Pioneer Stories from the Henderson, Randall, Melson, [Crummer] Families: The Early Years ~ Genealogy ~ Mason City, Iowa

Title: Pioneer Stories from the Henderson, Randall, Melson Families: The Early Years

Author: The Editors: Liz Edson Block, Mary Melson Hanna, Martha J. Harris, Carrie Melson Hollenbeck

Description: Comb-bound, with vinyl protective covers. Clean and unmarked. [90] + 214 + [60] pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. One institutional copy located on OCLC (State Historical Society of Iowa).

A compilation of family history material related to George Washington Henderson (1833-1927) and Martha Ann Randall (1840-1936), being both pioneers and a prominent family in Mason City, Iowa. The material extends to their children and their families and their daily lives, with additional material on their ancestry.

Includes personal written accounts by several family members, correspondence, family portraits and other photographs, extensive transcriptions of daily journals and letters from the Hendersons' Highland Farm, newspaper clippings, biographies and genealogical information.

Contents:
I) George Washington Henderson & Martha Ann Randall.
II) Journals and Letters from Highland Farm, 1905-1936.
III) John Hope Henderson and Elizabeth Powell.
IV) Elisha Randall and Lucy York.
V) Joshua Melson and mary Sharp.
VI) Descendants of Selumiul [Melson] and Kate Henderson.

Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: [privately printed]
Place: Los Angeles, California
Year: 2000

Keywords: genealogy, Henderson family, Iowa, Cerro Gordo County, Pocahontas County, Mason City, George Washington Henderson, John Austin Crummer, Selumiel Melson, Kate Henderson Melson Crummer, Elisha Randall, Joshua Melson,