Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Volume 2B.F. Bowen, 1912 - 1365 pages |
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Page 756
... Monroe Railroad - Iowa Central Railroad - Chicago Great Western Railroad - Newton & Northwestern Railroad - Railroad Mileage of County . CHAPTER X - EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS . -44 Iowa Public School System the Best - Early Legislative Acts ...
... Monroe Railroad - Iowa Central Railroad - Chicago Great Western Railroad - Newton & Northwestern Railroad - Railroad Mileage of County . CHAPTER X - EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS . -44 Iowa Public School System the Best - Early Legislative Acts ...
Page 757
... Monroe , Reasnor , Prairie City , Newburg , Mingo , Lynnville , Baxter , Ira , Kellogg , Colfax - Bank Failures - List of Present Jasper County Banks . CHAPTER XVIII - THE CITY OF NEWTON . Beginning of the City - Value of Town Lots in ...
... Monroe , Reasnor , Prairie City , Newburg , Mingo , Lynnville , Baxter , Ira , Kellogg , Colfax - Bank Failures - List of Present Jasper County Banks . CHAPTER XVIII - THE CITY OF NEWTON . Beginning of the City - Value of Town Lots in ...
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... Monroe ‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 261 Court Houses First National Bank , Newton_____ 261 Cyclone at Valeria First National Bank , Prairie City --- 263 First Newspaper 143 D First Portable Saw - mill 67 First Railroad Project ---- 109 Daily Newspapers ...
... Monroe ‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 261 Court Houses First National Bank , Newton_____ 261 Cyclone at Valeria First National Bank , Prairie City --- 263 First Newspaper 143 D First Portable Saw - mill 67 First Railroad Project ---- 109 Daily Newspapers ...
Page 763
... Monroe 291 Kellogg M. E. Church 158 Monroe Baptist Church 167 Kellogg Newspapers 150 Monroe City , State Capital 371 Kellogg Township 316 Monroe Congregational Church 175 ---- Killduff 288 Monroe Newspapers 150 Monroe Savings Bank 261 ...
... Monroe 291 Kellogg M. E. Church 158 Monroe Baptist Church 167 Kellogg Newspapers 150 Monroe City , State Capital 371 Kellogg Township 316 Monroe Congregational Church 175 ---- Killduff 288 Monroe Newspapers 150 Monroe Savings Bank 261 ...
Page 764
... Monroe Railroad -------- 112 Newton & Northwestern Railroad ... 114 Palo Alto Township 342 ------ Panic of 1857 _ - _ . 258 Newton Banks 260 Patriarchs Militant 197 Newton Baptist Church --- 164 Patrons of Husbandry 106 Newton Business ...
... Monroe Railroad -------- 112 Newton & Northwestern Railroad ... 114 Palo Alto Township 342 ------ Panic of 1857 _ - _ . 258 Newton Banks 260 Patriarchs Militant 197 Newton Baptist Church --- 164 Patrons of Husbandry 106 Newton Business ...
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Baxter born April born August born December born July born March born November born October born September Buena Vista township Charles children were born citizens Clear Creek township daughter death occurred deceased died in infancy early eighty acres Elk Creek township emigrated engaged Fairview township family consisted farmer and stock father born February following children forty acres George grew to maturity Grove township Henry home farm home place honored hundred acres hundred and sixty Illinois Independence township Indiana James Jasper county John Kellogg township later lives in Newton located Lynnville Malaka township Marion county Mariposa township married Mary Monroe mother Mound Prairie township named as follows native Newton township Ohio parents Pennsylvania pioneer Politically purchased Reasnor Republican resides Richland township Sarah settlers Sherman township sixty acres sketch spent stock raising success twenty acres united in marriage widow wife William York
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Page 1256 - ... or even of a state and its people, than that which deals with the life work of those who, by their own endeavor and indomitable energy have placed themselves where they well deserve the title of "progressive...
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Page 850 - Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Page 900 - An enumeration of those men of the present generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves, and at the same time have honored the state to which they belong, would be incomplete were there failure to make prominent reference to the one whose name initiates this paragraph.
Page 960 - ... blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful soil from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the majority of our nation's great warriors, renowned statesmen and distinguished men...
Page 977 - Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Newberry and active Sunday school workers.