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Guthrie County, Iowa
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Documented Families of Guthrie County, Iowa

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The Reed Families of Guthrie County, IowaThree Ohio households: a Guthrie Center hotel keeper's family, the cattle-dealing Reeds of Monteith, and a Guthrie Center miller who enlisted at fifteen1807 to 1870 · 4 householdsThe Moore Families of Guthrie County, IowaThree unrelated households: Jackson Township pioneers, a Highland Township stockman, and a blacksmith from Kent, England1831 to 1875 · 5 householdsThe Reynolds Families of Guthrie County, IowaTwo Indiana households: the Panora Reynoldses of Owen County, and a Seely Township horse breeder1806 to 1850 · 3 householdsThe Sheeder Family of Guthrie County, IowaFrom Prussia to Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Baker Township: five generations1799 to 1887 · 5 generationsThe Smith Families of Guthrie County, IowaSix separate households in Orange and Highland Townships and at Casey1821 to 1878 · 6 householdsThe Johnson Families of Guthrie County, IowaA New Jersey family in Baker Township and an English family at Panora and Glendon1832 to 1869 · 2 householdsThe Lewis Families of Guthrie County, IowaJonathan Lewis's sons of Highland Township and Bayard, and a coal-mining family in Victory Township1833 to 1859 · 2 householdsThe Thompson Families of Guthrie County, IowaThree separate households: the Casey pioneers, a Richland Township farmer, and a Bayard doctor1822 to 1865 · 3 householdsThe Kirkpatrick Family of Guthrie County, IowaFrom Ireland by way of Philadelphia and Livingston County, Illinois, to Thompson Township1858 to 1868 · 2 generationsThe Roberts Family of Guthrie County, IowaA. A. and Sarah E. (Daniels) Roberts and their sons in Seely Township1870 to 1876 · 2 generationsThe Deardorff Family of Guthrie County, IowaAdams County, Pennsylvania, to Franklin Grove, Illinois, to Yale and Panora1798 to 1844 · 2 generationsThe Lalley Family of Guthrie County, IowaFrom County Galway to Grant Township: three generations1849 to 1880 · 3 generationsThe Taylor Families of Guthrie County, IowaThree separate households from Ohio, Iowa and England1818 to 1850 · 3 households

12 families documented in Guthrie County, Iowa, reconstructed from public-domain county histories and obituaries. Each page shows the family as the record gives it: parents, spouse, and children, with the source named.

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The Gibson Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

William Gibson d. 1896

William Gibson ⚭ Jane McCune
childrenAlexander L. Gibson · Mary E. Gibson · J. Lee Gibson · E. H. Gibson · R. E. Gibson · B. F. Gibson · Rhoda E. Gibson
  • Settled on section 14, Beaver township, Guthrie County, Iowa in 1876.
  • Purchased 120 acres, later added 80 acres and 120 acres of pasture land.
  • Traded home farm for property in Stuart in fall of 1885.
  • Removed to Ontario, California in 1891, where he died December 1896.
  • Wife Jane McCune.
  • Seven children (five sons, two daughters).

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The Hillgren Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · from Sweden · documented from the public record

Eric Hillgren 1820 – 1880

Eric Hillgren ⚭ Katherine Ericson
childrenPeter Hillgren · Eric Hillgren · Anna Hillgren
  • Father of Peter Hillgren of Guthrie County.
  • Native of Sweden, farmer, faithful member of the Lutheran church.
  • Died in Sweden on 15 December 1880 at age 60 (birth year approx. 1820).

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The Howard Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

John Q. Howard

John Q. Howard ⚭ Julia A. Howard

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The Howard Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

Kate A. Howard 1865 – 1891

parentsJohn Q. Howard & Julia A. Howard
Kate A. Howard ⚭ Judge Applegate
childrenHoward Applegate · Nellie Applegate · Roscoe Applegate
  • First wife of Judge Applegate of Guthrie Center.
  • Died 3 Aug 1891 in her twenty-seventh year.

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The Mccully Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

Luella E. Mccully b. 1862

parentsHenry M. McCully & Mary E. McCully
Luella E. Mccully ⚭ Judge Applegate
childrenLulu Applegate · Mary Applegate
  • Born 3 Jan 1862.
  • Graduate of Central University and formerly a teacher there and at Pella high school.
  • Second wife of Judge Applegate.

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The Rose Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

G. W. Rose

G. W. Rose ⚭ Margaret A. Porter
childrenOrah Annette Rose
  • Born in Guernsey County, Ohio.
  • Father of Orah Annette (Rose) Sheeder of Guthrie County, Iowa.

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The Shaefer Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

Isaac Shaefer

Isaac Shaefer ⚭ Rosena Huffman
childrenEphraim F. Shaefer · Barbara Shaefer
  • ' Native of Fairfield County, Ohio (his father had removed there from Pennsylvania).
  • Reared and married in Fairfield County.
  • Removed to Carroll County, Indiana in 1852 where he farmed until his death at about 66-67 years of age.
  • Family had seven children, only two living at time of writing.

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The Smith Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · from Pennsylvania · documented from the public record

Charles Smith

Charles Smith ⚭ Mary A. Ernest
childrenGeorge W. Smith
  • Born in Pennsylvania.
  • Located in Dayton, Ohio in the tobacco business, later removed to Cincinnati.
  • Married Mary A. Ernest (born in Virginia) and located on a farm near Springfield, Ohio.
  • Father of George W. Smith.

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The Spangler Family

of Guthrie County, Iowa · documented from the public record

Elias Spangler d. 1906

Elias Spangler ⚭ Salina (Hall) Bowersox
  • Died 3 February 1906.
  • Married at eighteen.
  • Began preaching at twenty-five as a minister of the German Reformed church and was a local preacher for nearly half a century.
  • First wife born 3 Aug 1822 in Stark County, Ohio, died 10 Sept 1876.
  • After her death he married Mrs. Salina Bowersox, nee Hall.

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