History of Butler County, Iowa, Vol. 2


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Excerpt from History of Butler County, Iowa, Vol. 2: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement At Parkersburg, on the 21st of July, 1887, Judge Edwards was married to Miss Ida Whiting, a daughter of C. L. And Kate (peterkin) Whiting, the former a well known and prominent contractor and builder who also was engaged in agricultural pur suits for some time. The parents now make their home in Snohomish, Washington. Judge and Mrs. Edwards have two daughters, Helen Catherine and Mildred Irene. The former is a graduate of Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa, and received the Master of Arts degree from Chicago University in August, 1913. She is now connected with the high school at East Waterloo, Iowa, where she teaches Latin and English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







History of Butler County, Iowa


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History of Butler County, Iowa


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HIST OF BUTLER COUNTY IOWA A R


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History of Butler County, Iowa


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Butler County is located in northeastern Iowa and is bordered by Floyd, Bremer, Black Hawk, Grundy and Franklin Counties. The first permanent settler in the county was Joseph Hicks, who made his way up Shell Rock and established himself near the present site of the town of Clarksville. This book follows the early settlers up to1883, the date of original publication. Topics of interest include: topography and agriculture; county government, political affairs and county seat struggles; population; the courts; local surgeons and the medical profession; the press; the old settlers' society; the role of the county in the Civil War; education; societies and public meetings. The text also covers the townships of Albion, Beaver, Benezette, Butler, Coldwater, Dayton, Fremont, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Pittsford, Ripley, Shell Rock, Washington and West Point. Biographical information is provided for notable citizens such as David Ackerman, Peter Cayle, F.L. Dodge, John Harlan, George R. Peet, Jeremiah Perrin, Solomon Sturtz, Milton Wilson and many others. Illustrated, with a new surname index.







The Rambo Family Tree, Volume 2


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Peter Gunnarson Rambo, son of Gunnar Petersson, was born in about 1612 in Hisingen, Sweden. He came to America in 1640 and settled in Christiana, New Sweden (now Delaware). He married Brita Mattsdotter 7 April 1647. They had eight children. He died in 1698. HIs daughter, Gertrude Rambo, was born 19 October 1650. She married Anders Bengtsson. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio.







Jayhawkers


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No person excited greater emotion in Kansas than James Henry Lane, the U.S. senator who led a volunteer brigade in 1861–1862. In fighting numerous skirmishes, liberating hundreds of slaves, burning portions of four towns, and murdering half a dozen men, Lane and his brigade garnered national attention as the saviors of Kansas and the terror of Missouri. This first book-length study of the “jayhawkers,” as the men of Lane’s brigade were known, takes a fresh look at their exploits and notoriety. Bryce Benedict draws on a wealth of previously unexploited sources, including letters by brigade members, to dramatically re-create the violence along the Kansas-Missouri border and challenge some of the time-honored depictions of Lane’s unit as bloodthirsty and indiscriminately violent. Bringing to life an era of guerillas, bushwhackers, and slave stealers, Jayhawkers also describes how Lane’s brigade was organized and equipped and provides details regarding staff and casualties. Assessing the extent to which the jayhawkers followed accepted rules of warfare, Benedict argues that Lane set a precedent for the Union Army’s eventual adoption of “hard” tactics toward civilians. An entertaining story rich in detail, Jayhawkers will captivate scholars and history enthusiasts as it sheds new light on the unfettered violence on this western fringe of the Civil War.