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History of

Buchanan County, Iowa

And Its People

By

HARRY CHURCH and KATHARYN JOELLA CHAPPELL

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME I and VOLUME 2

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1914

1200 pages

An essential resource for Genealogists

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Volume 1

 Table of Contents

Chapter I. - Geology and Topography
Chapter II. - Flora and Fauna
Chapter III. - Aboriginal Inhabitants
Chapter IV. - Early History
Chapter V. - Organization
Chapter VI. - Early Commerce
Chapter VII. - Agriculture
Chapter VIII. - The Early Settlers Association
Chapter IX. - Buchanan County in the War of the Rebellion
Chapter X. - Spanish-American War
Chapter XI. - Miscellaneous Military Affairs
Chapter XII. - Early History of Independence
Chapter XIII. - History of Townships
Chapter XIV. - County Fairs
Chapter XV. - Internal Improvements
Chapter XVI. - Miscellaneous
Chapter XVII. - Public Institutions
Chapter XVIII. - The Independence State Hospital
Chapter XIX. - Education
Chapter XX. - Fraternal and Social Life
Chapter XXI. - Conventions
Chapter XXII. - Public Events
Chapter XXIII. - Church History
Chapter XXIV. - Commerce and Industry
Chapter XXV. - The City of Independence
Chapter XXVI. - Who's Who
Chapter XXVII. - The Independence Press
Chapter XXVIII. - The Medical Profession
Chapter XXIX. - Bench and Bar
Chapter XXX. - Banks and Banking
Chapter XXXI. - Interesting Events
Chapter XXXVII. - Reminiscences
Chapter XXXVIII. - Promiscuous Facts
Appendix

 

 
Volume 2

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Agnew, Ahearn, Allen, Anderson, Arnold, Arthaud, Bagley, Ball, Ballou, Bare, Barr, Bates, Beatty, Berridge, Biddinger, Black, Blamer, Bland, Blank, Boies, Bolton, Bordner, Boyack, Brierly, Bright, Brintnall, Brown, Buck, Buckley, Buehler, Bunnell, Burke, Burns, Burrhus, Butterfield, Campbell, Carr, Carsey, Carvey, Catt, Cecil, Chapman, Chappell, Cherny, Clarke, Close, Cobb, Coltman, Combs, Comfort, Considine, Cook, Cooper, Copeland, Cornwell, Cowles, Craig, Crew, Crooks, Crumbacker, Currier, Daker, Destival, Donnan, Dopp, Douglas, Duckett, Eddy, Ehler, Elliott, Everett, Falck, Fest, Fiester, Forrester, Fouts, Franck, Freeman, French, Frush, Gallery, Gardner, Gardland, Gates, Gerstenberger, Gilbert, Gill, Gillett, Gladwin, Gleerup, Gould, Griswold, Grover, Gunzenhauser, Haines, Halleck, Halstead, Hammelann, Hardwick, Harmon, Harrington, Hearn, Heiland, Heiserman, Hekel, Henderson, Hermann, Herrick, Higbee, Higgins, Higman, Hill, Hittle, Hood, Houck, Housholder, Hovey, Huschke, Iliff, Irwin, Jakway, Jamieson, Jenks, Kaesser, Kanouse, Kassar, Kautz, Kelsh, Kenney, Kenyon, Kerr, Kiefer, Kimball, Klotz, Krapf, Kress, Laird, Lake, Lamb, Leach, Leary, Leaven, Lewis, Limbert, Lotts, Lowry, Loy, Luloff, Luther, Lux, Lynch, McBane, McCarthy, McClernon, McDonald, McGrath, MacKenzie, Marshall, Mason, Merrill, Metcalf, Meyer, Meythaler, Miguet, Miller Morning, Mount, Mumford, Nabholz, Netcott, Ney, Nichols, Norman, Norton, Orr, Ossman, Ozias, Parker, Pelley, Perkins, Perry, Plane, Plank, Pooler, Powles, Purdy, Quick, Raines, Ramsey, Raymond, Retz, Revel, Richardson, Rigby, Riseley, Risk, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Sauer, Scarcliff, Schneider, Schroll, Searls, Sells, Sheffield, Shellito, Sherren, Sherrer, Sherrets, Shimer, Shine, Shoenut, Short, Simmons, Singer, Slemmons, Smith, Snow, Soules, Spangler, Stephenson, Stevenson, Stoddard, Stumma, Suhr, Sullivan, Swan, Swartzell, Sweeney, Taylor, Tempus, Thedens, Thompson, Tielebein, Titus, Todd, Toomey, Trask, Tunks, Van Orsdol, Wackerbarth, Walker, Walter, Walton, Ward, Warren, Watson, Weart, Weber, Weiher, Whitney, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Wolgamot, Woodrum, Woodward, Wooff, Wurtz, Zimpfer, Zimpher