What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Jasper County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of:
Past and Present
of
Jasper County,
Iowa
GEN. JAMES B. WEAVER
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I and VOLUME 2
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA
1912
1300 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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Volume 1
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II—NATURAL FEATURES
CHAPTER III—CHANGE FROM INDIAN TO WHITE MAN'S OCCUPANCY
CHAPTER IV—ORGANIZATION OF JASPER COUNTY
CHAPTER V—EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY
CHAPTER VI—COUNTY GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER VII—COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION—
CHAPTER VIII—AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK RAISING
CHAPTER IX—RAILROADS AND EARLY TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER X—EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
CHAPTER XI—NEWSPAPERS OF JASPER COUNTY
CHAPTER XII—RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
CHAPTER XIII—CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY
CHAPTER XIV—MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
CHAPTER XV—BENCH AND BAR OF JASPER COUNTY
CHAPTER XVI—MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XVII—BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER XVIII—THE CITY OF NEWTON
CHAPTER XIX—BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XX—FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXI—MOUND PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXII—ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIII—ELK CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIV—MARIPOSA TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXV—MALAKA TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVI—DES MOINES TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVII—KELLOGG TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVIII—INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIX—HICKORY GROVE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXX—LYNN GROVE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXI—RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXII—POWESHIEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIII—PALO ALTO TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIV—NEWTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXV—WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVI—SHERMAN TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVII—CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVIII—MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
CHAPTER XXXIX—INTERESTING REMINISCENCES
Biographical Section of book begins in Volume 1 and continues through Volume 2
Biographical Surnames:
Adamson, Adamson, Adkains, Adkins, Agar, Allan, Allen, Allfree, Altemcier, Anderson, Andreas, Arnold, Auten, Awtry, Bailey, Bain, Baker, Baker, Bale, Barbee, Bateman, Battels, Bean, Beard, Benson, Berry, Bishop, Black, Blackledge, Blakely, Blanford, Bond, Booth, Borts, Boyd, Boyle, Braley, Brantner, Bridges, Brokaw, Brown, Buhrow, Bump, Burdick, Burkey, Burnham, Burroughs, Butler, Byal, Callison, Campbell, Cams, Carpenter, Carrier, Carson, Carver, Castner, Caulfield, Chambers, Chapman, Christenson, Church, Churchill, Clark, Claussen, Clements, Cleverley, Cline, Coakley, Coffey, Colfax, Connelly, Conwell, Cool, Cooper, Couch, Cozad, Craig, Craven, Crawford, Cross, Cushatt, Custer, Dales, Davidson, Dawson, DeBolt, DeBruyn, Decatur, Dejong, Dennis, Denniston, Densmore, DePenning, Deppe, Diehl, Dodd, Donahue, Dotson, Duncan, Earley, Earp, Eastman, Eaton, Edmundson, Edwards, Efnor, Emery, Engle, Esmeyer, Evans, Eyerly, Failor, Fales, Feldschneider, Finch, Flanagan, Fleck, Fowler, Forsyth, France, French, Frizzell, Fugard, Fuller, Galusha, Gates, Gauch, Gearhart, Geise, Gibford, Gillespie, Gilson, Gipson, Goodhue, Goodwin, Gorrell, Gove, Greenlief, Guessford, Guthrie, Hager, Haines, Haley, Hall, Hallam, Hamilton, Hammer, Hampton, Hanke, Hans, Hanson, Harding, Harmon, Harre, Hart, Harvey, Hasselbrink, Hawkins, Hayes, Helming, Hendricks, Henry, Herwehe, Hews, Hiatt, Hickey, Hickman, Highley, Hill, Hitchler, Hodges, Holdsworth, Holtz, Horn, Horsford, Hotchkin, Howard, Hummel, Hutson, Irwin, Jeffers, Jeffries, Jennings, Jensen, Jensma, Jickling, Johnson, Jones, Kanne, Kartchner, Kelley, Kelly, Kelton, Kennington, Kimberley, Kintz, Kitchel, Kitchin, Kline, Kling, Klopping, Klyn, Kooistra, Korf, Krampe, Kroh, Krueger, Lamb, Lambert, Lamphier, Landmesser, Lane, Lawrence, Lee, Lenz, Leonard, Lewis, Libolt, Lindsley, Lister, Livingston, Loar, Logsdon, Long, Longley, Lotts, Loupee, Lufkin, Lunt, Lust, McCann, McConkey, McCord, McElroy, McIntire, McKinney, McLaughlin, McLellan, McVay, Macmillan, Macy, Maggard, Malmberg, Mark, Marshall, Mason, Matteson, Mendenhall, Meredith, Meyer, Miller, Millgate, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Moss, Mowry, Murdock, Murphy, Myers, Newcomer, Newell, Newton, Nichols, Nirk, Noah, Nolin, Norton, Ogg, Oldham, Ortwig, Owings, Pahre, Parmenter, Parsons, Pashan, Patterson, Paul, Pease, Pendleton, Penquite, Pentico, Perin, Perrin, Perry, Phelan, Phillips, Phipps, Pierce, Poage, Porter, Porvin, Potter, Price, Quire, Ramsey, Reckler, Reed, Rees, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Rippey, Robb, Robinson, Rodgers, Rohrdanz, Romans, Rorabaugh, Ross, Rush, Ryan, Saak, Sanderson, Sauerman, Saunders, Schmitt, Schnug, Schultz, Schultze, Schunann, Schweinebart, Scott, Scoville, Sellman, Shafifer, Sharp, Shaw, Sherbon, Sherman, Signs, Silwold, Simpson, Sitler, Skinner, Slaght, Slaens, Sloanaker, Small, Smith, Snider, Southern, Sparks, Stark, Starr, Stevens, Stewart, Stinson, Stolte, Strain, Stratton, Streeter, Sullens, Sumpter, Swalwell, Swearingen, Swigart, Sylvester, Talbot, Terpstra, Tharp, Thomas, Thompson, Thorp, Tice, Tiffany, Tipton, Tool, Tough, Tramel, Trease, Trussel, Turnbull, Turner, Vance, Vandermast, Vandike, Van Epps, VanKampen, Vanscoy, Vansice, Varenkamp, Veach, Walker, Waring, Warner, Watt, Weaver, Welle, Wells, Wendt, Westfall, Wheatcraft, Wheeler, Wheeler, Whitcomb, Whitehead, Whittaker, Wiggin, Wilcox, Wildman, Willemsen, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Winn, Witmer, Woodrow, Woody, Wormley, Wright, Zachary, Zollinger, Zwank,