The History of Clinton County, Iowa

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Excerpt from The History of Clinton County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns &C., , Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest Acknowledgments are due to col. J. Vandeventer, to messrs. Allen slack and B. B. Hart for'much valuable information, to the county officials for courtesy in extending all possible aid during the examination of the rec ords, to the newspaper publishers for the use of files, to J. D. Fegan for his patience under fire during a multitude of interviews, to dr. Charles 'h. Lothrop for medical data, and hon. A. R. Cotton for the list of early attorneys, to City Clerks for access to city records, to the clergy of all denominations for church statistics, to 'the Secretaries of the various Orders and Societies, to superintendent J. S. Oliver and other railway o¿icials for statistical information, to elijah buell, J. D. Bourne, franklin K' peck, david and daniel hess, levi decker, mrs. Daniel H. Pearce, E. M. Osborn, thomas watts, john preffer, S. N. Bedford, L. T. Sloan, and scores of others of old settlers, as well as new, who have cheerfully assisted in furnishing items of interest for this work. To these parties is due, in a great measure, whatever of merit may be ascribed to this Work. The compiler also acknowledges the valuable labors of mr. E. L. Moses, who has assisted in the preparation of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.