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| November 15, 2024 - See BIRTH RECORDS for REGISTER OF BIRTHS 1901 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 7, 2024 - See BIRTH RECORDS for REGISTER OF BIRTHS 1899 and 1900 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 1, 2024 - See BIRTH RECORDS for REGISTER OF BIRTHS 1898 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 10, 2024 - See BIRTH RECORDS for REGISTER OF BIRTHS APRIL 1880 - DECEMBER 1882 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary May 7, 2024 - See DEATH RECORDS for STILLBIRTHS 1921 - 1929 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 14, 2024 - See ORGANIZATIONS for REGISTER OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS Book One 1886-1950 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary February 17, 2024 - See DIVORCE RECORDS INDEX for CEDAR COUNTY COURT RECORDS OF DIVORCES, 1923 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 25, 2024 - See CEDAR COUNTY IOWA RAILROAD DEPOT PHOTOGRAPHS ~ Submitted by Timothy Adams January 3, 2024 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2023 HENDERSON-BARKER FUNERAL HOME ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 3, 2024 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2023 BENTLEY FUNERAL HOMES INC. CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME FRY FUNERAL HOME INC. ~ Submitted by Mary M. Elizabeth December 15, 2023 - See DIVORCE RECORDS INDEX for CEDAR COUNTY COURT RECORDS OF DIVORCES, 1937 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary November 13, 2023 - See NATURALIZATION RECORDS INDEX for PETITIONS FOR U. S. CITZENSHIP, 1870-1906 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 13, 2023 - See DIVORCE RECORDS INDEX for CEDAR COUNTY COURT RECORDS OF DIVORCES, 1927 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary August 1, 2023 - See HISTORY INDEX for CLARENCE SESQUICENTENNIAL 1859-2009 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 19, 2023 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for TOWN GOSSIP 1900-1906 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary June 16, 2023 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for THE LONG WAIT IS OVER, EILERS' DEATH 'OFFICIAL', 1978 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah May 12, 2023 - See HISTORY INDEX for CLARENCE , IOWA WELCOMES YOU TO OUR QUASQUICENTENNIAL, 1859-1984 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah May 1, 2023 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for OPENING OF TIPTON HOTEL IN 1895 May Have Been Tipton’s Biggest Social Event SUNBURY LOSES POST OFFICE BUSINESS; CLAIM SURVEY 'RIGGED' ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 27, 2023 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for CEDAR COUNTY FARMERS DIRECTORY, 1878 ~ Submitted by Cedar Co. Volunteer January 23, 2023 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2022 BENTLEY FUNERAL HOMES INC. CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME FRY FUNERAL HOME INC. ~ Submitted by Mary M. Elizabeth January 7, 2023 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2022 HENDERSON-BARKER FUNERAL HOME ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary December 1, 2022 - See NEWSPAPER NOTICES for WEST BRANCH LOCAL RECORD, DEATHS REPORTED FOR 1885 ~ Submitted by Cedar Co. Volunteer October 13, 2022 - See FAMILY STORIES for JAMES SAFLEY (1812-1880) ~ Submitted by Dr. Kenneth D. Tyler August 26, 2022 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for R. L. POLK & CO.'S IOWA STATE GAZETTEER - 1912-1913 DIRECTORY FOR CEDAR COUNTY ~ Submitted by Sheryl July 22, 2022 - See ORGANIZATIONS for OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION of CEDAR COUNTY, ANNUAL REPORT OF OBITUARIES 1931, 1932 and 1933 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 22, 2022 - See ORGANIZATIONS for OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION of CEDAR COUNTY, ANNUAL REPORT OF OBITUARIES 1928, 1929 and 1930 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 1, 2022 - See MILITARY RECORDS for IOWA VETERANS CEMETERY - CEDAR COUNTY LISTING ~ Submitted by Conni McDaniel Hall March 7, 2022 - See FAMILY STORIES for CALLIE MAE BUMGARNER IS NAMED TOMATO QUEEN, 1930 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary February 14, 2022 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2021 HENDERSON-BARKER FUNERAL HOME ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 5, 2022 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2021 CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME ~ Submitted by Mary Elizabeth January 2, 2022 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2021 FRY FUNERAL HOME INC. BENTLEY FUNERAL HOMES INC. ~ Submitted by Mary Elizabeth December 5, 2021 - See HISTORY INDEX for BEYOND A CENTURY, A History Of the Years 1957-1982, Lowden, Iowa Project completed; Pages 75 thru 152 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah December 2, 2021 - See HISTORY INDEX for BEYOND A CENTURY, A History Of the Years 1957-1982, Lowden, Iowa ADVERTISEMENTS ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary ovember 25, 2021 - See HISTORY INDEX for BEYOND A CENTURY, A History Of the Years 1957-1982, Lowden, Iowa Work in Progress; Pages 1 thru 75 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah October 8, 2021 - See MILITARY for newspaper article: 50 YEARS AGO - 189 DRAFTEES LEFT CEDAR COUNTY; Dinner, Speeches, Dance, 2000 See Them Off, 1918 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 10, 2021 - See ORGANIZATIONS for OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION of CEDAR COUNTY, ANNUAL REPORT OF OBITUARIES 1925, 1926 and 1927 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 6, 2021 - See ORGANIZATIONS for OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION of CEDAR COUNTY, ANNUAL REPORT OF OBITUARIES 1922, 1923 and 1924 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary Aug. 18, 2021 - See ORGANIZATIONS for OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION of CEDAR COUNTY, ANNUAL REPORT OF OBITUARIES 1917 and 1918 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah 1919, 1920 & 1921 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 4, 2021 - See DIVORCE RECORDS INDEX for CEDAR COUNTY COURT RECORDS OF DIVORCES, 1936 ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts May 19, 2021 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for HUEBINGER'S MAP AND GUIDE FOR RIVER TO RIVER ROAD, 1910 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah, Conni McDaniel Hall and Lynn McCleary May 11, 2021 - See BIRTH RECORDS INDEX for 1909 THRU JUNE 1921 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary May 3, 2021 - See FAMILY STORIES for FAMILY OF LEROY DUANE MELTON ~ Submitted by Deborah Newton and Cindy Booth Maher March 27, 2021 - See CENSUS for 1850 CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULE ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 11, 2021 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for REVISED PRESENTATION OF MARRIAGES 1880-1915. Surnames of Bride and Groom are listed together in alphabetical order in the left column. ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 4, 2021 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1914 and 1915 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary February 15, 2021 See - CENSUS for IOWA POPULATION REPORT for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary February 10, 2021 See - MILITARY RECORDS for World War I Casualties of the State of Iowa, Soldiers of Cedar County ~ Submitted by Eric Driggs February 7, 2021 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1912 and 1913 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 28, 2021 - See SCHOOLS for LAST OF RURAL SCHOOLS, 1966 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 19, 2021 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1900 and 1901 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 5, 2021 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2020 CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME FRY FUNERAL HOME INC. ~ Submitted by Mary Elizabeth January 4, 2021 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summaries Updated to December 31, 2020 HENDERSON-BARKER FUNERAL HOME ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary BENTLEY FUNERAL HOMES INC. ~ Submitted by Mary Elizabeth December 27, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1896 and 1897 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary December 1, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1898 and 1899 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary November 12, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for REVISED PRESENTATION OF MARRIAGES 1841-1879. Surnames of Bride and Groom are listed together in alphabetical order in the left column. ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary November 8, 2020 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for ARTICLES ON TORNADO, APRIL 13, 1965 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah November 5, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1894 and 1895 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary October 2, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for CEDAR COUNTY POST OFFICE HISTORY CEDAR COUNTY POSTAL SERVICE IN 1863 and POSTAL SERVICE IN 1869 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 14, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for CEDAR COUNTY POST OFFICE HISTORY CEDAR COUNTY POSTAL SERVICE in 1879 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 7, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1880 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary August 18, 2020 - See HISTORY INDEX for CEDAR COUNTY INVENTORS 1929-2019 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary August 8, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1878 and 1879 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 20, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1877 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 10, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1876 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 5, 2020 - See CENSUSES for POPULATION DECENNIAL TABLE 1850 TO 2010 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary June 27, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1875 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary June 17, 2020 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1874 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary June 10, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for CEDAR COUNTY POSTAL SERVICE in 1899 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary May 18, 2020 - See CEMETERY INDEX for FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, SPRINGFIELD TWP. ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary May 5, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for Tri-County Farmers Institute Atlas, 1921 ADVERTISEMENTS OF LEADING CEDAR COUNTY BUSINESS HOUSES ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary April 25, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for Tri-County Farmers Institute Atlas, 1921 - WHAT THE FARM BUREAU MEANS TO CEDAR COUNTY ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary April 10, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for CEDAR COUNTY POSTAL SERVICE in 1889 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 28, 2020 - See 1901 ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OF CEDAR COUNTY for BENNETT, LOWDEN AND SUNBURY, IOWA and MECHANICSVILLE, STANWOOD AND CLARENCE, IOWA ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts WEST BRANCH, SPRINGDALE, AND CEDAR VALLEY CHAS. L. SCHIELE'S STOCK FARM, THE PRAIRIE BOVINE RANCH, FARMINGTON STOCK FARM ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 26, 2020 - See 1901 ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OF CEDAR COUNTY for WEST BRANCH ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary TIPTON AND VICINITY page 3 ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts March 23, 2020 - See ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA 1901 for LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OF CEDAR COUNTY FOR DURANT ~ * ~ STOCK FARMS ~ * ~ FOR TIPTON ~ * ~ TIPTON, page 2 ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts March 20, 2020 - See ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA 1901 for LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OF CEDAR COUNTY ROCK CREEK CREAMERY ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 16, 2020 - See ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA 1901 for DIRECTORY OF LEADING FARMERS OF CEDAR COUNTY ACCORDING TO TOWNSHIP ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts March 5, 2020 - See ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA 1901 for INDEX OF PORTRAITS OF COUNTY, CITY, TOWNSHIP, SCHOOL, OFFICERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS OF CEDAR COUNTY ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary February 18, 2020 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA 1901 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 22, 2020 - See POST CARDS TIPTON: Illinois Oil Company in Tipton & Tipton Public Library WEST BRANCH: Public School, West Branch 1960 & View of North Part West Branch ~ Submitted by David Shedlock January 8, 2019 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2019 CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME BENTLEY FUNERAL HOMES INC. FRY FUNERAL HOME INC. ~ Submitted by Mary Elizabeth January 6, 2019 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for HENDERSON-BARKER FUNERAL HOME Obituary Index Summary Updated to December 31, 2019 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 5, 2020 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Cold Wave Grips State: Murcury Hits 25 Below, Jan. 1936 Cedar County Still Grip of Cold Wave: - Coal Shortage Feared, Feb. 1936 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah December 26, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1870 & 1871 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary December 4, 2019 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for Tri-County Farmers Institute Atlas, 1921 - Covering parts of Scott, Muscatine and Cedar Counties, Iowa ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah November 16, 2019 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Rev. John Reichart, Pastor in Toils and Lowden Men Are Seized, 1917 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah November 2, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES for MICHAEL MAHER OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA - BRINGING HIS FAMILY HISTORY TO LIFE ~ Submitted by Cindy Booth Maher October 4, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1892 and 1893 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 19, 2019 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for ONCE PRODUCED TOP QUALITY LIME, STONE IN IOWA - History of Lime City ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 1, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1868 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary August 16, 2019 - Under LAND RECORDS & MAPS see 1916 ATLAS OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA for FARMERS DIRECTORY OF CENTER TOUWNSHIP ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary August 14, 2019 - See POST CARDS of MECHANICSVILLE for High School Building, post marked 1909 Sunset Motel U.S. 30, Mechanicsville ~ Submitted by David Shedlock July 31, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1867 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 21, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES for Was First Tipton Editor Same Man As Judge Who Freed Wyatt Earp? Records Show It Was Wells Spicer. ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 13, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1866 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary July 8, 2019 - EXCITING NEWS ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah The following newspapers may now be accessed, for FREE through https://clarence-lowden.advantage-preservation.com/ Lowden News 1902-1975; Clarence Sun 1884-1962; Sun News 1976-2000; Sun News and Advertiser 2001-2016; Northeastern Cedar County Post 1928-1932; Cedar County Post 1929-1935 Digitizing these newspapers has been a joint project of the Friends of the Clarence Library and the Lowden Historical Society. Grants were also received from Cedar County Foundation and Clarence Community Foundation, both which are part of the Quad Cities Foundation and the E.W. Sawyer Trust. June 30, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1862 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary June 17, 2019 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION for Marriages in 1861 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary June 1, 2019 - See CEMETERY INDEX for MASSILLON CEMETERY, MASSILLON TWP. UPDATED through 2018 ~ Submitted by Beverly Witmer May 25, 2019 - See LAND RECORDS & MAPS for CEDAR COUNTY POSTAL SERVICE in 1905 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary May 17, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES for John Ross One Of Few Veterans Of War Of 1812 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah May 14, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES for A Story on Andrew Crawford and Col. David W. Walton who settled in Cedar County in 1836 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah March 23, 2019 - See POST CARDS Table of Contents for West Branch ~ Submitted by David Shedlock March 19, 2019 - See POST CARDS Table of Contents It is growing! Now there are post cards for Clarence ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah Mechanicsville ~ Submitted by David Shedlock Tipton ~ Submitted by David Shedlock & Sharon Elijah People of Cedar County ~ Submitted by David Shedlock March 15, 2019 - See CEMETERY INDEX for CEDAR COUNTY HOME CEMETERY, CENTER TWP. ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary March 12, 2019 - See CEMETERY INDEX for SAWVER CEMETERY, CASS TWP. ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts March 1, 2019 - See POST CARDS for Scene of Main Street, Mechanicsville and Cedar Street North, Tipton ~ Submitted by David Shedlock C. J. Specht, Jr., Democratic Candidate for Cedar County Treasurer ~ Submitted by James “Jack” & Mary Ward Family February 14, 2019 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for EVANGELICAL & REFORMED CHURCH AT BENNETT DEDICATED SUNDAY, 1955 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah February 1, 2019 - See HISTORIES for ST. MARY'S CHURCH, MECHANICSVILLE, IOWA, A CENTURY OF SERVICE ~ Founded in 1872 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 28, 2019 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Twelve, 1940 to 1960 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb January 22, 2019 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Ten, 1876 to 1901 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb January 21, 2019 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Nine, 1907 to 1921 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb January 19, 2019 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Five, 1945 to 1950 and Book Seven 1873 to 1893 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb January 19, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES President-Elect Hoover Thanks Newt Butler For Gift Of Corn, 1929 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 19, 2019 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Right Here At Home, How Springdale Got Named ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 12, 2019 - See SCHOOLS for THE HISTORY OF MECHANICSVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 5, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES for Aunt Mercy Sailor Just Won't Grow Old, 1929 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah January 3, 2019 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summaries Updated to December 31, 2018 FRY FUNERAL HOME CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME BENTLEY FUNERAL HOMES, INC. ~ Submitted by Mary Elizabeth January 2, 2019 - See FAMILY STORIES for Earl Elijah, Master Farmer, 1929 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah December 29, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Four, 1928-1945 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb December 29, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Former Resident Writes of Herbert Hoover, 1928 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah December 27, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Hoover Returns Home, 1928 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah December 22, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Clippings from Nearby Papers, April 11, 1918 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah December 10, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Three, 1928-1950 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb December 10, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book One, 1876-1907 and Book Two, 1907-1917 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb November 19, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Anamosa Penitentiary Book Eight, 1921-1940 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb November 14, 2018 - Deb Benjo submitted over 270 GRAVESTONE PHOTOS from Mason-Wallick Cemetery in Linn Township! November 9, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for West Branch In The Early Seventies (1870's) West Branch Times, by Albert W. Jackson, 1926 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah November 3, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Rise of Dwight Oxley, 1926 West Branch Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, by Albert W. Jackson, 1926 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah November 2, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Five, 1943-1950 Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Eight, 1921-1940 Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Nine, 1907-1921 Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Twelve, 1943-1950 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb November 1, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Oldest Mason Raised in Iowa, Alonzo Shaw, Resident of Tipton Some Early Day People (Family of Mae Lulu Walker Hillyer) Forty-Fifth Anniversary of Hoover's Mother's Death (Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover) ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah October 12, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Brief Sketch of Aunt Sallie Cowgill, 1903 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah October 12, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for U. S. Marshall Arrests Five at Lowden, 1917 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah October 12, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Life Story of a Prominent Woman, Ella Wilkerson Johnson, 1921 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 22, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for History of West Branch by Priscilla Club Member, 1917 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 22, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for More Light on West Branch History, T.T. Barrington Family ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 16, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Four, 1929-1943 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb September 9, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Three, 1917-1928 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb September 9, 2018 - See CEMETERY INDEX for MASON CEMETERY (also known as Wallick Cemetery) ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts September 7, 2018 - See HISTORIES for Fifty Years of History, A Historical Sketch of Gower Township ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah September 1, 2018 - See CEMETERY INDEX for EVERGREEN (also known as Evergreen Hill & Gunsolus Cemetery) ~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts August 28, 2018 - See SCHOOLS for article on Old Springdale Schoolhouse Sold At Auction ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah August 28, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Old Pedee Church Is Torn Down, 1926 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah August 18, 2018 - See CEMETERY INDEX for ROSS CEMETERY also known as East Fork Cemetery ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary August 17, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Historic Land Mark (Stone Mill) Gone, 1927 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah August 14, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Fort Madison Penitentiary Book Two, 1907-1917 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb August 12, 2018 - See HISTORIES for RECORD OF CONVICTS FROM CEDAR COUNTY Fort Madison Penitentiary Book One, 1872-1907 ~ Submitted by Shirley Plumb August 9, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Famous Writer Sees Benefit in Bus Line Recently Started ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah August 2, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for A Story in the History of My Community Hoover family among the founders of the Quaker village of West Branch in Cedar county. ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 26, 2018 - See CEMETERY INDEX for RED OAK CEMETERY ~ Submitted by Beverly Witmer July 25, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Gin Seng Land $80,000 an Acre (Dick Witte) ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 19, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for O. J. Culver in Charge of Airplane Landing Field (Rochester) Herbert Hoover Highway ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 17, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Rochester Legend Still Persistent (Sarah Bernhardt) ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 15, 2018 - See HISTORIES for Early History Of the Settlement of Friends at Springdale, Iowa and their Meetings ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 10, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Commercial Club Dinner and Entertainment in Connection with Rock Ilsand (Railroad) 70th Anniversary ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah July 9, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Big Still is Captured at Rendering Plant, 1922 and $40,000 Verdict In Lowden Case, 1922 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 30, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Locusts Arrived On Schedule Time At Lowden, 1922 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 30, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Dual Drowning In Cedar River Saturday, 1921 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 27, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for First Supervisor Records in Excellent Condition ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 24, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for John Brown Marker Dedicated Tuesday Historical Spot Near Springdale Is Marked By Daughters Of the American Revolution County Home Visited, 1913 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 20, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for The Life of My Grandfather by Vesta Waters A Story in the History of My Community Cedar County’s Contribution To the Abolition of Slavery ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 17, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for An Old Settler's Story The old mail carrier’s story (George Albin) from the days of the coach to the night plane.~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 14, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for The Storm, 1894 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 4, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Compulsory T.B. Testing (on Cattle) Question Still Unsettled, 1931 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah June 4, 2018 - See SCHOOLS for newspaper article on Fierce Flames. West Branch Public School Building Reduced to Ashes, 1892 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah May 25, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Unknown Benefactor Makes Splendid Gift To (West Branch) Cemetery, 1931 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah Completes Road to Rural (South Bethel M.E.) Church, 1932 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary. May 18, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for Hoover Visits Iowa, West Branch Charters Special Train to Des Moines, 1932 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah May 10, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for J. H. Morton Has Gavel From Wood Of First Courthouse ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah May 10, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for West Branch Has New Fire Bell, 1911 ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah April 20, 2018 - Sharon Elijah has now brought us passed the 5,000 mark with obituaries posted on the CEDAR CO. OBITUARY BOARD What a treasure!!! April 6, 2018 - See FAMILY STORIES for Hoover Cradle Is Found ~ Submitted by Sharon Elijah
April 6, 2018 - See COMMUNITY NEWS ARTICLES for
February 22, 2018 - See HISTORIES for Cedar County Families Involved in the Underground Railroad
January 24, 2017 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary for
September 25, 2016 - See SCHOOLS for Newspaper Articles on January 5, 2016 - See SCHOOLS for
January 10, 2015 - See DEATH RECORDS for Updated with 1938 DEATH RECORDS ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary
December 29, 2014 - See CEMETERY INDEX for PEE DEE CEMETERY~ Submitted by Beverly Gerdts
November 16, 2014 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary for
September 15, 2014 - See SCHOOL INFORMATION for ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CLARENCE HIGH SCHOOL 1869-1969
March 9, 2014 - See DEATH RECORDS for Updated with 1937 DEATH RECORDS ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary.
January 7, 2014 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary for
March 25, 2013 - See DURANT CEMETERY RECORDS, FULTON TWP. Muscatine County Updated with CEMETERY PLAT MAP. ~ Compiled and submitted by Beverly Witmer March 25, 2013 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summaryof Henderson-Barker Funeral Home UPDATED to Decemeber 2012, submitted by Lynn McCleary March 21, 2013 - NEWSPAPER NOTICES TIPTON ADVOCATE DEATH NOTICES 1858-59 CEDAR DEMOCRAT DEATH NOTICES 1859-60 ~ Submitted by Tonja Winekauf March 16, 2013 - See MILITARY RECORDS for APPRECIATION PARK MEMORIAL WALL, West Branch, Springdale Township, Cedar County. Photos and transcription of names submitted by Lynn McCleary February 28, 2013 - NEWSPAPER NOTICES from the newspaper called CEDAR COUNTY NEWSLETTER, Rochester, Iowa: HISTORY OF THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS LETTER PAGES ON MICROFILM EXCERPTS ~ Submitted by Tonja Winekauf February 28, 2013 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summary of Chapman Funeral Home Obituary Index Summary UPDATED to Decemeber 2012, submitted by Mary M. Elizabeth February 19, 2013 - See SCHOOLS for AUCTION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTENTS, DURANT~ Submitted by Beverly Witmer February 4, 2013 - See FUNERAL HOMES OF CEDAR COUNTY for Obituary Index Summaries Fry Funeral Home Obituary Index Summary UPDATED to Decemeber 2012, submitted by Mary M. Elizabeth February 1, 2013 See NEWSPAPER NOTICES from the newspaper called CEDAR COUNTY NEWSLETTER, Rochester, Iowa: DEATH NOTICES 1852-1853 MARRIAGE & DISSOLUTIONS OF MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS 1853 LISTING OF LETTERS 1852-1853 ~ Submitted by Tonja Winekauf January 21, 2013 See MARRIAGE INFORMATION Index of Marriages for 1902~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary January 12, 2013 - See CEMETERY INDEX for SAINT MARYS CEMETERY, CENTER TOWNSHIP . Information includes data base and over 580 photos of gravestones submitted to the Iowa Grave Stone Photo Project. Submitted by Lynn McCleary and Ron Dunnahoo November 23, 2012 - See CEMETERY INDEX for HEALY CEMETERY Updated With 170 photos submitted to Iowa Grave Stone Photo Project by Lynn & Bob McCleary October 12, 2012 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION Index of Marriages for 1909, 1910 and 1911 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary October 7, 2012 - See MARRIAGE INFORMATION Index of Marriages for 1907 and 1908 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary September 9, 2012 - See CENSUSES for FEDERAL CENSUS 1880 MORTALITY SCHEDULE FOR CEDAR COUNTY This is a report of deaths from June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880 ~ Submitted by Lynn McCleary & Tom Myles September 6, 2012 - The town of Durant is in Farmington Twp., Cedar County. However their cemetery is located just across the county line in Muscatine County. See CEMETERY INDEX for DURANT CEMETERY RECORDS, FULTON TWP., MUSCATINE COUNTY Updated With Over 2,800 Photos submitted to Iowa Grave Stone Project by Gloria Irwin. July 26, 2012 - See CEMETERY INDEX for HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY also known as Scattergood or Friends Cemetery ~ Submitted by Linda Stoddard & Lynn McCleary July 22, 2012 - See CEMETERY INDEX for HONEY GROVE CEMETERY ~ Submitted by Linda Stoddard
July 21, 2012 - See CEMETERY INDEX for HOWARD CEMETERY ~ Submitted by Linda Stoddard
June 19, 2011 - See CEMETERY INDEX for documentation of ROCHESTER CEMETERY.
See Histories of Cedar County for
1878 CEDAR CO. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHIES INDEX ~ COMPLETED!!
See LAND RECORDS for 1916 CEDAR COUNTY ATLAS, FARMER DIRECTORIES ~ COMPLETED!!
February 1, 2011 - DIVORCE RECORDS 1834-1895
Many obituaries and gravestone photos have been added since Jan. 1, 2010 |