First Settlers Near Lake Prairie in 1843
In 1843 Marion county saw settlements at roughly seventy sites with large clusters east of Knoxville. Levi and Wellington Nossaman settled near Mud Lake, building notched log homes and a sawmill later central to local life. The Welke and Hamilton families followed nearby, with early works including pottery fragments and a small mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Knoxville
Red Rock
Indian Country
Levi
Wellington Nossaman
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Mud Lake
Prairie Lake
Levi Nossaman
W. A. Butt
Will Monster
Vanden
Mr. Butt
Nossamans
Gradus Ver Ploeg
William
John Welche
Welches
John B. Hamilton
Mark Butt
W. A
Billy” Butt
Skiddunk
van Zee
Art Weyerse
Bart Weyerse
Alec M. Moore
Moore
The
Chronicle
Charley
Alma
Washington
Jacob Todd
W. Nossaman
Neal Carter
George Dennis
Harvey
Clarkes
Cheeshams
McAdoos
Butt
Honoring Skiddunk settlers and early Pella life
Reminiscences from Mr. Butt recount Skiddunk in early Pella area. Lew Smith built quarry and lime kilns, Sam Bayliss supplied lime for schools and houses, and Jacob Bayliss nearly died on a raft. Welch and Kinney families partnered with Nossamans in frontier life with mills, timber and small roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bayliss
Pella
Knoxville
Mr. Bayliss
Smiths
Jacob
Butt
Jacob Bayliss
Billy
Kamerick
Nossaman-Butt
Skiddunk
Van Hemert Kinney Family Tales From Skiddunk
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Kinney family life near Skiddunk south of Pella with Dave Kinney and his seventeen children. Holland immigrant M Van Helden stayed at the Butt home and narrowly avoided a child while leaving. later he returned to Holland. The article mentions jokes by Captain Hull about family divisions, Rhoda Kinney’s engagement and a gift of a dog and gun, and notes various neighbors including Van Den e, Hyler, Wheeler, Davenport, Smith, and the Compton family, plus a giant named Hendrikus Tumeris and local landmarks like a lime kiln and coal mine.
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Pella
Washington Street
State Capitol
Butt
Standard Oil Tanks
Welch
William Welch
John
James Watt
John Welch
Kinney
Kinne
S. Porterville
Joe Kinney
San Francisco
Casablanha
Cas Kinney
Cas
van Hemert
van Helden
Holland
America
J. A. T. Hull
Congress
Jake Todd
Mr. Hull
Hull
Dave
Rhoda
Allen
Skiddunk
H. van Dene
William C. Hyler
Wellington Nossaman
Harmon Wheeler
K. Verrips
Lew Smith
Knoxville
South Porteville
Hendrikus Tumeris
Fernatie
Tumeris
Emery” O’brien
Comptons
Smith
Quarriers
Jacob Compton
Parnelia
de Bondt
Lime Kiln Construction and Operation Details
Describes a lime kiln about 12 feet square set in a hillside without a roof. Entry from the top side and a bottom door allow rock and moss to be burned. A rock arch over the fire supports a stone-filled kiln as wood is consumed and the smoke watched until no moss remains.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lake Prairie
Mississippi
Pioneer Family
Sallie de Cook
Eva Shupe
Artena Menaman
Elrita Stroud
Sarah Richardson
Wiman
Dr. A. Man
Mary Todd
Eliza Thomas
J. C. Nos
A. J. Nossaman
John Shupe
C. A. Nos. Nossaman
Mark Todd
Kate Todd Thomas
Pioneer Home Life
E. Richards
D. O. Thomas
Alice Gregoire
Ellsworth Richardson
Minhan
Betty Wormhoudt
Mark Thomas
Tol
Des Moines
Hendrikus
Tuli
Virgi van Gorp
Janet Klyn
Leona Schilder
Anna Joyce Klein
Lieutent Lind
Ward's Riverside
Ward
John Buwalda
East First Street
Lowa
Mark Spot
Wellington Noi
Hyler
Wm. C. Hyler
Hyler Widaw
Wellington Nosenman
Gezel Car Shop
Iowa
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