I am researching information on the following: 
Merenus J. VanReenen 5-11-1831 to 12-31-1918; Father of 
Robert Cornelius VanReenen 8-24-1855 to 8-1-1925; Spouse of 
Eliza Ann Burnside 2-19-1861 to 4-4-1941 

Eliza is a daughter of 
Alexander Burnside 4-29-1836 to ? 
Rhoda A. Parker 12-20-1838 to 8-20-1916 

I appreciate any help you may offer.  Please let me know if you need more or less information, I am new at this! 
Thanks again!  :) 
Dawn O'Rorke 
 

Margaret Hanlin,  widow of James Hanlin---he died Butler Co., Pa 1881,  she died Conway, Taylor, IA on Oct. 13th 1906---Researching family in Pa. and would like to verify her birthdate, parents etc.  Have information regarding  her  family to share with her descendants! 
 

I understand that you do look ups for Taylor CO IA.  Can you please do a check on David Perry that died there is 1880. 
He is suppose to be buried in Bedford (no cemetery name given).  He may have been married to Elizabeth?  Her maiden name may have been Kemplin and he may have been the father of Ezekial Perry, Martha Jane P Williams Hase/Hayes and Missouri Perry (married name unknown). 

Anything you can do will be greatly appreciated. 

MyraWatkins@prodigy.net 
 

Wish to correspond & share info on Amanda Jane MILLER born 1839 IN; died 1928 Taylor Co. IA; buried Conway Cem. 
 She married Thomas LAMBLEY in 1860 in Mercer Co. IL. 
Amanda is a sister of Alexander MILLER, our line. 

Georgene Sones 
 

Seek correspondence with descendants of Mary E. MILLER & husband William BRUNER. 
Two BRUNER children, Landy H. & Joseph A., died in Taylor Co. IA. 
Mary E. MILLER BRUNER (1832 VA - 1921 IL) is a sister to our Alexander MILLER. 

Georgene Sones 
 

Eliza Jane Hoops probably died in January or February of the year 1891 in Taylor county. Her nickname was Jennie  - maiden name Dugan and husband was Henry C. Hoops.  She was born in 1846-47. 
Parents Robert and Barbary Dugan/Dougan.  She was born in Perry county  Ohio. 
Her burial records in Guss Cemetery are lost so a death certificate transcription is my only hope (there is no death record listed for her in Taylor co....Pat). 
Thanks again Marge in Wenatchee Washington - just in case someone back there needs info out here   mayros@msn.com mayros@msn.com
 

Looking for information on the marriage of Harry Clyde Franklin to Jessie Opal Ginn in 1906.  Jessie's parents were Charles A. Ginn and Cora E. Barngrover. 

Harry's parents were Albert E. Franklin and Carolyn Elizabeth Crosby. 

I would also like some help in finding out who put a grave stone on Harry Franklin's plot.  He is buried in Lenox, Taylor 
Co., Iowa. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
Nancy 
 

Seeking info on Abner W. MAJERS/MAJORS, b. 1837 in Beardstown, IL, d. 1905 in Clarinda, IA.  He m. Rosanna SPENCER.  Also his parents Jessee MAJERS and Rachael THOMPSON who were living with him in the 1870 Taylor County census. 
Where are Jessee and Rachael buried and when did they die?  Any info on this family would be appreciated. 

Pat--after a long time--here I am again looking for relatives in Taylor Co.  You found so much on my Derricksons a while back and now I'm after my husband's Dougherty gang.  Especially a Robert Dougherty and wife Sarah Tanner and their kids.  The genealogist at PAge Co told me that someone had put in some family info on them in Taylor Co.  Do you know 
I can find it?  I've been tracking them since they left Va, thru KY then into IN and then on to IA.  Over 100 years of them almost!  Appreciate any help you can give me.  Thanks!  Lynne Keasling 
 

Hi Patricia,

My name is Amy Derrickson and I was wondering if I could add a surname to
your list.  Several of my DERRICKSON relatives moved from IN to Taylor
county in the mid 1850's.  I have a lot of information about these folks at
my website www.pcisys.net/~derrica but I was hoping to find others
investigating them in the IA area.

Thnx -A
 
 

Well, our weather sounds rather comparable...I really can't tell if it's snowing or just blowing snow that was already on the ground..whatever, I went out to let my ducks and geese out and it isn't nice out there. The ducks and geese looked out the door and said, "thanks but no thanks..." they may come out later in the day. They do not like wind. 
I'm not sure what all you have looked at on the web site, but obituaries of these people are listed in the Abstracted Newspaper Index.
Sarah's does not list her parents which means that the info  was not on the obituary. 
After you look at this, let me know what questions you have then. Pat 

"Josette L. Maxwell" wrote: 

  Good Morning Hope your weather is better than ours - very cold and sleet/snow!Good day for genealogical   research. 

I've got a Sarah Ellen Maxwell b. 1850 who married James R.Anderson in Adams Ct. Iowa, moved to Kansas   in 1880 and was in Taylor Ct. Iowa (Platte Town) in 1900.  Both James and Sarah are buried in Lenox East Fairview   cemetery and their son Ray Anderson/daughter Mable E. as well.  Son Thomas E. Anderson is buried in Fairview   Bedford Cemetery. 
I am trying to trace descendents of this family - a branch of my Maxwell line.  It didn't say what kind   of lookups you wouldundertake, so am writing in hopes you might be able to find an obit with names/locations. 
Thomas  E. Anderson died in 1962 (didn't say month/date on index)Mable E. Anderson died 1950James R. Anderson  died   1941Sarah ELlen Anderson died 1931Ray V. (should be B.) Anderson died 1944 Other chidlren included Wayne M.   Anderson, Mary B. Anderson,Floyd D. Anderson. 
There is an Elizabeth listed on the 1895tax list but it says in 1900 
  that there were only six children.I don't have marriages for any of the children but assume severalwere married. What   would be MOST helpful is an obit for Sarah Ellen Anderson which should contain name of parents thus documenting link   and obit for the child who died at the latest time, Thomas E. Andersonin order to find location of children/siblings. If this  is beyond the scope of what you're willing to do, could you advise me where I might be able to email/write for   obits? Thank you very much and I have to say that the Taylor site hasthe best searchable sites of all the Iowa counties   I've been researching! 
Josette Maxwell Boone NC 

WOODS 
Researching the family of Samuel Woods (b)1814 (d)1878 Taylor County, Iowa. He first married Mary Ann Hunnewell and second Nancy Elizabeth (Morris) Vardaman. Between the two wives they had 17 children: William (b)1842, Allan A. (b)1843, Joseph J. (b)1845, Benjamin F. (b)1847, Samuel (b)1850, Isaiah (b)1853, Minerva (b)1855, Sarah (b)1858, Twin of Sarah (b)1858, David (b)1859, Nancy (b)1864, Marion (b)1867, James (b)1869, Thomas (b)1870, Della (b)1872, John (b)1875, and Walter (date unknown).  I am trying the bring each family up to date. Any and all assistance would be appreciated. 
 

DAY - I am trying to find anyone that can tell me the 
parents of: 
Oscar Day  - 1851 - 1914 
Married to 
Sarah (Jones) Day - 1858 - 12-14-1900 
Any help will be appreciated. 
Thank You.  Lea 

Clayton 

Seeking information about Daniel O. Clayton (1870-1907) and his brother Albert Victor Clayton who lived in New Bedford and Clarinda, Iowa. Their father was Benjamin F. Clayton of Yates Center, Kansas (18323-1884). After his death, his sons moved to Page or Taylor Counties to live with relatives. Benjamin F.Clayton was a Civil War veteran--58th Indiana 
Volunteers. Their aunt Belle (Mrs. Calvin Lewis)'s obituary lists Mrs.Bernice Cramer and Mrs. Ed Harrison of Clarinda and 
Mrs. Glen Miller of Omaha as nieces. These are Clayton children of either Daniel or Albert. 

Jeanne Bedwell 
 

Hi, I have John BLADON, and family came to Taylor Co., IA. sometime after 1880. They left Henderson Co., IL.

Any info on this person would be appreciated?

Have found Thomas Henry BLADON and Frank Augustus BLADON listed in your Co. along with death dates.

Need more help. Thanks Dave PENDRY in AZ. dpendry@msn.com

In 1860 a young Indiana family was counted by the census in Benton Township of Taylor County. They were Columbus C. Carter (22, born in Indiana, probably at Danville, Hendricks County), his wife Caroline (also 22, she was born in either Kentucky or Indiana and was also known as Carrie), and their boy, Charles Richard Carter, born in March, 1859, at Danville, IN.

It's likely that the family moved on not much later, possibly to Kansas. Charles married a woman named Lizzie Carey who had been born around 1860 in Illinois. Their first three children were born someplace in Kansas from 1882 to 1889.

Subsequently, Charles and Lizzie, their family and Charles' mother, Carrie, moved to Washington State. I am not sure, but I don't think Columbus was with them.

Children of Charles and Lizzie were as follows: Enola G. (F, b. 1882 in Kansas) Charley C. (b. 1886, Kansas) Floyd M. (b. 1888, Kansas) Annie M. (b. 1889/90, Washington) Mary M. (the later Lizzie or Lena, b. 1893, Washington) Freddie V. (b. 1897, Washington) Florence C. (b. 1900, Washington)

Lizzie died around 1900 and Charles was remarried in 1905. With his second wife, Alice Anna Rodgers (b. 1874, Columbus, IN), he fathered five children. Charles died in 1936 at Sedro Woolley, WA. Any information about these individuals would be greatly appreciated. Mark Danielson Bellingham, WA medaniel135@msn.com

Looking for the article or obituary of EMMET REED, murdered Nov. 2, 1887 in Taylor County, Iowa. He was the son of Samuel and Ellen Reed of Algona, Kossuth C., Iowa.

My email address is: LHLegend@MSN.com Thank you. Sincerely, Mary Hassebroek

Dear Pat,

I am researching my paternal grandfather, John Underwood Whitehead(b. 1851 Raytown, TN,; m. Alpha Melvina Dykes 1903 Jeraldstown, Greene Co.,TN) who came to Taylor Co. from Greene Co., TN, sometime after 1904 when their first child was born, had six more children there, then moved to Atchison co., MO, after 1920, when their last child was born.  John died  Mar 1926 and was buried in Clarinda, IA.  From your newspaper page, I found his obit., and names that might be his three sisters, Lula, Effie, and Bertha Whitehead, as well as numerous other Whiteheads who may be mine.  I would like to ask for any other information that anyone might have on Taylor Co. Whiteheads-this is the first real break I have had on the Whitehead side, as his info ends on his death cert., with no parents names.

Please e-mail me at:  morda02@yahoo.com if anyone has any info.

Thank you for any help.

Sandy