FIRST BOOK OF WILLS--Dallas County, Iowa
Submitted by Annette Lucas
| The following is the list of persons whose will appear in
the "First Book of Wills" as copied at the Dallas County
Courthouse, Adel, Iowa. The date refers to the date of probate, not the
date the instrument was drawn.
|
| Last Name | First Name | Day | Month | Year |
| Adams | Edward G | 01 | Dec | 1893 | Adams | Henry | 04 | Feb | 1863 |
| Adams | James | 21 | May | 1877 |
| Albin | William W | 07 | Sep | 1892 |
| Aldrich | Sarah | 18 | Sep | 1886 |
| Allen | Benjamin B | 01 | Mar | 1883 |
| Allen | James C | 17 | Nov | 1894 |
| Arneson | Hedge | 09 | Oct | 1889 |
| Ashley | Charlotte | 08 | Nov | 1893 |
| Bailey | David | 27 | Mar | 1895 |
| Baldwin | George E | 17 | Dec | 1873 |
| Baker | John H | 01 | Mar | 1887 |
| Barnes | T G | 04 | Mar | 1875 |
| Barrett | M J | 24 | Sep | 1892 |
| Baxter | A C | 12 | Feb | 1889 |
| Beeckley | Dennis | 06 | Sep | 1892 |
| Bell | John N | 05 | Sep | 1891 |
| Benlow | William | 07 | Mar | 1871 |
| Benson | Lewis B | 21 | May | 1877 |
| Bibbins | I S | 02 | Sep | 1885 |
| Bildrback | Masson | 17 | Nov | 1851 |
| Birdsall | I G | 01 | Nov | 1893 |
| Black | Margaret | 07 | Sep | 1892 |
| Blaceman | Jennie | 11 | Sep | 1894 |
| Blen? | Peter | 14 | Nov | 1892 |
| Boone | William D | 06 | Feb | 1855 |
| Boyd | William | 10 | Jun | 1854 |
| Braniff | Elisabeth | 16 | Jun | 1879 |
| Braniff | Henry | 08 | Nov | 1893 |
| Brenton | James B | 30 | Mar | 1892 |
| Brenton | W H | 16 | Jan | 1894 |
| Britton | Amanda M | 07 | Aug | 1882 |
| Britton | J E | 30 | Mar | 1892 |
| Brown | Elizabeth | 28 | Mar | 1895 |
| Brown | Jacob | 18 | Sep | 1872 |
| Brown | Nancy | 01 | Mar | 1887 |
| Brown | Martin | 27 | Feb | 1885 |
| Buell | Asa Dewey | 20 | Dec | 1875 |
| Buck | Daniel | 22 | Feb | 1876 |
| Bullis | L D | 18 | Feb | 1889 |
| Burt | Frances | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Caldwell | William | 19 | Nov | 1885 |
| Callipriest | Fanny | 20 | Sep | 1880 |
| Calton | Eli L | 16 | Sep | 1895 |
| Carpenter | Celestia | 16 | Sep | 1895 |
| Carpenter | S A | 29 | Mar | 1893 |
| Carrell | Geo B | 04 | Sep | 1886 |
| Carrey | William | 08 | Mar | 1870 |
| Carroll | Medora | 28 | May | 1890 |
| Cartwright | William | 10 | Dec | 1888 |
| Case | Joseph | 05 | Sep | 1864 |
| Chaney | Lewis B | 28 | Mar | 1894 |
| Chappelear | Eliza J | 13 | Dec | 1887 |
| Chestnut | William | 28 | Mar | 1894 |
| Clark | Abraham | 16 | Apr | 1892 |
| Clark | James | 21 | May | 1872 |
| Clark | Moses F | 29 | Jan | 1883 |
| Clark | William H | 08 | Sep | 1892 |
| Clark | William Henry | 22 | Mar | 1887 |
| Clayton | J E | 02 | Feb | 1885 |
| Clayton | John | 03 | May | 1887 |
| Clayton | John D | 27 | Sep | 1886 |
| Collins | Adam | 01 | Mar | 1887 |
| College | James | 09 | Sep | 1891 |
| Condran | James | 31 | Aug | 1886 |
| Conway | Eliza | 09 | Apr | 1890 |
| Cook | John | 05 | Sep | 1864 |
| Cook | Peter | 23 | Aug | 1880 |
| Council | Charles | 07 | Jun | 1869 |
| Courtney | Henry | 09 | Oct | 1889 |
| Crawford | Carrie F | 15 | Apr | 1890 |
| Crawford | Everett N | 23 | Aug | 1881 |
| Crowl | Mary A | 20 | Dec | 1875 |
| Cunningham | James | 21 | Dec | 1878 |
| Daniel | David | 17 | Sep | 1872 |
| Davenport | John | 18 | Sep | 1884 |
| Davis | George W | 04 | Sep | 1855 |
| Davis | Isaac J | 13 | Dec | 1887 |
| Densmore | William | 13 | Dec | 1887 |
| Dickey | William | 28 | May | 1889 |
| Dillon | Jesse | 23 | Aug | 1883 |
| Dillon | Julia A | 30 | Mar | 1897 |
| Dorman | W J | 01 | Apr | 1892 |
| Doty | Elizabeth | 13 | Feb | 1889 |
| Douglas | James | 29 | Jan | 1883 |
| Drake | Elliu | 16 | Jun | 1879 |
| Durfee | Frank R | 03 | Sep | 1890 |
| Durkee | Valentine | 21 | Dec | 1878 |
| Eby | Henry | 29 | Jun | 1883 |
| Elifrits | Abraham | 01 | Apr | 1867 |
| Elifrits | Polly | 07 | Mar | 1879 |
| Ellis | Joshua W | 24 | Mar | 1897 |
| Ellis | Lafayette | 08 | May | 1888 |
| Ellis | Lyman | 21 | Apr | 1894 |
| Ellis | Peter | 23 | Aug | 1881 |
| Ellis | S J | 04 | Oct | 1887 |
| Estes | Horae | 20 | Mar | 1897 |
| Fellar | Andrew | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Fellar | Henry | 20 | Dec | 1875 |
| Fetrow | Deborah D | 20 | Feb | 1883 |
| Finas | John | 15 | Dec | 1873 |
| Fitzgerald | Patrick | 13 | Feb | 1886 |
| Fleischman | James E | 16 | Jun | 1879 |
| Fleming | Catherine | 14 | Feb | 1888 |
| Flood | Peter | 13 | Feb | 1889 |
| Ford | A F | 16 | Jan | 1882 |
| Forrester | Harriet | 21 | May | 1877 |
| Forrester | William E | 28 | Jul | 1879 |
| Forrett | Nicholas | 07 | Mar | 1870 |
| Foster | J P | 13 | Jul | 1887 |
| Foster | Jasper M | 08 | Oct | 1888 |
| Foster | Robert W | 02 | Sep | 1896 |
| Fox | Benjamin | 15 | Jan | 1882 |
| Fox | Charles J | 20 | Dec | 1875 |
| Fox | John | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Francis | George W | 01 | Mar | 1887 |
| Frey | John H | 05 | Dec | 1871 |
| Frush | Jacob G | 03 | Mar | 1865 |
| Frush | Mary E G | 05 | Jul | 1866 |
| Fry | John | 04 | Jun | 1872 |
| Fuller | Timothy D | 17 | Feb | 1883 |
| Gardner | John | 17 | Nov | 1876 |
| Garner | Peter | 13 | Nov | 1893 |
| Garoutte | Mary A | 16 | Jan | 1882 |
| Garwood | Samuel | 15 | Dec | 1879 |
| Gee | Martha P | 10 | Jun | 1878 |
| George | H A | 22 | Sep | 1893 |
| Gilkenson | J A | 05 | Nov | 1896 |
| Gill | Marcus | 15 | May | 1889 |
| Gilroy | George W | 09 | Sep | 1891 |
| Glasgow | Joseph | 27 | Sep | 1886 |
| Golden | Richard | 05 | Oct | 1863 |
| Goughnour | Henry C | 02 | Sep | 1890 |
| Greavey | Patrick | 06 | Jan | 1897 |
| Green | Philander H | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Griswold | Lydia Caroline | 23 | Aug | 1881 |
| Griswold | Susan M | 10 | Jan | 1890 |
| Guthrie | Matilda E | 03 | May | 1887 |
| Hagerman | Isaac J | 11 | Sep | 1894 |
| Hain | F M | 29 | Mar | 1893 |
| Haines | Elizabeth A | 14 | Mar | 1891 |
| Haines | William J | 12 | Jan | 1892 |
| Harlow | John | 09 | Nov | 1895 |
| Harney | Rev. P J | 04 | Oct | 1887 |
| Harper | James | 07 | Sep | 1869 |
| Harris | Albert T | 11 | Mar | 1892 |
| Harrison | Lewis M | 09 | Jul | 1892 |
| Haworth | George W | 28 | Jan | 1885 |
| Henness | Newton | 26 | Mar | 1895 |
| Herzner | Doris | 03 | Sep | 1872 |
| Hester | Isaac | 22 | Dec | 1874 |
| Hewitt | L F | 15 | May | 1876 |
| Hiatt | William P | 23 | Aug | 1881 |
| Hickey | John | 14 | May | 1889 |
| Hill | Jesse B | 17 | Feb | 1885 |
| Hocker | Stephen | 23 | Aug | 1880 |
| Hodson | William | 21 | Feb | 1889 |
| Hoeye | John | 04 | Jun | 1872 |
| Hoeye | William | 13 | Mar | 1891 |
| Hoff | Martha P | 06 | Sep | 1892 |
| Hoff | Powell | 05 | Sep | 1870 |
| Hoffstat | Eunice | 16 | Jan | 1882 |
| Hogan | Ann | 17 | Sep | 1895 |
| Holloway | O W | 02 | Sep | 1896 |
| Holt | William A | 31 | Aug | 1886 |
| Homan | Conrad | 23 | Aug | 1883 |
| Hoopes | Fannie G | 21 | May | 1877 |
| Hotchkiss | Sarah G | 16 | Jan | 1894 |
| Hotchkiss | William D | 11 | Feb | 1894 |
| Howell | Nathan | 02 | Sep | 1885 |
| Hughes | Robert S | 09 | Aug | 1882 |
| Huston | James B | 23 | Feb | 1889 |
| Iseninger | Jacob G | 13 | Sep | 1880 |
| Jaegurson | Charlotte Sophie Fred | 31 | Aug | 1893 |
| Jamison | John | 07 | Aug | 1882 |
| Jenkins | Elizabeth N | 05 | Oct | 1863 |
| Johnson | Johnathan C | 05 | - | 1884 |
| Jones | John M | 11 | Nov | 1876 |
| Keith | Jacob | 07 | Jun | 1869 |
| Kelley | John | 21 | Dec | 1878 |
| Kimrey | George W | 02 | Apr | 1866 |
| King | Coleman M | 09 | Jul | 1878 |
| Kirkendall | James | 24 | Dec | 1868 |
| Knight | Susan | 28 | Sep | 1881 |
| Lamb | John | 18 | Jan | 1859 |
| LaValley | Alice | 25 | Mar | 1896 |
| Lee | R M | 14 | Nov | 1893 |
| Lee | William | 17 | Dec | 1877 |
| Leyner | John | 02 | Sep | 1896 |
| Lillie | Alphonzo David | 09 | Sep | 1891 |
| Longmire | Levi A | 15 | May | 1876 |
| Loper | Joseph | 06 | Nov | 1890 |
| Loy | Michael J | 03 | Jun | 1867 |
| Luellen | William | 22 | Mar | 1887 |
| Ludington | John N | 28 | Jan | 1884 |
| Lumpkin | Robert W | 08 | Jan | 1892 |
| Lynch | Ann | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Lynch | Richard | 16 | Dec | 1873 |
| McCain | Solomen | 22 | May | 1871 |
| McCall | Hugh D | 13 | Sep | 1886 |
| McChesney | Jonathan | 01 | Apr | 1890 |
| McCormick | John | 21 | Jan | 1886 |
| McCoy | Martha F | 01 | Apr | 1890 |
| McKibben | Samuel S | 10 | Jun | 1878 |
| McLaughlin | E S | 04 | May | 1893 |
| McMiller | John | 03 | Nov | 1863 |
| Mars | Joshua B | 01 | Mar | 1887 |
| Marshall | Elizabeth E | 11 | Sep | 1894 |
| Marshall | Ellen | 28 | Sep | 1895 |
| Martin | David P | 23 | Aug | 1881 |
| Martin | Ellen A | 01 | Feb | 1892 |
| Maxwell | James | 23 | Jan | 1892 |
| Melick | Stewart P | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Meliza | Jacob | 19 | Oct | 1889 |
| Mendenhall | Nathan | 08 | Apr | 1891 |
| Michener | Barak | 04 | Jun | 1878 |
| Miller | John | 17 | Sep | 1890 |
| Miller | John D | 11 | Sep | 1885 |
| Miller | Martin | 17 | May | 1888 |
| Miller | Rosan M J | 02 | Mar | 1888 |
| Miller | William M | 28 | Jan | 1884 |
| Mills | J M | 02 | Mar | 1890 |
| Mills | Milton L | 04 | May | 1889 |
| Moffett | John | 06 | Nov | 1890 |
| Moody | Silas | 31 | Aug | 1886 |
| Moore | Seaborn | 21 | Apr | 1873 |
| Moran | Daniel | 18 | Oct | 1892 |
| Moran | John | 09 | Apr | 1896 |
| Morgan | J S | 15 | Dec | 1873 |
| Morgan | Mary A | 18 | Sep | 1891 |
| Morgan | Thomas J | 08 | May | 1888 |
| Mortimer | L B | 31 | Aug | 1886 |
| Moses | Alonzo | 09 | Jun | 1858 |
| Mundorff | David P | 04 | Feb | 1884 |
| Munson | Lucius | 29 | Jun | 1888 |
| Murphy | Nancy J | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Murray | Jonathan M | 29 | Jan | 1883 |
| Myers | Isaac | 24 | May | 1889 |
| Myers | Sarah G | 02 | Apr | 1891 |
| Neal | David | 26 | Jan | 1886 |
| Neal | Samuel S | 07 | Dec | 1886 |
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| Neoer? | Eva B | 02 | Oct | 1888 |
| Newby | Maggie A | 25 | Apr | 1887 |
| Newby | Mark J | 11 | Jan | 1879 |
| Newell | W C | 04 | Jun | 1895 |
| Newland | Joseph | 02 | Oct | 1855 |
| Norris | Thomas C | 21 | May | 1877 |
| Nunnaley | L M | 14 | Feb | 1888 |
| O'Connor | Thomas | 21 | May | 1877 |
| O'Neil | Jesse | 14 | Jan | 1890 |
| Olsen | Hellick | 07 | Jan | 1890 |
| Osborn | Charlorre I | 21 | Sep | 1897 |
| Owen | Jane H | 16 | Jun | 1879 |
| Paltzer | Sylvenus | 04 | Nov | 1867 |
| Parker | Joseph | 19 | Apr | 1875 |
| Patterson | William G | 25 | Feb | 1893 |
| Payton | John | 07 | Nov | 1895 |
| Peck | William H | 02 | Apr | 1875 |
| Peddicord | David | 03 | Dec | 1886 |
| Perkins | Jeremiah | 18 | Dec | 1879 |
| Peters | Peter James | 21 | May | 1889 |
| Platt | John | 20 | Dec | 1875 |
| Pratt | Elisha J | 10 | Feb | 1885 |
| Puffer | John | 07 | Aug | 1882 |
| Redfield | Eliza A | 18 | Mar | 1884 |
| Redfield | J Ward | 02 | Sep | 1896 |
| Reeves | Stacey T | 29 | Jan | 1883 |
| Rhoades | Daniel | 11 | Feb | 1884 |
| Richart | Sarah A | 09 | Sep | 1891 |
| Ridgway | Joseph D | 15 | Jan | 1895 |
| Risser | John | 16 | Jan | 1894 |
| Robbins | Isaac | 17 | Dec | 1873 |
| Roberts | David I | 03 | Sep | 1890 |
| Roberts | E S | 31 | Aug | 1886 |
| Rochell | Petter | 04 | Apr | 1891 |
| Roger | Daniel | 04 | Oct | 1887 |
| Rouch | James M | 07 | Apr | 1892 |
| Royer | Sarah | 01 | Sep | 1897 |
| Schmel | Andrew | 14 | Feb | 1888 |
| Scurry | James | 23 | Aug | 1880 |
| Sears | Ezra K | 10 | Sep | 1880 |
| Senior | Francis | 02 | Sep | 1886 |
| Shambaugh | Simon B | 20 | Jan | 1874 |
| Shaw | Daniel D | 16 | Jan | 1894 |
| Sheehart | Elizabeth | 11 | Sep | 1894 |
| Shoemann | Gus | 07 | Sep | 1891 |
| Shuey | John | 30 | Aug | 1884 |
| Simcoke | B F | 02 | Sep | 1890 |
| Simison | John | 08 | Mar | 1870 |
| Skinner | Alva | 28 | Mar | 1895 |
| Slaniger | Joseph | 05 | Mar | 1875 |
| Slaughter | Moses | 09 | Sep | 1891 |
| Sloan | Samuel | 09 | Jul | 1878 |
| Slocum | Charles P | 25 | Mar | 1896 |
| Smith | Mahala A | 14 | May | 1889 |
| Smith | L W | 26 | Jan | 1886 |
| Stafford | John | 11 | Sep | 1880 |
| Staker | Susan | 16 | Apr | 1892 |
| Stanfield | Samuel | 02 | Feb | 1863 |
| Starbuck | David M | 05 | Feb | 1866 |
| Stiles | Ann C | 08 | Mar | 1872 |
| Stitt | Marianna W | 07 | Apr | 1870 |
| Strader | John | 30 | Aug | 1880 |
| Strange | John R | 11 | Sep | 1894 |
| Stump | Daniel | 04 | Jun | 1872 |
| Sutton | John | 18 | May | 1858 |
| Thomson | Joseph A | 02 | Sep | 1890 |
| Thompson | William | 23 | Jan | 1882 |
| Thornburg | Harry C | 31 | Aug | 1886 |
| Todd | John D | 13 | Nov | 1894 |
| Townsend | Isaac | 15 | Dec | 1873 |
| Tyer | John | 22 | Dec | 1874 |
| Valker | Jacob | 10 | Apr | 1896 |
| Vancleave | Benjamin | 16 | Jun | 1854 |
| Vancleave | Joseph W | 06 | Jul | 1863 |
| Van Meter | J J | 14 | Sep | 1894 |
| Van Meter | Joseph H | 13 | Dec | 1887 |
| Wagner | Philip | 26 | Apr | 1875 |
| Walker | John W | 22 | Apr | 1895 |
| Wallace | John | 21 | May | 1877 |
| Warford | John | 25 | Aug | 1884 |
| Warren | Minerva | 29 | Jan | 1883 |
| Warren | Sarah | 01 | Mar | 1887 |
| Watrous | Andrew M | 07 | Sep | 1871 |
| Watts | Robert | 13 | Dec | 1887 |
| Wells | Jackson | 28 | Jan | 1884 |
| Wescott | Sophia C | 07 | Nov | 1894 |
| Whaley | Lucy A | 18 | Apr | 1892 |
| Whitmore | Ackley H | 04 | Jan | 1873 |
| Whipple | Philena | 25 | Mar | 1896 |
| Whitted | Philena | 25 | Mar | 1896 |
| Wiagg | John | 28 | Nov | 1896 |
| Widner | Mary M | 28 | Mar | 1895 |
| Wilcox | James | 01 | Apr | 1890 |
| Wilson | Mary M | 06 | Jan | 1897 |
| Wise | Joseph F | 20 | Dec | 1875 |
| Wolf | Charles P | 08 | May | 1888 |
| Wright | John N | 04 | Jan | 1893 |
| Yarnall | Matilda | 26 | Jul | 1859 |
| Young | Calista | 09 | Sep | 1891 |
| Young | George M | 16 | Sep | 1895 |
| Young | J J | 19 | Dec | 1876 |
| Young | Jacob R | 23 | Aug | 1881 |
| Zimmerman | Anna R | 01 | Apr | 1890 |