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1911 Biographical Name Index

Following is a special index of names from History of Linn County Iowa, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Illustrated, Volume II, Chicago: The The Pioneer Publishing Company,  1911.  These are names of those who were the subject of biographies in this publication (and the corresponding page number).  Underlined names are links to the biography posted online.

* Indicates scanned photo with biography


  • Bailey, Fred W., MD (637)

  • Baker, W. W. (606)

  • Ball, Esar H. (309)

  • Ball, Harry (845)

  • Barber, E. C. (853)

  • Barry, Charles O. (738)

  • Barry, John W. (390)

  • Barry, Justin (397)

  • Barta, Frank M. (716)

  • Bartleson, James Monroe (723)

  • Bartlett, Mark E. (476)

  • Barto, Carrie (156)

  • Batchelder, Charles Emmett (800)

  • Bauer, Benjamin R. (264)

  • Bauman, Augustus Ayres (543)

  • Bauman, Simon H. (459)

  • Bealer, Elmer J. C. (662)

  • Beall, James M. (412)

  • Beall, William E. (289)

  • Beatty, Joseph I. (725)

  • Beatty, John (740)

  • Beatty, S. B. (649)

  • Becicka, Joseph (734)

  • Begley, James L. (277)

  • Benion, John H. (859)

  • Bennett, Henry (498)

  • Bennett, Mrs. L. M. (812)

  • Berry, William J. (843)

  • Bersley, Walter S. (375)

  • Bever, James L. (805)

  • Bice, Gifford C. (43)

  • Bice, Isaac (634)

  • Bickel, Curtis J. (570)

  • Bigger, James Eber (103)

  • Birdsall, Charles H. (177)

  • Bixby, Simon (500)

  • Black, William A. (336)

  • Blackmar, Augustus (300)

  • Blaine, John Melvin (257)

  • Blakely, David Dempster (871)

  • Bleakly, James (628)

  • Bloom, James R. (186)

  • Blue, John De Motte, Jr. (227)

  • Bolton, Malcolm V. (686)

  • Booth, Hiram I. (733)

  • Borghart, Fred W. (376)

  • Bourne, Nathaniel (614)

  • Bowler, Michael G. (813)

  • Bowman, Benjamin (151)

  • Boxwell, William (807)

  • Boyson, George H. (171)

  • Bradley, W. J., MD (698)

  • Briden, Edward U. (102)

  • Briney, Otto E. (65)

  • Broeksmit, John Cornelis (848)

  • Broeksmit, John S. (850)

  • Brooks, G. A. (575)

  • Brown, Arthur G. (132)

  • Brown, Carle D. (836)

  • Brown, Charles T. (140)

  • Brown, H. T. (857)

  • Brown, Nicholas Brodhead (30) *

  • Bruner, George B. (613)

  • Buchtela, John (209)

  • Bunting, Mordecai Edwards (338)

  • Bures, Josef (754)

  • Burianek, John (179)

  • Burt, Burl R. (299)

  • Burt, Lorenzo W. (272)

  • Busenbark, James William (791)

  • Buser, Henry R. (28)

  • Butler, Charles F. (829)

  • Byers, Frank C. (172)

  • Byers, William C. (753)


  • Calder, Charles A. (860)

  • Calder, Charles E. (311)

  • Caldwell, Joseph J. (144)

  • Caldwell, Thomas S. (868)

  • Calhoun, Jasper E. (192)

  • Campbell, George A. (551)

  • Canfield, Fred A. (864)

  • Caraway, John S. (254)

  • Carbee, Hon. John P. (354)

  • Carbee, John W. (357)

  • Carhart, Garretson Lyon, MD (680)

  • Carl, James M. (670)

  • Carpenter, Alfred M. (317)

  • Carpenter, Claude Clinton (647)

  • Carpenter, George P., MD (560)

  • Carpenter, Martha (819)

  • Carpenter, Col. Seymour David, MD (755)

  • Carpenter, Washington Benjamin (332) *

  • Casebeer, Jacob B., Rev. (242)

  • Castle, Francis A. (482)

  • Chadima, Joseph T. (299)

  • Chalfant, Horace G. (166)

  • Chapman, Edna (769)

  • Chapman, Orange Judd (59)

  • Cherry, Walter L. (79)

  • Chesmore, Clinton B. (522)

  • Christman, John (134)

  • Clark, Charles H. (603)

  • Clark, George D. (671)

  • Cleary, William H. (749)

  • Cleveland, Francis J. (57)

  • Coligan, Thomas F. (475)

  • Conn, Andrew Hanna (331)

  • Cook, John E. (123)

  • Cooper, Joseph A. (116)

  • Coquillette, Daniel L. (569)

  • Cordes, John C. (809)

  • Cory, Abel L. (330)

  • Cory, Daniel M. (127)

  • Court, Charles William (118)

  • Craemer, H. N. (50)

  • Creglow, Clark Russell (292)

  • Cuhel, John (516)

  • Cuhel, Vincent (218) *

  • Cumming, M. I. (808)

  • Currell, Benjamin B. (470)

  • Curtis, Nimrod Jasper (850)

  • Cutter, Robert C. (184)


  • Dahms, William (866)

  • Dale, George (230)

  • Dana, F. F. (626)

  • Daniels Family (60) *

  • Daniels, J. K. (747)

  • Davis, J. C. (82)

  • Davis, J. L. (405)

  • Davis, W. L. (583)

  • Davis, William (268)

  • Dawley, F. F. (196)

  • Day, B. R. (27)

  • Deacon, C. J. (604)

  • Dean, W. E. (322)

  • DeClow, W. L. (92)

  • Deditz, Joseph (636)

  • Delaney, W. J. (812)

  • Dempsey, D. D. (658)

  • Denecke, Charles (648)

  • Denning, J. M. (346)

  • Dennis, William (590)

  • Devol, Silas A. (638)

  • De Wees, A. L. (149)

  • Dewees, J. N. (778)

  • Dietz, William (86)

  • Dignan, J. H. (555)

  • Diserens, F. L. (169)

  • Dix, Samuel (371)

  • Dobrovsky, Lewis (537)

  • Doctor, Joseph (842)

  • Donohue, Edward M. (468)

  • Doolittle, A. A. (283)

  • Douglas, G. B. (368)

  • Dows, S. L. (672)

  • Drahos, Vincel (409)

  • Drips, George (779)

  • Dunn, James (543)

  • Dunn, James A. (497)

  • Dunn, John A. (521)

  • Dunn, J. E. (47)

  • Dunn, J. N. (650)

  • Durin, W. H. (854)

  • Dvorak, J. C. (770)

  • Dvorak, W. J. (411)


  • Easterly, G. H. (351)

  • Easterly, J. R. (867)

  • Eckert, M. E. (816)

  • Ehda, Edward (379)

  • Ellis, Robert (640) *

  • Ely, J. S. (824)

  • Erickson, Frederick (280)

  • Esgate, E. J. (406)

  • Esrey, W. P. (546)

  • Etzel, Albert (301)

  • Etzel, Henry (358)

  • Etzel, Levi (404)

  • Evans, G. A. (234)


  • Fairchild, Henry (231)

  • Faltis, Frank (827)

  • Faulkes, F. W. (630)

  • Fee, W. B. (58)

  • Feiereisen, Dominick (552)

  • Ferman, K. C. (644)

  • Fernow, E. L. (280)

  • Fernow, E. W. (323)

  • Fernow, F. P. (143)

  • Fernow, G. C. (349)

  • Fernow, O. S. (352)

  • Fernow, Samuel (598)

  • Fiala, Joseph (657)

  • Fiala, W. J. (217)

  • Filip, Frank (530)

  • Finn, G. E. (685)

  • Finson, E. R. (535)

  • Fishell, P. H. (559)

  • Fisher, A. W. (273)

  • Fisher, E. B. (410)

  • Fiske, E. O. (434)

  • Fitzgerald, R. N. (398)

  • Flitsch, George (461)

  • Floyd, C. G. (600)

  • Fogarty, William (454)

  • Ford, Michael (511)

  • Forsythe, H. M. (531)

  • Franchere, A. O. (411)

  • Franchere, Alphonse (661)

  • Franchere, O. J. (419)

  • Frederick, Cris (258)

  • Freer, H. H. (567)

  • French, J. H. (180)


  • Gaasch, J. W. (283)

  • Gable, J. E. (360)

  • Gadd, G. T. (538)

  • Gardner, J. R. (15)

  • Garretson, A. B. (96)

  • Gerber, Jacob Sr. (818)

  • Gerolamy, L. A. (174)

  • Giberson, T. M. (417)

  • Gibson, B. W. (251)

  • Gibson, C. D. (200)

  • Gilchrist, A. A. (471)

  • Gilchrist, Lawrence (183)

  • Gillilan, H. P. (792)

  • Gillmore, David (142)

  • Gillmore, E. J. (126)

  • Gillmore, G. A. (157)

  • Glass, John P. (795)

  • Good, Henry (72)

  • Good, J. W. (827)

  • Goodlove, W. H. (374)

  • Goudy, W. O. (775)

  • Grafft, W. S. (589)

  • Greene, George (5) *

  • Greene, W. J. (563)

  • Grupe, Henry Jr. (539)

  • Haas, C. J. (303)

  • Hach, E. E. (748)

  • Hajek, J. J. (713)

  • Hall, L. G. (683)

  • Hamilton, J. T. (52) *

  • Hamilton, John (696)

  • Hamilton, Porter (261)

  • Hampton, D. W. (320)

  • Hann, F. M. (763)

  • Harlan, J. E. (811)

  • Armon, W. R. (321)

  • Harnish, Jonas (817)

  • Hart, J. A. (124)

  • Hartley, S. H. (610)

  • Haskell, W. G. (846)

  • Hatch, L. K. (554)

  • Hayes, J. M. (508)

  • Hazeltine, M. W. (467)

  • Heald, E. T. (765)

  • Heald, F. A. (840)

  • Heins, B. F. (857)

  • Henderson, E. E. (95)

  • Henderson, H. C. (340) *

  • Henderson, Henry (625)

  • Henderson, P. G. (110)

  • Henderson, P. T. (319)

  • Henderson, W. J. (7)

  • Henderson, W. E. (847)

  • Hendrickson, F. M. (365)

  • Hickman, M. S. (624)

  • Hickman, Shelton (515)

  • Higley, W. W. (382)

  • Hill, James (486)

  • Hobson, F. A. (499)

  • Holub, Martin (455)

  • Hoover, J. A. (528)

  • Hopson, F. A. (372)

  • Horne, R. S. (576)

  • Houser, C. T. (770)

  • Houser, M. W. (627)

  • Howard, William (449)

  • Howell, D. E. (648)

  • Hradecky, Frank (413)

  • Hrbek, Joseph (720)

  • Hromatko, P. A. (519)

  • Hruska, John (614)

  • Hubbard, C. P. (353)

  • Hubbard, L. E. (483)

  • Hughes, J. H. (485)

  • Hull, Ella (813)

  • Hunter, S. I. (450)

  • Hurtt, Arthur (187)

  • Husmann, Tobe (607)

  • Huston, C. D. (87)

  • Hutton, George (328)


  • Ilgenfritz, David (833)

  • Ink, M. L. (789)


  • Jackson, W. T. (78)

  • Janko, J. F. (504)

  • Jeffrey, Arthur Allen (871)

  • Jeffrey, A. S. (208)

  • Jeffrey, T. A. (216)

  • Jenkins, L. E. (193)

  • Jensen, Christ (808)

  • Jensen, J. C. (629)

  • Johnson, E. A. (445)

  • Johnson , E. C. (707)

  • Johnson, T. W. (149)

  • Jordan, G. L. (556)

  • Josefi, John (448)


  • Kearns, J. M. (764)

  • Kee, W. L. (574)

  • Kelley, O. L. (837)

  • Kelly, John (708)

  • Kelsey, H. M.( 718)

  • Kemp, E. I. (250)

  • Kemp, X. N. (520)

  • Kendall, K. W. (297)

  • Kendall, W. J. (432)

  • Kern, Fred (737)

  • Kerns, J. R. (337)

  • Kerr, H. W. (237)

  • Kershner, Eugene (270)

  • Kilborn, Frank (304)

  • Kilmeyer, F. W. (416)

  • King, D. W. (841)

  • King, G. E. (425)

  • King, W. S. (681)

  • Kinley, D. R. (11)

  • Kleitsch, John (221)

  • Knickerbocker, W. B. (744)

  • Knudsen, Peter (252)

  • Konigsmark, Frank Jr. (505)

  • Kocher, J. J. (730)

  • Korab, Thomas (367)

  • Kozlovsky, Joseph (703)

  • Kramer, I. N. (194)

  • Kramer, J. H. (139)

  • Kratzer, S. N. (80)

  • Kriz, J. J. (85)

  • Krouse, Charles (573)

  • Krouse, Frank (858)

  • Kula, J. J. (85)

  • Kuntz, G. W. (314)

  • Kurtz, R. A. (873)


  • Lacock, W. A. (785)

  • Laird, J. G. (821)

  • Lake, J. S. (366)

  • Langworthy, S. M. (743)

  • Lanning, E. M. (298)

  • Larimer, E. J. (192)

  • Larimer, E. K. (453)

  • Larsen, Mike (784)

  • Lassen, Knute (351)

  • Lawler, E. T. (855)

  • Leclere, Edward (74)

  • Lefebure, Henry (599)

  • Lefebure, John (512)

  • Leidigh, Frank (477)

  • Leigh, C. E. (359)

  • Leigh, J. B. (782)

  • Lesinger, Edward (570)

  • Lesinger, J. W. (635)

  • Levasseur, Abel (253)

  • Lewis, C. W. (401)

  • Lewis, T. C.  (27)

  • Liddle, J. T. (88)

  • Lighty, D. H. (650)

  • Lilly, Joseph (269)

  • Lincoln, G. A. (13)

  • Lindsay, H. A. (751)

  • Linehan, Cornelius Jr. (433)

  • Linville, G. P. (838)

  • Lockhart, John (56)

  • Loftus, W. G. (484)

  • Long, B. W. (553)

  • Long, D. P. (472)

  • Long, L. G. (395)

  • Long, T. J. (213)

  • Lord, Richard (721)

  • Loughnane, P. M. (312)

  • Lutz, H. B. (41)

  • Lyman, F. A. (259)


  • McCarthy, Timothy (201)

  • McClintock, J. W. (164)

  • McConkie  J. J. (99)

  • McConkie, W. A. (50)

  • McDonald, T. P. (856)

  • McHugh, C. M. (863)

  • McManes, A. A. (117)

  • McNamara, F. P. (101)

  • McNamara, Thomas (574)

  • McNeil, F. B. (81)

  • McNeil, H. E. (861)

  • McNiel, R. M. (191)

  • McShane, C. I. (783)

  • McShane, F. I. (761)

  • McTavish, W. D. (428)

  • MacDanel , J. W. (746)

  • Machaceck, J. F. (594)

  • Madery, Gustav (580)

  • Magnus, Christian (446)

  • Manchester, H. J. (823)

  • Mansfield, E. L. (402)

  • Mansfield, E. O. (128)

  • Manville, S. O. (439)

  • Marquis, J. A. (329)

  • Martin, Burgess (185)

  • Martin, Fred (766)

  • Martin, T. C. (553)

  • Martinek, J. M. (215)

  • Mason, H. E. (737)

  • Matyk, Anton (705)

  • Maxwell, W. J. (623)

  • Mekota, Joseph (350)

  • Merchants National Bank (697)

  • Meredith, M. F. (12)

  • Merrill, G. A. (752)

  • Messer, J. P. (158)

  • Michalek, Joseph (540)

  • Miell, R. H. (232)

  • Mika, Frank (152)

  • Miles, M. J. (178)

  • Millburn, B. F. (682)

  • Miller, Aquillar (699)

  • Miller, B. P. (814)

  • Miller, G. F. (463)

  • Miller,  J. B. (119)

  • Miller, Samuel (711)

  • Mills, C. R. (618)

  • Mills, J. J. (610)

  • Mitchell, A. J. (577)

  • Mohler, Samuel (704)

  • Mohrbacher, W. A. (513)

  • Monn, C. W. (187)

  • Moore, C. M. (471)

  • Moorhead, M. H. (278)

  • Moser, Philip S., MD (859)

  • Muench, P. R. (247)

  • Mulherin, E. J. (862)

  • Munger, T. C. (324)

  • Murray, A. J. (361)

  • Murray, J. E. & C. P. (340)

  • Myers, William (700)


  • Naibert, Joseph (529)

  • Naso, Antonio (148)

  • Neal, Edgar D. (788)

  • Neal, Elmer D. (780)

  • Neal, H. E. (810)

  • Nelson, Laurence (281)

  • Newell, H. H. (85)

  • Newland, H. D. (42)

  • Newland, Horace D. (380)

  • Newman, A. H. (489)

  • Nielsen, Chris (787)

  • Nielsen, J. S. (163)

  • Nietert, H. J. (20)

  • Norton, W. H. (506)

  • Novotny, S. B. (760)

  • Nyere, George (832)

 


  • Palmer, A. L. (669)

  • Palmer, Robert (224) *

  • Parsons, S. N. (263)

  • Paul, J. T. & A. H. (697)

  • Pearson, J. M. (786)

  • Pearson, William (793)

  • Pease, F. H. (381)

  • Peet, M. J. (133)

  • Petrovitsky, J. C. (625)

  • Peyton, P. L. (605)

  • Pichner, J. W. (851)

  • Pickering, J. C. (108)

  • Pingrey, J. M. (248)

  • Pinney, E. E. (104)

  • Plummer, Amos (310)

  • Pollock, C. V. (788)

  • Port, A. C. (803)

  • Pospishil, Wensel (834)

  • Post, W. W. (427)

  • Powell, W. P. (615)

  • Powers, W. E. (463)

  • Preston, J. H. (77)

  • Pusateri, Pasquale (660)



  • Rabe, Carl (109)

  • Rabe, F. J. (185)

  • Rabus, G. F. (442)

  • Rafter, James (140)

  • Rall, J. F. (536)

  • Randall, G. W. (143)

  • Reece, C. D. (579)

  • Reece, David (578)

  • Reece, W. W. (616)

  • Regan, J. J. (293)

  • Reitzel & Martin (302)

  • Resch, Samuel (188) *

  • Reynolds, Patrick (815)

  • Richards, F. J. (852)

  • Richardson, N. B. (585)

  • Rick, H. G. (869)

  • Rickel, Henry (491)

  • Robbins, C. B. (384)

  • Roberts, W. H. (150)

  • Rogers, Thomas (772)

  • Root, Gib (387)

  • Ross, D. A. (440)

  • Runkle, E. A. (165)

  • Runkle, W. H. (447)


  • Safley, James (294)

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  • Smith, M. P. (586)

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  • Smith, S. G. (546)

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  • Svoboda, C. B. (238)

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  • Vavrichek, F. B. (416)

  • Viktor, J. A. (262)

  • Vinton, A. J. (362)

  • Visha, Louis (617)


  • Waite, R. W. (161)

  • Walker, J. I. (200)

  • Walker, W. W. (478)

  • Walker, William (690)

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  • Wallace, Jay (156)

  • Wallace, Leroy (839)

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  • Washburn, W. F. (815)

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  • Weare, John (66) *

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  • Webb, William F. (423)

  • Weis, E. J. (609)

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  • Wicke, H. J. (822)

  • Wiggins, S. T. (233)

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  • Wilder, John (868)

  • Williams, M. D. (494)

  • Wilsey, Marvin (37)

  • Wilson, A. H. (801)

  • Wilson, H. L. (279)

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