| History of Missouri Pg. 11 - 65 |
|---|
Chapter 1 - Louisiana Purchase.
Brief Historical Sketch | 11 |
Chapter 2 - Descriptive and Geographical
Name - Extent - Surface - Rivers - Timber - Climate - Prairies - Soils - Population by
Counties. |
13 |
Chapter 3 - Geology of Missouri
Classification of Rocks - Quatenary Formation - Tertiary - Cretaceous - Carboniferous - Devonian -
Silurian - Azoic - Economic Geology - Coal - Iron - Lead - Copper - Zinc - Building Stone - Marble -
Gypsum - Lime - Clays - Paints - Springs - Water Power | 18 |
Chapter 4 - Title and Early Settlements
Title to Missouri Lands - Right of Discover - Title of France and Spain - Cession to the United
States - Territorial Changes - Treaties with Indians - First Settlement - Ste. Genevieve and New
Bourbon - St. Louis - When Incorporated - Potosi - St. Charles - Portage des Sioux - New Madrid - St.
Francois County - Perry - Mississippi - Loutre Island - "Boon's Lick" - Cote Sans Dessein - Howard
County - Some First Things - Counties - When Organized | 23 |
Chapter 5 - Territorial Organization
Organization 1812 - House of Representatives - Wm. Clark first Territorial Governor - Edward
Hempstead first Delegate - Spanish Grants - First General Assembly - Proceedings - Second Assembly -
Proceedings - Population of Territory - Vote of Territory - Rufus Easton - Absent Members - Third
Assembly - Proceedings - Application for Admission | 28 |
Chapter 6
Application of Missouri to be Admitted into the Union - Agitation of the Slavery Question -
"Missouri Compromise" - Constitutional Convention of 1820 - Constitution presented to Congress -
Further Resistance to Admission - Mr. Clay and his Committee make Report - Second Compromise -
Missouri Admitted | 31 |
Chapter 7 - Missouri as a State
First Election for Governor and Other State Officers - Senators and representatives to General
Assembly - Sheriffs and Coroners - U.S. Senators - Representatives in Congress - Supreme Court Judges -
Counties Organized - Capital Moved to St. Charles - Official record of Territorial and State Officers |
35 |
| Chapter 8 - Civil War in Missouri | 39 |
Chapter 9 - Early Military Record
Black Hawk War - Mormon Difficulties - Florida War - Mexican War | 47 |
Chapter 10 - Agriculture and Material Wealth
Missouri as an Agricultural State - The Different Crops - Live Stock - Horses - Mules - Milch Cows -
Oxen and other Cattle - Sheep - Hogs - Comparisons - Missouri Adapted to Live Stock - Cotton - Broom-Corn
and other Products - Fruits - Berries - Grapes - Railroads - First Neigh of the "Iron Horse" in Missouri -
Names of Railroads - Manufactures - Great Bridge at St. Louis | 50 |
Chapter 11 - Education
Public School System - Public School System of Missouri - Lincoln Institute - Officers of public
School System - Certificates of Teachers - University of Missouri - Schools - Colleges - Institutions
of Learning - Location - Libraries - Newspapers and Periodicals - No. of School Children - Amount
Expended - Value of Grounds and Buildings - "The Press" | 55 |
Chapter 12 - Religious Denominations
Baptist Church - Its History - Congregational - When Founded - Its History - Christian Church -
Its History - Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Its History - Methodist Episcopal Church - Its History -
Presbyterian Church - Its History - Protestant Episcopal Church - Its History - United Presbyterian
Church - Its History - Unitarian Church - Its History - Roman Catholic Church - Its History |
62 |
| History of St. Louis Pg. 66 - 75 |
St. Louis
Her First Settlement - Arrival of the First Steamboat - Removal of the Capital to Jefferson
City - When Incorporated - Population by Decades - First Lighted by Gas - Death of one of her Founders -
Pierre Chouteau - Cemeteries - Financial Crash - Bondholders and Coupon-clippers - Value of Real and
Personal Property - Manufactures - Criticism | 66 |
| Laws of Missouri Pg. 77 - 88 |
| Illustration D.C. McConey | 80 |
| Constitution Pg. 89 - 130 |
| History of Jasper County Pg. 131 - 221 |
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Name
Signification of History - Value as Instruction - Object of this Work - Task of the Historian
and his Fitness - Collected and Compiled - Mistakes - Criticisms - The Name - "Everything in a Name" -
Sergeant Jasper - Jasper among the Minerals - Birds-eye View of Jasper County |
131 |
Chapter 2 - Natural History
The Natural History of the County - including its Topography; its Hydrography; its Geological
Formations, etc. | 137 |
| Illustration Wm. Reed | 144 |
Chapter 3 - Early Settlements and Pioneers
Introduction - Habits and Characteristics of Pioneers - Hospitality and Traits of Early
Settlers - Country of the Six Bulls - First Permanent Settlements of Jasper County - First Settlements
at Sarcoxie and Carthage - Many Interesting Scenes and Experiences - Biographies of Early Settlers -
List of Aged Persons in Jasper County in 1876 | 150 |
| John Prigmore | 157 |
John Cabaniss
John Onstott
Josiah P. Boyd
Thomas Buck
Samuel B. La Force
Claborne Osborne
L. D. Osborne
William M. Wormington
William Tingle
John K. Gibson
Solomon Rothanbarger
| 158 |
John D. Allen
William Cooley
Daniel Hunt
Peter R. Johnson
John C. Cox
James Hornback
Martin W. Halskill
William Spencer
John M. Richardson
| 159 |
| Littlebury Mason | 159-160 |
Lorenzo Dillender
R. R. Laxon
John Purcell
John Hornback | 160 |
| Jane Gibson | 160-161 |
Rev. John Robinson
M. H. Ritchey
L. J. Burch
E. M. Burch | 161 |
Judge W. B. Hamilton
Stephen T. Vititow
Gilbert Schooling
Jonathan Eppright
Nelson Knight | 162 |
| Aged People Residing in this County in 1876 | 162-163 |
Chapter 4 - Organization
Date of Organization of Jasper County - Territory Early Embracing what is now Jasper County -
Laws Relating to the Organization of Jasper County - First Meeting of the County Court - Preservation
of the County records and County Money - Organization of Townships
and Various Changes. | 164 |
Chapter 5 - Railroads
Introduction - First Railroad Project - Spring River Railroad
- Order for Election to Vote Tax - The Memphis, Carthage &
Northwestern Railroad - The Frisco and its Branches - The Missouri
Pacific - K. C., Ft. S. & Gulf Railroad - Bonded Railroad
Indebtedness | 173 |
| Chapter 6 - Courts and Bar | 178 |
| Chapter 7 - The Medical Profession | 192 |
| Illustration T. W. Horton, M.D. | 192b |
Chapter 8 - Political History
Political History - Whigs and Democrats - Definitions of
Parties - Know-nothing Party - Parties in 1860 - Missouri
Prefers to Remain Loyal - Test Oath of 1865 - Names of Superintendents
of Registration - Names of Early Whigs and Democrats in Jasper
County - War Notes - Extracts from Party Papers - First Greenback
Campaign - Abstracts of Elections - Official Returns of 1882 -
Official Directory | 196 |
Chapter 9 - Religious History
The Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev. Anthony Bewley - Carthage
Circuit - Medoc Circuit - Sarcoxie Circuit - History of Presbyterianism
- Congregationalism in Jasper County - Jasper County Sunday-schools | 210 |
| City of Carthage Pg. 221 - 319 |
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Chapter 10 - Early History of Carthage
Site first Chosen for the Town - The first Court-house - The
first Residences and Stores - First Sale of Lots - First School-house
- The Town Plat with Additions - Appearance of the Town at the
Breaking out of the War - The Battle of Carthage, July 5, 1861 -
The Burning of two Negroes - Miscellaneous | 221 |
| Illustration T. J. Stemmons | 224b |
Chapter 11 - Annals of Carthage
A Record of many of the most Important Events connected with
the History of Carthage from 1870 to the present time |
237 |
Chapter 12 - Carthage City Government
First, under Township Organization from 1842 to 1868 - Carthage
as an Incorporated Town from 1868 to 1873 - Petition for Town
Government - Carthage as a Chartered City - First Mayor's
Inaugural - Official Directory - Municipal Statistics - Fire
Department | 253 |
Chapter 13 - Churches of Carthage
Baptist Church - Congregational Church - Methodist Episcopal
Church - Christian Church - M. E. Church (South) - Grace Church
- Second Baptist Church (Colored) - Swede Christian Church -
Wesley Chapel, M. E. Church (Colored) | 258 |
Chapter 14 - Educational
Carthage Public Schools - Early History, 1846-68 - From 1868
to 1883 - Names of Graduates - Mis Cheadle's School - Miss Brooks'
School - Carthage Library - Newspapers - The Star of the West - The
Banner - The Patriot - The Advance - The Grip - The Transcript - The
Press | 283 |
| Illustration Carthage Public School Building | 285 |
Chapter 15 - Carthage Public Enterprises
Water-works - Gas-works - Grisco R.R. - Missouri Pacific R.R.
- Telegraph and Telephone Lines - Post-office - Carthage Building
and Loan Association - Board of Trade - Cemeteries - Wild Wood
Park | 292 |
| Illustration Carthage Cemetery | 299 |
Chapter 16 - Commercial and Business Interests
Banks, Famers and Drovers' - Traders' Bank - Bank of Carthage
- Jasper County Bank - Hotels - Opera House - Missouri Woolen
Mills - Carthage Woolen Mills - Flouring Mills - Foundry, etc.
| 301 |
| Illustration Eagle Mills | 305 |
| Illustration Carthage Foundry and Machine Shop | 306 |
| Illustration Home Lumber Yard, Carthage, Missouri | 307 |
Chapter 17 - Social Development
Free Masons, No. 197 - Odd Fellows - The Encampment - Knights
of Pythias - A.O.U.W. - Knights of honor - Endowment Society -
Grand Army of the Republic, Stanton Post, No. 16 0 Silver Spring
Lodge, No. 36 (colored) - Carthage Light Guard - Carthage Literary
Societies, Alpha, Shakespeare, "N.N.C.," Chautauqua - Carthage
Literary Association | 309 |
| Chapter 18 - Carthage Business Directory | 315-319 |
| Illustration Harrington House | 316 |
| Carthage Biographies Pg. 320 - 386 |
|---|
| Charles C. Allen | 320-321 |
| Charles L. Bartlett | 321 |
| Sherman F. Beebe | 321-322 |
| Elliott A. Bissell | 322 |
| Simon Bistline | 322 |
| Joshua A. Bodenhamer | 323 |
| John L. Bottenfield | 324 |
| Henry Bowman | 324 |
| William E. Brinkerhoff | 324-325 |
| Charles Brown | 325 |
| Judge Edmund O. Brown | 325-326 |
| William H. H. Brown | 326 |
| John W. Burch | 326-327 |
| Milton Burkholder | 327 |
| Dr. Amos H. Caffee | 327-328 |
| William S. Carson | 328 |
| William L. Carver | 328-329 |
| Jonas Clark | 329-330 |
| James D. Clarkson | 330 |
| Col. William F. Cloud | 330-331 |
| Rev. Jas. S. Colton | 331-332 |
| William H. Cox | 332 |
| Harvey C. Crandall | 332 |
| Edward C. Crow | 333 |
| George P. Cunningham | 333 |
| Fred A. Cushman | 333 |
| H. G. Damon | 333-334 |
| John Q. Davison | 334 |
| James Deagan | 334-335 |
| Albert M. Drake | 335 |
| Randall Dryden | 335-336 |
| John H. Flannigan | 336 |
| Nathaniel A. Floyd | 336-337 |
| Illustration C. E. Elliott | 336b |
| Jerry H. Franks | 337 |
| Edward T. Gaither | 337-338 |
| Robert L. Galbreath | 338 |
| William T. Green | 338-339 |
| Franklin Griffith | 339 |
| Sedden B. Griswold | 339-340 |
| Rev. Edwin S. Gould | 340 |
| Bennett Hall | 340-341 |
| R. M. Hall | 341 |
| John W. Halliburton | 341-342 |
| John Benjamin Hardwicke, D.D. | 342-344 |
| John Harlan | 344 |
| Benjamin E. Hammer | 344-345 |
| Charles O. Harrington | 345-346 |
| T. B. Haughawout | 346 |
| Frank E. Hedge | 346 |
| Charles F. Hedrick | 346-347 |
| David S. Helt | 347 |
| Thomas Henley | 347-348 |
| Dr. George R. Hill | 348 |
| Peter Hill | 348-349 |
| Thomas Hill | 349-350 |
| Thomas B. Hobbs | 350 |
| H. C. Hollingsworth | 350 |
| Harrison Hubbart | 350-351 |
| Woodson B. Hubbard | 351 |
| James G. Irwin | 351-352 |
| Myron J. Jenkins | 352 |
| Rev. William S. Knight | 352-353 |
| George W. Koontz | 353 |
| Samuel B. LaForce | 353-354 |
| Martin Leidy | 354 |
| T. T. Luscombe | 354 |
| McCrillis Bros. | 355 |
| Daniel W. McIntyre | 355 |
| William McMillan | 355-356 |
| Prof. D. Matthews | 356 |
| Robert S. Merwin | 356-357 |
| Jonas A. Mitchell | 357-358 |
| A. G. Milless | 358 |
| Aaron Miller | 358 |
| David S. Miller | 358-359 |
| John W. Miller | 359 |
| E. J. Montague | 359-360 |
| Joseph L. Moore | 360 |
| Robert Moore | 360-361 |
| William Motherspaw | 361 |
| William Myers | 361-362 |
| E. S. Olcott | 362 |
| Purl Parker | 362 |
| William H. Phelps | 362-363 |
| Howard V. Philips | 363 |
| Charles Pool | 363-364 |
| Rev. Dr. E. Holloway Prosser | 364-365 |
| Walter Putnam | 365-366 |
| George Rader | 366 |
| Elder Nathan M. Ragland | 366-367 |
| R. H. Read | 367-368 |
| Martin L. Reid | 368 |
| Edmund C. Robertson | 368 |
| William O. Robison | 368 |
| Illustration Residence of Geo. W. Howard, Carl Junction | 368b |
| Arthur W. Rogers | 369 |
| Richard Rose | 369 |
| Andrew W. St. John | 369-370 |
| Enoch P. Searle | 370-371 |
| Col. J. R. Shields | 371-372 |
| Hampton P. Sloan | 372-373 |
| D. A. Smith | 373 |
| William H. Smith | 373-374 |
| Levi Starr | 374 |
| James E. Stanton | 374 |
| Amos B. Stevenson | 374-375 |
| Rev. O. M. Stewart | 375 |
| Dr. William H. Swander | 375-376 |
| Jesse Thacker | 376-377 |
| A. L. Thomas | 377 |
| David S. Thomas | 377-378 |
| William Thompson | 378 |
| W. Scott Tower | 378 |
| Thomas A. Wakefield | 378-379 |
| Victor A. Wallace | 379 |
| William H. Waters | 379-380 |
| John J. Wells | 380 |
| Samuel S. Wells | 380-381 |
| William H. West | 381 |
| John B. White | 381 |
| Dr. James M. White | 381-382 |
| Samuel G. Williams | 382-383 |
| Dr. James S. Wilson | 383 |
| Moses N. Wilson | 383 |
| James Watson | 383 |
| Fountain S. Yager | 383-384 |
| Chris C. Yoder | 384 |
| John Yost | 384-385 |
| John J. Young | 385 |
| Jacob W. Young | 385-386 |
| Lewis P. Young | 386 |
| City of Joplin Pg. 386 - 503 |
|---|
Chapter 19 - Introduction to Joplin History
A Picture of Joplin as it is to-day - Her People, Her Business
and Surroundings - Joplin a Railroad, Financial, Business, and
Intellectual Center - Her Streets, Business Houses, and Institutions -
What the Site of the Town was Fourteen Years ago - When, and by
whom, the Cities of Joplin and Murphysburg were Founded - The
First Years of their Growth - Rev. Harris G. Joplin - Two Periods
into which the History is Divided. | 386 |
| Illustration Birdseye View of Joplin | 387 |
Chapter 20 - Early History of Joplin
Picture in 1868 - The First Discovery of Lead - Coming of
Messrs. Moffet, Sergeant, Davis, and Murphy - Laying out of Joplin
and Murphysburg - Rivalry between the two Towns - Disturbances -
Petition to County Court for Incorporation - First School Election -
First Census Taken - Action of County Court Declared Illegal -
Petition to Legislature for City Charter | 391 |
Chapter 21 - Joplin From 1873 to 1883
Reception of the Charter - First Officers under Charter -
Public Improvements - Condition of the City at the Close of
1873-1874 - Charter Inadequate - Burning of Hannibal Smelting
Works - the Year 1875 - Public Improvements - Mining Statistics -
Business, etc. - The Years 1876 and 1877 - The last half Decade -
Burning of the White Lead Works - Railroads - Conclusion | 399 |
| Illustration P. Murphy | 400b |
Chapter 22 - Joplin City Government
The Town a Mining Camp Previous to Incorporation - Petitions
and Mass Meetings Looking Toward a Union and City Government -
Grant of County Court - The First Officers - Who Drafted the City
Charter - When it was Granted - Digest of the Charter and Act
Amendatory and supplementary Therto - The First Officers Under
the Charter - Full List of Offices Up to May, 1881 - Political
Parties not Involved in City Election - Terms of Officers -
the City Buildings, Statistics, etc. - Police and Fire Departments -
Salaries of City Officials | 410 |
Chapter 23 - Churches
the Tabernacle Congregational Church - First Presbyterian
Church - Methodist Episcopal Church - Tabernacle Church - M. E.
Church (South) - First Baptist Church - Christian Church - St.
Peter's Roman Catholic Church - St. Philip's Episcopal Church -
African M. E. Church - Joplin Cemetery | 415 |
Chapter 24 - Joplin Educational Interests
Introduction - The Three School Districts Composing Joplin - The Country District
Antecedent to These - East Joplin Schools - First School Building Erected - Officers and Teachers -
Salaries - School-Houses - New Central School Building - Lone Elm Schools - Colored Schools -
School Statistics - Consolidation - Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons - Mining - Daily
and Weekly News - Daily and Sunday Herald | 431 |
| Illustration Geo. W. Howard | 432b |
| Illustration Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons | 447 |
Chapter 25 - Joplin Public Enterprises
Joplin Water-works - Joplin Gas-works - Street Railway - Telephone Exchange - Joplin
Exposition Association - Joplin Opera House - Post-office - Postal Statistics - Southwest
Medical and Surgical Institute | 452 |
| Illustration Natatorium of the Southwest Medical Institute | 461 |
Chapter 26 - Joplin Business Enterprises
Introduction - Statistics of the City of Joplin - Permanent Improvements of the Year 1882 -
Railroads - Lone Elm Mining and Smelting Company's Works - Smelting Department - White Lead
Department - Joplin Zinc Works - Southwest Lead and Zinc Company's Works - Granby Works - Joplin
Mills - Joplin Woolen Mills - Eagle Cornice Works - Banks - Hotels - Harmany's Foundry - Machine
Works - Wagon and Carriage Works - Paint and Oil Works - Boiler Works - Loan and Building
Association - Livery Stables - Henshaw Carriage Repository - Cigar Manufactory - Brick Yards -
Brewery - Floral and Vegetable Gardens | 463 |
| Illustration Lone Elm Mining and Smelting Company's Works | 467 |
| Illustration Joplin Flouring Mills | 477 |
Chapter 27 - Mining
Lead and Zinc Region of the Southwest - General Discussion of the Mines - First Mines - Oronogo
Mines - Webb City Mines - Carterville Mines - Stephen Diggings - Sherwood Diggings - Cox Diggings -
Leadville Mines - Carney Diggings - Tanyard Hollow - Taylor Diggins - Bellville Mines - Jackson
Diggings - Roaring Spring Mines - Mines at Joplin - Lone Elm District - Kansas City Bottom - Picher
Field, etc. Mining Companies - Joplin Mining and Smelting Co. - Picher Lead and Zinc Co. - Granby
Mining and Smelting Co. - West Joplin Lead and Zinc Co. - Lone Elm Mining and Smelting Co. - Phoenix
Mining and Smelting Co. - New York and Joplin Mining and Smelting Co.
| 485 |
Chapter 28 - Social Department
Introduction - Social, Benevolent, and Secret Organizations - Commercial, Military, and
Miscellaneous Organizations - A.F. & A.M. - Medoc Lodge No. 335 - Fellowship Lodge No. 345 -
Joplin R.A.C. No. 91 - I.O.O.F. - A.O.U.W. - Joplin Lodge No. 34 - Select Knights of A.O.U.W. -
Aurora Lodge No. 41 - Knights of Pythias - Germanic Social and Literary Club - Knights of Honor -
O.P. Morton Post G.A.R. - Joplin Rifles - American Legion of Honor - The Episcopal Ladies' Society | 493 |
Chapter 29 - Joplin Business Directory
| 499 |
| Joplin Biographies Pg. 503 - 604 |
|---|
| J. B. Abbott, M.D. | 503-504 |
| A. V. Allen | 504-505 |
| W. R. Atkinson, M.D. | 505 |
| C. W. Babst | 505-506 |
| Capt. R. F. Barker | 506 |
| J. C. Barkley | 507 |
| D. P. Blair | 507-508 |
| J. H. Black | 508 |
| E. F. Botkin | 508-509 |
| J. L. Briggs | 509-510 |
| James Broadley | 510 |
| Roger Burgess | 510-511 |
| Martin Byler | 511 |
| William Byers | 511-512 |
| Alexander Campbell | 512-513 |
| Illustration Wm. Byers | 512b |
| A. W. Carson | 513 |
| Wm. J. Carter, M.D. | 513-514 |
| Antoine Chatelle | 514 |
| Henry L. Chickering | 515 |
| S. H. Claycomb | 515-516 |
| T. J. Cofer | 516 |
| Dan Collins | 516-517 |
| John C. Cox | 517-518 |
| Capt. Clark Craycroft | 518-519 |
| Ira Creech | 519 |
| J. P. Cunningham, M.D. | 519-520 |
| L. P. Cunningham | 520-521 |
| T. W. Cunningham | 521 |
| J. J. Curley | 521-522 |
| Thomas Currah | 522 |
| Thomas Dahill | 523 |
| J. L. Davenport | 523 |
| William Alfred Dennis | 523-524 |
| Thomas Dolan | 524-525 |
| W. A. Dumars | 525 |
| C. W. Dykeman | 525-526 |
| R. B. Elliott | 526-527 |
| Col. W. H. Fairbanks | 527-528 |
| William H. Fallis | 528-529 |
| Dr. E. D. Flagg | 529 |
| Dr. C. G. Fletcher | 529-530 |
| R. Fred. Frost, M.D. | 530 |
| Barney Ferguson | 530-531 |
| Charles Gaede | 531 |
| Herman Geldmacher | 532 |
| John George | 532 |
| N. B. George | 532-533 |
| D. H. Gilbert | 533-534 |
| J. H. Gill | 534 |
| Chas. W. Glover | 534-535 |
| Cyrus B. Goodwin | 535-536 |
| A. F. Gore | 536-537 |
| George W. Gore | 537-538 |
| J. J. Graham | 538 |
| Thomas Green | 538-539 |
| W. B. Halyard | 539-540 |
| L. C. Hamilton | 540 |
| J. L. Harvey | 540-541 |
| W. S. Harmany | 541 |
| Howard H. Haven | 541-542 |
| J. Henrichs | 542 |
| S. C. Henderson | 542-543 |
| Illustration S. C. Henderson's Wholesale Grocery House | 543 |
| Charles Hibler | 543-544 |
| R. C. Holladay, M.D. | 544 |
| A. P. Hoyt | 545 |
| C. J. Johnson | 545-546 |
| W. E. Johnson | 546-547 |
| David Walter Jones | 547 |
| Martin Klotz | 547-548 |
| George W. Koehler | 548 |
| C. F. Krauch | 548-549 |
| S. Landauer | 549 |
| G. R. Lavery | 549-550 |
| E. B. Leonard | 550-551 |
| William M. Leckie | 551 |
| Capt. Charles J. Lewis | 551-553 |
| Chas. Lowenstein | 553 |
| Chancellor Livingston | 553-555 |
| W. B. McAntire | 555 |
| Thomas A. McClelland | 555-556 |
| D. C. McConey | 556-557 |
| Rev. William McCormack | 557 |
| Charles P. Mallett | 557-558 |
| Joseph Clark Mason | 558-561 |
| Fred Mathews | 561 |
| T. R. May | 561-562 |
| Wm. D. Maxwell | 562 |
| Ted Molyneux | 562-563 |
| Dr. J. B. Morgan | 563 |
| Isaiah Morris | 563-564 |
| Patrick Murphy | 564-565 |
| Col. George Orear | 565-566 |
| William P. Owen | 566-567 |
| Samuel A. Parks | 567-568 |
| W. S. Paul | 568 |
| Geo. W. Payton | 568-569 |
| Israel K. Perry | 569 |
| David C. Petty | 569-570 |
| Samuel Phillips | 570 |
| Oliver H. Picher | 570-571 |
| Julius C. PeTit, M.D. | 571-573 |
| Col. D. A. Preston | 573-574 |
| B. Pribbenow | 574 |
| S. C. Price, M.D. | 574-575 |
| Patrick Quinn | 575-576 |
| Francis M. Redburn | 576 |
| Levi Riseling | 576-578 |
| Illustration Furniture and Hardware business House of L. Riseling | 577 |
| John Roesch | 578 |
| Chas. Schifferdecker | 578-579 |
| Gottlieb Schmierer | 579-580 |
| Peter Schnur | 580-581 |
| John B. Serage | 581 |
| Rev. Hiram S. Shangle | 581-582 |
| Jacob A. Shepherd | 582-583 |
| Dr. James A. Shoot | 583-584 |
| Galen Spencer | 584-585 |
| E. C. H. Squire, M.D. | 585 |
| Matt. W. Stafford | 585-587 |
| M. Staples | 587 |
| W. J. Stewart | 587-588 |
| A. W. Stillwell | 588-589 |
| H. C. Sutton | 589 |
| P. L. Swartz | 589-590 |
| Holman & Swift | 590-591 |
| Charles F. Taylor | 591-592 |
| John H. Taylor | 592-593 |
| Illustration Galen Spencer | 592b |
| Peter G. Teis | 593-594 |
| Dr. Charles F. Titus | 594 |
| John C. Trigg | 594-595 |
| Henry Tutcher | 595 |
| R. B. Tyler, M.D. | 595-596 |
| Buford T. Webb | 596 |
| Dr. C. C. Wheeler | 597 |
| W. V. White | 597-598 |
| John G. White | 598 |
| Dr. Fannie E. Williams | 598-599 |
| Frank E. Williams | 599-600 |
| Sturges B. Williams | 600-601 |
| E. A. Wills, M.D. | 601 |
| James M. Wilson | 601-602 |
| J. F. Wise | 602 |
| C. J. G. Workizer | 602-603 |
| Dr. F. S. Wright | 603-604 |
| A. J. Yeager | 604 |
| Muennig & Zentner | 604 |
| Joplin Township Pg. 605 - 657 |
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Chapter 30 - Joplin Township, Webb City, and Carterville
Introduction - Name - Organization - Configuration - Ancient Mining - Early Settlers - Harmony
Church - Schools. WEBB CITY - General View - Town Laid Out - City
Government - Post-Office - Societies - Business Interests. CARTERVILLE - Location
- City Government - Business - Societies - Churches - Biographical | 605 |
| John Anderson | 618 |
| Joseph W. Aylor | 618 |
| David E. Bacon | 618 |
| Samuel S. Barclay | 618-619 |
| Henry Barnes | 619 |
| Nathaniel N. Birkhead | 619 |
| Wilson Blanton | 619-620 |
| Josiah Van Buskirk | 620 |
| James P. Childress | 620-621 |
| C. R. Chinn | 621 |
| Robert Clark | 621-622 |
| J. Chris. Columbia | 622 |
| Benjamin A. Daugherty | 622-623 |
| John Dunlap | 623 |
| Dr. R. B. English | 623 |
| Joseph Fetters | 623-624 |
| Robt. C. Fitzpatrick | 624 |
| Joseph Fountain | 624 |
| Dr. Henry J. Freeman | 624-625 |
| Van Freeman | 625 |
| James Gammon | 625-626 |
| J. W. Glasscock | 626 |
| George Goode | 626 |
| Leander Green | 626-627 |
| Dr. P. B. Green | 627 |
| John J. Greenwade | 628 |
| Joseph W. Grubbs | 628 |
| Elam Hall | 628-629 |
| John W. Haire | 629 |
| James C. Hancock | 629-630 |
| Philip E. Hannum | 630 |
| Thos. J. Harrington | 630-631 |
| John F. Hatcher | 631 |
| John A. Hayward | 631 |
| Wm. Hilburn | 631-632 |
| J. G. W. Hunt | 632 |
| John G. Lofton | 632-633 |
| Joseph R. Lowe | 633 |
| George B. Lowry | 633 |
| Elijah Loyd | 633-634 |
| Rev. J. S. McAboy | 634-635 |
| J. S. McBride | 635-636 |
| Andrew McCorkle | 636 |
| James E. McNair | 636-638 |
| C. E. Matthews | 638 |
| Robert Miller | 638-639 |
| Thomas J. Miller | 639 |
| Arthur J. Myers | 639-640 |
| Edward Myers | 640-641 |
| Illustration S. C. Price, M.D. | 640b |
| Joseph B. Overstreet | 641 |
| Thomas Osborn | 641-642 |
| Joseph A. Rice | 642 |
| Waltour M. Robinson | 642-643 |
| George R. Scott | 643 |
| Joshua Shaffer | 643 |
| Elias B. Shoemaker | 643-644 |
| W. M. D. Snead | 644 |
| Hamilton Snodgress | 644-645 |
| Prof. L. J. Spencer | 645 |
| E. E. Spracklen | 645-646 |
| William F. Spurgin | 646 |
| Thomas J. Stuart | 646 |
| James R. Taylor | 647 |
| James R. Troup | 647 |
| James Turner | 647-648 |
| Jeremiah Turk | 648 |
| J. E. Vawter | 648-649 |
| John C. Webb | 649-651 |
| E. T. Webb | 651-652 |
| William J. Webb | 652 |
| Gustavus A. Weymann | 652 |
| Dr. David M. Whitworth | 652-653 |
| Dr. W. M. Whiteley | 653 |
| Miner J. Wilks | 653-654 |
| Rev. Martin L. Williams | 654 |
| Joe S. Wilson | 654-655 |
| Dr. J. J. Wolf | 655 |
| Chas. L. Wright | 655-656 |
| Mrs. Sarah Zimmerman | 656-657 |
| Sarcoxie Township Pg. 657 - 718 |
|---|
Chapter 31 - Sarcoxie Township
Introduction - Organization - Physical Features - Cemeteries - Early Settlers - Post-offices -
Town of Sarcoxie - Sarcoxie in 1876 - Banks - Victor Mills - Sarcoxie Vindicator - Societies -
Sarcoxie Nurseries - Reed's Station - Biographical | 657 |
| W. F. Archer | 671 |
| James Madison Armstrong | 671-672 |
| Sebastian Armstrong | 672-673 |
| J. C. Ault | 673-674 |
| Joseph Baker | 674 |
| Stephen R. Beasley | 674-675 |
| D. S. Biddlecome | 675 |
| T. J. Boyd | 675-676 |
| J. P. Boyd | 676 |
| S. M. Brown | 676-677 |
| James Collins | 677 |
| Capt. B. J. Cooper | 677 |
| James M. Davidson | 677-678 |
| James W. Davis | 678-679 |
| John Denney | 679 |
| Christian Deonier | 679-680 |
| William Duncan | 680-681 |
| Capt. W. W. Fewell | 681-682 |
| John Wesley Filler | 682-683 |
| Robert H. Fullerton | 683 |
| James M. Garnett | 683 |
| Andrew M. Gustafson | 683-684 |
| William A. Hagar | 684 |
| James Wilson Haggard | 684-685 |
| James Haggard | 685-686 |
| Atchley Haggard | 686 |
| Tom J. Hammar | 686-687 |
| William J. Horrell | 687 |
| Dr. M. D. Harvey | 687-688 |
| Philip N. Hazle | 688 |
| C. T. Hegwer | 688-689 |
| A. W. Henry | 689 |
| C. L. Henry | 689-690 |
| George C. Henry | 690 |
| John W. Henry | 690-691 |
| John M. Hibler | 691 |
| T. J. Holland | 691-692 |
| W. L. Holton | 692 |
| Stephen M. Hood | 692-692 |
| Robert L. Hottel | 693-694 |
| B. W. Johnson | 694 |
| Thos. W. Johnson | 694-695 |
| Benjamin M. Jones | 695 |
| Thomas A. Jones | 695-696 |
| William Hall Jones | 696 |
| Moses A. McKnight | 696-697 |
| Dr. R. H. D. Long | 697 |
| Dennis McNallie | 697-698 |
| Lewis M. Martin | 698-699 |
| R. P. Martin | 699 |
| Capt. Goldman G. Meador | 699-700 |
| Timothy Meador | 700 |
| J. W. Melugin | 700-701 |
| William Morris | 701-702 |
| John Palmer | 702 |
| Thomas Palmer | 703 |
| Charles H. Pierce | 703-704 |
| Charles T. Pettit | 704 |
| Daniel Prigmore | 704-705 |
| Illustration Residence of William Reed | 704b |
| Pelsue Bros. | 705-706 |
| William Reed | 706-707 |
| James C. Reynolds | 707-708 |
| G. M. Roper | 708 |
| W. H. Roper, M.D. | 708 |
| William H. Rusk | 709 |
| James W. Sagar | 709-710 |
| Gilbert Schooling | 710 |
| Jas. F. Scott, M.D. | 711 |
| Richard R. Smith, M.D. | 712 |
| Joseph J. Sprague | 712 |
| Robert A. Stevens | 712-713 |
| W. J. Swindle | 713-714 |
| A. S. Tilley | 714 |
| Stephen T. Vititow | 714-715 |
| Wm. W. Whitaker | 715 |
| Hermann N. Wild | 715-716 |
| Henry N. Wild | 716 |
| James B. Wild | 716-717 |
| George M. Wood | 717 |
| E. H. Wormington | 717-718 |
| Union Township Pg. 718 - 755 |
|---|
Chapter 32 - Union Township
Introduction - Name - Organization - Physical Features - Early Settlers - Churches - Old Freedom
Baptist Church - The Cemetery at the Baptist Church - Central Christian Church - Emanuel
Evangelical Church - Schools - Post-office - Occupations and Industries - Biographical | 718 |
| Illustration Old Freedom Baptist Church on Jones Creek, Union Township | 721 |
| Charles Bissell | 724 |
| Philip Borger | 724-725 |
| John L. Bradley | 725 |
| Edward Buckbee | 725-726 |
| George Burgoon | 726 |
| George W. Clubb | 726 |
| William M. Clubb | 727 |
| Marquis L. Davis | 727-728 |
| William Dudman | 728 |
| Charles Edwards | 728-729 |
| William K. Eells | 729 |
| William Foster | 729-730 |
| Samuel W. Fuller | 730-731 |
| Thos. H. Grieb | 731 |
| David K. Hood | 731-732 |
| Norris C. Hood | 732-733 |
| Israel Hoofnagle | 733 |
| Bradley Howard | 733-734 |
| Charles W. Johnson | 734-735 |
| Benjamin F. Johnson | 735-736 |
| John Kinney | 736 |
| J. C. Lewis | 736 |
| Daniel O. Lowery | 736-737 |
| Thomas B. Martin | 737-738 |
| Thomas Mottley | 738 |
| Dr. David F. Moss | 738-739 |
| Elias Moss | 740 |
| P. Y. Mullen | 740-741 |
| Samuel A. Norris | 741-742 |
| A. W. Onstott | 742-743 |
| B. T. Parker | 743-744 |
| B. F. Paxton | 744 |
| Alexander Perry | 744 |
| Greer Perry | 744-745 |
| John C. Powell | 745 |
| Josiah L. Ralston | 745-746 |
| J. M. Ralston | 746 |
| William P. Ralston | 747 |
| Wesley Ralston | 747-748 |
| Mrs. Anna Rickner | 748 |
| John Royer | 748-749 |
| Alfred C. Tharp | 749 |
| Joseph M. Smith | 749-750 |
| Sanford M. Smith | 750 |
| William Nathan Smith | 750-751 |
| Rev. John W. Stone | 751-752 |
| James H. Spencer | 752 |
| Benjamin Troutman | 753 |
| James A. Westfall | 753 |
| Samuel G. Whitlock | 753-754 |
| James E. Willoughby | 754-755 |
| Hon. John T. Willoughby | 755 |
| Jackson Township Pg. 756 - 777 |
|---|
Chapter 33 - Jackson Township
Introduction - Name - Organization - Physical Features - Phoenix Lead and Zinc Mines - Early
Settlers - Early Entries of Land - Incidents in Early History - Burch City - Fidelity - Scotland
- Diamond City - Township Justices of the Peace - Biographical | 756 |
| Illustration Primitive Harvesting | 759 |
| Hiram Bardoe | 760-761 |
| Amos & Benjamin Bartley | 761 |
| James L. Bartley | 761 |
| Samuel S. Bice | 761-762 |
| Owen L. Bird | 762 |
| George Brown | 762-763 |
| Dr. James W. Brock | 763 |
| Henry Bucher | 763 |
| James H. Clow | 763-764 |
| Joseph Collings | 764 |
| Joseph Fleck | 764-765 |
| Marcellus T. Fuller | 765 |
| Mrs. Esther M. Ferguson | 765-766 |
| John K. Glassford | 766 |
| Mrs. Jane Gibson | 766-767 |
| Isaac Handcock | 767 |
| John W. Harrison | 767-768 |
| James M. Hickey | 768 |
| Judge John Hornback | 768-769 |
| Samuel Hornback | 769 |
| Benjamin F. Kessler | 769-770 |
| James H. Kyte | 770 |
| George H. McCarty | 770-771 |
| William McGowan | 771 |
| Eld. Middleton H. Patrick | 771 |
| J. H. Ralston | 771-772 |
| Henry J. Roos | 772 |
| Thomas B. Ross | 772 |
| William W. Rusk | 772-773 |
| Washington L. Scott | 773 |
| Henry C. Shively | 773-774 |
| Frank Sides | 774 |
| Nelson M. Smith | 774-775 |
| Walter D. Smith | 775 |
| Curran Swaim | 775 |
| Flavius J. Walker | 775-776 |
| Levi Walls | 776 |
| Christian Wegener | 776 |
| Robert & Thomas Wilson | 776-777 |
| Isom J. Wood | 777 |
| Marion Township Pg. 778 - 795 |
|---|
Chapter 34 - Marion Township and Carthage
Introduction - Name - Organization - Physical Features - First Settlers - Early Land Entries -
Quaker Church - Biographical | 778 |
| Silas Alexander | 780 |
| Mrs. Levina Beamer | 780 |
| William Bowman | 780-781 |
| Walter Buchanan | 781 |
| Robert N. Chester | 781 |
| Jacob F. Ellison | 781-782 |
| Dr. J. C. Ellston | 782 |
| James M. Hickman | 782-783 |
| Jesse Hitchcock | 783 |
| Hugh Vincent Hughes | 783-784 |
| Jacob Johnson | 784 |
| Willis H. Kilgore | 784-785 |
| Illustration J. C. PeTit, M.D., Joplin, Mo. | 784b |
| William J. Knight | 785 |
| William B. Lewis | 785-786 |
| Mrs. Candace Lindemoode | 786 |
| Thomas McCabe | 786 |
| James Manker | 786-787 |
| Alys Moorman | 787 |
| James Ornduff | 787 |
| Pleasant Piercy | 787-788 |
| David Potter | 788 |
| Robt. D. Ross | 788-789 |
| Jeremiah Sandt | 789 |
| Mrs. Susan N. Shehane | 789-790 |
| William J. Sieber | 790 |
| Aaron A. Steward | 790 |
| John C. Thomas | 790-791 |
| Addison D. Tucker | 791-792 |
| Peter Wakefield | 792 |
| Thomas A. Wakefield | 792-793 |
| George W. Wallace | 793 |
| Zachary T. Waltz | 793-794 |
| William M. Weeks | 794 |
| Samuel Williams | 794-795 |
| James J. Williams | 795 |
| Twin Grove Township Pg. 796 - 831 |
|---|
Chapter 35 - Twin Grove Township
Name - Organization - Physical Features - Early Settlers - Old Port Royal 1838 and 1840 - Marietta
1845 - First Entries of Land - M. E. Church - Christian Church - Baptist Church - Smithfield -
Smithfield Schools - Waco - Carl Junction - The Sunbeam - Blende City - Skeeterville Mines - Farms
and Blooded Stock - Biographical | 796 |
| Matthew G. Alexander | 801 |
| Samuel Allen | 801-802 |
| John Baker | 802 |
| John Barkley | 802-803 |
| Andrew Bolander | 803 |
| Samuel S. Brenneman | 803-804 |
| Francis B. Bristow | 804 |
| Edward H. Burton | 804-805 |
| Frank E. Charlson | 805 |
| Boland G. Chitwood | 805-806 |
| Harvey R. Chitwood | 806 |
| Stephen D. Chitwood | 806 |
| W. C. Cooley | 806-807 |
| Even H. Cooper | 807 |
| Richard H. Crain | 807 |
| Daniel Fullmer | 807-808 |
| Daniel F. Gassaway | 808-809 |
| John Guthrie | 809 |
| James Highwood | 809 |
| Thomas B. Hixson | 809-810 |
| George W. Howard | 810 |
| William D. Howard | 810-811 |
| George R. Jackson | 811 |
| Harrison B. Jackson | 811 |
| John A. Johnson | 811-812 |
| Joseph S. Kelley | 812 |
| Louise Camille Lane | 812-813 |
| John Lawson | 813 |
| James Lillie | 813-814 |
| Christopher Lipscomb | 814 |
| Jacob A. Loop | 815-815 |
| William W. McDowell | 815 |
| James McFerran, Sr. | 815-816 |
| James McFerran, Jr. | 816 |
| Stephen N. McFerran | 816-817 |
| William T. McKee | 817 |
| James W. McQuiston | 817-818 |
| Miles Martin | 818 |
| Harry Maxey | 818 |
| John T. Maxey | 818-819 |
| John S. Neighbours | 819 |
| William Neighbours | 819-820 |
| John Nilson | 820 |
| Daniel Pixley | 820-821 |
| Hon. William J. Pollard | 821 |
| William S. Poundstone | 821-822 |
| Samuel Rhodes | 822-823 |
| John Riggen | 823 |
| Jesse Roney | 823 |
| Francis M. Sanders | 823-824 |
| Samuel Shaw | 824 |
| Edward Shepherd | 824 |
| Albert B. Smith | 824 |
| Carey J. Smith | 825 |
| William A. Southard | 825 |
| David Stiers | 826 |
| Scott Stiers | 826 |
| John F. Strickland | 826 |
| Silas A. Stuckey | 827 |
| Andrew Ulmer | 827 |
| Granville Vanbeber | 827 |
| Julia Ann Vivion | 827-828 |
| John W. Ware | 828 |
| Horace A. Webster | 828-829 |
| William C. Waters | 829 |
| Daniel Wise | 829 |
| Elijah Wise | 830 |
| O. L. Walker | 830 |
| Illustration Farm Residence of O. L. Walker | 831 |
| Mineral Township Pg. 832 - 860 |
|---|
Chapter 36 - Mineral Township
Name - Organization - Early Land Entries - Old Settlers - Physical Features - Farms - Oronogo
- Minersville - Brewer's Addition - Baptist Church of Oronogo - M. E. Church of Oronogo - Union
Quaker Church - Oronogo Democrat - Biographical | 832 |
| Jackson E. Alexander | 838-839 |
| Octavius Armstrong | 839 |
| Henry A. Ayre | 839 |
| Charles H. Barnard | 839 |
| James T. Berrian | 839-840 |
| M. T. Bodley | 840 |
| James G. L. Carter | 840-841 |
| Mrs. Julia A. Carter | 841-842 |
| John Cather | 842 |
| John W. Cather | 842-843 |
| Berry M. Chambers | 843 |
| Thomas J. Chew | 844 |
| Elias T. Coleman | 844 |
| Charles W. Corwin | 844 |
| George W. Crowder | 844-845 |
| James Cummings | 845 |
| Lorenzo Dillender | 845-846 |
| Isham Downs | 846 |
| Charles E. Elliott | 846-847 |
| Koskioco Elliott | 847-848 |
| Caleb Fox | 848 |
| Morris T. Fuller | 848-849 |
| K. S. Geer | 849 |
| Wilber Fisk Haughawout | 849 |
| Ulysses Hendrickson | 850 |
| Edward A. Holcomb | 850 |
| Elwood A. Hutchens | 850 |
| John L. Jones | 850-851 |
| William R. McNutt | 851 |
| Mrs. Maria Maley | 851-852 |
| Henry H. Martin | 852 |
| Samuel Mateer | 852 |
| William Rankin | 852-853 |
| Isaac Robbins | 853 |
| George P. Sargent | 853-854 |
| Jacob N. Shelton | 854 |
| F. A. Smith | 854 |
| Stephen Smith | 854-855 |
| Martin Sonnichson | 855 |
| Thomas Stepp | 855-856 |
| George Stults | 856-857 |
| John A. Stults | 857 |
| Richard Stults | 857 |
| Mrs. Mary A. Terry | 857-858 |
| David Thomas | 858-859 |
| Solomon Wagner | 859 |
| F. F. Ward | 859-860 |
| Greenbury B. Weathers | 860 |
| Madison Township Pg. 861 - 894 |
|---|
Chapter 37 - Madison Township
Introduction - Characteristics of Early Settlers - Organization - Configuration - Early
Settlers - Schools - Churches - Madison Presbyterian - Charter Oak M. E. - Central Point
Christian - Mount Pleasant Baptist - Biographical | 861 |
| Francis Ashens | 864 |
| James Barbour | 864-865 |
| Alden C. Besse | 865 |
| John M. Benward | 865-866 |
| Samuel W. Binney | 866 |
| Jacob N. Bradbury | 866-867 |
| Sylvanus A. Butler | 867 |
| Willis Cagle | 867-868 |
| William W. Carr | 868-869 |
| B. B. Carmin | 869-870 |
| Alpheus C. Carson | 870 |
| James F. Daugherty | 870-871 |
| James J. Daugherty | 871 |
| William M. Daugherty | 871-872 |
| William Doty | 872 |
| James Faskin | 872 |
| William M. Franklin | 872-873 |
| Thomas Freed | 873 |
| John F. Gabriel | 873-874 |
| William Hornback | 874-875 |
| Henry Imel | 875-876 |
| John G. Jacobs | 876 |
| Hom. Isaac E. Koontz | 876-878 |
| Charles W. Kyle | 878 |
| James L. LaForce | 878-879 |
| David Landers | 879 |
| Isaac LeMasters | 879 |
| W. M. Logan | 879-880 |
| Jacob Long | 880-881 |
| Frederick McQuivey | 881-882 |
| James L. Mathews | 882 |
| William Maxwell | 882-883 |
| William S. Merriss | 883 |
| Joseph G. Meyer | 883-884 |
| George H. Miller | 884 |
| Noah Myers | 884-885 |
| Renward Napper | 885-886 |
| C. R. Ogden | 886 |
| Ferdinant Ozment | 887 |
| Arthur R. Plumb | 887-888 |
| Patrick Quirk | 888 |
| John Ramsey | 888-889 |
| Orville P. Randall | 889-890 |
| James Rickner, Esq. | 890 |
| Hon. John N. Schooler | 890-891 |
| William Seela | 891 |
| Jesse Spencer | 891-892 |
| Benjamin J. Walker | 892-893 |
| James L. Whitehead | 893 |
| David E. Zellers | 893-894 |
| Henry Zellers | 894-895 |
| McDonald Township Pg. 895 - 923 |
|---|
Chapter 38 - McDonald Township
Introduction - Organization - Physical Features - Agriculture - Early Settlers - Schools -
Avilla - Picture of the Town - By whom Laid Out - Post Office - A.F. & A.M. - I.O.O.F. -
M.E. Church - Christian Church - Baptist Church - Cemetery - Biographical | 895 |
| Illustration Baking Johnny Cake | 897 |
| Mrs. Mary Arthur | 900 |
| Benjamin L. Baldwin | 900-901 |
| John M. Berry | 901 |
| Mrs. Jane Blake | 901-902 |
| A. J. Blake | 902 |
| Daniel H. DeBoard | 902-903 |
| Martin Brown | 903 |
| Calvary Chapman | 903-904 |
| William Chappell | 904 |
| G. W. Edinger | 904-905 |
| Valentine F. Fagg | 905 |
| Peter Fishburn | 905-906 |
| Reuben W. Fishburn | 906-907 |
| Dr. J. R. Freed | 907-908 |
| John K. Gibson | 908-909 |
| Justus Hall | 909 |
| Joseph Harper | 909-910 |
| T. W. Horton, M.D. | 910-911 |
| H. L. Isherwood, M.D. | 911 |
| Thomas Spicer Jones | 911-912 |
| Job Keller | 912 |
| Jacob Lair | 912-913 |
| Clay Leaming | 913-914 |
| Cyrus Leaming | 914 |
| George W. Lewis | 914-915 |
| George C. Moose | 915 |
| Clayburn Osborn | 915-916 |
| Miles Overton | 916-917 |
| V. F. Richardson | 918 |
| George Rush | 918-919 |
| John J. Seymour | 919 |
| J. R. Spencer | 919-920 |
| Capt. T. J. Stemmons | 920-921 |
| Illustration Stock Farm and Barn of T. J. Stemmons, Avilla | 921 |
| Benjamin Tout | 921-922 |
| Rev. J. A. Whiteley | 922 |
| J. P. Williams | 922-923 |
| Lincoln Township Pg. 923 - 954 |
|---|
Chapter 39 - Lincoln Township
Introduction - Name - Organization - Configuration - Springs - Early Settlers - First
House - Schools - Biographical | 923 |
| Clinton Bass | 925-926 |
| Robert G. Bawbell | 926 |
| Thomas H. B. Bell | 926-927 |
| G. A. Bradbury | 927 |
| Albert O. Brown | 927 |
| B. H. Brown | 928 |
| Richard C. Corder | 928 |
| Irving J. Cunningham | 928-929 |
| John J. Davis | 929 |
| John A. Delp | 929-930 |
| Thomas B. Dougherty | 930 |
| Dr. John Durboraw | 930-931 |
| Richard Z. Earl | 931 |
| Cleon M. Etter | 931-932 |
| Gilman Evans | 932-933 |
| James C. Evans | 933 |
| George W. Frazier | 933 |
| William W. Gasperson | 933-934 |
| John W. Greable | 934 |
| John L. Gernsey | 934-935 |
| J. I. Hall | 935 |
| Mrs. Mary E. Harris | 935 |
| Orin Hart | 935-936 |
| A. E. Hall | 936 |
| Daniel S. Hazen | 936 |
| F. A. Hazen | 936-937 |
| Andrew J. Hayzlett | 937 |
| David W. Headlee | 937 |
| Robert Hunter | 938 |
| Isaac J. Imhoff | 938-939 |
| M. C. Imhoff | 939 |
| Aaron E. John | 939-940 |
| William R. Johnson | 940 |
| Mrs. Anna L. Little | 940 |
| George McCormick | 940-941 |
| William P. McKnight | 941 |
| Hugh C. Magoffin | 941-942 |
| James A. Magoffin | 942-943 |
| George A. Maltbie | 943 |
| Henry C. Martin | 943-944 |
| Ira J. Martin | 944 |
| John Messick | 944 |
| William D. Mitchell | 944-945 |
| Illustration T. H. B. Bell | 944b |
| Willis Mills | 945 |
| George W. Moore | 945-946 |
| William J. Moody | 946 |
| Orville F. Morgan | 946 |
| John J. Nixon | 947 |
| Dr. Charles W. Perry | 947 |
| Samuel W. Ragain | 947-948 |
| George Reffue | 948 |
| Thomas W. Roberts | 948-949 |
| Jesse Sanders | 949 |
| Peter V. Shell | 949-950 |
| Abel Sheldon | 950-951 |
| William Shirrod | 951 |
| Felix B. Stemmons | 951-952 |
| Charles Stuart | 952 |
| John Viele | 952-953 |
| William E. Willoughby | 953 |
| William Wilson | 953 |
| L. S. Wright | 953-954 |
| Sheridan Township Pg. 955 - 982 |
|---|
Chapter 40 - Sheridan Township
Introduction - Name - Organization - Physical Features - Early Settlers - Schools - Churches
- Salem Presbyterian - Zion Church - Biographical | 955 |
| Henry Baker | 956-957 |
| Cassius E. Berry | 957 |
| Dan Bishop | 957 |
| George F. Bowers | 957-958 |
| Samuel C. Bowers | 958 |
| William F. Busby | 958-959 |
| Granville J. Buzzard | 959 |
| John T. Carns | 960 |
| Willis Church | 960 |
| Walter W. Church | 960-961 |
| William R. Clouser | 961 |
| Thomas Davis | 961-962 |
| John S. DeHart | 962 |
| Harvey O. Earl | 962-963 |
| Frederick Follmer | 963 |
| Henry F. Fox | 963-964 |
| Hugh M. Harker | 964-965 |
| Andrew H. Hendricks | 965 |
| Isaac N. Hendricks | 965-966 |
| James H. Hern | 966-967 |
| John A. Huber | 967 |
| Herman Huth | 967 |
| John Isenman | 967-968 |
| William Johnston | 968 |
| Thomas E. Lewis | 968-969 |
| George Mentzer | 969 |
| Wm. Miller | 969 |
| J. W. Mitchell | 969-970 |
| William G. Myers | 970-971 |
| John Peacock | 971-972 |
| James N. Peed | 972 |
| Houston Porter | 972-973 |
| Finley Prutsman | 973 |
| Edward P. Read | 973-974 |
| Jacob Richwine | 974 |
| I. F. Russum | 974-975 |
| James M. Sanford | 975 |
| Isaac Schooler, Jr. | 975-976 |
| William R. Schooler | 976-977 |
| William Swart | 977 |
| Charles F. Sweet | 977-978 |
| Frederick Swihart | 978-979 |
| Thomas H. Tiller | 979-980 |
| Howell Vincent | 980 |
| John Warfield | 980-981 |
| John Weed | 981 |
| Dr. B. F. Wolfe | 981-982 |
| Andrew Zane | 982 |
| Preston Township Pg. 983 - 1017 |
|---|
Chapter 41 - Preston Township
Introduction - Agricultural Resources - Organization - Configuration - Schools - Jasper City -
Interests of the Town - Secret Societies - Churches - Presbyterian - Lynnland M. E. Church -
Preston Village - Biographical | 983 |
| Richard Arnold | 987 |
| John M. Ballard | 987 |
| Jacob G. Bradbury | 987-988 |
| D. C. Brannan | 988-989 |
| Fielding R. Brown | 989-990 |
| Henry Cathers | 990 |
| R. L. Childers | 990 |
| Martin A. Cline | 990-991 |
| William M. Collings | 991-992 |
| William Crowner | 992 |
| Marion T. Creech | 992 |
| James F. Cristy | 992-993 |
| E. N. Davis | 993 |
| George Dietrich | 993-994 |
| Abraham Doran | 994 |
| Emory F. Duncan | 994-995 |
| William Ellis | 995 |
| Robert Faith | 995-996 |
| James H. Faucett | 996 |
| Jacob M. Freeman | 996-997 |
| Orville Frost | 997-998 |
| Frederick M. Gilmer | 998 |
| Alexander L. Good | 998-999 |
| George Gresham | 999 |
| Moses J. Gresham | 999 |
| Festus M. Gumm | 999-1000 |
| Henry C. Hefley | 1000 |
| Elder Frank A. Hendricks | 1000-1001 |
| Jesse Heston | 1001-1002 |
| John Hinamon | 1002 |
| Jonathan Hauck | 1002-1003 |
| George W. Jenkins | 1003 |
| Dr. M. E. Johnson | 1003 |
| Daniel W. Keltner | 1003-1004 |
| Charles Kerfoot | 1004 |
| R. R. Larrick | 1004 |
| Isaac Lauderbaugh | 1004-1005 |
| Mrs. Mary E. Lewis | 1005 |
| James McEntire | 1005 |
| Rev. J. C. Miller | 1005-1006 |
| William B. Milton | 1006 |
| Jacob W. Mishler | 1006-1007 |
| John Morse | 1007 |
| Samuel W. Neeley | 1007-1008 |
| William Pike | 1008 |
| Dr. Elbert Pinney | 1008-1009 |
| James C. Pitts | 1009 |
| A. C. Post | 1009-1010 |
| Anthony P. Richards | 1010 |
| James F. Ritchie | 1010-1011 |
| Ransom P. Rowland | 1011 |
| Jesse Ruddick | 1011 |
| Jesse O. Ruddick | 1011-1012 |
| Willard St. John | 1012 |
| George W. Sample | 1012 |
| Edwin Shoemaker | 1013 |
| Solomon M. Smith | 1013 |
| Druey Stith | 1013 |
| George W. Tabler | 1013-1014 |
| David Wallace | 1014 |
| Mrs. Damarias Wallar | 1014 |
| James Ward | 1014-1015 |
| John P. Ward | 1015 |
| Mrs. Eliza Warner | 1015 |
| Eugene L. Ward | 1015-1016 |
| Robert N. Wardlow | 1016 |
| John Watson | 1016-1017 |
| John T. Woodrow | 1017 |
| John Wright | 1017 |
| Duval Township Pg. 1018 - 1030 |
|---|
Chapter 42 - Duval Township
Name - Organization by Act of County Court - Early Settlers - The first School-house, Where
Erected - First White Child - First Marriage Ceremony, Where Performed and Who Were the Contracting
Parties - First Death - Population of the Township - Biographical | 1018 |
| Mrs. Nancy Alexander | 1020 |
| James Allison | 1020-1021 |
| Philip Bradshaw | 1021 |
| Ervin Collier | 1021 |
| Willis H. Crutcher | 1021-1022 |
| John P. Dunlap | 1022-1023 |
| Alexander Ferguson | 1023 |
| John L. Gardner | 1023-1024 |
| Thomas M. Green | 1024 |
| Rev. Davis Hill | 1024-1025 |
| Albert Howard | 1025 |
| W. J. McCray | 1025-1026 |
| Geo. W. Scott | 1026 |
| Col. C. H. Shapley | 1026-1027 |
| Charles & Samuel Sigler | 1027-1028 |
| Thomas Smith | 1028 |
| Frank M. Sponable | 1028-1029 |
| David D. Wood | 1029 |
| Salmon D. Woodmansee | 1029 |
| Edmund Zenor | 1029-1030 |
| Jasper Township Pg. 1030 - 1051 |
|---|
Chapter 43 - Jasper Township
Organization - Order of Court - Early Settlers - Medoc - Home Guards of 1861 - Galesburg
- Georgia City - Bushwhacking and Murder - East Opolis - Biographical | 1030 |
| A. V. Baldwin, M.D. | 1034-1035 |
| Frank V. Baldwin, M.D. | 1035 |
| Andrew A. Barrett | 1035-1036 |
| Wm. E. Briggs | 1036 |
| Frank Boas | 1036 |
| Dr. Jacob Boas | 1036-1037 |
| John M. Browning | 1037 |
| James A. N. Campbell | 1037 |
| Nathan S. Carnahan | 1037-1038 |
| Robert A. Connely | 1038-1039 |
| Dr. Thomas Donehoo | 1039-1040 |
| Jacob E. Downs | 1040 |
| Mrs. Mary A. Enos | 1040-1041 |
| James R. Enyart | 1041 |
| John C. Guinn | 1041-1043 |
| John & John C. Head | 1043 |
| Theo. L. Holden | 1043-1044 |
| James A. Hunter | 1044-1045 |
| Andrew Jackson | 1045 |
| Merlin K. Jones | 1045-1046 |
| Andrew C. Lyngar | 1046 |
| Wm. W. McCulley | 1046-1047 |
| Wm. H. Margrave | 1047 |
| Jeremiah Martin | 1047-1048 |
| Nelson Olson | 1048 |
| Rev. John Riley | 1048-1049 |
| William J. Sailor | 1049 |
| Mrs. Eliza Watt | 1049-1050 |
| Mrs. Louisa J. Wells | 1050 |
| W. H. Williams | 1050-1051 |
| Edmund Wolf | 1051 |
| Galena Township Pg. 1051 - 1065 |
|---|
Chapter 44 - Galena Township
Introduction - Name - Organization - Spaulding - Rural - Sherwood - Configuration - Agriculture
and Stock-raising - Farm of C. F. Taylor - Early Settlers - Peace Baptist Church - Biographical | 1051 |
| Joseph Boucher | 1054 |
| J. T. Bruton, M.D. | 1054 |
| Joseph Desieux | 1054-1055 |
| Allen Dixon | 1055 |
| James Fitzer | 1055-1056 |
| Jasper N. Frazier | 1056 |
| Z. Freeman | 1056 |
| C. S. Glover | 1057 |
| S. B. Holden | 1057 |
| Thomas Holt | 1057 |
| John C. Joiner | 1058 |
| Ambrose McKee | 1058 |
| Henry Martin | 1058-1059 |
| J. K. Meador | 1059 |
| James A. Miles | 1059 |
| John H. Mullin | 1059-1060 |
| John Murphy | 1060 |
| John Peel | 1060 |
| A. F. Ray | 1060-1061 |
| M. O. Regan | 1061 |
| Reuben Rusk | 1061 |
| J. L. Schlessman | 1062 |
| J. B. Simpson | 1062 |
| J. W. Silvey | 1062-1063 |
| Hiram Snapp | 1063 |
| A. H. Waite | 1063-1064 |
| James A. Witten | 1064 |
| J. S. Wright | 1064 |
| James Yaryan | 1064-1065 |
| Illustration The Webb City Bank, Webb City, Mo. | 1065 |
