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The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa: Jacket Art - Agriculture - Cresco, Iowa by Richard Haines ca 1934 -  Photo by Scott Christopher courtesy of Gregg Narber 424 records found in our database

(June 1, 1637–May 18, 1675)

Marquette, Jacques

(September 21, 1645–May 1700)

Jolliet, Louis

(January 10, 1762–March 24, 1810)

Dubuque, Julien

(1763?–October 3, 1838)

Black Hawk, Makataimeshekiakiak, or Black Sparrow Hawk

(ca. 1756–1765–ca. 1848 or 1849)

Waubonsie

(April 6, 1774–August 27, 1844)

Kneeland, Abner

(October 6, 1780–September 21, 1852)

Chambers, John

(April 1, 1781–February 7, 1853)

Lucas, Robert

(1780 or 1781–June 1848)

Keokuk

(December 18, 1782–May 5, 1840)

Street, Joseph Montfort

(1783–July 4, 1845)

Davenport, George

(ca. 1784–1834)

Mahaska (White Cloud)

(ca. 1787–March 15, 1842 )

Wapello

(1791–1854)

Poweshiek

(May 15, 1791–September 27, 1858)

Galland, Isaac

(August 20, 1792–February 19, 1858)

Loras, John Mathias Pierre

(December 30, 1793 or 1794–July 24, 1867)

Metz, Christian

(August 30, 1794–October 31, 1848)

Kearny, Stephen Watts

(January 11, 1795–May 21, 1883)

Landmann, Barbara Heinemann

(December 6, 1796–February 18, 1874)

Williams, William

(December 15, 1797–September 25, 1861)

Le Claire, Antoine

(1799–1852)

Swan, Chauncey

(June 11, 1799–December 13, 1885)

Turner, Asa

(March 24, 1799–September 1877)

Rague, John Francis

(January 20, 1800–March 14, 1865)

Langworthy, James L.

(December 15, 1802–December 4, 1887)

Clarke, Mary Frances

(August 22, 1802–December 2, 1899)

Blair, John Insley

(May 8, 1803–November 15, 1872)

Larpenteur, Charles

(October 24, 1804–February 25, 1882)

Mason, Charles

(April 12, 1804–July 22, 1896)

Jones, George Wallace

(ca. 1805–ca. 1879)

Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point)

(November 27, 1805–December 22, 1883)

Lowe, Ralph Phillips

(February 3, 1805–December 26, 1866)

Curtis, Samuel Ryan

(1806–August 23, 1846)

Allen, James, Jr.

(February 3, 1806–May 3, 1881)

Briggs, Ansel

(1806–February 23, 1864)

Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles

(May 12, 1806–July 7, 1884)

Rorer, David

(1806–August 25, 1868)

Scholte, Hendrik Pieter

(February 6, 1807–June 9, 1865)

Langworthy, Lucius H.

(August 31, 1808–January 4, 1893)

Langworthy, Edward

(July 13, 1809–May 28, 1857)

Plumbe, John, Jr.

(February 14, 1810–October 8, 1871)

Cook, Ebenezer

(January 21, 1811–May 7, 1890)

Clarkson, Coker Fifield

(April 15, 1811–October 2, 1898)

Springer, Francis

(July 5, 1812–July 28, 1850)

Clarke, James

(January 2, 1812–November 20, 1883)

Dodge, Augustus Caesar

(October 1, 1812–February 16, 1883)

Hempstead, Stephen P.

(December, 20, 1813–September 1, 1894)

Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan

(April 2, 1813–May 8, 1894)

Farley, Jesse P.

(May 6, 1813–1882)

Smith, Platt

(October 23, 1814–July 17, 1900)

Stout, Henry Lane

(May 8, 1814–April 11, 1889)

Burrows, John McDowell

(January 17, 1814–June 7, 1886)

Langworthy, Solon M.

(April 5, 1816–October 10, 1890)

Miller, Samuel Freeman

(July 4, 1816–June 17, 1880)

Howell, James Bruen

(October 20, 1816–February, 7, 1872)

Grimes, James Wilson

(July 4, 1816–February 24, 1900)

Bloomer, Dexter C.

(January 15, 1817–June 28, 1901 )

Parvin, Theodore Sutton

(November 10, 1818–January 31, 1894)

Todd, John

(May 27, 1818–December 30, 1894)

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks

(February 1818–November 30, 1907)

Adams, Ephraim

(September 29, 1818–September 11, 1876)

Baker, Nathaniel Bradley

(June 11, 1819–February 21, 1891)

Reynolds, Joseph "Diamond Jo"

(May 25, 1820–February 3, 1899)

Swain, Adeline Morrison

(March 24, 1820–January 11, 1896)

Wright, George Grover

(August 26, 1820–October 5, 1899)

Harlan, James

(January 21, 1820–November 6, 1879)

Mahony, Dennis A.

(December 22, 1821–March 31, 1891)

Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell

(April 12, 1821–March 14, 1889)

Welch, Adonijah Strong

(November 17, 1821–August 15, 1910)

Salter, William

(August 7, 1822–August 31, 1899)

Merrill, Samuel

(January 27, 1822–December 26, 1883)

Kane, Thomas Leiper

(January 11, 1822–May 18, 1910)

Kasson, John Adams

(October 27, 1822–February 16, 1887)

Dean, Henry Clay

(April 9, 1823–January 17, 1915)

Coffin, Lorenzo Stephen

(February 9, 1823–October 18, 1901)

Melendy, Peter

(April 7, 1825–July 14, 1900)

Gear, John Henry

(August 20, 1825–March 4, 1900)

Hennessy, John

(January 27, 1825–July 11, 1911)

Dey, Peter Anthony

(February 25, 1826–May 31, 1891)

Clark, Alexander G.

(May 18, 1826–August 16, 1901)

Callanan, Martha Coonley

(December 22, 1826–December 19, 1910)

Koren, Ulrik Vilhelm

(January 26, 1826–June 29, 1910)

White, Charles Abiathar

(August 26, 1827–February 2, 1900)

Wittenmyer, Sarah Ann “Annie” Turner

(February 27, 1827–June 8, 1896)

Young, William John

(May 7, 1827–January 9, 1910)

Trimble, Henry Hoffman

(October 14, 1827–July 18, 1893)

Stone, William Milo

(November 1, 1827–January 25, 1904)

Sherman, Hoyt

(December 7, 1827–April 4, 1923)

Boies, Horace

(October 11, 1828–April 18, 1896)

Blair, William Wallace

(October 2, 1828–March 8, 1908)

Aldrich, Charles

(December 25, 1828–June 4, 1904)

Gue, Benjamin F.

(October 19, 1828–April 22, 1895)

Wilson, James Falconer

(October 23, 1829–March 23, 1918)

Sabin, Henry

(May 3, 1829–April 12, 1894)

Hammond, William Gardiner

(April 26, 1829–April 15, 1914)

Allen, Benjamin Franklin "Frank"

(March 2, 1829–August 4, 1908)

Allison, William Boyd

(September 22, 1829–October 13, 1890)

Belknap, William Worth

(November 24, 1829–May 29, 1898)

Carpenter, Cyrus Clay

(February 6, 1830–August 26, 1865)

Crocker, Marcellus Monroe

(May 30, 1830–June 2, 1908)

Fellows, Stephen Norris

(December 30, 1830–November 20, 1903)

Drake, Francis Marion

(December 18, 1830–November 23, 1886)

Hoxie, Herbert Melville "Hub"

(February 6, 1830–October 21, 1901)

Hospers, Henry

(May 12, 1830–June 10, 1903)

Newbold, Joshua G.

(1831–April 14, 1891)

Savery, Annie Nowlin

(September 23, 1831–February 12, 1909)

Temple, Edward Ames

(July 11, 1831–June 8, 1922)

Sudlow, Phebe W.

(September 7, 1831–February 1, 1909)

Millard, Franklin Benjamin

(December 25, 1831–May 6, 1914)

Dillon, John Forrest

(April 12, 1831–January 3, 1916)

Dodge, Grenville Mellen

(November 30, 1831–February 13, 1897)

Adams, Dudley Warren

(January 20, 1832–November 16, 1912)

Larrabee, William

(July 2, 1832–August 13, 1892)

Wilkie, Franc Bangs

(November 6, 1832–December 10, 1914)

Smith, Joseph, III

(January 22, 1832–May 13, 1898)

Perry, William Stevens

(September 23, 1832–February 20, 1903)

Putnam, Mary Louisa Duncan

(June 12, 1833–February 6, 1912)

Weaver, James Baird

(December 16, 1833–April 1, 1911)

Knapp, Seaman Asahel

(November 3, 1833–February 7, 1916)

Hepburn, William Peters

(March 4, 1834–February 28, 1894)

McDill, James Wilson

(1834–May 22, 1903)

Younker, Lipman

(August 16, 1835–August 26, 1920)

Wilson, James "Tama Jim"

(August 29, 1835–June 23, 1890)

McCrary, George Washington

(December 2, 1836–February 15, 1923)

Hinrichs, Gustavus Detlef

(January 17, 1836–December 22, 1911)

Coggeshall, Mary Jane Whitely

(March 19, 1836–February 22, 1916)

Wallace, "Uncle" Henry

(May 28, 1836–November 11, 1904)

Sherman, Buren Robinson

(November 7, 1837–May 21, 1879)

Younker, Samuel

(October 17, 1837–August 5, 1901)

Adams, Mary Newbury (or Newberry)

(July 23, 1838–May 24, 1933)

Byers, Samuel Hawkins Marshall

(September 2, 1838–November 29, 1906)

Fisher, William

(May 29, 1839–February 10, 1900)

Andreas, Alfred Theodore

(January 17, 1839–November 11, 1930)

Hubbell, Frederick Marion

(August 7, 1839–June 16, 1926)

Younker, Marcus

(January 22, 1840–December 12, 1891)

Peck, Washington Freeman

(November 24, 1840–November 9, 1907)

Perkins, Charles Elliott

(November 19, 1840–January 9, 1899)

North, Ada E.

(March 14, 1840–February 25, 1906)

Henderson, David Bremner

(February 2, 1840–April 17, 1911)

Calvin, Samuel J.

(October 5, 1841–September 26, 1915)

Carpenter, William Lytle

(May 30, 1841–September 29, 1913)

Lacey, John Fletcher

(October 16, 1841–November 5, 1931)

Louden, William

(April 3, 1841–May 22, 1919)

Musser, Peter Miller

(July 3, 1841–January 2, 1923)

Welch, Mary Beaumont

(August 6, 1841–June 14, 1909)

Stalker, Millikan

(May 14, 1842–March 24, 1881)

Sinclair, Thomas McElderry

(May 17, 1842–May 31, 1918)

Clarkson, James Sullivan

(1843–January 21, 1921)

Sharp, Abigail Gardner

(August 14, 1843–September 23, 1898)

Schaeffer, Charles Ashmead

(January 25, 1844–February 8, 1926)

Richter, August Paul

(December 28, 1844–March 25, 1913)

Anundsen, Brynild

(June 15, 1845–July 28, 1924)

McCowen, Jennie C.

(March 7, 1845–October 20, 1913)

Palmer, Daniel David

(May 23, 1846–August 1, 1911)

Mansfield, Arabella "Belle" Babb

(March 11, 1846–October 8, 1936)

Brigham, Johnson

(January 16, 1846–1924)

Gammon, Warren

(November 25, 1847–July 20, 1915)

Foster, Thomas Dove

(September 16, 1847–February 26, 1930)

Fairchild, David Sturgis

(July 31, 1848–March 27, 1934)

Macbride, Thomas Huston

(May 9, 1848–November 1, 1920)

Pierce, James Melville

(November 2, 1848–March 28, 1932)

Shaw, Leslie Mortier

(August 13, 1848–December 23, 1932)

Seerley, Homer Horatio

(November 24, 1849–May 5, 1933)

Froelich, John

(April 21, 1850–December 10, 1931)

Ficke, Charles August

(March 19, 1850–March 9, 1934)

French, Alice Virginia

(December 4, 1850–October 5, 1924)

Garst, Warren

(February 15, 1850–July 30, 1926)

Cummins, Albert Baird

(November 7, 1850–August 5, 1902)

Beardshear, William Miller

(August 31, 1850–May 3, 1938)

MacLean, George Edwin

(December 23, 1851–October 25, 1927)

Safford, Mary Augusta

(December 7, 1851–November 20, 1931)

Still, Summerfield Saunders

(June 17, 1851–January 24, 1942)

Ward, Duren James Henderson

(October 10, 1852–January 6, 1942)

Gordon, Eleanor Elizabeth

(April 11, 1852–April 14, 1922)

Anson, Adrian Constantine "Cap"

(October 24, 1852–November 28, 1936)

Clarke, George Washington

(October 10, 1853–April 16, 1943)

Sherman, Althea Rosina

(July 23, 1854–January 30, 1912)

Boepple, John Frederick

(January 26, 1854–November 16, 1938)

Jackson, Frank Darr

(April 15, 1856–February 15, 1947)

Lennox, David

(December 4, 1856–February 2, 1936)

Williams, Charles W.

(August 19, 1857–June 6, 1948)

Roberts, George Evan

(June 14, 1857–January 25, 1951)

Orr, Ellison James

(December 22, 1857–November 16, 1927)

Palmer, Austin Norman

(July 14, 1857–March 26, 1937)

Maytag, Frederick Louis ("F. L.")

(June 28, 1857–April 30, 1923)

Hough, Emerson

(July 1, 1857–June 3, 1910)

Bettendorf, William Peter

(March 31, 1858–February 16, 1932)

Cumming, Charles Atherton

(February 6, 1858–October 15, 1910)

Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss

(September 22, 1858–November 12, 1923)

Douglas, George Bruce

(September 24, 1858–February 26, 1917)

Deemer, Horace Emerson

(September 8, 1858–August 21, 1949)

Ingham, Harvey

(August 8, 1858–August 12, 1924)

Hillis, Cora Bussey

(May 25, 1858–January 23, 1927)

Nutting, Charles Cleveland

(April 21, 1859–July 16, 1933)

Haugen, Gilbert N.

(July 4, 1859–November 15, 1928)

MacVicar, John

(April 2, 1859–April 1, 1931)

Main, John Hanson Thomas

(January 9, 1859–March 9, 1947)

Catt, Carrie Chapman

(March 15, 1860–December 16, 1939)

Carroll, Beryl Franklin

(September 14, 1860–March 4, 1940)

Garland, Hamlin Hannibal

(January 13, 1860–July 5, 1955)

Landers, George W.

(February 28, 1861–February 28, 1946)

Cowles, Gardner, Sr.

(October 23, 1861–May 10, 1925)

Quick, Herbert John

(June 25, 1861–January 30, 1937)

Shimek, Bohumil

(October 20, 1861–April 16, 1931)

Wade, Martin Joseph

(May 7, 1862–December 30, 1937)

Whitley, Cora Call

(November 19, 1862–November 6, 1935)

Sunday, William Ashley "Billy"

(April 19, 1862–March 23, 1931)

Pammel, Louis Hermann

(January 21, 1862–October 9, 1925)

Herron, George Davis

(May 31, 1864–October 21, 1949)

Marston, Anson E.

(March 13, 1864–December 4, 1921)

Morrell, John H.

(May 19, 1864–March 13, 1950)

Boyd, William Robert

(October 10, 1864–May 16, 1933)

Bettendorf, Joseph William

(December 15, 1865–July 7, 1933)

Woodson, George Henry

(May 11, 1866–October 25, 1924)

Wallace, Henry Cantwell

(February 20, 1866–November 18, 1947)

Starbuck, Edwin Diller

(July 10, 1866–September 15, 1928)

Murphy, Thomas Dowler

(January 5, 1866–May 5, 1936)

Reno, Milo

(June 28, 1866–January 3, 1953)

Short, Wallace Mertin

(January 28, 1866–October 16, 1949)

Seashore, Carl Emil

(July 27, 1867–June 19, 1946)

Sheaffer, Walter A.

(May 29, 1867–September 2, 1936)

Rawson, Charles Augustus

(July 15, 1868–June 24, 1961)

Bierring, Walter Lawrence

(March 17, 1868–November 4, 1936)

Kendall, Nathan Edward

(June 10, 1869–September 9, 1933)

Kenyon, William Squire

(February 28, 1869–July 13, 1941)

Harlan, Edgar Rubey

(October 18, 1869–March 8, 1936)

Hearst, Charles Ernest

(December 5, 1869–September 13, 1937)

Butler, Ellis Parker

(February 2, 1869–November 15, 1944)

Brookhart, Smith Wildman

(January 18, 1869–March 13, 1952)

Nollen, John Scholte

(May 28, 1869–July 23, 1930)

Thompson, John Lay

(January 3, 1869–January 5, 1961)

Work, John McClelland

(May 17, 1871–March 15, 1941)

Tokheim, John J.

(January 29, 1871–April 7, 1940)

Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin

(February 12, 1871–August 30, 1953)

Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack

(July 3, 1871–February 16, 1952)

Smith, Ida B. Wise

(December 6, 1871–October 17, 1949)

Field, Henry Ames

(May 5, 1871–July 23, 1951)

Keyes, Charles Reuben

(March 1, 1871–January 24, 1937)

Miller, Eunice Viola Babcock

(September 6, 1872–October 21, 1957)

Lawther, Anna Bell

(July 6, 1872–March 14, 1937)

Hart, Charles Walter

(February 27, 1872–August 26, 1952)

Dunlap, Flora

(September 30, 1872–March 2, 1949)

Adler, Emanuel Philip

(June 8, 1872–August 17, 1946)

Porter, Claude Rodman

(April 23, 1872–February 5, 1937)

Vawter, Keith

(October 7, 1873–January 14, 1924)

Cook, George Cram

(October 29, 1873–June 4, 1968)

Dickinson, Lester Jesse

(March 24, 1873–January 27, 1954)

Howard, James Raley

(August 10, 1874–October 20, 1964)

Hoover, Herbert Clark

(March 29, 1874–January 7, 1944)

Hoover, Lou Henry

(December 8, 1874–July 10, 1973)

Walker, Nellie Verne

(October 28, 1874–December 23, 1967)

Murray, Janette Lindsay Stevenson

(November 6, 1875–July 16, 1936)

Murphy, Richard Louis

(October 14, 1875–April 6, 1936)

Hammill, John

(January 31, 1875–November 14, 1951)

Foster, Thomas Henry

(July 6, 1875–July 24, 1950)

Brown, Samuel Joe

(May 31, 1875–May 11, 1928)

Baldwin, Bird Thomas

(December 6, 1876–July 26, 1932)

Duesenberg, Friedrich Samuel

(January 21, 1876–June 15, 1963)

Cosson, George

(October 21, 1876–February 12, 1962)

Darling, Jay Norwood "Ding"

(July 1, 1876–July 27, 1948)

Glaspell, Susan Keating

(December 23, 1876–June 17, 1928)

Meredith, Edwin Thomas

(December 2, 1876–June 2, 1962)

Weeks, Carl

(March 17, 1877–April 15, 1969)

Turner, Daniel Webster

(October 3, 1877–December 17, 1934)

Harding, William Lloyd

(August 12, 1877–July 5, 1944)

Jessup, Walter Albert

(September 8, 1877–1941)

Brown, Sue M.

(April 27, 1878–December 17, 1917)

Gotch, Frank Alvin

(June 22, 1878–July 21, 1959)

Steindler, Arthur

(June 10, 1879–July 28, 1965)

Spangler, Harrison Earl

(February 3, 1879–March 3, 1973)

Gillette, Guy Mark

(May 3, 1879–September 15, 1945)

Herring, Clyde LaVerne

(August 20, 1879–February 2, 1962)

Budd, Ralph

(December 12, 1879–January 18, 1955)

Duesenberg, August Samuel

(February 15, 1880–May 8, 1957)

Davidson, Jay Brownlee

(November 2, 1880–April 3, 1968)

Francis, May Elizabeth

(October 30, 1880–April 16, 1972)

Bliss, Ralph Kenneth

(February 12, 1880–June 11, 1969)

Lewis, John Llewellyn

(June 17, 1880–December 21, 1964)

Van Vechten, Carl

(August 29, 1880–September 4, 1965)

Nollen, Gerard Scholte

(February 25, 1880–May 1, 1959)

Parker, Jessie M.

(August 29, 1880–July 27, 1955)

Pierce, Dante Melville

(August 5, 1880–September 5, 1962)

Rush, Gertrude Elzora Durden

(June 26, 1881–January 15, 1971)

Shambaugh, Jessie Field

(February 21, 1881–June 19, 1943)

Perkins, Charles Elliott, Jr.

(December 9, 1881–November 23, 1958)

Pendray, Carolyn Campbell

(September 10, 1881–May 27, 1961)

Palmer, Bartlett Joshua

(December 16, 1881–December 31, 1950)

Steck, Daniel Frederic

(July 23, 1881–April 7, 1957)

MacDonald, Thomas Harris

(February 17, 1881–August 3, 1954)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter

(March 26, 1881–September 27, 1972)

Gammon, Burton Osmond "Bert"

(September 23, 1882–August 23, 1965)

Gallaher, Ruth Augusta

(November 27, 1882–September 8, 1958)

Baker, Norman

(November 10, 1883–November 30, 1945)

Ficke, Arthur Davison

(August 4, 1883–September 23, 1969)

Lampe, Matthew Willard

(September 15, 1883–July 20, 1940)

Maytag, Elmer Henry ("E. H.")

(February 3, 1883–December 9, 1956)

Hubbell, Grover Cooper

(March 27, 1883–April 21, 1958)

Sweeney, Orland Russell

(August 1, 1884–July 7, 1976)

Swisher, Jacob Armstrong

(April 1, 1884–September 8, 1953)

Wilson, George Allison

(August 14, 1884–August 12, 1950)

Hayden, Ada

(December 6, 1884–September 10, 1973)

Meigs, Cornelia Lynde

(April 4, 1884–August 22, 1965)

Coverdale, John Walter

(April 14, 1885–July 24, 1960)

McFarlane, Arch W.

(February 25, 1885–April 4, 1961)

Petersen, Christian

(December 11, 1885–October 19, 1937)

Sigmund, Jay G.

(December 20, 1885–March 22, 1973)

Ross, Earle Dudley

(September 26, 1866–April 24, 1942)

Nollen, Henry Scholte

(April 4, 1886–October 23, 1964)

Mott, Frank Luther

(January 11, 1887–April 21, 1948 )

Leopold, Aldo

(April 22, 1887–July 5, 1951)

Hall, James Norman

(June 28, 1887–July 23, 1969)

Dell, Floyd James

(August 15, 1887–January 12, 1984)

Denny, Emerson Charles

(April 14, 1887–May 12, 1963)

Samuelson, Agnes Mathilda

(January 22, 1887–February 10, 1974)

Stewart, David Wallace

(October 7, 1888–November 18, 1965)

Wallace, Henry Agard

(October 18, 1888–November 5, 1960)

Waymack, William Wesley

(May 14, 1888–January 4, 1958)

Alexander, Archie Alphonso

(August 4, 1888–April 9, 1954)

Clapp, Philip Greeley

(August 24, 1888–August 8, 1967)

Maytag, Lewis Bergman ("L. B.")

(October 27, 1889–March 15, 1957)

Kraschel, Nelson George

(October 2, 1889–February 18, 1968)

MacNider, Hanford "Jack"

(January 7, 1889–January 10, 1961)

Hoffmann, Mathias Martin

(October 11, 1889–June 1, 1986)

Wennerstrum, Charles Frederick

(August 17, 1890–January 29, 1946)

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd

(March 11, 1890–March 15, 1972)

Houghton, Dorothy Deemer

(March 10, 1890–January 25, 1969)

Howard, Charles P., Sr.

(March 21, 1890–December 19, 1946)

May, Earl Ernest

(October 15, 1890–December 30, 1977)

Morris, James Brad, Sr.

(February 19, 1890–May 25, 1987)

Cunningham, Rosa Ethel

(August 27, 1890–July 23, 1969)

Flanagan, Hallie

(October 21, 1891–May 18, 1965)

Cone, Marvin Dorwart

(November 24, 1891–March 13, 1959)

Hubbell, Frederick Windsor

(February 21, 1891–March 31, 1971)

King, Karl Lawrence

(February 13, 1891–February 12, 1942)

Wood, Grant Devolson

(August 6, 1892–January 23, 1960)

Suckow, Ruth

(March 5, 1892–January 28, 1969)

Herbst, Josephine Frey

(October 27, 1892–February 9, 1956)

Mabie, Edward Charles

(December 28, 1892–September 25, 1955)

Kresensky, Raymond Joseph

(January 18, 1893–June 27, 1971 )

Martin, Thomas Ellsworth

(February 1, 1893–January 31, 1975)

Frederick, John Towner

(December 31, 1894–May 16, 1971)

Hall, Howard

(June 25, 1895–September 26, 1974)

Murphy, Donald Ridgway

(March 21, 1895–December 28, 1983)

Ligutti, Luigi Gino

(September 4, 1896–January 30, 1965)

Hancher, Virgil Melvin

(July 21, 1896–September 4, 1971)

Hickenlooper, Bourke Blakemore

(January 25, 1896–November 23, 1980)

Sayre, Ruth Buxton

(October 7, 1897–October 10, 1959)

Treglia, Mary Joanna

(April 3, 1897–August 7, 1968)

Miller, Harlan

(June 17, 1898–November 5, 1977)

Garst, Roswell

(June 9, 1898–April 16, 1967)

Elthon, Leo

(December 14, 1898–February 25, 1983)

Cowles, John, Sr.

(September 24, 1898–December 13, 1989)

Blue, Robert Donald

(August 6, 1898–July 12, 1990)

Stover, Frederick William

(January 27, 1899–April 26, 1957)

Stong, Philip Duffield

(April 23, 1899–February 16, 1989)

Sage, Leland Livingston

(November 20, 1899–January 14, 1982)

Hilton, James Harold

(June 30, 1899–September 22, 1987)

Gross, Harold Royce

(August 8, 1900–July 27, 1983)

Hearst, James Schell

(February 22, 1900–November 14, 1996)

Le Sueur, Meridel

(June 4, 1901–May 13, 1978)

Lindquist, Everet Franklin

(May 13, 1901–November 21, 1954)

Beardsley, William Shane

(November 19, 1901–July 26, 1984)

Gallup, George Horace

(January 30, 1901–February 2, 1989)

Petersen, William John

(November 13, 1902–August 4, 1993)

Schield, Vern L.

(October 22, 1902–December 15, 1984)

Spedding, Frank Harold

(October 31, 1902–July 7, 1960)

Throne, Mildred

(May 18, 1902–June 15, 1984)

Willson, Meredith

(June 14, 1902–November 5, 1962)

Errington, Paul Lester

(January 31, 1903–July 8, 1985)

Cowles, Gardner "Mike," Jr.

(July 8, 1903–December 17, 1992)

Corey, Paul Frederick

(March 10, 1903–August 7, 1931)

Beiderbecke, Leon Bismarck "Bix"

(October 4, 1903–June 15, 1995)

Atanasoff, John Vincent

(January 10, 1903–April 3, 1990)

Wearin, Otha Donner

(June 16, 1904–September 20, 1984)

Stanley, Claude Maxwell

(February 23, 1904–December 28, 1993)

Shirer, William Lawrence

(June 1, 1904–June 5, 1989)

Coleman, Carroll

(February 4, 1904–October 11, 1977)

Kantor, MacKinlay

(January 11, 1905–July 29, 1960)

Kluckhohn, Clyde

(August 15, 1905–September 15, 1987)

Duncan, Thomas William

(April 16, 1906–August 29, 1965)

Johnson, Wendell

(November 20, 1907–June 13, 1989)

Allison, Fran

(August 5, 1907–December 27, 1988)

Schramm, Wilbur Lang

(October 27, 1908–December 22, 1989)

Bowen, Howard Rothmann

(October 12, 1908–March 22, 1991)

Engle, Paul Hamilton

(November 8, 1908–January 17, 2000)

Foerstner, George Christian

(March 8, 1908–June 22, 2000)

Fowle, Phyllis L. Propp

(March 30, 1908–July 15, 2000)

Hoegh, Leo A.

(October 23, 1909–February 8, 2000)

Griffin, Edna Mae Williams

(May 31, 1909–November 18, 1974)

Gammack, Gordon

(January 4, 1909–July 19, 1998)

Black, Gladys Bowery

(September 9, 1909–February 25, 1987)

Collins, Arthur Andrew

(December 15, 1909–June 17, 1981)

Carver, Roy James

(May 26, 1909–March 31, 1997)

Anderson, Eugenie Moore

(January 18, 1910–July 4, 1991)

Glanton, Luther T., Jr.

(March 6, 1910–February 16, 1965)

McElroy, Ralph J.

(October 2, 1910–February 9, 1998)

Soth, Lauren Kephart

(December 9, 1910–October 15, 1996)

Wanatee, Jean Adeline Morgan

(January 8, 1911–November 4, 1962)

Maytag, Frederick Louis ("Fred II")

(May 5, 1911–May 4, 1989)

Loveless, Herschel Cellel

(January 6, 1912–September 7, 1994)

Manfred, Frederick

(January 4, 1912–December 7, 1991)

Harris, Donald W.

(September 7, 1912–September 4, 1995)

Wedel, Mildred Mott

(June 27, 1913–May 4, 1977)

Bissell, Richard Pike

(July 16, 1913–March 8, 1991)

Brown, William Lacy

(January 20, 1914–February 1, 1992)

Dingman, Maurice John

(October 6, 1914–August 22, 1997)

Smith, Mary Louise

(September 15, 1915–November 4, 1967)

Catron, Damon Von

(August 16, 1916–March 2, 1995)

Felsen, Henry Gregor

(January 25, 1916–August 20, 1987)

Heady, Earl O.

(June 6, 1916–August 29, 1994)

Miller, Jack Richard

(July 9, 1918–June 2, 1943)

Kinnick, Nile Clarke

(April 19, 1918–October 30, 1963)

Berry, Clifford Edward

(October 25, 1919–June 8, 2000)

Erbe, Norman A.

(July 10, 1920–October 9, 1995)

Wall, Joseph Frazier

(April 16, 1921–March 2, 1991)

Mollenhoff, Clark R.

(February 10, 1922–October 23, 1996)

Hughes, Harold Everett

(May 6, 1923–September 19, 1988)

Staley, Oren Lee

(March 28, 1925–February 17, 1983)

Miller, Frank Andrea

(June 20, 1928–January 17, 1999)

Belin, David William

(December 23, 1929–September 3, 1997)

Harper, Virginia

(June 22, 1942–November 4, 1998)

Follon, Sue Ellen

(June 28, 1945–May 20, 1991)

Wilson, Cristine Louise Swanson

(May 19, 1848–November 15, 1926)

Young, Lafayette
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa: Jacket Art - Agriculture - Cresco, Iowa by Richard Haines ca 1934 -  Photo by Scott Christopher courtesy of Gregg Narber