Whole County Takes Part in Centennial Celebration
Washington County prepares a county wide centennial from June 29 to July 4 featuring a flag raising, a 100 piece county band, Sac and Fox tribal appearances, beauty pageants, antique displays, six bands, and a large parade. The event includes a kittenball tournament, fireworks at Troop Field, and numerous committees across towns and communities coordinating programs and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Adam Ritchey
Crawford Township
Young Bear
Menor
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Wellman
Richmond
West Chester
Brighton
Rubio
Coppock
Riverside
Kalona
D. H. Zimmerman
Mahin
Ed Jones
Frank Patterson
Jim Griggs
Gleede Dold
L. B. Laithley
Chamber of Commerce
J. T. Perkins
EB BE. Blythe
Crawfordsvile
Lois Harper
Dolores Hazen
Hugh Hall
Ruth Lewis
Ard Saforek
Gwendolyn Hoover
Freda Vanerus
Helen Cold
E. EK. Blythe
Dutch Creek
Harriet Tinnes
Haskins
Lucille Coon
Noble
Mitchell
Grace Hill
Vera Harvey
Lewis Warren
Joe Falk
Stanley MceKeowne
R. S. Sherman
E. D. Morrison, Jr
R. E. Dougherty
L. A. Jones
R. BE. Shannon
CG. V. Crull
T. R. Phillips
E. A. Ralston
Dick McCleery
D. F. Macon
H. W. Mead
C. W. Klein
Carl Klein
Richard Stewart
C. A. Boice
J. 0. Elder
H. R. Lund
Roy Means
G. E. Mace
Oral Sweet
Claude Tucker
Darrel Ross
Tom Carson
Jess Busby
Fred Moore
I. Rothschild
Charles George
Mart Whittaker
Chas. Biklen
James DeWit
John Lemmon
G. Haytreen
Ted Brown
Nic McCleery
Charley Brown
Dr. R. A Hender
Maynard Brown
Legion Auxiliary
Charles A. Crane
Everette Burham
Leigh Soule
Harry Sizer
Rittenhouses and the Germantown paper mill founder
The 1688 arrival of Wilhelm Ritten huysen from Amsterdam to Germantown, Pennsylvania, marks him as the first U S paper maker and the first Mennonite minister in America. Descendants spread through Mennonite and Dunker churches, with David Rittenhouse the sixth generation, locating a Cedar Township farm near Washington Iowa in 1865 after marriage to Mary Jane Reber.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Germantown
Wilhelm Rittinghuysen
William Rittenhouse
Mulheim
Germany
Menno Simon
William Penn
Rittenhouse
William Bradford
Congregation of Mennonites
United States
America
Rittenhouses
Canada
Dunker Church
David Rittenhouse
Iowa
David Jr
Washington
Mary Jane Reber
Cedar Township
Prairie Flower
Exhibition by Altheridean and Opal Societies at Washington College
In October 1863 the Altheridean and Opal societies of Washington college presented an exhibition in college hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington College
College Hall
McConaughey Pioneer Narrative From Franklin Township
Elizabeth West of Winner South Dakota recounts her father D P McConaughey who preempted land in Franklin township in 1855 near Schilling corner on the Sigourney road. She notes neighbors the Sowashes Houcks and Badgers and that only Jennie Lowash Bradford Hamilton and she remain, both aged near eighty five to eighty eight, with cousin David Thompson of Keota as her only living cousin.
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Elizabeth (West
Winner
South Dakota
D. P. McConaughey
Washington County
Franklin Township
Schilling Corner
Sigourney Road
Lex
Alex Houcks
Badgers
Sowash
Isaac Kleese
Dow Sowash
Jennie Lowash Bradford Hamilton
David Thompson
Keota
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Ston
VER Shop
Dast Washington Street
State Theater
Todd
Er. S. Mason
Don
Fort Sherman
Wesson
Martha Thrasher
Ned Skinner
Samuel Hall
George Davis
Seigei Johnson
A. M. BE. Church
David McConaughey
Pioneer
Houcks
Lowash
Mrs. Sowash