updated 01/01/2014


1882 Biographies
from the
History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa
by W.E. Alexander; Western Publishing co.; Sioux City, Iowa; 1882


The 285 Allamakee biographies were transcribed by Roxanne Barth & Phyllis Peterson

Winneshiek co. biographies with close ties to Allamakee co. have been transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall.
They are annotated with a "W"

Biographies with a portrait of the subject are annotated with a "P"


'A' Biographies

Adams, Asa W. W
Adams, Dudley W. P
Alexander, R.J.
Amann, Charles
Ammundson, Andrew
Amquest, N.J.
Amquest, P.J.
Anderson, A.T.
Anderson, Andrew
Anderson, Ole G.
Anderson, Thomas
Arklay, Charles
Armstrong, Levi

'B' Biographies

Bacon, Willard
Bakewell, John P
Ballman, H.T.
Barnard, Charles
Barnes, T.H. P
Barr, John C.
Bartheld, Englehart
Barthell, John C.
Barthold, F.
Bascomb, E.
Baumann, S.
Bearce, L.O.
Bearce, L.M.
Beebe, Jeptha
Beedy, John C.
Beedy, N.J.
Beeman, C.D.
Beiber, Peter
Belden, Hilton
Bensch, Henry
Bentley, H.J.
Bentley, James
Bernatz, A. & Bros. W
Beucher, John W
Beucher, M.
Blumm, Charles C.
Bockfinger, Philip
Boeckh, Edward
Bowen, D.H.
Brennan, J.D.
Briar, James
Brockhausen, Theodore
Bryant, George H.
Bryson, James
Bryson, John S.
Buggy, Michael
Buggy, Richard
Burdick, W.N.
Burhans, J.H.
Burhans, James W.
Burtis, W.H.
Burton, Fred A.
Burton, William
Butz, Jacob W

'C' Biographies

Carithers, W.H.
Carrolls, T.L.
Carter, Henry
Christianson, Andrew
Clark, E.N.
Clark, John T.
Clauson, H.
Colegrove, A.E.
Conway, J.R.
Cooley, E.E. W P
Cooper, H.S.

'D' Biographies

Dalton, William
Davis, J.W.
Dayton, Henry
Dayton, J.F.
Dean, George M.
Deering, Charles
DeLacy, John
Deremo, Orsemas
Deremore, James A.
Dille, Axel P.
Doehler, A.C.
Dorrmann, Jacob
Dougherty, J.F.
Douglas, Robert
Drake, John
Dresser, Calvin
Drewes, Charles
Dunn, William


'E' Biographies

Earle, Dr. W.C.
Eaton, M.W.
Eells, G.P.
Eells, L.
Elliott, John
Ellis, Jonathan
Engelhorn, John
Ettel, Daniel

'F' Biographies

Fagre, G.H.
Fellows, H.F.
Fellows, L.E.
Ferris, L.
Finney, S.B.
Fitzgerald, James
Froelick, Henry

'G' Biographies

Gaunitz, Ferdinand
Gaunitz, Herman
Getchell, L.M.
Gibbs, E.B.
Giesen, C.W. W
Gilbert, John
Gilchrist, John
Glynn, Matthew
Goodrich, L.W.
Gordon, A.
Granger, C.T. P
Grattan, H.G.
Green, Alfred
Green, E.S.
Green, Rev. Levi N.
Greer, Isaac
Groezinger, Theo.

'H' Biographies

Haas, Jacob
Haines, J.K. Jr.
Hammundson, Tolef B.
Hancock, E.M.
Hancock, J.N.
Hancock, Moses
Haney, John
Haney, William
Hanks, G.W.
Hanson, Gunder
Harmon, I.A.
Harris, Elisha
Harris, George W.
Harris, Henry
Harris, William
Hart, Abraham
Hawthorne, James T.
Hays, A.B.
Hazleton, S.H.
Hedge, Dr. Isaiah H.
Helming, Conrad
Hemenway, Homer H.
Henderson, Robert
Hendrick, M.B.
Hersey, L.W.
Hesla, E.
Hilmo, John A.
Hogan, John
Holahan, John
Holahan, James
Holvorson, Michael
Hostetler, Moses W
Houghton, A.H.
Howard, C.O.
Howe, F.A.
Howes, Luther
Hufschmidt, Robert
Humphreys, H.S.

'J' Biographies

Jackson, J.P
Jacobson, Andrew
Jaquis, Margaret N.A
Jennewine, J.J.
Jensvold, A
Johnson, Charles


'K' Biographies

Keenan, Patrick P
Kehr, George
Kelly, John
Kelly, William M.
Kerndt, Moritz
Knudtson, Knudt
Koren, Rev. U.W. W

'L' Biographies

Lamont, J.H.
Landy, Andrew
Laughlin, J.R.
Leas, Jeremiah
Leithold, C.A.
Leithold, Frank
Leithold, Matthew
Lenz, Henry
Lisher, J.M.
Low, Hosa
Ludeking, Simon
Luhman, H.S.
Lyons, Rev. D.W.
Lyse, Gilbert C.

'M' Biographies

Mackey, Oliver
Manger, W.A.
Martin, Lydia
Mathers, James
Mattoon, Dr. J.B.
May, Alonzo M. P
May, John
McCormack, M.
McDonell, M.A.
McGee, John
McGough, Edward
McLaughlin, William
McMichael, A.
McNaney, Patrick
Meyer, Rudolph A.T.
Miller, George V.
Miller, Peter
Miller, Sanford W.
Miner, H.B.
Minert, J.B.

'N' Biographies

Nachtwey, T.
Nees, Charles
Niblock, William
Nichols, S.J.
Nichols, S.J. Jr.
Nielander, H.
Norton, Patrick

'O' Biographies

Olson, A.G.
Olson, L.
Opfer, H.F.
Opfer, Simon
Orr, James
Orre, J.L.

'P' Biographies

Pardee, William W.
Patterson, J.W.
Patterson, William
Paulk, Charles P
Perry, James
Perry, S.C.
Peterson, Holver
Peterson, John A.
Pitt, John F.
Plank, Felix H.
Plemling, N.
Pope, H.H.
Post, Zeruih
Powers, James
Powers, S.S.
Pratt, Azel
Pratt, James L.
Pratt, N.H.
Prescott, A.R.


'R' Biographies

Raddy, Edward
Ragan, John
Rankin, James
Ratcliffe, John G.
Raymond, B.P.
Reed, David W.
Reed, W.C. W
Reiser, Peter
Renzenhausen, C.A.
Rieth, Julius
Rikansrud, Tollef O.
Robbins, A.E.
Robbins, F.H.
Robey, C.A.
Rodgers, Althearis J.
Roffman, John
Rosa, Albert
Rosa, Peter W
Ross, O.A.
Rupp, Jacob
Ryan, Richard

'S' Biographies

Saddler, William
Satrang, Gilbert
Scheuning, Christ
Schiek, Fred
Schmidt, J.B.
Schulte, A.
Schulte, J.B.
Schwarzhoff, Christian
Schwarzhoff, Theodore
Sencebaugh, Reuben
Shaff, James
Sheehy, Ed.
Shefloe, Bard
Sherman, G.W.
Simenson, Hans
Simenson, Holver
Smeby, Hans
Smeby, Ole
Smith, Louis K.
Smith, Dr. T.C.
Smith, W.H.
Spencer, E.K.
Staadt, Anton
Staadt, Edward
Stafford, G.W.
Steel, Frank
Stevens, Victor H.
Stewart, Albert G.
Stiles, A.E. W
Stilwell, C.S.
Stilwell, H.H.
Stull, William T.
Swenson, Bennett

'T' Biographies

Taylor, J.C.
Taylor, Joseph
Teeple, Frank E.
Terrill, A.L.
Thibido, Stephen
Thoma, John
Thomas, J.W.
Thomson, James M.
Tisdale, E.A.
Townsend, John A.

'V' Biographies

Vanvelzer, Bevel
Vile, James

'W' Biographies

Waechter, C.C.
Wagner, F.W.
Wallace, John
Ward, John
Ward, J.W.
Webb, Henry
Whalen, Peter W
Wiecking, H.R.
Wiecking, H.W.
Wiley, Thomas B.
Williams, C.R. W
Wilson, James F.
Winmer, Edward
Wood, Martin G.

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