Orville Calkins Fonda

b. Glenville, NY; 1856 Iowa State Census (Orville C Fonda, 29, Married, Miller, Washington, Buchanan Co., IA, b. NY, Yrs. in IA: 3); 1860 US Federal Census, Washington, Buchanan Co., IA; 1870 & 1880 US Federal Census, Independence, Buchanan Co., IA; 1885 Iowa State Census (Orville Fonda, 58, Married, Dry Goods, Independence, Buchanan Co., IA, b. NY); 1895 Iowa State Census, Buchanan Co., IA; d. Independence, IA; bur. Oakwood Cemetery, Washington, IA; o. Dry Goods Merchant; [R084] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register >> www.fonda.org <<

[US Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 - Name: Orville Fonda; Congr. Dist.: 3rd; Res.: Buchanan, IA; Race: White; Class: 2; Est. Birth: 1828; Marital Status: (none)]; [Civil War Service: Orville Fonda; Buchanan Co., Iowa; enlisted as a Private on 10-May-1864 at the age of 37; enlisted in Co.D, 47th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 04-Jun-1864; mustered out Co.D, 47th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 28-Sep-1864 in Davenport, IA]; [Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans - Name: Orville C Fonda; Cemetery: Oakwoods, Independence, Buchanon Co., Iowa; Date of Death: 31 Oct 1896; Pvt. Co. D, 47th Regt, Iowa Infy]; [Bureau of Land Management - Buchanan Co., IA - Fonda, Orville C - Issue Date 6/15/1854 - Land Office: Dubuque - 40 Acres - Serial Nr. 15882 IA1320.449]

[Independence, Iowa Tornado - June 22, 1882 - Dubuque, June 23 - Word was received here at 10 o'clock last night of a heavy wind and rain storm along the lines of the Illinois Central Railway west, during the afternoon, and that great damage had been done at Independence. .. The storm struck Independence at a little before 5 o'clock and wrought great destruction; fences were torn up, barns wrecked, houses leveled, and trees uprooted. Nearly all the business houses were unroofed and the plate-glass smashed. The depot of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway is said to be a wreck. Fonda's and O'Brien's stores were unroofed, as was also a livery stable, and report says that a bridge across the river was injured. .. Many people were in town, and many of their horses were killed by flying debris and their wagons smashed. Two men were killed, but it is impossible to obtain their names. Another man had his arm broken. The New York Times, New York, NY 24 Jun 1882]