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HISTORY

OF

BUTLER COUNTY

IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

By Irving H. Hart

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2

CHICAGO

THE PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY

1914

(850 pages on 1 CD)

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Volume 1 Table of Contents as Shown:

CHAPTER I - DESCRIPTIVE

CHAPTER II - GEOLOGICAL

CHAPTER III - HISTORICAL—IOWA ADMISSION OF THE

STATE

CHAPTER IV - HISTORICAL—STATE AND COUNTY

CHAPTER V - EARLY DAYS

CHAPTER VI - EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BUTLER COUNTY

CHAPTER VII - COUNTY GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER VIII - LOCATION OF THE COUNTY SEAT

CHAPTER IX - REPRESENTATION—STATE AND NATIONAL

CHAPTER X - THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR

CHAPTER XI - MEDICAL PROFESSION

CHAPTER XII - THE PRESS

CHAPTER XIII - EDUCATIONAL

CHAPTER XIV - AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES

CHAPTER XV - BUTLER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER XVI - REMINISCENT

CHAPTER XVII - TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER XVIII - ALBION TOWNSHIP—TOWN OF PARKERSBURG

CHAPTER XIX - BEAVER TOWNSHIP

CHAPTER XX - BENNEZETTE TOWNSHIP

CHAPTER XXI - BUTLER TOWNSHIP

CHAPTER XXII - COLDWATER TOWNSHIP

CHAPTER XXIII - DAYTON & FREMONT AND JACKSON TOWNSHIPS

CHAPTER XXIV - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP—TOWNS OF BUTLER CENTER AND COSTER

CHAPTER XXV - MADISON TOWNSHIP VILLAGE OF KESLEY

CHAPTER XXVI - MONROE TOWNSHIP—TOWN OF APLINGTON

CHAPTER XXVII - PITTSFORD TOWNSHIP—TOWN OF DUMONT

CHAPTER XXVIII - RIPLEY AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPS

CHAPTER XXIX - SHELL ROCK TOWNSHIP—TOWN OF SHELL ROCK

CHAPTER XXX - WEST POINT TOWNSHIP—TOWN OF BRISTOW

CHAPTER XXXI - ALLISON, THE COUNTY SEAT

Volume 2

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Adair, Akin, Allan, Amick, Arends, Atkinson, Austin, Avery, Bannon, Barlow, Barnett, Beach, Becker, Belden, Bettesworth, Bicker, Birney, Blair, Blasier, Bode, Bolton, Borneman, Bristol, Brockmann, Brown, Buchholz, Burling, Burroughs, Carpenter, Carr, Carter, Cave, Chase, Church, Coster, Cross, Cunningham, Curtis, Day, De Bower, De Groote, Dennis, Doore, Doty, Downing, Downs, Dralle, Dreher, Dreyer, Edwards, Essman, Evans, Fisher, Fleek, Fletcher, Folkers, French, Frey, Gerdes, Gonzales, Gough, Graham, Green, Hahn, Hall, Hamilton, Hardman, Harms, Hart, Hartness, Hickle, Hickman, Hobson, Hohl, Houlihan, Howe, Hunt, Hunt, Hunter, Iblings, Jenny, Johnson, Jones, Kalkwarf, Kester, Kilson, Kingery, Kyle, Leavens, Leeper, Leete, Loomer, Lucas, McCarty, McElhaney, McGregor, Mclntyre, McNames, Martin, Mead, Miller, Miner, Missman, Montgomery, Moore, Morrill, Moss, Mott, Muller, Neal, Nesbit, Nevins, Newbury, Newcomb, Norton, Owen, Parno, Patterson, Perriu, Plantz, Pooley, Ramsey, Ray, Reints, Rewerts, Rogers, Rolfs, Rottink, Rover, Schmadeke, Schnee, Scripture, Shadbolt, Shafer, Shepard, Skillen, Soesbe, Sproul, Stanton, Starkweather, Stauffer, Stober, Tammen, Taylor, Temple, Thomas, Toll, Town, Tracy, Trindle, Valentine, Van Hauen, Voogd, Voss, Waudby, Waugh, Welch, Weltner, West, Weston, Wilcox, Wild, Wilson, Witt, Wolfensperger, Wygle, Yoeman, Yost, Zimmerman,