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Story County, Iowa
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Documented Families of Story County, Iowa

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12 families documented in Story 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 Bigelow Family

of Story County, Iowa · from Massachusetts · documented from the public record

Daniel E. Bigelow

Daniel E. Bigelow ⚭ Margaret Baker
childrenAndrew Bigelow
  • Father of the Bigelow subject of an Ames sketch.
  • Native of Massachusetts.
  • Wife Margaret (Baker) Bigelow was orphaned young and an adopted child of Rev. John Grant, a Scotch minister.
  • Parents moved to Illinois in 1856, locating in Henry County, where both died.
  • Had four children (three sons, one daughter), all deceased except one son, Andrew.

Source: Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa

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The Fitchpatrick Family

of Story County, Iowa · from Washington County, Virginia · documented from the public record

William H. Fitchpatrick b. 1814

William H. Fitchpatrick ⚭ Sarah V. Hagy
childrenJoseph A. Fitchpatrick
  • Born 1814 in Washington County, Va. Married Sarah V. Hagy.
  • Removed to Clinton County, Ind. (1842), Boone County, Iowa (1854), then Story County (1857).
  • Still living near Ames, Story County, Iowa when written.
  • Father of eight children, including Joseph A. Fitchpatrick.

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The Hanks Family

of Story County, Iowa · from Vermont · documented from the public record

Warren Hanks b. 1806

Warren Hanks ⚭ Julia Hanks
childrenLaura Hanks · Jarvis Hanks · George R. Hanks · Duane Hanks · Miami Hanks · DeWitt Hanks · Henry Hanks · William Hanks · Mary Hanks
  • Born Vermont 1806.
  • Married Julia in Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois.
  • Veteran of the Mexican War and the Civil War (late Rebellion).
  • Owned 300-acre farm in Illinois, emigrated west to Iowa by ox-team.
  • Died at age 80.

Source: Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa

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The King Family

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

Harriet King b. 1839

parentsJohn R. King & Catherine Sanner
Harriet King ⚭ Capt. Smith
childrenM. K. Smith · Charles E. Smith · W. L. Smith · A. R. Smith · John H. Smith
  • Born in Pennsylvania Sept. 1, 1839, daughter of John R. and Catherine (Sanner) King of that state.
  • Married Capt. Smith (a Mason of Nevada, Iowa.
  • K. of P. and G.A.R. member) on 9 Sept. 1857.
  • Five children.

Source: Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa

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The Moore Family

of Story County, Iowa · documented from the public record

John E. Moore

John E. Moore ⚭ Sarah Bodle
  • Of Pennsylvania.
  • Father of Sara E. Moore who married a Bigelow of Ames, Iowa.

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The Moore Family

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

Sara E. Moore

parentsJohn E. Moore & Sarah Bodle
Sara E. Moore ⚭ Mr. Bigelow of Ames
childrenMargaret M. Bigelow · Robert E. Bigelow · C. Pearl Bigelow · Alida Bigelow
  • Married name Bigelow.
  • Native of Pennsylvania, daughter of John E. and Sarah (Bodle) Moore.
  • Married a Bigelow (Ames, Iowa merchant and Civil War first lieutenant, Co. A, 124th Illinois Vols., who died March 9, 1890) at Kewanee, Illinois, by Rev. K. W. Benton.
  • Four children: Margaret M., Robert E., C. Pearl and Alida.

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The Smith Family

of Story County, Iowa · from New Jersey · documented from the public record

Enoch Smith

parentsJohn Smith
Enoch Smith ⚭ Jerusha Wolverton
  • Native of New Jersey.
  • Wife Jerusha (Wolverton) Smith also of New Jersey.
  • Emigrated to Illinois 1847, locating in Stephenson County, where they reared a family of ten children.
  • Father of Robert D. Smith of Story County.
  • His own father was John Smith.

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The Smith Family

of Story County, Iowa · from New Jersey · documented from the public record

Robert D. Smith b. 1842

grandparentsJohn Smith
parentsEnoch Smith & Jerusha Wolverton
Robert D. Smith ⚭ married spring 1866
childrenMary E. Smith (Mrs. Louis Glanz) · William H. Smith · Frank Smith · Cora Smith
  • Farmer and stock-raiser, Zearing/Colo, Story County.
  • Born in New Jersey 1842, third of ten children.
  • Grandfather John Smith.
  • Enlisted Aug. 1862 Co. G, 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry, served under Gen. Sherman (Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain), mustered out June 1865.
  • Moved to Story County March 1866, located at Colo.
  • Settled on present farm 1878.
  • Republican, Evangelical Church.

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The Smith Family

of Story County, Iowa · documented from the public record

William H. Smith b. 1868

great-grandparentsJohn Smith
grandparentsEnoch Smith & Jerusha Wolverton
William H. Smith ⚭ Lola L. Hahn
childrenNina O. Smith
  • Son of Robert D. Smith.
  • Born Story County 1868.
  • Married 1888 Lola L. Hahn, daughter of Rev. W. J. Hahn of Belle Plaine, Iowa.
  • Proprietor of a grocery store in Zearing.
  • Member A. F. & A. M.

Source: Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa

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