58 people from the county histories of Van Buren 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 Portrait and biographical album of Jefferson and Van Buren counties, Iowa. Containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together wit (1890). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

Everyone in the Van Buren County index, A to Z (58)

Arnold

John Baldwin Arnold (b. 1827, Fairfield County)

Bell

George Bell; child of James Bell and Barbara (Walker) Bell
John R. Bell; married Mary C. Miller

Beswick

James Beswick

Boies

Grace Boies (b. 1827); married Adela King

Brown

John L. Brown; child of G. Washington Brown and Mary (Long) Brown; married Martha J. Bocock

Bull

Chandler E. Bull (b. 1853); child of Hezekiah Bull and Abigail (Burris) Bull

Caldwell

Henry C. Caldwell; child of Van Caldwell and Susan Caldwell

Cavin

John Cavin (b. 1788, Prince Edward County); married Judab Maun

Cheney

C. Cheney; married Sarah Sherman

Chester

Simpson J. Chester; child of Joseph Chester and Jane (Robinson) Chester

Countryman

Peter Countryman (b. 1808, Somerset County)

Dysart

Henry M. Dysart; child of Milton H. Dysart and Harriet C. (Neill) Dysart; married Jane Olivia Bruce

Elbert

S. H. Elbert (b. 1833)

Fatherson

George Fatherson; child of Thomas Fatherson and Martha (Simpson) Fatherson

Ferguson

V. Ferguson (b. 1835, Beaver County)

Fleming

William Fleming (b. 1838, Franklin County); child of Charles Fleming and Margaret (Boggg) Fleming

Fordyce

W. Fordyce (b. 1848, Lee County)

Glover

Onah Glover; child of Stepiien Glover and Sarah (Kirkhan) Glover

Grimes

James W. Grimes (b. 1810)

Hagler

John C. Hagler (b. 1814, Stewart County); married Rachel Baker

Hainline

Jacob E. Hainline (McDonough County)

Harris

Villiam T. Harris (b. 1811)

Hastings

Will Hastings; married Etta Montgomery

Hill

Henry C. Hill; child of Hazen II. Hill and Louisa E. (Norton) Hill

Humbert

Isaiah Humbert (b. 1819, Fayette County); child of Jacob Humbert and Mary (James) Humbert

Humphrey

George Humphrey (b. 1826); married Nancy Lewis

Johnston

Benjamin Johnston (b. 1845, Y.an Buren County); married Sarah Brown

Jordon

James H. Jordon; married Frances M. Williams

Kenyon

B. Kenyon; married Jane Tier

Landes

John Henry Landes (b. 1830, Putnam County)

Manning

Edwin Manning

Mason

Eugene Mason (b. 1836)
William Ernest Mason (b. 1850); child of Lewis J. Mason and Nancy (Winslow) Mason; married Julia Edith White

Mealey

Thomas S. Mealey; married Jane Parschall

Meek

Lewis Cass Meek (b. 1859); child of Robert Meek and Abigail Meek

Morris

Samuel M. Morris (b. 1827); married Alice Woods

Morse

James Morse (b. 1822, New Haven County)

Mosher

Charles E. Mosher

Moss

Charles Lloyd Moss (b. 1831); child of Titus Moss and Bedie (Doolittle) Moss

Norris

John Nelson Norris; child of James Norris and Hettie (Hyatt) Norris

Rowley

John W. Rowley (b. 1846); child of Theodore B. Rowley; married Amanda M Thompson

Shaffer

Hiram Q. Shaffer (b. 1820); child of George Shaffer and Margaret Shaffer; married Margaret Saltzgiver

Sloan

Judge Sloan

Stubbs

Daniel Parham Stubbs (b. 1829); married Carrie Hollingvvorth

Sturdivant

Robert Jones Sturdivant; married Margaret Cavin

Summers

F. Summers (b. 1849, Scotland County); child of David Summers and Alice (Stevens) Summers; married Arwilda Ruse

Tobias

Michael B. Tobias (Berks County)

Tulley

Thomas Tulley (b. 1847); child of Thomas Tulley and Margaret (Canfil) Tulley

Vale

Jacob G. Vale (b. 1821); married Lydia Garretson

Walker

Randall C. Walker (b. 1849, Mercer County); child of Harvey Walker and Anna M. (Nelson) Walker

Wilson

James F. Wilson; child of David S. Wilson and Kilty A. (Bramble) Wilson

Work

Samuel Work (b. 1818, Clark County); married Hannah Beggs

Wright

George F. Wright (b. 1833); married Ellen E. Brooka
George G. Wright; married Rachel Seaman