Ringgold County Courthouse built in 1884
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There are 9,723 Ringgold County gravestone photographs posted on IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photo Project.

Almost all of Ringgold County's cemeteries have been transcribed and on-line at Ringgold County IAGenWeb's site with links to obituaries, biographies, and gravestone photographs on IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photo Project. Tingley Cemetery had been photographed and is on-line at IAGenWeb's Gravestone Photo Project. THANK YOU!!! dukemeiser for completing this project!!

The transcription of Rose Hill Cemetery at Mount Ayr is on-going with surnames A, B, and C having been completed to date.

NOTE: This is an on-going project until all of the cemetery transcriptions are completed and updated. There may be some omissions in these transcripts. Please let us know if you know of an interment that has been missed. Thank you.

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State Historical Society of Iowa
New Hours & Information
November 7th, 2009 Press Release

RETOLD OLD NEWS
from The Mount Ayr Record-News archives

  September, 2010 New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BIOGRAPHIES:
        Capt. Robert F. ASKREN     Judge Charles J. LEWIS
        Thomas LIGGETT     S. J. LONG
        Ezra C. McMASTER     Dr. H. J. C. REED
        Robert H. SPENCE

     

  • CEMETERIES:
        Another View of Tedrow Cemetery
          by Linda Swank Swanson, February of 2007

     

  • HISTORY:
        Mount Ayr Mill, 1927

     

  • NEWS ITEMS
        Jim SMITH, 4-H Hall of Fame

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        Dorothy FOGLE     Vance GEIGER
        Carolyn V. (WELLS) GREENMAN     Holland FOSTER
        Howard KNIGHT     Dr. C. C. LAWHEAD
        Pauline (CULVER) MINNICK     Gladys (TENNANT) PRENTIS
        Dr. David William REED     Genevieve (LOCKWOOD) ROGERS
        Julia SMITH     Catherine "Josephine" STAHL
        Jerry Lynn STRAIGHT     Ava Jean (KLINE) WEIS
        John W. WILKERSON

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        Beaconsfield Girls' Basketball Team, 1956
        Mount Ayr HS Football Team, 1906-07
        Addition of Photograph, Fairview School
        Addition of Photograph, Hiawatha School
        Addition of Photograph, Pleasant Valley School
        Addition of Photograph, Side Hill School

     

      August, 2010 New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BIOGRAPHIES
       Rev. Thomas M. EVANS, updated     Rev. Sherburn Alamando ELLIOTT
       Elihu G. MARTIN    W. W. PEASLEY
       John E. SCOTT, updated    William TIMBY, updated

     

  • CEMETERIES:
        Rose Hill, Transcriptions of "D" Surnames    "E -F" Surnames

     

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        2nd Lt. Robert A. DULANY     Lewis J. ELICK

     

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS:
        2007 Murder Victim Identified
        Luis FERNANDEZ
        HARLAN-PEASLEY Wedding
        Kellerton & Mt. Ayr Telephone Cos.     RICHARDSON Murder Trial

     

  • OBITUARIES
        Ethel Virginia (SCOTT) BAGLEY     Marie M. (JENSEN) BAGLEY
        Lloyd J. BAIRD     Dick Wayne BAKER
        Rosa Katharina (BECK) BAKER     Olive (RUSH) BALLEW
        Vilas C. BANNER     Iva A. (SMITH) BARNHILL
        Marjorie Ellen BARNHOUSE     Eula Catherine (BROCKWAY) BEAR
        Len R. BEATH     Darlene Marie (BREEDEN) BEAVERS
        Clara Mabel (BROWN) BECK     Bertha Isabel (NAYLOR) BEDELL
        Charles Wesley "Chuck" BENNETT     Dora (SWIGART) BENNETT
        Willard Charles "Bill" BENTLEY     Birdie F. (BARTON) BILLETT
        Audrey Kathleen (FRUENDT) BLUNCK     Arthur H. BONEBRAKE
        Gladys Oleva (TRULLINGER) BONJOUR     Clyde William BORRUSCH
        John BOYD     Mary Elizabeth BOYLES
        Mary Elizabeth BOYLES     Raymond Leroy BROOKS
        Jimmie Carroll "Jim" BROSAM, Sr.     Roy Herold BROWN
        Dorothy Marjorie BUCK, updated     Mildred Josephine (GREENE) BUCK, updated
        Harry "Jack" BUELL     H. A. BURCH
        Francis A. "Frank" BURLEY     Kenneth Wayne "Ken" BURRIGHT
        John William BUSBY     Kathleen "Katie" (BOWEN) BUTLER
        Bert T. BUTTERFIELD     Cora Belle (KELLER) CONLEY BYERLY
        Ronald LaNeil "Ron" DARLING     Vesta B. (CORLL) DOOLITTLE
        Crystal (HUGHES) EWING     Charles "Herman" FERBER
        Jackson Merritt FOSTER     Leroy FULLER
        Opal Lorene (RICE) GOODALE     Jennie (LEE) LAIRD
        Mary Esther (FASSETT) LEE     Roland Howard MEADOWS
        Alice Sophia (KLIMEK) MECKO     Marjorie Florence (WILLIAMSON) PAYNE
        Ila (SUTHERLAND) SAVILLE     Cindi J. (WHITE) SELIM
        Emanuel J. SHROCK     Cora SPENCER
        Betty J. STONEHOCKER WALLER     Lois E. (WRIGHT) WALLER
        Robert E. WEETER

     

  • RE-TOLD OLD NEWS:
        June 30, 1960     July 07, 1960     July 14, 1960     July 21, 1960
        July 11, 1985      July 18, 1985     July 25, 1985     Aug. 01, 1985
        June 29, 2000     July 06, 2000     July 13, 2000     July 20, 2000

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        Ellston High School, year unknown, Courtesy of Mount Ayr Depot Museum
        Kellerton Alumni, Classes of 1954 & 1955, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
        Kellerton Student Council, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
        Kellerton School, 1948-49, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
           Administration    Class of 1949    Class Photographs    H.S. Athletics    H.S. Organizations
        Kellerton High School Mixed Chorus, 1951, Courtesy of Mount Ayr Depot Musuem
        Kellerton School, 1955-56, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
           Administration    Class of 1956    Class Photographs    H.S. Athletics    H.S. Organizations     Kellerton School, 1956-57, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
           Administration    Class of 1957    Class Photographs    H.S. Athletics    H.S. Organizations
        Grand Valley Community School, 1966-67, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
          Administration    Class of 1967    Class Photographs    Homecoming 1967
          H. S. Athletics     H.S. Organizations

        Grand Valley Community School, 1968-69, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
          Administration          Class of 1969      Class Photographs      1969 GV Snaphots 1969       Homecoming 1969    H. S. Athletics    H.S. Organizations

        Grand Valley Community School, 1974-75, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
          Administration     Class of 1975     Class Photographs    Homecoming 1975
          H. S. Athletics      H.S. Organizations

        Grand Valley Community School, 1979-80, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
          Administration          Class of 1980      Class Photographs
          Homecoming 1980    H. S. Athletics    H.S. Organizations

        Grand Valley Community School, 1981-82, Courtesy of GV Museum/Foland School:
          Administration          Class of 1982      Class Photographs
          Homecoming 1982    H. S. Athletics    H.S. Organizations

     

  • Tales From The Front Porch:
        Country School and Schoolyard Games

     

      July, 2010 New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

        Addition of 'new' photographs contributed by the BEAR Family to
        BEAR Family Page and BEAR & Allied Families Photograph Page

     

  • BIOGRAPHIES
        J. W. CROUCH
        Submitted by Christy Jay
        Robert E. ALFORD
        Lauren GERINGER     Dr. Arthur Earnest JESSUP
        John MILLER, updated     Capt. Nathan MILLER, updated
        Jacob Abraham SAVILLE, updated     James SHEPHERD, updated

     

  • CHURCH PAGES:
        Photographs contributed by Friends of Old Redding:
           Boy's Sunday School Class        Bible School, 1941
           Service Flag Dedication, 1943    Bible School, 1951

     

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        Hattie M. LESAN photograph to LESAN Family Page, Courtesy of Mount Ayr Depot Museum
        BEAR Family Reunion, 2010, Courtesy of the BEAR Family
        The SAVILLE Family, Courtesy of Bill Hansen
        Descendants of Daniel SCHLAPIA, Courtesy of Carol from Colorado

     

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        History of Diagonal Printing Museum

     

  • MILITARY PAGES:
        Ringgold County in the Civil War
          includes Biography of Brigadier-General John EDWARDS

     

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS:
        ATWOOD-GLORE Wedding, Contribution by the BEAR family
        Terry ANDERSON, IHSAA Hall of Fame, 2008
        Priests Reassigned, The Revs. Thomas COENEN & Thomas DOOLEY, 2010
        Grand Valley Spelling Bee, 1980
        Bob JOHNSON & Ruby Win National Cattledog Trials
        Kellerton Street Surfacing
        Dorothy (HOLMES) McDOWELL, 95th Birthday
        Senator PRENTIS' Children, 1941
        Seaman Raymond E. PRENTIS Promoted
        RUCKMAN'S 50th Anniversary
        SMITH & CROUSE Motor Company, 1935
        Tedrow Cemetery Vandalized
        Jack Van LAAR, Citizen of the Year, 2009

     

  • OBITUARIES
        Carolyn Louise (WALKER) ALEXANDER     Chester Vere "Chet" ANDERSON
        Alta (JOHNSON) CHILDERS ARRINGTON     Samuel "Sam" BEAR
        Elizabeth (NEWTON) BEVINGTON     Lena Arleta (WAGGONER) BLANK
        Dr. Gerald Lynn "Gerry" BOLINGBROKE     Dr. Cullen BONEBRAKE
        Barbara V. BORRUSCH     Clifford Milo BOSWORTH
        Charlie Wesley BROTT     Don Edwin BUCH
        Agnes (BEAR) BUCKNER     Avis "Maxine" (GROVES) BUCY
        Lyle B. CALDWELL     Rev. William Monroe CALFEE
        Crystal (MILLER) CAMPBELL     Eleanor M. (THOMPSON) CAMPBELL
        Loren Floyd CAMPBEL     Robert Homer CAMPBELL
        Cecil Elmer CARLSON     Frank Bernard CARR
        Patrick F. "Pat" CARR, Jr.     Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" (O'TOOLE) CARR
        Wayne Orville CARTER     Cora Mae (SMITH) CATTERSON
        Jennie "Marie" (GARITY) CHAPMAN     Charlotte (MILTON) CHRISTENSEN
        Mabel Voilet (BRADSHAW) CLYMER     Laura Ann (COMPTON) RENSLOW COBB
        George Glendon COLE     Worley Clarence COLE
        Arnold Raymond COMBS     John Edward COMBS
        Lewis Solomon "Sod" COMBS     Callista (SHAY) CONWELL
        James Wavel COOK     Edna "Darlien" (SMITHSON) COULSON
        Doris Elaine (RICHEY) COVERDELL     Eliza Mildred (PYLE) CREVELING
        Walter "Ivan" CROSS     W. B. (William Burl) CUNNING
        Willette Belle (SMITH) CURL     Frank L. DAILEY
        Patricia Doyn (JACOBS) DAVIDSHOFER     Charles Bradford DAVIS
        Millard B. DAVIS     Willis DAVIS
        Leland K. DINGMAN     Mary Marguerite (FERBER) DRAKE
        Faith Elizabeth EWING     Frances Ann "Fran" (THOMPSON) FELL
        Rex Linden FOLTZ     Keith C. FOSTER
        Arnold Dean FUGATE     Nellie Viola (ARNOLD) FUGATE
        Wanda (BELVILLE) GERARD     Donna Mae (KRELL) SWARTWOOD
        GLENDENNING
        Oliver S. GLORE     Day Lyons GLOVER
        William R. GLOVER     Joe A. GOLDNER
        Inez "Darlene" GRAHAM     Ruby "Belle" (BOWEN) GRAHAM
        Faye (ADAMS) GREEN, updated     Raleigh F. GREENE
        Winnie (MORGAN) GREENE, updated     Sanford Dwane HANDY
        Dr. J. W. HILL     Melinda HILL
        Lee Curtis HOGUE     Gracie (STANLEY) HOHN
        Eva Joyce (BRUNTON) JACKSON     Nelson O. JOHNSON
        Perry Beymer JOHNSON     Evan Dale JOHNSTON
        Rolland David JOHNSTON     John Elliott JONES
        Rebecca (LAMB) KESSLER     Lyle E. KESTERSON
        Charles KING     Lura Faye (DOSER) GATTEN KLINK
        Harry G. KNAPP     John Franklin LANDES
        Anna Margaret (HOGUE) LARSON,
        updated
        Ronald D. LARSON
        William Henry LATHROP     Brian Dean LAWRENCE
        Lyle Dean LEONARD     Mary A. (BEAR) LOCKE
        Mary "Helen" (BARBOUR) BEAR LONG     Karen (CARR) LORENCE
        Norma Jean (SOBOTKA) LUMBARD     Dollie Ann (BEAR) MAGGARD
        Lila M. MANNING     Thelma "Darlene" (MOFFETT) MANROE
        Donald Duane MARSH     Susan Kaye (HOFFMAN) McFARLAND
        Elizabeth (MAHONEY) McNAMARA     Charles Ellis "Chuck" MEACHAM
        Lena Fern (CRECELIUS) MONDAY     Opal Maude (OLNEY) MOTSINGER
        Don Allen NEWTON     Fay M. (GREEN) OLSON
        Kevin Wayne O'MAILIA     Ruby Eunice (DAVENPORT) O'NEAL
        Frank PERKINS     Wanda V. (BOLINGER) PETERSON
        Michelle Marie (MOSER) PLESE     Viola Vivian (HAMILTON) POLLOCK
        CDR (Ret.) Russell Coleman RICE     Floyd LeRoy ROSS
        Sarah C. ROUDYBUSH     Barbara Joan "Barb" (FREED) RUSK
        Florence Modessa (ELLIOTT) SACKETT     Lyle Elliott SACKETT
        Ruth L. (WIMER) SALTZMAN     Mary Emma (HENDERSON) SAVILLE
        Daniel SCHLAPIA     Dawn A. (RICHARDSON) SCHWANDT
        Elgin (MERCER) BISBEY SHIDLER     Samuel "Evan" SMITH
        Jerry Lee SOUTH     William Perry STUCK
        Richard P. SWIGART     Joyce Marie (JOHNSON) TALTY
        Linnabell Virginia (OSHEL) TRIDLE     Jessie Alma (SAVILLE) TRULLINGER
        Eulonda Marie WALKER     Alfred WALTER
        Howard V. WEEDA     Kathy J. (DENTON) WHITSON
        Merlin "Dale" WHITSON     Ronald Edward WOOD

     

  • RE-TOLD OLD NEWS:
        June 16, 1960     June 27, 1985     June 15, 2000

     

  • PHOTOGRAPH PAGES:
        Nina Belle (MILLER) ALLYN     Helen HASS

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        Photographs contributed by Friends of Old Redding:
        Badger/Orchard Hill School     Fairview School
        Middle Fork School, No. 6     Redding School, 1887
        Redding School photographs     Redding Seniors, 1907
        Redding Elementary, 1928     Redding Elementary, 1929
        Redding 3rd & 4th Grades, 1930     Redding 5th & 6th Grades, 1932
        Redding 9th & 10th Grades, 1933     Redding Commencement, 1934
        Redding High School, 1935     Redding Girls, 1935
        Redding Girls, 1936     Redding High School Class, 1938
        Redding Commencement, 1943     Redding High School Class, 1940's
        Redding High School, 1948     Redding Faculty, 1940's
        Redding Faculty, 1949-50     Redding FFA?
        Redding Friends     Redding Students
        Redding Seniors, 1949-50     Redding Juniors, 1949-50
        Redding Sophomores, 1949-50     Redding Freshman, 1949-50
        Redding Elementary, 1951     Redding Elementary, 1952
        Redding Elementary, 1950's     Redding Elementary, 1950's
        Redding Elementary, 1950's     Redding Elementary, 1950's
        Redding Elementary, 1950's     Redding Elementary, 1950's
        Redding K-5th Grades, 1950's     Redding Commencement, 1953
        Redding 8th Grade, 1950's     Redding Grades K-5, 1953-54
        Redding Grades 9-11, 1953-54     Redding Senior Class of 1954
        Last Commencement 1958     Duaine KNAPP, Graduate
        Redding Boys Basketball Teams     Redding Girls Basketball Teams
        Redding Girls Basketball Teams     Velma GRIFFITH, teacher
        Rose Hill School Program     Redding School, 1887
        Photographs contributed by Mike Avitt:
           Star Center School

        Photographs contributed by Mount Ayr Depot Museum:

        Hiawatha School     Pleasant Hill School
        Pleasant Valley School, Monroe Township     Zwick School, Monroe Township
        Submissions by Norma G. (Foland) Becker:
           Alumni, Grand River HS    Alumni, Kellerton HS   Alumni, Grand Valley HS

     

  • Tales From The Front Porch:
        The BEAR Family, A Discussion With Nellie MAGGARD
         Contribution by the BEAR Family

     

      June, 2010 New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

    The following updates have been made, using information from Mrs. B. M. LESAN'S 1937 book,
    Early History of Ringgold County: 1844 - 1937:
        M. N. FREELAND, Biography
        Charles Keeling GRIMES, Biography     William R. HINCKLEY, Obituary
        Andrew INGRAM, Biography     John F. PAGE, Biography
        Robert REYNARD, Biography     Charles RUSSELL, Biography
        Luke SHAY, Biography     Edgar SHELDON, Biography
        Henry SINCO, Obituary     Ferdinand Boliver SOLES, Obituary
        Rev. James Harvey TEDFORD, Biography     William TIMBY, Sr., Biography
        Henry TODD, Biography     Mount Ayr Methodist Church
        Pioneer Photographers

     

  • BIOGRAPHIES
        Littleton P. ALLEN     Ramon BEAR
        Michael BEVER, Jr.     Garrett BIRD Family
        Thomas CANNY     Thomas "Tom" COOPER
        Joe CUNNING     John D. DeVRIES
        D. Sterrett DRAKE     James Andrew DRAKE
        Clair "Skip" EASON     David EDWARDS
        Jack FETTY     Joseph Woodburn GARD
        Jesse HARPER     Connie (SANDAGE) HENDRIX
        Larry D. HUNTER     Horatio M. IMUS Family
        Richard "Dick" IVES, updated     John S. KIRBY
        Dr. Henry Lee KIRKHAM     William Ralph KIRKHAM
        Larry D. LAMB     Ronald Max LAMB
        Peter LININGER     Duane L. MILLER
        Early Physicians     Earl PICKENS
        Kenneth D. "Ken" PICKENS     Paul PINE
        Marvin PRATT     Paul RAMSEY
        Joe REYNOLDS     Bob RICKER
        Juanita I. (MAIN) SHAFFER     Franklin "Hank" SMITH
        Randy SMITH     Michael & Mary (TALLEY) STAHL
        Gerald D. "Jerry" WAUGH     Peggy WHITSON
        Dr. Harley A. WILHELM     Henry H. WILSON

     

  • FAMILY PAGES:
        The BEALL Family     The EGLY Family         Mrs. Jane BICKETT & Mrs. May HORNE
        Frank & Jane (HENDERSON) STEWART         John STRANAHAN & Family

     

  • HISTORY PAGES:
        1st Court Terms & Officials     Creameries of Ringgold County
        Bohemian Settlement Washington Twp.
        Prentis Hatchery
        Ringgold County Centennial, July 2-5, 1955
            Contributions by Julie Watts

     

  • MILITARY PAGES & SOLDIERS' PAGES:
        Andrew Jackson IMUS     Orlando KIRKHAM     Rudolphus KIRKHAM
        James PRESSLEY     Merrill Stahl KING

     

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS:
        Adam N. BEATTY & Sarah RADBOURNE Wedding     BULLOCKS' 40th Anniversary
        Princess Theatre, 2008     Jeffrey INLOES to U.S. Naval Academy

     

  • OBITUARIES
        William Lloyd ABARR     Myrtle (BRYANDT) AKERS
        Orville Eugene ANDERSON     Coyla D. (ROSENGRANT) ARCHIBOLD
        Nora Adalada (NICHOLAS) ARNOLD     Beulah (BAGLEY) AUSTIN
        Helen Lucille BACLIG     Doyle Hass BAIRD
        Beatrice "Bea" (GREEN) BAKER     Gertrude M. (MAHAN) BAKER
        Norris "Eugene" BAKER     Wayne Edward BARBER
        Donald Vernon BARKER     Viola Velva (LAIRD) BECK
        Leroy Allen "Roy" BEGGS     Nellie (MAUDLIN) SAVILLE BETHEL
        Marjorie O. (JARRED) BEYMER     Rev. Conley J. BIDDLE
        Harold Roger BLADES     Rowena BOGATAJS
        Frances Olive (DAY) BOLES     Dean Arthur "Scotty" BONEBRAKE
        Effie (MASDEN) PRATT BOYCE     William Lewis "Jake" BRANDT
        Marcella Pauline (BROWN) BRINER     Wilma Bernice (HOUSER) BRINER
        Edward William BROOKS     Marietta (HEINISCH) WILLIAMS BROWN
        Roger Odis BROWN     Harold Henry BRYANT
        Elizabeth K. (BROMWICH) BUCHANAN     Neoma May (FEURING) HUSS BUCY
        Wayne Oscar BURCHETT     William Howard BURCHETT
        Winona Lee (HOYT) BURCHETT     Ada "Belle" (SNYDER) BURRELL
        Donna Mae (PAXTON) CAMPBELL     David P. CARLIN
        Jessie Ruth (WOOLLUMS) CARLTON     Harvey Maurice CARTER
        Travis Alan CASE     John Oliver CASON
        Alice Marie (BEAMER) REEL CHARTER     Peggy L. (COOBS) CLARK
        John CLAYTON     Mary Elizabeth CLAYTON
        Uri "Martin" CLAYTON     Eleanor Marie "Ella" (MLINAR) CLEARY
        William "Alex" CLEARY     Melissa Kaye "Missy" CLYMER
        Cleora Kathlynn (FOLTZ) COHRON     Buddy Lee COLE
        Ronald Roy COLE     Buddy Lee COLE
        Kenneth Raymond COULSON     Belva May (CRAFT) CORLL
        Ruth Lavern (ELLARS) CREES     Naomi "Ferne" (GRAHAM) CREGEEN
        John Byers CURRIE     Joseph Kenneth DALTON
        Kenneth H. DAVENPORT     Mae M. (HARRIS) DAVENPORT
        Opal Leona (HUBER) DAY     Edna Marie (BRABAND) DEAL
        Georgia "Letha" (Van NOSTRAND) DeVRIES     Clifford Dorman DOOLITTLE
        Jeffrey Craig DOUGHERTY     Dr. Gerald DOWNIE
        Margaret Lucille (VARNUM) DRAEGER     Bernice (PRUGH) DUNFEE
        Claris Zelda (JACKSON) DUNN     Lucius Dale EIGHME
        Vincel L. (WAUGH) ELDER     Etta "Arleen" (BARTON) ELSWICK
        Harold E. EMIG     Kenneth Eugene ERICKSON, Sr.
        Jack Wade ETHINGTON     Viviene L. (HOFF) FARMER
        Everett R. FERREE     Winnie (MILLER) FITZGERALD
        Bernice Louise (VAUGHN) FLETCHALL     Truman Orval FREEMYER
        Earl William FUGATE     Carroll Porter "Lefty" GEIST
        Ronald Lee "Tuffy" GEORGE     Dorothy Ferne (WEBB) GILES
        Donald Ray GOINS, updated     Barbara Kay (PACE) GORDON
        Violet Leoan (TROWER) GROSE     Cleo Beatrice (CLAYTON) HAGANS
        Elbert Leroy "Eb" HALEY     Garry Lee HAMILTON
        Carralou (GREENE) HANSON     Ruth (EURITT) HARRIS
        Owen Keith "Dex" HENNIGAR     Rev. Allen Azra HIGGINS
        Bessie (CAMPBELL) HIGGINS     Eldon Leroy HIGGINS
        Robert Allen HIGHTSHOE     Wilma (BRADLEY) HIGHTSHOE
        James W. "Jim" HOFFMAN     Charles HOUGE
        Leota (HARSH) HOUGE     Hazel (WALSTON) HOOVER
        Leta Mae (CURTS) ELMORE HORNE     Mr. and Mrs. Britt HOLMES
        Curtis Alan HOLMES     Bernard Burdette "Bernie" HULL
        Luman A. HUMMELL, Jr.     Evelyn Ann (HUMBERT) HUMPHREY
        Lucille H. (DAYTON) INNIS     Rev. Clifford "Cliff" JACKSON
        Dean Millard JACKSON     Dorothy Kathryn (JACKSON) JENSEN
        Henry. JENSEN     Barbara Caroline (MLINAR) JONAS
        Bobby "Dean" JOHNSON     Duane "Doc" JOHNSON
        John B. JONAS     Gelda (THARP) STAHL WAX JONES
        Kathryn Marie (COLE) JONES     Christine (EGLY) KEPHART
        Kenneth I. KIBURZ     Calvin Dean KIMBERLIN
        Mary Uretta (DUNN) KIMBERLIN     Everett Lee KINDER
        Mary (HURT) KINDER     Edith (TEALE) KING
        Ronald Lee KING     Theodore KUBART
        Ronald Max LAMB     Gene Roy LARSON
        Clarence LENT, Jr.     Cleo Marie (WHISLER) LESAN
        George E. LILES     William Lester "Bill" LOGAN
        Harry K. (H. K.) LORIMOR     Connie Lynne (QUICK) LYNCH
        Lola P. (GILBERT) MAGGARD     Donna Louise (BURCHETT) MAIN
        Evelyn Bernice (MILLER) MANNING     Carrol Perry MATTHEWS
        Ellis Junior MAUDLIN     Robyn Lucille (CORLL) MAY
        Pauline (WILLEY) McCUTCHAN     Thomas W. McGRATH
        Hazel Mae (BURGHER) TOYNE McKINLEY     Joseph Edward "Joe" McNEILL
        Dr. Carmelita (O'CONNER) MEINDL     Ona Dell "Hazel" (HIATT) MERCER
        Charles Elmer "Joker" MICKAEL     Cathy (NORRIS) MILES
        Kathryn MILLER     Roy Joseph MILLER
        Faresta Oneta (HANKS) MINNICK     Faye (ALSOP) McKINNEY MILLIGAN
        Clarence MLINAR     Florence (McNAIR) MLINAR
        Frank J. MLINAR     Fred O. MLINAR
        Jennie Hawthorne (MUNT) MLINAR     John MLINAR
        John Stephan MLINAR     Joseph MLINAR
        Mary A. (ZISKA) MLINAR     Mary (COUFAL) MLINAR
        Sylvia Ann (SCHNEIDER) MOFFITT     Tom MOFFITT
        Rev. Frank Birdette MUELLER, Sr.     Inez Clara (HAILEY) NEFF
        Dorothy Irene (CANFIELD) STAGNER NEWTON     Kathryn (HAYES) NORMAN
        Leta F. NORRIS     Frieda LaVaun (DELP) O'GRADY
        Leonard Vernon O'NEAL     Vincent OLSON
        Janice Christine OVERHOLTZER     Frank PACHA
        Josephine (MLINAR) PACHA     Viola Faye (ASMAN) PADGITT
        Mark PAYNE     Rex Eugene PAYTON
        Opal R. (ABELL) PETERSOHN     Lois Jean (LEEPER) PETRATIS
        Velma Marie (MEESKE) PIMPER     Donald Lyndon PINE
        Edwin R. "Ed" POORE     Effie "Leona" (COOK) POTTORFF
        Mariann (WASHBURN) POTTORFF     Clark Mills PRATT II
        Joan Marie (ROSS) ADAMS PRIEST     LeRoy Gerald PRIEST
        David Allen PUGH     John Washington PUTNEY, Sr.
        Velma M. (BLACK) RANDOLPH     Alberta REYNOLDS
        Guy Francis REYNOLDS     Marvin L. "Mack" REYNOLDS
        Clinton Dalton "Whitey" RICE     John "Earnest" RICHARDS
        James RICHARDSON     Vienna Mae (HALL) RICHARDS
        Kiarra Mae RICHMAN     Ola Mabel (SAVILLE) RIDGE
        Mary Louise (MINNICK) RILEY     Keely Brianne RINEHART
        Clayton Dale "Bill" RINEHART     Clyde Everett RINEHART
        Glenn David ROBINSON     Avery Wert "Jack" ROSS
        Lester Arthur ROUDYBUSH     Vela Eleanor (CHANDLER) ROUTH
        Jean "Yvonne" (MENELAUS) RUSCO     Robert Henderson SALTZMAN
        Vyletta (OVERHOLSER) SCHOTT     Edith Pearl (JAMES) SCOTT
        Raymond A. SCOTT     Robert P. SCOTT
        Frances Marie (NOFTSGER) SELLERS     Mary "Juanita" (HAYDEN) SEVIER
        Elvina Mae (PETERSON) SHEETS     Guy SHEPPARD
        Rev. Dr. Charles E. SHIELDS     Lillian Pauline (GREEN) SHIPPY
        Dola Marie (LASLEY) SIMMONS     Dean SIMPSON
        Dean "Junior" SIMPSON     Mary "Jean" (BRECKENRIDGE) SKARDA
        Ralph P. SKINNER     Ellen Marie "Ellie" SMITH
        Ollie "Edith" ROBERTSON SMITH     Elbert Lee SOBOTKA
        Helen (HENDERSON) KINNEY SPENCER     Hazel Marie (OGIER) STANLEY
        Curtis Douglas STARK     Veda "Merle" (GREEN) STONE
        Jeffrey Alan STOUT     Leta Mae (JONES) SULLIVAN
        Agnes (HAMPTON) SUTHERLAND     Mary Catherine (SMITH) SUTHERLAND
        Wilma Lucille (GREENMAN) SWANK     Joseph William SWIETLIK
        Andrew Ewing SYLVESTER     Wayne Leroy TAYLOR
        William TIMBY     William Thomas TIMBY
        Howard E. TODD     Lyle Raymond TODD
        Duane K. TOLAND     Mildred C. (PHIPPS) TONEY
        John Walker TOWNSLEY     Betty Jean (DOWELL) TRIMBLE
        Vern Joseph TROXELL     Irving "Doyle" TRULLINGER
        Daniel Wayne Patrick TUTOR     Verner Merle "Vern" Van VALKENBURG
        Franklin "Clay" VARNER, updated     Karen K. (KESTERSON) VARY
        James Wilson "Jim" WALLING, updated     Michael John "Jack" WARD
        Deanna Sue "Dee" (TAYLOR) WARIN     Mary Callista (SHAY) WARIN
        Pearl June (MATTHEWS) WARIN     Flora Belle WAUGH
        Barbara Kay (PUTNEY) WEAVER     Geraldine N. (HAYS) WEAVER
        Mary Lou (FOLTZ) WEEDA     Hazel "Waive" (COLE) WEHRLE
        Darrel Samuel WERNER     Harry Ben WERNER
        Paul WHEELER     Larry Eugene WHITE
        Marian WHITEAKER     Margaret "Mildred" (HAYDEN) WHITED
        Viola May (FLETCHER) WHITESIDE     Alice Marie (LAIRD) WICKER
        Beryl (MONK) WILHELM     Dr. Harley A. WILHELM
        Marvin Houck WILLETT     Vida (VAIL) KIMBALL WINKLEY
        John William WOOLLUMS     Fidelia "Mae" YOUNG

     

  • RE-TOLD OLD NEWS:
        Apr 12, 1956     Mar 31, 1960     May 26, 1960     Jun 02, 1960     Apr 23, 1981     Apr 11, 1985
        Jun 06, 1985     Jun 13, 1985     Apr 11, 1996     Mar 25, 2000     Mar 30, 2000     Jun 01, 2000

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        Kellerton High School, Class of 1960
        Grand Valley, Class of 1970, 40th Reunion
        Grand Valley, Class of 1985
        Mount Ayr Elementary, updated

     

  • Tales From The Front Porch:
        The CABARET Pioneer Family
        Pioneer Life of George W. LESAN
        Prairie Fires
        G. A. SLENTZ & the Lady Crook
        History of the TALLEY Family
        Threshing Machines

     

      May, 2010
        New additions to Ringgold County's website are:

  • BIOGRAPHIES
        Geo. S. ALLYN, updated     Randolph Sry BEALL, updated
        Edwin BENNETT     James M. BURKE
        Amos F. COLLINS     Emeline (LUCAS) CORNWALL
        Clyde N. "Peanut" COWELL, updated     Rev. Carl H. CUMMINGS
        John CURRIE     William A. DeLASHMUTT
        John "Dennis" DILLE     F. M. DONOVAN
        Barton B. DUNNING     Clyde DUNNING
        John S. EVERETT     Lewis E. EWAN
        Rev. Jack FISHER     John L. FOWLER
        Rev. Wendi GILLAN     Andrew J. GILLETT
        Rev. Douglas HARDING     W. R. HART
        Rev. Richard T. HOHL     Elon I. IMUS
        Hiram M. IMUS     L. B. IMUS
        Alexander Elliot HOLLAND     Curtis R. KEATING
        Dr. Daniel H. KILLINGSWORTH, updated     G. M. KIRBY
        Rev. Dr. William C. MARTIN     James McCOMBS
        Emmet Winfield McDONALD     Rev. William T. McFARLAND
        Josiah MIDDLETON     Rev. William T. MILLER
        R. F. MORFORD     Dr. Aaron B. OGDEN
        Harmon & Mary PATRICK     Wendell POOR
        Ezekiel R. & Elizabeth RIGGS     Huston ROGERS
        Prof. E. F. SANDERS     Joseph H. SAVILLE
        Hon. J. S. SHRIVER, updated     W. H. & Clemency SLAUGHTER
        A. I. SMITH     John STROUSE
        David Erastus THOMAS     W. A. TODD
        "Pop" O. C. VARNER, 1973 article     J. F. WALL
        Rev. James WILKINS     Stanbury WRIGHT
        Rev. Lynn WYATT

     

  • CHURCH PAGES
        Ringgold County Churches, 1898     Christian Church, Ringgold City
        Church of Christ, Tingley, updated     1st Baptist Church, Mount Ayr, updated
        Goshen Methodist Church     High Point Christ, updated
        Methodist Church, Ringgold City     Ringgold Evangelical, updated
        United Brethren Church, Beaconsfield     U.Methodist Church, Beaconsfield, updated
        United Methodist Church, Blockton & Redding

     

  • FAMILY PAGES
        Alexander "Albert" ALLEN family     Vaughn Ellis JOHNSTON family
        Earl KINNE family     Samuel K. McKEE family
        Albert VANDERPLUYM family     Arie & Ellen WEEDA family

     

  • HISTORY PAGES
        History of Athens Twp, by Arthur L. LESAN, 1931
    &nbp;       includes John SCOTT (a.k.a.) Chicago, Merritt, Corn Stalk, Laird, & Podunk Schools


        Anderson Supply Co., Ellston     Ayr Days, sack race
        History of Benton, updated     Benton, 1896
        Benton Post Office, 1982     Bohemia History
        Breckenridge Store     Last Buffalo Seen
        Commercial House Hotel     Salute to Delphos
        Early Settlers, 1844-1859     R. EMERSON'S House
        Epperly Millinery     Forest Home, 1896
        Great Land O'Goshen!     Goshen, Iowa 1880 - 1890
        Goshen Playbill, 1881     Geo. HASS House
        Kellerton Bank, 1898     Kellerton Brick & Tile Co.
        Life in Knowlton     Lee Baseball Team
        Maloy, 1898     McMASTER'S Office & Residence
        Mount Ayr, 1898     Mount Ayr Bandstand, 1951
        Mount Ayr Bank     Mount Ayr Cigar Factory
        Mount Ayr City Band, 1898     Mount Ayr Mill, 1898
        Mount Ayr Post Office     Mount Ayr Livestock Closes
        Northeast off Square     History of Redding, updated
        Redding, 1898     Redding Salute, 1981
        History of Ringgold City, updated     Formation of Ringgold County, updated
        Soldiers' Monument, 1918     SIMPSON'S Depart. Store
        Telephone Factory, Ellston     Tingley Salute
        History of Union Township     WILSON Grocery, Mount Ayr
        Agricultural History, updated

     

  • MILITARY PAGES & SOLDIERS' PAGES:
        Peter AGLER     Bill ANDREWS     Dan BARKER
        Donald BARKER     Marshall BARKER     LeRoy BUCY, Jr.
        Jerry CAMPBELL     Dwight CARSON     Return J. CASE
        Donald E. CONLEY     Eugene CROSS     Ivan CROSS
        Joe DALTON     Donald DILLENBURG     Herbert DILLENBURG
        Ralph DILLENBURG     Robert GRAHAM     Carl E. GROVES
        Charles "Tom" GROVES     David GROVES     Ralph GROVES
        Ralph L. GUNTER     James HALEY     Robert HALEY
        Bulford HALL     Fred M. HALL     John E. HALL
        Charles William HORNE     Earl HORNE     Doyle J. HUNTER
        Fred D. LANE     Leo LANE     William T. MARTIN
        Howard Dean NICKLES     Edwin D. PAGE     Donald STRINGHAM
        Ernest TENNANT     Dean WHITSON     Andrew YASHACK
        WWI Call to Duty

     

  • NEWS CLIPPINGS
        CLARK - STEELE Wedding 1934
        Classified Ads 1898
        Redding Telephone, updated
        Ringgold County Bulletin, Feb. 1945

     

  • OBITUARIES:
        Leonoard Orlando IMUS
        Mabel Marie (HOLMES) ADAMS     Elizabeth (CROUCH) BAIRD
        V. Faith (CREVELING) BUELL     Reba L. (NICHOLS) CARDER
        Mary Ruby (ROGERS) CROWSON     Peter DOZE
        Thelma Lea (MAUDLIN) DRAKE     Eliza Caroline (WERTZ) EVANS
        Rev. Marcus Asbury EVANS     Howard R. FAUST
        Patricia Anne (KINDER) GAINER     Adrian John GARCIA
        Harold Zenas GROUT     George HASS
        Luke E. HART     Milton M. "Milt" HENDERSON
        Marion Ray HESS     Vera A. (CASADY) HURST
        William LUCAS
        Rev. Samuel KRELL     Dorothy Louise (BROOKS) MAGEE
        Frank "Donald" MARSH     Salina E. MAST
        Jerry Dean McALEXANDER     Vera K. MOREY
        Bonnie Mae PERCIFIELD     Dr. Allen W. REYNOLDS
        Stella (CLARK) RICHARDSON     Lois Maxine (COLLIER) SCHAEFER
        Doyle E. STAMPER     Hugh Hartley STEELE
        Helen "Jessie" (NICKLE) STRAIGHT     Jennie Lee VAILLANCOURT
        Laura Jane (WHITE) WOOD

     

  • PENNY POST CARDS:
        Clinton Motel, Mount Ayr

     

  • RESOURCESS:
        Glossary of Common Words in Genealogical Research

     

  • RE-TOLD OLD NEWS:
        Dec 3, 1959     Feb 25, 1960     Mar 10, 1960     Mar 24, 1960     Apr 07, 1960
        Apr 14, 1960     Apr 21, 1960     Apr 28, 1960     May 05, 1960     May 12, 1960
        Dec 13, 1984     Mar 7, 1985     Mar 21, 1985     Apr 04, 1985     Apr 18, 1985
        Apr 25, 1985     May 02, 1985     May 09, 1985     May 16, 1985     May 23, 1985
        Dec 02, 1999     Feb 24, 2000     Mar 09, 2000     Mar 23, 2000     Apr 06, 2000
        Apr 13, 2000     Apr 17, 2000     Apr 20, 2000     May 04, 2000     May 11, 2000

     

  • SCHOOLS:
        Ames School     Bridge Academy
        Cozy Corner School     Dryden No. 6, Benton Twp.
        Ellston Boys Basketball     Eureka, Tingley Twp.
        Forest Home (Rooster Bend) School     Liberty Twp., early schools
        Mount Ayr School, updated     Normal School, 1880
        Platte River School     Pleasant View School
        Raiders to State Tournament, 1931     Ringgold City School, updated
        Rural School Teachers, 1945     Shiloh School
        Loring SNOOK, Principal & Coach     Tingley Township Schools
        8th Grade Graduates, 1945     Teacher Assignments, 1945
        Tingley Graduates, updated

     

  • TALES FROM THE FRONT PORCH
        Road Trip to Muscatine
        Early History of Ringgold County,by Clara E. (HAGANS) HARVEY
        Harlow LANDPHAIR'S Diary, a 49'er
        Redding's Farmers' Institute
        Snipe Hunting

     

     

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