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• Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens
  Excerpted from History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties, 1883
Surnames included
ABBOTT, ABRAMS, ADAMS, ALLEN, ANDREWS, APKER, ARMITAGE, ARMSBURY, BABCOCK, BAILEY, BARKER, BARNARD, BARNEY, BAUER, BECK, BECKER, BEHR, BENJAMIN, BENNER, BENNETT, BISHOP, BITTERMAN, BLOOD, BLYTHE, BOBLE, BOEYE, BOGARDUS, BOLTON, BOOTH, BRAINARD, BRENTNER, BRETT, BRIDEN, BRISBIN, BRODERICK, BROWN, BRUCE, BRYANT, BUCKINGHAM, BUGHER, BURDICK, BURGESS, BURKHOLDER, BURLINGHAM, BURNHAM, CALLAM, CALVERT, CAMERON, CAMPBELL, CARD, CARR, CASE, CATHCART, CHAPIN, CHAPMAN, CHARLTON, CHURCH, CLACK, CLARK, CLASS, CLAUS, CLEMENT, CLIGITT, COLE, COLWELL, COOK, COOPER, CORNELL, COTEY, CRANE, CROSS, CROWELL, CUMMINGS, DAKIN, DANEY, DAVIS, DENISON, DENSMORE, DEXTER, DEYOE, DILTS, DORT, DOUD, DOUGAN, DOUGHERTY, DRUMMOND, DYER, EAGER, EDDY, EHLERS, ELDER, ELDRIDGE, EMSLEY, ESTABROOK, FAIRFIELD, FARINGTON, FARRELL, FEDERSPIEL, FELT, FELTHOUS, FERRIER, FISHER, FITCH, FLINT, FLOOD, FLORENCE, FOLSOM, FOSTER, FREDERICK, FREEMAN, FRENCH, FROST, FULLER, FULLERTON, GAGE, GALE, GARDNER, GARLOCK, GARNER, GAYLORD, GIBSON, GILDNER, GILLETT, GLASS, GOODELL, GOODHUE, GOODWIN, GOODYKOONTZ, GOOTLIEB, GRAHAM, GRAVES, GRAY, GREEN, GREGORY, GROVES, GRUMMON, HAMMOND, HAMSTREET, HANEY, HANSEN, HANSON, HARDING, HARKISON, HARRIS, HARROUN, HARTSHORN, HATHAWAY, HAWLEY, HAYES, HAYNES, HEATH, HELM, HENDERSON, HENNIS, HENRY, HERRICK, HICKLING, HICKOK, HILL, HOBBS, HOVEY, HOWARD, HOWLAND, HOYT, HUBBARD, HUGHES, HUNT, HUNTLEY, HUTCHINS, JACOBS, JOHNSON, JOY, KAHLKE, KEENAN, KEENEY, KEERL, KIMBALL, KINNEY, KINYON, KIRK, KLINEFELTER, KONVALINKA, KRUG, KUPPINGER, LAMSON, LANE, LANGENBERG, LANGSCHADL, LAW, LEE, LEONARD, LIEN, LILLIBRIDGE, LINDON, LLOYD, LONG, LUCAS, LYMAN, MARKLEY, MARSH, MARTIN, MASON, MASSEE, MATHER, MATLEY, McADAM, McCULLOCH, McDOWELL, McFADDEN, McGOWAN, McGRIGOR, McKENZIE, McNIDER, MEACHAM, MEDDAUGH, MELOY, MILLER, MOFFETT, MOORE, MORAN, MORONEY, MORRIS, MORSE, MULLAN, MURDOCK, MURPHY, NEIDERMYER, NELSON, NETTLETON, NICHOLS, NOYES, O'CONNELL, O'NEIL, O'ROURK, OGDEN, OSBORNE, OVERBECK, OWEN, PAGE, PALMER, PALMETER, PARDEE, PARKER, PATTEE, PATTERSON, PAULSON, PECK, PENCE, PENNEY, PERRETT, PERRY, PHILLIPS, PIERCE, PIERSOL, POLLOCK, PORTER, PRESCOTT, PRICHARD, PRIDE, PUTNAM, QUACKENBUSH, QUICK, RANDALL, REDINGTON, REINIGER, REYNOLDS, RICE, RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, ROCKWELL, RODER, ROGERS, ROOD, ROSECRANS, RUDDICK, RUGG, RULE, RUSSELL, SABIN, SALE, SAMPSON, SANBORN, SANDERSON, SANFORD, SARGENT, SCHERMERHORN, SEABURY, SECOR, SENIOR, SHAW, SHELDON, SHIELDS, SHIPLEY, SIMENSON, SIRRINE, SKINNER, SMITH, SOMERS, SPEAR, SPOTTS, STACKHOUSE, STANBERY, STEARNS, STEVENS, STEWART, STILSON, SUTTON, TASKER, TAYLOR, TEED, TELFORD, TEMPLE, TENNEY, THADA, THOMAS, THOMPSON, TIFFANY, TINKER, TODD, TOMPKINS, TRAPP, TUCKER, TURNURE, TUTTLE, USHER, UTENDORFER, UTLEY, VA LEU, VALE, VALENTINE, VALENTOVA, VALLIER, VALUE, VAN CAMP, VAN DEURSEN, VAN DINE, VAN DUSEN, VAN DYKE, VAN GLAHN, VAN HYNING, VAN PATTER, VAN WIE, VAN WINGARDEN, VANAUKEN, VANDER HAYDEN, VARNER, VAUGHN, VERMILYA, VERNALL, VINTON, VOCHIS, VOLL, WAGGONER, WALCOTT, WALKER, WALLACE, WALLRAFF, WALTER, WARD, WARNER, WARREN, WARRINES, WASHBURN, WATTS, WAUGHTAL, WAUNINGER, WEBER, WEIDNER, WEIL, WEINER, WELLS, WELSH, WELTON, WEST, WETMORE, WHEELER, WHETSTONE, WHITAKER, WHITLEDGE, WHORTON, WIARY, WICKS, WIER, WILCOX, WILKE, WILKERSON, WILLARD, WILLEY, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILLIS, WILLS, WILLSON, WILSEY, WILSON, WINANS, WINTER, WINTERS, WISHARD, WITHERS, WITT, WOGGERD, WOHLWEND, WOMACK, WOOD, WOODFORD, WOOGERD, WOOLLY, WORKMAN, WRIGHT, YOUNG, ZALUD, ZERBE, ZIMMERMAN, ZIMMERSON, ZINDEL


• Biographical Sketches of Cerro Gordo County's Early Lawyers
  Excerpted from The Courts and Legal Profession of Iowa, 1907
  Surnames included

  ADAMS, ALBROOK, ALLEN, ATKINSON, BARRAGY, BINFORD, BLYTHE, BONIFIELD, BOYD, BRADY, BRIGHTMAN, BROCKETT, BROCKWAY, BROWN, BURKE, BUSH, BUTTS, CAMERON, CAMPBELL, CARD, CHAMBERS, CHASE, CHURCH, CLARK, CLIGGITT, CROW, COOK, CUMMINGS, CURREN, DAWSON, DOUGHERTY, DRUMMOND, EDSON, EULETTE, FAIRFIELD, FERGUSON, FLINT, FORTNER, FRETWELL, FROST, FULLER, GALE, GIBBS, GIBSON, GLASS, GRAY, GREEN, HALL, HARRITY, HARTSHORN, HAZELTON, HEPBURN, HILL, HOLM, HOY, HUGHES, HUNTLEY, HURN,HUSTED, IVES, JONES, KEELER, KELLY, KIMBALL, KIRSCHMAN, KOCH, LONG, MacKENZIE, MARKLEY, McCONLOGUE, McDERMOTT, MIKSCH, MILLER, MOIR, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MURDOCK, NIVEN, PABODY, PORTER, RAYMOND, RANDALL, RANKIN, REINIGER, RINARD, ROBINSON, ROGERS, ROSECRANS, RUDDICK, RULE, SHAW, SHEPARD, SHERWIN, SMITH, SPEAR, STACKHOUSE, STANBERY, STETTLER, STEVENS, TELFORD, THOMPSON, TUTTLE, VEMIRLYA, WALDO, WEIR, WHEELER, WILBUR, WITWER, WOODRUFF, WRIGHT, WRIGHTMAN


• Sketches of Representative Citizens
  Excerpted from History of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 1910
Surnames included
ADAMS, AVERY, BABCOCK, BAGLEY, BAILEY, BAKER, BARKER, BARLOW, BATE, BELL, BERTELSEN, BISHOP, BITTERMAN, BLIEN, BOHN, BRETT, BRINK, BROWN, BRYANT, BURDICK, BURKE, BURNAP, BURNHAM, BURNS, CAHALAN, CARMANY, CAROLAN, CARPENTER, CHAMBERS, CHILSON, CLARK, CLIGGITT, CLUNE, COBB, COLBY, CONNER, COOPER, CRAPSER, CROSSLEY, CUMMINGS, DAKER, DAKIN, DAWSON, DAYTON, De NEUT, DEAN, DECKER, DENISON, DENSMORE, DENT, DORDERER, DOUGHERTY, DUNN, DUTRO, EDGAR, EGLOFF, EMSLEY, EVANS, FARRELL, FELTHOUS, FESSENDEN, FLOY, FORBERG, FROMM, FROST, FULLER, GALE, GARLOCK, GIBSON, GILDNER, GILLETT, GORMAN, GRADY, GRAY, GRIMM, GRUMMON, HANLON, HANSON, HARDING, HARMS, HARRIS, HARROUN, HARTHAN, HATHORN, HELM, HEMMING, HEMPHILL, HENKEL, HILTS, HODNEFIELD, HOLDREN, HUBER, JAMES, KEERL, KERR, KIRSCHMAN, KNUTSON, LYMAN, LYONS, MAHANNAH, McGLONE, McMANUS, McNITT, MEIER, MILLER, NUTTING, OLSON, ONTJES, ORMSBY, PARKER, PATTERSON, PEDELTY, PEEDAN, PHILLIPS, ROCKWELL, RULE, SCHERF, SHANKS, SONDROL, STANBERY, STEWART, TEED, THOMPSON, WHEELER


• Biographical Sketches
  Excerpted from Iowa : Its history and Its Foremost Citizens, 1916
Surnames included
ADAMS, BOPP, CHURCH, COON, COREY, DENSMORE, DEYOE, DUNCAN, DUNCOMBE, DUNN, EMSLEY, FULLER, PALMER, RASMUSSEN, ROBINSON, SMITH, STANTON, SWALE, TOMPKINS


• "They Started Here: A Mason City Series of Success Stories"
  A Globe Gazette Special Series, 1940-1941
  Surnames included

  ANDERSON, BAGLEY, BAIRD, BARBER, BARLOW, BELDING, BLISS, BOEYE, BRANDENBURG, CARLSON, CATT, CHURCHILL, COMFORT, DAVIS, DIKE, EDMONDS, FLANAGAN, FLETCHER, FOSTER, GAFFNEY, GREGORY, HATHORN, HAYNES, HOFFMAN, HOLMAN, HOPKINS, JAY, KELLY, MACGREGOR, MACNEILS, MANLEY, MCARTHUR, MILLIKAN, MITCHELL, PIERCE, POTTER, PREHN, SHEEHY, SHEPARD, SIMS, SMITH, SPENCE, STUDEBAKER, TISS, WESTON, WILLSON


• "Who's Who in Mason City"
  A Globe Gazette Special Edition, 1957
  Surnames included

  AARONS, ABBOTT, ALBRECHT, ALITZ, ALLEN, ANDERSEN, ANDREWS, ARNOLD, ASHBY, AUNE, BAHR, BAILEY, BARDAY, BAUER, BECKER, BENDER, BERGO, BERSCHEID, BIER, BLANCHARD, BLOWERS, BOHN, BOOE, BOONSTRA, BOWEN, BOYER, BRAMHALL, BRANDT, BREEN, BRODT, BROWN, BUCHANAN, BUDLONG, BUEHNER, BURGER, BURGESS, BUTTRICK, CAIN, CALHOUN, CAMERON, CAMPBELL, CARL, CARMAN, CARSON, CARSTENS, CASEY, CHAUNCEY, CHENAULT, CLARK, CLARKE, CLAUSEN, CLAYBURG, CONNOR, CONOVER, CONROY, COOPER, CORLESS, CORSON, CRAIG, CRAWFORD, CREW, CROY, CUMMINS, CURRAN, CURRIE, CURTIS, DAKIN, DARLAND, DAY, DEAN, DEGRUSH, DE JONG, DELAHOYDE, DESART, DEWILDE, DICKINSON, DIERCKS, DIETZE, DOPPS, DORMEDY, DOYLE, DUFF, DUFFY, DULING, DYRE, EASLEY, EBELING, EBERHARDT, EDWARDS, EFFRESS, EIKENBARY, ELDER, ENNIS, ERICKSON, ESLIKC, EVANS, FATLAND, FINKE, FINLAYSON, FISCHBECK, FISHER, FIX, FLYNN, FOX, FRANKE, FRANZEN, FREEMAN, GALLOGLY, GASSWINT, GEER, GELT, GERARD, GETZ, GIESEN, GILDNER, GLASS, GLAZER, GOODMAN, GOPLERUD, GRANGE, GRIFFIN, GRIPP, GRIFFITH, GRUPP, HAAG, HAASE, HAIJSMAN, HALL, HALSOR, HAMBLIN, HAMMOND, HANES, HANSEN, HANSON, HARMAN, HARRER, HARD, HASAPOPOULOS, HASSE, HAWLEY, HAWKINS, HAYES, HEALY, HEDRICK, HEINZ, HELBLING, HENEMAN, HENKEL, HERMANSON, HERME, HILLSTROM, HINZ, HOF, HOLLAND, HOLM, HOVDA, HUBACHER, HUBER, HUGHES, HUGI, ISENSEE, JAMES, JASPERS, JEFFREY, JENNINGS, JENSEN, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORGENSON, KEISTER, KELLER, KELLUM, KELLY, KELSH, KENNEDY, KERNAN, KEW, KING, KIROFF, KISLIA, KITSIS, KNAPP, KOENEKE, KOERBER, KRUEGER, KUN, KURTZ, LAMBIE, LANE, LAMSON, LANG, LAUBER, LAWLIE, LAWSON, LEAMAN, LEFFLER, LEHMANN, LENNAN, LINDER, LINDQUIST, LITTLE, LOCK, LOERS, LONG, LOOMIS, LOOTS, LOSH, LOVELL, LUDLOW, LUNDBERG, LYONS, LYTLE, MACNIDER, MAJOR, MALLO, MALONE, MASTER, MAY, MCCARRON, MCCAULEY, MCDONALD, MCDONOUGH, MCGEE, MCGOWAN, MEINECKE, MENDON, MENSCH, MENZEL, MILLER, MILLHISER, MILLIGAN, MOORE, MOREL, MORGAN, MOTT, MOYER, MULDOON, MUEHLSTEDT, MUELLER, MULLANEY, MYHR, MYLI, NAIFEH, NELSON, NIELSEN, NOREM, O'BRIEN, O'CONNOR, OERTEL, O'HEARN, OHRT, OLESON, OLSON, PAGE, PATHOULAS, PATTEE, PATTERSONPATTON, PATTSCHULL, PAULEY, PAULSEN, PAULSON, PAULUS, PAYNE, PAYTON, PEARCE, PEARSON, PENDERGRAFT, PERCY, PETERSEN, PETERSON, PHALEN, PICKEN, PIRKL, PLATH, PLATTS, POGELER, POPENHAGEN, POTTER, PREUSS, PRICE, QUAMME, RANDALL, RANSOM, RASMUSSEN, RAYBURN, RENTZ, REYNOLDS, RINARD, RISACHER, RISSLER, RODGERS, ROMEY, RORICK, ROSCHI, ROWLEY, SARSET, SAWYER, SCHAEFER, SCHAPER, SCHLADER, SCHULTZ, SCHWANKE, SEDARS, SENEY, SHELTON, SHEPHERD, SHEPOISER, SHERMAN, SHERWIN, SIMON, SINNETT, SIPPY, SKRAM, SLAGLE, SLOCK, SMITH, SNELL, SNYDER, SONDERGAARD, SOWERS, SPINDLER, SPRAGUE, SPRENGELER, STACKHOUSE, STAHL, STARKS, CLAIR, STEWARD, STEWART, STOCKBERGER, STONE, STOYLES, STREYFFELER, STRICKLAND, STROM, STEVENS, STUDER, SWAB, SWALE, SWARNER, SWEENEY, SWEHLA, SWICKARD, SWIFT, SZYMECZEK, TAGESEN, TAIT, TATE, TEMPLE, TENNEY, TOEPFER, TYLER, VANCE, VAN ESSEN, VAN NESS, VENZ, VESTERBY, WAGNER, WALLACE, WASS, WEAVER, WEBER, WEISETH, WERNER, WHITSELL, WICKS, WILLFORD, WILKINS, WILSON, WOLF, WOLFF, WOODWORTH, WOLLDRIDGE, ZACH