What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Delaware County and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1878.

The

History

of

Delaware County,

Iowa

Containing

A History of the County, its Cities, Towns and etc.

A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Van Buren County,  Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO

WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY,

1878

707 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

HISTORY NORTHWEST AND STATE OF IOWA.

History of Iowa

HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY

First Election

First Marriages

Organization of County

First County Election

First Tax

First Civil Case

First Criminal Trial

First Divorce Case

Jail and Court House

New Townships

County Judge System

Great Flood

Township Boundaries

Land Case

Incorporation of Delhi

Railroad Strangled

Broom Corn

Murder in Delhi

Poor Farm

Poor House

County Seat Contests

Harvest Home

Miscellaneous

Property Statement

Tax Statement

Vote 1876

County Officers, 1841 to 1878

Township Officers

Old Settlers' Society

Agricultural Society

Farmers' Institute

Patrons of Husbandry

Sabbath School Association

Post Offices and Postmasters

Fire and Lightning Insurance Company

Dairy System

Nurseries

War Record

Educational

Bowen Collegiate Institute

Railroads

Press

Medical Society

Musical Society

Bible Society

HISTORY OF TOWNS

Manchester

Delhi

Earlville

Delaware

Greeley

Colesburg and Colony

Hopkinton

Sand Spring

Forestville

Almoral

Rockville

Hartwick

Delaware Township

Masonville

Coffin's Grove Township

Yankee Settlement

Hazel Green

Delaware Center

Petersburg

Millheim

York

Elk Township

Bremen Township

ILLUSTRATIONS

(32 Illustrations)

LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

(30 Portraits)

DELAWARE COUNTY WAR RECORD

Infantry

First

Third

Fifth

Ninth

Twelfth

Twenty-first

Twenty-seventh

Infantry

Forty-fourth

Forty-sixth

Miscellaneous Infantry

Cavalry

First

Second

Cavalry

Fourth

Sixth

Seventh

Eighth

Miscellaneous Cavalry

Artillery, etc.,

BIOGRAPHICAL TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY

Adams

Bremen

Colony

Coffin's Grove

Delaware

Delhi

Elk

Hazel Green

Honey Creek

Milo

North Fork

Oneida

Prairie

Richland

South Fork

Union

ABSTRACT OF IOWA STATE LAWS

This Section discusses the various Laws including, Adoption of children, Support of Poor, Taxes, Married Women, Marks and Brands, Wills and Estates.

MISCELLANEOUS

Includes Map of Delaware County