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1) History of Marion County Iowa and Its People – Volume 1 1915
2) History of Marion County Iowa and Its People – Volume 2 1915
3) Pioneers of Marion County Iowa -1872
4) Down on the Ridge: Marion County Iowa - 1909
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Books 1 and 2
History Of
Marion County,
Iowa
And It’s People
John W. Wright
Supervising Editor
ILLUSTRATED
Volume 1 and Volume 2
775 pages
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1915
Volume 1
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Physical features, geology
Chapter II. Aboriginal inhabitants
Chapter III. The period of preparation
Chapter IV. Settlement and organization
Chapter V. Public buildings
Chapter VI. Township history
Chapter VII. Township history, continued
Chapter VIII. The city of Knoxville
Chapter IX. Pella and its environs
Chapter X. Towns and villages
Chapter XI. Marion County in the Civil War
Chapter XII. Spanish-American War
Chapter XIII. Internal improvements
Chapter XIV. Finance and industry
Chapter XV. Educational development
Chapter XVI. Church history
Chapter XVII. The bench and bar
Chapter XVIII. The medical profession
Chapter XIX. Societies and fraternities
Chapter XX. Miscellaneous history
Chapter XXI. Statistical review
Volume 2 Biographical Index:
Amos, Anderson, Andrews, Avery, Ayers, Bane, Banks, Batten, Beach, Beaver, Bebout, Beem, Bellamy, Beingaman, Bittenbender, Bos, Bousquet, Boyd, Braam, Bradey, Brennan, Bridgen, Bridgman, Brobst, Buffington, Butcher, Butterfield, Bybee, Bye, Camp, Carpenter, Carruthers, Casey, Chambers, Chesnut, Chrisman, Clark, Cline, Cloe, Cole, Collins, Conrey, Cooper, Core, Craig, Crew, Crouch, Culbertson, Cummings, Cunningham, Curtis, Daniels, Davis, De Kock, Dennis, Derry, Doughman, Douglass, Durham, Elliott, Fee, Fergus, Finarty, Fisk, Fitzgerald, Flanagan, Fowler, Free, French, Fry, Fultz, Gates, Gesman, Gilson, Goldizen, Grant, Gregory, Griffith, Grubb, Gullion, Gustin, Hammond, Hanna, Hardman, Harkin, Harrington, Harsin, Hart, Hartley, Harvey, Hendricks, Hestwood, Hodgson, Hogate, Hollingshead, Horsman, Hunt, Hyer, James, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Keables, Kelly, Kendall, King, Kinkead, Kirk, Klein, Kuyper, Leiby, Lowman, Loynachan, Lyman, Lyon, McClain, McCoy, McMillan, McTaggart, McVay, Maddy, Manhardt, Marsh, Mathews, May, Mentzer, Metz, Mickle, Miller, Mitchell, Mitten, Molesworth, Monroe, Moon, Morgan, Morris, Mullen, Munsell, Murr, Neal, Neiswanger, Norris, Osborn, Overton, Owen, Park, Parsons, Pascoe, Phelps, Porter, Reaver, Reynolds, Richards, Rietveld, Riguana, Rinehart, Roberts, Robuck, Rogers, Roorda, Rose, Rouze, Ruckman, Sandiland, Savage, Schlotterback, Schmidt, Scott, Sharon, Sherwood, Simmons, Spiker, Stapp, Steele, Stiernemann, Stilwell, Stout, Stroud, Teter, Thomassen, van der Ploeg, Vander Ploeg, Vanderploeg, Van Gorp, Van Hemert, Van Houweling, Van Spanckeren, Varenkamp, Verros, Vriezelaar, Wagner, Walker, Ward, Way, Welch, Welsher, Whitlatch, Williams, Wilson, Wren, Wright, Young, Zin
Book 3
Pioneers of
Marion County,
Iowa
By Wm. M.Donnel
Des Moines, Iowa
Republic Stram Printing House
1872
340 pages
Table of Contents
PART I.
(120 pages)
Describes the general history of the County
Subjects covered include:
Dragoons—Trading Houses—Indian Payments- Character of the Traders-The Indians-Language of the Sacs and Foxes-Black Hawk Beheaded- Installation of Keokuk as Chief—Indian Tragedy near Red Rock.
Poverty — Settlements — Marking off Claims — Primitive Houses and their Furniture—First Crop—Grating Corn for Meal—Hominy—Going to Mill—Tally's Ford—Origin of Roads—First Roads Located—Returning from Mill.
An unpropitious Season—Primitive Mode of Cleaning
Wheat-Dirty Bread — Wolves and other Beasts of Prey— Failure of Crops- Better Times in Prospect—Erection of First Mill in the County.
Claim Law, and Club Law- The Majors' War- First Election—First Political Convention—Name Proposed for the County—Organizing Act-County Officers—First Session of Commissioners—First Business Transacted—Changing the Name of the County Seat—The Rose Ann McGregor Case.
County Revenue — Warrants — Stationery —First County Seal—Buying the County Seat —Building Court Houses —The First Court House—Precluding the County—Road Districts—First Juries—First District Court—Boarding Houses—Sleeping in the Court Room
List of County Commissioners—Probate Judges—County Judges—County Supervisors and County Treasurers—The Stanfield Defalcation—Robbery of the Treasury in 1867.
A Legal Mistake—First Post Office at Knoxville-Inconvenience of Mail Facilities—A Historical Incident —First Land Entered—Des Moines River Land—Fowler Lands.
History of the Press in Marion County—Pella Gazette—
Knoxville Journal—Democratic Standard——Marion County Republican—Pella Blade—Marion County Democrat— Pella Gazette—Iowa Voter—Copperhead.
Iowa Central University—Marion County Agricultural
Society—County Poor House.
PART II.
(220 pages)
Part 2 of the book covers the individual histories of the following Townships:
Clay
Lake Prairie
Red Hock
Summit
Polk
Knoxville
Union
Liberty
Indiana
Swan
Pleasant Grove
Washington
Franklin
Dallas
Book 4
Down on The Ridge
REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD DAYS IN COALPORT
AND DOWN ON THE RIDGE, MARION COUNTY, IOWA.
By
Alfred B. McCown
1909
145 Pages
Table of Contents
I. Reminiscences
II. The Strenuous Life
III. Notable Pioneers
IV. Pioneer Preachers
V. About the Old Boys
VI. Ridge Boy Life
VII. Old Familiar Scenes
VIII. Two Uncle Billies
IX. Aunt Minerva Reynolds
X. The Boys and Girls
XI. Two Pioneer Families
XII. Reuben and Julia Coffman
XIII. Other Notable Characters