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2024

New additions to Avenue of Flags 15 Nov
Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery - Joni K. Manske 28 Sep
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" Melcher, Edward and Melcher, Clara 27 Sep
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents"  McClintic Alexander 20 Sep
Asylum Cemetery 30 Aug
Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery - Connie L Gregory 19 Jul
Dr. Mark Ramey, Superintendent - Were They Insane 09 Jul
Addition to Church and School for Colored Persons, 1863/1865 09 Jul
Adam Arms - 1888 obituary
David Johnson - 1869 obituary
19 Jun
Early Residents of Mt. Pleasant 16 Jun
Church and School for Colored Persons, 1863 15 Jun
References and Resources page has been updated! 20 May
Our Local Editor Takes a Walk. January 1895 25 Apr
Our Local Editor Takes a Walk. December 1894 22 Apr
Free Territory Meeting, 1854 22 Apr
First M.E. Church, Members and Probationers 1895 17 Apr
Woman's Suffrage Convention, June 1870 13 Apr
Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Minutes 1858, 1858-1859, 1860 15 Mar
Arson at King's Hardware Store - 1930 10 Mar
Bystander Notes June 1923 10 Mar
Howe's Academy Boulder Dedication 03 Mar
J.H. JERICHO & CO.  Drugs, Wall Paper, Paints, Glass, Soda Fountain. 26 Feb
Mt Pleasant - 1865 26 Feb
1993 Mt Pleasant Businesses Updates 26 Feb
Mt Pleasant Business Men, 1876 25 Feb
Rescue Unit 24 Feb
1860 Federal Census, Baltimore Township - this completes the 1860 Federal Census for Henry County 17 Feb
Updated Trinity Cemetery 27 Feb
1860 Federal Census, Wayne Township 09 Feb
1860 Federal Census, Scott Township 03 Feb
Henry County Railroad Depots 02 Feb
1860 Federal Census, Jackson Township 29 Jan
Salem (Iowa) News Items Parts 2 & 3 28 Jan
Christian Science, Mt. Pleasant 21 Jan
1860 Federal Census, New London Township 20 Jan
1860 Federal Census, Salem Township Resumed 07 Jan
1860 Federal Census, Salem (city of), Salem Township 03 Jan
Excerpt from: A Sketch of the Life of James O. Vanorsdol 02 Jan
2023
1860 Federal Census, Salem Township 29 Dec
1860 Federal Census, Trenton Township 27 Dec
Postcard additions:
Mt Pleasant Iowa~Saunders Park Fountain Scene~PM 1931
Mt Pleasant Iowa~High School
Mt Pleasant Iowa~Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers~Parade
Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers Mt Pleasant Iowa - Trolley
thank you David Shedlock!
22 Dec
1860 Federal Census, Center Township 19 Dec
Salem (Iowa) News Items 13 Nov
New additions to Avenue of Flags 06 Nov
First 100 Deeds of Henry County 05 Oct

"Wills and Estates", December 16th 1837 - September 21st 1843

04 Oct
Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery 04 Oct
Henry Co. Mutual Ins. List of Losses, 1910-1911 26 Aug
1893 Mt. Pleasant City Directory - Businesses 14 Aug
Organizing a Troupe - Minstrel Company 11 Aug
Mount Pleasant City Directory, 1938 28 Jul
Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame  History and Inductees from Henry County, Iowa 06 Jul
Obituary of Mary (Allen) Burnett - 1844-1922 13 Jun
Ora May Wells (Walls), Juvenile Letter - 1905 09 Jun
Rachel Kellum remembers Nathan Kellum   Conducting the Underground Railroad 03 Jun
First M.E. Church, Mt. Pleasant, Ladies Societies 1915-1916 08 May
History of Center Chapel M.E. Church 20 Apr
New additions to Avenue of Flags 20 Apr
Runaway or Stolen, 1838, $200 Reward 11 Apr
Joe Johnson Escape 11 Apr
We passed the IAGenWeb Spring Review! Yay! 09 Apr
The Salem Affair, 1848 04 Apr
History of the Winfield Methodist Church 1849-1949 02 Apr
New Section! Recipes 14 Mar
Oakland Mills Cemetery - largely updated! 06 Mar
History of First Finley Methodist Church - updated with membership list. 03 Mar 
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church - Funerals 30 Jan
Oakland Mills Cemetery indexed 19 Jan
Sheridan Cemetery indexed 07 Jan
2022
Bystander Notes: Notes regarding Rev. Henry Clay Dean 14 Nov
Baltimore Township History 13 Nov
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 6 11 Nov
History of Mount Pleasant Academy, 1967 11 Nov
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 5 07 Nov
Mills Along Big Creek 07 Nov
Updates to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery 04 Nov
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 4 26 Oct
Martin Family Photos contributed by Josh Meredith 26 Oct
Union School 1913-1914 Photo 26 Oct
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 3 21 Oct
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 2 21 Oct
Fall Reviews Complete - Henry passed! 20 Oct
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 1 14 Oct
New additions to Avenue of Flags 10 Oct
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - James M. Nickell, William Hobson, William Nichols 07 Oct
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Paton Wilson 26 Sep
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - James McNair 14 Sep
North Wayne Cemetery indexed 14 Aug
Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery 07 Jul
Update to Politicians Born and/or Died in Henry County - Carolyn Campbell Pendray 06 Jul
Mt. Pleasant's Samuel Luke Howe and the Underground Railroad 02 Jul
Reform in the Society of Friends 02 Jul
Were They African-American? Louisiana Resource Links 30 Jun
New Offsite Link: US African American Griots 28 Jun
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - N, O, PQ 07 Jun
Korean War Casualty Everett D Schenk 07 Jun
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - L 29 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - M 28 May
Updates to Politicians Born and/or Died in Henry County - Joshua G. Newbold, William S. Allen, John W. Blackford,
Greg Heartsill, Winfield S. Withrow
24 May

Politicians Born and/or Died in Henry County

21 May

Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Dallas County, Iowa

13 May
New additions to Avenue of Flags 06 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - H, J, K, Mc, MT 03 May

Births 1909 - 1921  ABC     DEFG     HIJ     KLM     NOPR     ST     U-Z

27 Apr
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - I 4 Apr
Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends index - with 7 new documents 29 Mar
Iowa Wesleyan's First African American Student - Thomas E,. Dortch 28 Mar
Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment 28 Mar
Additional articles added to: Freedmen's Aid Commission and Officers, 1864 28 Mar
Prairie Grove Quarterly Meeting - 1866 24 Mar
Underground Railroad Convention, 1875 24 Mar
Names from May 20th 1875 article  "Under Ground Rail Road Convention" 23 Mar
The Blue Book of Optometrists and Opticians - 1914, 1921, 1922 22 Mar
Salem Friends Burying Ground and the Anti-Slavery Burying Ground 19 Mar
Salem South Cemetery aka Old Quaker 19 Mar
Daggs Run-a-way Slaves 17 Mar
Gibson House 15 Mar
Beehive 15 Mar
Mt. Pleasant Matchbook Covers 14 Mar
Lindsey Coppock's Mill 13 Mar
Peter Collin's Underground Railroad House 13 Mar
Chart of Runaways 11 Mar
Our New Citizens, 1868 11 Mar
Josiah White and His White's Iowa Manual Labor Institute 11 Mar
 Josiah White Family 11 Mar
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - John Pencil 10 Mar
Underground Railroad Convention - 1875: May 6, 1875, May 13, 1875 08 Mar
Mount Pleasant in 1843 26 Feb
Ebenezer Dortch - 1896 obituary 25 Feb
Freedmen's Aid Commission and Officers, 1864 25 Feb
First Vote, 1869 24 Feb
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Mahlon Wilkinson 15 Jan
Colored Jubilee, 1879 14 Jan

2021

Henry County's Men of Color: Rising to the Cause 29 Dec
Two new reference links: QuickSheets and First Name Abbreviations 23 Dec
Descendants of Top McLeran 17 Dec
Freedman's Relief Association, 1863 07 Dec
1867, A Word from Iowa - can be found on the Quaker Index and the African-American Index 22 Nov
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - G 20 Nov
Mariah Tall Mosley Sketch/Obituary 17 Nov
1981 Henry County Highlights 16 Nov
NEW Section! WERE THEY AFRICAN-AMERICAN 11 Nov
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - E and F 09 Nov
History of Public Library, 1928 06 Nov
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory -D 28 Oct
Examination Room No. 5, Union School, 1866 25 Oct
Passed Fall Review! 21 Oct
Updated Swedesburg Cemetery with gravestone photos on the GPP (Anderson surname) 18 Oct
1866 Mt. Pleasant School District History
Union Schools 1866
12 Oct
New Surname Addition - Black 07 Oct
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - George Weith 05 Oct
1876 Mt. Pleasant School District History 04 Oct
New additions to Avenue of Flags 7 North, R41 - R52 03 Oct
Emigration of the Heater Brothers, Benjamin, Lorenzo Dow and Solomon. 02 Oct
New Lookup resource: "Record of the Insane, Admitted to the Muscatine County Home/County Farm" - Were They Insane 27 Sep
25th Iowa Infantry - Camp McKean 26 Sep
New link added for researching newspapers! http://seiowa.advantage-preservation.com/ 06 Sep
Henry County Courthouse postcard - thank you David Shedlock 07 Jul
Iowa Wesleyan College Attendees, 1880 - 1924 03 Jul
Iowa Wesleyan College Attendees, 1854-1879 03 Jul
1870 Rural Schools, Churches, Post Offices 30 May
Old City Cemetery Index and Cemetery Map 20 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - C 17 May
New additions to Avenue of Flags 13 May
Ghost at the Old Mill - The Bystander Notes 04 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - B 03 May
Frog Pond School 01 May

Western Wheeled Scraper Company and Patent

28 Apr
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - A 12 Apr
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Numerical Street Guide, Householders Directory 28 Mar
Highlights and Headlines of 1981 18 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Completed! Thank you Alayna Vantiger! Bios added:  Ristine, Leonard Paul; Rochefort, George B.; Rogers, Charles Sumner; Rogers, Mrs. Helen Firebaugh; Rogers, Mrs. Lillian O.; Rogers, Warren Kendig; Roth, Franklin; Roth, Jacob; Roth, Melvin G.; Russell, Elmer D.; Russell, Warner A.; Sampson, James Francis; Sasnett, Joseph Randolph; Savage, William Charles; Schuerman, Gilbert Henry; Schuerman, Lester D.; Schutz, Ralph; Seeley, Benjamin Eli; Shook, Hempstead L.; Simkin, William Walter; Smith, Edward Newton; Stephenson, Edmund A. 14 Mar
McCoid, John Calvin; McCoid, Paul Hulme; McLeran, Harold Frederick; McMillan, Thomas Woodworth; Mann, Katherine; Maxwell, Enid Jacob; Mehler, Frank R.; Minear, A. Bruce; Moxley, John William; Munger, Milo William; Murray, Mark; Myers, John Erwin; Nelson, Kenneth W.; Niles, Stanley B.; O'Connor, Paul C.; Parsons, William H.; Patterson, A. Marvin 11 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Sternberg, Walter Albert; Storie, David Q. III; Traut, Henry Tyner; Tribby, Mrs. Irma A.; Van Allen, George O.; Van Ausdall, Garrett M.; Vance, Clifford M.; Walker, Mrs. Alice P.; Walter, Francis William; Walters, William S.; Weir, James Russell; Weis, LeRoy Louis; Wenger, Allen C.; Wenger, Jacob G.; Wessel, E. E.; Wilmeth, George Fox; Wilson, Jay M.; Wilson, Otto True; Zerbe, Daniel John 10 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Laird, John W.; Lauger, John A.; Lindly, Mrs. Claudia Yewell; Lindly, John Milton; Lines, Edgar; Lynn, Jeanetta Mary; McCabe, Thomas J.; McClure, Martha; McCoid, Eugene Calvin 08 Mar
1952 State Historical Society of Iowa Membership List 01 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Haberman, Melvin J.; Hartley, Byron D.; Hartley, Edgar C.; Hayes, Columbus Ferrell; Hayes, Ernest A.; Henss, Lester C.; Hileman, James Newton; Hilmer, Elmer Wayne; Hoaglin, William M.; Hollingsworth, Arthur Burton; Hulme, Howard H.; Hurley, Patrick; Ingrim, Mrs. Leanna; Jackman, Charles; Jeambey, Edward L.; Jericho, John H.; Jerrel, C. O.; Johnson, William H.; King, George Edward; King, Harry Gaylispie; Klum, Frank G.; Knight, Delbert Dale; Kopp, Mrs. Clara B.; Kopp, John F. 01 Mar
1950 State Historical Society of Iowa Membership List 28 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Gaffney, Miles Terence; Galer, Benjamin Anderson; Galer, Mrs. Laura Bowman; Galer, Roger S.; Garretson, Sumner Dilts; Geeseka, Otto A.; Giddens, Jackson; Gingerich, Simon; Grau, E. Mae; Gray, J. V. 28 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Davis, Harold John; Dennis, George Reeder; Dickson, Marion L.; Dyall, Mrs. Martha Thomas; Edgar, Joe W.; Edwards, Frank Milo; Eigsti, Emery I.; Fitzpatrick, John J.; Foss, Rolla Walter; Foster, Harlan C. 25 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Bergh, Sam; Brown, David Walter; Brown, John P.; Brown, Wayne Benjamin; Budde, John Paul; Campbell, John Palmer; Carden, Carl Willard; Carden, William; Coles, Frank V.; Cookes, Dan L.; Cornick, Parke F.; Cottrell, Clarence Arthur; Crane, Ralph K.; Crawford, James Madison; Cruikshank, Charles W. 23 Feb
County Post Offices 20 Feb
1859 Henry County Map 10 Feb
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - A.G. Riley 07 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Abraham, Frank P.; Arthaud, Glenn R.; Barquist, Malvin R.; Barton, Max Lawrence; Baxter, Samuel G.; Beath, Len Ray; Beattie George R.; Beery, Floyd Raines; Bellamy, Gaylord G.; Bergdahl, Karl August 01 Feb
Medical Education in Iowa - Iowa Wesleyan College 22 Jan
Henry County Medical Association, 1875 22 Jan
New bio and photo added to Andrew W. McClure 22 Jan
2020
Proves to be Meer Man newspaper article, 1917 31 Dec
Updates to Asbury Cemetery 16 Dec
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Laura P. Clifton, Benjamin Matthews, Martha Forster, Simeon H. Brown, Wallace W. White, John L. Waitman, Isaac Vorheis, John M. Armstrong, J.J. Seiss, Thomas Brown, Jacob Conklin, Nancy J. Jackson, Harriet Abbe, Robert T. Hale, Alson G. Frazer, John Wheatley, Martha Johnson, John Milleson 07 Dec
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Margaret Rainey, Leonidas L. Hamline, George Moore, Thomas Ramsey, Augustine C. Parks, James W. Woodmansee, Robert Henderson, Maria Strange, Archibald McDonald 30 Nov
Henry County Heritage Trust has a web site! Added to the Resources Page 25 Nov
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Sarah C. Ward, James Monroe, Nels N. Norman, Margaret Montgomery, Charles Stull, Mary McNair 24 Nov
Last Rural Eighth Grade Program Held, 1959 23 Nov
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - William Hardin, James M. Ross, Seth Macy, Susanah Leeper, Courtland W. Clark, William Logsdon,  James L Gillis, Luke Yakle 20 Nov
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Sarah Bower, William N. White, George H. Chrisinger, Elizabeth W. Farlow, John Leedham, William D. Albaugh 16 Nov
Colfax School #8, Canaan Township History 14 Nov
New additions to Avenue of Flags 26 Oct
School Closed Because of Influenza, Salem Twp 26 Oct
History of Hickory Grove School, Marion Township 20 Sep
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - James Mael, Sarah Meredith Aug
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Peter Perine, Sen., Catherine Perine, Peter Perine, Esley Rugg, James W. Bird, Peninah Huggins, John Allender July
1865 Iowa State Census Population 01 Jul
New additions to Avenue of Flags 24 May
1895 Iowa State Census - Iowa Hospital for the Insane, Mt Pleasant, Ward IV, Center Township 10 May
1895 Iowa State Census -Wayne Township 09 May
1895 Iowa State Census - Trenton Township 05 May
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Cummins Brown, James Martin 01 May
1895 Iowa State Census - Tippecanoe Township 01 May
"Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" index page - new Lookup Source 30 Apr
1895 Iowa State Census - Winfield (town of) 25 Apr
Letters received by Charles Willits, Henry County, from his brother Job E. Willits of New Boston, Illinois. 19 Apr
1895 Iowa State Census - Scott Township 06 Apr
1918-1919 Business Directory
1918-1919 County Officers, Banks & Officers, Post Offices
05 Apr
1895 Iowa State Census - Salem (town of) 31 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Salem Township 28 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Rome 21 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - New London (town of) 19 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - New London Township 15 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Marion Township 11 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Wayland 07 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Jefferson Township 06 Mar
Barton-Bethel Cemetery 02 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Jackson Township 29 Feb
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward IV 25 Feb
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward III 21 Feb
Abstracts of Civil War Widows Pension Files: Mary Jane McKee  and  Celinda Moore 10 Feb
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward II  07 Feb
Winfield United Presbyterian Church -
Charter Members 1865    Membership 1865-1920    Elders 1865-1925   Infant Baptisms, 1880-1910     Church Funerals, 1901-1941
04 Feb
1911-1912 Directory addition of Mt. Pleasant 01 Feb
Addition to Black Hawk War Veterans - Ephraim Kilpatrick 31 Jan
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward I  Pages 1-25   26-49 30 Jan
1907 Henry County Postal Service Employees 28 Jan
1895 Iowa State Census - Center Township 22 Jan
Births and Deaths from Cedar Creek Monthly Meetings, 1840-1919 15 Jan
 "Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997." 14 Jan
1895 Iowa State Census - Canaan Township 14 Jan
Bystander's Notes: Saunders Grove Improvements, 1915 14 Jan
2019
1895 Iowa State Census - Baltimore Township, Henry County 30 Dec
David Shedlock Postcard Collection for Henry County 18 Dec
Church of the Open Bible 24 Nov
Henry County Post Offices and Post Masters, 1887 23 Nov 
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church - History     Confirmations 22 Nov
Seventh Day Advent Church Dedication 13 Nov
Remodeled [Asbury] M.E. Church 11 Nov
1917 Patron's Reference Directory of Henry County 11 Nov
Mt. Pleasant History, 1870 08 Nov
1870 Mt. Pleasant City Directory 08 Nov
Medical and Surgical Directory, 1876 05 Nov
Brazelton Hotel Photo contributed by Alison Karrer 28 Oct
"Shrewd Duck" Letter 12 Sep
Sketches of Henry Co History by Olive Cole Smith 05 Sep
The Old Log Cabin - [6 inch x 8 inch] 4 page leaflet, dated August 17, 1889 04 Sep
Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Minutes - 1851, 1863-1883 06 Sep
1918 Rural Teachers 04 Sep
Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Minutes - 1857 26 Aug
GAR Mort Hobart Post #280 22 Aug
Update to the Civil War Soldiers Buried in Henry County - Jonathan Slaughter Bereman 19 Aug
McLeran Music Store, Mt Pleasant 04 Aug
Daily Reporter, 1879 - Volume III, No. 23 29 Jul
Revolutionary Pensioners from the 1840 Federal Census 16 Jul
Cholera in Henry County, 1951 01 Jul
Bob Tribby Post of the American Legion 07 Jun
Iowa Wesleyan College Class Lists 1884-1905 04 May
The 1925 State Census is now Complete with the final addition of Winfield, Scott Township 13 Jan
Bystander Notes: Van Allen Tract, 1934 13 Jan
1925 State Census - Wayne Township 05 Jan