atta	Joseph B.	45
Van Camp	Jacob E.	680
Van Camp	James H.	564
Vance	Richard Irwin	604
Vanhorn	John B.	437
Vanhorn	Jesse	453
Van Zandt	Sylvanus G.	443
Verink	Henry	683
Verink	John T.	257
Von Engel, M.D.	Carl	379
	.	.
Wagner	Robert C.	229
Walker	Frank W.	100
Ward	George H.	709
Warfield	Frank	220
Warner	Edward Munson	109
Watson	William J.	353
Watters	Hanson B.	175
Watters	William Leslie	239
Weaver, M.D.	Arthur J.	652
Weaver	J. W.	618
Wedekind	Edwin W.	382
Weed	Chester	138
Weiss	George	451
Weiss	Phillip	494
Welsch	Julius	548
Whitacre	Albert	279
White	William	400
Wigim	Adam	633
Wilhelme	J. Roy	707
Will	George W.	215
Will	John A.	575
Willhite	Michael E.	164
Williams	John Franklin	749
Wilson	Alexander	228
Wilson	C. R.	420
Wilson	John C.	35
Wilson	Mathias	230
Windle	Henry D.	432
Windus	Walter C.	238
Winnemore	Christian K.	561
Winter, M.D.	L. C.	399
Wise	Samuel H.	409
Witter	Professor Finley Miller	200
Wolf	Frederick	231
Wood	Addison James	454
Wood	Jesse Charles	578
Wright	Charles	442
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Young	Charles Henry	641
	.	.
Zeidler	Edward John	613
Zeidler	Henry W.	752
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Portraits

Surname	First Name	Page #
Allbee	Mr. & Mrs. E. A.	425
Arnold	Gilbert A.	146
Arnold	Mrs. Gilbert A.	147
Barnes	Franklin	124
Barnes	Mrs. Elizabeth	125
Barry, Sr.	Nicholas	51
Beach	Benjamin	361
Bernick	Mr. & Mrs. Moritz	747
Black	Mr. & Mrs. Arthur	657
Brannan	William F.	83
Canon	J. H.	41
Carskaddan	J.	21
Chambers	Mr. & Mrs. James A.	519
Clark	Edward W.	243
Cole	D. A. and Family	415
Croxen	Samuel and Family	191
Drumm	Mr. & Mrs. Theobald	351
Duge	Mr. & Mrs. Louis	509
Ehrecke	Mr. & Mrs. Gottlieb and son Emil	609
Ehrecke	Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph	499
Fiderlein	Louis	61
Fitchner	Mr. & Mrs. Otto	529
Frenzel	John C. and Family	103
Fritchman	Mr. & Mrs. W. O.	72
Fritchman	Residence of W. O.	73
Fultz	Mrs. William S.	372
Fultz	William S.	373
Graham, M.D.	I. L.	11
Green	Joseph A.	675
Griggs	Frank L. and Family	467
Grimm	Daniel and Family	629
Hahn	J. Henry and Family	157
Hall	Mr. & Mrs. Mercer M.	233
Halling	George and Family	539
Hawker	Mr. & Mrs. Thomas	331
Healey	John J. and Family	445
Healey	Residence of John J.	446
Heston	Mr. & Mrs. F. G.	711
Horan	Lawrence J.	405
Jayne	Henry	93
Kemper	Henry	478
Kemper	Mrs. Henry	479
Lane	John G.	212
Lane	Mrs. John G.	213
Lang	Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas	589
Lewis	Mr. & Mrs. Isaac W.	767
Lillibridge	Chester	569
Little	F. W.	135
Mapes	Mr. & Mrs. F. B.	435
Marolf	John E. and Family	293
McElravy	J. W.	113
McIntire	Thomas	263
McIntire	Mrs. Thomas	264
Metcalf	H. L. and Family	253
Mills	Joshua A. and Family	757
Mills	Mr. & Mrs. Van Buren	223
Moore	H. W.	4
Mosher	Mr. & Mrs. Stephen	303
Murphy	Mr. & Mrs. Philip	341
Nay	James A.	180
Nay	Mrs. James A.	181
Neff	John T.	394
Neff	Mrs. John T.	395
Newton	Mr. & Mrs. Thomas	693
Nicholson	Mrs. V. F.	169
Nicholson	V. F.	168
Robbins	Rev. Alden B.	321
Schmidt	Mr. & Mrs. John H.	489
Smalley	Abraham	31
Spilger	Nicholas	283
Stigers	Mr. & Mrs. L. N.	559
Stucker	Mr. & Mrs. Samuel B.	273
Umscheid	George	639
Weaver	Mr. & Mrs. J. W.	619
Wedekind	Fritz D. and Family	383
Welsch	Julius	549
Witter	Prof. F. M.	201
Wood	A. J. and Family	456
Wood	Mr. & Mrs. Charles P.	457
Wood	Mr. & Mrs. J. C.	579

VOLUME I

Historical

Name	Pages
A Brief Foreword	.
Chapter I---Historic Iowa	.
Four Score Years Ago	5-6
The Indian And His Fate	6-10
Black Hawk War	10-15
Indian Treaties	15-16
First Land Title In Iowa	16-17
Early Settlement	17-18
Civil Government For Territory And State	18-20
The Territory Becomes The State of Iowa	20-22
The State Becomes Republican.	22
The Capitol Removed To Des Moines.	22-23
Climate, Topography & Lakes and Streams.	23-24
Iowa and The Civil War.	24-27
Educational Institutions.	27
The First School Building At Dubuque.	27-29
State University and Colleges.	29-32
State Institutions.	32-37
The Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Constitution of Iowa.	37-40
	.
Chapter II---A Beautiful Country	.
Lieutenant Albert M. Lea's Description of "Iowa District of Wisconsin Territory".	41-43
Iowa District of Wisconsin Territory. General Description.	43-51
	.
Chapter III---Law And Order	.
First Officials Chosen To Govern The Settlements	52-53
Subdivision of Old Des Moines	53-54
Revision of The Organizing Act	54-57
How "Claims" Were Made	57-59
First Settlers	59-60
First Settler In The County	60-61
First Settler In Bloomington	61-63
	.
Chapter IV---Story of The Rocks	.
Drainage And Surface Characteristics	64-66
Geological History	66-73
Land And Fresh Water Mollusks	73-75
	.
Chapter V---The Mississippi	.
The "Father of Waters" Brings To Muscatine It's First Settlers	76-77
An Early River Panorama	77
The Boats Of Other Days	77-79
Great River Stories	79-81
Rafting Days	81
The Clinton "Nigger"	81-82
The First Raft Pilot	82-83
First Electric Light on The Mississippi	83
Mississippi Steamboats "Perfect Palaces"	83-84
Arrival of The Steamer Muscatine	84
Racing on The Mississippi In Early Times	84-85
Ferry Boats	85-86
Rafting of Lumber	86-87
	.
Chapter VI---Order Out of Chaos	.
Muscatine County is Organized	88-89
County Divided Into Commissioners' Districts	89
District Court	89
The First Grand Jury	89-90
First Petit Jury	90
Probate Court	90
Commissioners Court	90-91
Members Commissioners' Court	91-92
Commissioners' Court Abolished	92
The County Court	92
The Supervisor System	92-94
Board Increased To Five Members	94-95
County Officers	95-96
Court Houses and Jails of Muscatine County	96-102
County Farm	102
Then and Now	102-104
Farm Statistics For 1910	104
Population of Muscatine County in 1910	104-105
	.
Chapter VII---Pioneer Life	106-115
	.
Chapter VIII	.
Iowa's First Legislature	116-117
An Arbitrary Member From Muscatine	117-119
Hastings A Unique Character	119-122
No Spoils For Muscatine	122
	.
Chapter IX---Civil War	.
President Lincoln Calls For Seventy-Five Thousand Men To Put Down Rebellion	123-125
Iowa Rallies To The Colors	125-128
Muscatine Eager For The Fray	128-129
Two Regiments From Muscatine County	129-130
Devotion To Country Unparalleled In History	130-131
First Iowa Regiment	131-133
Thirty-Fifth Iowa Regiment	133-137
Eleventh Iowa Infantry	137-141
Sixteenth Iowa Infantry	141-146
Seventh Iowa Infantry	146-150
Eighteenth Iowa Infantry	150-153
Eighth Iowa Infantry--The Eighth At Shiloh	153-156
Volunteer Roster From Adjutant General's Reports	156-189
The Soldiers' Monument	189-192
Grand Army of The Republic	192
Reduced Fac-Simile of Charter Original Post No. 1---G. A. R.	.
Charter Members of Old Post, No. 1	.
Charter Members of Old Post, No. 1	.
Benjamin F. Stephenson--Founder of the G. A. R.	.
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 122	192
Company C, Fifty-Fourth Regiment	192-194
	.
Chapter X---Honorable Mention	.
Men Who Left The Impress of Character on The Community	195-208
	.
Chapter XI---The Townships	209
Montpelier Township	209-215
Moscow Township	215-221
Wapsinonoc Township	221-229
Sweetland Township	229-233
Cedar Township	233-234
Seventy Six Township	234-236
Pike Township	236-239
Wilton Township	239-246
Fulton Township	246-247
Goshen Township	247-248
Orono Township	248-249
Lake Township	249-250
Fruitland Township	250-257
	.
Chapter XII---The Huntsman's Paradise	258-259
A Great Hunter	259-260
The Old Gun Maker	260-262
Boil Coffee In A Wash Basin	262
Shoot Pelicans On The Lake	262-263
Keystone Gun Club	263-264
	.
Chapter XIII---Germany's Contribution	.
From "Der Faderland" Came Many To Muscatine County	265-269
Breweries	269-270
Bands	270
German Lodges	270
J. F. Boepple, Founder of The Pearl Button Industry	270-271
The German Press of Muscatine County	271-272
Complete List of Civil War Veterans of German Descent of Muscatine County	272-277
German Societies	277-278
St. Joseph's Mutual Aid Society	278
The German Mechanics Aid Society	278-279
The Champion Hose Company	279
The Harmonic Male Choir	279
The Muscatine Maennerchor	279-280
The Vorwaerts Turnverein	280-281
The German-American Alliance of Muscatine	281
	.
Chapter XIV--- The County Seat	282-284
A Description of Charming Scenery	284-287
The First Election	287
Name Changed To Muscatine	287-289
Police Department	289-290
Fire Department	290
Water Works	290-291
The First Postmaster	291-293
Muscatine's First City Directory	293-295
Muscatiners Who Have Gained State And National Distinction	295-298
Caravansaries	.
Iowa House, Afterward Pennsylvania House	298-299
Lawson House, or Old Vanatta Hotel	299
Muscatine Hotel	299-300
The American House	300
Clover House	300
Palmer's Tavern	300
Park House	300-301
Scott House	301
Ogilvie House, Now The Commercial Hotel	301-302
Hotel Webster, Now Hotel Grand	302
Muscatine An Industrial City	302-303
Friends Oats	303
Manufacture of Pearl Buttons	303-305
The High Bridge	305-306
Weed Park	306
Grand Opera House	306
The Family Theater	306-307
The A-Muse-U	307
Base Ball Club	307
Muscatine Cemetery, Greenwood Chapel & St. Mary's Cemetery	307-308
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Chapter XV---Churches And Parishes	.
The Methodist Episcopal Church	309-312
Trinity Episcopal Church	312-316
The Congregational Church	316-323
St. Matthias' Congregation	323-329
First Baptist Church	329-331
First Presbyterian Church	331-332
The Evangelical Protestant Church	332-334
German Baptist Church	334
First German Presbyterian Church	334-335
African Methodist Episcopal Church	335-336
Society of Friends	336
The Mulford Mission	336-337
St. Mary's Catholic Church	337-338
Musserville Church	338
Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Church	338-339
German Methodist Episcopal Church	339-340
First Church of Christ Scientist	340
Grace English Lutheran Church	340-341
St. Malachy's Church At Ardon	341
German Congregational Church	341
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Chapter XVII---Educational	342-344
No Male Teachers	344
To Establish High School	344-346
Renamed Buildings	346-347
By W. F. Chevalier	347-348
Attendance Increases	348
Building on East Hill	348-349
Method of Promotion	349-350
School No. 1 In Olden Days	350-351
Ten Months of School	351-352
Old School No. 1	352
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Chapter XVII---The Medical Profession	353-354
Pioneer Physicians	354-355
Tragic Death of Dr. Hershe	355-360
Muscatine County Medical Societies	360-362
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Chapter XVIII---Bench And Bar	363-365
Judge Joseph Williams	365-369
Judge S. Clinton Hastings	369-371
D. C. Cloud	371
Judge William G. Woodward	371
Stephen Whicher	371-373
Judge A. J. Leffingwell	373
J. Scott Richman	373-374
Judge Ralph P. Lowe	374-375
Jacob Butler	375
Harry O'Connor	375
Judge De witt C. Richman	375-376
Judge George Meason	376
Alden Broomhall	376-377
George W. Van Horne	377
Thomas Hanna	377
Muscatine Bar Association	377-378
First And Last Member of Congress	378
Pioneer Bench And Bar	378-381
A Fashionable Quadrille And An Indian War Dance	381-382
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Chapter XIX---Journalism	383
First Issue In A Stable	383-384
Starting Newspaper in 1840	384-385
Dr. C. O. Waters' Next Edition	385
Herald Becomes A Whig Paper	385-386
John Mahin Enters Herald Office	386-388
F. A. C. Foreman The Next Editor	388-389
First Muscatine Journal Printed	389-390
John Mahin Becomes Editor	390
Orion Clemens Becomes Partner	390-391
Daily Journal Is Established	391-392
Mr. Mahin Takes Sole Charge	392-393
Journal Printing Company Organized	393-394
Editor of The Journal Fifty Years	394-397
The News-Tribune	397-399
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Chapter XX---Banks And Bankers	.
Greene & Stone, Bankers	400-401
First Trust & Savings Bank	401-402
Hershey State Bank	402
The Muscatine State Bank	402-403
The German-American Savings Bank	403
Recollections of A Pioneer Banker	403-404
Early Muscatine Bankers	404-405
Then Came Isett & Brewster	405
Abbott, Dutton & Patterson	405-406
After Failure of Bank	406
Merchants' Exchange	406-407
Bank at Wilton	407
Men Were Trained	407-408
Strong And Able Men	408
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Chapter XXI---Transportation	409
Early Stage Coaches	409-410
The Railroad	410-411
Muscatine North & South Railway	411-412
Citizens Railway & Light Company	412-419
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Chapter XXII---Associations	.
Old Settlers' Association	420-422
Muscatine County Agricultural Society	422-423
Iowa Lodge of Masons No. 2	423-427
Electra Chapter of The Eastern Star, No. 32	427-428
Muscatine Lodge, No. 5, I.O.O.F.	428-429
Wyoming Lodge, No. 76, Knights of Pythias	429
Muscatine Camp, No. 106, Modern Woodmen of America	429-430
Musquitine Tribe, No. 95, Independent Order Red Men	430
Benevolent And Protective Order of Elks, No. 304	430
Eagle Lodge Ancient Order United Workmen, No. 10	430-431
Muscatine Tent, No. 9, Knights of The Maccabees	431
Laurent Council, No. 1035, Knights of Columbus	431-432
Muscatine Aerie No. 815, Fraternal Order of Eagles	432
The Muscatine Turnverein	432
St. Joseph's Mutual Aid Society	432
The German Mechanics' Aid Society	432-433
Women's Organizations	433-435
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Chapter XXIII---Looking Upward	436-438
The Muscatine Chautauqua	438-439
Young Men's Christian Association	439-441
Young Women's Christian Association	441-442
Hershey Memorial Hospital	442-443
Bellevue Hospital	443
Old Ladies' Home	443-444
German Lutheran Orphans' And Old People's Home	444-445
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Chapter XXIV---Chronology	.
Records of Events From 1834-1910	446-489
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Various Views and Street Scenes	.
View From Tow Head in 1901	.
East Side of Iowa Avenue, Looking North From Third Street, in July, 1877	.
South Side of Second Street, East of Sycamore, in 1867	.
View of Iowa Avenue, 1874, Looking North From Near the Corner of Third Street	.
Northeast From Court House Dome	.
South From Court House Dome	.
North From Court House Dome	.
Southeast From Court House	.
Second Street, Looking West From Cedar in 1869	.
Scene at Corner of Third and Chestnut Streets, Looking up Third, in 1866	.
Second Street, East of Cedar, in 1866	.
Third Street Looking East from Iowa Avenue in 1866	.