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Carroll County Genealogy

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The German Heritage of Carroll County, Iowa
by David Reineke

Table of Contents


Preface
& Introduction


Chapter One


Early County History and the First German Settlers

Conrad Geiselhart
Albert Brutsche

Charles F. Buss

L. Sherrie
Henry J. P. Müller
Further Development of the County


Chapter Two
Page One


The Founding of Kniest Township and Mount Carmel

JOHN I. BLAIR AND THE RAILROAD
LAMBERT KNIEST AND HEINRICH BAUMHOVER

THE NEW COLONY
THE CHURCH
LIFE ON THE FRONTIER
BUSINESSES
FARMING
KNIEST AND BAUMHOVER

Page Two

Who Were the Other Early Settlers?

PETER AND KATHARINA BERGER
RICHARD AND MARIA RICKE
ANTON AND MARIA MEIS
BERNHARD AND GERTRUDE VONNAHME
SEBASTIAN AND ANNA MARIA BRUCH
CHRISTIAN AND MARGARETHA LOEFFELHOLZ
JOSEPH AND ELISABETH WIEWEL
GOOD TIMES AND BAD THROUGH THE YEARS
ENTERTAINMENT

THREE CHURCH FIRES
CONTINUED GROWTH
THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
A NEW CENTURY
CONCLUSION

 

Chapter Three

The Germans of Carroll City

Part One

Early Years in Carroll City, 1867-1879

Carroll City’s Early German Businesses

Death of Lambert Kniest
Early Business Life in Carroll City
Early Catholic Church
EARLY GERMAN SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE
The Carroll Fire of 1879
The Founding of the Carroll Schützenverein

Part Two
COMING SOON


 

Chapter Fourteen
 Page One

The German Press in Carroll County 

Der Carroll Demokrat
Der Manning Herold
Die Ostfriesische Nachrichten
 Die Germania
Other Area Papers

 Page Two

Carroll County’s German Newspapermen

John G. Burkhardt 
Alois Becker
Joseph M. Dunck
Rev. Lubke Huendling
Berthold Krause
Peter Rix
Clemence A. Bohnenkamp

CONCLUSION

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