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01 Nov 2009 Histories: Fire Department Histories: Early Avoca Fire Department - Picture Added 1920-1939 Obits - Adam Jacobs, Mrs. Adam Jacobs & Rasmus Frost 29 Oct 2009 1913 Obit - George Reesy 11 Oct 2009 1891 Obits - John Custer, Sarah C. Darling, Anna Larson, Mrs. Laura McElwain, Mary Slavin & Albertena Weiner 20 Sep 2009 Census - 1870 Kane Township / Council Bluffs 1st Ward 25 Aug 2009 Census - 1870 Census for Macedonia, Rockford, Silver Creek, Walnut Creek & York Townships; Links to submit Obits & Cemetery Data 18 Aug 2009 Census - 1870 Census for Kane & Knox Townships 08 Aug 2009 Census - 1870 Census for Grove, Hardin & James Townships 06 Aug 2009 Census - 1870 Census for Center & Crescent Townships 05 Aug 2009 Census - 1870 Census for Boomer Township 17 Jul 2009 People - Pioneer Women of Council Bluffs 09 Jul 2009 Histories; Homes Built in Council Bluffs - 1913 - 1914 06 Jun 2009 Newspaper Article Swindlers In Council Bluffs, Ia. 07 Apr 2009 1869 Obit for Albert N. Dickinson 14 Mar 2009 2 Newspaper Humorous Happenings Or Not; Obits for Eliza Brown, William L. Sherratt & Stephen T. Cary 13 Mar 2009 Churches 11 Mar 2009 1883 List of Pensioners on the Rolls 09 Mar 2009 1953 Edison Grade School A.M. Kintergarden & 1953 Walnut Grove Grade School P.M. Kintergarden 08 Mar 2009 Obits for Charles H. Pinney, Matilda C. Bickford, Jerry Downey, Jane Evans, Andrey Bell Watson, Daisy Hathaway & Minnie Jane Hathaway 28 Feb 2009 William Alfred Babb to the military page 26 Feb 2009 Biographies to the Biography pages for James Saint, Charles Sanderson, W.F. Sapp, H.M. Sarr, John Schlicht, A.C. Schmoock, J.H. Schultz, G.W. Scott, L.D. Seward, F.T. Seybert, L. Sheldon, C.H. Sherraden, Frank Shinn, Wm. Sidener, John Sides, Wm. Siedentopf, Jacob Sims, J.H. Sivers, G.F.C. Smart, E.C. Smith, J.F. Smith, Peter Smith, W.I. Smith, C.W. Snyder, W. Snyder, F.W. Spetman, H.H. Spetman, Wm. Steele, S.L. Stephens, A.J. Stephenson, Henry Stevenson, William Stevenson, Wm. Stidham, Origan Stillings, Margaret Stoker, Albert Stone, C.E. Stone, S.C. Strong, Christian Straub, J.H.C. Stuhr, J.P. Stuhr, J.A. Sylvester, J.A. Taylor, W.H. Taylor, J.L. Templeton, H.A. Terry, John Thayer, F.S. Thomas, Zeph Thomas, Joseph Thompson, W.L. Throp, Preston Tilton, Isaiah Timberman, Emmett Tinley, J.G. Tipton, W.G. Tittsworth, Wm. Tompkin, Thomas Tostevin, I.M. Treynor, J. R. Willmot, H. J. Schierbrock, H. E. Schoening, C. C. Scott, Thomas Sheets, Thomas Sheets, E. L. Shugart, A. H. Smith, W. L. Snapp, H. H. Soppe, John P. Stuhr, W. C. Stuhr, Sullivan And Virtue, Western Lumber And Supply Co., August Sundell, J. H. Swanson, N. Swanson, W. S. Swanson, Franklin Unangst, W. G. Tittsworth, Dr. V. L. Treynor, S.G. Underwood, W.C. Utterback, Alex Vallier, S.F. Van, W.H. Van, H.H. VanBrunt, C.H. Vandruff, Cornelius Voorhis, S.B. Wadsworth, Mary A. Waldo, R.F. Walker, Mrs. E. Ware, W.H. Ware, E.T. Waterman, W.J. Way, A.L. Weak, J.P.F. Weaver, F.G. Weeks, Lucius Wells, Wm. S. Wells, H.S. West, J.H. Westcott, Wm. J. Wheeler, R.M. White, Wm. Whitney, James Wickham, O.P. Wickham, N.B. Wicks, David Wilding, J.E. Williams, N.W. Williams, W.S. Williams, H.M. Wilson, James Wilson, J.H. Winans, B. Winchester, J.A. Wolf, Alex Wood, E.A. Wood, E.I. Woodbury, Fred Wright, George Wright, G.F. Wright, J.M. Wyland, A.W. Wyman, J.F. Young Jr., J.N. Young, T.J. Young, W.O. Young, W. C. Van Pelt, George C. Wise, Jacob Zahner & W. H. Zentmire 25 Feb 2009 Biographies to the Biography pages for W.S. Packard, Lewis Painter, M. Palmer, E. Parish, D.K. Parker, Henry Parker, Joseph Parker, S.B. Passmore, Samuel B. Passmore, A.W. Pearce, G.W. Peck, A.B. Perkins, Wm. Peters, E.M. Peterson, H.H. Peterson, M.P. Peterson, John M. Phillips, Henry Pieper, O.W. Pierce, T.A. Pilling, C.H. Pinney, Dr. C. H. Pinny, Martin Plahn, M.V. Plank, D.S. Pleak, George Plumb, H.F. Plumer, A. Plummer, W.F. Plunket, G.W. Poland, C. M. Potter, H. C. Potter, L.F. Potter, Dr. Peter W. Poulson-Fagerstjerna, Isaac Powell, C.F. Pratt, A.R. Prentice, Robert Prentice, C.S. Price, L. Prouty, N. M. Pusey, W.H.M. Pusey, A.D. Putnam, W.S. Quick, Wm. Quick, James Rainbow, A.A. Randall, John Rankin, S.L. Rankin, S.R. Read, J.I. Reed, J.R. Reed, C.D. Reel, E. Reichart, Max Reimer, C. Reynolds, S.W. Reynolds, Simon Reynolds, William Richmond, Peter Rief, Sievert Rief, Sr. Henry Rishton, F.X. Riss, Adam Ritter, T.M. Robbins, J.C. Robertson, C.S. Robinson, James Robinson, Wm. V. Rock, J.J. Rodenbough, John Rodwell, G. W. Rogers, M.F. Rohrer, Frederick Rohrs, J.Q. Rollins, M.S. Roop, Isaiah Roosa, L.W. Ross, J.W. Rush & S.S. Rust 23 Feb 2009 Biographies to the Biography pages for L.D. Nellis, A.B. Nicholas, C. M. Nicholson, Wm. Nixon, Albert Nordyke, J.W. Nusum, N. O'Brien, Thomas Officer, August Olderog, James Olds, J.J. Olney, J. E. O'Neill, William Orr, G. H. Osborn, G.H. Osborn, James W. Osborn, O. E. Osborn, Alex Osler, H. A. Otto, F.M. Owens & John F. Owens 21 Feb 2009 Obits for Mrs. H. J. Deewester & Thomas F. Derrweester Newspaper article on an cannon accident At Glenwood in 1876 Biographies to the Biography pages for S.P. MacConnell, T.J. MacKay, Elizabeth Mackland, Donald Macrae, Andrew Martin, I.L. Martin, Martha Martin, W.J. Martin, Wm. H. Maxfield, W.E. Maxwell, W.S. Mayne, Wm. J. McCune, J.H. McDonald, Wm. McDonald, Robert McElrath, S.T. McFall, H.G. McGee, J.E.F. McGee, Joseph McGinnis, K. McKenzie, Charles McKeown, Wm. McKeown, D.B. McMaster, B.P. McMenomy, W.A. McMillen, C.E. McMullen, Solomon McMullen, F.T. McPherron, L. McReynolds, F.W. Meneray, N. Meredith, John P. Mergen, M. P. Mergen, F. Merriam, George Metcalf, Mickelwait And Young J.W. Miller, Robert Miller, W. W. Miller, M. Minahan, A.I. Mitchell, H. Montgomery, P.J. Montgomery, F. Morris, V.R.J. Morris, S. Morrison, Israel Morrow, J.P. Mulholland, Julius Muller, G. L. Mundorf, J.K. Murchison, J.A. Murphy, James Murray, C.O. Mynster, W.A. Mynster, William A. Mynster and The Manhattan 12 Feb 2009 The following names to 1900 thru 1919 Pottawattamie County, Iowa Births: Page, Ethel; Page, Gladie H.; Page, Herald Loyd; Page, Jessie E.; Palmer, Clarence; Palmer, Jos. W.; Palmer, Murl L.; Panique, A. R. E.; Papst, W. E.; Parish, _____; Park, _____; Parker, Earl Charley Posley; Parrick, Glem F.; Parson, Teddy Thos.; Parsons, F. G.; Patterson, C. E.; Paulson, John Wm.; Paulson, Mary; Pederson, Esther; Penter, Baby; Perdue, _____; Peregoy, Eleanor; Perrine, P. P.; Peters, Earl; Peters, Elmer; Peters, Ermin; Peters, Gladis; Peters, May; Peters, Oscar Dale; Peters, Ray Lewis; Petersen, Christian; Petersen, Elsie F.; Petersen, Harry; Petersen, Helen; Petersen, Lena; Petersen, William Peter; Peterson*, Agnes M.; Peterson*, Carrie; Peterson, Lewis; Peterson, Amelia; Peterson, Baby; Peterson, Baby; Peterson, Clarence Peter; Peterson, Edward; Peterson, Elsie; Peterson, Emma M.; Peterson, F. L.; Peterson, F. R.; Peterson, H. E. C.; Peterson, Harry; Peterson, Hazel; Peterson, Henry; Peterson, Henry J.; Peterson, Herriett; Peterson, John I.; Peterson, L. J.; Peterson, Lewis H.; Peterson, Lillian Mary; Peterson, M. F.; Peterson, Mamie; Peterson, Marie; Peterson, Mildred G.; Peterson, Myrtle; Peterson, Olga E.; Peterson, Raymon; Peterson, Rosa J.; Peterson, S. T.; Peterson, Wainer; Philips, H. M.; Philips, R. E.; Phillips, Howel; Phillips, S. R.; Pickernell, Wilbur; Pieper, D. T.; Pieper, Edmund; Pierce, Elsie V.; Pinckney, J. C.; Pinnow, Baby; Pinnow, E.B.; Pitkins, Laurence; Plumer, Albert G.; Plumer, Clifford Thomas Henry; Plumer, Martha; Plummer, Frank; Plunkett, Evert; Poeckert, Paula; Points, (Infant); Points, ______; Points, B.; Points, Dorothy Irene; Points, Flossie; Points, Infant; Points, M. P.; Points, Ross; Points, Willard; Pokumsen, Elsie M.; Pool, Harry R.; Porter, M. E.; Pouder, l. M.; Pouder, T. C.; Powell, Lee; Powell, Mildred; Powell, Olive; Powell, Theodore; Powell, Vera; Powell, Wilbur R.; Powell, Wm. Gerald; Pratt, Hugh; Prentice, Earl A.; Prentice, Geo. E.; Prentice, M. A. B.; Prentice, Robert Hinton; Price, Alma W.; Price, Elmer L.; Price, Erma M.; Price, John; Price, Thelma; Price, Viola Genevive; Pruett, Lee; Pruitt, Dwight; Pryor, Jesse Wm.; Pryor, Maud A.; Purdy, Alchin W.; Pusey, Esther; Pusey, Nathan M.; Putnam, Helen; Pyper, _____ 24 Jan 2009 Biographies to the Biography page for T.B. Lacey, Patrick Lacy, A.T. Lainson, J.C. Lange, Robert Larington, C.A. Larson, Edmond Lathan, A. Lebeck, H.C. Leland, L.S. Leland, A. A. Lenocker, P. Leonard, Thomas Leonard, N. Lerette, F.N. Leslie, F.R. Levin, Jackson Lewis, F.M. Lewis, Nelson Lewis, Wm Lewis, F. W. Lippold, Andrew Lischer, James Livingston, W. W. Livingston, O.F. Lodge, Wm C. Long, J.A. Loudenbeck, H.G. Lowe, and Charles Lunkley. 21 Jan 2009 Link to World War II Army & Army Air Force Casualties to the Military Lists page 19 Jan 2009 Biographies to the Biography page for August Kaven, Thomas Keast, A.H. Keller, J. M. Kelley, J.M. Kelley, Alex Kenedy, Lawrence Kerney, Perry Kerney, I.C. Killion, J.A. Killion, James Killpack, Caleb Kimball, J.F. Kimball, A.E. Kincaid, L. Kinnehan, Joseph Kirby, John Kirkwood, Robert Kirkwood, W.C. Kleppinger, W.H. Knepher, Joseph Knotts, L.G. Knotts, W. H. Kuhn, W.H. Kuhn and Claus Kuhr 11 Jan 2009 Biographies to the Biography page for Robert Ingram, H.T. Irwin, H.B. Jack, Stephen James, C.O. Jameson, W.J. Jameson, T.H. Jefferson, R. S. Jeffryes, J.B. Johannsen, T.J. Johns, A.W. Johnson, F.T.C. Johnson, J. D. Johnson, Hardin Jones, J.G. Jones, John Green Jones, L.G. Jones, O.W. Jones, R.F. Jones, T.J. Jones and C.B. Judd 10 Jan 2009 Biographies to the Biography page for Hose Company #3, David Haines, Wilfred Haines, A.J. Hall, G.W. Hamilton, Lewis Hammer, A.P. Hanchett, Joseph Hancock, Isaac Hansen, B.F. Harbert, B. Harcourt, Otis Hardenbergh, W.D. Hardin, B.G. Harding, John Harding, C.M. Harl, M.E. Harle, A. Harris, R.S. Hart, T.J. Hartwell, W.N. Hatch, L.A. Hatswell, A.S. Hazleton, Joseph Headlee, C.F. Heagney, Wm Heileman, Andrew Hellman, G. W. Henderson, A.L. Hendricks, I.F. Hendricks, J.H. Henry, F.G. Hetzel, G.W. Hewitt, G.W. Hicks, F.G. Hitchcock, J.C. Hoffmayer, G.A. Holmes, Fred Holst, A. Hoogewoning, J.D. Hooker, Isaac Hoopes, Albert Horner, O.O. Hotchkiss, H.C. Hough, J.R. Hough, Morris Hough, Warren Hough, F.W. Houghton, Martin Hughes, A.M. Huff and A.A. Hutchinson. 08 Jan 2009 Obit for William Snethen to 1880-1899 Obit page submitted by Ruth I. Stude. 04 Jan 2009 Biographies to the Biography page for I.N. Gardner, F.G. Garner, Wm Garner, J.D. Gault, T.O. Gault, H.P. Gertz, Henry Gittens, A. Glynn, C. Godfrey, O.W. Gordon, J.V. Gorrell, M.C. Goudie, J.H. Gould, W.H. Graff, O.W. Graham, F. Grass, S. Graybill, G.H. Graybill, Charles Green, John Green, Norman Green, J.H. Gregg, Bernhard Gress, Wm Groneweg, Alonzo Grout, Francis Guittar, Theodore Guittar, Wm Gustin, D.W. Gallaher, Henry Gatrost, H.S. Green, F.H. Guanella, John F. Garner, William Garner, Truman Goodwater and J.P. Greenshields. 03 Jan 2009 Biographies to the Biography pages for Wooster Fay, M.W. Ferguson, John Flint, Thomas Flood, Fred Ford, Mrs. S. Forsyth, C.P. Foster, J.B. Foster, S.H. Foster, A.R. Foxley, J.A. Frank, Alfred Frazier, B.F. Freeman, M.B. Frisbie, A.L. Frizzell, J.O. Frizzell, A.E. Fuller, James Fender, John F. Fender, Cordova Fleck, Fide Floerchinger, J. D. Frohardt and John Frost 27 Dec 2008 To main page: Pictures of the old Council Bluffs Courthouse and Post Office Link to Land Records - Council Bluffs 1856 Land Patents, Kanesville 1853 Land Patents and Kanesville 1855 Land Records 14 Dec 2008 Link to 1860 Census Grove Township, James Township, Kane Township, Knox Township, Macedonia Township, Rockford Township, Silver Creek Township, Walnut Creek Twonship & York Township to Census page 07 Dec 2008 Added Main Page: Link to 1860 Census 5th Ward CB, Boomer Township, Center Township & Crescent Township to Census page 05 Dec 2008 Added Main Page: Added link to 1860 Census 4th Ward CB to Census page 03 Dec 2008 Added Main Page: Added link to 1860 Census 3rd Ward CB to Census page 01 Dec 2008 Added Main Page: Added link to 1860 Census 2nd Ward CB to Census page 23 Nov 2008 Added Main Page: Link to Photo Gallery and Census Added picture of Fannie Dietrich to Photo Gallery Added link to 1860 Census Index and 1st Ward CB to Census page 16 Nov 2008 Added Main Page: Link to Births (1901 thru 1920) 08 Nov 2008 Added Main Page: Squirrel Cage Jail Museum with links for: 1) Historic Squirrel Cage Jail - History 2) Historic Squirrel Cage Jail - Tales - a) "DEAD MAN" IS JAILED - b) FROM CELL TO ALTAR - c) Jailer Jim Jensen - d) September 11, 1885 -- "Squirrel Cage" Jail Opening 3) Ballad Of The "Squirrel Cage" Jail Links with links to: 1) Carson City, Iowa 2) Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Web 3) Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa 4) Iowa Genealogical Society 5) Iowa State Historical Society Histories 1) Council Bluffs Police Department History 2) Fire Department Histories - a) A History of Council Bluffs Most Devastating Fires - b) Early Avoca Fire Department - c) Fire Chiefs of Council Bluffs 3) Pottawattamie County Iowa Timeline Newspapers Daily Nonpareil Index Sports Dan Franks' Tribute To Playland Speedway 02 Nov 2008 Added Deaths: KANESVILLE DEATHS ANNOUNCED IN THE FRONTIER GUARDIAN Documents: 1850 C. L. Scott Letter 1873 Bible of Numarian H. Kell(e)y Israel Boren PROBATE The Will of Sylvester Smith The World War I letter of Emily VAUGNIAUX Marriages: KANESVILLE MARRIAGES ANNOUNCED IN THE FRONTIER GUARDIAN Newspapers: The History Of Council Bluffs Newspapers Humorous Happenings Or Not People: Doctors James Mason Barstow and Ruth Barstow Submitted by Janice Rice Sports: 1913 Wrestling The Council Bluffs Maroons Baseball Team 30 Oct 2008 Added 15 biographies beginning with the letter 'E' 29 Oct 2008 Added two obits, contributed by Karen Hammer, Mrs. Caroline M. Duff and Mrs. Mary E. Halladay to the 1940 thru 1959 Obit list. 12 Oct 2008 Added link to Railroads from main page with links to Pottawattamie County Railroad Employees, Railroad Accidents, Railroad Companies of Council Bluffs, Railroad History Timeline, Railroad Retirements and Railswest Railroad Museum Added 34 biographies beginning with the letter 'D' 11 Oct 2008 Added Obits for Edward D. Sisson, Viola M. Sisson, Martin Mortensen and Maxine Marie Sisson 05 Oct 2008 Added 54 biographies beginning with the letter 'C' 05 Oct 2008 Added under Military: Black Hawk War soldier, Avoca. Civil War-Veteran's Reunion, Carson; Civil War news items; Civil War Units with Pottawattamie Co. connections; List of 214 Iowa Soldiers Who Died in Andersonville; List of Pottawattamie Co. Civil War Veteran's; William Kinsman article. Frontier Soldier, George C. Wise. Spanish American War, Avoca Soldiers; Council Bluffs Men Leaving; War items. World War I, Council Bluffs Company K; Letter of Emily Vaugniaux. World War II, Photo Gallery. Also added 61 biographies beginning with the letter 'B' 28 Sep 2008 Main Page: Added link to Schools with links to various Pottawattamie county schools and school classes Added link to Wagon Trains with links to various arrivals in Pottawattamie county in 1849 & 1850 Added Email link to Look Up Volunteer Added counter to main page 27 Sep 2008 Main Page: Added Directories and Indexes with links to extracts from the 1875 Andreas Atlas of Iowa and 1919 Farmer Directories 20 Sep 2008 Main Page: Added Biography indexes with links to some biographies (More to come) 13 Sep 2008 Townships: Added Townships to Home page with links to Boomer and Neola Townships Histories: Added link to Histories page (1855 Council Bluffs City, Iowa; 1873 Pottawattamie County, Iowa; How Iowa Got It's Name; Words to the song "IOWA") Cities and Towns: Added links to Bentley, Carson, Council Bluffs, Crescent and Underwood 9 Sep 2008 Cemeteries: All county cemetery descriptions; Evans Cemetery - 16 burials; Fairview Cemetery CB - index of 365 burials; Gregg Cemetery - 57 burials; Hazel Dell Cemetery - 58 burials; McIntosh Cemetery - 62 burials; Oak Hill / Bikhor Cemetery - index of 364 burials; St Joseph Cemetery - index of 6,189 burials Pottawattamie County Funeral Home list Marriages: 1869-1879 Council Bluffs Marriages (123 marriages listed by bride & groom) Obituaries: 554 Obituaries available Deaths: 2574 deaths indexed by name. 18 Jan 2008 Marriage Records 1848-1850 12 Jan 2008 GOFF, George M. & Margaret McDonald; Oaklawn Cemetery 2 May 2007 MARTIN, William Thomas; Oaklawn Cemetery, Funeral Card WARNER, Bruce E, & Iola Maries Martin; Obits, Funeral Card |