MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA REGISTER OF OLD SETTLERS BOOK ONE

Source: REGISTER OF OLD SETTLERS , BOOK One, page 10 - 17, 23 - 30
submitted by Lynn McCleary, January 27, 2008

SETTLERS COMING TO COUNTY BY YEAR
1834 - 1859
(hand written entries)

PAGE 10
1835	Eli Reynolds - 85 yrs in 1872 - written without spectacles - died 1873
	Col. John Vanater dies June 17, 1857
1834	Azubra Nye
PAGE 11
1834	Benjamin Nye came in the Fall of '34
	Lycurgus D. Parmer
May 18th	John F. Huber
Oct. 1835	John McGrew
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1835
	Thomas Burdett
	Lewis Burdett
May	Addison Reynolds
Feb	John Dodge
	James Chambers in Feb. 35 built a Log cabin at Fairport
	Michael P Pace, November 1835
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1836	Muscatine surveyed May 1836 by Major W. Gordon
	John Vanater & Ben. Clark Proprietors
June	Moses Couch, (removed to Chicago) Returned June 15th 1870
May 12	Saml Gilbert
Nov	Wm. St John (removed to Illinois) Died 1874
May 12	Thomas b. Holliday
May 15	John H Miller
	John Holladay
May 12	Samual Holladay
July 4	Elias Holladay
July 4	E Thornton
July 4	Lott Thornton
May 4	Levi Thornton
May	A.H. Benson
June 1836	Suel Foster
1837	Edw V Fay
	Joseph Craizi
	John Reece
	Henry Reece
	Jon Reece
May 11, 1836	Anderson Chambers
	Farneer
Spring	William Bear aged 40 being in 72 - 76 yrs.
Oct 3d	Wm P. Wright & Nancy Wright
Sept 28th	Wm Gordon
	John Chambers
	Vincent Chambers
	William Chambers , Sr
	William Chambers, Jr.
	Amanda Chambers Mrs M. P. Pace
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1837
February	Giles Pettibone
April	Joseph Bridgman
	Richard Lord
May 23	Asa Gregg
November 4	Henry Funck
Sept. 20	Geo. Bumgardner
April 10	Wm. G. Holmes
	Jerimiah Fish
April 7, 1837	Pling Fay
April	H. H. Hines
Nov 20	Thomas Walton
	Catherine Gregg
Sep 4	Isiah Davis
August	Marshall Farnsworth
Oct. 3	Wm. Calder
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1838
April	Humphrey Burdett
June 1836	W. D. Viele
June 10th	Josiah Procter Walton
Aug 10th	John W. Walton (died March 11, 1882)
Aug 10th	Peter Jackson
	J.Williams
Augt. 1th	T.S. Parvin
November 7th	Abraham Talcott Banks
	Henry W. Moore
Oct 22'd	Samuel Lucas
Aug 10	Abraham Smalley
April the 7	Thomas Morford
August	Js Adams Reuling
Feby	A. M. Winn
May 12	Charles Browning
Oct 25	James Phillips
Oct 25	Andrew McCurdy
	J. Williams
Feby	S. M. Stewart (moved to Jones county, Iowa)
April 7, 1837	William Morford
	R. Morford
	J. A. Reuling (to Burlington to Musctine in '42)
Sept	J.E. Fletcher
	Jan..d Lucas
June 22	John N. Beard
Dec 19	Henry Blanchard
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1839	Methodist Episcopal Church organized in July with 7 members
July 2	George Ed. Daniels
	A. M. Klein
September 17	George Washington Humphreys (removed to Delware County, Iowa)
September 30	Samuel Tarr
Nov 25	Sheldon Norton Candeo
	Lucy An Candeo
April	F. H. Stone
October	James Weed
May 29th	G. Nash (removed to Missouri, 1868)
April 15th	John Kennedy Williams
May 1st	Masaicai Gilbert (died Feby 1864)
September	Jacob, Elias, Israel
April 20	Dennis Jeffers
March	W Bennett
May	D. C. Cloud
April 23	Wm Leffingwell
March 1839	Jacob Rulleman
April	Wm. A. Gordon (died 1866)
Jun	S. D. Viele (died 1867)
April	M.B. Jannison (moved to Colorado)
	Samuel Sinnett
	Isaac Magoon
	Geo D. Magoon
Dec. 1839	W.G. Woodward
	H. Woodward
	Alexander Dunsmore
June 2, 1839	Benjamin T. Olds (died in California Sep 26, '62)
June 1839	Hiram Mathews in Muscatine (died Sept 29, 1862)
Jul 1839	A. J. Leffingwell (removed to Clinton County, Iowa)
	J. R. Mauck
	Benjamin Mathews
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1839
	Col. C. H. Abbott (killed at Vicksburg Miss, May 22, 1863)
April 18th	J.A. Parvin
	J. M. Peane
	J. w. Kincaid
	L.G. McCloud
March	Nancy J. Gray
	H.H. O Benson
	J.A. Purinton
	Mary Ann Purniton
Sept.	E.T.S. Schenck
	J.r. Mauck
April 1st	Charles S. Foster
June	Mary C. Winn
October 1844	J. G. Watkins
April 1839	F. H. Stone
	Mrs. Hollister nee Hanson
	Richard H. Randell
PAGE 18
	Annie C. Kennedy
	Wilfred M. Kennedy
PAGE 23
1840
	Pierson, Alger
1840	John Ziegler
	J.J. Hoopes
3rd April	Ed Hoch
	L.W. Washburn
	Agrus Hawley
	Ellen M. Humphrey
Feb	J. L. Husted
	D.E. Husted
June	Andrew J. Fimple
	F. M. Horton
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1841
	G. W. Messak or Mepack
	Marllia Mepack
	Henny Molis
	John H. Benkshine
	Mrs. J. M. Purvis daughter of Isaac Lathrop brother of Silas Latrop born in Muscaitne 1841
	John Purvis husband of above of West Liberty
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1842
	Fr. Phelps
	W.G. Washam
	Richard Cadle
	Joseph Harrison
March 10th	J.B Doughterty
May 20th	Alexander Clark
	Theodsia Underwood
	Maud S. Underwood
	A. J. Brockway
Nov 7	Reuben Warren
	J. Fimple
	W.L. Davidson
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1843
	John Lemp
	Alden B. Robbins
	Fred Bridgman
November	John Mahin
	Dyer Williams
	Ebenezer P. day
June	Harrison Gray
Oct	J.D. Walker
May 10	A.G. Townsley
Sept 15	Wm Hankley
Sept 10	William Wervin
Sept	Cornelious Cadle
May 9	Alex Jackson
	Jesse Brogan
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1844
Dec b	P. Thunton
May	D.C. Richman
	S. Blanche Hawley
May 26, 1844	H. H. Garnes
March 1844	J.a. Green
May 1, 1844	S. C. Dunn
October	J.G. Watkins
June	H. M. Wallace
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1845
Nov. 15	Marx Block
	W.C. Bieurhi honary by wife
	J.G. Gordon
May 20th	Christian Hershe, murdered March 9, 1864
Nov.	Jno. V.B. Martin
	T. R. Sells honoary
	Char. O. Birch
De.	Robert Daplavin
June 25th	S.G. Gates
	Levi Eichelberger
	Harvey Baker
	John Weir, Jr
	J. Eveland
Feb. 1849	S. G. Stein
May 1, 1850	P. Stein
June 1856	S.M. Cobb
May 1850	F.M. Witter
June 1854	Peter Musser
March 1856	C.H. Hatch
	M. S. Hatch
April 1855	A. W. Heinly
April 1855	B. F. Heinly
	Laura Heinly
	Ida Heinly
May 1855	Joseph O. Hoopes
Nov 1856	J.C. Shipley
	Henry Friedly 1845 Mary Friedly
	Anna Wagner 1846 Hey Wagner 1857
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1840
March	P. Vanatta
1839	E.P. Vanatta
	James Vanatta
April	B. Bartholomew
	Harriet Bartholomew
August	Cap Eden Brown - from Ohio - Ferryman on Cedar since 1851
	Mrs. Josephine Berging maid name Achther - born in Muscatine 1852
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Sep 1854	John Schmidt
Nov. 2, 1855	A. F. Demorest
April 14, 1850	W.S. Fultz and Martha Fultz 1842
1852	Horton A. Hollister
1850	Wm Bond
1851	John W. Gray - born here
1856	S.A. Gray - born here
Nov. 1, 1852	H. H. McCoy
June 2, 1854	H. P. Jones
Mch 14, 1856	Wm. P. Smith
April 1857	Wm. Parkin
May 1852	Mrs. G.K. Dun
Nov. 4th	Henry Madden
Nov 14, 1851	Jane E. Temple or Madden
1852	Mrs. O.M. Kessengen
Oct 1854	R. Mupor or Musser
March 1859	J. Stockdale
June 1844	Charles Giesler
Oct 1852	H. A. Hollister
April 1839	Mrs. H.A. Hollister
Apr 1848	B. W. Lord
Mary 4, 1848	Frank Geiger
June 19, 1855	C.C. Patrick - C.W. Darby, Mrs. F.M. Derby, Mrs. Abbie Darby
1844	James C & Mary H. Stuart

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