KEO-MAH
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
KEO-MAH
TRACERS NEWSLETTER
Officers:
President: Mark DeGeest
Vice-President/Webmaster: Don DeBoef
Secretary/Treasurer: Mabel Daniels
Trustee: James Thayer
Trustee: Lucinda Jo Glenn
Trustee: Alan Neve
Trustee: Helen Sagar
Librarian & Newsletter Editor: Mabel Daniels
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E-mail:
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THURSDAY 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Meetings: Last Friday of month,
1:00 PM at Keo-Mah Library;
November on 3rd Friday
Telephone: 641-673-9373
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Closed November 27, 28 & 29 for Thanksgiving
Closed December 22, 2008 through January 3, 2009 - Christmas Vacation
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HIGHLIGHTS OF 1st QUARTER 2009 NEWSLETTER
VOLUME XXVIII ISSUE #1
January, February
& March
2009
Membership
$20.00 yr
$25.00 Couple, $30.00 outside U.S.
Jan-Dec (4 Newsletters per year)
Life Memberships:
$400.00 under age 55
$200.00 over age 55
All memberships are for a full year. Your membership card will indicate
the month your membership expires.
Mailing Address
Keo-Mah Genealogical Society,
Inc
209 A Av E
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807
Funding Request
We are still seeking funding to
help with the
downpayment on the building. All donations, over $25, are
tax-deductible.
FAMILY REUNIONS MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!
Send your upcoming family reunions to:
Keo-Mah Genealogical Society, Inc.
209 A Av E
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807
OTHER
ITEMS IN THE CURRENT NEWSLETTER:
Some of the news items from the
Keokuk County News Review in
January 1909
A list of recent acquisitions
by the Keo-Mah Genealogical
Library
A photo of the Oskaloosa, IA
High School Class of 1952 at
their 25th anniversary
A photo from the Des Moines
Tribune on August 7, 1948 about a
tree battle in Oskaloosa.
An article from the Oskaloosa
Daily Herald about John Anton
and the Muchakinock cemetery near Oskaloosa
A profile of musician Frederick
Knight Logan, who composed the
"Missouri Waltz"
A profile of opera singer and
teacher, Virginia Knight Logan
A photo of the Quaker Livery
and Sale Barn before it was razed
in Oskaloosa
OTHER COMING EVENTS:
Keo-Mah Genealogical Library will be closed on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Nov 27, 28 & 29, 2008 for Thanksgiving.
We will be closed from Dec 22,
2008 through Jan 3, 2009 for
the Christmas and New Year Holidays.
During the months of January,
February and March the library
will be
closed on Mondays. The other days are the same as normal.
The library will also be closed
for weather when the Oskaloosa
School System has a weather day.
Membership
Dues are Due
if your newsletter label reads any month in 2008, then it's time to
renew.
Check our website for current and new publications available for sale.
QUERIES:
Benjamin EATON
b April 23, 1795 NY, wife Lucy DENNING
EATON b April 7, 1808 NY
Both died in Keokuk County, IA
I would like to know where in NY they were born.
Susan Hoppe
521 N Rutland
Wichita, KS 67006
hoppe257@sbcglobal.net
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Wish to have an obit of Fanny WEST
REYNOLDS who is buried in the
Friends Cemetery at New
Sharon, IA.
She died May 5, 1892. The Keo-Mah Genealogical Society was
unable to find one in their microfilm newspapers,
but hopefully someone may have it.
Tami Reynolds
PO Box 1348
Graham, WA 98338
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Looking for information on the collapse of the Starr A shaft at What
Cheer Coal Company mine on August 28, 1888.
Need to confirm John and Hugh REID
perished in this disaster. They are two of my ancestors.
Philip J Tobias
1303 Starboard Dr
Okemos, MI 48864
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Searching for surnames of DAWSON
and MARTIN
Jim & Sharon Jacobs
12154 260th St
Delta, IA 52550
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Looking for surnames of DANKERT,
MCGRIFF,
STOUT,
DEVRIES,
TANDY,
OSWANDEL,
BUTLER
and HAMILTON
in Mahaska County, IA.
Judy N Bos Parsons
7218 Vyrd Ct
Calhan, CO 80808
jeedybos@aol.com
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Searching surnames of FIELDS,
SIMPKINS,
SAYLOR
in Keokuk
County, IA
and SIMPKINS,
SAYLOR
in
Mahaska County, IA
Helen C Simpkins
1203 NE St #1209
Indianola, IA 50125
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Searching surnames in Mahaska County, IA for HOYT,
BONNETT,
DELONG,
NEVINS,
JOHNSON,
GODFREY,
DEMOSS and DELASHMUTT.
Alice Hoyt Veen
14998 Odessa Pl
Bouton, IA 50039
ahoytveen@iowatelecom.net
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Searching surnames in Keokuk County, IA for surnames FEAR,
YAHNKE/JAHNKE,
MCCLANAHAN,
NORTON, MEYER,
DEMARCE,
RAY
and WHITE.
Deb Henry
8401 Weybridge
Johnston, IA 50131
henrydndua@msn.com
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Searching in Keokuk County, IA for surnames HALL,
GREGORY
and VANVOORHIS
In Mahaska County, IA for surnames GREGORY,
SOPHER,
PETTITT,
MALIN,
VANVOORHIS,
TAYLOR, DARLAND,
REYNOLDS
and
COCHRAN
Mary J Sopher
1607 13th St
Coralville, IA 52241
mjsopher@aol.com
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Searching for surname of RUSSELL
in Mahaska and Keokuk County, IA
Michael Carr
PO Box 607
Spanish Fork, UT 84660
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Searching in Keokuk County, IA for surname of SHUEY/SHEWY
and in Mahaska County, IA for surname of BROWN,
FISHER
and AYERS
Kay Adamson
2594 Summit St
Columbus, OH 43202
kadamson@fastmail.com
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Searching Keokuk County, IA for surnames of HALL,
SMITH
and MASTERS
Dorothy McCauley
21788 23rd Av
New Virginia, IA 50210
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Searching surnames in Keokuk County, IA of SCEARCY
and MILLER
Jennifer Banks
3454 Cornice Pl
Woodbridge, VA 22192
banksjj@earthlink.net
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Searching surnames in Keokuk County, IA for WASSON,
DOOLEY,
MCBRIDE,
HOUGHTON
and MCMAHAN
Tom Gilfoy
4131 Encinas Dr
LA Canada, CA 91011
gilfoytom@gmail.com
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Searching surnames in Mahaska County, IA for ROBERTSON,
FARR,
VANHOEVER,
SWANK/ZWANK,
WOLF, EVANS
and MONSTER
Janice L Wolfe
16106 Accapulco Dr
Houston, TX 77040
cliffnjan@att.net
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Searching surnames in Keokuk County, IA for DAHLSTROM,
MCKAY,
ZIMMERMAN,
COGHLAN
and WATERHOUSE
and in Mahaska County, IA for MORRISON,
ROBERTSON,
SEXTON,
FARR
and DODD
Gary Morrison
722 SE Peterson Dr
Ankeny, IA 50021
garymorrison1@msn.com
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Searchin in Mahaska County, IA for ROSENBOOM
I am just beginning my search
Shelley Stream
408 N Market St
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
ducky@mahaska.org
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Searching for any information about the John JOHNSON
family who
settled in the Keenersburg area of Keokuk County, IA about 1855.
They had a son named John C JOHNSON
b ca 1842 VA. He married
Margaret ALLEN.
I lost him after the 1870 census of Keokuk
County, IA. I think he had a son named Harry. Any
information would be appreciated and will gladly exchange anything that
I have.
John C JOHNSON
had a brother named Perry b ca 1846 VA. I have
nothing about him either. Would like to know more about these
two sons.
Mabel Daniels
301 Sherman St
Beacon, IA 52534
mabgenank@lisco.com
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Keo-Mah Genealogical Society,
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209 A Av E
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807