These pages are filled with photos, histories, documents and miscellaneous items of Jones county families. Many of the photographs have unidentified people in them and you are invited to fill in the blanks. Click on a name for information about that family, or use the handy search engine (searches Family pages only). If you have information you would like to see posted on this page, please e-mail it to Richard Harrison

CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF BENJAMIN F. HARRISON Benjamin F. Harrison of Jones county, son of William Harrison and Rebecca Keys, enlisted in the Iowa 9th Infantry, Company B, as a musician on 12 August 1861. These are some of his letters to his parents. They offer a poignant view of the thoughts and feelings of an ordinary Iowa farm boy and soldier. There is a link back to this page.

Information at This Site:
The information in the Family Pages is organized according to the following surnames, but there are many more family names mentioned. Use the search engine to the left to find the name you are looking for.
ALSPAUGH BAKER BALLOU BALSINGER BEHNKE BODENHOFER BRADY BYERLY CALAHAN CARTER CHESIRE CONMEY CRONE DALY DAVIS DeWITT DIAMOND DOXSEE ENNIS FOLEY GREEN HALL HARMS	HENDERSON HOSFORD HUTTON KIMBALL KOHL KULA LAPHAM LASACK LEHMAN LeRESCHE LYANS MANN McNAMARA MUNSINGER NEWMAN NILES NOWACHEK PEET RICKLES ROOT SAMPICA SHAW SLOUHA	STARR STEVENSON STIVERS TALLMAN WAGGONER WALTERS WLACH WOOD ZIMMERMAN
Links to Family Websites & Trees:
Gene Styne's Website at Freepages Krouse, Russell, Stine, Wasson & Webster Win Wood's Website and Database at WorldConnect Cozart, Emerson/Emberson, Gilmore, Waite, Walston Bell, Espy, McBeath, Sinclair, Sturtevant, Sutherland Tammy Wild's Website Harris, Weatherson The Acker & Ogden GenTree Akers, Ogden, Reichenbach Richard Krayenhagen's Website Krayenhagen James McKinstry's Website at Family Tree Maker McKinstry & Robinson Richard Harrison's Jones Co. Database at WorldConnect Ballou, Bodenhofer, Brundidge, Buckner, Easterly, Harrison, Soper, Stivers, Tallman, Wagoner & Walbridge
List of Family History Books at Various Libraries:
Houstman by Ron Siebels, 2006. Anamosa Public Library, Olin Historical Museum. Siebels by Ron Siebels, 2005, Anamosa Public Library, Monticello Public Library.