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Early Johnson County settlers and Mormon War memory
In 1837 to 1839 lists of settlers include Philip Clark John A Cain Elizabeth Cain Stephen Chase and many others. The 1845 Mormon camp incident near Iowa City led by Sheriff M. P. MeCallister prompted a brief military response with 20 arrest warrants, later compensated at two dollars per day totaling 634.90 dollars.
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Iowa ‘City
Johnson County
Philip Clark
John A. Cain
Elizabeth Cain
Stephen Chase
Wheten Chase
Henry Earhart
Jacob
Nancy Earhart
John Harhart
Henry Felkner
Jonathan
Sybil Harris
Pleasant
Hannah Harris
Wa. M. Hanis
George W
Lnorinda Alawkins
John Kite
Isaac W. Leash
William
Betsy Massey
Samuel B. Maulholland
Li Myers
Daniel Odell
Andrew D. Steshen
Wm. Sturgis
Eli Summy
Samuel C.trowbridge
John Trout
Oseph Walker
Samuel Walker
William Wilson
M. J. Kirkpatrick
Patrick
Mary Smith
David
Annie Switzer
Ephraim
Elizabeth Welch
Lydia Sweet
Sylanus Johnson
Allen Baxter
James Buchanan
Peter Crum
John Egan
Oseph Egan
Nathaniel Fellows
John Gailor
John Garner
P. Hamilton
Yale Hamilton
Green Mill
Ife
Wm. Jones
Wm. Belso
Hermon Knight
Jesse McCart
Amuel H. McCrory
James McGruder
Enj. Miller
John Morford
William Fry
John Kelso
m.Kelso
Alen C
Nancy Latiff
Iowa City
Cordelia Swan
Chauncy
Dolly Swan
Crodelia
Chauncey Swan
California
Panama
Aspinwall
New York
Eli Myers
Jacob Stover
Wille Ogle
William and
Robert Hamilton
John B. Adams
John Linderman
Peter H. Patterson
Henry Walker
William T. Sweet
Thomas Miller
Jeremiah Stover
Robert Hutchinson
Charles Pratt
Samuel J. Hess
James M. Adams
Eben M. Adama
Bryan Dennis
Strander Devault
George W. Hess
William P. Teneick
J. ¥. Stover
Alonzo
Marshalltown
Illinois
Kanesville
Missouri River
Robert M. Hutchinson
Howard Sprague
Hance Sprague
Linus Mason
Columbus C. Cattler
Wm. A. Henry
Samuel McFadden
Charles J. Swat
H. H. Downer
Jacob Ricard
Ebenezer Sangster
Edward Redhead
Thomas Banbury
Elisha Pierson
William Shellady
Lewis Wein
Joseph Case
Abner Arrowsmith
John White
Joseph Pinneo
Wm. M.acres M. Spicer
Patrick McGuire
Jr. J. Shepherdson
Joseph Bowen
Wim. Lampaster
Sherman W. Shaff
Anthony Selis
Joseph Jecks
Wm. Paxton
Sherman Shaff
P. McCallister
Strawder Devalt
Powesheik
Marengo
Childen
John Hawkins
Orvile G. Babcock
William Ashby Henry
M. PF. Me . Callister
CG. H. Murphy
Smith & Cilek
Dubuque St
Johnson Co