RINGGOLD COUNTY IOWA HISTORY
Compiled and Written by The Iowa Writers' Program Of the Work Projects Administration In the State of Iowa
Jessie M. PARKER State Superintendent of Public Instruction State-Wide Sponsor of the
Iowa Writers' Program
Sponsored by Ringgold County Superintendent of Schools Mount Ayr, Iowa 1942
TABLE of CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 ~ ENTERING The WILDERNESS
Surnames: ALLEN, CANNY, CASE, Chief Che-ma-use,
DADY, DRIGGS, ELLIS, GREEN, GRIMES, HAGANS, HALE, HARPER, HAVEY, HOBBS, HUGHES, IMUS, LOWE, McCARTNEY, MILLER, PATTERSON, RILEY,
RINGGOLD, SCHOOLER, SHAY, SMITH, SRY, SULLIVAN, TETHROW or TETHEROW, THOMPSON, TRULLINGER, WANWOXEN, WILKINSON, WILSON
Chapter 2 ~ OUT of The PATHWAY of MAIN TRAVEL
Surnames: BASTON, BEALL, BRADLEY, BROWN, BURTON, COFER, DALE, DOWLING, DOZE, DRAKE, DUNNING,
FRANCIS, FULLERTON, GNAGY, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, HAGANS, HARROW, HAWLEY, IMUS, JAMES, JEZEK, JONES, KEITH, LAMB, LESAN, LOWE,
McCARTNEY, McEFFE, McMANIGAL, MERRILL, MERRITT, MILLER, MURPHY, POOR, ROBY, RUDE, SCHOOLER, SHAY, SHELDON, SHELLER, SOLES, SOMERS, STAFFORD, STAHL, SWIGART, TAYLOR, TOMAN, TOWNSEND,
TURK, Van WINKLE, WALTER[S],
WILLIS, ZARUBA
Chapter 3 ~ THE SCHOOLS and CHURCHES
Surnames: ADAM, ARCHBOLD, ARGABRIGHT, ASKREN, BARCHUS, BEALL, BELL, BROOKS, BROWN, CALFEE,
CUNNINGHAM, DAVIS, DUNNING, EPHLAND, FOSTER, FULLERTON, GALLOWAY, HAGANS, HOLDEN, JONES, KIRKHAM, LAUGHLIN, MARSHALL, MERRILL, MILLER, PERKINS, PICKETT, POOR, PROCTOR,
RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, RUBY, SHAY, SMITH, STAHL, STEPHENS, STEVENSON, SWAN, TALLEY, TEDROW, THOMPSON, TODD, VARNER, WILKERSON, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS
Chapter 4 ~ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES
Surnames: BEAVER, BLAUER, CROSLEY, DAMEN, DICKSON, DOZE, FELLOWS, FRY, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, GUSTIN,
IMUS, JOHNSTON, LININGER, MATTHEWS, SHAY, SNEER, TERWILLIGER, THOMPSON, TIDRICK, WHITE, WILBUR
Chapter 5 ~ CHANGES THAT CAME WITH THE RAILROAD
Surnames: ANDREWS, BAILEY, BENNETT, BLAUER, CHANDLER, DEFENBAUGH, DeWITT, EIGHME, INGRAM, JOHNSON,
JOHNSTON, KINSELL, LESAN, LOUDER, McGREGOR, ROBINSON, ROGERS, STEVENSON, TIDRICK, TYRREL, WILBUR
Chapter 6 ~ VILLAGE and COUNTRYSIDE PIONEER TOGETHER
Surnames: ALDRICH, ASKREN, BALLOU, BARTRUFF, BRILEY, BROTHERS, CARTER, COCHRAN, CORKHILL, CORNWALL, DULANY, ERSKINE, EVANS,
GETTINGER, HEATON, IMUS, JODON, JOHNSON, KELLER, KINSELL, LeFEVER, LESAN, MARRIAGE, MARSHALL, McCREARY, MILLER, MORRIS,
PARKINS, POTTER, RAMSEY, RIDER, SCOTT, SPURRIER,
STEPHENS, SWAIN, TEDFORD, UNDERHILL, WAUGH, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WISDOM
Chapter 7 ~ RINGGOLD COUNTY in The EIGHTEEN NINTIES
Surnames: ALLYN, BAUM, BEARD, BEVIS, BENT, DOLECEK, KELLER, KINSELL, MORGAN, PEASLEY, SMITH, STAHL, TEAL, WARREN
Chapter 8 ~ A GRADUAL GROWTH
Surnames: ALLYN, ANDERSON, BEALL, BELL, BEMENT, BRADLEY, COVERDELL, CRECELIUS, DUDLEY, DUNNING,
FULLER, KEATING, LEONARD, LUNNEY, MAXWELL, PARKER, RAINS, SALTZMAN, SHROYER, SMITH, TEALE, WHITE, WILLIAMS
Chapter 9 ~ MATURITY
Surnames: ABARR, BAILEY, BUCK, EMLEY, EURITT, FULLER, HOLDEN, JACOBS, MAHAN,
McFARLAND, POOR, PRENTIS, STEWART, WILKERSON
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Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2011
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