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The Clayton Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
Simeon Clayton
Simeon Clayton ⚭ Anna White
childrenL. W. Clayton
- Father of L. W. Clayton.
- Passed through Dallas County on horseback from Indiana as early as 1848.
- Arrived in Iowa 1851, returned to Indiana 1854 for twelve years, then purchased a farm in Dallas County.
- Family numbered nine children.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Clayton family? Ask us →The Cook Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · from Saxony, Germany · documented from the public record
John G. Cook
John G. Cook
childrenWilliam Cook
- Native of Saxony, Germany.
- Carpenter and cooper with mechanical skill.
- Had five children before crossing the Atlantic in 1845, settling in Buffalo, NY, where he and his second wife died.
- First wife died in Germany.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Cook family? Ask us →The Cook Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
W. A. Cook
W. A. Cook ⚭ Electa Cook
childrenJessie L. Cook
- Native of Missouri, reared in Iowa.
- Graduate of Allegheny College, Pennsylvania.
- Teacher, then early settler of Clinton County and later farmer in Sugar Grove township, Dallas County.
- Father of Jessie L. Cook.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Cook family? Ask us →The Guffey Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · documented from the public record
Mary E. Guffey b. 1838
Mary E. Guffey ⚭ Mr. Blue
childrenBelle Blue · John Blue · Jeanette Blue · Nora Blue · Rosa B. Blue · Lowell Blue · Ella Blue
- Born July 4, 1838 in Northumberland Co., PA.
- Married Mr. Blue and lived in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa.
- Seven children, six surviving.
- Daughter Ella died at 19.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Guffey family? Ask us →The Guffey Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
Samuel Guffey
Samuel Guffey ⚭ Mary Pollock
childrenSheriff Guffey · Richard Guffey · Scott Guffey · Mary E. Guffey - Native of Pennsylvania.
- Druggist.
- Moved to Mercer County, Illinois in 1848 as a pioneer, took up government land, general farming.
- Presbyterian, Whig.
- Died in Illinois at age 54.
- Family of five sons and one daughter, four living.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Guffey family? Ask us →The Hanes Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
David Hanes 1813 – 1900
David Hanes ⚭ Mrs. Hanes
childrenJohn C. Hanes · Mary E. Hanes · Nancy M. Hanes · Jonathan C. Hanes · Eliza A. Hanes · Acalinda Hanes · David C. Hanes · Nicholas H. Hanes
- Farmer.
- Operated a threshing machine for 30 years.
- Came from Indiana to Dallas County, Iowa in 1855, settling in Boone township.
- Died Sept 11, 1900 on his 87th birthday, buried Booneville cemetery.
- Whig then Republican.
- Cast first vote for William Henry Harrison.
- Married 1835 (celebrated 50th anniversary 1885).
- Had eleven children.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Hanes family? Ask us →The Hill Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · from Greenwich, Washington County, New York · documented from the public record
J. B. Hill 1822 – 1885
J. B. Hill ⚭ Rhoda Slocum
childrenEdwin L. Hill · Elizabeth Gill · Slocum Hill · Jennie Hill
- Born 1822 in Greenwich, Washington County, NY.
- Farmer.
- Married Rhoda Slocum.
- Came to Iowa in 1867, settling in Dallas County.
- Died December 1885.
- Father of Edwin L. Hill.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Hill family? Ask us →The Hose Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
J. Hose b. 1855
parentsSamuel Hose & Emeline Lester
J. Hose ⚭ Nellie McKeen
childrenJennie Hose
- Born October 3, 1855, oldest of thirteen children.
- Furniture dealer and undertaker at Ida Grove (firm Schade & Hose, established July 1892).
- Taught school in Dallas County, Iowa from 1872.
- Railroad operator/agent for Northwestern Railroad Co. at State Centre, Moville, Danbury, Mapleton, and Ida Grove (1890-1892).
- Married May 12, 1884.
- Democrat.
- Mason (Kane Lodge No. 377).
Source: Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac counties, Iowa
Is this your Hose family? Ask us →The Kearn Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
Catherine Kearn
Catherine Kearn ⚭ Mr. Bohrer, William M. Thornburgh
childrenRebecca K. Bohrer · Rufus J. Bohrer · Thomas A. Thornburg
- Formerly Miss Kearn.
- First married Mr. Bohrer, by whom she had eight children (two surviving: Rebecca K. and Rufus J.).
- Later married William M. Thornburgh.
- Mother of subject Thomas A. Thornburg.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Kearn family? Ask us →The Lisle Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
John Lisle d. 1892
John Lisle ⚭ Ann Kinney
childrenGeorge H. Lisle · Henry Lisle · Joel D. Lisle
- Born in Belmont County, Ohio.
- Purchased about one thousand acres of wild land in Dallas county.
- Joined his sons here in 1878 and died in 1892.
- Father of six sons and three daughters.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Lisle family? Ask us →The Moffett Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
Diantha Moffett
Diantha Moffett ⚭ Mr. Arthaud
childrenJohn E. Emile Arthaud · Lillian S. Arthaud · Frank Arthaud · James Arthaud · Jessie Arthaud · Marie Arthaud
- Married Mr. Arthaud (a Dallas County pioneer farmer, resident 35+ years, Methodist Episcopal, republican) on 25 Dec 1870 in Muscatine County.
- The marriage produced six children.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Moffett family? Ask us →The Seamann Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
Henry S. Seamann
parentsMr. Seamann
Henry S. Seamann
childrenLuella Seamann
- Son of Mr. Seamann (a Beaver township farmer whose wife was a daughter of Stephen Gill).
- Farms in Beaver township, Dallas County, Iowa.
- Married with one daughter, Luella.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Seamann family? Ask us →The Thornburgh Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · from North Carolina · documented from the public record
William M. Thornburgh 1804 – 1876
William M. Thornburgh ⚭ Catherine Kearn
childrenThomas A. Thornburg
- Born North Carolina June 1804.
- Removed as a boy to Tennessee, then to Wayne County, Indiana, where he married Mrs. Catherine Bohrer (nee Kearn).
- Arrived Dallas County, Iowa June 1, 1856.
- Bought 80 acres from John Maulsby in section 19, Linn Township.
- Died 1876 aged 72.
- Whig then republican.
- County supervisor and township offices.
- Reared in the Friends church.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Is this your Thornburgh family? Ask us →The Woodward Family
of Dallas County, Iowa · documented from the public record
Carrie W. Woodward
parentsJohn L. Woodward & Henrietta L. Woodward
Carrie W. Woodward ⚭ Charles R. Brenton
childrenWoodward H. Brenton · Ruth Brenton
- Born and reared in Dallas County, Iowa.
- Daughter of John L. and Henrietta L. Woodward, early settlers of Dallas county.
- Married Charles R. Brenton in 1893.
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
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