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Usher's Ferry

A newsletter entitled "The House Of Usher" is published by this branch.

The name and address of the Editor of the newsletter is:
Joan S. Keough
6687 West Trowbridge St.
Boise, ID 83703

Unfortunately she does not have an email address.

People to contact for this line:

Diane, Barbara Bunting

Frances Turner has kindly supplied her tree which also shows the link between the Ushers of Iowa and those of Massachusetts.

Family Tree from Frances Turner


other info

Des Moines, Iowa Directory, 1889-91
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State Year
Alex Usher carpenter 1161 w Bluff Des Moines IA 1889, 1890
Alex Usher carpenter 1161 w Bluff IA
Miss Lucinda M. Usher James Durnall cook 1161 w Bluff Des Moines IA 1891


Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900
Name Spouse Marriage Date County State
SANFORD, L. H. USHER, DORA A. 11 Jun 1878 Adair IA
GRETT, CHARLES USHER, ELIZABETH 12 Dec 1888 Guthrie IA
KENWORTHEY, M. W. USHER, UNIS 21 Oct 1881 Guthrie IA
USHER, JOSEPH P. DEWEY, EMLY L. 26 Oct 1864 Johnson IA
GOLDEN, BENJAMIN USHER, IDA BELL 27 May 1886 Lucas IA
CASTEEL, CHARLES USHER, LUCINDA 25 Mar 1888 Polk IA


Rootsweb Cemetery Records
Name Born Died Cemetery State County More
USHER, Delores A. 11-19-98 Evergreen IA Clinton More Info
USHER, Louis N. Evergreen IA Clinton More Info

Laurie Usher

My great grandfathers name was Willard Usher, and my grandfathers name was Edwin George Usher. Edwin was living in Des Moines Iowa at the time of his death.


Obituaries

Headline: Obituaries
Publication Date: October 31, 1999
Source: Des Moines Register (IA), Obituaries, 1990-99
Page: 7
Subjects:
Region: Iowa
Obituary: Wayne C. Usher, 93, of the 4600 block of 86th Street died of a heart ailment Wednesday at USA Healthcare in Urbandale where he had been lived for the past year.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Basilica of St. John, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Usher was born in Adair County and lived his adult life in Des Moines. He was a painter-decorator and worked for various contractors before retiring from the city of Des Moines. He was a Navy veteran and a member of the painter's union.
Survivors include a daughter, Norma Brown of Des Moines; and four grandchildren.
The family will greet friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Caldwell Raddatz University Chapel.


Links

Rootsweb USA resources: Iowa
RootsWeb Mailing Lists USA-IA
Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878
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Iowa State Database


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© Mark Usher 22 Aug 2003

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