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Historical Sketch of Marion County Legislators 1846 to 1957
A compact account of Marion County's service in Iowa's legislature from 1846 to 1957, highlighting many towns sending members, Central College in Pella’s influence, and notable figures such as Elmer Vermeer, James Walters, Israel Curtis, Lorenzo Teter, and Senator Leon Miller, with connections to Knoxville, Pella, and Des Moines.
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Marion County
Iowa
IL W
Vriezelaar
Towa
Elmer Vermeer
Pella
Marion County Historical Society
Knoxville
Central College
Vermeer
Therogram
Eva Frost
Union Township
Amanda
Reynolds
Lysander Babbitt
Nathan Bass
Napoleon B. Allison
James M. Walters
Indiana Township
Conrey
Green T.clark
White County
Tenn
Israel C. Curtis
Lake Prairie
Lucy Holman
Indiana
Curtis
House
Senate
John B. Hamilton
James Rousseau
N. P. Earp
San Bernardino
Cal
Wyatt Earp
Earp
Jarius E. Neal
Mr. Neal
John Conrey
William Larrabee
Neal
Thomas J. Anderson
Anderson
Martin B. Bennett
Hiram D. Gibson
W. E. Wetherall
Thomas McMillian
Scotland
Mary Breckenridge
Stephen Y. Gose
Wheeling
Swan
Pleasantville
Board of Supervisors
John J. McCormick
London
Madison County
Union
Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Eighth Town Volunteers
Stone
Shi- Joh
St. Louis
Vicksburg
47Th Town Volunteer Infantry
Marion, County Democrat
The
Reporter
Samuel Breckenridge
Durham
Harvey
Green T. Clark
J. L. McCormick
John B. Elliott
William M. Stone
Jefferson County
New York
Knoxville Journal
Republican Party
Lincoln
Third
Iowa Infantry
Shiloh
Shaw
Lafayette Jolly
Ohio
J. B. Hendershot
Otley
Robinson
Perry
Samuel Druct
Marysville
George N. Ramsay
I. B. Hendershot
Henry M. McCully
J. J. Warren
Dr. Warren
Warren Bridge
Lorenzo D. Teter
Teter
Jefferson Davis
Kirkwood
Ford
James F. Greelee
Washington College
Pennsylvania
142Nd
Ohio Volunteers
Ways and Means
Agriculture College
Lorin N. Hays
Supreme Court
Norman R. Hays
F. Prouty
Delaware
Clay Township
Central
N. J. Gesman
Des Moines
Polk County
Carroll County
William G. Blain
Edwin R. Cassatt
Wabash County
First National Bank of
Marion County National Bank of
Hardin B. Cloud
Cassatt
George W. S. Crozier
Atherton and Anderson
Lyman L. Bybee
Marion County Central Committee
W. G. van der Ploeg
State University
Harding
N. J. Gesman Jr
W. A. Clark
Marion
Monroe
Geral Assembly
Edna McQuerry
Joseph H. Johnson
University of Chicago
Johnson and Johnson
Pearl Eastburn
Carl Aschenbrenner
Newton
Angeline Jacobs
Excelsior
Marion Coun
Carroll Johnson
General Assembly
Joseph
Pearl Johnson
Paul Harp
Johnson
P.B.L
Antonie T
Jennie G. Klein
University of
Ruth Woodcock
Rockwell City
Veterans Relief
Senator Klein
Representative Visser
Clair Prange
Holland
Nebraska
Des Moines University
Geneva Vani Loan
U.S. Navy
G.T. Clark
Dempatic
Knoxville High School
Township Aaa
Rural School Board
Ruth Burgess
James Clark
Leon N. Miller
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Drake University
Asther E. Todd
Ottumwa
Elmer H. Vermeer
Carroll Price
Price