Ringgold County Courthouse built in 1884
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There are now 3,922 Ringgold County gravestone photographs posted on IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photo Project. Recent additions to Tingley Cemetery, courtesy of dukemeister, and to Maple Row Cemetery, Kellerton, courtesy of Mrs. Andy (Joyce) Johnston.

Through the generosity of Ramon "Ray" Bear the Bear Cemetery is completely transcribed and on-line at IAGenWeb's Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. Dukemeiser has completed photographing the Tingley Cemetery (an awesome task!), Pleasant Ridge (a.k.a. Bever) Cemetery, and Quinn Cemetery. Thank you!!

The following cemeteries are now transcribed and on-line at Ringgold County IAGenWeb's site with links to obituaries, biographies, and gravestone photographs on IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photo Project:
    Allen-Clark Cemetery     Bear Cemetery     Benton Cemetery
    Bethel Cemetery     Bever (Pleasant Ridge) Cemetery     Bohemian Cemetery
    Cabaret Cemetery     Caledonia Cemetery     Centenary Cemetery
    Oak Ridge Cemetery

This is an on-going project until all of the cemetery transcriptions are completed and updated. There may be some omissions in these transcripts. Please let us know if you know of an interment that has been missed. Thank you.

Visit IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photograph Website at
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http://iowagravestones.org/submit.php.

NOVEMBER, 2009
    New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • CEMETERIES:
        Transcriptions of Caledonia and Centenary Cemeteries.
        Centenary Cemetery Photographs

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        William Thomas "Tom" BAKER     Charles William COOK
        Richard Henry COOK     William L. EDMONDSON
        Dale Eric FROST     Lucille Elizabeth (VALENTINE) PERRY
        Geraldine (FOGLE) RIEF     Roger Dale TIPTON
        Clara "Galene" (STEPHENS) VARNER

     

    OCTOBER, 2009   New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BIOGRAPHIES:
        Edgar & Frank E. SHELDON
            Contribution by Debbie Clough Gerischer

     

  • CEMETERY PAGES:
        Benton Cemetery Transcriptions & links to Gravestone Photographs & Obituaries
        Bethel Cemetery Transcriptions & links to Gravestone Photographs & Obituaries
        Cabaret Cemetery Transcriptions & links to Gravestone Photographs
        Oak Ridge (a.k.a. Forest Home) Cemetery trancriptions & links to Gravestone Photographs
        Rose Hill Cemetery history added to webpage.

     

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        The PALMER & SPENCER Families     Ed and Marea (GROGAN) SHEIL Family

     

  • MAPS:
        Kellerton, Athens Twp.
        Maloy, Benton Twp.
        Redding, Clinton Twp.
        Diagonal, Jefferson & Washington Twps.
        Mount Ayr, Poe Twp.
        Delphos, Rice Twp.
        Tingley, Tingley Twp.
        Ellston, Union Twp.
        Tingley, Tingley Twp.
        Ringgold & Decatur Counties

     

  • NEWS ITEMS:
         Kellerton Boosters, 1912
         Letter Carriers Convention, 1913
         Methodist Episcopal Appointments, Chariton District, 1912
             contributions by Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        Richard Franklin ARMSTRONG     Victoria "Pauline" (McANINCH) BROWN
        John BURHAM     Charles Wesley (C.W.) CODDINGTON
        Darmaris (STEVENSON) CODDINGTON     Norman Grant CODDINGTON
        Sarah A. CODDINGTON     Linda Colene (STANLEY) COOPER
        Cora (BENSON) CORNELISON     Joseph Clyde CORNELISON
        Mrs. FISHER, wife of Rev. FISHER     Abigal Mae (PETTIS) DRUMMINS GRAVETT
        John Allen GRAVETT     Donna Iris (SMITH) GREIMANN
        Buford D. HALL     Elizabeth (MURDOK) QUINN JOHNSTON
        Algie Ira LINK     Theodore Louis "Ted" LIPPOLD
        Charles Nicholas "Charlie" MANDERS     Mary Ann (LONG) McVEY
        Elizabeth Abigail (BURNISON) PARKER     Blondena SALTZMAN
        Wilma V. SKINNER     Fransina "Sina" (CODDINGTON) SMITH
        Isaac F. SMITH     William Ward TALLEY
        Merrit Leo TRIGGS     Orie W. WALTER
        Pauline (LONG) WHEELEN     Betty L. (BROTT) ZIGLER

     

  • PHOTOGRAPHS:
        Contributions by Phillina Smelser:
        Vern, Jocko, & Cleo HACKER     Vern & Vera HACKER, wedding photograph
        Vernadean HACKER     Vernadean HACKER & Phillip GODDEN
        wedding photograph
        Vern & Vera HACKER
        with granddaughter Phillina
        Vera HACKER
        Pleasant Hill Church Group

          Contributions by Michael Cooley:
        Oliver & Sarah Eva ASHENHURST     Billie HOUGE, baby photograph
        Billie & Patsy HOUGE with kitten     Billie HOUGE & Will McDOWELL
        Hugh HOUGE, Knotts Berry Farm     Robert Irwin & Nancy Joanna HOUGE
        Birdie McDOWELL, childhood photograph     William & Euphemia McDOWELL

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        Tingley High School Graduates, Class of 1895

     

  • Tales From the Front Porch:
        Amanda Elvina (DULY) BEAR
            Contribution by Joy Johnson

        Memories of a Daughter, John Allen & Abigal Mae (PETTIS) GRAVETT
            Contribution by Deloris Mae (Gravett) & Ramon Lee Bear

     

    SEPTEMBER, 2009   New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BEAR Family photographs, courtesy of the BEAR family have been added to:
        Doc & Donna BEAR biography     Solomon "Sol" BEAR biography
        Amanda Elvina (DULY) BEAR obituary     Donna Leslie (STEVENS) BEAR obituary
        John BEAR obituary     Orville Nelson "Doc" BEAR obituary
        Solomon "Sol" BEAR obituary     William Franklin "Frank" BEAR obituary
        Winfield Scott BEAR obituary     BEAR Family Page

     

  • Unidentified Photographs:
        Maxwell Studio Photographs from the FRIEND Family Album
            Submitted by Kimble DaCosta

  • BIOGRAPHIES:
        Rev. Ward CAMPBELL     Vera COMBS
        Rev. Stephen L. CULMER     Ruby (NEILL) DOUGLASS
        Dr. Oscar & Eva FULLERTON     Luke E. HART
        Cyrus Horace HICKENLOOPER     "Uncle" Will HUNT
        Dr. S. Bruce GALLOWAY     Earl KELLY
        Ollie "Posy" (MIMS) MILLER     C. Josephine STAHL
        Kate Olive (WILKERSON) WIGHT

     

  • CHURCH PAGES:
        Assembly of God Church, Redding     Community Bible Church, Redding
        Middle Fork Methodist Church, updated     Middle Fork Sunday School Classes & Organizations
        Palestine Church, Redding     United Methodist Church, Redding, updated
        Vacation Bible School, Redding, 1952     United Presbyterian Church, Redding, updated

        Photographs of Assembly of God and Free Methodist Church, Mount Ayr, courtesy of Mike Avitt

  • FAMILY PAGES
        Anna "Frata" (BEAR) BACH,   Amanda Elvina (DULY) BEAR,
        Gladys (BEAR) and Lee BEAL,   Leonard Solomon Bear family,
        Doris Lavon (BEAR) CAMPBELL,   Edna Marie (Bear) & Jesse Harold STACY family,
            Bear Family submissions by Ramon L. Bear

        John Gray & Mary "Pearl" (RICHARSON) STEPHENS, submitted by Julie Watts
        The WALTER & STUCK Families, submitted by Julie Watts

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        Timeline
        Clipper     Jones Medicine Chest, Then and Now
        Ledger, Jones Medicine Chest     Ingart Grove - Ingart
        RR #2 Patrons, Redding, 1916     RR #1 Patrons, Redding, 1918
        New Photograph of Knowlton, circa 1910, courtesy of Mike Avitt

     

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        Updated page for George "Emmett" LILES
        Redding G.A.R. Post 51     Redding American Legion
        Barton ABARR, WWII     Carl ABARR, WWI
        Joe ABARR, WWII     William ABARR, WWII
        T. A. ARNEAL, Civil War     Francis ATHEY, WWII
        Carl Edman COMBS, Korean War     Harold COMBS, WWII
        Vance COMBS, WWII     Jim EDWARDS, Civil War
        Esse FREED, WWII     Vance E. GEIGER, WWII
        Blaine HERREN, WWII     Ben HILL, WWII
        Paul HILL, Vietnam War     John S. HOFFMAN, Civil War
        D. W. HUDSON, Civil War     Oscar HUDSON, WWI
        Larry "Bill" HUNT, Korean War     James Robert JEANES, WWII
        Ariel Fayette KNAPP, WWI     Gifford KNAPP, WWII
        Kenneth KNAPP, Vietnam War     Calvin LAMBERT, Vietnam War
        Gary LAMBERT, Vietnam War     Keith LAMBERT, Vietnam War
        Kenneth LAMBERT, Vietnam War     Homer M. LYNCH, WWII
        David L. MAUDLIN, Vietnam War     Harold MILLER, Korean War
        Robert Leroy MILLER, WWII     Jerry A. MONDAY, Vietnam War
        Jim NEAS, Korean War     Harrison NORRIS, Civil War
        Vivian NORRIS, WWII     F. M. OLIVER, Civil War
        Eugene OLNEY, WWII     Orley OVERMAN, WWII
        Howard PARKER, WWII     Carl Montgomery QUICK, WWI
        Darrel Edward ROACH, Korean War     Albert SANDERS, WWI
        George Lewis SAVILLE, WWII     Jacob SAVILLE, Korean War
        Henry M. SIEFFERT, WWII     John W. SHAFER, WWII
        Jerry Dean SHAW, Vietnam War     Roy B. SHEUMAKER, WWII
        Donald SKINNER, Korean War     Richard SNETHEN, Vietnam War
        Wilson STANTON, Civil War     Richard SNETHEN, Vietnam War
        Sam A. TAYLOR, WWII     D. M. TENNANT, WWII
        Duane THOMPSON, WWII     Homer THOMPSON, WWII
        Howard THOMPSON, WWII     Kenneth THOMPSON, WWII
        Russell THOMPSON, WWII     John Arthur VANSKYOCK, WWII
        Dale WALKUP, Vietnam War     Algie Claire WARNER, Korean War
        Gerald D. WAUGH, Vietnam War     Richard W. WAUGH, Vietnam War
        Veteran Interments

     

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS:
        Ray E. AUCKER, 1994     Bank Robbery, Diagonal, 1896
        Bank Robbery, Redding, 1923     J. N. BROWN Fire, 1893
        COULTHARD Anniversary     Delphos, Small Town Iowa
        DENNISON Estate, 1903     Dial Telephone, Diagonal & Redding, 1968
        Farm Crisis, 1988     Golda FRAME & Melvin Ingram Wedding
        Rev. D. J. HENDERSON Revival, 1954     Kellerton Bank Closing, 1930
        Maloy IA Robbery, 1956     Mr. & Mrs. Dennis NORDINE, 1971
        PENNEBAKER Murder, 1929     Death of Timothy Davis RATLEY, 2008
        Viola Marie SAGE & Willard S. LEWIS Wedding     Stranded by Snow Storm, Redding, 1961
        Tingley Bank, 1893     Tingley Fire, 1894
        Tornado, 1984     Tornado, 2001
        Family Row, 1904

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        Addition of photographs, courtesy of the BEAR family, for obituaries of:
           Anna Maria (KIEFER) BEAR, Glenn Franklin BEAR, Reuben Ugene BEAR,
         Thelma Icyle BEAR, William Franklin "Frank" BEAR

        Kendra Rae ADAMS     Albert J. ALLEN
        Ruby Naomi ANDERSON     Merle BAILEY
        Eston D. "Red" BAKER     William Daniel Joseph "Joe" BARBER
        Lillie Mabel (HALL) BEAR     James Earl BLAKE
        Ada Mae (JOHNSTON) BLOOMSTRAND     Chester H. BRECKENRIDGE
        Marvin BROWN     Revere Andrew BROWN
        Bettie (ROBBINS) BURNS     Anna Pearl (SHELDEN) BEAR CARSE
        Helen (BOYD) COCHRANE     Samuel Peter COMBS
        Vern Fern DEAL     Anna Belle (ZIKE) DEIBERT
        Corwin Bruce DEIBERT     William D. DEIBERT
        Garnet "Janice" (HEGGS) DUFFIELD     Raymond Rudolph FOGLE
        Charles Elton FRAME     Mary Elizabeth (OVERMIRE) FRAME
        Silas Paul FRAME     Gerald B. GARLAND
        Byron Eugene "Gene" GUNSOLLEY     Kenneth Lee "Ken" HATFIELD
        Clyde HOUGE     Elizabeth Ann (WARE) WELLS HOPKINS
        Priscilla Ann (FENTON) HULL     John W. HURD
        Lila (LIVINGSTON) JACKSON     William Delbert JACKSON
        Rev. Ralph F. JOHNSON     Josephine M. (HUBBERT) KELLNER
        Annie KNEEDLER     Willa Jean LEWIS
        Mary Virginia NASH     Rev. George V. NEAL, Jr.
        Joseph Jerome "Joe" NOVAK     Joan (WILEY) OWENS
        Andrew RICHARDSON     Mary ROBERTS
        Clara Jean ROMANELLI     Marion L. ROMANS
        Diana Kay (SHIELDS) SHANE     Clara May SHAWLER
        Jacob SHAWLER     Billie Jean SMITH
        Mary Pearl (RICHARDSON) STEPHENS     Richard E. STEVENS
        Nola Lavon (ADAMS) SWEITLIK     John Paul TAYLOR
        Norma L. (FRENCH) TAYLOR     Dale M. TROWER
        Cora Beatrice (DEIBERT) TURNER     Russell Thomas VANDERFLUGHT
        Absalom WELLS     Lee M. WILLSIE
        Barbara Ann (HOWARD) WILKEY     Rev. Walter ZARR

     

  • QUERIES
        Amanda Elvina (DULEY) BEAR
            Surnames: Duly or Duley or Dooley or Dewley, Bear, Watson, Shafstoll, Booth
        James and Sarah (JOHNSTON) WATTS and their 11 children, including son George WATTS
        Looking for photographs of WATTS, REYNOLDS, WADDELL families

  • TALES FROM THE FRONT PORCH:
        September Road Trip, contribution by Sharon R. Becker:
            Part I: Pioneer School, Nine Eagles, & Pleasanton, Decatur Co.
            Part II: Davis City & Union Church; Leon Depot & Round Barn, Decatur Co.
            Part III: LeRoy, Decatur Co.
            Part IV: Humeston Depot, Wayne Co. & Osceola Depot, Clarke Co.
        The Story Tellers. . .We Are The Chosen or Why I Am So Fascinated ("Obsessed") With Genealogy
            contribution by Sherry Hatfield
        Addition of Frazer/Turpen House photographs to Road Trip, Davis City
            contribution by Sherry Balow
        Remedies, Cures, and Advertising, contribution by Sharon R. Becker

    AUGUST, 2009   New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • Ringgold County's Golden Nuggets
        a resource guide to town museums, genealogical & history archives, town centennial books

  • BIOGRAPHIES:
       Solomon "Sol" BEAR
       Birdie Nina (McDOWELL) HOGUE

  • CEMETERIES:
       2009 photographs of Merritt Cemetery, Athens Township
       2009 photographs of Oakland Cemetery, Shannon City
       Updated Bear Cemetery page
       Bear Cemetery Transcriptions and cemetery history
       Civil War Gravestones of Adam and John BEAR
       Bohemian Cemetery Transcriptions with Links to Gravestone Photos
       Transcription of Oakland Cemetery, Shannon City

  • CHURCHES:
       2009 photographs of First Christian Church, Tingley, United Presbyterian Church, Tingley,
         and Wishard Chapel  First Baptist Church interior, Delphos
       1938 Methodist Church Groups, Contribution by Kathy Gregg
       Updated page, Bohemian Church, rural Diagonal
       Updated page, Church of Christ, Mount Ayr
       Updated page, First Baptist Church, Mount Ayr
       Updated page, First Lutheran Church, Mount Ayr
       Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, Mount Ayr
       Presbyterian Church, Mount Ayr
       Redding Sunday School Class, 1913    Updated page, Regular Baptist Church, Mount Ayr
       Updated page, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mount Ayr
       United Methodist Church, Mount Ayr
       United Presbyterian Church, Mount Ayr

  • FAMILY PAGES:
       Addition of Bear Family Reunion Information & Contacts, at bottom of webpage
       The MAIN Family Record: Descendants of Daniel MAIN, contribution by Julie Watts
       The Joseph MAIN Family, contribution by Julie Watts
       The STEPHENS Family of Caledonia, contribution by Julie Watts

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        Updated Ringgold County Home
        Updated Ghost Towns Page
        Updated Kellerton Photos Page
            contributions by Kathy Gregg and Ken Baker
        Kellerton's Ancestral Roots: Merritt Station, Cross, New Chicago
        Construction Photographs, Highway 2, circa 1939
            contribution by Kathy Gregg
        History of Caledonia by John G. STEPHENS, 1970
            contribution by Julie Watts
        Seaton's Store, Delphos, 1975
            contribution by Mike Avitt
        Post Cards of Shannon City, early 1900's
            contribution by Darrell Eckhardt
        Ringgold County Courthouse, built 1926
        Mount Ayr Produce, 1973
            contribution by Mike Avitt

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        Updates for WWI Casualties,   WWII Casualties,   and Vietnam Casualties
        Civil War Gravestones of Adam and John BEAR
        Diagonal American Legion     Diagonal Civil War Veterans
        PFC Iven C. DOWELL     SSGT Albert H. HOLIDAY
        S/1c Kenneth F. McGEHEE     PVT Victor Baker MORRIS
        PVT Leo O. OLSON     LCPL Howard Wayne REESE
        Pvt. Clyde Russell WOODS     PFC Ronald Allen YASHACK

     

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS:
        Buffalo Robes, 1874     Call For Whittlers, 1876
        Chicken Ordinance, 1926     Crime & Punishments, 1876
        Egg Fight, 1876     Good Advice, 1876
        GROSE House Fire, 2003     Left Horseless, Jerry BRANUM, 1875
        Minstrel Show, 1875     Mud Wrestling, 1877
        Onion Sociables, 1895     Pay Up!!, Wm ALEXANDER, 1877
        Pound Parties, 1877     Dick & Marj PRENTIS 50th Anniversary
        Dr. Percy L. PRENTIS, 1913     Sen. X.T. PRENTIS House Fire, 1955
        Smoochin' on the Sabbath, 1877     Star Theatre, 1913
        Traffic on the Square, 1916

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        Additon of photograph to obituaries of Adeline (HARTLEY) and Franklin M. SEATON,
          Courtesy of 1st Baptist Church Museum, Delphos

        Additon of photograph to obituaries of Lyman Henry BAKER, Helen Lucile (BACON) BAKER,
          and Robert Gene "Jake" BAKER, Courtesy of Ken Baker

       Robert COLLINGS    William CONE, Sr.
       Kloe Diana JENNINGS    William E. "Bill" JOHNSTON
       Joseph D. KAFKA    Rosalia (TREJTNAR) KAFKA
       Donald Leroy KIBBE    Ruth M. (SCHARDEIN) LAMB
       Elma Elnore (STEPHENS) MAIN    Weldon C. MAIN
       Elma Lucille (WILLEY) MOORE    Lola (STEPHENS) OLNEY
       Russell L. OLNEY    X. T. PRENTIS
       Anna K. SKROH    Fred V. SKROH
       Margaret "Anne" (PRENTIS) WITTMANN

     

  • PHOTOGRAPHS:
      Contributions by Kathy Gregg:
       Bill & Ruth family    The BRESSLERS & O.L. JONESES
       Maurice BRIMMER & Raymond REYNOLDS    Dean JACKSON & Howard FARMER
       Mrs. Della JACKSON    Della JACKSON & Elizabeth JONES
       Mr. & Mrs. Washington JACKSON    Della JACKSON & Elizabeth JONES
       In Front of Jones Medicine Chest    Jones Medicine Chest
       Elizabeth JONES& her Chevy    James Dowlen JONES
       Kathryn Arabella JONES, 1935 & 1936    Kathryn A. JONES, Senior Photograph
       O. L. JONES gathering    Marie Marie & Mary Alice
       Kellerton Class Picnic 1936    Kellerton Folks
       Wilma of Kellerton    SMITHS, PETTIS, Elizabeth Jones
       Mr. SMITH, Elizabeth JONES, Mr. PETTIS    1938 Methodist Church Groups
       Rebekah Ladies House Cleaners, 1940    Dorothy SLEZIK, Mildred and Ruby, 1940
       Stormy KNIGHT, Mildred, Arlene, Wayne, 1940    1937 Kellerton Class Picnic
       1938 Kellerton Class Picnic    1939 Kellerton Class Picnic
       1940 Kellerton Class Picnic I    1940 Kellerton Class Picnic II
       Summertime in Iowa    Dorothy SLEZIK, Maryville, Missouri, 1940
       Kellerton High School Reunion

        Contributions by Sharon Lafferty:
        The Elias COWELL Family     Georgia Nell COWELL
        Jair and Nellie (THARP) COWELL     Franklin & Kenneth SMITH
        Georgia Nell (COWELL) SMITH     James Francis SMITH
        SMITH Home & Business, Mount Ayr     Hiram THARP

        Contributions by Ken BAKER:
        The Lyman BAKER Family     Lyman and Lucile (BACON) BAKER
        Robert and Sharon BAKER

        Contributions by Julie Watts:
        MINNICK Siblings     Mount Ayr Drill Team, 1930

        Contribution by Carla Hall OTT:
        Charles W. and Ida (SHAWLER) SAGE

        Contribution by Darrell Eckhardt:
        Post Cards of Shannon City, early 1900's

     

  • QUERIES:
        Query regarding JoAnn WORSFOLD
        Query regarding William CONE, Sr.

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        2009 Photographs of Eighme School No. 9, Tingley Township   Hazel Glen School No. 8, Ellston  
         Willow Shade No. 9, Ellston  Jackson Hill No. 9, Monroe Township

        Addition of 1889-1900 Students at Clipper School
        Updated page for Diagonal School
        Updated page for Hickory Grove School No. 5, Middle Fork Township
        John Scott School, New Chicago, Athens Township
        Kellerton School, 1987, Contribution by Kathy Gregg
        7th & 8th Grades, Kellerton, circa 1932
           contribution by Kathy Gregg

        8th Grade, Kellerton, circa 1932-33
           contribution by Kathy Gregg

        High School Class, Kellerton, circa 1935
           contribution by Kathy Gregg

        8th Grade Diploma, Kellerton
           contribution by Kathy Gregg

        Addition of 1910 basketball team & 1922 football team Mount Ayr School
        Rose Hill No. 2, a.k.a. Gill School, Middle Fork Township, 1917
        Orchard Hill School , a.k.a. Badger School, Clinton Township, Class of 1911
        Walnut Valley No. 7, Washington Township
        Updated Redding School Page and additions of:
    Redding School Class Photographs:

        1906   1910-1911   1915   1916   1916-1917, Grades 10 & 11   1919, 1st & 2nd Grades   1919, HS
        1922, Freshman Class   1925, Freshman Class   1926, Senior Class   1927, 5th & 6th Grades     1927, 8th Grade
        1927, Senior Class   1928, 5th & 6th Grades   1930, 7th & 8th   1934, 2nd Grade   1936, 4th Grade
        1937, Grade School   1937, Middle Grades   1938, 3rd & 4th Grades   1938, High School
        1938, Jr. & Sr. Classes   1939, 7th & 8th   1942, 7th & 8th Grades   1943, High School
        1945, Kindergarten & 1st     1952, Kindergarten & 1st   1955, 2nd & 3rd Grades
        1956, Kindergarten & 1st
        1956, 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades   1957, 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades   1957, High School
        1958, 4th & 5th Grades
        1958, Senior Class   1968, 5th Grade   1971, 4th, 5th, 6th Grades, Mt. Ayr Community School

    Redding School Teams and Organizations:
        Boys Basketball Teams   Girls Basketball Teams   High School Glee Club, 1928

  • Tales From The Front Porch:
        Road Trip, August of 2009
          Leg 1: Westerville and Grand River, Decatur County
          Leg 2: Ellston, Ringgold County
          Leg 3: Tingley, Ringgold County
          Leg 4: Shannon City, Union County
          Leg 5: Highway 169 to Mount Ayr, Ringgold County
          Leg 6: Mount Ayr to Kellerton
             contribution by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2009

        2nd August Road Trip, 2009; Rural Schools, Benton, Kellerton, Diagonal
             contribution by Sharon R. Becker

        Hands-on Genealogical Research
             contribution by Sharon R. Becker

        Memories of Glasier and Louisa (SAMS) PRENTIS
             contribution by Julie Watts

        One Room Schools
             contribution by Julie Watts

        Memories of Shannon City
             contribution by Darrell Eckhardt

        Another Road Trip, August of 2009
          Part I: Hopeville, Clarke County & northwestern Decatur County
          Part II: Grand River & Young Cemetery, Decatur County
          Part II: Elk Chapel, E. Elk School, Loving Chapel, Decatur County
          Part IV: High Point Church, Hotel Leon, New Salem Church, Garden Grove, Weldon, Decatur Co.
             contribution by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2009

    JULY, 2009   New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BIOGRAPHY PAGES:
       William Ezekiel ANDREWS    Clifford Carl BRIMMER
       Hon. W. G. COIE    James S. DANIEL
       Daniel ECKERMAN    Judge James D. ELLIOTT
       Zenas FUNK    Dick IVES
       Frank Elroy JACKSON    J. H. LOUTHAM
       James P. McCALMONT    John David McKIM
       Frank Moffett MOISER    Dr. Charles MURRAY
       Augustine NICHOLSON    Mary Jane (BAIRD) POOR
       Mary Frances REGER-WILKERSON    Judge George W. SANFORD
       Rose (EDIE) RINEHART STOOPS    Rev. Charles STROUD
       Charles Edward SWANSON    Clarence Everett "Yam" YARYAN

     

  • CEMETERY PAGES:
       Updated Quinn Cemetery page
           Quinn Cemetery, all gravestone photographed & are at Iowa Gravestone Photo Project
       Updated Pleasant Ridge a.k.a. Bever Cemetery page
           Pleasant Ridge, a.k.a. Bever, Cemetery, all gravestones photographed & are at Iowa Gravestone Photo Project
       Updated Union a.k.a. Garland a.k.a. Mortimer Cemetery page
           Union Cemetery, all gravestones photographed & are at Iowa Gravestone Photo Project
       All of the gravestones at Tingley Cemetery, all gravstones photographed & are at IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photos Project
       Above Contributions and Photographs by dukemeiser

  • CHURCH PAGES:
       Photographs for Delphos Baptist Church
       Photographs for Delphos Christian Church
       United Methodist Church, Tingley

     

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        FIEGENBAUM Family
           includes the SEXAUER and PIECKENBROCK families of Iowa

        Updated Page for the FOLTZ Family
           Contributions by Mrs. Andy (Joyce) Johnston

        The William Wallace MOFFATT Family
           includes the ANDREWS, GRANT, CAMPBELL, TILBURY, and GRANT families
           Contributin by Bill Campbell
        The MULLIN - MULLINS Family
           includes the HOULIHAN, DAUGHTON, CONWELL families
           other surnames are WALLACE, GRIFFIN, TAPSCOTT, GROGAN, WARD, OWENS, WASSON,
           TREANOR, McGREEVY, HART, SHAY, BUCKINGHAM, BOYCE
        OGDEN Family
        WILKERSON Family
        Updated page for The WALTER Family

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        Addition of Postmasters to History of Beaconsfield
        Kellerton Post Office     Kellerton Bird Conservation Area
        Tingley Post Office     Tornado of April, 1907
        State Fish Hatchery     U.S. Highway 169
        State Highway 2

     

  • DELPHOS, Ringgold County Iowa, updated page
        Historic Delphos:
        Baker Store     Evans Store
        Delphos' Lodges     Stephen's Sawmill
        Delphos Street     Delphos Telephone Company
        Threshing Crew, 1905

      Residents of Delphos:
        Delphos Residents, 1896-1910     BLUNCK Family
        BRAMON Family     Dwight BRAMON and Kenneth WENDELL
        BROWN Family     DEIBERT Family
        FISHER Family     GEIGER Family
        GLENDENNING FAMILY     Samuel HALL Family
        HARTMAN Family     HERRINGTON Farm
        HILLHOUSE Family     HOOVER Family
        HOOVER Farm     John LAHS
        Samuel LANE Family     Wayne & Rosetta McGEHEE
        McPHERSON Family     Glasier Edward PRENTIS Family
        John REYNOLDS Family     SEATON Family
        SEFRIT Family     Jim SPENCER Family
        Stacy C. STEPHENS Family     STEPHENS-GRIFFITHS-WAGNER Family
        Jeffie STEPHENS     SWETT Family
        TENNANT - HOOVER, Ice Skating     George A. TENNANT Family
        TRULLINGER Family     VARNER Family
        Audra WALSTON     Kenneth WENDELL and Dwight Bramon

     

  • MILITARY PAGES, Soldier's Pages
        Marvin CAVENDER, WWII     Dayton FROST, WWII
        Fred HALL, WWI     Glen HOOVER, WWII
        Louise HOOVER, WWI     Bob MATTHEWS, WWII
        Truman MATTHEWS, WWI     Raymond McKEY, WWII
        Paul McPHERSON, WWI     Lois PETTIS, WWII
        POLLEY Brothers, WWI     Joe SEATON, Korean War
        Bill SEFRIT, WWI     Robert SEFRIT, WWII
        Kenneth WENDELL, WWII     SS3C Troy A. WHEELER, WWII

     

  • NEWS ITEMS:
       Jean and Mary COLLIER 50th Anniversary    INGRAM, Going Out of Business, 1888
       Local News, Mount Ayr, 1888    Old Ads, 1888
       RAMSEY Divorce, 1888    Ralph and Judy ROWE 50th Anniversary
       Undertaker Convention, 1921

     

  • OBITUARIES:
       Photographs for Ruth (STEELE) LONG obituary
       Photographs for Ina Priscilla NAPIER obituary
        Theola Aretta (MOON) AKERS     Gaylord Eugene "Swede" ANDERSON
        Maxine May ARMBURST-ROBERTS     Daniel Dufty BECK
        Katheryn Laurae (SHIMPTON) BENNETT     Alberta A. BISHOP
        Richard Wayne BONNER     Howard H. BROWN
        Marvin R. BROWN     George Wesley CAMPBELL
        Robert Warren CLANTON     Lyle CORRL
        Clemmeth Mitchell CRUSSELL     Geraldine "Gerri" (GARRET) DAILEY
        Earl Eugene DANIEL     James L. DAUGHTON
        Ruby Irene (GERMAN) DAVIS     Welda Lee (GREENMAN) DAYLEY
        Marvin DILLENBURG     Richard L. DRAKE
        Juanita M. (LOGGANS) DYER     Richard B. GARLAND
        Angeline Erma (OSBORN) GAUNT     Josephine (DOLECHECK) GRAY
        Lennie (McDONALD) HAENTZE     Fred E. HAINLINE
        Rhoda (DUNNINGAN) HANCOCK     James A. HARL
        Barbara (WEIMER) HASS     Dr. Charles Roy HENDERSON
        Robert HENDERSON     Alma Carolyne HENNIGAR
        Beatrice "Bea" (WILLIAMS) HEDGES HEYDEMAN     Joseph G. HOFF
        Gene R. HOFFMAN     "Joann" (ROGUSZKA) HOGUE
        Alvin Monroe HUFF     Harold A. HUNDORF
        James HUNT     Dorthy Mae HUNTLEY
        Rev. Charles Allen HUSTED     Emma "Verona" (CALHOUN) JOHNSTON
        Marie (COOK) SCHREMSER JUDAH     Margaret Rose (SHAY) KETTLE
        Joseph A. LANGER     Robert Lee LAY
        Dorothy (DORN) LEWIS     Murray Ira LIPSMAN
        Jess D. LISTON     Ledra Anita (WHITE) LYNCH
        Norman "Buzz" MAIN     William J. MANNING
        Ruth Ilene (PINE) MATHIS     Stanley J. "Mac" McDANIEL
        Arla M. (JACKSON) McDOWELL     Matthew Wayne McDOWELL
        Alice (OWENS) McGRAW     Marilyn McGRAW
        Thelma (STAFFORD) McPHERSON     Walter James "Walt" MILLER
        John William "Bill" MOON     Margie MUNYON
        William D. MUNYON     Rita MYERS
        Edith A. (McCREARY) NEWTON     Maxine (KIEFER) OVERHOLSER
        Minnie (MERRITT) PAIST     Opal Olive (SMITH) PAIST
        Maria (BEAVERS) PARIS     Pearl Lavene (SAVILLE) PARKER
        Rev. Leonard L. "Pat" PATTERSON     David L. PAXSON
        William "Reno" PISTER     Patricia L. "Pat" (O'GRADY) POOL
        Emily J. (EMERY) POORE     Josephine (FEST) FRY PUTNEY
        Betty RAINEY     Robert Joe "Bob" RISSER
        Larry Lynn ROACH     Susan Dolly ROBISON
        Doris "June" (WOOLLUMS) SAVILLE     Duane A. SCHERRUEBLE
        Kerry (McCAY) SHARER     Glenn A. SLAYTON
        Billie J. SMITH     Eliza Jane (FRAIZER) SMITHSON
        George Wesley SMITHSON     Charles William SOUTHERN
        J. M. STILL     Norma (LATHAM) SWEET
        Clyde R. SWINEHART     Gene T. THOMPSON
        Janice Y. (BAKER) TOMPKINS     Melvin TRIMBLE
        Gail (NOFTSGER) TRULLINGER     Allen VanWINKLE
        Alfred Le"Roy" WADDELL     Rhoda A. (SMITH) WAFFLE
        Marian Lois (RAINS) WICK     Velma I. (HAGEMAN) WILEY
        Judge James Herbert WILKERSON     Lydia M. (AUSTIN) WILKERSON
        Una Dell (GLOVER) WILSON     Ardith June (JAMES) WING
        Henry WION     Anna M. (ANDERSON) WORTHINGTON
        Pauline (MOSIER) YOUNG

     

  • PENNY POSTCARDS:
        Addition of Mount Ayr Public Library, Ringgold County Courthouse, and Mount Ayr High School

  • PHOTOGRAPHS:
        Albert Jon CLANTON and twin sons, Alvin and Albert

  • SCHOOL PAGES:
        Cornith School, 1946 - 1947     Cornith School, circa 1947
          Contributions by Mrs. Andy (Joyce) Johnston
        Additons to Eighme School No. 9
            Contributions by dukemeiser

        Dryden School, Rural Delphos     Delphos "Old" School
        Empire School, Rural Delphos     Forest Home School, Rural Delphos
        Updated information for Delphos Consolidated School and additional pages:
            Delphos Consolidated School Class Photographs:
                 1910's   1920's   1930's   1940's   1950's   1960's
            Teachers, Administration and Staff
            Teachers, Rice Center, 1920's
            Basketball Teams and individual team members
            Delphos School Buses

        Students of Mount Ayr Public School, 1888

  • Tales From The Front Porch:
        Fender Skirts, Contribution by Mrs. Andy (Joyce) Johnston
        Four-County Justice, Contribution by Sharon R. Becker
        Four-County Tree, Contribution by Sharon R. Becker
        Grandpa Henderson & The Chickens, Contribution by Margaret Henderson Ebersold
        Grape Nehi Soda Pop, Contribution by Sharon R. Becker
        Roxanne's Story, Contribution by Sharon R. Becker

    Evan Matthew Thome arrived in this world safe and healthy at 1:11 p.m. June 26, 2009, weighing in at 8# 14 oz. and 21 1/2" long. Proud parents Sara (BECKER) and Matthew THOME are doing well. Great-grandmother, Ringgold County's co-coordinator Norma G. (FOLAND) BECKER is very proud, as is 1st time grandma, Ringgold County's coordinator, Sharon BECKER. Baby Evan's great-great-great-grandparents - Fred B. and Luella (YOUNG) BRAMON who resided in rural Delphos, Ringgold County, Iowa.

    JUNE, 2009   New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BIOGRAPHIES:
        Addition of Photographs to biographies of:
          John COIE
          Capt. Andrew JOHNSTON
          Andrew O. INGRAM
          Horatio Thompson MILLER
          George R. STEPHENS
        New biographies:
        Quentin V. ANDERSON     Frederick DeForest "Fred" AUGUSTINE
        George W. BALL     Randolph Sry BEALL
        Zephaniah W. BEALL     Harry Chester BEDWELL
        James C. BERRY     George W. BALL
        Ralph Kenneth BLISS     Daniel Ladd BOSWORTH
        David BRANT     Rae Best CARTER
        John Neil CHICKEN     Joseph CLOUGH
        Donald "Jake" DAILEY     Winfield Scott DeARMOND
        John N. DIDIER     Cecil DOLECHECK
        Howard W. EDWARDS     Dr. Roy Eugene FELL
        Fredric Dean "Fred" FOGLE     Marlin E. FOGLE
        L. W. Joe GROSS     Earl T. HOOVER
        John Earl "Barney" HORNE     Kirby S. JOHNSON
        George B. KESTER     William P. LaRUE
        Franklin S. MAIN     Henry C. MARKHAM
        Dr. Duane E. MITCHELL     Henry C. MARKHAM
        Grace (McCAUSLIN) MOSER     Thomas William NAPIER
        Mansel NURNBERG     Richard PARMELY
        E. P. PRATT     Alfred Carroll REYNOLDS, M.D.
        Ringgold Co. Legislators     Frank SHELDON
        Grant A. SHIFFLET     Luke SHAY
        Lester SICKELS     James M. SNYDER
        Josef SOBOTKA family     The STAVER Family
        James A. STEPHENSON     Frank STEWART
        Alexander STROUD     Zella (CAMPBELL) SWARTZ
        Thomas Anthony TEALE, Jr.     VARNER, Coach Omer Clay "Pop"
        E. M. WATSON     Father J. C. WHITE
        Rev. David C. WILSON     James T. B. YARYAN
        Ben A. YATES

     

  • CHURCH PAGES:
        Assembly of God Church, Kellerton     Assembly of God Church, Mount Ayr
        Christian Church, Ellston     Christian Church, Kellerton
        Church of Christ, Mount Ayr     Community of Christ Church, Mount Ayr
        Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church     First Baptist Church, Mount Ayr
        First Christian Church, Mount Ayr     First Lutheran Church, Mount Ayr
        Free Methodist Church, Mount Ayr     High Point Methodist Episcopal Church
        The Lighthouse, Mount Ayr     Methodist Church, Ellston
        Pentecostal Church, Redding     Pleasant Hill Assembly of God Church
        Presbyterian Church, Diagonal     Regular Baptist Church, Mount Ayr
        United Methodist Church, Kellerton     United Presbyterian Church, Mount Ayr
        United Presbyterian Church, Tingley     Tent Chapel Church of Christ
        Wishard Chapel

     

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        The FOLTZ Family
        The ROBERTSON & ANDERSON Family

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        History of Blackmore, a.k.a. Blackmore Corner
        Ellston Hotel
        Historical Ringgold County Jail, Mount Ayr
        Updated information on Ringgold County's Ghost Towns
        Kellerton History, updated
        Kellerton Photos, 2009
        Mount Ayr Depot Museum and Historical Society
        Mount Ayr Public Library
        Mount Ayr Opera House
        Mount Ayr Photos, 2009
        Ringgold County Farm
        Ringgold CountyTemporary Courthouse, 1921-1926
        Tingley Gas Station
        Underground Railroad in Ringgold County
        Quilt Codes, Underground Railroad
        Vintage Mount Ayr
        History of Watterson

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        TEC5 Warren A. ALLEN, K.I.A. WWII     Pay Clerk John F. ATHEY, K.I.A. WWII
        Pvt. Lyle BARNETT, K.I.A. WWII     2nd Lt. Owen R. BEEDE, K.I.A. WWII
        Sgt. Virgil E. BOLINGER, K.I.A. WWII     PFC Robert E. FAUBION, K.I.A. WWII
        William Wilson "Billie" FINCH, WWI     Fredrick D. "Fred" FOGLE, Bay of Pigs
        Sgt. Kenneth A. HALEY, K.I.A. WWII     TSgt. John D. HANNON, K.I.A. WWII
        Flight Officer Leo V. HERROLD, K.I.A. WWII     Capt. Francis M. JONES, K.I.A. WWII
        Corp. Perry M. JONES, WWI     MM 1C Vernon W. KASTER, K.I.A. WWII
        TSgt. Albrt L. KELLEY, K.I.A. WWII     Seaman 2C Arlo M. LINK, K.I.A. WWII
        Seaman 2C Earnest S. LIVESAY, K.I.A. WWII     Lt. Flavel Baird MALOY, Jr., K.I.A. WWII
        Pvt. Olin F. MARSHALL, WWII     CPL Robert L. McDOWELL, K.I.A. WWII
        Seaman 1C Everett V. MILLER, K.I.A.WWII     John Addison MILLER, Civil War
        1st Lt. John W. MILLER, K.I.A. WWII     Sgt. Robert L. MILLER, K.I.A. WWII
        Fireman 2C Richard E. MOORE, K.I.A. WWII     SSgt Mike Edward MOSER, Somalia
        TSgt. Richard E. NEWTON, K.I.A. WWII     Pvt. Keith K. NOBLE, WWII
        TSgt. Richard E. NEWTON, K.I.A. WWII     Pvt. Keith K. NOBLE, WWII
        SSgt. Arthur W. PINE, K.I.A. WWII     Pvt. Keith K. NOBLE, WWII
        CPL Charles F. REYNOLDS, K.I.A. WWII     MM Arthur Lynn RUSH, K.I.A. WWII
        Charles Edward SISSEL, Vietnam War     MM 2C Glee SMITH, K.I.A. WWII
        PFC Avery W. STUART, K.I.A. WWII     PFC Lloyd Loudon WHIPP, K.I.A. WWII
        Clarence Warden WHITE, WWII     Sgt. Cloyd D. ZARR, WWII

     

  • NEWS ITEMS:
        BARROW GANG at Caledonia, July 27, 1933
        BOOTH Murder, Pursuit of BOWEN, 1895
        Daniel GRIFFITH Murder
        Jail Escape, 1932
        Tea Time, Mrs. X. T. PRENTIS & Mrs. Quentin V. ANDERSON

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        Harold ADKISSON     Michael Dean ADKISSON
        Ari A. AGEE     Avis (MOREY) ALEXANDER
        Hiram ALLARD     John E. BELLAMY
        Mable Catherine (HINES) BERG     Evelyn (SKINNER) WARD BROWN
        Leland "Merle" BUTLER     Rodger CANNON
        Guy Dowlin CARTER     Lee "Luke" COMER
        Mary A. (McMANUS) DELLITT     Arlen Hubert DREDGE
        Francis DINGMAN     Delbert Avery DOLSON
        Hugh James DOLSON     George DYE
        Bertha Evelyn (JOOS) EAGER     Marietta EIGHME (1901-2002)
        Grace Leona (THOMPSON) ELLISON     Herbert Wayne ELLISON
        Opal Rudeen (FREEMAN) ELLISON     Parks Merideth ELLISON
        Mary Mardell (McCRACKIN) EMIG     Chester "Chet" GIBSON
        Joanna (CASE) GILLILAND     Peter Claude GLENDENNING
        Leonard FOIDEL     Elizabeth A. (MATHANY) FULLER
        Audrey (RICHEY) HAGUE     Amanda JOHNSON
        Chauncey JONES     John J. KYLE
        Carl LARSON     Samuel G. LEE
        Elizabeth Ann (SMITH) LEINARD     Melvin "Bud" MAIN
        Aaron MATHANY     Ernest Charles MATHANY
        Margaret E. (MARTIN) MATHANY     Merlyn Lee MATHANY
        Robert "Deane" MATHANY     David McCREARY
        Samuel MeHARRY     Alfred Loren "Fred" MOHR
        James "Glen" MOLLOY     Eliza (THOMPSON) GIBSON COX MOON
        Milo MORSE family     Ina Priscilla NAPIER
        Blanchard NEVILL     Catherine OGIER
        Retta (BUTT) HOOKER OSBORN     Henry Harvey PARSONS
        Dorothy (KEPLINGER) PRATT     Leta "Jo" (DAVIS) WISEMAN ROSS
        Sara Leone (ROBBINS) SAXTON     Austin William SKINNER
        Alice (DOLSON) TWOMBLEY     Franklin "Clay" VARNER
        Hannah G. WATSON     Garnet (HOLMAN) WEED
        Orrel Almina (LONG) WHITE     Cornelia WHITTINGTON
        Crystal (MORRISON) PATE WHITTINGTON     Frank M. WHITTINGTON
        Howard WHITTINGTON     Jared WHITTINGTON
        Guy Wade WISDOM     Edward C. WOOD
        Velmar Adrain "Pete" WOOD

     

  • PHOTOGRAPHS:
        Unidentified photographs sent from Delta Colorado Museum
          believed to be of the POLLOCK and PRICE families

        T. W. FOLEY Family, Kellerton
        Mary Ann (McCLAREN) LESAN
        Vintage Mount Ayr

        Contributions by Mrs. Andy (Joyce) JOHNSTON:
          Martha Jane (YOUNG) JOHNSTON and Cleora ROBINSON, 1908
          Horace and Martha (YOUNG) JOHNSTON Family
          Horace and Robert JOHNSTON, fishermen
          Martha Jane (YOUNG) JOHNSTON, on the YOUNG Farm
          Martha Jane (YOUNG) JOHNSTON
          Robert JOHNSTON and new Ford Roadster
          Robert JOHNSTON driving a new Ford Roadster
          JOHNSTON - YOUNG Reunion, 1947

     

  • SCHOOL PAGES:
        Updated Listing of Ringgold County Schools, Past and Present
        Updated Listing of Ringgold County's Teachers and Educators, Past and Present
        Updated information on Delphos High School
        Updated information on Mount Ayr High School
        History of Country Schools in Iowa and Ringgold County
        History of Diagonal Elementary Class
            Submitted by Andy and Joyce Johnston

        History of Kellerton Boys' Basketball Team, 1920
            Submitted by Delbert K. Spencer

       Photographs by Sharon R. Becker:
            Details of Delphos School Marker
        Beaconsfield School     Benton School
        Clipper School     Concord School
        Cottonwood School     Crown Point School
        Diagonal School     Eighme School
        Ellston School     Eureka School
        Fairview School     Foland School
        Grand Valley Com. School     Hackberry School
        Hiawatha School     Hazel Glen School
        Hickory Grove School     Jackson Hill School
        Knowlton High School     Lesanville School
        Liberty Center School     Lincoln Center School
        Lonesome Hollow School     Lone Star School
        Maloy School     McGraw School
        Mortimer School     Mountain Brush School
        Mount Vernon School     Oak Grove School
        Pleasant Hill School     Ringgold School
        Salem School     Saltzman School
        Side Hill School     Stansberry School
        Star Center School     Sunny Side School
        Timber View Parochial School     Tingley School
        Urbana School     Walnut Valley School
        Willow Shade School

     

  • Tales From The Front Porch:
        13 Commandments for Ancestors
            Contribution by Sherry Hatfield
        The National Holocaust Museum
            Contribution by Sharon Becker

    May, 2009  New additions to Ringgold County's website:

  • Updated information on Ringgold County's RESOURCES Page
        including e-mail address for Mount Ayr Public Library

  • BIOGRAPHIES for:
        Branson Lee ADDINGTON     William E. ALEXANDER
        H. C. ANDREWS     Martha (STAHL) BEALL
        Edward BIRKHIMER     James C. BLACK
        Elizabeth (RUBY) BLAKESLEY     Lute P. BOWEN
        Leonard CLARY     William Kenneth CURRIE
        Ross DRAPER     Joseph ENGLAND
        Elmer Eli FITCH     Holland FOSTER
        Frank F. FULLER     S. GIPPLE
        Clifford Duane GRANT     W. W. GROVES
        James Conrad HAGANS     Dennis M. HAMMOND
        David M. HUDLER     R. L. JOHNSON
        George A. JOHNSTON     Daniel H. KILLINGSWORTH
        Loren H. LAUGHLIN     Clinton J. LEWIS
        J. W. LONG     Ephraim C. LUDWIG
        Aaron S. LYNN     Rev. Father Henry V. MALONE
        J. B. MARINER     Albror PARKER
        Hon. P. L. PRENTIS, M.D.     Pioneer Photographers
        X. T. PRENTIS     Helen A. (BROWN) RAINS
        Orville RAY     Rev. Alfred Alphaeus REGER
        G. E. RIDER     Orion L. RIDER
        Major Robert G. RIDER, M.D.     H. Guy ROBERTS
        James H. RUBY     Valentine G. RUBY
        Jemima SAWYER     Rev. & Mrs. D. F. SELLARDS
        Joseph W. SELLARDS, M.D.     Rev. George STONE
        Anthony STROUGHT     Joseph TEALE
        Henry "Howard" TEDFORD     James H. TEDFORD
        Anne "Regina" TEDFORD     Jacob T. TIMBREL
        D. A. VAUGHN     Erick WALL
        Theophilus R. WILLIS     David WOODRUFF

     

  • CEMETERY PAGES:
         Caledonia Cemetery has been added to IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photograph Project.
        Photographs have been added to the following Cemetery pages:
            Caledonia Cemetery
            Photographs of Caledonia Cemetery, 2009
            Hickory Grove Cemetery
            Middle Fork Cemetery
        Cemetery Transcriptions for Caledonia Cemetery

  • CHURCH PAGES:
        The Amish Mennonites
        The Baptists, Early History in Southern & Southwestern Iowa
        Bethlehem Baptist Church, Delphos
        First Baptist Church, Delphos
        Methodist Church (Historical), Caledonia
        Baptist Church (Historical), Caledonia
        Christian Church Delphos
        Christian Church, Mount Ayr, 1915
        Fry Chapel, south of Mount Ayr
        Hickory Grove Advent Church and Cemetery
        Diagonal Methodist Episcopal Church, circa 1915
        Middle Fork M.E. Church and Cemetery
        Primitive Baptist Church History, S. Iowa & N. Missouri
        Mount Ayr United Methodist Church
        Redding United Methodist Church

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        Rev. Peter A. ANDREWS
        McCOY and SNEDAKER Family
        Migration to Ringgold County, 1854

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        Ringgold County History, 1876
        History of Caledonia
            Caledonia Photographs, 2009
            Delphos Photographs, 2009
            
    Redding Photographs, 2009
        
    Physicians & Surgeons of Ringgold County, 1896
        History of Sun Valley Lake
        Formation of Iowa Highway Commission, 1913

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        Updated information for Civil War Veteran Interments

        Call for WAVES & SPARS Enlistment, 1943
        Rosters of Iowa Regiments with Ringgold County Soldiers & Brief Regimental Histories:
            4th Iowa Infantry
            5th Iowa Infantry
            18th Iowa Infantry
            29th Iowa Infantry
            39th Iowa Infantry
            46th Iowa Infantry
            3rd Iowa Cavalry
            8th Iowa Cavalry
            9th Iowa Cavalry
        Iowa Wounded from Battle of Shiloh, April 19, 1862
        Andersonville and Ringgold County Soldiers
        2nd IA Infantry Casualties, Shiloh     G.A.R. Reunion, 29th IA, 1890
        G.A.R. Reunion, 1940     Western Pensions, 1894
        Co. C, 55th Engineers, WWI     Medical Corps, WWI
        WWI Casualty List, Dec. 16. 1918     242nd Field Artillery Batallion, WWII
        William E. BUEL, WWII     BM3 Robert Warren CLANTON, U.S. Navy, WWI
        PVT Clinton F. LESAN, WWI     Col. Robert M. LITTLER Obituaries, Civil War
        Sgt. John W. McCOY, Civil War Vet.     SHERMAN'S March to the Sea
        PVT Joseph STERLING     PVT Thomas J. THORLA, WWI

     

  • NEWS ITEMS:
        1917 Drive, SW Iowa     Rep. M. Z. BAILEY, Torrens System
        Walter BEAL Attends Meeting, 1901     J. C. BENNETT, Attends Teacher Meeting, 1901
        Levi BOOTHE Murder, 2002     John BRIAR & the Buzz Saw
        H. A. CAVINESS, 1884     CHEESE - EVANS - McDONALD Accident, 2008
        Chintz Bugs, 1874     County's Democratic Convention, 1901
        EMERSON Murder/Suicide, 1919     Estray Notice, 1858
        Estray Notice, 1876     Elizabeth FULLER Car Accident, 1936
        GORDON - SWANSON Wreck, 2006     Homer HOLLAND Murder, Mount Ayr, 1901
        HOOVER vs. CB&Q Railroad, 1889     HUNTER Trial, 1902
        ISU QuiltSharon WASTENEY     KNEEDLER-BIBLE Car Wreck, 1967
        Lyle LEONARD Death, 1999     Dep. LILIENTHAL Awarded, 2005
        McCAMMOND v. MACE Case, 1921     McNEAR Fire, 2000
        Medical Society Meets, 1900     Mount Ayr Electric Company, 1917
        Mount Ayr Shooting & Murder, 1880     Don NEWTON Drowning, 1999
        Oldest Horse, J. W. ZEZEK, 1929     Donald PALMER Drowning, 2004
        John PARKER Death, 1877     Dr. P. L. PRENTIS Attends Meeting, 1901
        Dr. P. L. PRENTIS, Candidacy, 1901     Ringgold County Courthouse, 1926
        Ringgold County Jail, 2007     Murder in Ringgold County, 2007
        Ringgold Co. vs. CB&Q Railroad, 1889     Marc ROBERG, Officer of the Year, 2008
        Rural Mail Routes, 1902     Shooting, Middle Fork Twp., 1901
        SHIELDS' Prize Is No Prize, 2003     Spring Poetry, 1902
        State Candidates, 1901     State Candidates, 1902
        Hilary SWANK Wins Oscar, 2000     VREDENBURG Honored, 2003
        Larry E. WHITE Murder, 2000     WOLFE-EWING Wedding, 1890

     

  • OBITUARIES
        Addition of gravestone photograph to Isaac SWIGGART obituary

        Thomas Porter "Tom" ASBURY     George BILLETT
        Arb Leo BENSON     Melissa Jane (CONLEY) BENSON
        Thomas H. "Tom" BENSON     Frank BLAKESLEY
        William Newman BOWMAN     Richard "Rick" BREWER, Jr.
        F. M. CARNAHAN     George COFFIN
        Anna (BLAKESLEY) CONLEY     Cecil Eugene "Gene" CONLEY
        Harley CONLEY     Leo CONLEY
        Lester G. CONLEY     Lyle Chester CONLEY
        Thomas Hartfull CONLEY     George D. COOK
        Gertrude P. (ROSE) COOK     Adeline (MILLER) DAVENPORT
        Curtis EASON     Roy EMERSON
        Margaret HAMMACK     Norma Elaine (PETTIS) HARLEY
        Rosa (PHILLIPS) HAWORTH     Harold Dean JACKSON, Sr.
        Hazel (WAUGH) JACKSON     Dr. Earl E. LUTZ
        Roland I. LYONS     Mary Frances MARK
        Catherine (RICE) MARRS     Delmar Gale MILLER
        Marie A. (TIPTON) MILLER     Elizabeth (McELHENHY) MITCHELTREE
        Mrs. Monroe NEWTON     James Arthur PERLENFEIN
        Amos PLANK     Vera Phyllis (MORRIS) POWELL
        Frank William PREWITT     William Burk PREWITT
        Lovina B. (JACKSON) RUBY     Louise (FLUHARDY) SLATTER
        Susan (BLAKESLEY) SMITH     Helen (KINNEY) SPENCER
        Dennis TASSEL     Rev. Ralph W. TIDRICK
        Helen (RICHARSON) TUCKER     Dwight C. VREDENBURG
        James Wilson "Jim" WALLING     Simone DENCS WARRICK
        David Porter WHITTAKER     Frances Anne (GARRITY) WILMES
        Myrtle Mae (MAHON) WILLETS     Janice June (ADKISSON) WILSON
        Barbara (BLAKESLEY) WOODS     William Foster WOODS
        Freddy YODER

     

  • PHOTOGRAPHS:
        Contributions by Jack W. Davis:
            The CLANTON Family
            The CLANTON Children, Albert, Robert, Jackie & June
            The CLANTON Children, Robert, Albert & June
            The CLANTON Children, and the pony
            Albert Jon CLANTON, childhood photograph
            Albert Jon CLANTON
            Jackie Wayne and Albert Jon CLANTON
            Jackie Wayne CLANTON
            June Marie (CLANTON) DAVIS, baby photograph
            June Marie (CLANTON) DAVIS, childhood photograph
            June Marie (CLANTON) DAVIS, childhood photograph
            June Marie (CLANTON) DAVIS, childhood photograph
            Mildred Elizabeth (MOSBARGER), June Marie & Robert Warren CLANTON
            Robert Warren CLANTON
            Grace (MOSBARGER) DEAN
            The David William DEAN Family
            Mildred DEAN
            Eliza Melissa (WILLEY) MOSBARGER
            Elmer "Roscoe" MOSBARGER and Flora Belle VOGAN

        Donella Bea (BALLOU) LUTZ, Contribution by Delbert K. Spencer
        James Francis and Georgia Nell (COWELL) SMITH, Contribution by Sharon Lafferty
        James Baird SPENCER, Contribution by Delbert K. Spencer

  • Ringgold County SCHOOLS:
        Delphos School Site, 2009
        Grand Valley, Building Fund, 2006
        Kellerton Public School, Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        Redding School, 2009, Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        Dennis TASSEL, Diagonal School Coach

  • Tales from the Front Porch:
        Great-Grandma's Shoes, Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        Kellerton School, Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        The MOSBARGER'S Washing Machine, Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        Visiting Grandparents Becomes More Fun, written by Chris Baker; submitted by Ken Baker
        Visiting Great-Grandparents, Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        A Little Bit About Outhouses, Submitted by Sharon R. Becker
        Road Trip Through Ringgold County, 2009, Submitted by Sharon R. Becker
        Addition of FOLAND Farmhouse to Blizzard of 1959, Submitted by Sharon R. Becker

    April, 2009  New additions to Ringgold County's website:

    Ringgold County's Tales from the Front Porch Project
    Share and preserve Ringgold County's oral legends, memories, tall tales, reminiscences, and so on before they are "lost" forever.

        Blizzard of 1959
        Julia (BAIRD) SPENCER, contributed by Delbert Spencer
        Death of a President
        The JAMES Gang

  • RESOURCE PAGE, additon of Ringgold County Recorder's fax number and e-mail address;
        additon of Ringgold County Clerk of Court's phone number and e-mail address.

  • BIOGRAPHIES for:
        Jacob CASE     John Franklin COFFMAN, M.D.
        Ira COOK     Orr C. FISHER
        Frank S. HARVEY     Clair Bernhardt HEYER
        Aaron MILLER     E. M. SNODGRASS, M.D.

  • CHURCH PAGES:
        Baptist Church, Knowlton
           Contribution by Delbert Spencer

        Christian Church, Kellerton
        Immaculate Conception Church, Maloy
        Methodist Church, Beaconsfield, 1950
        Methodist Church, Mount Ayr
        St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mount Ayr
        Ministers, Pastors, & Spiritual Leaders, an on-going project

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        The William Henry BAKER Family
          Written and submitted by Ken Baker
        The SPENCER Family
          Submitted by Delbert Spencer
        Marriage Certificate of Floyd COLLIER and Sadie LEE
          Submitted by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
        Floyd and Sadie COLLIER
          Submitted by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
        Floyd and Sadie COLLIER Family
          Submitted by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
        William and Hazel (HULLINGER) JONES Family
          Submitted by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
        Marriage Certificate of Frank G. LEE and Mattie D. PETERSON
          Submitted by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
         Dale Leland and June Marie (CLANTON) DAVIS
          Submitted by Jack W. Davis
         John Solomon and Sarah Vienna (VOGAN) MOSBARGER
          Submitted by Jack W. Davis
         Mildred Elizabeth MOSBARGER
          Submitted by Jack W. Davis
         Additons & Corrections, The VOGAN Family
          Submitted by Jack W. Davis
         Isaac Jamesand Addie May (VOGAN) ZIMMERMAN
          Submitted by Jack W. Davis
        Delphos IA Residents, 1896-1910     Jacob & Mary CASE Family
        Jefferson H. SUMMERS Family

     

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        Addition of the Caledonia newspaper clipping to the Story of Bonnie and Clyde
          Courtesy of Mrs. Andy (Joyce) JOHNSTON

        History of Rice Township

  • MAPS:
        South Central Iowa, 1855

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        Albert Jon CLANTON, and John & Sarah MOSBARGER, WWII
           Contribution by Jack W. Davis:
        Floyd COLLIER WWI Draft Registration
           Contribution by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
        Grand Army of the Republic, G.A.R., and Kindred Societies
          Brief History, G.A.R. Posts in Ringgold County Vicinity, Last Civil War Veteran in Iowa
        World War I Casualties, Ringgold County
        Korean War Casualties, Ringgold County
        WWI Casualties, Rinngold County - Updated Information
        Vietnam War Casualties, Ringgold County
        Somalia Casualties, Ringgold County
        Sgt. Virgil Vernon BREDBERG, WWII
        MSGT Nelson Marion BROWN
        PFC Kenneth E. DAVENPORT
        PVT Homer H. GREENROD
        PVT George Emmett LILES
        PFC Howard McANINCH
        PVT George Allen McCREARY
        Earle M. SCHAD, Chief Gunners Mate, U.S. Navy, World War II
        TEC5 Lewis E. SHAW
        PFC Donald A. SHRIMPTON
        PVT Franklin H. "Frank" WILKEY
        William Bedell YARYAN, Sgt. Co. E, 22nd IA Infantry, Civil War

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS:
        Newspapers of Ringgold County & News Items Index
        George D. BLUNCK for Sheriff, 1938     Jacob & Mary CASE, Golden Wedding 1892
        Emma GROUT, 1908     Korean Vets & a Law Suit, 2009
        Coach Dan McGUGIN     Mount Ayr Auto Wreck, 1942
        Train Wreck, 1946     SPENCER Family news clippings
        Sports Notes     Tragic Death of Delia WATTS

     

  • OBITUARIES for:
        Contributions by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier
            Floyd COLLIER Funeral Card
            James Thomas COLLIER
            Matilda (MORRIS) COLLIER
            Sadie M. (LEE) COLLIER
            Hazel Irene (HULLINGER) JONES
            William JONES
        Contributions by Ken Baker
            Edward Paul KNIGHT
            Millicent Ann (WELLS) KNIGHT
            George MOLER
            Ida Mae(y) (SHARP) WELLS
            Vivian LeRoy WELLS

        Addition of 3-Generation of Students, Margaret "Irene" (BUELL) SCHWALBE
        Rosalee (McKay) BOLINGER BAILEY     R. C. BAKER
        Robert Gene "Jake" BAKER     Tadd BAINUM
        Lewis "Duane" BALLOU     Clara "Blanche" BOWERS
        Jacob CASE     Mary B. (COX) CASE
        Peter Marchall CASE     Rosie (DAVENPORT) CHRISTENSEN
        Bill CRAWFORD     Betty CULVER
        Gene CULVER     RoJean (JOHANNSEN) DUBEN
        Martin John FULLERTON     Mary (FRANE) FULLERTON
        Robert E. FULLERTON     Kristeen Kay GLICK
        Pearl "Arlene" (CATTERSON) GODDEN     Marjorie "Ethelyn" (WALKER) GOODNER
        Lester O. HARRIS     Elizabeth Anne "Betty" (LAIRD) HENRY
        Jesse Edwin "Ed" HENRY     Theodore "Ted" HIGHSHOE, Jr.
        Roena Esther (CALDWELL) HUGHES     Rev. Philip L. KINTON
        Sally (GREENROD) LUNSTRUM     Geraldine Lavon (SMITH) MATTSON
        Norma E. (BINNEBOESE) MAXINE     Dove (PITTMAN) McCORMICK
        C. James McCORMICK     Samuel James McCORMICK
        Marion A. "Mac" McGEHEE     James "Spud" MINNICK
        Scott Eugene NELSON     Verla Dean (HARRIMAN) OREN
        Sarah Jane (CASE) PITTMAN     Thomas PITTMAN
        Patty J. (TIDRICK) POLLOCK     Donald Marvin PRATT
        Bernice ROSS     Ruth Lorraine (JAEGER) RUBIN
        Rev. Donald E. SKILES     Gladys Marie (COOK) SUMMERS
        Elizabeth (SWIM) WALTER     Howard WALTER
        John H. WION     Harriet A. (WIARD) SHAWLER YARYAN

  • PHOTOGRAPHS:
        Updated Information for Martha Meeks (FRANCIS) HUGHES
        submitted by Juanita Fields

        Contributions by Delbert Spencer:
        Iowa, 1919, Unknown Men and Boys
        Baptist Church, Knowlton, Iowa, 1910
        Public Sale, Knowlton, Iowa, 1910
        Bonita and Janice LUTZ, circa 1940
        Cecil and Vera LUTZ
        Cyrus LUTZ Family
        Donella (BALLOU) LUTZ
        The LUTZ Children, circa 1927
        The LUTZ Children, circa 1935
        Cyrus Edgar and Laura Jane (KIMBALL) LUTZ, circa 1899
        Miss Vera LUTZ'S Birthday Surprise
        Vera (LUTZ) SPENCER & Donella (BALLOU) LUTZ
        Arthur and Annie MILLER

        Contributions by Tammy Kay Thaller Collier:
        Floyd and Sadie COLLIER
        Floyd and Sadie COLLIER Family
        The HULLINGER-HENDRSON Family
        Julia (WENZEL) JONES
        Julia (WENZEL) JONES
        Kendrick David JONES Family , Tingley, Iowa
        Hazel Irene (HULLINGER) JONES, baby phototgraph
        William and Hazel (HULLINGER) JONES Family
        William JONES, baby photograph
        John WENZEL

        Contributions by Jack W. Davis:
         Albert Jon CLANTON, and John & Sarah MOSBARGER, WWII
         June Marie (CLANTON) DAVIS, wedding day
         Addie MOSBARGER Family
         The MOSBARGER Children
         Elmer "Roscoe" MOSBARGER
         Elmer "Roscoe" MOSBARGER
         Elmer "Roscoe" and Neva MOSBARGER
         The MOSBARGER Family
         The MOSBARGERS, John, Sarah, and Elmer "Roscoe"
         Mildred Elizabeth MOSBARGER

        Lena & Esther DUNNING     McCOY Sisters?     Main Street, Kellerton

  • QUERIES:
        Circa 1898 Diagonal Community Picnic Photograph
        Request for Photographs of Ringgold County Churches and Schools

  • SCHOOLS:
        Grand Valley Community School, Kellerton, IA, 1951 & 1960
        History of Delphos Consolidated School

        Contributions by Delbert SPENCER:
            Buffalo Ridge County School, 1923
            Kellerton High School, Class of 1920
            Kellerton High School, 1921
            Kellerton High School, 1920, Cecil V. LUTZ & Gerald ALLEN
            Rural School, believed to be in Ringgold County
            Stony Point County School, circa 1922-23

     

    As of March 28, 2009, there have been 1,318 Ringgold County gravestone photographs submitted to Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.

      Grant Parker HARRISON arrived safe and healthy at 7:47 a.m. March 7, 2009, weighing in at 8# 10 oz. and 20" long. Proud parents Kyle and Melody HARRISON are doing well. Great-grandmother, Ringgold County's co-coordinator Norma G. (FOLAND) BECKER is very proud, as is great-aunt, Ringgold County's coordinator, Sharon BECKER. Baby Grant's great-great-great-grandparents - Fred B. and Luella (YOUNG) BRAMON who resided in rural Delphos, Ringgold County, Iowa.

    March, 2009   New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • Look-up information for WHO's WHO in IOWA, 1940, Ringgold County

    What's New? Archives, January of 2009 to March of 2009

    What's New? Archives, July of 2008 to December of 2008


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