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Winneshiek County IAGenWeb WINNESHIEK COUNTY PIONEERS this page was last updated on Tuesday, 21 January 2014 |
| Source: Extracted from various issues of IOWA HAWKEYE HERITAGE, a quarterly publication of the Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa (Volume, date, issue number, and page number will be noted with each name listed if a researcher would want to contact Iowa Genealogical Society for additional information). Additional surnames are highlighted here which was not shown on the original abstracts. |
| Contributor: Connie Ellis, extracted from her issues from 1980 to 1985 when she was an IGS member. |
| Iowa Pioneers was a series of abstracts from the Iowa Genealogical Society Pioneer Certificate files which were first published in the IGS-HAWKEYE HERITAGE quarterlies starting with Volume 13 Summer of 1978 issue and ended with Volume 14 Summer 1979 issue (approximately 154 people were listed who had settled in various counties before 1856).The names of those Pioneers are not listed here |
| The publication of the Iowa Pioneers was resumed in Volume 16, Spring 1981- April, May, June, number 2 issue. That issue did not include any Pioneers from Winneshiek County but the next issues did which are included as follows: |
| Cornell, Nathaniel, son of Seabury and Abigail Cornell, was born 25 June 1802 in Bristol County, Massachusetts; died 2 May 1877 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; and was buried in Bloomfield Cemetery at Castalia. Abigail's maiden name was Mason. Nathaniel married (1st) Hannah Diadama Palmer 2 February 1831 at Rodman, Jefferson County, New York and (2nd) |
| Emma Ann Loomis. Hannah was born 9 May 1812 in New York and died 14 December 1832 in Onondago County, New York. She was buried in Pine Plains Cemetery in Onondago County. The pioneer settled in Bloomfield Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa during 1853. Nathaniel and Hannah had one child, Alphonso. P. Cornell. |
| Vol. 16,Summer 1981, July, August, September, number 3, page 152 |
| Dawley, Asa, son of John and Patience (Sweet) Dawley, was born July 1808 at Lorraina, Jefferson County, New York;died 29 February 1880 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; and was buried in Russell Cemetery, Winneshiek County. He married cousin Desire Dawley 1833-34 in New York. Desire, daughter of Job and Bernice (Clarke) Dawley, was born 19 January 1802 in New York; died 5 March 1870 in Winneshiek County; and was buried in Russell Cemetery. The pioneer settled in Winneshiek County 29 May 1854. Children: Justin Weller,Margaret Jane (Knowlton), Elsie Desire (Carty), Diana (Holm), and Asa A. Dawley. Justin was the son of Asa Dawley's first wife, name unknown, who died 20 September 1832 in New York. |
| Vol.17,Winter-Spring, 1982, issue number 1, page 42 |
| Dyson, James, parentage unknown, was born ca 1801 in Delaware; died 17 June 1870 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; and was buried in an unknown location. He married Elizabeth/Betsey Taylor, parentage unknown, 10 August 1825 in Trumbull County, Ohio. She was born 25 July 1807 in Trumbull County; died 19 September 1902 at Lisbon, Linn County, Iowa; and was buried there. The pioneers settled in Jackson and Winneshiek Counties during 1851. Their children: James W., Joseph, Mary Jane (Davenport), Delilah (Watson), Augustus, Hannah, Margaret (Gaskill), Mathew, and Thomas E. |
| Vol.17, Spring-Summer, 1982, issue number 2, page 101 |
| Ackerson, Cornelius, son of Garret and Hannah (Hogancamp) Ackerson, was born 17 February 1804 at Tappan, Rockland County, New York and died in 1890. Place and burial are unknown. He married Ann Eliza Ferdon, parentage unknown. She was born during October 1812 in Warwick, Orange County, New York, and died 3 June 1855 at Frankville, Winneshiek County, Iowa. The pioneer settled in Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa in 1855. Children were: Mary J., William Henry, John, Samantha, Sarah, Harriet, Delia Ann, Emily, and Franklin P. |
| Vol.17, Summer-Fall, 1982, issue number 3, page 147 |
| Beard, Abraham, son of Christian and Margaret (Almarode) Beard, was born 14 May 1821 in Virginia and died 4 July 1863 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He married Mary Ann Yearigan, parentage unknown, 5 January 1843 in Clinton County, Indiana. She was born 8 February 1824 in Butler County, Ohio, and died 12 March 1904 in Chickasaw County, Iowa. This pioneer settled fiirst in Winneshiek County, Iowa in 1854. No children were listed on the pioneer certificate application form. |
| Vol.17, Summer-Fall, 1982, issue number 3, page 149 |
| Note from the transcriber: The Iowa Pioneer Certificates proved to be such a successful project that the publications format of the abstracts had to change, starting with Volume 17, Fall-Winter, 1982, issue number 4, pages 207 – 214. Basic information was given but generally, additional information was available (and still is available) by contacting the Iowa Genealogical Society – Iowa Pioneer Certificate records. (January 2014) |
| Name of Pioneer |
| Birth – Place Death – Place Name of Spouse County where settled – Date |
| Aakre, Ole A. |
| 1814, Norway 1854, Iowa Helga Thoe Winneshiek County 1854 |
| Vol. 17, Fall-Winter 1982, issue number 4, page 207 |
| Barthell, John M. |
| 1826 Germany 1902 Iowa Martha M. Page Winneshiek County 1851 |
| Vol. 17, Fall-Winter 1982, issue number 4, page 210 |
| Brockamp, Herman |
| 1809 Germany 1892 Iowa Elizabeth Tackenberg Winneshiek County 1855 |
| Vol. 17, Fall-Winter, 1982, issue number 4, page 213 |
| Chase, Dr. Sumner B. |
| 1821 Maine 1891 Iowa Almira B. Cobb Winneshiek County 1855 |
| Vol. 18, Spring 1983, issue number 1, page 33 |
| Freeman, Elias |
| 1801 New York 1875 Iowa Roxanna Holmes Winneshiek County 1856 |
| Vol. 18, Summer 1983, issue number 2, page 92 |
| Gaertner, Johann P. |
| 1793 France 1887 Iowa Magdalena Bouillon Winneshiek County 1849 |
| Vol. 18, Summer 1983, issue number 2, page 93 |
| Gaertner, Magdalena (Bouillon) |
| unknown birth date France 1859 Iowa Johann P. Gaertner Winneshiek Co. 1849 |
| Vol. 18, Summer 1983, issue number 2, page 93 |
| Haugen, Peder L. |
| 1816 Norway 1891 Iowa Anne E. Saetermoen Winneshiek Co. 1853 |
| Vol. 18, Summer 1983, issue number 2, page 97 |
| Hovet, Pal |
| 1822 Norway 1882 Iowa Torbjorg Berge Winneshiek Co. 1853 |
| Vol 18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 148 |
| Huber, Francis J. |
| 1811 Switzerland 1887 Iowa Maria Gaertner Winneshiek Co. 1849 |
| Vol .18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 149 |
| Huber, Maria (Gaertner) |
| 1823 France 1902 Iowa Francis J. Huber Winneshiek Co. 1849 |
| Vol. 18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 149 |
| Huber, Michael J. |
| 1788 Switzerland 1872 Iowa 1st) Barbara Schreiber Winneshiek Co. 1855 |
| 2nd marriage)
Ursula Schreiber Vol 18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 149 |
| Koester, Gesche |
| 1842 Germany 1908 Iowa Philip Lauer Winneshiek Co. 1854 |
| Vol. 18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 153 |
| Koester, Johann |
| 1812 Germany 1857 Iowa Anna Ahrns Winneshiek Co. 1854 |
| Vol. 18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 153 |
| Lukes, Vojtech |
| 1812 Czechoslovakia 1865 Iowa Barbara Lukes Winneshiek Co. 1854 |
| Vol. 18, Fall, 1983, issue number 3, page 156 |
| McCulloch, John |
| ca 1801 Virginia ca 1880 Iowa Mary (unknown surname) Winneshiek Co. 1852 |
| Vol. 18, Fall 1983, issue number 3, page 157 |
| Rathbun, Thomas I. |
| 1793 New York 1866 Iowa 1st) Laurena Bates Winneshiek Co. 1855 |
| 2nd) Sally Belknap Vol .18, Winter 1983, issue number 4, page 215 |
| Scott, David |
| 1834 Canada 1906 Iowa Mary Ackerson Winneshiek Co. 1856 |
| Vol. 19, Spring 1984, issue number 1, page 29 |
| Slepicka, Katherine (Sykora) |
| 1812 Bohemia 1878 Iowa Vaclay Slepicka Winneshiek Co. 1854 |
| Vol 19, Spring 1984, issue number 1, page 31 |
| Sluka, Mary (Slepicka) |
| 1843 Bohemia 1940 Iowa Joseph Sluka Winneshiek Co. 1854 |
| Vol. 19, Spring 1984, issue number 1, page 31 |
| Steffes, Johannes |
| 1816 Prussia 1905 Iowa Margaret Miller Winneshiek Co. 1854 |
| Vol. 19, Spring 1984, issue number 1, page 33 |
| Trapp, Johann A. |
| 1826 Bavaria 1907 Iowa Elizabeth Kronberger Winneshiek Co. 1855 |
| Vol. 19, Spring 1984, issue number 1, page 36 |
| Yarwood, George W. |
| 1827 England 1902 Iowa Maria Lee Winneshiek Co. 1855 |
| Vol. 19, Spring 1984, issue number 1, page 41 |
| NOTE FROM THE TRANSCRIBER: After almost two years and seven installments of printing the names from the Iowa Pioneers Certificate Index, the Iowa Genealogical Society quarterly, HAWKEYE HERITAGE, began their Volume 19, Summer 1984,issue number 2, pages 105 – 109, by listing in alphabetical order, the names of Pioneers who came to Iowa before 1856, which had been submitted since the series began. The names of Winneshiek County Pioneers were: |
| Cooney, George |
| 1808 Ireland 1893 Iowa Eunice Thompson Winneshiek County 1850 |
| Vol. 19, Summer 1984, issue number 2, page 106 |
| NOTE: In subsequent issues, the pioneer information which appeared in the quarterlies had been submitted to the Pioneer Certificate Program during the previous quarter. The format remained the same except the names of the children were again included. |
| Vol. 19, Autumn 1984, issue 3 – No Winneshiek County Pioneers listed |
| Pfister, Philippe |
| 1823 France 1902 Margaret Riehl Winneshiek County 1855 |
| Children: William, Katherina Young, Margaret Falk, Jakob, George, and Phillip Jr. |
| Vol. 19, Winter 1984, issue number 4, page 227 |
| Solberg, Peter |
| 1821 Norway 1904 Iowa 1st m.) Gunnil (surname unknown) Winneshiek Co. 1853 |
| 2nd m.) Anna Dybdahl Children: Caroline Selness, Anne Anderson, Margit Thompson, Ulrick, Caroline Stewart, Jaaron Thompson, Halvor, Gunhild Myhie, Sigrid, Johanna Pentlard, Peter, Sigvard, Lauris, Kari Mickelson, and Andrew |
| Vol. 19, Winter 1984, issue number 4, page 227 |
| Note from the transcriber: The 4 issues from 1985 did not include any Winneshiek County Pioneers. In that year, the Spring issue and the Autumn issue did not print information for any Iowa Pioneers. This is where my available materials ends. |
Please, contact the county coordinator to submit additions or corrections.
