An Iowa Family

An Iowa Family

Genealogy and Family History by Terry Kneen, [email protected]

This site has information on Kneen, Craine, Foster, Cody, Parish, Summers, Raff, and Maxwell plus many related families. I have included photos and historical information for Cherokee, Iowa; Red Oak, Iowa; and Hartley, Iowa and will be adding more information in the future. I appreciate comments, corrections, suggestions, and those great notes from distant cousins.

	Kneen and Craine from the Isle of Man > Illinois > Iowa and South Dakota Listing of Kneen's and related families. Listing of Craine and related families. Pictures of Foster, Cody, Kneen and Culver Brief summary of the John Thomas Kneen family. Obituaries of Kneens and newspaper notes from Hartley Herald Iowa Eliza Isabella Kneen birth record from the Isle of Man Photo of Grandma Maude Foster Kneen Osborn Family cemetery plot at Hartley Iowa. See the other Kneen sources below.
	Foster from England > Massachusetts > New Hampshire > Michigan and Indiana > Iowa and South Dakota F. A. Foster Letter from South Dakota to his father Charles H. around 1890. F. A. Foster Journal and farm records from 1877 to 1890 Cherokee County, Iowa. Listing of Foster's and related families. Pictures of Foster, Cody, Kneen and Culver F. A. Foster Obituary Charles H. Foster Obituary Will of Susanna Foster from 1878 Obituary of Mary Cody Foster Maude Bernice Foster (Kneen) Osborn Dessie Foster Obituary Location of the original Foster farm land. Location of Frank A. Fosters farm in Spring Township, Cherokee Ia. See the other Foster sources below.
	Cody from North Carolina > Indiana > Iowa and Nebraska Listing of Cody's and related families Sarah E. Cody and Niles Gregg information. Pictures of Foster, Cody, Kneen and Culver Austin Cody Land Grant - Putnam County Indiana Austin Cody Land Grant 2 - Putnam County Indiana Obituary of Mary Cody Foster See other Cody source materials below.
	Summers (Sommer, Sommers) from Bern Switzerland > Wisconsin > Iowa > Nebraska Listing of Summers and related families. Photo of John, Laura, and children. Later photo of above: John Laura and Children in the 1950's. Obituary and photo of Laura Maxwell Summers Photos of John and Laura Maxwell Summers Photo of Grandma Summers Photos of Ulrich and Elizabeth Raff Summers Gravestone of Ulrich and Elizabeth Raff Summers in Greenwood Neb. Photo of Leta Summers Swezey and Wayne Swezey Gravesite of John Ellsworth Summers See Sommer information below
	Maxwell from Scotland > Virginia > Minnesota > Iowa Listing of Maxwell's and related families. John Maxwell Land Grant - Hennepin County Minnesota John Maxwell 2nd land Grant - Hennepin County Minnesota George Maxwell Land Grant - Hennepin County Minnesota Photo of Francis R. Maxwell Obituary and photo of Laura Maxwell Summers Photo of Cliotia Maxwell See other Maxwell source material below.
	Raff from Ohio > Iowa > Kansas Listing of Raff's and related families. Picture of Sara Raff. Photos of Ulrich and Elizabeth Raff Summers See other Raff source material below.

Additional links to this family's source material:

General Links

Cherokee Iowa Information and photos.

Burials in Cedar Cemetery, Cherokee, Ia

Abandoned Towns in Cherokee County Iowa

US GenWeb Project

Family Search

Cyndi's List

National Archives and Records Administration

The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site

Your local Public Library!

Links for researching Kneen

O'Brien County Iowa GenWeb site

Isle of Man

A Manx Notebook by Frances Coakley

Brian E. P. Kneen's Family Site

Links for Researching Maxwell

Hennepin County Minnesota Website

Louisa County Iowa Website

Links for Researching Sommer

Red Oak, Iowa (Montgomery County) Information

Swiss Genealogy on the Internet

Swiss surname directory

Iowa Civil War Site

Nebraska State Historical Society

Links for Researching Raff

Darke County, Ohio Genealogy

Descendants of Christian Raff and Sarah Ganger

Links for Researching Cody

Marion County Iowa GenWeb site

Iowa Civil War Site

Marion County Township map

Links for Researching Foster

Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Foster WebRing

Iowa Links

Iowa GenWeb Project

State Historical Society of Iowa

Last updated 1/21/2003 Copyright 2001 Terry Kneen