Franklin co. IAGenWeb
Biography Index
History of Franklin & Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 1883

~The biographies were transcribed by S. Ferrall for Franklin County IAGenWeb

A "P" next to the name indicates the biography also has a portrait.


'A' Biographies
Abrams, A. S. 334
Abrams, H. D. 328
Abrams, Henry J. 560
Adams, John H. 530
Adams, W. T. 554
Addis, Dr. 199
Alexander, E. E. 408
Allen, David 433
Allen, James W. 433
Anderson, A. C. 560
Anderson, Andrew 560
Andrews, Allen 354
Andrews, H. H. 354
Andrews, O. D. 519
Anway, James 436
Appleby, Isaac 355
P
Argent, Thomas F. 359
Arlidge, L. H. 198
Armstrong, Lemuel 434
Armstrong, Merrill 435
Asemissen, H. L. 476
Atkinson, J. A. 485
Avery, Frank 582
Avery, W. P. 558

'Ba-Bl' Biographies
Bailey, James M. 531
Bailey, Samuel 442
Bailey, T. W. 440
Baker, S. E. 541
Baker, T.H. 199
Bangs, Alonzo A. 471
Bangs, Samuel W. 472
Barney, C. S. 326
Barry, Frank 442
Baurr, John 359
Beach, Frank 359
Beed, Charles 398
Beed, George 421
Beed, James H. 395
Beed, Walter 480
Beed, William G. 395
Behn, Frederick 464
Bell, John C. 358
Bell, Ludwig 359
Belzer, Louis 357
Bender, Jonathan 321
Bennington, W. J. 465
Benson, Capt. Rufus 419
Benson, R. S. 346
Berry, P. C. 347
Bigelow, Levi 494
Bigg, D. E. 341
Bird, A. H. 332
Bird, Matthew 548
Bird, Robert L. 523
Blake, Richard T. 501
Bland, J. H. 183

'Bo-By' Biographies
Bobst, Joseph 481
Boddy, William 370
Bolton, John 325
Booth, C. E. 201
Boots, John Martin 363
Boots, Martin 346
Borst, James 342
Borst, John L. 341
Boutin, C. W. 407
Bowen, W. S. 344
Bradley, J. H. 174
Brainerd, O. H. 420
Brande, James 493
Bridgeman, A. H. 179
Brogan, Wesley 369
Brown, Benjamin S. 486
Bruce, J. W. 341
Bryan, William B. 356
P
Bullis, William T. 369
Burmester, Henry 485
Burnham, Edward 439
Burns, G. W. 446
Burns, Michael 504
Burres, W. L. 409
Bushyager, J. G. 575
Butterfield, Benjamin 514
Butterfield, John S. 514
Butterfield, Luther 502
Byerlee, D. N. 338

'C' Biographies
Caldwell, E. 519
Canfield, Charles L. 360
Canfield, Dr. Mosley 204
Cannam, Andrew J. 412
Carhart, L. B. 337
Carter, A. B. 338
Carter, A. R. 402
Chambers, O. A. 438
Chapman, N. B. 180
Chappell, Dr. 201
Chase, Daniel D. 168
Church, C. A. 563
Church, D.A. 346
Church, David Austin 563
Church, Walter A. 187
Churchouse, R. J. 333
Claypool, N. B. 445
Clemmens, N. 353
Clemmer, G. G. 422
Clock, C. L. 256
Clock, Eugene 465
Clock, H. A. 464
Clock, H. C. 366
Clock, Jarvis 348
Coble, T. H. 410
Cole, Bennett 518
Cook, John P. 249
Coon, S. S. 402
Cooney, Martin 503
Cooper, W. F. 207
Corning, G. A. 201
Cornish, F. E. 207
Crasper, S. O. 570
Crawford, G. W. 543
Crawford, J. E. 548
Crawford, William 486
Crosby, A. F. 335
Culver, Levi 576
Cummings, A.B. 485
Cummings, J. W. 485

'D' Biographies
Darling, J. 445
Darrah, Robert 375
Davidson, W. N. 179
Davis, E. T. 585
Davis, S. A. 489
Day, W. W. 254
Deering, N. C. 250
Doherty, Simon 459
Donovan, M. K. 504
Dovey, John 360
Dow, Daniel W. 183

'E' Biographies
Eddy, H. S. 459
Eddy, William 547
Ellis, William 543
Elliott, David & John 376
Elseffer, Louis 257
Engebretson, P.R. 559
Erickson, Claus 496
Esslinger, Edward 581
Esslinger, Emanuel 580
Esslinger, Samuel 579
Evans, Frank 497
Evans, John E. 193
Evans, W. D. 186

'F' Biographies
Faatz, F. L. 401
Fahey, John 503
Farnsworth, William 585
Fessler, Henry 371
Fink, Christopher 489
Floyd, Dr. H. R. 204
Ford, George J. 334
Fox, Thomas 530
Fraser, J. W. 459
Frazer, James K. 472
Fredericks, Johann 464
Frost, E. K. 546
Funk, J.Z.E. 202

'G' Biographies
Galer, J. B. 200
Gans, J. T. 441
Garber, William 577
Gear, G. L. 334
Gerfen, Henry 553
Gibbs, M. D. 542
Gibbs, S. A. 546
Gibson, George C. 477
Giffen, J.D. 182
Gilchrist, Joseph 343
Gilger, J. W. 183
Gillett, Chauncy 251
Goble, J. M. 530
Goppinger, George 545
Graham, John 475
Grassley, L. F. 464
Green, C. B. 524
Green, Christopher 322
P
Green, J. A. 566
Green, James 321
Gridley, S. O. 553
Guilford, C. S. 258
Guthrie, Dr. 199


'H' Biographies
Hacker, T. H. 461
Hagenson, N. W. 496
Haight, J.F. 183
Hall, J.W. 336
Hall, Lyman 439
Hall, S. E. 402
Hall, Thomas 574
Hamblin, F. M. 369
Hamilton, Andrew 374
Hamilton, Lloyd 405
Hamilton, Robert 375
Hamilton, William 446
Hanks, E. F. 481
Hansell, George W. 450
Harriman, O. B. 199
Harriman, W. F. 186
Harris, W. H. 555
Harstwell, William 326
Hartgraves, John R. 467
Hartman, John 533
Havens, Benjamin 372
Haymond, E. H. 363
Haymond, Jacob 360
Heitman, Bernard 358
Hemingway, J. M. 185
Henderson, H. C. 173
Henley, D. W. 185
Herbster, John G. 356
Heuberger, Jacob 554
Hicks, John G. 529
Hill, E. B. 566
Hilliker, Orlando 439
Hobbie, C. C. 405
Hocking, H. D. 332
Holden, L. P. 430
Holloran, Michael 507
Horner, Richard 347
Horner, W. C. 347
Horstman, L. 585
Howland, E. A. 252
Hoxie, W. H. 431
Hoy, William 187
Hudson, Amos B. 259 & 524
Hudson, T.E.B. 573
Humphrey, Dr. 201
Hunt, James 531
Hunter, J. E. 480
Hurd, J.S. 199
Hutchins, James H. 200
Hyndman, G. C. 530

'I' Biographies
Ihde, Henry 354
Imlay, John 519
P
Ingham, George H. 434
Inglis, D. D. 423
Iverson, Erick S. 497
Iverson, Iver 497
Iverson, J. J. 474

'J' Biographies
James, John L. 322
Jeffers, Byron 462
Jeffers, Robert 410
Jenkins, John 475
Jenkins, William 575
John, C. D. 584
John, E. J. 585
Johnson, Jacob P. 566
Johnson, Simon 543
P
Johnson, W. B. 370
Johnston, James J. 517
Jones, Benjamin 434 & 447
Jones, John C. 521
Jones, Levi S. 210 & 513
Jones, Martin B. 260 & 513
Jones, Stephen M. 429
Jones, T. W. 513
Jordan, Quincy A. 223 & 346

'K' Biographies
Keeling, E. B. 371
Kellam, A. G. 182
Kempthorne, Charles 376
Kent, John F. 477
Kiefer, E. C. 408
Kiefer, William H. 583
King, John H. 182
Klinefelter, Jacob 486
Knau, Adam 355
Knesel, J. S. 578
Knesel, John 577
Knight, E. M. 547
Knoll, John 356
Kratz, Philip 518
Krukrow, William 582
Kugler, Gotlieb 582
Kurtz, Jacob 521

'L' Biographies
Lane, Jeremiah 458
Lane, L. D. 253
Latham, M D. 523
Lathrop, L. S. 432
Latimer, J. F. 422
Lawrence, L. 327
Layman, J. J. 180
Leahy, M. A. 180
Leas, J. J. 200
Lee, Dr. 204
Lefever, James 444
Lill, Fred. R. H. 357
Lincoln, Dr. 200
Little, A. T. 545
Lockwood, L. N. 569
Loomis, D. 318
Loss, Lucius 482
Lowe, O. F. 405
Luke, Garrett W. 524
Luke, J. W. 186
Lumley, Gideon 461

'Ma-Me' Biographies
Mallory, D. C. 431
Malone, Thomas 378
Manifold, Eleazer 348
Marble, Warner 482
Marks, Ernst 584
Marks, W. F. 555
Marsh, James M. 147
McCann, Patrick 501
McCarron, Thomas 508
McClelland, Edward 353
McClintock, N. B. 563
McCormick, James T. 185
McCracken, T. E. 276
McDonald, N. 411
McDougle, James W. 355
McKenzie, James W. 170
McKenzie, Tom C. 184
McKenzie, W. F. 341
McManus, James 503
McMillen, A. G. 558
McMillen, W. H. 541
McNeill, John. 485
Meehan, John. 436
Mendell, S. J. 471
Menning, John 461
Messelheiser, George 485
Meyer, Daniel 508
Meyer, Frederick 568
Meyer, Heinrich 371 & 463
Meyer, Henry 256
Meyer, John 518


'Mi-My' Biographies
Mickel, Gifford 440
Millard, Henry J. 531
Miller, H. J. 476
Miller, Isaac 255
Miller, Jacob 490
Miner, G. R. 187
Minert, G. H. 443
Minor, A. N. 259
Missman, Herman 463
Mitchell, H. J. 511
Mitchell, I. J. 169
Mitchell, S.R. 199
Montgomery, J. N. 458
Morehouse, E. E. 333
Morehouse, H. 333
Morgan, F.P. 285
Morgan, John 477
Morgan, Lewis H. 466
Moris, E. F. 555
Mott, A. M. 457
P
Mott, C. J. 455
P
Mott, Damon 457
Mott, D. W. 456
P
Mott, Jonathan. 455
Moyle, William 559
Muhlenbruch, Henri 465
Mulford, Lydie A. (Crofts) 520
Mulkins, Isaac C. 513
Mulkins, J. S. 514
Mulkins, S. P. 512
Mulnix, James A. 208
Myer, John W. 372
Myers, I. W.
P
Myers, Moses 507


'N & O Biographies
Nichols, W. E. 338
Nobles, W. S. 523
Nolte, Charles 584
Nolte, Henry 581
North, Austin 254
Norton, E. A. 408
Norton, James A. 199
Nowell, John 482

O'Brien, Edward 507
Ormrod, James 336

'P' & 'Q' Biographies
Palmer, Henry 565
Parker, Nathan 400
Parkinson, Samuel 467
Parks, William 328
Patton, D. J. 486
Paullus, Fred 486
Pearse, James 357
P
Pearse, Jeffrey 358
Pearson, Jacob 378
Pease, George W. 483
P
Peck, J. B. 484
Pedersen, Rev. N. 496
Penny, Newton 372
Perrin, Joseph 335
P
Phelps, Josiah 399
Piatt, Robert F. 179
Pickering, Albert 520
Plattner, Nicolaus 372
Pool, Dr. V. B. 203
Popejoy, John I. 492
Porter, John 167
Potter, Dr. J. M. 204
Pratt, H. O. 250
Pride, John M. 201
Quasdorf, August 468
P

'R' Biographies
Randolph, W. D. F. 542
Ray, James 573
Raymond, L. B. 277
P
Reed, L. 441
Reeve, A. T. 181
Reeve, James B. 253
Reeve, John R. 513
Reinke, W. C. 355
Rice, Amon 479
Richer, John H. 342
P
Riddle, J. S. 462
Riggins, E. 581
Roberts, Cyrus 401
Roberts, H. P. 202
Roberts, W. A. 407
Robinson, Isaac 395
P
Rodemeyer, F. 462
Rodemeyer, Henry 463
Roemer, C. 445
Rose, Milo 481
Rose, Samuel L. 173
Ross, A. S. 536
Ross, Dr. M. H. 202
Runyan, John M. 363
Ryan, Edward 372

'S' Biographies
Schollein, George 553
Schulz, Ferdinand 472
Scott, Henry 481
Scuntlebury, Edward 377
Selix, David F. 435
Selix, Simon 435
Seney, Charles 560
Seney, Robert 559
Sharpe, James 378
Sharpe, J.J. 378
Shepherd, Amos 522
P
Shroyer, Henry 254
Shroyer, Lewis 517
Shultz, H. E. 476
Sime, A. O. 495
Singer, William J. 560
Slade, Joseph. 579
Slocum, J .W. 458
Smith, E. F. 405
Smith, Frank D. 409
Smith, Obadiah. 259
Smith, W. P. 409
Snyder, Anthony 378
Snyder, James M. 489
Soper, G. W. 411
Soper, J. M. 517
Springer, Francis M. 512
St. Clair, A. D. 520
P
Stackhouse, G. H. 446
Stalker, Emily Bell 406
Stalker, J. W. 406
Stearns, John T. 181
Stenson, E. H. 377
Stephen, S. C. 260
Stickney, W. C. 410
Stockdale, Thomas 375
Stoddard, Lovelett 353
Stonebraker, W. J. 397
Stout, J. M. 532
Stuart, I. L. 281
Studer, Joseph 370
Sutton, George 443
Sweet, Oney Foster 399

'T' Biographies
Talhelm, Levi 369
Taylor, T. B. 185
Taylor, William 457
Thomas, Joseph 327
Thomas, Theodore 529
Thomas, William 331
Thompson, I. I. 563
Thompson, James 387
Thompson, James D. 164
Thompson, O. P. 201
Thompson, William H. 345
P
Thornberry, William 578
Tidd, Dr. C. H. 203
Tilman, O. H. 363
Tilton, B. R. 332
Timerman, W. B. 522
Tompkins, H. A. 331
Towle, Warren S. 521
Train, Robert E. 466
Treanor, James 504
Treganza, John 336
Trindle, James 437
Trumbower, John R. 508
Tucker, H. Z. 523
Tucker, W. K. 437

'U' & 'V' Biographies
Ufford, A. W. 583

Van Riper, Garrett 578
Vandever, William 250
Vankirk, David H. 522
Vankirk, S.H. 259
Vincent, John 532
Vought, David 563

'W' Biographies
Wagner, Isaiah 508
Wait, John M. 255 & 258
Wallace, J. W. 376
P
Walton, C. W. 495
Wanamaker, N. J. 383
Ward, William 258
Waters, A. K. 490
Way, Isaac T. 529
Weaver, S. P. 547
Weaver, William H. 471
Webber, Moses A. 371
West, C. F. 199
Westaby, Charles 588
Wheeler, Daniel 481
Wheeler, I. B. 484
P
Whipple, R. H. 188
Whipple, William.. 468
Whitmore, M. 453
Whitney, A. C. 338
Whitney, C. E. 283
Whitney, J. Cheston 283
Wilde, J. T. 327
Wilde, Richard 326
Wilkins, W. 440
Willhelm, C.E. 336
Willix, E. B. 475
Wilson, George H. 459
Wilton, George W. 521
Wire, Jacob 482
Witthoft, J. C. 545
Wohlford, Emanuel H. 464
Wolf, Casper 484
Wolf, David 490
Wolf, William 489
Wolf, William M. 490
Wood, Albert R. 473
Woodley, Jacob 438
Woodley, R. 443
Wright, E. D. 536
Wright, George 458

'Y' & 'Z' Biographies
Yelland, W. R. 554
Yenter, John M. 354

Zimmerman, J. G. 544
Zimmerman, O. C. 337

 

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