WILLS: FIRST BOOK OF WILLS--Dallas County, Iowa Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net//copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Dallas County, Iowa Please visit the Dallas County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/dallas/ ________________________________________________________ FIRST BOOK OF WILLS--Dallas County, Iowa--The following is the list of persons whose will appear in the "First Book of Wills" as copied at the Dallas County Courthouse, Adel, Iowa. The date refers to the date of probate, not the date the instrument was drawn. Last Name First Day MonthYear Adams Edward G 1 12 1893 Adams Henry 4 2 1863 Adams James 21 5 1877 Albin William W 7 9 1892 Aldrich Sarah 18 9 1886 Allen Benjamin B 1 3 1883 Allen James C 17 11 1894 Arneson Hedge 9 10 1889 Ashley Charlotte 8 11 1893 Bailey David 27 3 1895 Baldwin George E 17 12 1873 Baker John H 1 3 1887 Barnes T G 4 3 1875 Barrett M J 24 9 1895 Baxter A C 12 2 1889 Beeckley Dennis 6 9 1892 Bell John N 5 9 1891 Benlow William 7 3 1871 Benson Lewis B 21 5 1877 Bibbins I S 2 9 1885 Bildrback Masson 17 11 1851 Birdsall I G 1 11 1893 Black Margaret 7 9 1892 Blaceman Jennie 11 9 1894 Blen? Peter 14 11 1892 Boone William D 6 2 1855 Boyd William 10 6 1854 Braniff Elisabeth 16 6 1879 Braniff Henry 8 11 1893 Brenton James B 30 3 1892 Brenton W H 16 1 1894 Britton J E 30 3 1892 Britton Amanda M 7 8 1882 Brown Jacob 18 9 1872 Brown Nancy 1 3 1887 Brown Martin 27 2 1885 Brown Elizabeth 28 3 1895 Buell Asa Dewey 20 12 1875 Buck Daniel 22 2 1876 Bullis L D 18 2 1889 Burt Frances 1 9 1897 Caldwell William 19 11 1885 (recording dat Callipriest Fanny 20 9 1880 Calton Eli L 16 9 1895 Carpenter Celestia 16 9 1895 Carpenter S A 29 3 1893 Carrell Geo B 4 9 1886 Carrey William 8 3 1870 Carroll Medora 28 5 1890 Cartwright William 10 12 1888 Case Joseph 5 9 1864 Chaney Lewis B 28 3 1894 Chappelear Eliza J 13 12 1887 Chestnut William 28 3 1894 Clark Abraham 16 4 1892 Clark James 21 5 1872 Clark Moses F 29 1 1883 Clark William H 8 9 1892 Clark Wiliam Henry 22 3 1887 Clayton J E 2 2 1885 Clayton John 3 5 1887 Clayton John D 27 9 1886 Collins Adam 1 3 1887 College James 9 9 1891 Condran James 31 8 1886 Conway Eliza 9 4 1890 Cook John 5 9 1864 Cook Peter 23 8 1880 Council Charles 7 6 1869 Courtney Henry 9 10 1889 Crawford Carrie F 15 4 1890 Crawford Everett N 23 8 1881 Crowl Mary A 20 12 1875 Cunningham James 21 12 1878 Daniel David 17 9 1872 Davenport John 18 9 1884 Davis George W 4 9 1855 Davis Isaac J 13 12 1887 Densmore William 13 12 1887 Dickey William 28 5 1889 Dillon Jesse 23 8 1883 Dillon Julia A 30 3 1897 Dorman W J 1 4 1892 Doty Elizabeth 13 2 1889 Douglas James 29 1 1883 Drake Elliu 16 6 1879 Durfee Frank R 3 9 1890 Durkee Valentine 21 12 1878 Eby Henry 29 6 1883 Elifrits Abraham 1 4 1867 Elifrits Polly 7 3 1879 Ellis Lafayette 8 5 1888 Ellis Lyman 21 4 1894 Ellis Peter 23 8 1881 Ellis Joshua W 24 3 1897 Ellis S J 4 10 1887 Estes Horae 20 3 1884 Fellar Henry 20 12 1875 Fellar Andrew 1 9 1897 Fetrow Deborah D 20 2 1883 Finas John 15 12 1873 Fitzgerald Patrick 13 2 1886 Fleischman James E 16 6 1879 Fleming Catherine 14 2 1888 Flood Peter 13 2 1889 Ford A F 16 1 1882 Forrester Harriet 21 5 1877 Forrester William E 28 7 1879 Forrett Nicholas 7 3 1870 Foster J P 13 7 1887 Foster Jasper M 8 10 1888 Foster Robert W 2 9 1896 Fox Benjamin 16 1 1882 Fox Charles J 20 12 1875 Fox John 1 9 1897 Francis George W 1 3 1887 Frey John H 5 12 1871 Frush Jacob G 3 3 1865 Frush Mary E G 5 7 1866 Fry John 4 6 1872 Fuller Timothy D 17 2 1883 Gardner John 17 11 1876 Garner Peter 13 11 1893 Garoutte Mary A 16 1 1882 Garwood Samuel 15 12 1879 Gee Martha P 10 6 1878 George H A 22 9 1893 Gilkenson J A 5 11 1896 Gill Marcus 15 5 1889 Gilroy George W 9 9 1891 Glasgow Joseph 27 9 1886 Golden Richard 5 10 1863 Goughnour Henry C 2 9 1890 Greavey Patrick 6 1 1897 Green Philander H 1 9 1897 Grswold Lydia Caroline 23 8 1881 Griswol;d Susan M 10 1 1890 Guthrie Matilda E 3 5 1887 Hagerman Isaac J 11 9 1894 Hain F M 29 3 1893 Haines Elizabeth A 14 3 1891 Haines William J 12 1 1892 Harlow John 9 11 1895 Harney Rev. P J 4 10 1887 Harper James 7 9 1869 Harris Albert T 11 3 1892 Harrison Lewis M 9 7 1892 Haworth George W 28 1 1885 Henness Newton 26 3 1895 Herzner Doris 3 9 1872 Hester Isaac 22 12 1874 Hewitt L F 15 5 1876 Hiatt William P 23 8 1881 Hickey John 14 5 1889 Hill Jesse B 17 2 1885 Hocker Stephen 23 8 1880 Hodson William 21 2 1889 Hoeye John 4 6 1872 Hoeye William 13 3 1891 Hoff Martha P 6 9 1892 Hoff Powell 5 9 1870 Hoffstat Eunice 16 1 1882 Hogan Ann 17 9 1895 Holloway O W 2 9 1896 Holt William A 31 8 1886 Homan Conrad 23 8 1883 Hoopes Fannie G 21 5 1877 Hotchkiss Sarah G 16 1 1894 Hotchkiss William D 11 2 1885 Howell Nathan 2 9 1885 Hughes Robert S 9 8 1882 Huston James B 23 2 1889 Iseninger Jacob G 13 9 1880 Jaegurson Charlotte Sophie Fred31 8 1893 Jamison John 7 8 1882 Jenkins Elizabetg N 5 10 1863 Johnson Johnathan C 5 1884 Jones John M 11 11 1876 Keith Jacob 7 6 1869 Kelley John 21 12 1878 Kimrey George W 2 4 1866 King Coleman M 9 7 1878 Kirkendall James 24 12 1868 Knight Susan 28 9 1881 Lamb John 18 1 1859 La Valley Alice 25 3 1896 Lee R M 14 11 1893 Lee William 17 12 1877 Leyner John 2 9 1896 Lillie Alphonzo David 9 9 1891 Longmire Levi A 15 5 1876 Loper Joseph 6 11 1890 Loy Michael J 3 6 1867 Luellen William 22 3 1887 Ludington John N 28 1 1884 Lumpkin Robert W 8 1 1892 Lynch Ann 1 9 1897 Lynch Richard 16 12 1873 McCain Solomen 22 5 1871 Mc Call Hugh D 13 9 1886 McChesney Jonathan 1 4 1890 McCormick John 21 1 1886 McCoy Martha F 1 4 1890 McKibben Samuel S 10 6 1878 McLauglin E S 4 5 1893 McMiller John 3 11 1863 Mars Joshua B 1 3 1887 Marshall Elizabeth E 11 9 1894 Marshall Ellen 28 9 1895 Martin David P 23 8 1881 Martin Ellen A 1 2 1883 Maxwell James 23 1 1892 Melick Stewart P 1 9 1897 Meliza Jacob 19 10 1889 Mendenhall Nathan 8 4 1891 Michener Barak 4 6 1878 Miller John 17 9 1890 Miller John D 11 9 1885 Miller Martin 17 5 1888 Miller Rosan M J 2 3 1888 Miller William M 28 1 1884 Mills J M 2 3 1890 Mills Milton L 4 5 1889 Moffett John 6 11 1890 Moody Silas 31 8 1886 Moore Seaborn 21 4 1873 Moran Daniel 18 10 1892 Moran John 9 4 1896 Morgan J S 15 12 1873 Morgan Mary A 18 9 1891 Morgan Thomas J 8 5 1888 Mortimer L B 31 8 1886 Moses Alonzo 9 6 1858 Mundorff David P 4 2 1884 Munson Lucius 29 6 1888 Murphy Nancy J 1 9 1897 Murray Jonathan M 29 1 1883 Myers Isaac 24 5 1889 Myers Sarah G 2 4 1891 Neal David 26 1 1886 Neal Samuel S 7 12 1886 (recording dat Neoer? Eva B 2 10 1888 Newby Maggie A 25 4 1887 Newby Mark J 11 1 1879 Newell W C 4 6 1895 Newland Joseph 2 10 1855 Norris Thomas C 30 1 1884 Nunnaley L M 14 2 1888 O'Connor Thomas 21 5 1877 Olsen Hellick 7 1 1890 O'Neil Jesse 14 1 1890 Osborn Charlorre I 21 9 1897 Owen Jane H 16 6 1879 Paltzer Sylvenus 4 11 1867 Parker Joseph 19 4 1875 Patterson William G 25 2 1893 Payton John 7 11 1895 Peck William H 2 4 1875 Peddicord David 3 12 1886 Perkins Jeremiah 18 12 1879 Peters Peter James 21 5 1889 Platt John 20 12 1875 Pratt Elisha J 10 2 1885 Puffer John 7 8 1882 Redfield Eliza A 18 3 1884 Redfield J Ward 2 9 1896 Reeves Stacey T 29 1 1883 Rhoades Daniel 11 2 1884 Richart Sarah A 9 9 1891 Ridgway Joseph D 15 1 1895 Risser John 16 1 1894 Robbins Isaac 17 12 1873 Roberts David I 3 9 1890 Roberts E S 31 8 1886 Rochell Petter 4 4 1891 Roger Daniel 4 10 1887 Rouch James M 7 4 1892 Royer Sarah 1 9 1897 Schmel Andrew 14 2 1888 Scurry James 23 8 1880 Sears Ezra K 10 9 1880 Senior Francis 2 9 1886 Shambaugh Simon B 20 1 1874 Shaw Daniel D 16 1 1894 Sheehart Elizabeth 11 9 1894 Shoemann Gus 7 9 1891 Shuey John 30 8 1884 Simcoke B F 2 9 1890 Simison John 8 3 1870 Skinner Alva 28 3 1895 Slaniger Joseph 5 3 1875 Slaughter Moses 9 9 1891 Sloan Samuel 9 7 1878 Slocum Charles P 25 3 1896 Smith Mahala A 14 5 1889 Smith L W 26 1 1886 Stafford John 11 9 1880 Staker Susan 16 4 1892 Stanfield Samuel 2 2 1863 Starbuck David M 5 2 1866 Stiles Ann C 8 3 1872 Stitt Marianna W 7 4 1870 Strader John 30 8 1880 Strange John R 11 9 1894 Stump Daniel 4 6 1872 Sutton John 18 5 1858 Thomson Joseph A 2 9 1890 Thompson William 23 1 1882 Thornburg Harry C 31 8 1886 Todd John D 13 11 1894 Townsend Isaac 15 12 1873 Tyer John 22 12 1874 Valker Jacob 10 4 1896 Cancleave Benjamin 16 6 1854 Vancl Joseph W 6 7 1863 Van Meter J J 14 9 1894 Van Meter Joseph H 13 12 1887 Wagner Philip 26 4 1875 Walker John W 22 4 1895 Wallace John 21 5 1877 Warford John 25 8 1884 Warren Minerva 29 1 1883 Warren Sarah 1 3 1887 Watrous Andrew M 7 9 1871 Watts Robert 13 12 1887 Wells Jackson 28 1 1884 Wescott Sophia C 7 11 1894 Whaley Lucy A 18 4 1892 Whitmore Ackley H 4 1 1873 Whipple Philena 25 3 1896 Whitted Philena 25 3 1896 Wiagg John 28 11 1896 Widner Mary M 28 3 1895 Wilcox James 1 4 1890 Wilson Mary M 6 1 1897 Wise Joseph F 20 12 1875 Wolf Charles P 8 5 1888 Wright John N 4 1 1893 Yarnall Matilda 26 7 1859 Young Calista 9 9 1891 Young George M 16 9 1895 Young J J 19 12 1876 Young Jacob R 23 8 1881 Zimmerman Anna R 1 4 1890