What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Appanoose County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 Volume set published in 1913.
Past and Present
Of
Appanoose County,
Iowa
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress
and Achievement
L. TAYLOR, Editor
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1913
830 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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Volume 1 Table of Contents as Shown:
CHAPTER I - YEARS AGO
CHAPTER II - NATIVITY OF IOWA's SETTLERS
CHAPTER III - COUNTIES AND COUNTY NAMES
CHAPTER IV - APPANOOSE COUNTY ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER V - FIRST GOVERNMENT OF APPANOOSE COUNTY
CHAPTER VI - LIST OF OFFICIALS FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY TO THE YEAR I9I2
CHAPTER VII - GEOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE COUNTY
CHAPTER VIII - THE FIRST WHITE MEN IN APPANOOSE COUNTY
CHAPTER IX - THE CIVIL WAR AND APPANOOSE's PART IN THE CONFLICT
CHAPTER X - THE LOG CABIN WAS THE PALACE OF THE PIONEER
CHAPTER XI - THE MISSOURI WAR
CHAPTER XII - BORDER THIEVES—FREEBOOTING AND COUNTERFEITING
CHAPTER XIII - THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
CHAPTER XIV - TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER XV - THE BENCH AND BAR
CHAPTER XVI - THE NEW COURTHOUSE DEDICATED
CHAPTER XVII - THE FIRST PHYSICIANS ENDURED HARDSHIPS AND WERE POORLY PAID
CHAPTER XVIII - PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF APPANOOSE COUNTY
CHAPTER XIX - AN ARCHIMEDIAN LEVER THAT MOVES THE SENTIMENT OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER XX - CENTER TOWNSHIP AND CHALDEA THE COUNTY SEAT
CHAPTER XXI - CENTERVILLE AS A CITY
CHAPTER XXII - CENTERVILLE A CITY OF CHURCHES
CHAPTER XXIII - THE TOWNSHIPS
Volume 2
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Adams, Adamson, Anderson, Ashby, Bailey, Baker, Bales, Bateman, Beck, Beer, Berry, Blachley, Boughner, Bradley, Brokaw, Broshar, Brown, Bryant, Bunker, Burkhiser, Calvert, Campbell, Carson, Case, Clark, Climie, Conger, Cook, Cool, Croxton, Curl, Currie, Dale, Daniels, Davis, Dean, De Noon, Dillon, Dines, Downing, Duek, Dukes, Duree, Edwards, Elfstrom, Elfrin, Elliott, Ellis, Evans, Fee, Fenton, Forsyth, Frankel, Gladfelder, Glick, Goldstein, Gray, Greenleaf, Gribben, Harrison, Hays, Hendershot, Henry, Hibbs, Hicks, Hopkins, Hornaday, House, Howell, Hughes, Johnson, Kelly, Kerschner, Killion, Kincade, Knapp, Knox, Lane, Lankford, Lepper, Lodwiek, Loftus, Long, Luse, Luther, Lynch, McAnelly, McCabe, McCauley, McClure, MeCrory, McDonald, McMurray, Main, Maring, Martin, Mason, May, Meyers, Mitchell, Moden, Montgomery, More, Morgan, Morrison, Murdy, Myers, Needels, Nighswonger, Noland, Ogle, O'Neil, Organ, Orr, Parker, Payton, Peach, Peacock, Peavey, Phares, Phillips, Pixley, Porter, Post, Pratt, Printz, Probasco, Pulliam, Quigley, Replogle, Rinehart Robertson, Rosenbaum, Russell, Salinger, Sawyers, Scott, Severs, Shaffer, Shanks, Sharp, Shoultz, Shutts, Silknitter, Singley, Smith, Spooner, Staley, Staler, Stanley, Stickler, Stickney, Stone, Sturdivant, Taylor, Thompson, Tillmont, Trembly, Turner, Wailes, Walker, Weber, Webster, Weller, Wentworth, Wertz, West, Whistler, White, Whitsell, Wilcox, Williams, Wilson, Wyckoff, Zimmer,