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"Past 2 Present"

History of Jefferson County, Iowa:

 a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement
by Charles J. Fulton
Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912-1914, 945 pgs.

Table of Contents

Surname List

Achenbach -- Alston -- Anderson -- Ankrom -- Archibald -- Ashmead -- Bailey -- Baldridge -- Ball -- Bankhead -- Barnes -- Barrow -- Bartholomew -- Bates -- Benn -- Bennett -- Birt -- Bishop -- Black -- Boos -- Bowermaster -- Bradfield -- Bradshaw -- Bray -- Bright -- Brown -- Bruey -- Calhoun -- Campbell -- Carlborg -- Carlson -- Carr Brothers -- Carr -- Cary -- Cassel -- Chester -- Clark -- Clarke -- Cochran -- Collins -- Conlee -- Conner -- Cornell -- Crail -- Crile -- Cummings -- Curtis -- Danielson -- Davidson -- Davis -- Doogan -- Droz -- Du Bois -- Duttweiler -- Easton -- Emmons -- Erickson -- Flinspach -- Fordyee -- Fourt -- Frame -- Fray -- Fritz -- Fryer -- Fulton -- George -- Gilchrist -- Ginther -- Gobble -- Goughnour -- Graber -- Hanson -- Hawk -- Heer -- Heron -- Heston -- Hochuly -- Hogan -- Hopkirk -- Horton -- Howard -- Huglin -- Humphrey -- Humphreys -- Johnson -- Johnston -- Jones -- Jordan -- Junkin -- Kasowski -- Kenyon -- Kerrick -- Kienfz -- Kiger -- Kilfoy -- King -- Koontz -- Knight -- Knox -- Kreigh -- Kritzler -- Kurtz -- Kyle -- Larson -- La Tourette -- Laughlin -- Leech -- Leggett -- Lewis -- Liblin -- Linder -- Linderson -- Locke -- Long -- Louden -- McChesney -- McCormick -- McCracken -- McKee -- McKemey -- McLean -- Mann -- Maring -- Mealey -- Merckens -- Messer -- Metz -- Miller -- Mitchell -- Montgomery -- Moorman -- Murphey -- Myers -- Neibert -- Newland -- Norton -- O'Dean -- Overstrom -- Pattison -- Pearson -- Pfeiffer -- Power -- Quick -- Radley -- Randall -- Raney -- Rauscher -- Ready -- Reeder -- Regester -- Rider -- Ridgway -- Rizor -- Robinson -- Ross -- Roth -- Rowntree -- Ruggles -- Rupp -- Russell -- Salts -- Samuelson -- Schillerstrom -- Simmons -- Smith -- Smithburg -- Snook -- Spalding -- Sparks -- Speer -- Spielman -- Starr -- Stephenson -- Stewart -- Stout -- Supernois -- Swanson -- Taylor -- Thoma -- Thomas -- Thompson -- Thorne -- Trabert -- Tuller -- Turney -- Van Nostrand -- Wagoner -- Walgren -- Wallace -- Ward -- Watkins -- Webb -- Weller -- West -- Westenhaver -- Whitham -- Wilhermsdorfer -- Wilson -- Wolfe -- Woolums -- Wright -- Zeigler -- Zillman

Table of Contents

Vol I: Contents

Vol I: Chapter I. The discovery of the Mississippi

Vol I: Chapter II. The naming of Louisiana

Vol I: Chapter III. The dividing of Louisiana

Vol I: Chapter IV. The territory of Iowa

Vol I: Chapter V. The establishment of Jefferson County

Vol I: Chapter VI. Jefferson County: The land

Vol I: Chapter VII: The Indians

Vol I: Chapter VIII. The first settlers

Vol I: Chapter IX. In the beginning

Vol I: Chapter X. The land survey

Vol I: Chapter XI. Cedar Township

Vol I: Chapter XII. Round Prairie Township

Vol I: Chapter XIII. Lockridge Township

Vol I: Chapter XIV. Walnut Township

Vol I: Chapter XV. Penn Township

Vol I: Chapter XVI. Black Hawk Township

Vol I: Chapter XVII. Liberty Township

Vol I: Chapter XVIII. Buchana Township

Vol I: Chapter XIX. Center and Fairfield Townships

Vol I: Chapter XX. Locust Grove Township

Vol I: Polk Township

Vol I: Chapter XXII. Des Moines Township

Vol I: Chapter XXIII. Acquiring title

Vol I: Chapter XXIV. The seat of justice

Vol I: Chapter XXV. Organizing the county

Vol I: Chapter XXVI. Making a county seat

Vol I: Chapter XXVII. The first court

Vol I: Chapter XXVIII. Roads

Vol I: Chapter XXIX. In territorial days

Vol I: Chapter XXX. The state constitution

Vol I: Chapter XXXI. The voters of 1848

Vol I: Chapter XXXII. Common schools

Vol I: Chapter XXXIII. Early county fairs

Vol I: Chapter XXXIV. The state fairs

Vol I: Chapter XXXV. The coming of the railroad

Vol I: Chapter XXXVI. Growth and development

Vol I: Chapter XXXVII. The politics of 1856

Vol I: Chapter XXXVIII. The Lincoln campaign

Vol I: Chapter XXXIX. The prelude to war

Vol I: Chapter XL. The soldiers

Vol I: Chapter XLI. War times

Vol I: Chapter XLII. More railroads

Vol I: Chapter XLIII. Progress

Vol I: Chapter XLIV. A statistical review

Vol I: Chapter XLV. The official list

Vol II: Biographical

Vol II: Index