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SURNAME INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES
PAST AND PRESENT OF SHELBY COUNTY IOWA

BY EDWARD S. WHITE, B.A., LL.B.
1915 B.F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


Index Contributed by Mona Sarratt Knight
December 2001
Photo updates courtesy of Eric & Marcia Driggs and Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
(Underlined Subject Names lead to transcribed Biographies)

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Adams, William R.
Albers, John M.
Allison, Wilson
Altman, Joseph
Alwill, James Robert
Ames, Walter W.
Andersen, Chris M.
Andersen, Peter
Anderson, Carl T.
Anderson, Greger G.
Andresen, John H.
Ankerstjerne, Martin
Anthony, William
Armentrout, Cassie
Armentrout, Eldoris
Armentrout, Philip
Armentrout, Robert
Armentrout, William O.
Asquith, Theodore G.

Bacon, Thomas
Baker, Horace Greeley
Baker, J. K. P.
Baldwin, William
Barber, Joseph L.
Bare, John
Barrett, Galen A.
Barton, Adolphus Walter
Baughman, Hezekiah N.
Bendon, Simon A.
Bengtson, Jesse P.
Benson, Bert
Best, Arthur M.
Best, Ernest L.
Best, Matthias V.
Beuck, Gustav
Bisgard, Nels
Bissen, John
Bissen, Nicholas
Blaine, William Edgar
Blum, John P.
Bocken, Dr. Herman
Boel, Eskild Chris
Bohlander, William F.
Bohuk, Hans F.
Bomberger, William Moore
Book, Charles
Book, Joseph
Booth, Charles D.
Booth, David J.
Booth, Nathaniel
Boysen, Andrew
Boysen, Hans
Brazie, Fred E.
Brodersen, Chris
Brodersen, Hans
Brodersen, Peter
Brommenschenkel, Rev. Peter
Brown, Carl A., Jr.
Brown, Perley B.
Bruck, Jacob A.
Buch, Nicholas M.
Buman, John
Buman, Ludwig
Burkhiser, Rev. Charles V.
Burton, Benjamin O.
Buthmann, Henry J. H.
Byers, Verner H.

Campbell, Colin I.
Campbell, James A.
Campbell, John Edward
Campbell, William C.
Carl, William H.
Carlsen, Soren
Carmichael, Douglas J.
Carmichael, Edwin H.
Carmichael, Hugh
Carter, Lewis
Chatburn, George Richard
Christensen, Christian N.
Christensen, Fred H.
Christensen, Louis
Christensen, Nels
Christiansen, Edward
Christiansen, Marinus
Christiansen, Martin
Christiansen, Michael
Christiansen, Nicolaus
Clapp, Albert C.
Clapp, M. E.
Claussen, Claus and Katrina (Tauck) (Photo)
Claussen, Henry
Claussen, John H.
Claussen, Peter 
Cleveland, William Fiske
Clothier, Lehi
Cobb, Dr. Elliot A.
Cockerell, Charles A.
Coenen, John
Comstock, William A.
Constable, William
Cook, Dr. Elihu L.
Cooper, William E.
Corey, Mrs. Margaret M.
Coughlin, Patrick M.
Cox, Orville F.
Croft, George S.
Croft, Lloyd C.
Cross, William J.
Crouch, Frank L.
Cullison, George W.
Cullison, Shelby
Custer, Benton C.
Custer, Henry

Daeges, Jacob W.
Dales, David G.
Dales, John H.
Darling, Darwin M.
Davis, John E.
Daws, Charles W.
Daws, James Leroy
Deen, James M.
Densmore, George W.
Dickinson, Norris W.
Dowling, Harry P.
Downs, Guy L.
Doyle, Daniel T.
Dreier, Chris F.
Dudley, Carl E.

Eckerman, Jacob
Edwards, John Charles
Edwards, John E.
Eggerss, Frederick C.
Erickson, Enoch H.
Erickson, Erick
Erret, Dr. George Edwin
Esbeck, Jacob J.
Escher, Charles Jr.
Escher, Henry Anson
Esser, Herman

Fahn, Joseph
Failenschmid, Rev. Julius
Fedler, Rev. John H.
Ferguson, Charles H.
Ferry, Charles Henry
Ferry, Isaac
Findlay, James P.
Fiscus, Paaren
Fish, Edward F.
Fish, George M.
Fisher, Gideon
Fountain, Pierson
Frank, Charles F.
Frank, Henry
Franklin, Thomas N.
Frederickson, Arthur
Fredrickson, John F.
Frees, Asmus
Frees, Henry
French, William
Fromm, Peter J.

Garst, Ira D.
Gau, Arnold P.
Gaul, Nicholas
Gawley, George
Gillett, George T.
Gingery, John C.
Goeser, John
Gooding, Frederick
Graves, Charles
Graves, Cyrus
Graves, Fred H.
Green, Levi
Gregory, Barney W.
Griffith, Ben B.
Gross, Frank
Gross, Joseph
Grund, Robert J.
Gunderson, George B.

 
Hack, Hiram P.
Hahn, Frank J.
Hainley, Francis W.
Hald, Carl
Hale, Harry C.
Hammer, Peter A.
Hann, Frank W.
Hanna, Hon. James Robert
Hannon, Charles M.
Hansen, Chris J.
Hansen, Frank
Hansen, Frank L.
Hansen, George
Hansen, Hans N.
Hansen, Hans P.
Hansen, Hon. Albert
Hansen, Mads
Hansen, Nels P.
Hansen, Theodore S.
Hanson, H. P.
Harness, George W.
Harris, Benjamin J.
Harris, Calvin J.
Havick, Andrew A.
Hayward, Arthur C.
Hayward, Henry F.
Head, Carlos E.
Heese, Henry
Heese, John Carl
Henriksen, Anders
Herkenrath, Peter
Hertert, John P.
Hervey, Samuel C.
Hess, Alvin
Hess, Andrew H.
Hess, Nicholas H.
Higgins, George J.
Hodapp, Bernard
Hodapp, Frank
Hoegh, William
Hoffman, Henry
Hoogensen, Nels H.
Howlett, Lambert
Huber, John
Huebner, Frank
Hulsebus, Fred A.
Hummert, Rev. Joseph B.
Hunter, William

Ickes, George W.

Jacobs, Nicholas M.
Jacobson, Clarence P.
Jacoby, John
Jensen, Andrew P.
Jensen, Christian
Jensen, James M.
Jensen, Jens C.
Jensen, John P.
Johnson, Carl
Johnson, Clarence C.
Johnson, Harold
Jones, Dr. N. Jasper
Jorgensen, James P.
Juhl, Paul M.
Jurschak, Peter
Justice, Gustavus A.

Kays, Frank S.
Kelso, Orra E.
Kerr, Francis L.
Kilpatrick, William Francis
Kimmen, Michael
Kingsbury, John
Kington, Edward F.
Klepper, John
Klindt, Peter B.
Kneeland, Marcus L.
Kobold, Michael
Koesters, Anton
Koesters, Robert
Kohles, John
Koppold, Wendel
Kramer, Joseph
Kraschel, Col. Nelson G.
Kroman, Andrew H.
Kruckenburg, Fred
Kueppenbender, Rev. Bartholomew
Kuhl, Alfred D.
Kuhl, Franklin
Kuhl, John
Kuhl, Nicholas V.

Lage, Carl
Langanfeld, George J.
Langenfeld, August
Langenfeld, Jacob
Langenfeld, Nicholas
Larson, Crist P. 
Larson, George 
Larson, Jeppe
Larson, Martin Julius 
Lawrence, Samuel P.
Lee, Emery H.
Lee, John F.
Leuck, Michael
Leuschen, Benedict
Leuschen, Nickolaus C.
Lewis, Everett M.
Lewis, Frank
Lewis, Miles A.
Leytham, Thomas
Linn, Franklin B.
Loehr, Jacob
Long, William J.
Lorentzen, Mathias
Lorenz, Christopher
Lorenzen, Lorenz
Louis, Fred
Lunn, Jens Christiansen 
Lux, Peter
Luxford, Jacob A.

Maassen, John F.
Madsen, Peter H.
Major, William A.
Malick, Harry J.
Marshall, Mrs. Hester
Martin, Elmer J.
Mathisen, Niels R.
Maxwell, John D.
May, Milton C. 
Mayne, Perry
Mayne, William Henry 
McBride, James W.
McDonald, Hopkins K. 
McDowell, Perry
McLaughlin, William H. 
McMahon, James J.
McMahon, John T.
McMahon, Terence
McMullen, George E.
McNaughton, Carl W.
Meier, Jacob
Mellerop, Chris C.
Meyer, Dr. Valentine John
Meyer, William H.
Mickelson, Marius 
Miller, Charles H. 
Miller, Emil M. 
Miller, George E.
Miller, George G.
Miller, George H.
Miller, Ralph W.
Miller, Tobias D.
Mischo, John
Monaghan, Thomas
Monson, Peter S.
Moore, Edwin Augustus
Moore, Edwin B.
Mork, Hans
Morris, Ellis Frank 
Mortenson, Peter 
Mowry, Christian Grant
Mowry, John L.
Muenchrath, John A.
Muldoon, James
Muller, Jacob Peter

Nelsen, Martin
Nelson, George 
Nelson, Moody
Nelson, Nels
Nelson, Thomas K.
Neubauer, Michael
Nielsen, Anders C. 
Nielsen, Christian
Nielsen, Jens P.
Nielson, Niels
Nieman, Fred
Nissen, Hans 
Nissen, John
Noon, Edward A.
Norgaard, Jorgen J.
Nyrup, John C.


ODay, Michael 
Obrecht, Charles A. 
Obrecht, William 
Ohms, Nicholas H. 
Olesen, Martin
Olesen, Soren
Olsen, James C. 
Olsen, Lawrence
Olson, Ole

Parker, Walter R. 
Patterson, Chandler R.
Patterson, Moses H.
Pauley, Peter
Paulsen, Paul K. 
Paup, Frank B.
Paup, George C.
Pedersen, Eske L.
Pedersen, Peder 
Peiffer, Benjamin Franklin  
Penniston, Robert G.
Peters, Dr. Fletcher Edward
Peters, Fred W.
Peters, Fritz
Peters, Paul F.
Petersen, Carl 
Petersen, George L. 
Pexton, James Frederick 
Philson, Samuel J. 
Pickard, Luther H.
Pingel, Peter J.
Plagman, John
Plumb, Francis
Plummer, William Taylor
Poldberg, Chris
Poling, Martin Hamilton
Pomeroy, Robert M.
Poole, Samuel G.
Potter, Hon. Levi Franklin
Potter, Thomas H.
Pryor, Arthur

Quinn, Ed

Ramsey, Robert
Rank, William B.
Rasch, Andrew 
Rasmussen, Chris A.
Rasmussen, John
Reams, Joseph B. 
Reyelt, Adolph D.
Reynolds, Charles A.
Rice, Charles A.
Robinson, John W.
Rogers, Arthur N.
Rold, John
Rold, Samuel
Rosenthal, John
Rosmann, George
Rosmann, Joseph
Rueschenberg, Joseph 
Ruffcorn, Albert Leslie
Ruffcorn, Pressley H.
Ruffcorn, William E.
Rueschenberg, Frank Joseph
Ryan, Earl
Ryan, Thomas J.

Sabin, Dr. Arthur E.
Saller, Henry
Samuels, Alexander
Schack, Louis
Schechinger, Joseph
Scheckinger, Martin
Scheef, Fritz
Scheef, Henry F.
Schell, Ernest A.
Scheuring, Theodore
Schimerowski, John
Schleier, Henry A.
Schleier, Matthew
Schmid, Jacob H.
Schmieding, John 
Schmitz, Adam
Schmitz, Henry
Schmitz, Joseph
Schmitz, Tony J.
Schnuettegen, Theodore
Schnuettgen, John
Schomer, Peter Matthew
Schomers, Matthew
Schulte, Peter
Schumacher, Jacob
Schuster, George E.
Schwarte, William 
Schwery, John A.
Schwery, Theodore
Sharp, Andrew J.
Shelby County State Bank
Shepherd, William Thomas
Shomer, Jacob
Simpson, William W.
Slates, Franklin
Slates, Samuel B.
Slaughter, Ura B.
Slaven, John F.
Smith, Alexander
Smith, Dr. Eugene Jackson
Smith, Hans H.
Smith, Jabez
Smith, James H. 
Smith, Lewis J.
Smith, Senator Thomas Henry
Smith, Soren M.
Soey, Henry B.
Sondag, Mathias P.
Sorensen, Jens
Sorensen, Soren
Sorenson, Peter
Spickler, Calvin B.
Springmann, Charles
Starner, Everette 
Stein, Nicholas
Stein, Peter
Sterck, Dr. Prudens
Stewart, Andrew 
Stoelk, Henry
Stofferson, Chris N. 
Sullivan, Eugene
Sunderland, Charles N.
Sunderland, Lorenzo D.
Swift, Gaillard K.
Swinehart, Charles R.

Tague, William B.
Tank, John
Taylor, Lieutellas Sylvender
Teske, Dr. Carl
Thielan, John
Thillen, Balthaser 
Thomas, George
Thompson, Albert
Thomsen, Hans
Thuesen, Peter C.
Turpin, Frank


Van Arsdol, Arthur L.

Wagemann, Charles 
Wagemann, Edward G.
Walsh, Dr. John G.
Wayne, Charles O.
Wendt, Frank
Westergaard, Martin I.
Westrope, John G.
White, Charles O.
White, Edward Speer
White, John H.
Wieland, Chris
Wiese, William
Willadsen, Thomas
Wilson, Daniel A.
Winder, Hugh W.
Wittrup, James M.
Woodard, James E.
Woods, Joseph
Woods, Robert
Wooster, William
Wright, Charles E.
Wright, James T. 
Wunder, Frederick F.
Wunder, Henry F.
Wunder, Herman
Wycoff, Eli L.
Wyland, Rev. Ben F.
Wyland, Thomas Jefferson

Yackey, Hiram V.
Young, J. J.
Young, William M.
Young, Wilson D.
Yunck, Joseph H.

Zimmerman, Emil
Zimmerman, Joseph