Butler County Surnames

Surname	Researcher	E-Mail	Other Information
ACKERMAN, FAIRCHILD	Norma Gilbertson	njgilber@gmail.com	David b. 1822 & wife Lucy Fairchild to Butler Co 1866 from Dodge Co, WI
ACKERSON & INGALLS	Blunt	foxwalking@sbcglobal.net	New Hartford, late 1800's
ALLEN & PFALTZGRAPH	Sandy Miller	sandy_viera@hotmail.com	Glenn Allen, d. 2006, & wife Marilyn Pfaltzgraff
APPLEBY, EVERETT, MINERT, ROSE	Mike Appleby	COappleby1@msn.com	Garrett Henry MINERT (1833-1915) m Rachel Frances GAPEN in 1856 in WI; Kenneth Dexter ROSE (1866-1936) m Martha Jane MINERT (1867-1957); George W. APPLEBY, MD, (1860-1943) m Nellie EVERETT (1860-1929)
ASHWORTH	Herbert Ray Ashworth	ashworthh@helenachemical.com	Dayton Twp, arrived from England ca. 1868. Interested in all Ashworths to the present
BAKKER, JANSEN	Barbara	bakkertree@yahoo.com	see Bakker Family Tree
BALES/BAYLES	Bernice Bayles Hazlett	WHaz166518@aol.com	Butler County
BECKER	Wm. Becker	mrwaab@aol.com	August W. 1847-1927 Children: Wm., Lola, Eliza, Bertha, Harman and Thedera
BEHR	Gail Meyer Kilgore	gail.kilgore@gmail.com	Behr in Butler Co.(5/17) *Gail Kilgore has passed away. KD 2023
BENAGE	Dana Smith	msdjsmith95@msn.com	Descendants of George W. Benage, died 1909 in Butler Co. Originally from PA via OH and WI.
BENNETT	Bill Hewitt	bill-hewitt@sbcglobal.net	Family arrived in Butler Co in 1893 from Kansas. Charles Nelson BENNETT, b. 1849, IL, d. 28 Apr 1925; wife Mary Elizabeth HEWITT BENNETT, b. 1849, IN , d. ?? 1940; children: Delbert E. BENNETT, b. 1874 IL, m. Mary Belle ARCHER, d. ?? 1907; Roy N. BENNETT, b. 1890, IL, d. 1893; Anna B. BENNETT, b.1878, IL, d. 27 Jul 1944; Fred Hewitt BENNETT, b. 1875, IL, d. 1954 Jackson County, SD. All but Fred buried Oak Hill Cemetery.
BINGER, DRALLE, KESSLER, MAHNKE, BRANDENBURG, HUBELER, BARTH & KOEBRICH	Penny Brisson	penny2862@prodigy.net	Surnames branching from Frederick Binger, brother of John B. Binger. Area of Green.
BRADFORD, MILES & PRESCOTT	Jason Gambill	ajgambill@earthlink.net	No Information given
BRENNAN	Terry Brennan	terryrbrennan@gmail.com	My 2nd great grandfather was Corneliius Brennan who lived in Butler County for 38 years and died there in 1905. He resided in Parkersburg and is buried there. According to the Parkersburg Eclipse, he had resided in Butler for 38 years and 18 years in Parkersburg and was considered a highly respected citizen.
BUNN	Alice Quayle Gershman	quayle@earthlink.net	Peter b. 1818 NJ d. 1896 Shell Rock, want to find parents
BURRESS, HART	Norma Gilbertson	njgilber@gmail.com	Hannah Hart, Mrs. Levi Burress, to Dayton Twp 1851 from IND, IL, KY
CARD, HERSEY, ACKERSON, HALL, CODNER, & WHITLOCK	Dawn Card	dnrcard@charter.net	Family began near Parkersburg, spread throughout the years through the whole county Email no longer works-Karen Jun 2018
CARPENTER & CALDWELL	Joan Ewing	no longer works	In Butler Co. IA 1851 - 1854
CHAPMAN & STREETER	Carolyn Kemp	carolynkemp@voyager.net	Butler Co.
COLBY	Eugene F. Gray	gray@msu.edu NEED NEW EMAIL ADDRESS	Butler Co. 1880's. Philander died 1895, wife Rachel 1890. Son William died 1918 in Aredale.
CONWAY	Dan Kiley	dkiley@commspeed.net	Michael & Mary Jordan Conway WI>IA>MN son John>IA
CROCKER	Elaine Hazleton Bolton	ehb839@earthlink.net	My grandmother was Mabel Anna Crocker Albertson Hazleton, born 21 March 1876 in Greene, Iowa to Ella Gonyon CROCKER and Crofton C. CROCKER. Crofton died March 1881 in Greene, buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Am told he was the first City Marshal and a Street Commissioner. Would like to learn more about the CROCKER family.
DEARMOUN	Karen Taylor	KSTaylor16@aol.com	William J., married Laura Richard/Richmond abt. 1874
DONNELLY, BARFUSE & BRONNEMAN	.	CORALLA@aol.com	Butler Co.
DOYLE, SMITH, HAGERTY	M. Moore	teeseemo@yahoo.com	from Ireland to Canada to Butler Co in 1865; Doyle Descendants (offsite).
DRENTH	M.J. Vineyard	MJVineyard@aol.com	Sam Drenth b. 1895, Netherlands; Clarksville, Shellrock area
DuBOIS, BLAIR, JAMES & LEWIS	Donald G DuBois	dgdubois@yahoo.com	Farmed Bristow about 1880. Left for Vancouver, WA
EBERSOLD & FORNEY	Virginia Forney Majewski	ginnym51@msn.com	Descendants of Christian Forney and Philip Ebersold
ENGELKENS or BOELKES	Rene' Antonisse	hantonisse@yahoo.com	Jenny Boelkes m. Harm Engelkens, dau. Dena b. 1902 > Butler Co. son John, dau. Annie
EPHROM, HARRIS	Ed Ephrom, Jr.	meephrom@cybernet1.com	Ephrom arrived abt 1890, August died in 1934. Harris bef 1890 to (unknown)
FERGUSON	David Maxwell	Dmaxwell@imf.org	Butler Co.
FETTERHOFF, TURNER	Carol Hatfield-White	vistacarol@hotmail.com	Fetterhoff family name is connected to the United Brethern Church, Albert R. was a circuit riding evangelist.
FLYNN		Milesfubrnham@aol.com	John Henry Fylnn 1930 Census in Shell Rock
FORNEY, BETTINGER, McKINNEY, DEARMOUN & RICHMOND	Karen Taylor	KSTaylor16@aol.com	Family names in Butler Co.in 1860-1870 and 1880
FRANKEN	Jakob Franken	jej.franken@hetnet.nl	Franken family
FRANKEN	Gordon Faber	Faber@worldnet.att.net	1881 to Present
FRY/FREY	Carolyn Trocine	cteapots@bellsouth.net	Family of Dirk & Tillie
FULLER	Benjamin Kinsey	jkinsey17@comcast.net	Orin Fuller in Butler Co in 1895 and 1910 censuses; family may have come from Elkhart Co, IN
GALLAGHER	Judy Bos-Parsons	joodybos@aol.com	Mary Elizabeth Gallagher, b. West VA, lived in/near Greene, IA
GOHEEN	Norma Gilbertson	njgilber@gmail.com	William and family to Dayton Twp in 1852, from IND, VA
HANE	Ron Hane	ron_hane@hotmail.com	Daniel and Louisa "Anna" Hane came to Ripley Twp between 1852 and 1855. Their children were John B b.1850, Winfield S b.1852, Loren T b.1855 James P b.1859, Matilda C b.1861 and Luthere b.1867. Loren owned a farm in West Point Twp.
HARDMAN, MERRICK	Stephen Merrick Hardman	shardman@wideopenwest.com	Montgomery, OH. Margaret Hardman was the first known birth in Coldwater township in 1854
HASSELL	Joseph Ford	JFords001@aol.com	1880 Census, living in Bennezette. William, Margaret and 5 children. Gideon, Janie and 5 children.
HESSE, PATTERSON, WAMSLEY, & HILL	Jim Rowe	BULZFAN91@insightbb.com	Butler Co.
HULL, HAVEN, & KEMP	Donald G DuBois	dgdubois@yahoo.com	Farmed at Bristow around 1880. Buried Oak Hill Cem
INGALES, PARTHEMORE, ACKERSON and CARD		foxwalking@sbcglobal.net
JACOBS	Sandra Tennyson	LNSTENNYSON@att.net	b. Germany 1845, 1880/Jefferson twp 1900/Fremont twp
JUNKER, WESSELS, BRUNS, FOKKEN, HEERTS, KOHKMAN & UHLENHOPP	Brenda	brendas@mts.net	1800's to the present
LAHMON	Mary White	maranbob@netins.net	Lahmon's: Jacob & Elizabeth, James, William, Emma, Hannah, Margaret (Allen) and Sylvester
LLOYD and BYRAMS	Myron Lloyd	myron@lloydrealty.com	Owen Lloyd married Jane Byrns. Farmed near Shellrock.
LOGAN	Dan Kiley	dkiley@commspeed.net	Michael Logan 1846-1917 CAN>NY>IL>IA
LOW	Donald Low	donlow@mindspring.net	Asa, wife Amelia and son Isaac are listed in 1870 Butler Co. Census. Email no longer works 10/2016
McCAULIFF, BIGGS, BAILEY, BEEBE, HAZLETT	Cathy Rossing	Little54cat@aol.com	John McCAULIFF and Susan BIGGS McCAULIFF moved from Green County, WI to Butler Co. sometime in the 1870s. Four children: Eva, Cyndia, Dr. Guy Thomas,and Pearl James McCAULIFF.
McCLINTOCK	Wanda McClintock	gwmcclintock2011@msn.com	Andrew and Jane to Butler Co. abt. 1850, buried in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock. Son Joseph moved to Sac County. Seeking info on others who stayed in Butler County.
McELHANEY, GUSHARD, JACOBSEN & ROBENHAGEN	Brenda "McElhaney" Verno	b_verno@hotmail.com	Primarily in the Clarksville area mid-1800's to present day
MILLER		justme@schallertel.net	Henry William Miller and Catherine Snider Miller
MILLER / MULLER	Sandy Miller	sandy_viera@hotmail.com	Herman Miller and wife Henrietta Karsjens, Parkersburg
NIECE. NEICE, NEECE	Darlene Ninko	darli1115@yahoo.com	Nathaniel G. Niece b. 1819 Ohio m. 1836 Ziprah Lewis. Father's name Seymour. Brother MDL Niece a school teacher. Sister Sarah m. Ancel Durand. Looking for other sibs and mother.
OLMSTEAD	Ronald E. Olmstead	reolmstead@cox.net	New Hartford area from 1853 to the present.
PARKER & BAKER	Sue Parker Wilson	105224.356@compuserve.com	James D. Parker & Ensign Baker lived in Parkersberg til late 1890's
PARRIOTT and HOWARD	Crystal P. Burton	cyrstalpb@msn.com	Butler Co.
PHIPPS	Janet Hastie	Sheba16J@aol.com	Died Nov 16, 1923 Bristow,
PIDDINGTON, CROUSE, WILLEY & BYE	Vicki Knox Larson	VLarson169@aol.com	No information
REINKING	Judy Bos-Parsons	joodybos@aol.com	Harvey W. Reinking, b. 1909, Ida Grove, IA, lived in/near Greene, IA, died Colorado Springs, CO
ROWRAY	Jack	cjrow@southslope.net
ROYER	Dana Smith	msdjsmith95@msn.com	Descendants of William W. Royer and Mary Stewart, originally from PA via Green County, WI circa 1870
RUDE (AANDERUDE)	Sara Lyon	jean3@mindspring.com	Michael & Paul. Are there any descendants?
SANTEE, BECKER & LEE	Cindy Santee	sinsan84Q@msn.com	Butler Co. Surnames
SCOTT	Connie Norheim	Connie_norheim@hotmail.com	Tracy & Louisa A. Scott moved from DeKalb Co, IL to Butler Co about 1857-1859 with children Joel I, Caroline M, and Edwin. Louisa died May 11, 1876 in Butler Co. Son Samuel Levi Scott & wife Ellen had son Fredrick Arthur in 1859 in Butler Co. Esp. interested in Louisa's maiden name.
SHAW	Mary K. Jones	mkayjones@home.com	Resided in Greene 1900-1910 Email no longer works! 10/2016
SHAW & MORRISON	Meli Calkins	mmcalkins@earthlink.net	Olive Deborah Morrison Shaw, died 1863 Butler Co. Father: Lansing Morrison; Husband: Robert Whitford Shaw
SHADBOLT,WALSH, COON, WEILAND, LEERHOFF, GOLDENSTEIN	Deborah	deb_k831@yahoo.com	Allison, Butler Center, Clarksville and surrounding area
SPAWR	Laurel Busch	laurel@laurelroots.com	The Peter and Elizabeth SPAWR family lived south of Clarksville, coming from McLean Co., Ill., in the 1850s and moving on to Kansas in 1866. Their children were Isaac, Valentine, John, Mary, Peter Marion, Joseph, and Margaret. Isaac is a mystery; he might not have moved to Iowa with the family. Valentine served in the 14th Iowa Infantry, Co. C, from 1862 to 1864. John died in Clarksville in 1864. Mary married Jesse BEST in 1856. *Email no longer works 10/2024
STAFFORD	Mary Lou Rogers	marylou@trvnet.net	Pennsylvania, Ohio, Dumont, (Butler co.) Iowa
STRAIGHT		Texshakeyirish@aol.com	Herbert George Straight
TAYLOR, PATCHIN, CASE, HALL, FILKINS and METZGER	Lois Eckley	leckley@gmail.com	In Shell Rock and Beaver, primarily from 1865-1890
TWOHIG	Patricia Forsey	deng43@megalink.net	TWIGG in 1895 Census, I need records of marriages and births
VALENTINE, TAYLOR	Greta Thompson	bluebear@new.rr.com	Orin/Orrin Valentine (1854-1936), son of Peter and Matilda (Smith) Valentine, m. Rosa (1858-1934), daughter of Charles and Pauline (Seekatz) Taylor. Five daughters, two died in infancy; May married Edward Frank Kistner; Emma married F. Ralph; Myrtle May, born 1892, died in 1921. Family lived in Clarksville mid-1890s, otherwise in Bremer and Black Hawk Counties. Email no longer works, Karen May 2017
VALENTINE, TAYLOR (2)	Greta Thompson	bluebear@new.rr.com	Lucian/Lucien Valentine (1863-1927), brother of Orrin (see above) m. (1) Celia Gleason (1858-1887), daughter Lola; (2) Anna M. Smith, ended in divorce and (3) Rose H. Taylor (1862), daughter of James R. and Hester (Cook) Taylor. Especially interested in info re Anna Smith.. Email no longer works, Karen May 2017
VAN HORN	Mary Lou Rogers	marylou@trvnet.net	Groningen Province, Netherlands > Iowa Sheffield, Franklin Co. > Parkersburg, Greene, Butler Co.
WELTNER	Tom Davenport	TDavenpo@hq.odedodea.edu	My gr-grandfather was the pastor in Vilmar for many years. Any info would be great. Email no longer works 10/2016
WHALEY	Shari	Rrsje@aol.com	Died at Aplington, 10-29-1911
WIGLE or WYGLE	Cheryl Hillard	hilliard@fmtcs.com	Moved to Butler Co. in 1856 from Union Co. OH
WYGLE, MATHER	Forrest Lindsey	lindsey@earthlink.net	Elizabeth Grace Wygle, dau of Robt I. & Louella Mather.
YAGER	Marjorie Yager Wendt	moonfire@dtgnet.com	Information to share on this family **Email no longer working!! KD 11 May 2017
YOST	Lisa (Holtquist) De La Cruz	Sweetpee31@aol.com	Jacob Yost, III immigrated to Iowa from Pennsylvania in June of 1853. He was married to Julia Crosby at that time. She died in Linn County, Iowa in 1853. In 1855 he married Sarah Ann Sparks in Tama County; she died in 1856 in Tama County, He then married Evaline Bethany Scott on Feb. 28th, 1857 in Madison Twp, Butler County, Iowa. He remained in Butler County till he died on Jun-24-1891.
YOUNG	Darrell Young	Young675@cs.com	1870 Eliza Young; Children, Benjamin Franklin & Horace Seaman. Aplington & Bristow area.
YOUNKER, FABEL, WEMPLE, KEMMERER	CR Troemel	Troerew@comcast.net	George, Jeremiah, Caroline and William F. Younker born 1820's to 1830's in Pennsylvania to Jonathan Younker and wife Elizabeth Fabel. Came from Susquehanna Co, PA to Butler Co, IA about 1854. Caroline married Kemmerer and William married a Wemple daughter.