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Des Moines County, Iowa

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Susan Ann Whittlesey (1827 - 1909)
Source: Newspaper Name Index, USA and Canada MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. Record: Susan A. Whittlesey Citation:
Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey family by Whittelsey, Charles Barney, 1869- Publication date 1898 Publisher Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Pages 489 Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwhitt00whit/page/n280/mode/1up

Rev. Dr. Martin Kellogg Whittlesey, D.D. (1821 - 1896)
Page 80 Source: Historical Books - Index of Authors and People Mentioned, 1811-2003 MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. Record:
Walter Camp Starr (1850 - d.)
Page 197 Bibliographic information: A history of the Starr family of New England, from the ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr of Ashford, County of Kent, England, who emigrated to Boston, Mass., in...
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77997821/ruth-starr-gordon: accessed 21 March 2023), memorial page for Ruth Starr Mauro Gordon (4 Oct 1886–16 May 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77997821, citing Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by william robinson (contributor 47578202).

Ruth Starr Gordon (1886 - 1939)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77997769/john-gardner-gordon: accessed 21 March 2023), memorial page for John Gardner Gordon Jr. (15 Dec 1884–25 Aug 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77997769, citing Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by william robinson (contributor 47578202).

John Gardner Gordon, III (1884 - 1958)
Page 61 (Colorado School of Mines) Bibliographic information: General catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon by Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Maxwell, W. J; Almy, Don R Publication date 1918 Publisher [...

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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Des Moines County, Iowa.

Not to be confused with the city of Des Moines in Polk County.

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Des Moines County derives its name from the Des Moines River, which flows through the city of Des Moines and originally flowed through the county. When the county was divided early in Iowa's history, the river ended up further west, forming the border between Lee County, Iowa and the state of Missouri.

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Burlington
Danville
Mediapolis
Middletown
West Burlington

Other Townships & Communities: Augusta, Beaverdale, Benton, Concordia, Danville, Dodgeville, Flint River, Franklin, Huron, Jackson, Kingston, Pleasant Grove, Sperry, Tama, Union, Washington, Yarmouth and Yellow Springs

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