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

2    BOOKS ON THIS CD !

(Over 900 Pages)

1) An Illustrated History of Monroe County Iowa –Published 1896

2) Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties Iowa –

Published 1903

An essential resource for Genealogists

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An Illustrated

History

of

MONROE COUNTY,

IOWA

COMPLETE CIVIL, POLITICAL, AND MILITARY

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, FROM ITS EARLIEST PERIOD OF ORGANIZATION DOWN TO 1896.

INCLUDING SKETCHES OF PIONEER LIFE, ANECDOTES,

BIOGRAPHY, AND LONG-DRAWN REMINISCENCES SPUN OUT BY THE "OLDEST INHABITANT."

BY

FRANK HICKENLOOPER,

ALBIA, IOWA.

1896

(360 pages)

Table of Contents

Chapter I. General remarks
Chapter II. Speculation
Chapter III. Organization
Chapter IV. Early political methods
Chapter V. Miscellaneous topics
Chapter VI. In defense of the flag
Chapter VII. Railroads
Chapter VIII. The press
Chapter IX. County government
Chapter X. Banks and bank failures
Chapter XI. Judge Lynch and criminal matters
Chapter XII. Miscellaneous topics
Chapter XIII. Early joys and sorrows
Chapter XIV. The county jail and county finances
Chapter XV. The Methodist Episcopal Church
Chapter XVI. Average crop yield of Monroe County for 1895, and other statistical items
Chapter XVII. Towns and villages
Chapter XVIII. Some battles with the "Hairy Nation."
Chapter XIX. Educational
Chapter XX. The mining industry
Chapter XXI. Railway casualties
Chapter XXII. The independent club guards
Chapter XXIII. Horse-breeding
Chapter XXIV. The 1896 canvass

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

HISTORY

OF

APPANOOSE  AND MONROE

COUNTIES, IOWA

Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of

S. THOMPSON LEWIS

ILLUSTRATED

New York Chicago

The Lewis Publishing Company

1903

(620 pages)

INDEX

Abegglen, Adams, Adstolen, Ankrom, Bailey, Bain, Baird, Baker, Ball, Barkley, Barrows, Bartram, Bashaw, Bell, Bernard, Billings, Bland, Boardman, Boggs, Bridal, Brockus, Brothers, Brower, Calhoun, Callen, Carhartt, Carlton, Casady, Castner, Cate, Chamberlain, Chidester, Chisman,  Clark, Claver, Clawson, Cleveland, Condra, Coulson, Cox, Cramer, Crawshaw, Creech, Crist, Cummins, Daniels, Darby, Davis, Dean, DeRoss, Dinning, Doggett, Donegan, Doner, Downing, Drake, Drury, Edwards, Egbert, Elder, Elledge, Elliott, Ellis, Eschbach, Everett,  Fee, Forrest, Forsyth, Foster, Foussat, Fowler, Gault, Gilbert, Glick, Goss, Gray, Greenly, Hagan, Hakes, Haiden, Hammond, Harbold, Hardenbrook, Haynes, Hazlewood, Hibbs, Hickenlooper, Hickman, Hilton, Hinote, Hixson, Hoagland, Hoffman, Holbrook, Holsteine, Hoover, Hough, Huston, Hynes, Jackson, James, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kendall, Kenworthy, Killion, King, Kingsberry, Kingsbury, Kinser, Kirchman, Knapp, Knowels, Lathan, Law, Lawton, Leseney, Lewis, Long, Luse, Marine, Marshall, Martin, Mason, May, McCloud, McCormick, McDonald, McElhaney, McFall, McFarland, McKeehan, McKim, Mercer, Miller, Mitchell, Moss, Newell, Noble, Ochler, Parker, Parks, Patton, Payne, Peatman, Pence, Peppers, Phillips, Porter, Potts, Powers, Price, Printz, Probasco, Pugh, Pulliam, Ralston, Reich, Richardson, Richmond, Ristolen, Roberts, Robertson, Robeson, Robinson, Sawyers, Sayres, Scott, Seddon, Sellers, Shahan, Sholly, Sinclair, Smith, Snodgrass, Snow, Spencer, Stark, Stauber, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Stevenson, Stickney, Stone, Stone, Streepy, Sturdivant, Sutcliffe, Sutton, Swan, Swarts, Taylor, Trimble, Tucker, Tuttle, Tyrrel, Vanpelt, Vermilion, Wailes, Wakefield, Wallace, Watson, Wells, White, Wilcox, Wilkinson, Wilson, Wolfinger, Wright,