History of Taylor County, Iowa 1881
by Lyman Evans

All of the 1881 History should now be on the site. Most of it was typed by Linda Kestner: lfkestner3@msn.com and she deserves MANY THANKS for a job well done.
History
First Land Entries
History of Dallas township
History of Bedford township
History of Benton township
History of Buchanan [Siam]
History of Clayton township
History of Conway
History of Gay twp history
History of Grant township

History of Grove township

History of Holt township
History of Jackson township
History of Jefferson township
History of Marshall township
History of Mason township
History of Nodaway township
History of Platte township
History of Ross township
History of Washington township
History of Lenox
History of Polk township
Indians Affairs
Taylor County : organization
Taylor County Courthouse
Taylor County Jail
Taylor County Judges
Taylor County Poor Farm
The Rocky Mountain Locusts
Township Boundaries



Biographicals

Abbott, I.W., page 676
Adams, W.H., page 807
Akers, B.F., page 808
Akers, Richard T., page 808
Algeo, J.I., page 808
Allen, Andrew M., page 695
Allen, Hon. N.J., page 772
Allen, John, page 719
Alter, Isaac W., page 740
Anderson, B.C., page 724
Andrews, J.W., page 801
Arbuckle, Celia J., page 763
Asher, James B., page 801
Atkinson, Sarah P., page 801
Babson, J.E., page 724
Bacon, David T., page 695-696
Bailie, D., page 801
Bailie, Joseph B., page 796
Barnes, D.E., page 802
Barnes, John W., page 773
Barnett, George, page 809
Barnum, J.Q., page 719
Baxter, John, page 773-774
Beach, Geo., page 696
Beadle, E.N., page 774
Beadle, P.G., page 774
Beal, B.J., page 666
Beamer, Isaac M., page 682
Bean, J.N., page 635
Beard, H.C., page 802
Beauchamp, Enoch, page 802
Beemer, Judson, page 707
Bellus, Dr G.W., page 725
Besco, J.E., page 683
Blakely, Rev J.L., page 809
Blakemore, Frank, page 725
Bosisto, Rev Reuben, page 708
Boyd, John S., page 740
Boyden, W.H., page 696
Bramble, James, page 676
Brandt, Claus, page 696
Bratton, Geo. L., page 774
Brewer, J.M., page 740
Briggs, Geo. W., page 683
Bristow, Samuel P., page 665
Brooks, Capt L.S., page 774
Brooks, Charles A., page 776
Brower, D.M., page 690
Brown, H.S., page 636
Buchanan, Dr H.M., page 689-690
Buchanan, J.A., page 754
Burge, W.D., page 809
Burnett, R.B., page 776
Burnside, George, page 763
Burrell, Washington, page 697
Cade, Henry, page 697
Cadwallader, Dr J.M., page 796
Cahill, J.W., page 776
Calhoun, Alex., page 671-672
Campbell, Enoch, page 726
Caplinger, William, page 777
Carpenter, E.D., page 810
Carson, Thomas, page 797
Carter, J.T. and W.M., page 697-698
Chandler, B.F., page 810
Chappell, William C., page 708
Chavasse, J.H., page 720
Chenowith, J.F., page 777
Childs, H.A., page 778
Chipman, Virgil, page 726
Churchill, Samuel D., page 811
Clayton, D.E., page 797
Cobb, J.M., page 666
Cobb, Rev William, page 666
Cole, W.H., page 672
Colgrove, W.H., page 698
Combs, Capt J.W., page 637
Combs, J.T., page 763-764
Combs, Lafe, page 638
Connett, A.H., page 637
Connett, Capt M.C., page 636
Coplain, William, page 764
Coulthard, H., page 708
Craig, William, page 677
Crowell, T.H., page 709
Crum, W.E., page 638
Daily, Joseph T., page 727
Daniels, J.P., page 741
Daniels, Thomas W., page 741-742
Davis, G.W., page 698
Davis, Levi, page 764
Davis, Rev Aaron, page 683-684
Davis, T.J., page 709
Dean, G.W., page 690
DeLong, G.E., page 639
Dennis, W.T., page 709
DeTar, Rev. J.D., page 778
Dockstader, K., page 742
Dodge, Joseph, page 727
Dougherty, A.N., page 667
Duncan, A., page 677-678
Dunkin, R.H., page 710
Dunlavy, Levi, page 639
Dunn, D.M., page 742
Dunn, John A., page 812
Dunning, O.M., page 667
Durfey, J.S., page 803
Eells, N.E., page 710
Elliott, James H., page 813
Elliott, James, page 812
Ellis, W.C., page 743
Emery, C., page 691
Emmett, H.I., page 691
Estle, W.B., page 711
Evans, Jesse J., page 641
Evans, Lyman, page 639-640
Evans, Rev John, page 640
Evans, W.F., page 640
Fairbanks, L.W., page 667
Farlow, Wm. N., page 642
Fawcett, Rev T.L., page 691-692
Fender, Isaac, page 727
Fine, A.C., page 798
Fine, Jno. M., page 798
Fine, Peter, page 797-798
Flemming, Eleazer, page 813
Flick, Capt John, page 728
Flick, Hon. J.P., page 641-642
Flick, W.H., page 727-728
Fluke, J.F., page 728
Ford, David F., page 729
Fordyce, A.B., page 729
Forman, W., page 778
Franklin, Joel M., page 779
Franklin, L., page 642
Franklin, W.S., page 684
Freeman, S.C., page 813
Freemyer, J.R., page 729
Fuller, N.R., page 765
Fulton, S.A., page 730
Gant, Samuel, page 754-756
Garner, J.C., page 754
Garrison, Geo., page 692
Garrow, Geo., page 684
Gartrell, D.B., page 814
Gartside, Benj. W., page 720
Gartside, Jas., page 720
Gates, E.L., page 711
Geabhart, J.H., page 743
Giles, J.L., page 644
Gill, A., page 711
Gillmore, D.H., page 765
Ginn, W.E., page 685
Glendenning, W.P., page 730
Golliday, Alfred M., page 646
Golliday, Rev U.P., page 779-780
Goodsill, M.C., page 743
Goodsill, N., page 644
Gordon, William, page 698
Gray, I.W., page 711
Gray, John, page 814
Green, Capt J.T., page 642-644
Green, G.W., page 692
Green, Warren, page 699
Greenlee, H.U., page 646
Greeson, D.M., page 803
Griffith, David, page 672
Grisinger, J.W., page 699-700
Guss, William, page 765-766
Guthrie, Dr J.W., page 645
Hall, W., page 756
Hamblin, D.W., page 814
Hamill, J., page 712
Hamilton, D.H., page 803
Hankins, D.G., page 731
Hanks, William, page 815
Hanshaw, Rev. J.W., page 756
Harbison, A.J., page 720
Hargadin, John, page 815-816
Harrel, J.M., page 744
Harris, J.L., page 816
Hart, J.L., page 780
Harvey, R.W., page 685
Haskins, G.B., page 693
Haynes, J.M., page 780
Heller, J., page 766
Henry, A.A., page 700
Henry, Andrew, page 700
Hess, C.C., page 672
Hewit, J.B., page 780
Hickenlooper, S.B., page 686
Hicks, James A., page 678
Hillyer, Hon. L.W., page 686
Hogan, T.W., page 712
Holbrook, W.A., page 781
Hollingsworth, E.P., page 731
Hoover, D., page 721
Hoover, O., page 721
Hornaday, Hon. N.S., page 781
Houck, A.S., page 647
Houck, Edwin, page 647
Houck, William M., page 700
Howard, H.M., page 744
Howe, Geo. W., page 781-782
Hudson, Dr J.A., page 782
Humphery, J.H., page 782
Huston, J.E., page 648
Jackson, John, page 712
Jamison, S.R., page 678
Jarvis, William H., page 731
Jeffers, Dennis, page 798
Jeffrey, W.P, page 649
Johnson, Nathan, page 816
Johnson, H.H., page 713
Johnson, Joe C., page 783
Johnson, Samuel, page 700
Johnston, J.T., page 668
Jolley, Col. J.H., page 745
Jolley, S.H., page 731-732
Jones, J.H., page 693
Jones, T.D., page 804
Jop, Chas. L., page 783
Keesland, Jacob, page 817
Keiffer, G.W., page 673
Kelley, R.V., page 766
Kelso, Benjamin H., page 756
Kenedy, Jacob B., page 733
Kepner, E.D., page 784
Kerns, D.R., page 713
Kerr, J.C., page 649-650
Kilgore, Jno., page 784
King, Dr V.R., page 733
King, L.H., page 784
King, P.C., page 650
King, Thomas, page 732
Kingan, James, page 785
Knott, John, page 701
Knox, John, page 694
Kysar, J.C., page 817
Laird, John, page 713
Laird, Thomas, page 713-714
Lamunyon, J.A., page 722
Large, Wm., page 733-734
Larison, B.F., page 804
Larison, J.B., page 804
Larison, E.B., page 668
Larison, George, page 721
Lathrop, Milo, page 679
Leaphart, William P., page 679-680
Lemley, G.O., page 767
Leonard, D., page 714
Lewellen, Francis, page 757-758
Lewis, L.N., page 650
Liggett, Dr H.B., page 745-746
Lindsey, Hugh M., page 746
Lindsey, John, page 758
Litteer, A.M., page 651
Litteer, Josiah, page 746
Long, Allen, page 758
Long, H.P., page 651-652
Long, W.M.P., page 651
Losswell, Jesse, page 799
Love, T.J., page 734
Lunn, M.A., page 785
Lupton, H., page 785
Lyddon, Wm., page 786
Madden, E., page 786
Madden, Hon John, page 786
Madden, W.S., page 701
Mahan, William, page 673
Maher, J.W., page 787
Marquis, W.S., page 715
Martin, H.T., page 673
Martin, William, page 818
Mason, James, page 759
Mathews, I.H., page 746
May, C.C., page 818
May, H.E., page 805
May, Isaac, page 817-818
McColm, Dr J.T., page 715
McConvill, H., page 654
McCoy, M.S., page 701
McCracken, A., page 821
McCracken, James, page 668
McCutcheon, E.G., page 654
McKee, Martin L., page 799
McMillin, T.A., page 768
McMurray, David B., page 722
Meagher, Thomas, page 787
Meehan, J.C., page 674
Meek, A.S., page 652
Mercer, William, page 787-788
Meredith, E.W., page 715
Meredith, S.L., page 715-716
Meredith, T.A., page 759-760
Miller, James, page 760
Miller, Tony, page 655
Mills, W.S., page 702
Minor, Jesse, page 734
Moats, Geo. page 768
Moats, H.B., page 767
Mohler, C.C., page 674
Mohler, Henry, page 652
Mohler, L., page 653
Moneyhan, James, page 818
Moody, Mrs M.J., page 819-820
Moon, R.G., page 805
Moore, E.W., page 820
Moore, J.D., page 821
Moore, J.G., page 820
Moore, John E., page 805
Morgan, R.H., page 680
Morrow, O.S., page 788
Morse, O.R., page 716
Moser, Hon. R.A., page 653
Myers, James H., page 655
Nation, J.W., page 747
Nelson, J.E., page 821-822
Nelson, N.P., page 747-748
Nelson, P.H., page 748
Nichols, R.J., page 768
Nye, Rev C.L., page 748
Older, Wm., page 734
Ollcott, A., page 722
Osborne, E.L., page 788
Page, G.W., page 789
Page, L.H., page 734
Pagett, W.H., page 716
Parker, Frank E., page 822
Parker, W.H., page 655
Patton, William, page 769
Paul, J.W., page 822
Payne, J.L., page 694
Payton, J.H., page 806
Pennell, Edson, page 789
Phillips, S.N., page 789
Pierce, G., page 769
Piner, R.W., page 687
Pitman, A., page 749
Porter, W.L., page 789-790
Price, John W., page 822
Propst, Daniel M., page 687
Propst, Daniel, page 734
Randolph, Dr W.F., page 656
Ratcliff, Charles, page 823
Rawlins, Luke, page 680
Raynor, Henry, page 760
Reece, R.M., page 800
Reed, J.H., sr, page 790
Reed, J.W., page 734
Rees, Rev James M., page 790
Reeve, Geo., page 791
Reeves, Jno., page 769-770
Reid, Geo., page 674
Rhoads, J.P., page 656
Rhondenbaugh, E.E., page 791
Ried, James, page 702
Risser, T.D., page 806
Ritner, J.B., page 749-750
Roberts, D., page 680
Robinson, Squire, page 694
Rogers, Jerome B., page 823
Rowe, E.S., page 723
Rupf, Frank, page 703
Rupf, J.A., page 702
Russell, G.W., page 807
Rutledge, John, page 823
Rutledge, Wm., page 750
Rysor, Richard, page 807
Salen, R.J., page 669
Salsbury, Dr G.R., page 791
Sanford, A., page 792
Sapp, Simeon, page 703
Schram, Sidney, page 736
Schwemley, William, page 750
Scott, C.N., page 717
Scroggs, Dr J.P., page 792
Seibert, Henry, page 703-704
Severns, J.R., page 737
Severns, John, page 736
Shearer, Daniel S., page 687-688
Shoemaker, A.C., page 750
Slattery, P.W., page 704
Slawson, Charles I., page 824
Smalley, J.C., page 688
Smith, E.C., page 717
Smith, James G., page 824
Smith, R.E., page 658
Smith, W.E., page 658
Snow, W.B., page 761
Sowles, T.M., page 825
Spaulding, D.E., page 770
Starks, D.W., page 718
Stearns, William H., page 825-826
Stevenson, Jno. J., page 737
Stickleman, Henry, page 800
Strong, Van R., page 704-705
Stumbaugh, William H., page 751
Swan, Thomas D., page 751
Swander, Harrison, page 826
Swap, W.E., page 657
Swearingen, G.W., (M.D.), page 657
Swett, Cyrus, page 737
Talcott, J.S., page 752
Tando, Edward, page 705
Taylor, Charles, page 669
Taylor, H.H., page 660
Taylor, R.A., page 675
Tedford, William, page 705
Terrill, Asa, page 659-660
Thayer, Joseph, page 770
Thomas, Chas., page 661
Thompson, B.F., page 751-752
Thompson, C.H., page 793
Thompson, J.M., page 658
Thompson, O.B., page 659
Tinder, Charles, page 675
Tomlinson, J., page 770
Tufts, J.O., page 718
Turner, Albert, page 762
Turner, H.F., page 675
Turner, Job, page 660
Van Houten, Geo., page 793
Van Olinda, F.W., page 663
Van Reenan, M.J., page 688
Van Wert, Reuben, page 771
VanFleet, John R., page 661
Vansickle, Capt A.B., page 662
VanVoorhis, A.H., page 661
Vincent, E.G., page 705
Ving, J.R., page 826
Wagoner, Cy., page 827
Wagoner, Daniel, page 827
Wakeman, A.B., page 671
Walker, F.E., page 665
Walker, L.A., page 664
Walker, W.F., page 664
Walker, William, page 827
Wallace, G.W., page 752
Walls, David, page 793-794
Weaver, S., page 681
Webb, W.A., page 663
Webber, John, page 718
West, Dr A.T., page 753
Wheeler, Jno. O., page 671
Wheeler, R.G., page 676
Wherry, J.T., page 794
White, Dr A., page 738
White, H.H., page 794
Wilcox, John W., page 689
Wilcox, Nathan, page 771
Wilder, Abijah, page 800
Wilkins, William, page 663
Williams, I.F., page 706
Williams, Thos., page 738
Wilson, T.O., page 828
Wilson, A.W., page 828
Wilson, C.W., page 795
Wilson, Jno F., page 738
Wilson, W.W., page 738
Wilt, J.M., page 795
Wininger, Samuel, page 762
Winslow, Rufus W., page 706
Wisdom, Frank M., page 739
Wisdom, M.B., page 739
Wood, John W., page 723-724
Wood, L., page 670
Wood, W.J., page 723
Woodruff, C.L., page 706
Woods, H.B., page 796
Woods, W.J., page 771
Woolley, R.B., page 753
Wright, James D., page 707
Wright, Simon, page 753-754
Wysong, W.A., page 669-670
Young, Gershome, page 828
Zentz, Prof. H. Welker, page 681-682