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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


Adams, Dudley Warren

(November 30, 1831–February 13, 1897)

Adams, Ephraim

(February 1818–November 30, 1907)

Adams, Mary Newbury (or Newberry)

(October 17, 1837–August 5, 1901)

Adler, Emanuel Philip

(September 30, 1872–March 2, 1949)

Aldrich, Bess Streeter

(February 17, 1881–August 3, 1954)

Aldrich, Charles

(October 2, 1828–March 8, 1908)

Alexander, Archie Alphonso

(May 14, 1888–January 4, 1958)

Allen, Benjamin Franklin "Frank"

(April 26, 1829–April 15, 1914)

Allen, James, Jr.

(1806–August 23, 1846)

Allison, Fran

(November 20, 1907–June 13, 1989)

Allison, William Boyd

(March 2, 1829–August 4, 1908)

Anderson, Eugenie Moore

(May 26, 1909–March 31, 1997)

Andreas, Alfred Theodore

(May 29, 1839–February 10, 1900)

Anson, Adrian Constantine "Cap"

(April 11, 1852–April 14, 1922)

Anundsen, Brynild

(December 28, 1844–March 25, 1913)

Atanasoff, John Vincent

(October 4, 1903–June 15, 1995)

Baker, Nathaniel Bradley

(September 29, 1818–September 11, 1876)

Baker, Norman

(November 27, 1882–September 8, 1958)

Baldwin, Bird Thomas

(May 31, 1875–May 11, 1928)

Beardshear, William Miller

(November 7, 1850–August 5, 1902)

Beardsley, William Shane

(May 13, 1901–November 21, 1954)

Beiderbecke, Leon Bismarck "Bix"

(March 10, 1903–August 7, 1931)

Belin, David William

(June 20, 1928–January 17, 1999)

Belknap, William Worth

(September 22, 1829–October 13, 1890)

Berry, Clifford Edward

(April 19, 1918–October 30, 1963)

Bettendorf, William Peter

(July 1, 1857–June 3, 1910)

Bettendorf, Joseph William

(October 10, 1864–May 16, 1933)

Bierring, Walter Lawrence

(July 15, 1868–June 24, 1961)

Bissell, Richard Pike

(June 27, 1913–May 4, 1977)

Black, Gladys Bowery

(January 4, 1909–July 19, 1998)

Black Hawk, Makataimeshekiakiak, or Black Sparrow Hawk

(1763?–October 3, 1838)

Blair, John Insley

(August 22, 1802–December 2, 1899)

Blair, William Wallace

(October 11, 1828–April 18, 1896)

Bliss, Ralph Kenneth

(October 30, 1880–April 16, 1972)

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks

(May 27, 1818–December 30, 1894)

Bloomer, Dexter C.

(July 4, 1816–February 24, 1900)

Blue, Robert Donald

(September 24, 1898–December 13, 1989)

Boepple, John Frederick

(July 23, 1854–January 30, 1912)

Boies, Horace

(December 7, 1827–April 4, 1923)

Bowen, Howard Rothmann

(October 27, 1908–December 22, 1989)

Boyd, William Robert

(May 19, 1864–March 13, 1950)

Briggs, Ansel

(February 3, 1806–May 3, 1881)

Brigham, Johnson

(March 11, 1846–October 8, 1936)

Brookhart, Smith Wildman

(February 2, 1869–November 15, 1944)

Brown, Samuel Joe

(July 6, 1875–July 24, 1950)

Brown, Sue M.

(September 8, 1877–1941)

Brown, William Lacy

(July 16, 1913–March 8, 1991)

Budd, Ralph

(August 20, 1879–February 2, 1962)

Burrows, John McDowell

(May 8, 1814–April 11, 1889)

Butler, Ellis Parker

(December 5, 1869–September 13, 1937)

Byers, Samuel Hawkins Marshall

(July 23, 1838–May 24, 1933)

Callanan, Martha Coonley

(May 18, 1826–August 16, 1901)

Calvin, Samuel J.

(February 2, 1840–April 17, 1911)

Carpenter, Cyrus Clay

(November 24, 1829–May 29, 1898)

Carpenter, William Lytle

(October 5, 1841–September 26, 1915)

Carroll, Beryl Franklin

(March 15, 1860–December 16, 1939)

Carver, Roy James

(December 15, 1909–June 17, 1981)

Catron, Damon Von

(September 15, 1915–November 4, 1967)

Catt, Carrie Chapman

(January 9, 1859–March 9, 1947)

Chambers, John

(October 6, 1780–September 21, 1852)

Clapp, Philip Greeley

(August 4, 1888–April 9, 1954)

Clark, Alexander G.

(February 25, 1826–May 31, 1891)

Clarke, George Washington

(October 24, 1852–November 28, 1936)

Clarke, James

(July 5, 1812–July 28, 1850)

Clarke, Mary Frances

(December 15, 1802–December 4, 1887)

Clarkson, Coker Fifield

(January 21, 1811–May 7, 1890)

Clarkson, James Sullivan

(May 17, 1842–May 31, 1918)

Coffin, Lorenzo Stephen

(April 9, 1823–January 17, 1915)

Coggeshall, Mary Jane Whitely

(January 17, 1836–December 22, 1911)

Coleman, Carroll

(June 1, 1904–June 5, 1989)

Collins, Arthur Andrew

(September 9, 1909–February 25, 1987)

Cone, Marvin Dorwart

(October 21, 1891–May 18, 1965)

Cook, Ebenezer

(February 14, 1810–October 8, 1871)

Cook, George Cram

(October 7, 1873–January 14, 1924)

Corey, Paul Frederick

(July 8, 1903–December 17, 1992)

Cosson, George

(January 21, 1876–June 15, 1963)

Coverdale, John Walter

(April 4, 1884–August 22, 1965)

Cowles, Gardner, Sr.

(February 28, 1861–February 28, 1946)

Cowles, John, Sr.

(December 14, 1898–February 25, 1983)

Cowles, Gardner "Mike", Jr.

(January 31, 1903–July 8, 1985)

Crocker, Marcellus Monroe

(February 6, 1830–August 26, 1865)

Cumming, Charles Atherton

(March 31, 1858–February 16, 1932)

Cummins, Albert Baird

(February 15, 1850–July 30, 1926)

Cunningham, Rosa Ethel

(February 19, 1890–May 25, 1987)

Curtis, Samuel Ryan

(February 3, 1805–December 26, 1866)

Darling, Jay Norwood "Ding"

(October 21, 1876–February 12, 1962)

Davenport, George

(1783–July 4, 1845)

Davidson, Jay Brownlee

(February 15, 1880–May 8, 1957)

Dean, Henry Clay

(October 27, 1822–February 16, 1887)

Deemer, Horace Emerson

(September 24, 1858–February 26, 1917)

Dell, Floyd James

(June 28, 1887–July 23, 1969)

Denny, Emerson Charles

(August 15, 1887–January 12, 1984)

Dey, Peter Anthony

(January 27, 1825–July 11, 1911)

Dickinson, Lester Jesse

(October 29, 1873–June 4, 1968)

Dillon, John Forrest

(December 25, 1831–May 6, 1914)

Dingman, Maurice John

(January 20, 1914–February 1, 1992)

Dodge, Augustus Caesar

(January 2, 1812–November 20, 1883)

Dodge, Grenville Mellen

(April 12, 1831–January 3, 1916)

Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss

(February 6, 1858–October 15, 1910)

Douglas, George Bruce

(September 22, 1858–November 12, 1923)

Drake, Francis Marion

(December 30, 1830–November 20, 1903)

Dubuque, Julien

(January 10, 1762–March 24, 1810)

Duesenberg, Friedrich Samuel

(December 6, 1876–July 26, 1932)

Duesenberg, August Samuel

(December 12, 1879–January 18, 1955)

Duncan, Thomas William

(August 15, 1905–September 15, 1987)

Dunlap, Flora

(February 27, 1872–August 26, 1952)

Elthon, Leo

(June 9, 1898–April 16, 1967)

Engle, Paul Hamilton

(October 12, 1908–March 22, 1991)

Erbe, Norman A.

(October 25, 1919–June 8, 2000)

Errington, Paul Lester

(June 14, 1902–November 5, 1962)

Fairchild, David Sturgis

(September 16, 1847–February 26, 1930)

Farley, Jesse P.

(April 2, 1813–May 8, 1894)

Fellows, Stephen Norris

(May 30, 1830–June 2, 1908)

Felsen, Henry Gregor

(August 16, 1916–March 2, 1995)

Ficke, Arthur Davison

(November 10, 1883–November 30, 1945)

Ficke, Charles August

(April 21, 1850–December 10, 1931)

Field, Henry Ames

(December 6, 1871–October 17, 1949)

Fisher, William

(September 2, 1838–November 29, 1906)

Flanagan, Hallie

(August 27, 1890–July 23, 1969)

Foerstner, George Christian

(November 8, 1908–January 17, 2000)

Follon, Sue Ellen

(June 22, 1942–November 4, 1998)

Foster, Thomas Dove

(November 25, 1847–July 20, 1915)

Foster, Thomas Henry

(January 31, 1875–November 14, 1951)

Fowle, Phyllis L. Propp

(March 8, 1908–June 22, 2000)

Francis, May Elizabeth

(November 2, 1880–April 3, 1968)

Frederick, John Towner

(February 1, 1893–January 31, 1975)

French, Alice Virginia

(March 19, 1850–March 9, 1934)

Froelich, John

(November 24, 1849–May 5, 1933)

Gallaher, Ruth Augusta

(September 23, 1882–August 23, 1965)

Galland, Isaac

(May 15, 1791–September 27, 1858)

Gallup, George Horace

(November 19, 1901–July 26, 1984)

Gammack, Gordon

(May 31, 1909–November 18, 1974)

Gammon, Warren

(January 16, 1846–1924)

Gammon, Burton Osmond "Bert"

(March 26, 1881–September 27, 1972)

Garland, Hamlin Hannibal

(September 14, 1860–March 4, 1940)

Garst, Roswell

(June 17, 1898–November 5, 1977)

Garst, Warren

(December 4, 1850–October 5, 1924)

Gear, John Henry

(April 7, 1825–July 14, 1900)

Gillette, Guy Mark

(February 3, 1879–March 3, 1973)

Glanton, Luther T., Jr.

(January 18, 1910–July 4, 1991)

Glaspell, Susan Keating

(July 1, 1876–July 27, 1948)

Gordon, Eleanor Elizabeth

(October 10, 1852–January 6, 1942)

Gotch, Frank Alvin

(April 27, 1878–December 17, 1917)

Griffin, Edna Mae Williams

(October 23, 1909–February 8, 2000)

Grimes, James Wilson

(October 20, 1816–February, 7, 1872)

Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell

(December 22, 1821–March 31, 1891)

Gross, Harold Royce

(June 30, 1899–September 22, 1987)

Gue, Benjamin F.

(December 25, 1828–June 4, 1904)

Hall, Howard

(December 31, 1894–May 16, 1971)

Hall, James Norman

(April 22, 1887–July 5, 1951)

Hammill, John

(October 14, 1875–April 6, 1936)

Hammond, William Gardiner

(May 3, 1829–April 12, 1894)

Hancher, Virgil Melvin

(September 4, 1896–January 30, 1965)

Harding, William Lloyd

(October 3, 1877–December 17, 1934)

Harlan, Edgar Rubey

(February 28, 1869–July 13, 1941)

Harlan, James

(August 26, 1820–October 5, 1899)

Harper, Virginia

(December 23, 1929–September 3, 1997)

Harris, Donald W.

(January 4, 1912–December 7, 1991)

Hart, Charles Walter

(July 6, 1872–March 14, 1937)

Haugen, Gilbert N.

(April 21, 1859–July 16, 1933)

Hayden, Ada

(August 14, 1884–August 12, 1950)

Heady, Earl O.

(January 25, 1916–August 20, 1987)

Hearst, Charles Ernest

(October 18, 1869–March 8, 1936)

Hearst, James Schell

(August 8, 1900–July 27, 1983)

Hempstead, Stephen P.

(October 1, 1812–February 16, 1883)

Henderson, David Bremner

(March 14, 1840–February 25, 1906)

Hennessy, John

(August 20, 1825–March 4, 1900)

Hepburn, William Peters

(November 3, 1833–February 7, 1916)

Herbst, Josephine Frey

(March 5, 1892–January 28, 1969)

Herring, Clyde LaVerne

(May 3, 1879–September 15, 1945)

Herron, George Davis

(January 21, 1862–October 9, 1925)

Hickenlooper, Bourke Blakemore

(July 21, 1896–September 4, 1971)

Hillis, Cora Bussey

(August 8, 1858–August 12, 1924)

Hilton, James Harold

(November 20, 1899–January 14, 1982)

Hinrichs, Gustavus Detlef

(December 2, 1836–February 15, 1923)

Hoegh, Leo A.

(March 30, 1908–July 15, 2000)

Hoffmann, Mathias Martin

(January 7, 1889–January 10, 1961)

Hoover, Herbert Clark

(August 10, 1874–October 20, 1964)

Hoover, Lou Henry

(March 29, 1874–January 7, 1944)

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd

(August 17, 1890–January 29, 1946)

Hospers, Henry

(February 6, 1830–October 21, 1901)

Hough, Emerson

(June 28, 1857–April 30, 1923)

Houghton, Dorothy Deemer

(March 11, 1890–March 15, 1972)

Howard, Charles P., Sr.

(March 10, 1890–January 25, 1969)

Howard, James Raley

(March 24, 1873–January 27, 1954)

Howell, James Bruen

(July 4, 1816–June 17, 1880)

Hoxie, Herbert Melville "Hub"

(December 18, 1830–November 23, 1886)

Hubbell, Frederick Marion

(January 17, 1839–November 11, 1930),

Hubbell, Grover Cooper

(February 3, 1883–December 9, 1956)

Hubbell, Frederick Windsor

(November 24, 1891–March 13, 1959)

Hughes, Harold Everett

(February 10, 1922–October 23, 1996)

Ingham, Harvey

(September 8, 1858–August 21, 1949)

Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point)

(ca. 1805–ca. 1879)

Jackson, Frank Darr

(January 26, 1854–November 16, 1938)

Jessup, Walter Albert

(August 12, 1877–July 5, 1944)

Johnson, Wendell

(April 16, 1906–August 29, 1965)

Jolliet, Louis

(September 21, 1645–May 1700)

Jones, George Wallace

(April 12, 1804–July 22, 1896)

Kane, Thomas Leiper

(January 27, 1822–December 26, 1883)

Kantor, MacKinlay

(February 4, 1904–October 11, 1977)

Kasson, John Adams

(January 11, 1822–May 18, 1910)

Kearny, Stephen Watts

(August 30, 1794–October 31, 1848)

Kendall, Nathan Edward

(March 17, 1868–November 4, 1936)

Kenyon, William Squire

(June 10, 1869–September 9, 1933)

Keokuk

(1780 or 1781–June 1848)

Keyes, Charles Reuben

(May 5, 1871–July 23, 1951)

King, Karl Lawrence

(February 21, 1891–March 31, 1971)

Kinnick, Nile Clarke

(July 9, 1918–June 2, 1943)

Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan

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

Kluckhohn, Clyde

(January 11, 1905–July 29, 1960)

Knapp, Seaman Asahel

(December 16, 1833–April 1, 1911)

Kneeland, Abner

(April 6, 1774–August 27, 1844)

Koren, Ulrik Vilhelm

(December 22, 1826–December 19, 1910)

Kraschel, Nelson George

(October 27, 1889–March 15, 1957)

Kresensky, Raymond Joseph

(December 28, 1892–September 25, 1955)

Lacey, John Fletcher

(May 30, 1841–September 29, 1913)

Lampe, Matthew Willard

(August 4, 1883–September 23, 1969)

Landers, George W.

(January 13, 1860–July 5, 1955)

Landmann, Barbara Heinemann

(January 11, 1795–May 21, 1883)

Langworthy, James L.

(January 20, 1800–March 14, 1865)

Langworthy, Lucius H.

(February 6, 1807–June 9, 1865)

Langworthy, Edward

(August 31, 1808–January 4, 1893)

Langworthy, Solon M.

(January 17, 1814–June 7, 1886)

Larpenteur, Charles

(May 8, 1803–November 15, 1872)

Larrabee, William

(January 20, 1832–November 16, 1912)

Lawther, Anna Bell

(September 6, 1872–October 21, 1957)

Le Claire, Antoine

(December 15, 1797–September 25, 1861)

Lennox, David

(April 15, 1856–February 15, 1947)

Leopold, Aldo

(January 11, 1887–April 21, 1948 )

Le Sueur, Meridel

(February 22, 1900–November 14, 1996)

Lewis, John Llewellyn

(February 12, 1880–June 11, 1969)

Ligutti, Luigi Gino

(March 21, 1895–December 28, 1983)

Lindquist, Everet Franklin

(June 4, 1901–May 13, 1978)

Loras, John Mathias Pierre

(August 20, 1792–February 19, 1858)

Louden, William

(October 16, 1841–November 5, 1931)

Loveless, Herschel Cellel

(May 5, 1911–May 4, 1989)

Lowe, Ralph Phillips

(November 27, 1805–December 22, 1883)

Lucas, Robert

(April 1, 1781–February 7, 1853)

Mabie, Edward Charles

(October 27, 1892–February 9, 1956)

Macbride, Thomas Huston

(July 31, 1848–March 27, 1934)

MacDonald, Thomas Harris

(July 23, 1881–April 7, 1957)

MacLean, George Edwin

(August 31, 1850–May 3, 1938)

MacNider, Hanford "Jack"

(October 2, 1889–February 18, 1968)

MacVicar, John

(July 4, 1859–November 15, 1928)

Mahaska (White Cloud)

(ca. 1784–1834)

Mahony, Dennis A.

(January 21, 1820–November 6, 1879)

Main, John Hanson Thomas

(April 2, 1859–April 1, 1931)

Manfred, Frederick

(January 6, 1912–September 7, 1994)

Mansfield, Arabella "Belle" Babb

(May 23, 1846–August 1, 1911)

Marquette, Jacques

(June 1, 1637–May 18, 1675)

Marston, Anson E.

(May 31, 1864–October 21, 1949)

Martin, Thomas Ellsworth

(January 18, 1893–June 27, 1971 )

Mason, Charles

(October 24, 1804–February 25, 1882)

May, Earl Ernest

(March 21, 1890–December 19, 1946)

Maytag, Frederick Louis ("F. L.")

(July 14, 1857–March 26, 1937)

Maytag, Elmer Henry ("E. H.")

(September 15, 1883–July 20, 1940)

Maytag, Lewis Bergman ("L. B.")

(August 24, 1888–August 8, 1967)

Maytag, Frederick Louis ("Fred II")

(January 8, 1911–November 4, 1962)

Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles

(1806–February 23, 1864)

McCowen, Jennie C.

(June 15, 1845–July 28, 1924)

McCrary, George Washington

(August 29, 1835–June 23, 1890)

McDill, James Wilson

(March 4, 1834–February 28, 1894)

McElroy, Ralph J.

(March 6, 1910–February 16, 1965)

McFarlane, Arch W.

(April 14, 1885–July 24, 1960)

Meigs, Cornelia Lynde

(December 6, 1884–September 10, 1973)

Melendy, Peter

(February 9, 1823–October 18, 1901)

Meredith, Edwin Thomas

(December 23, 1876–June 17, 1928)

Merrill, Samuel

(August 7, 1822–August 31, 1899)

Metz, Christian

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

Millard, Franklin Benjamin

(September 7, 1831–February 1, 1909)

Miller, Eunice Viola Babcock

(March 1, 1871–January 24, 1937)

Miller, Frank Andrea

(March 28, 1925–February 17, 1983)

Miller, Harlan

(April 3, 1897–August 7, 1968)

Miller, Jack Richard

(June 6, 1916–August 29, 1994)

Miller, Samuel Freeman

(April 5, 1816–October 10, 1890)

Mollenhoff, Clark R.

(April 16, 1921–March 2, 1991)

Morrell, John H.

(March 13, 1864–December 4, 1921)

Morris, James Brad, Sr.

(October 15, 1890–December 30, 1977)

Mott, Frank Luther

(April 4, 1886–October 23, 1964)

Murphy, Donald Ridgway

(June 25, 1895–September 26, 1974)

Murphy, Richard Louis

(November 6, 1875–July 16, 1936)

Murphy, Thomas Dowler

(July 10, 1866–September 15, 1928)

Murray, Janette Lindsay Stevenson

(October 28, 1874–December 23, 1967)

Musser, Peter Miller

(April 3, 1841–May 22, 1919)

Newbold, Joshua G.

(May 12, 1830–June 10, 1903)

Nollen, Henry Scholte

(September 26, 1866–April 24, 1942)

Nollen, Gerard Scholte

(August 29, 1880–September 4, 1965)

Nollen, John Scholte

(January 18, 1869–March 13, 1952)

North, Ada E.

(November 19, 1840–January 9, 1899)

Nutting, Charles Cleveland

(May 25, 1858–January 23, 1927)

Orr, Ellison James

(June 14, 1857–January 25, 1951)

Palmer, Austin Norman

(December 22, 1857–November 16, 1927)

Palmer, Daniel David

(March 7, 1845–October 20, 1913)

Palmer, Bartlett Joshua

(September 10, 1881–May 27, 1961)

Pammel, Louis Hermann

(April 19, 1862–March 23, 1931)

Parker, Jessie M.

(February 25, 1880–May 1, 1959)

Parvin, Theodore Sutton

(January 15, 1817–June 28, 1901 )

Peck, Washington Freeman

(January 22, 1840–December 12, 1891)

Pendray, Carolyn Campbell

(December 9, 1881–November 23, 1958)

Perkins, Charles Elliott

(November 24, 1840–November 9, 1907)

Perkins, Charles Elliott, Jr.

(February 21, 1881–June 19, 1943)

Perry, William Stevens

(January 22, 1832–May 13, 1898)

Petersen, Christian

(February 25, 1885–April 4, 1961)

Petersen, William John

(January 30, 1901–February 2, 1989)

Pierce, James Melville

(May 9, 1848–November 1, 1920)

Pierce, Dante Melville

(August 29, 1880–July 27, 1955)

Plumbe, John, Jr.

(July 13, 1809–May 28, 1857)

Porter, Claude Rodman

(June 8, 1872–August 17, 1946)

Poweshiek

(1791–1854)

Putnam, Mary Louisa Duncan

(September 23, 1832–February 20, 1903)

Quick, Herbert John

(October 23, 1861–May 10, 1925)

Rague, John Francis

(March 24, 1799–September 1877)

Rawson, Charles Augustus

(May 29, 1867–September 2, 1936)

Reno, Milo

(January 5, 1866–May 5, 1936)

Reynolds, Joseph "Diamond Jo"

(June 11, 1819–February 21, 1891)

Richter, August Paul

(January 25, 1844–February 8, 1926)

Roberts, George Evan

(August 19, 1857–June 6, 1948)

Rorer, David

(May 12, 1806–July 7, 1884)

Ross, Earle Dudley

(December 20, 1885–March 22, 1973)

Rush, Gertrude Elzora Durden

(August 5, 1880–September 5, 1962)

Sabin, Henry

(October 23, 1829–March 23, 1918)

Safford, Mary Augusta

(December 23, 1851–October 25, 1927)

Sage, Leland Livingston

(April 23, 1899–February 16, 1989)

Salter, William

(November 17, 1821–August 15, 1910)

Samuelson, Agnes Mathilda

(April 14, 1887–May 12, 1963)

Savery, Annie Nowlin

(1831–April 14, 1891)

Sayre, Ruth Buxton

(January 25, 1896–November 23, 1980)

Schaeffer, Charles Ashmead

(August 14, 1843–September 23, 1898)

Schield, Vern L.

(November 13, 1902–August 4, 1993)

Scholte, Hendrik Pieter

(1806–August 25, 1868)

Schramm, Wilbur Lang

(August 5, 1907–December 27, 1988)

Seashore, Carl Emil

(January 28, 1866–October 16, 1949)

Seerley, Homer Horatio

(August 13, 1848–December 23, 1932)

Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin

(January 29, 1871–April 7, 1940)

Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack

(February 12, 1871–August 30, 1953)

Shambaugh, Jessie Field

(June 26, 1881–January 15, 1971)

Sharp, Abigail Gardner

(1843–January 21, 1921)

Shaw, Leslie Mortier

(November 2, 1848–March 28, 1932)

Sheaffer, Walter A.

(July 27, 1867–June 19, 1946)

Sherman, Althea Rosina

(October 10, 1853–April 16, 1943)

Sherman, Buren Robinson

(May 28, 1836–November 11, 1904)

Sherman, Hoyt

(November 1, 1827–January 25, 1904)

Shimek, Bohumil

(June 25, 1861–January 30, 1937)

Shirer, William Lawrence

(February 23, 1904–December 28, 1993)

Short, Wallace Mertin

(June 28, 1866–January 3, 1953)

Sigmund, Jay G.

(December 11, 1885–October 19, 1937)

Sinclair, Thomas McElderry

(May 14, 1842–March 24, 1881)

Smith, Ida B. Wise

(July 3, 1871–February 16, 1952)

Smith, Joseph, III

(November 6, 1832–December 10, 1914)

Smith, Mary Louise

(October 6, 1914–August 22, 1997)

Smith, Platt

(May 6, 1813–1882)

Soth, Lauren Kephart

(October 2, 1910–February 9, 1998)

Spangler, Harrison Earl

(June 10, 1879–July 28, 1965)

Spedding, Frank Harold

(October 22, 1902–December 15, 1984)

Springer, Francis

(April 15, 1811–October 2, 1898)

Staley, Oren Lee

(May 6, 1923–September 19, 1988)

Stalker, Millikan

(August 6, 1841–June 14, 1909)

Stanley, Claude Maxwell

(June 16, 1904–September 20, 1984)

Starbuck, Edwin Diller

(February 20, 1866–November 18, 1947)

Steck, Daniel Frederic

(December 16, 1881–December 31, 1950)

Steindler, Arthur

(June 22, 1878–July 21, 1959)

Stewart, David Wallace

(January 22, 1887–February 10, 1974)

Still, Summerfield Saunders

(December 7, 1851–November 20, 1931)

Stone, William Milo

(October 14, 1827–July 18, 1893)

Stong, Philip Duffield

(January 27, 1899–April 26, 1957)

Stout, Henry Lane

(October 23, 1814–July 17, 1900)

Stover, Frederick William

(August 6, 1898–July 12, 1990)

Street, Joseph Montfort

(December 18, 1782–May 5, 1840)

Suckow, Ruth

(August 6, 1892–January 23, 1960)

Sudlow, Phebe W.

(July 11, 1831–June 8, 1922)

Sunday, William Ashley "Billy"

(November 19, 1862–November 6, 1935)

Swain, Adeline Morrison

(May 25, 1820–February 3, 1899)

Swan, Chauncey

(1799–1852)

Sweeney, Orland Russell

(March 27, 1883–April 21, 1958)

Swisher, Jacob Armstrong

(August 1, 1884–July 7, 1976)

Temple, Edward Ames

(September 23, 1831–February 12, 1909)

Thompson, John Lay

(May 28, 1869–July 23, 1930)

Throne, Mildred

(October 31, 1902–July 7, 1960)

Todd, John

(November 10, 1818–January 31, 1894)

Tokheim, John J.

(May 17, 1871–March 15, 1941)

Treglia, Mary Joanna

(October 7, 1897–October 10, 1959)

Trimble, Henry Hoffman

(May 7, 1827–January 9, 1910)

Turner, Asa

(June 11, 1799–December 13, 1885)

Turner, Daniel Webster

(March 17, 1877–April 15, 1969)

Van Vechten, Carl

(June 17, 1880–December 21, 1964)

Vawter, Keith

(April 23, 1872–February 5, 1937)

Wade, Martin Joseph

(October 20, 1861–April 16, 1931)

Walker, Nellie Verne

(December 8, 1874–July 10, 1973)

Wall, Joseph Frazier

(July 10, 1920–October 9, 1995)

Wallace, "Uncle" Henry

(March 19, 1836–February 22, 1916)

Wallace, Henry Cantwell

(May 11, 1866–October 25, 1924)

Wallace, Henry Agard

(October 7, 1888–November 18, 1965)

Wanatee, Jean Adeline Morgan

(December 9, 1910–October 15, 1996)

Wapello

(ca. 1787–March 15, 1842 )

Ward, Duren James Henderson

(June 17, 1851–January 24, 1942)

Waubonsie

(ca. 1756–1765–ca. 1848 or 1849)

Waymack, William Wesley

(October 18, 1888–November 5, 1960)

Wearin, Otha Donner

(January 10, 1903–April 3, 1990)

Weaver, James Baird

(June 12, 1833–February 6, 1912)

Wedel, Mildred Mott

(September 7, 1912–September 4, 1995)

Weeks, Carl

(December 2, 1876–June 2, 1962)

Welch, Adonijah Strong

(April 12, 1821–March 14, 1889)

Welch, Mary Beaumont

(July 3, 1841–January 2, 1923)

Wennerstrum, Charles Frederick

(October 11, 1889–June 1, 1986)

White, Charles Abiathar

(January 26, 1826–June 29, 1910)

Whitley, Cora Call

(May 7, 1862–December 30, 1937)

Wilkie, Franc Bangs

(July 2, 1832–August 13, 1892)

Williams, Charles W.

(December 4, 1856–February 2, 1936)

Williams, William

(December 6, 1796–February 18, 1874)

Willson, Meredith

(May 18, 1902–June 15, 1984)

Wilson, Cristine Louise Swanson

(June 28, 1945–May 20, 1991)

Wilson, George Allison

(April 1, 1884–September 8, 1953)

Wilson, James "Tama Jim"

(August 16, 1835–August 26, 1920)

Wilson, James Falconer

(October 19, 1828–April 22, 1895)

Wittenmyer, Sarah Ann “Annie” Turner

(August 26, 1827–February 2, 1900)

Wood, Grant Devolson

(February 13, 1891–February 12, 1942)

Woodson, George Henry

(December 15, 1865–July 7, 1933)

Work, John McClelland

(January 3, 1869–January 5, 1961)

Wright, George Grover

(March 24, 1820–January 11, 1896)

Young, Lafayette

(May 19, 1848–November 15, 1926)

Young, William John

(February 27, 1827–June 8, 1896)

Younker, Lipman

(1834–May 22, 1903),

Younker, Samuel

(November 7, 1837–May 21, 1879),

Younker, Marcus

(August 7, 1839–June 16, 1926) ,
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa: Jacket Art - Agriculture - Cresco, Iowa by Richard Haines ca 1934 -  Photo by Scott Christopher courtesy of Gregg Narber