240 people from the county histories of Mills County, Iowa: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.
From A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa (1901). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.
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Everyone in the Mills County index, A to Z (240)
Abbott
- Lyman Abbott (b. 1835)
Abshire
- Isaac Abshire (b. 1879)
Adams
- John Adams; child of John Adams
Aitken
- David Aitken (b. 1828); married Janette Gillespie
Alger
- Russell A. Alger (b. 1836, Medina county); child of Russell Alger and Caroline (Moulton) Alger
Allis
- Otis Eddy Allis (b. 1843); child of Samuel Allis and Emeline (Palmer) Allis
Allison
- William B. Allison (b. 1829)
Altgeld
- John Peter Altgeld (b. 1847)
Andrews
- Elisha B. Andrews (b. 1844)
Angus
- William Angus; married Margaret Douns
Armour
- Philip D. Armour (b. 1832)
Bada
- Richard F. Bada; married Emma Ehlers
Bagley
Bancroft
- George Bancroft; child of Aaron Bancroft
Barrett
- Lawrence Barrett (b. 1838)
Barton
- Clara Barton; child of Captain Stephen Barton
Bayard
- Thomas Francis Bayard (b. 1828)
Beard
- William H. Beard (b. 1821)
Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1847)
Bellatti
- James L. Bellatti; married Sarah Keeney
Berkheimer
- Andrew Berkheimer (b. 1832, York county)
Black
- Charles W. Black; married Martha Reed
Bland
- Richard Parks Bland (b. 1835)
Bobbitt
- Alfred R. Bobbitt (b. 1832); child of James Bobbitt and Margaret (Mann) Bobbitt
Bowen
- Henry Bowen (b. 1834); child of Henry Bowen and Elizabeth (Price) Bowen
Bradley
- Robert J. Bradley; married Sarah Newton
Brice
- Calvin S. Brice (b. 1845)
Bricknell
Bright
- J. H. Bright; married Eliza Abel
Brooks
- Phillips Brooks (b. 1835)
Brown
- Nathan Brown (b. 1846, Cedar county); child of L. D. Brown
- Walter S. Brown (b. 1870)
Browne
- Charles Farrar Browne (b. 1834)
Bruen
- Charles E. Bruen (b. 1858); child of John Bruen and Sarah (Sharpless) Bruen; married Adelia Cowles
Brush
- Charles Francis Brush (b. 1849)
Buffington
- Francis M. Buffington (Meigs county); child of Hezekiah Buffington and Elizabeth (Barringer) Buffington; married Sarah Byers
Burdette
Burr
- Aaron Burr; child of Aaron Burr and Esther Burr
Cameron
- Simon Cameron; child of Simon Cameron
Campbell
- Alexander Campbell; child of Rev. Thomas Campbell
Carlisle
- John G. Carlisle (b. 1835)
Carnegie
- Andrew Carnegie (b. 1835)
Carpenter
- Matthew Hale Carpenter (b. 1824)
Carter
- James W. Carter; married Margaret Williams
Chambers
- Lansford Chambers (b. 1848, Franklin county)
Chantry
- Allex J. Chantry; child of David Chantry and Elizabeth (Reed) Chantry; married Harriett A. Rains
Cheney
- Horace B. Cheney; married Julia A. Giddings
Childs
- George W. Childs (b. 1829)
Clark
- Robert J. Clark (b. 1827); child of George C. Clark and Ann B. (Murray) Clark
Clews
- Henry Clews (b. 1840)
Clinton
- Dewitt Clinton; child of General James Clinton
Conkling
- Roscoe Conkling; child of Alfred Conkling. Alfred Conkling
Cook
- Amos E. Cook; child of Obediah H. Cook and Elizabeth Cook
Cooper
- John Cooper; married America Bruce
Cowger
- E. F. Cowger; child of Rev. James Cowger
Cox
- Richard A. Cox (b. 1830, Estill county); child of James Cox and Sarah (Noland) Cox
Criswell
- James S. Criswell (b. 1837, York county); child of Robert Criswell and Mary (Wise) Criswell
Cullom
- Shelby M. Cullom (b. 1829)
Curtis
- George W. Curtis (b. 1824)
Cushman
- Charlotte Saunders Cushman (b. 1816)
Custer
- George A. Custer (b. 1840)
Davenport
- Fanny Davenport (b. 1850)
Davis
- Stephen D. Davis (Jackson county)
- William T. Davis; child of Harrison Davis
Dean
- Benjamin B. Dean; child of William E. Dean and Susan (Briggs) Dean
- Seth Dean (Lyons township)
Debs
- Eugene V. Debs (b. 1855)
Deering
- William Deering (b. 1826)
Depew
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew (b. 1834)
Dickinson
- Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (b. 1842)
- Don M. Dickinson (b. 1846)
Dingley
- Nelson Dingley (b. 1832)
Douglas
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (b. 1813)
Drexel
- Anthony J. Drexel; child of Francis M. Drexel
Dupont
Eaton
- William Eaton; married Elizabeth Sel
Edison
- Thomas Alva Edison (b. 1847)
Estes
Evans
- Marion L. Evans (b. 1858, Henderson county); child of John Evans and Sarah Y. Evans
Evernham
- Henry Evernham (b. 1853); child of Henry Evernham and Rebecca (James) Evernham; married Euphemia Butcher
Fickel
- Eli Fickel (Perry county); child of John Fickel and Rachel Fickel
Field
- Marshall Field (b. 1835)
- Nelson Curtis Field; child of Arnnnius J. Field and Aurelia (Sellers) Field
Flanagan
Foraker
- Joseph B. Foraker (b. 1846)
Foster
- David L. Foster; child of Thomas A. Foster
Fowler
- Sidney Fowler (b. 1849, Schuyl.er county)
Francis
- James Simeon Francis (b. 1838, Kalamazoo county); married Lizzie Jackson
Fugitt
- William C. Fugitt (b. 1854, Madison township)
Gage
- Lyman J. Gage (b. 1836)
Galbraith
- Samuel Galbraith (b. 1824); child of Thomas Galbraith and Margaret Galbraith
Gallatin
- Albert Gallatin; child of Jean de Gallatin and Sophia A. Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin
Garrett
- John W. Garrett (b. 1820); child of John W. Garrett
Gaston
- Ozro C. Gaston (b. 1863)
George
- Henry George (b. 1839)
Goode
- Elisheba T. Goode; married Elisheba Thompson
Goodfellow
Gould
- Jay Gould (b. 1836)
Goy
- John Goy; child of Richard Goy
Grant
- Ulysses S. Grant; married Julia Dent
Greeley
- Adolphus W. Greeley (b. 1844)
Green
- Henry A. Green; child of Jurgren Green and Dora (Goldstedt) Green
Greenwood
- Charles G. Greenwood; married Lizzie Pullman
- Winfield S. Greenwood
Hale
- John Hale (b. 1840, Monroe county); child of Levi Hale; married Sarah York
- Charles P. Hale (b. 1858)
Hanna
- Marcus Alonzo Hanna (b. 1837)
Havemeyer
- John C. Havemeyer (b. 1833)
Hawley
- H. E. Hawley (b. 1849, Jefferson county)
Hayes
- Rutherford B. Hayes (b. 1822); married Mary Elizabeth Baird
Hill
- David Bennett Hill (b. 1843)
Honeyman
- John Honeyman (b. 1842); married Ella Viola
Houtz
- Villiam B. Houtz; child of Jacob Houtz
Howard
- Samson Howard; child of John Howard
Howe
- Elias Howe (b. 1819)
Hutchings
Ingersoll
- Robert G. Ingersoll (b. 1833)
Jackson
- James Campbell Jackson; child of Robert Jackson
- Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
- Thomas J. Johnson (b. 1827, Montgomery county); child of Hugh Johnson and Sarah (Knox) Johnson
- William L. Johnson (Pettis county); married Elizabeth Sloneker
Jones
- James K. Jones (b. 1839)
- Samuel Porter Jones (b. 1847, Chambers county)
Kane
- Elisha Kent Kane (b. 1820)
Kelly
- John J. Kelly (b. 1853); married Minerva Jane Skaggs
Kimberlin
- Sherman B. Kimberlin (b. 1840); married Elizabeth Pring
Kinney
- Charles P. Kinney (b. 1856, Greene county)
Kirk
- John Van Kirk (b. 1835, Washington county)
Knox
- John Jay Knox (b. 1828)
Kuhl
- Henry Kuhl; child of Peter Kuhl
Leeka
- William Leeka (Clinton county)
Lindsay
- Richard P. Lindsay (Pottawattamie county)
Linville
- Lewis G. Linville; married Sarah Burris
Logan
- John A. Logan (b. 1824, Jackson county)
Longstreet
- James Longstreet (b. 1820)
Magel
- Mary D. Magel; married Betsey Platte
Malcom
- Albert G. Malcom; married Martha Hiskey
Mann
- Martha M. Mann (b. 1826)
- Archibald Mann (b. 1828, Monroe county)
Martin
- Milton J. Martin (b. 1828, Jackson county); married Elizabeth Parnell
Mason
- Lynn K. Mason; child of Levi Mason and Emily (Hammon) Mason
Mass
- John J. Mass; child of Caz Mass
Mather
- Cotton Mather; child of Rev. Increase Mather
Matthews
- William H. Matthews (b. 1825, Ross county)
Maxim
- Hiram S. Maxim (b. 1840); child of Isaac W. Maxim and Harriet B. Maxim
Mcclellan
- George Brinton Mcclellan (b. 1826)
Mcclenahan
- Augustus Mcclenahan (b. 1848); married Mary I. Schenck
Mccoy
- Casper O. Mccoy; married Frances Butts
- James J. Mccoy; married Phcebe Anne Jester
Mcgee
- James Mcgee (West Virginia)
Mckown
- John B. Mckown; married Maria Bryce
Medill
- Joseph Medill (b. 1823)
Merritt
- Rufus L. Merritt (b. 1835); child of Benjamin Franklin Merritt and Edna (Combs) Merritt
Mickelwait
- Wilbur W. Mickelwait; child of Willoughby Mickelwait and Susannah (Woods) Mickelwait
Miller
- Joseph M. Miller (Buchanan county); child of Jesse Miller; married Martha Layman
Mogridge
Moran
- Thomas Moran (b. 1837)
Morgan
- T. O. Morgan (Sangamon county); child of Thomas Morgan
Morton
- Oliver Perry Morton (b. 1823, Wayne county)
- Levi P. Morton (b. 1824)
Muffley
- Daniel C. Muffley (b. 1850, Dekalb county)
Munsinger
- Charles Munsinger; married Electa Xorthrop
Neeley
- Grant Neeley (b. 1864, Scott township); child of Jesse Walker Neeley
Nims
- D. B. Nims (b. 1845); child of Eli B. Nims and Emily C. (Brainard) Nims; married Jane Levi
Nye
- Edgar Wilson Nye (b. 1850)
Oaks
- Charles C. Oaks (Warren county); child of Seth Oaks
Olney
Otis
- George T. Otis (b. 1842)
Otte
- Jesse Otte (b. 1872); child of George Otte
Paddock
- John D. Paddock; married Xancv Armstrong
Parkhurst
- Elijah Parkhurst (b. 1840, Effingham county)
- Charles Henry Parkhurst (b. 1842)
Paul
- Daniel Mcfarland Paul; child of William Paul
Payne
- Moses Payne; married Ethel Cunningham
Peffer
- William A. Peffer (b. 1831, Cumberland county)
Phipps
- Charles M. Phipps (b. 1849, Madison county); married Alartha Greer
Pingree
- Hazen S. Pingree (b. 1842)
Poe
- Edgar Allen Poe (b. 1809)
Potter
- Clayton C. Potter (Dekalb county); child of Hart Potter and Betty Potter; married Elsie Moulton
Pullman
- George Mortimer Pullman (b. 1831)
Quay
- Matthew S. Quay (b. 1833)
Randolph
- Edmund Randolph (Montgomery county)
Rankin
- William S. Rankin; child of Castleman Rankin and Eliza Rankin
Reeves
- B. P. Reeves (b. 1857, Howard county); child of Colonel Benjamin Reeves
Rhode
- Daniel T. Rhode (b. 1838)
Robbins
- H. C. Robbins (b. 1843, Athens county); married Harriet Goe
Robinson
- Lewis Scott Robinson (b. 1861); child of W. T. Robinson
Roenfeld
Root
- George F. Root (b. 1820)
Rothermel
- Peter F. Rothermel (b. 1817, Luzerne county)
Rutledge
- John Rutledge; child of John Rutledge
Sage
- Russell Sage (b. 1816)
Salmons
- Randolph Salmons; child of James Salmons and Sarah (Silkett) Salmons; married Euphie H. Mc
Salyers
- Samuel S. Salyers (b. 1831, Jefferson county)
Sandiland
- David Sandiland; child of David Sandiland and Catherine (Bailey) Sandiland
Scott
- Thomas Alexander Scott (b. 1823)
Searles
- John Wlliam Searles (b. 1839, Clark county); married Susan Lowe
Sharon
- William Sharon (b. 1821)
Sheldon
- Walter B. Sheldon; married Sela Bross
Shepard
- Richard V. Shepard (b. 1841)
Sherman
- William Tecumseh Sherman (b. 1820)
- John Sherman; child of Charles R. Sherman
Skerritt
- John T. Skerritt; child of Abraham Skerritt and Jane (Parker) Skerritt
Stephenson
- Michael A. Stephenson (b. 1835, Parke county)
Stevenson
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson (b. 1835, Christian county)
Story
- David Miron Story (b. 1831)
Stuart
- James E. B. Stuart (b. 1833, Patrick county)
Stubbs
- Benjamin F. Stubbs (b. 1838); married Isabella Soladay
Summers
- Milton S. Summers (b. 1828, Tazewell county); child of John Summers and Emily (Woodrow) Summers
- Harvey W. Summers; married Hannah F. Jennings
- James Xewton Summers; married Ella J. Brown
Sumner
- Charles Sumner; child of Charles P. Sumner and Relief J. Sumner
Swarts
- William C. Swarts; child of George Swarts
Tesla
- Nikola Tesla (b. 1857)
Thomas
- Theodore Thomas (b. 1835)
Thurston
- John M. Thurston (b. 1847)
Tillman
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (b. 1847)
Titterington
- Thomas Titterington (b. 1839, Rock Island county); child of Thomas Titterington
Utterback
- J. H. Utterback (Piatt county); married Martha Monroe
Vail
- Alfred Vail; child of Stephen Vail
Vilas
- William F. Vilas (b. 1840)
Wallace
- Lewis Wallace (b. 1827)
Wallack
- Lester Wallack; child of James W. Wallack
Wanamaker
- John Wanamaker (b. 1838)
Warner
- William W. Warner (b. 1848, Jefferson county)
Waterman
- George M. Waterman (b. 1866)
Watson
- Thomas E. Watson (b. 1856)
Watterson
- Henry Watterson (b. 1840)
Wearin
Weaver
- James B. Weaver (b. 1833)
Webster
- Daniel Webster; child of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster
White
- Walter Brown White (Fremont county)
Whitney
- William Collins Whitney (b. 1841)
Wilkins
- William A. Wilkins; married Birdie Huft
Williams
Winkler
- Alpheus H. Winkler (b. 1855, Holt county)
Woodrow
- E. R. C. Woodrow (b. 1830)
Wortman
- Joseph U. Wortman (b. 1839)
Xims
- John W. Xims (b. 1848)