What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Chickasaw and Howard Counties and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 – Volume set published in 1919.

 

History

of

Chickasaw and Howard

Counties, Iowa

 

By ROBERT HERD FAIRBAIRN

 

ILLUSTRATED

 

VOLUME I and VOLUME 2

 

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

 

1919

 

(1020 pages on 1 CD)

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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Volume 1

Table of Contents as Shown:

 

PART ONE

CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II - GEOLOGY OF HOWARD COUNTY

CHAPTER III - THE FIRST INHABITANTS

CHAPTER IV - THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION

CHAPTER V - PROGRESSIVE STEPS IN ORGANIZATION OF IOWA AS A STATE

PART TWO

CHICKASAW COUNTY

CHAPTER I - POLITICAL HISTORY—ELECTION RETURNS

CHAPTER II - COUNTY ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER III - COUNTY SEAT CONTESTS

CHAPTER IV - COUNTY GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER V - OFFICIAL REGISTER OF DISTRICT AND COUNTY

CHAPTER VI - STATE MILITARY HISTORY—CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER VII - MILITARY HISTORY OF CHICKASAW COUNTY

CHAPTER VIII - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' WAR RECORD

CHAPTER IX - BRADFORD TOWNSHIP

CHAPTER X -  JACKSONVILLEUTICA

CHAPTER XI - DAYTON—STAPLETON—DRESDEN

CHAPTER XII -NEWHAMPTON—RICPILAND—FREDERICKSBURG

CHAPTER XIII - CHICKASAW—DEERFIELDWASHINGTON

CHAPTER XIV - CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

CHAPTER XV - THE PRESS—LAW AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER XVI - SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, CHICKASAW COUNTY

CHAPTER XVII - BANKS AND RAILROADS OF CHICKASAW COUNTY

CHAPTER XVIII - FRATERNAL AND PATRIOTIC ORDERS

CHAPTER XIX - MISCELLANEOUS MATTER

 

PART THREE

HOWARD COUNTY

CHAPTER I - EARLY SETTLEMENT

CHAPTER II - HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER III - HOWARD COUNTY TOWNSHIPS

CHAPTER IV - MILITARY HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY

CHAPTER V - HOWARD COUNTY TOWNS

CHAPTER VI - EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS-THE NEWSPAPERS

CHAPTER VII - HOWARD COUNTY BANKS

CHAPTER VIII - MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER IX - RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS

CHAPTER X – MISCELLANEOUS

 

Volume 2

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

 

Adamee, Andera, Arndt, Ashley, Babcock, Baethke, Bailey, Ball, Bandle, Barker, Barnes, Bartels, Beaumaster, Bellamy, Berekes, Bernett, Biwer, Blazek, Blomquist, Bouska, Bowen, Bradley, Brannon, Bratrud, Brookins, Brown, Bruger, Bunston, Buresh, Burgess, Burke, Burns, Button, Cagley, Capper,  Carey, Cashman, Caudill, Cerwinske, Channer, Chestek, Church, Chyle, Clark, Cole, Commerford, Commerford, Condon, Conley, Connolly, Corolan, Cray, Curran, Dane, Dargan, Darrow, Davis, Deal, De Noyelles, Derr, Deterding, Diekmann, Donovan, Doolittle, Dostal, Drape, Drewelow, Dugstad, Duncan, Eldridge, Ellingson, Ellison, Elwood, Emmons, Enos, Erbe, Erdland, Ernwine, Everingham, Fairbairn, Fallows, Faust, Fellows, Ferrie, Feuling, Fichtel, Fischbach, Fisher, Flood, Fogarty, Fogle, Forkenbrock, Fortin, Frantzen, Frazee, Frederici, Freemire, Fritcher, Gamrow, Gardner, Garmen, GaGates, Gesell, Getsch, Gillette, Glass, Glienke, Goetzinger, Goodale, Gordon, Granger, Grover, Gunn, Hamilton, Hansen, Harnoss, Haven, Hayes, Heimerdinger, Heit, Heller, Hentges, Herold, Herrick, Hewitt, Hildman, Himes, Hockspeier, Hoffmann, Holschlag, Hooper, Horton, Hovey, Hovorka, Howard, Hoyer, Hruska, Hueneke, Huntting, Irvin, Jacobs, Jacoby, Jarred, Jewert, Jinderlee, Jirak, Joachim, Johnson, Jones, Kacher, Kakac, Kalishek, Keefe, Kellershon, Kelly, Kemman, Kepple, Kessel, Klimesh, Knox, Kobliska, Koerth, Konst, Koudelka, Kramer, Kratz, Krieger, Krieger, Kroninger, Kruger, Kubik, Lakomy, Landon, Landsverk, Lange, Larrabee, Larson, Lauck, Laue, Laws, Lebow, Lee, Leferink, Lenth, Leonard, Livingston, Long, Loomis, Lowe, Lowry, Lukes, Lundak, Lundt, Lusk, Lusson, Lydon, Lyman, McArthur, McCook, McDannell, McGinn, McGrane, McHugh, McKone, McWilliams, Mackenburg, Malek, Malek, Manning, Maravetz, Marr, Marsh, Marshall, Maruska, Masemann, Maurer, Mead, Merrick, Merrill, Meyer, Mikes, Mikesh, Miles, Milham, Millenbaugh, Miller, Mishak, Mitchell, Moen, Moore, Moudry, Mulick, Mulks, Muller, Munson, Murphy, Murray, Musel, Nehl, Nelsen, Neubauer, Nichols. Nohale, Norton, Nosbisch, Nourse, Novak, Novotny, Nye, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Oestrich, Oswold, Owens, Padden, Palmer, Panos, Parker, Pechota, Pecinovsky, Perry, Pesek, Peter, Peters, Phillips, Piehn, Pierce, Pierson, Plambeck, Polashek, Praska, Prinz, Prochaska, Putney, Radtke, Reed, Reinhart, Richards, Ries, Rinn, Roberts, Rose, Roths, Ruesink, Russler, Ryan, Saltzman, Samec, Saul, Schilling, Schmidt, Schnurr, Schoenfield, Scholz, Schuetz, Schultz, Schwake, Schwickerath, Scoles, Scott, Seery, Shaffer, Shelhamer, Shores, Sigler, Silver, Simmons, Simpson, Slawson, Smith, Sock, Sovereign, Spaulding, Spencer, Staley, Stejskal, Strike, Strother, Stuart, Svestka, Swenson, Swenumson, Tank, Taylor, Tetzner, Thies, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thorne, Tidgwell, Tietjen, Timmermans, Tjaden, Torney, Trask, Tucker, Urban, Vaala, Venz, Vopava, Wagener, Walker, Wallace, Walters, Watts, Webster, Wells, Wentworth, Wentz, Wesp, Whalen, Whelan, Whitcomb, Whitinger, Whitney, Wilkes, Wilkins, Williams, Wilmot, Wilson, Wood,