History of Delaware County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1John F. Merry S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1914 - Delaware County (Iowa) |
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... Lieutenant Pike , with one sergeant , two corporals and seventeen privates , left the military camp near St. Louis , in a keel boat , with four months ' rations , August 9 , 1805. On the 20th of the same month the expedition arrived ...
... Lieutenant Pike , with one sergeant , two corporals and seventeen privates , left the military camp near St. Louis , in a keel boat , with four months ' rations , August 9 , 1805. On the 20th of the same month the expedition arrived ...
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... Lieutenant Pike came up the river for the purpose of holding friendly council with the Indians and selecting sites for forts within the territory recently acquired from France by the United States . Lieutenant Pike seems to have been ...
... Lieutenant Pike came up the river for the purpose of holding friendly council with the Indians and selecting sites for forts within the territory recently acquired from France by the United States . Lieutenant Pike seems to have been ...
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... lieutenant , Abel A. Franklin , enlisted as musician May 18 , 1861 : promoted first sergeant , then second lieutenant , July 18 , 1862 . Sergeant , John II . Earl , enlisted May 18 , 1861 . Sergeant , Stephen Cousins , enlisted May 18 ...
... lieutenant , Abel A. Franklin , enlisted as musician May 18 , 1861 : promoted first sergeant , then second lieutenant , July 18 , 1862 . Sergeant , John II . Earl , enlisted May 18 , 1861 . Sergeant , Stephen Cousins , enlisted May 18 ...
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... lieutenant ; promoted first lieutenant , February 1 , 1862 ; promoted captain , March 1 , 1862 ; reduced to first lieutenant . Second lieutenant , Jerome Darling , enlisted as corporal , July 1 , 1861 ; pro- moted first sergeant , then ...
... lieutenant ; promoted first lieutenant , February 1 , 1862 ; promoted captain , March 1 , 1862 ; reduced to first lieutenant . Second lieutenant , Jerome Darling , enlisted as corporal , July 1 , 1861 ; pro- moted first sergeant , then ...
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... lieutenant , Jacob Platt , enlisted as sergeant July 28 , 1861 ; promoted first sergeant , then second lieutenant , August 4 , 1863 ; reenlisted as veteran , January 1 , 1864 ; discharged as first sergeant , for disability , July 25 ...
... lieutenant , Jacob Platt , enlisted as sergeant July 28 , 1861 ; promoted first sergeant , then second lieutenant , August 4 , 1863 ; reenlisted as veteran , January 1 , 1864 ; discharged as first sergeant , for disability , July 25 ...
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acres appointed August 14 became Black Hawk building built cabin captured at Shiloh Charles church Coffin's Grove Colesburg commissioners Company Corporal county seat Court courthouse Delaware County Delaware Township Delhi died discharged District Doolittle Dubuque County Dunham Eads Earlville election Elk Township enlisted August 14 enlisted December enlisted February enlisted May 18 enlisted October enlisted September 23 erected farm feet Fork Township George Greeley Hazel Green held Henry Honey Creek Honey Creek Township Hopkinton Indians Infantry Iowa James January Joel Bailey John Joseph July 15 June land located Manchester Maquoketa March miles mill Mississippi mustered out July North Fork Township November Oneida organized Paid pastor prairie president railroad reenlisted as veteran regiment Richland Township River road Samuel schoolhouse September 23 sergeant settled on section settlers spring territory Thomas town veteran December vote William wounded York
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Page 168 - There is no death! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry moss they bear; The forest leaves drink daily life From out the viewless air. There is no death!
Page 95 - States, and all proceeding to such State or section, by land or water, shall, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from such State or section, be forfeited to the United States...
Page 24 - Auditor semi-annually to the several counties of the State, in proportion to the number of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years.
Page 94 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 20 - I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government ; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 155 - September 6, 1834, by an act of the legislative council the territory lying west of the Mississippi and north of a line drawn due west from the lower end of Rock Island to the Missouri River was organized into the County of Dubuque.
Page 167 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Page 94 - States, and that all commercial intercourse between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with the exception aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parts of the United States, is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or has been suppressed...
Page 12 - The first permanent settlement by the whites within the limits of Iowa was made by Julien Dubuque, in 1788, when, with a small party of miners, he settled on the site of the city that now bears his name, where he lived until his death, in 1810. Louis Honori settled on the site of the present town of Montrose, probably in 1799.
Page 11 - River in a direct lino to the second or upper fork of the Des Moines River; thence in a direct line to the lower fork of the Calumet River, and down that river to its junction with the Missouri River.