Genealogical Department Queries and Submissions
Rules for the Genealogical Department require all communications to Mrs. C. A. Speer at 15 West Jefferson St. Washington Iowa. Writers must include full name and address, use ink only, and send a stamped envelope for forwards. Sources of information should be provided and responses will be published when possible.
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C. A. Speer
West Jefferson St
Washingon
Iowa
Ney
Estate records reveal Milo Holcomb heirs and land sales
The probate notes Milo Holcomb, his widow Rachel as administratrix, and sales of 160 acres with a saw mill plus a wrist mill bought from the United States in 1840. Appraisers include Marlin Harden and Davis. Names of early settlers and buyers appear, with Hannah Buck and George Stone in transfers. Milo Holcomb died in 1840 after moving from Monmouth Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Holcomb
United States
Burlington
Iowa
Rachel Holcomb
Rachel Buck
George ‘H. Stone
Mareby
VanDorens Mill
Crooked Creek
Samuel Marlin
John F. C. Harden
Joseph Allen
Joseph B. Davis
Patrick McKinnie
J. W. Houston
Elvin Milo Holcomb
Monhmouth
Illinois
Monmouth
Rachel
John Jackson
Washington County
Inquiry from descendants of Thomas Smith Page of early America
Query from Grace E B Page Campbell California seeks descendants of Thomas Smith Page born February 27 1794 in Litchfield County Connecticut son of William and Nancy Bissell. Children listed include Mortimer Erastus Lucius Frederick M Louisa Mary Jane Myron Marcus Libby Miranda. Thomas Smith moved to Dundee New York and many children moved west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smith Page
Litchfield Co
Conn
William
Nancy
Bissell) Page
Thomas Smith
Mortimer
Erastus
Lucius
Frederick M
Louisa
Mary Jane
Myron
Marcus
Libby
Miranda
Dundee
N. Y
Grace EB. Page
Campbell
California
Passion Flower symbolism and village news from Washington county
A local column blends a Passion Flower verse explaining its symbolic meaning with a parade of village life. It covers mushroom jokes, school founders in Nira, descendants lore, weather talk, world’s fair plans for four youths, and a Washington County death, birthdays, visits, and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Smeltzer
America
Jesus
Christ
Peter
Judas
Nira
Pathfinder
Washington County
Chicago
Evening Journal
Ruth
Iowa
Acamedian and Academian: Washington Academy’s Literary Ventures
A history of Washington Academy's student publications from 1879 to 1903, tracing the Acamedian’s rise and first editors, its bi monthly to monthly shifts, cost and ads, columns like Local and Our Exchanges, and the later Academian with alumni contributions and a strong athletics section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. A. McFarlane
Lincoln
Kansas
Ed Shawe
McFarlane
Shane
Sam A. Mathews
Mack Martin
D. F. Matchett
Bessie Babcock
W. K. Campbell
Acamedian
Academy
Academian
L. Fisher
Vuaenation
Magnet
Aurora
Rural Health Unit sought by Burlington districts
In Burlington area rural districts sent a committee to the Board of Supervisors urging maintenance of a health unit with a doctor and nurse. The week also notes school funding, obituaries, travel to Chicago for the Century of Progress, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Board of Supervisors
Althea Montgomery
Bob and
William Masson
Catherine Masson
Chicago
Evaleene Lemley
Mise Elsie Bratten
Century of Progress
C. P. Scott
Charlotte
Stockton
Calif
H. G. Miller
East
Also Mentioned on This Page
Genealogical Department
John 8. Bullock
Josias van Wagonen
Elijah Reeves
James Chilcote
John Davidson
Carpenter
Mathew Morehead
John Grimsley
Abraham Updegraf
Samuel Turner
Berry Jones
Hopkin Walliams
Robert C. Colwell
Thurston Mosher
Samuel Pence
Richard Shockley
Elijah Turner
David Goble
Elijah Hilton
Joseph Earl
James Ellis
Benjamin Fansher
John Curll
Felix Stubbs
Botham
County History
Pearl E Elder
Lewis
Pearl Elder
C. C. Lewis
Bessie Conger
McClelland
Winnie Palmer
C. H. Guther
John Whetstine
Palmer
Guther
Far West
Edith Chilcote
London
Paris
Chilcot
J. Maxwell
Mr. Briley
Messer
Mary Ellen Lytle
Louis McFadden
Betty Wilson
Lewises
Moreheus
Elders
Brigade
Walter Boyer
West Chester
Elma Eckels
Thomas Simpson
Washington Press
Lee Scranton
Rock Island Depot
Washington
William Nelson
Isabelle McElhinney
Priday
Hastings
Neb
H. L. McCleery
H. H. Carson
Iowa City
Episcopalian Church
MccCleery
Carson
Brice T. Riley
Weat Newbury
Mass
Robert Yaw
Sitka
Alaska
George Calvin
Sadie and
Amy Pyle
Russell
Harry McCall
The
Washington Academy
Sun
Society Notes
Jis Aurora
Chicago Tribune
Associated Press
Walter Hover
Anna
Elizabeth
Etha Dawson
Minneapolis
Katherne
Gertrude Smith
D. J. Ross
George Dowell
Des Moines
A. Owen
Assiut
Egypt
Wilson Brown
Mrs
G. E. Zaring
Minnesota
Stella Palmer
Stuart
E. G. Butterbaueh
Palmer Chandler
Amish
Butterbaughs
F. M. Denison
Albert Bell
San Diego
Denison
Wm. Shannon
Lisle Morehous
Josephine
Spencer
Harry Hale
Morehous
State College
Ira Hogg
Pittsburgh
Fred Coakley
Chas
Shalla
Dolores
Duane
John
McKee
Magnet Mandolin Club
Ladies’ Glee Club
Will Mathews
Jennie Acheson
Cloyee Baird
A. B. Musil
Louise, Mildred, Harbara
Ella Bessie
Elsie Blanche
Wahneetah Ingalls
Ill
Etta McCall
Missouri
Clarence Aughey
Austin
Minn
Dan Aughey
Patterson
Harold Sehneider
Don Radda
Camp Dodge
Virginia Droz
Arthur W. Kistner
Elkhart, Ind
Miss Droz
A. J. Droz
Hilkea Jacobs
P. G. Widmer
Mrs. Palmer
Miriam
Helen Peterson
Frank P. Gardner
Pearl Gardner
Gardner
Norma Steadman de Walt
Sioux City
Wilbur Knapp
Myra Jane
Knapp
Flossie Bridges
Brighton
Rock Island
Crombie Allen
Here
Los Angeles
Harry Anderson
Little Magazine
Chloe Irene Geyer
Leonard Geyer
Clarence Morrison
Ainsworth
Ables
Betty Joe
Jack
A. Claire Dewey
Presbyterian Church
Frank Carter
Dixie
Omaha
Dr. C. W Stewart
Clarence (Bacon) White
Washington Lumber and Fuel Company
Mrs. Cloyce Bogle
Graham and
James
Long Beach
Dr. C. W. McLauughlin
Kathryn White
Argyle
Town
J. C. Purvis
Emma Purvis
Karl Simerman
Wilbur Miller
Waterloo
Pressey Frank
W. J. Keifer
Joe Wright
Ro FB
Dongtorte
Letter Washington Club
O. EK. Schmidt
H. C. Ward
Carl Hedges
Rose Ranek
Bowen
Theodore Herr
Bowen, Tilt
Dorothy Booth
Peter Witting
E. L. Stewart
C. F. White
Crawfordsville
Everestine Daniels
Monmouth College
Washington Junior College
Vowrans of Foreign Ware
Or¢Arizalon
John Shields
Milan Shields
Lillie Hagen
Grinnell
Mrs. J. Rothschild
George C. Stewart
Dale Wales
Wales
Gladys Clark
J. Naughton
Parnelt
Tucker and Eicher
W. Prehoda
Welman
Wellman
Frances McCoy
Emer Cherry
Methodist Student Center
Mra
Delbert Bailey
Douglas Eastwood
Milburn McKay
East Main Street
East Washington Street
Una Ayres
New York City
Charles Brown
North
Iowa Ave
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