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Adams, Victor M. 1816 -

Aiken, Frank H. April 8, 1845 -

Allen, Waldo And William C.

Anderson, John A. June 29, 1845 -

Angel, Alonzo February 1816 -

Apsey, William 1823 -

Asselin, John January 6, 1836 -

Atkinson, Millard October 15, 1822 -

Atwater, Milton 1850 -

Bacon, Daniel 1818 -

Baebler, Zacharias June 1857 -

Bailey, Richard December 11, 1828 -

Baker, A. M. 1836 - 1876

Balstad, C. C. February 18, 1840 -

Barber, George G. 1826 -

Barber, Willis E. September 1858 -

Barker, Robert January 1, 1816 -

Baxter, B. F. 1839 -

Benzie, Alexander R. 1839 -

Berg, Andrew 1822 -

Black, Gilbert O. February 10, 1851 -

Black, Ole O. October 10, 1819 -

Bolles, Hiram F. January 1838 -

Bolles, Hiram F. January 1838 -

Bosshard, Adolph 1853 -

Bosshard, John December 26, 1851 -

Bowen, Leroy 1814 -

Bradbury, J. M. November 27, 1847 -

Bradley, John 1819 -

Bradley, Milo E. June 22, 1833 -

Brice, George W. February 9, 1836 -

Briggs, Suel April 7, 1821 -

Brooks, John July 1854 -

Broxholm, James November 3, 1832 -

Bye, Andrew Olson December 3, 1827 -

Caldwell, J. C. July 10, 1822 -

Campbell, John N. 1813 -

Campbell, John N. 1813 -

Casberg, E. C. April 18, 1853 -

Cassel, John A. 1821 -

Casterline, Alvah H. 1822 -

Chelmers, Klaas October 17, 1843 -

Christennonson, Christian July 27, 1839 -

Clark, Anson 1822 -

Clark, Anson 1822 -

Clark, John G. 1831 -

Coburn, John M. February 16, 1831 -

Congdon, B. R. 1811 -

Congdon, B. R. 1811 -

Congdon, Gilbert April 1822 -

Conrow, Charles H. June 15, 1815 -

Cook, A. S. W. January 1824 -

Craig, Augustus January 13, 1835 -

Craig, Augustus January 13, 1835 -

Crook, James C. 1833 -

Dahl, J. H. 1853 -

Darling, Abner May 26, 1826 -

Darling, Chester January 29, 1821 -

Darling, Reuben 1824 -

Darms, Michael 1830 -

Davis, Daniel 1843 -

Davis, David R. September 1821 -

Davis, William May 1827 -

Dawson, John 1832 -

Dickinson, Harvey 1825 -

Dougherty, William May 8, 1820 -

Downer, Clarissa (Roberts) 1819 -

Dudley, William L.

Dunlap, George N. November 9, 1844 -

Edwards, Edward F. 1822 -

Edwards, R. D. 1822 -

Edwards, R. D. 1822 -

Eldred, A. 1818 -

Elwell, Chauncy C. 1827 -

Engelstad, Anton August 7, 1851 -

Erickson, John 1845 -

Evans, J. P. 1842 -

Evenson, Ouden 1830 -

Ewart, Edward 1840 -

Eynon, Thomas H. 1813 -

Faas, John September 15, 1829 -

Fletcher, Charles W. 1827 -

Foster, Edwin April 5, 1816 -

Fowler, John T. 1815 -

Francis, Evan December 29, 1830 -

Frank, Lawrence June 27, 1831 -

French, Joseph 1821 -

Fuller, A. P. 1827 -

Fuller, David 1824 -

Gaarder, Alferd January 1841 -

Gear, Thomas P. June 3, 1841 -

Gilbert, E. B. 1842 -

Gilfillan, James H. 1846 -

Gilfillan, Lewis P. July 1845 -

Gill, John Hands May 5, 1823 -

Gillboe, B. November 22, 1845 -

Gleason, Henry 1840 -

Glover, Charles A. 1848 -

Goodrich, R. 1850 -

Goodrich, R. 1850 -

Grams, August July 24, 1836 -

Gray, William A. 1849 -

Hale, Luke July 22, 1831 -

Halgeson, Charles January 4, 1844 -

Hall, Charles August 16, 1807 - June 23, 1877

Hansen, H. K. June 23, 1827 -

Hanson, Iver September 24, 1826 -

Hanson, Peter January 11, 1831 -

Hanson, Peter June 25, 1845 -

Harbison, Mary L.

Hart, Frank L. October 20, 1852 -

Hauser, E. Fred 1834 -

Havens, J. D. 1816 -

Hawkins, George E. July 10, 1846 -

Heath, O. B. November 28, 1833 -

Heritage, I. C. January 28, 1838 -

Hewitt, J. C. August 19, 1832 -

Hewitt, William E. 1844 -

Hobbs, John 1832 -

Hofma, Jacob August 8, 1815 -

Hogan, Hugh 1818 -

Hossfeld, Richard February 29, 1844 -

Houser, Theodore February 6, 1846 -

Howe, Erastus June 22, 1829 -

Hughes, David H. 1820 -

Hughes, John H. May 1852 -

Hulbert, Cephas 1835 -

Hulbert, Ira October 17, 1828 -

Inacbenit, Christian December 17, 1828 -

Isham, A. S. 1825 -

Jacobus, Valentine 1851 -

James, David J. 1813 -

James, Evan D. March 13, 1849 -

Jehlen, Dominic 1825 -

Jenkins, Mary F. (Williams) March 1838 -

Jenkins, Timothy J. 1836 -

Johns, D. B. 1827 -

Johns, D. B. 1827 -

Johns, Henry B. 1813 -

Johnson, A. C. October 18, 1854 -

Johnson, Andrew 1835 -

Johnson, Andrew A. January 31, 1826 -

Johnson, Bernt 1856 -

Johnson, Charles S. 1846 -

Johnson, E. 1843 -

Johnson, E. 1846 -

Johnson, E. W. 1840 -

Johnson, Jerry October 1840 -

Johnson, Jesse J. 1830 -

Johnson, John W. 1835 -

Johnson, Louis 1844 -

Johnson, Mons December 1819 -

Johnson, O. W. March 18, 1826 -

Johnson, William 1843 -

Jones, David 1824 -

Jones, David D. 1829 -

Jones, Evan 1804 -

Jones, John B. 1817 -

Jones, John J. 1854 -

Jones, John N. 1831 -

Jones, John X. 1838 -

Jones, Morgan E. 1841 -

Jungen, John B. 1831 -

Kasmann, Jacob 1843 -

Keeler, Herbert E. 1845 -

Kennedy, Enoch July 30, 1804 -

Kennett, William Lush December 19, 1827 -

Kern, John 1840 -

Kerpen, Nicholas

Kevin, James 1823 -

Kienass, Heinrich 1825 -

Kiene, Otto 1834 -

Kingsley, George L. 1829 -

Kinney, Harrison O. 1825 -

Kjos, O. P. February 6, 1830 -

Klein, C. F. 1844 -

Knothe, Adolph 1854 -

Knudsen, Lars 1821 -

Knudson, Tore 1830 -

Koenig, Charles 1830 -

Kohlhaus, Jacob 1829 -

Kreutz, Frank 1847 -

Kriebs, Henry February 8, 1819 -

Kroner, Fred 1834 -

Kuehn, Waldemar 1856 -

Kutzborsky, John April 23, 1826 -

La Bar, H. W. 1836 -

La Thier, R. R. June 17, 1820 -

Ladd, M. B. 1829 -

Laflin, H. B. 1834 -

Lahure, Nic 1847 -

Lang, William M. 1851 -

Langdon, John January 8, 1830 -

Lange, Ernst 1850 -

Lapitz, Frank 1841 -

Larsen, Bernt 1854 -

Larsen, O. 1838 -

Larson, Christian 1821 -

Law, David September 17, 1833 -

Leavitt, George 1816 -

Leete, William P.

Legler, Esaias March 2, 1829 -

Legler, John 1835 -

Lehnen, Peter 1843 -

Leinfelder, Joseph A. February 25, 1833 -

Lewis, David R. December 1841 -

Lien, C. L. 1849 -

Lienlokken, John 1841 -

Lightbody, J. H.

Listman, W. 1830 -

Lloyd, F. H. 1839 -

Lockman, Ezra M. October 13, 1844 -

Loomis, N. D. 1827 -

Looney, A. H. 1830 -

Losey, J. W. December 30, 1834 -

Lovejoy, Hiram 1833 -

Maguire, Arthur February 2, 1819 -

Mahlum, Simon 1847 -

Manchester, James 1828 -

Manville, M. M. 1832 -

Martin, C. D. 1824 -

Martindale, S. 1823 -

Mathews, Marvin 1841 -

Mayer, Peter 1851 -

Mayer, Valentine 1845 -

Mcarthur, P. S. October 30, 1822 -

Mccain, J. B. October 30, 1833 -

Mcclintock, William 1830 -

Mcconnell, James March 1836 -

Mcconnell, William July 15, 1822 -

Mccord, James 1841 -

Mcculloch, J. H. 1835 -

Mcdonald, Donald A. January 1, 1833 -

Mceldowney, Andrew 1800 - January 7, 1879

Mchugh, Barnard February 1826 -

Mcilwrith, Thomas 1837 -

Mckinley, Samuel R. 1830 -

Meader, L. J. March 1833 -

Meason, L. E. 1848 -

Medary, J. S. March 12, 1839 -

Mellon, Barnard 1824 -

Michel, Charles 1835 -

Miller, August 1846 -

Miller, Conrad 1830 -

Miller, D. F. 1853 -

Miller, H. G. March 30, 1826 -

Miller, Henry 1844 -

Miller, John 1816 -

Miller, John H. July 8, 1823 -

Miller, Mrs. H. May 30, 1832 - September 7, 1880

Moe, Andrew J. August 8, 1856 -

Moeser, William F. May 28, 1851 -

Montague, G. R. December 1830 -

Moody, James C. November 7, 1837 -

Moore, M. G. January 20, 1829 -

Moore, M. T. 1847 -

Moore, Tilden March 6, 1835 -

Moran, Alex September 17, 1847 -

Morf, Henry 1841 -

Morgan, George J. 1834 -

Moritz, Adolph 1851 -

Morris, Daniel May 1828 -

Morris, Robert 1829 -

Morrison, A. E. July 1835 -

Morrison, George February 15, 1842 -

Morrison, Hiram J. 1844 -

Morrison, John C. 1837 -

Morse, Seth March 30, 1832 -

Mosher, Aaron December 16, 1820 -

Moss, Charles October 25, 1822 -

Moulton, I. H. November 28, 1828 -

Muehlberg, Clara 1859 -

Mueller, Casper 1829 -

Mueller, Fred 1822 -

Muetze, Ottocar 1842 -

Mulder, Byron April 8, 1853 -

Mulder, Henry August 29, 1822 -

Nekola, Albert 1848 -

Nelson, L. M. 1837 -

Nenzel, George 1840 -

Neuman, S. 1822 -

Nevins, A. G. 1852 -

Nevins, Alexander G. November 16, 1858 -

Newton, A. B. 1842 -

Nichols, J. S. July 7, 1821 -

Nicholson, John 1827 -

Nutting, C. W. January 3, 1839 -

Nuttlemann, Fritz March 2, 1820 -

Nye, Nathaniel A. 1808 -

Ober, Levi E. July 31, 1819 - March 26, 1881

O'brien, Timothy

O'brien, Timothy

Odell, J. H. May 1816 -

Oesgher, Isidor 1833 -

Olson, Christ 1844 -

Olson, Hans N. 1851 -

Olson, Iver March 18, 1832 -

Olson, John I. March 12, 1849 -

Olstad, Lars O. July 22, 1835 -

O'malley, M. 1846 -

Ondell, Martin December 25, 1814 -

Ondell, Martin December 25, 1814 -

O'neil, John March 28, 1833 -

Opitz, F. 1827 -

Osborne, R. E. 1842 -

Otillie, Charles

Ott, Benedict June 3, 1836 -

Palmer, D. H. 1847 -

Palmer, Edgar May 7, 1840 -

Palmer, John V. 1844 -

Palmer, Monroe September 14, 1819 -

Parry, John H. May 1829 -

Patz, A. 1823 -

Paul, John December 1833 -

Pettingill, J. L. November 10, 1840 -

Pettingill, Jay 1837 -

Pettingill, John A. December 1, 1842 -

Pfeiffer, Valentine 1842 -

Pfiffner, A. 1828 -

Pfluger, John 1829 -

Pfulter, Christian 1831 -

Phillips, George May 16, 1850 -

Phillips, H. S. 1849 -

Pitkin, James 1815 -

Pittenger, Nathaniel November 25, 1822 -

Platz, A. 1840 -

Plumb, P. M. August 10, 1833 -

Powell, R. J. 1831 -

Powers, W. P. November 8, 1842 -

Powers, W. P. November 8, 1842 -

Prastequarn, Andrew J. 1837 -

Price, William 1820 -

Prutz, Charles 1850 -

Prutz, Herman 1830 -

Putnam, W. R. 1846 -

Quackenbus, Solomon 1828 -

Quiggle, Phillip September 1827 -

Rackelmann, John 1852 -

Rand, J. B. October 2, 1822 -

Randall, Albert May 11, 1831 -

Ranney, J. W. 1821 -

Rau, Carl November 3, 1858 -

Rau, John March 19, 1828 -

Rawlinson, Joseph E. 1840 -

Rawlinson, William H. 1837 -

Redding, Gilman 1848 -

Reed, Charles L. 1821 -

Rehfuss, Frederick 1826 -

Reichert, David 1842 -

Reim, Carl Gottlieb March 14, 1836 -

Reimann, Louis May 30, 1841 -

Remick, John C. 1819 -

Reynolds, Benjamin M. July 12, 1825 -

Richardson, Caleb H. June 25, 1816 -

Richardson, E. B. February 13, 1813 - February 16, 1872

Richmond, Joseph October 22, 1836 -

Richmond, Thomas 1832 -

Ring, Fred April 24, 1834 -

Ring, Fred April 24, 1834 -

Roberts, E. M. December 25, 1840 -

Roberts, Ethan 1824 -

Roberts, Maurice 1861 -

Roberts, R. T. 1836 -

Roberts, W. H. November 2, 1850 -

Robinson, Adeline E.

Robinson, Adeline E.

Roosevelt, W. A. September 17, 1833 -

Rose, George B. October 1830 -

Rose, Louis January 1, 1820 -

Rossberg, Julius 1841 -

Ruedy, Anna 1795 -

Ruhoff, A. 1837 -

Runge, William 1840 -

Ruplin, Jacob 1843 -

Rupp, Constantine 1811 -

Rynning, E. B. 1858 -

Sagear, William January 8, 1838 -

Salzer, John A. 1823 -

Salzer, John A. 1823 -

Sandman, Dietrich November 23, 1823 -

Sasil, Harmon V. September 10, 1815 -

Sauer, C. A. December 1, 1835 -

Schafermeyer, C. H. 1823 -

Schaller, Frank August 16, 1853 -

Scharpf, Chris. F. July 19, 1836 -

Scharpf, George 1826 -

Schenke, Martin February 5, 1822 -

Schierl, Ignatz July 1842 -

Schintgen, Peter 1829 -

Schlammes, Michael 1845 -

Schmidt, Ferdinand 1831 -

Schmitz, Theodore 1827 -

Scholl, Jacob 1839 -

Schwab, William 1840 -

Schwebach, James August 15, 1847 -

Scott, George W. 1840 -

Seeburger, Phillip March 11, 1830 -

Seery, Michal February 28, 1826 -

Sees, Jacob 1822 -

Segelke, Charles 1830 -

Serviss, William G. 1823 -

Seymour, Mark L. 1858 -

Shaft, Charles E. October 31, 1832 -

Shane, Daniel 1829 -

Shankland, John 1812 -

Shepard, Gilbert 1838 -

Sherwood, J. R. 1811 -

Sherwood, J. R. 1811 -

Shimmin, Thomas 1830 -

Shook, Jacob 1828 -

Shove, Thomas B. August 3, 1837 -

Simonson, G. 1826 -

Sisson, George S. 1804 -

Sisson, Oree A. 1844 -

Sjolander, C. A. May 26, 1851 -

Skells, William April 1, 1827 -

Smiley, H. F. 1840 -

Smith, A. W. July 14, 1848 -

Smith, Charles May 20, 1840 -

Smith, Forrest J. January 22, 1853 -

Smith, Franklin B.

Smith, H. B. 1838 -

Smith, James Irwin March 31, 1827 -

Smith, John 1834 -

Smith, Orange 1801 -

Smith, Orlando H. January 31, 1821 -

Smith, Thomas April 1, 1834 - January 17, 1878

Smith, William H. February 5, 1824 -

Smith, William H. February 5, 1824 -

Solberg, Charles B. August 20, 1835 -

Solberg, O. N. June 12, 1799 -

Soles, Richard July 1833 -

Specht, Frank 1843 -

Sprague, Fayette P. January 1, 1822 - May 8, 1876

Sprain, Fredrick 1825 -

Stanley, Willie 1853 -

Staugl, Frank 1826 -

Stephenson, John 1848 -

Stevens, Arthur O. January 1845 -

Stevens, Ephraim

Stewart, Charles A. December 1850 -

Stirneman, J. 1854 -

Stockwell, C. S. February 11, 1845 -

Stoddard, Charles L. May 12, 1836 -

Stogdill, William H. 1819 -

Stombs, J. H. November 5, 1830 -

Strauss, Daniel February 8, 1830 -

Streeton, William 1816 -

Striegel, L. 1835 -

Strouse, B. L. 1839 -

Struck, C. F. 1842 -

Supplee, W. J. 1833 -

Sutor, W. A. 1842 -

Suttie, J. E. September 17, 1850 -

Swarthout, E. C. 1855 -

Sweet, Hiram September 1839 -

Sweet, W. A. December 18, 1842 -

Sweet, W. A. December 18, 1842 -

Tausche, Vincent 1853 -

Taylor, Lute A. September 14, 1834 - November 11, 1873

Taylor, W. S. December 10, 1820 -

Taylor, William 1810 -

Tegeder, Barney 1855 -

Thareson, S. August 1833 -

Thayer, D. A. 1834 -

Thoeni, John 1848 -

Thomas, John M. 1826 -

Thomason, James 1829 -

Thompson, F. J. February 1832 -

Thompson, Ralph 1819 -

Thornely, Frederick December 30, 1841 -

Thrall, C. B. 1836 -

Thrall, C. B. 1836 -

Tillman, Fred 1837 -

Tillman, William 1835 -

Toeller, Frank J. October 20, 1856 -

Toeller, John 1827 -

Tompson, John October 3, 1823 -

Tompson, Thomas January 7, 1852 -

Toms, J. P. September 12, 1816 -

Toms, J. W. 1828 -

Torrance, John January 1, 1833 -

Tourtellotte, Mills August 31, 1853 -

Tourtellotte, Monroe L. 1823 -

Tower, Rodney 1810 -

Toxen, Peter November 25, 1843 -

Toxen, Peter November 25, 1843 -

Travis, William H. April 2, 1813 - May 16, 1858

Tuteur, Isaac February 18, 1828 -

Tuttle, James 1825 -

Uhl, Matthew August 22, 1808 -

Ulrich, John 1828 -

Upton, William L. 1827 -

Usher, Ellis B. June 21, 1852 -

Valentine, Chloe (Marr) 1832 -

Van Bergh, D. W. 1848 -

Van Loon, Paul May 6, 1849 -

Van Steenwyk, Gilbert January 13, 1814 -

Van Steenwyk, Gilbert January 13, 1814 -

Van Waters, William 1817 -

Van Waters, William 1817 -

Van Wie, H. C. 1840 -

Van Wormer, Charlotte A. 1823 -

Van Zandt, William September 29, 1826 -

Varness, John March 1809 -

Vaughan, John J. April 19, 1826 -

Veits, A. K. 1833 -

Vickere, T. S. 1844 -

Viets, L. A. December 1816 -

Vincent, James October 16, 1828 -

Volner, Charles 1825 -

Wachenheimer, L. March 16, 1822 -

Wachter, John 1843 -

Wade, Lewis January 1833 -

Waecker, Reinhard 1844 -

Walcott, E. P. 1844 -

Wall, Nicholas March 13, 1827 -

Wallace, J. L. October 18, 1842 -

Waller, N. P. March 30, 1807 -

Walter, John 1841 -

Wambey, Edwin February 1825 -

Watson, A. M. 1836 -

Weber, Nicholas 1817 -

Weeks, George S. 1809 -

Wehle, Joseph 1846 -

Weimar, Jacob 1833 -

Weimar, Sebastian November 23, 1824 - November 1, 1866

Weimar, Valentine

Weston, Ruel March 7, 1802 -

Whalen, Alex A.

Wheldon, John 1815 -

White, John M. 1810 -

Williams, J. B. 1826 -

Williams, John August 1827 -

Williams, John December 15, 1855 -

Williams, Richard D.

Williams, William R. June 1835 -

Willing, John 1836 -

Wilson, Ethan A. September 1833 -

Wing, Merrick Prentice September 10, 1833 -

Winston, Horace A. 1828 -

Withee, Levi 1834 -

Withee, N. H. 1827 -

Wolf, Christina

Wood, E. D. 1845 -

Woodward, Gilbert Motier December 25, 1835 -

Wright, Hannah (Cram)

Young, John Adam 1824 -

Zeisler, George 1825 -

Zimmerman, F. D. 1851 -

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