Description: This is a scanned copy on an 8GB Flash Drive of the original book published in 1882. HistoryofDavis CountyIowa, Containing A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of many of its Leading Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men,History of Iowa and the Northwest, Map of Davis County, Constitution of the United States, Reminiscences, Miscellaneous Matters, etc. ILLUSTRATED Des MoinesState Historical Company 1882 750 pagesAn essential resource for GenealogistsActual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. This book is SEARCHABLE CONTENTS The Northwest Territory The Early History of IllinoisMaterial Resources of the State The State of Iowa History of the State of Iowa Casualties among officers of Iowa regiments during the war Casualties among enlisted men of Iowa regiments during the warNumber of troops furnished by the State of IowaConstitution of the United States and its AmendmentsVote for governor 1879, and president, 1876 Abstract of Iowa State Laws History of Davis County Introduction Name and locationNameLocation Physical featuresStreamsTimberCoal and stoneSoil ClimateTable of temperature from 1839 to 1869Number days rain and snow, period of thirty yearsObservations of Miss Hamilton GeologyAlluviumDriftCoal-measuresEconomical resources Natural historyAvidae—birdsNotes PlantsGeneral floraMedicinal plants ReptiliaOphidiaBatrachia MolluscaFresh-water mollusksLand mollusks Mammals The red man The pioneers—their settlements and careersThe PioneerThe Hairy Nation First United States land entries County organization History of county and township organizationOrganizing act Act to amend the militia lawFixing terms of courtTerritorial roadsMail routeConstitutional convention Early courts and judgesFirst murder caseFirst divorce caseFirst grand juryPetit jurorsCircuit courtCounty court Early recorded eventsFirst marriage licenseQuill pensPublic wellWhiskeyTown lot agencyOfficial salariesThe first judgmentFirst town lot deedFirst chattel mortgageFirst real estate mortgageCemeteryCounty commissionersTownship organizations County institutions "The old log court-house" New court-house to be erected Description of new court-houseThe jailPoor-house and farmDeed of the poor farm Political recordOfficial canvass, election of 1881.Financial reviewTaxation—general remarksTax levies from 1845 to 1880Abstract of assessment for 1881Swamp and saline lands The railroads in the countyNorth MissouriBurlington & SouthwesternChicago & SouthwesternDes Moines ValleyLength and valuation, January 1, 1881 The press of Davis countyGeneral newspaper historyList of papers living and deadDavis County RepublicanLegal Tender GreenbackBloomfield Democrat Educational progressTable showing condition of schools in 1862Table showing condition of schools in 1879Table showing condition of schools in 1880Statistical table for 1881 Religious advancementThe temperance cause Criminal historyExecution of William Hinkle War recordProclamationsSecond InfantryFourth InfantrySixth InfantryThirteenth InfantryFourteenth InfantryFifteenth InfantrySeventeenth InfantryNineteenth InfantryTwenty-fourth InfantryTwenty-fifth InfantryThirtieth InfantryThirty-sixth InfantryThirty-seventh InfantryFirst CavalryThird CavalrySeventh CavalryEighth CavalryNinth CavalryFourth Battery Additional enlistments:Second Iowa CavalryThird Iowa CavalryFifteenth Iowa InfantrySeventeenth Iowa InfantryThirtieth Iowa InfantryThirty-sixth Iowa InfantryForty-fifth Iowa InfantryForty-seventh Iowa InfantrySouthern Border BrigadeTenth Missouri InfantryTwenty-first Missouri InfantrySeventh Missouri CavalrySecond Cavalry, M. S. MVeteran re-enlistmentsThird CavalrySecond InfantryThirteenth InfantryFourteenth InfantryFifteenth InfantrySeventeenth Infantry History of Davis county soldiersSouthern border troubles Townships, towns and their growthBloomfield CityNamedOrder of the board of supervisorsDeed conveying titleAdoption of charterElection of officersBusiness houses in 1858Officers from 1866 to 1881AdditionsChurchesLodgesInfirmarySchoolsSouthern Iowa Normal SchoolBanksPublic libraryHotelsFoundryWagon factoryPlow factoryLawyer's jokes Bloomfield townshipHistoryEarly officersFirst birthFirst physician Drakeville townshipGeographyNameEarly settlersL. N. EnglishFirst deathOther "first things''Christian ChurchLodgesDrakeville Fabius townshipDescriptionPioneersMontereyEarly events Fox River townshipCompositionHistorical beginnings Grove townshipPlace and nameStilesStilesville Christian ChurchLodges Lick Creek townshipNameFloris post-officeMiscellaneous mattersChequest Union Baptist Church Marion townshipFor whom namedRailroadsBelknapFirst marriage, etcWesley Chapel Perry townshipHero of Lake ErieEarly settlersOther matters Prairie townshipPhysical geographyFirst happeningsPulaski Roscoe townshipPopulation and locationAjaxMiscellaneous events Soap Creek townshipNameEarly settlers, Salt Creek townshipName, etcChristian ChurchMr. Jordan and the centennial Union townshipEarly settlers, mills, etcChurchesLodgesStringtownTroyTroy Academy West Grove townshipName, etcWest GroveCumberland Presbyterian ChurchChristian Church Wyacondah townshipDescriptionThe Hairy NationSavannahMartinsvilleSpringville BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESSurnames Adams, Akins, Ahee, Akers, Aldridge, Allen, Allender, Anderson, Andrews, Armstrong, Atterberry, Augspurger, Awalt, Baer, Bailey, Baker, Baldridge, Bare, Barker, Barnes, Barnett, Bartlett, Bassett, Battin, Baughman, Beard, Beauchamp, Beggs, Bell, Bence, Benge, Berry, Bishop, Blakley, Blosser, Bollman, Bovard, Boyd, Boyer, Bradbury, Brewer, Brook, Brown, Brumley, Brunk, Bryant, Buchanan, Bullock, Bundle, Cammack, Campbell, Camron, Cannady, Carruthers, Carson, Cary, Case, Clayton, Clyman, Coffey, Cohagan, Collins, Colliver, Coloney, Colton, Conner, Coons, Cooper, Corrick, Cossel, Covert, Cox, Coy, Craven, Cunningham, Cupp, Davies, Davis, Day, Deburn, Devault, Dilliner, Dodd, Dodge, Doke, Dooley, Downing, Doyle, Duckworth, Duffield, Dunlavey, Dunlavy, Dunn, Dunshee, Dye, Dysart, Earhart, Eckard, Edwards, Eichelberger, Elliott, Elrod, England, Eppley, Fagg, Feagins, Fenton, Findley, Fleming, Foote, Fortune, Foshee, Foster, Frankling, Fryberger, Fulk, Garretson, Garrett, Garver, Gaston, George, Gerard, Gibbons, Gibson, Giller, Gleason, Good, Goode, Gore, Grafton, Grant, Greenleaf, Griffeath, Haine, Hale, Hall, Halstead, Ham, Hambleton, Hamilton, Haney, Hannah, Harbour, Hardey, Harl, Harper, Harris, Hartup, Hartwick, Hartzler, Harward, Hastings, Hathaway, Hazlewood, Headrick, Heaston, Hem, Henderson, Hendrickson, Henry, Henson, Herr, Heskett, Higbee, Hill, Hining, Hockersmith, Hoffman, Holstein, Horn, Hotchkiss, Hubbard, Hudgens, Hulett, Hull, Humphrey, Humphreys, Hunter, Hurd, Hutchinson, Inskeep, Irelan, Jenkins, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Karns, Kelso, Kershner, King, Kinnick, Kinny, Kirk, Knedler, Lang, Law, Leach, Lester, Likes, Lister, Lockman, Logan, Lowe, Luce, Lyda, Lynch, Lyons, Martin, Mathews, McAvoy, McCarty, McClure, McConnell, McCord, McCormick, McCracken, McCullough, McFadden, McGee, McKenzie, Mendenhall, Merideth, Merrill, Merritt, Merry, Miller, Milligan, Milsap, Minear, Monroe, Moore, Moots, Morris, Mounts, Muir, Munn, Murphy, Myers, Nelson, Nemitz, Nesmith, Noble, Noel, Norris, Nulton, O'Neal, Overton, Owens, Owsley, Paine, Painter, Palmer, Parker, Parsons, Patterson, Payne, Pearsoll, Pearson, Peden, Petefish, Pettet, Phelps, Pherigo, Phillips, Pinnell, Pirtle, Plank, Potter, Presson, Priest, Proctor, Pugh, Purnell, Randolph, Rawlings, Rayburn, Reed, Remy, Robb, Roberts, Rominger, Rosser, Rowe, Royer, Runkle, Russel, Russell, Rutman, Ryan, Sanderson, Saunders, Seabury, Selman, Sharon, Sherman, Shields, Shinn, Short, Shreve, Siddons, Sloan, Smith, Snodgrass, Spencer, St Clair, Stark, Steckel, Steel, Steele, Stevens, Stewart, Stober, Stockbarger, Stoffle, Stokes, Stokesberry, Stoner, Stutzman, Swaim, Swank, Swartzendruver, Swift, Swinney, Taylor, Tharp, Thompson, Tibbs, Tompkins, Toombs, Torrence, Townsend, Trimble, Truax, Tucker, Turpin, Van Benthusen, Vaughn, Vaught, Waggoner, Walker, Wallis, Warrington, Washburn, Weiny, Whitaker, White, Wilkinson, Wilson, Winn, Wisaman, Wisdom, Woodward, Workman, Wray, Wright, Yoast, York, Young, Zigler, PORTRAITS H. H. Trimble FrontC.F.DavisW. A. DuckworthJ. W. BeauchampJames H. JordanE. J. Shelton, M. D.W. H. Shelton, M. D.R. W. AndersonSamuel RussellJ. C. DooleyP. H. BenceJ. W. Young, M. D. D. N. Dooley, M. D.
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