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A HISTORY OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI
EDITED BY WALTER WILLIAMS =
Assisted By Advisory and Contributing Editors
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WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
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IN THREE VOLUMES
VOLUME I
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK
1913
SPV
F466 W72 V.I
ADVISORY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
William Southern, Jr., President State Historical Society of Mis- souri; editor Jackson Examiner, Independence.
F. C. Shoemaker, Assistant Secretary State Historical Society of Mis- souri, Columbia.
Jonas Viles, Professor of American History, University of Missouri, Columbia.
John L. RoBards, lawyer, Hannibal.
Mrs. Lily Herald Frost, editor The Leader, Vandalia.
Edgar White, special writer, author, journalist, Macon.
Samuel W. Ravenel, civil engineer; author "Ravenel's Road Primer," Old Franklin, Howard county.
G. C. Broadhead, former State Geologist; former member Missouri River Commission and Professor of Geology, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Rev. Dr. M. L. Gray, Chillicothe.
Rev. Dr. T. P. Haley, Kansas City.
Rev. Dr. John F. Cowan, Fulton.
Rev. Dr. W. J. Patrick, Bowling Green.
Rev. Dr. J. T. Tuohy, St. Louis.
H. C. Scheetz, Palmyra.
Miss Minnie Organ, principal High School; former Assistant Libra- rian State Historical Society of Missouri; Salem.
N. T. Gentry, lawyer, president Commercial Club, former Assistant Attorney-General; Columbia.
Ovid Bell, editor The Gazette, Fulton.
George Robertson, lawyer, Mexico.
Ben Eli Guthrie, lawyer, Macon.
G. F. Rothwell, lawyer, Moberly.
E. H. Winter, editor The Banner, Warrenton.
Joe Burnett, editor The Record, New London.
W. O. L. Jewett, editor The Democrat; former member of the Mis- souri house of representatives; ex-president of the State Historical So- ciety of Missouri; Shelbina.
B. H. Bonfoey, lawyer, Unionville.
L. P. Roberts, editor The Democrat, Memphis.
S. S. Ball, former member of the Missouri house of representatives; editor The Gazette-Herald, Kahoka.
I. Walter Basye, genealogist, special writer, Bowling Green.
John S. Wallace, physician, Brunswick.
R. S. Walton, member of the Missouri house of representatives, edi- tor The Herald, Armstrong.
Winfred Melvin, member of the Missouri house of representatives; editor The Excelsior, Lancaster.
J. C. Edwards, physician, O'Fallon.
George A. Mahan, lawyer, Hannibal.
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ADVISORY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Arthur and E. C. Hilbert, lawyers, Canton. Mrs. A. X. Brown, editor The Sentinel, Edina. T. A. Dodge, editor The Standard, Milan. Arthur L. Pratt, Judge of Probate, Linneus. T. V. Bodine, editor The Mercury, Paris. H. F. Childers, editor The Free Press, Troy. E. E. Swain, editor The Express, Kirksville. Howard Ellis, editor The Leader, New Florence.
BY WAY OF PREFACE
This History of Northeast Missouri seeks to give in simple fashion the story of the beginnings, progress and present condition of the twenty-five counties in Missouri forming the northeast section of the state. In the preparation of the material for the historical volume, for which volume the editor is responsible, generous aid has been received from many men and women acquainted with local history and inter- ested in its preservation. To them and, in particular, to the advisory and contributing editors, whose names appear on the following pages and in connection with their respective chapters, grateful acknowledgment is made. The name of Walter Williams, Jr., should be included in recog- nition of his unflagging zeal, painstaking industry and constant fidelity in the assembling of material for this work, to which he gave the last summer of his brief life on earth. It is in a special sense their history, the work of their hands.
Other and uncancellable debt for aid and inspiration is acknowledged in the dedication.
Columbia, Missouri, December 20, 1912.
THE EDITOR.
TO MY WIFE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I
THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE.
1
II THE STORY OF THE PIONEER.
13
John L. RoBards, Hannibal
III THE PART WOMAN PLAYED.
27
Mrs. Lily Herald Frost, Vandalia
IV IN THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR
46
Floyd C. Shoemaker, Columbia
V RIVERWAYS AND ROADWAYS.
69
Samuel W. Ravenel, Boonville
VI CHURCHES AND CONGREGATIONS
88
The Rev. W. J. Patrick, Bowling Green; the Rev. J. T. Tuohy, Jonesburg; the Rev.
T. P. Haley, Kansas City; H. C. Scheetz, Palmyra; the Rev. M. L. Gray, Chilli-
cothe; the Rev. John F. Cowan, Fulton.
VII THE LITERATURE OF THE LAND.
128
Edgar White, Macon
VIII THE STORY OF THE STATE.
147
Jonas Viles, Columbia
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ADAIR COUNTY
171
E. E. Swain, Kirksville
X
AUDRAIN COUNTY.
184
George Robertson, Mexico
XI
BOONE COUNTY.
231
North Todd Gentry, Columbia
XII CALLAWAY COUNTY ..
284
Ovid Bell, Fulton
XIII CHARITON COUNTY.
306
John S. Wallace, Brunswick
XIV CLARK COUNTY.
334
S. S. Ball, Kahoka
XV HOWARD COUNTY.
348
R. S. Walton, Armstrong
XVI KNOX COUNTY ..
361
Mrs. A. X. Brown, Edina
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CHAPTER
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XVII LEWIS COUNTY.
378
Arthur and E. C. Hulbert, Canton
XVIII LINCOLN COUNTY.
394
H. F. Childers, Troy
XIX LINN COUNTY.
406
XX
MACON COUNTY.
419
Ben Eli Guthrie, Macon
XXI MARION COUNTY.
443
George A. Mahan, Hannibal
XXII MONROE COUNTY
464
Thomas V. Bodine, Paris
XXIII MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
492
Howard Ellis, New Florence
XXIV PIKE COUNTY.
507
I. Walter Basye, Bowling Green
XXV PUTNAM COUNTY.
523
B. H. Bonfoey, Unionville
XXVI RALLS COUNTY
531
Joe Burnett, New London
XXVII RANDOLPH COUNTY.
537
G. F. Rothwell, Moberly
XXVIII ST. CHARLES COUNTY.
553
J: C. Edwards, O'Fallon.
XXIX
SCHUYLER COUNTY.
592
Winfred Melvin, Lancaster
XXX SCOTLAND. COUNTY.
606
L. P. Roberts, Memphis
XXXI SHELBY COUNTY.
620
W. O. L. Jewett, Shelbina
XXXII SULLIVAN COUNTY.
647
T. A. Dodge, Milan
XXXIII WARREN COUNTY.
659
E. H. Winter, Warrenton
Arthur L. Pratt, Linneus
ILLUSTRATIONS
Relief Map of the United States Showing Location of Missouri .... 2
Daniel Boone
Boon's Lick in a Case Car, First Automobile, 1912, at Terminus of Northeast Missouri's Most Famous Road. 6
Original Thomas Jefferson Monument, University Campus, Colum- bia 7
Landing of Laclede on the Site of St. Louis. 9
Map of the Twenty-five Counties of Northeast Missouri. 10
Daniel Boone Cabin, St. Charles County 16
A Missourian of the Early Day. 17 Map of Old Franklin 19
The Site of Old Franklin. 20
RoBards' Mill, Hannibal
22
At Boon's Lick, Howard County. 24
Synodical College for Women, Fulton. 28 William Woods College for Women, Fulton 30 Hardin College for Women, Mexico. 32 34
Main Dormitory, Howard-Payne College for Women, Fayette.
Stephens College for Women, Columbia. 36
Read Hall, Dormitory for Women, University of Missouri. 38 44 51
Some Women Newspaper Writers in Northeast Missouri. Edward Bates
Sterling Price
54
James S. Green.
56 59
George C. Bingham.
Where the Battle was Fought. 63
The New Soldiers-Cadets at University of Missouri. 66
An Excursion Boat on the Mississippi. 70
A Missouri River Steamer 71 77
On a Missouri Country Road.
On the Pike .. 80
Ready to Make Roads in the Columbia Special District .. 82
The Only Tunnel on the M. K. & T. Railroad-at Rocheport. 85
Dr. William Jewell.
93
Missouri Bible College, Columbia. 106
Enoch M. Marvin. 118
The Rev. W. P. Cochran, Pioneer Presbyterian.
123
Westminster College, Fulton.
125
Mark Twain 131
Entrance to Mark Twain Cave.
Eugene Field 133
129
Missouri Editors and Visitors at Journalism Week, University of Missouri 135
One of Missouri's Oldest Newspapers. 138
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Women Students in Journalism with Winifred Black 142
Lovers' Leap 145
James S. Rollins. 156
Governor Charles H. Hardin. 165
Proclamation Admitting Missouri to the Union 170
State Normal School No. 1, Kirksville. 179
President Joseph Baldwin. 180
An Adair County Coal Mine. 181
190
Rex McDonald 194
207
A View of the University of Missouri.
253
A View of Missouri University Campus, Showing Old Columns.
255
Switzler Hall
258
Lathrop Hall, Dining Club for Students, University of Missouri.
260
Academic Hall, University of Missouri.
261
Representative Northeast Missouri Landscapes, Views on Farm of Missouri Agricultural College.
267
Dairy Barn of Marshall Gordon, Columbia.
274
State Hospital for the Insane, No. 1, Fulton. 296
Missouri School for the Deaf, Fulton
298
Afternoon in Harvesting Days.
307
Poultry Growing 314
335
Arnold's Tavern, Howard County
351
Science Hall, Central College, Fayette
356
A Cattle Feeding Scene.
382
A Mississippi River Scene.
396
At a Northeast Missouri Farm Home.
408
Coal Mine in Macon County
434
Cotswold Sheep
446
Jersey Herd
458
A Northeast Missouri Farm Scene.
466
Jeff Bridgford
483
The Van Bibber Tavern, Built in 1821.
496
Northeast Missouri Apiary.
498
A View at Stark Brothers Nursery 512
A Putnam County Coal Mine. 524
Northeast Missouri Cattle. 532
Missouri Coal 549
Lindenwood College, St. Charles 558
Where Daniel Boone Died.
563
House Where Legislature Met 565
Mules Ready for Market. 595
Scotland County Poultry 618
Old Mill at Walkersville. 632
Herd of Cattle. 649
Missouri 'Possum 662
Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton. 668
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An Audrain County Saddle Horse.
A Haystacking Scene.
A Mississippi River Boat
James Fresh's Mill.
363
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Abbernathey, James R., 468, 472, 474 Academy, Franklin, 5, 19 Adair County-1, 73, 80, 88, 104, 110; History of, 171; early settlements, 171; organization, 172; growth, 172; officers, 172; in the Civil War, 173; battle of Kirksville, 175; religious progress, 176; schools, 178; news- papers, 180; farm interests, 181; coal mining, 181; railroads, 182; county towns, 183
Adams, James G., 2011
Adams, President John, 14 Adcock, William M., 1127
Admission to the union, 152 Advisory and Contributing Editors, iii, iv Agee, Charles A., 900
Agricultural College, 257
Alderton, Ben, 844
Alexander, A. M., 466, 470 Alexander, William H., 1452
Alford, R. Lee, 894 Alford, Mrs. Thompson, 40 Allen, Carl .S., 747 Allen, Guy P., 748
Allen, Thomas M., 106 Allen, William, 584 Allsman, Andrew, 64, 457
Anderson, Bill, 50, 65, 66, 220, 497, 544 Anderson, Mrs. E., 686
Anderson, Emmett C., 686
Anderson, Thomas L., 388
Anderson, William B., 1810
Anti-Horse Thief Association, 346 Antram, James W., 808 Arbela, 613 Armstrong, 357 Armstrong, J. W., 1762 Arnold, John P., 1404 Arnold, John W., 1645 Arnold, N. D., 1971 Arnold, Robert, 1409 Arnold, Taylor, 1408 Arnold, Ulysses S. G., 706 Asbury, Francis, 117 Ashland, 236
Atchison, D. R., 158 Athens, Battle of, 344 Atlanta, 434
Audrain county-1, 73, 80, 88, 102, 109; History of, 184; organization, 184; county seat, 186; Judge Edward's sketch, 187; first county affairs, 190;
early court proceedings, 193; Rex Mc- Donald, 194; officers, 198; bar, 199; physicians, 201; pioneer times, 202; Mexican war, 209; press, 210; Civil war, 210; Spanish-American war, 223; Mexico, 223; Vandalia, 226; Martins- burg, 227; Farber, 228; Laddonia, 228; Rush Hill, 229; Benton City, 229; Thompson, 229; county's resources, 229 Audrain, James H., 184 Authors, list of, 144 Automobile, first at Boon's Lick, 6 Ayres, Ebenezer, 588 Ayers, George F., 709
Babcock, John, 441
Babcock, John H., 1658
Bagby, David, 1734
Bagby, Robert M., 1830
Bagby, Walter N., 1947
Baker, Frank T., 997
Baker, John R., 998 Baker, Philip M., 991 Balbridge, Hugh, 2090 Baldwin, Pres. Joseph, 180
Ball, David A., 1224
Ball, Laura, 1339
Ball, Sterling S., 334, 840 Ballard, Henry C., 1077 Ballinger, Oliver A., 1884 Bankhead, Joseph E., 1527
Bank of Louisiana, 1643
Baptist churches and Baptists, 89 Baptists, Eminent, 96 Baring, 377 Barnes, E. T., 1634 Barnes, George W., 1883 Barnes, Robert A., 117 Barnett, Mrs. Sallie, 37 Barrett, Brothers, 858
Barrett, C. W., 858 Barrett, Henry H., 858 Barrow, James O., 2057 Barth, Isador, 1146 Barth, Joseph, 1217 Barth, Victor, 1145 Bartlett, Freeborn E., 1427 Bartlett School for Negroes, 331 Barton, David, 4, 360 Barton, Oswald S., 1993 Bashaw, T. P., 466, 470 Baskett, George V., 898 Baskett, James Newton, 144
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Baskett, John S., 1916 Baskett, N. M., 144 Baskett, William R., 1856 Bass, Lawrence D., 1472 Bassen, Charles F., 2047 Bassen, Joseph, 2019 Bassett, Arthur, 490 Bassett, S. S., 472 Bassett, Samuel S., 1506 Basye, I. Walter, 507, 1437 Basye, John Walter, 511 Batchelor, James E., 1250 Bates, Edward, 11, 51, 572 Bates, Frederick, 4 Bates, Onward, 566 Beagles, John W., 1481 Beasley's Academy, 250 Beaven, Sterling P., 823 Becknell, Captain Wm., 82, 156 Bedford, Edwin W., 1754 Beeby, Charles J., 888 Bell, Charles E., 715 Bellflower, 503
Bell, John B., 1770 Bell, John P., 1038 Bell, Morris F., 1113
Bell, Ovid, 283, 1690 Bell, William T., 1558
Benjamin, John F., 625
Benning, Olaus P., 1103 Benton City, 229
Benton, Thomas Hart, 4, 157
Berry, Charles H., 1079 Berry, Clarence H., 1646 Berry, Gaither, 1684 Besgrove, Alfred, 1477 Besgrove, G. H., 1804 Bethel, 633
Bethel College, 95
Bevier, Col. R. S., 143 Bible College, 250 Biggs, Betsy, 28
Biggs, David C., 1419
Biggs, Edward, 886 Biggs, Marion C., 1564
Biggs, Marion O., 698 Biggs, William J., 441
Boone, Daniel, 4, 5, 11, 15, 16, 231, 561, 681
Boone, Daniel M., 5 .
Boone, Nathan, 5
Boonesborough, 235
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Black, Winifred, 142
Blackman, Charles, 723 Blackman, John R., 720
Boon's Lick road, 5, 74, 76, 77, 78, 82, 83 Botsford, Sheldon E., 1706
Blackman, Theodore C., 721 Blackwell, Benjamin F., 1190
Botts, F. John, 791 Botts, William J., 967 Botts, William W., 1169 Boulware, Theodrick, 293 Boundary dispute, with Iowa, 9
Bounds, Isaac L., 1039
Bourbonton, 235
Bourn, J. J., 748 Bouvet, Maturin, 5, 84, 446
Boving. Charles B., 752 Bower, Gustavus M., 1844 Bowles, John J., 2012 Bowling Green, 521
Box Ankle. 436
Bodine, Thomas V., 464, 1571
Boggs, James E., 766 Boland, Frederick, 1521 Boland, William M., 771 Bond, Wallace L., 2051 Bondurant, William E. H., 942 Boney, Arthur T., 1569 Boney, James T., 1420 Boney, Walter G., 1591 Boney, William J., 1419 Bonfoey, Beverly H., 1003 Bonfoey, Beverly L., 1004 Bonfoey, B. H., 523 Bonne Femme Academy, 93, 273 Bonne Femme Church, Little, 92
Boone county-1, 3, 5, 73, 80, 88, 103, 107. organization of, 231; early towns, 231; Smithton, 232; Columbia, 232; Rocheport, 233; Stonesport, 234; Per- ยท sia, 234: Nashville, 234; Petersburg, 235; Burlington, 235; Boonsborough, 235; Summerville, 235; Bourbonton, 235; later towns, 236; Ashland, 236; Centralia, 236; Sturgeon, 236; other towns. 237; ancestry, 237; taverns, 237; first funeral, 238; first courts, 239; early stage drivers, 240; fair as- sociations, 241; high water, 242; fond- ness for celebrating, 242; July 4 at Smithton. 242; Whig meeting, 243; Centennial celebrations, 243; other cel- ebrations, 243; public meetings, 246; court houses, 247; liquor laws, 249; old settlers, 250; military school, 250; Beasley's Academy, 250; hospital, 250; Bible college, 250; commercial club, 251; newspapers, 251; State Univer- sity, 252; Ira P. Nash, 262; roads, 265; early wars, 269; Civil war, 270; . Thomas B. Gentry, 272; early schools, 273; Christian College, 273; Stephens College, 274; Model farm, 274; rail- roads, 275; cemetery, 276; tales of an old timer, 276; James L. Stephens, 278; Col. Wm. F. Switzler, 280; Robt. L. Todd, 280; Boyle Gordon, 281; Moss Prewitt, 281; eminent citizens, 282
Big Spring, 493 Bingham, George C., 11, 59 Bingham, John W., 2003 Bitter, Carl, 707 Black, John H., 1286
Boon's Lick, 5, 6, 24, 73, 82
Boon's Lick Country, 350
Blair, Frank P., 165 Blakely, A. B., 1783 Blakely & Markland, 1783 Blanchette, Louis, 4, 553 Bland, Richard P., 168 Blanton, B. F., 472 Bledsoe, John, 1711
Blees Military Academy, 427 Bloebaum, William F., 708 Bloomington, 436 Bluffton, 503 Bodine, R. N., 466, 470
Boyd, Hugh, 1659
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INDEX
Boyd, John W., 1431 Boyd, William S., 1344 Brace, Penn, 1851 Brace, Theodore, 214, 484 Bradley, Dudley T., 1492
Bradney, Louis Q., 1836 Bradshaw, Burrel M., 825 Bradsher, Alver J., 1603 Brainerd, Epaphroditus, 980
Brann, John T., 979 Branstetter, Adam G., 1328 Brasfield, James L., 914 Brasfield, Richard M., 689 Brashear, 183
Bridges, Alvah C., 1119 Bridges & Bridges, 1119 Bridges, James R., 1302 Bridges, William, 1119
Bridgford, Jefferson. 469, 482. 483 Briggs, Josiah E., 1429 Bright, Michael, 764 Briscoe, Anne, 31
Briscoe, John B., 1919
Briscoe, Margaret, 1921
Broadhead, James O .. 11
Broadhead, Garland C., 1682 Brockman, Jonathan C., 1766 Brookfield, 410
Brooks, Thomas A., 1354 Brown, Mrs. Amelia X., 361, 1256
Brown, B. Gratz, 165 Brown, Edwin S., 1257
Brown, John C., 1156
Brown, John E., 1714
Brown, J. W., 1555 Browning, 411 Bruere, Theodore C., 1503 Bruere, Theodore C., Jr., 1505
Brunswick, 318
Bryson, William N., 730
Buchanan, John H., 988 Buchanan, Robert, 2029 Buchanan William J., 788 Bucklin, 411 Buckner, A. H., 986 Buckner, William F .. 1397 Buford, Delaus J., 1229 Buford, George W., 1204 Buford, Wellington L., 1216 Bumbarger, John V., 1006 Burckhartt, George D., 1599 Burckhartt, Judge George H., 428 Burckhartt, Henry T., 1756 Burgess, Judge G. D., 417 Burlington, 235 Burnett. Joe, 531 Burnett, Joseph, 1149 Burning of the University, 260 Burns, A. D., 1780 Burton, 357 Burton, James M., 1808 Bush, F. W., 2075 Bush, John T., 1399 Bush, Middleton S., 1132 Bush, William B., 1356 Butler, J. H., 1752
Cable, John G., 2020 Cadets University, 66 Caldwell, Col. H. C., 487 Caldwell, Edgar W., 968 Caldwell, Green V., 467
Caldwell, Robert B., 847 Callaway, Capt. James, 495
Callaway County-1, 5, 73, 81, 88, 103; History of, 284; Kingdom, 284; Cote Sans Dessein, 284; first permanent settlements, 285; organization, 286; courthouses, 288; ministers and churches, 289; pioneer life, 293; pop- ulation and politics, 294; some old towns, 294; in war times, 295; earliest newspaper, 295; State Hospital for the Insane, 297; Missouri School for the Deaf, 299; Westminster College, 300; Floral Hill College, 301; first railroad, 301; Civil war, 302; Chicago & Alton railroad, 303; Synodical College, 304; William Woods College, 304; Callaway County today, 305
Callaway, Flanders, 659, 666 Callaway's fort, 675 Camerer, Frank, 739
Camp, Jackson, 58, 162
Campbell, Alexander, 467
Campbell, Robert A., 1268
Campbell. Robert W., 694
Campbell, William A., 583
Campbell, William M., 584 Canton, 390
Capital, Old Missouri, 9, 16
Carman, Isaac N., 2052
Carpenter, David B., 1219
Carpenter, William W., 1440
Carroll, John B., 1385
Carson. Hunter, V., 1991 Carson, Kit, 11, 353
Carstarphen, E. Thom., 1707
Carter, John L., 1842 Carter, Robert C., 818
Carter. Thomas E., 986 Casady. Julius L., 1279
Catholic church, history of, 96
Catlett, James W., 1666
Cave, E. S., 998 Cave, Mark Twain, 131
Cave, Nick T., 1002 Cecil, Rufus G., 878
Cedar creek, 73 Centennial celebrations, 243 Center. 536
Central College, 355 Central Wesleyan College, 669
Central Wesleyan Orphan Home, 671 Centralia, 236 Centralia massacre, 66, 175, 271
Chamier, Arthur B., 1654
Chandler, Abraham E., 1188
Chariton County-1, 73, 81, 88, 101, 110. History of, 306; Area, 306; first set- tlers, 307; Fort Orleans, 307; Old Chariton, 308; first circuit court, 312; pioneer life, 313; Muster days, 314; Monticello, 315; the Point, 316; Keytesville, 316; postoffices, 318; Brunswick, 318; commercial, industrial and agricultural, 321; Mexican war, 322; California gold seekers, 322; high water. 323; physical features, 324; Civil war, 324; Salisbury. 327; Trip- lett, 329; newspapers, 329; schools, 330; county towns, 331; railroads, 332. Chariton, Old, 308
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Chariton, river, 72 Chatauqua Assembly, Meadville, 416 Childers, H. F., 394 Childers, W. H., 2091 Chiles, Robert N., 1004
Cholera, 545
Chowning, James R., 1865 Christian churches, history of, 105 Christian College, 273
. Christian, W. D., 472 Christian, Wallace D., 1837
Churches, 16, 17, 42, 88, 176, 289, 345, 359, 364, 401, 425, 467, 470, 500, 521, 529, 545, 597, 610, 615, 627, 655, 666 Churches and Congregations, statistics of, 88
Civil war, in time of, 46 Clapp, John W., 1800 Clarence, 632 Clark, Boyle G., 1825
Clark, Champ, 685
Clark county-1, 73, 82, 88, 98, 108; History of, 334; topography, 334; early exploration, 335; first settlers, 336; Black Hawk war, 337; public lands, 337; agricultural association, 337; or- ganization, 338; capitol, 338; debt, 339; wealth, 341; elections, 342; pop- ulation, 342; slavery, 342; circuit court, 342; politics, 343; Missouri-Iowa war, 343; battle of Athens, 344; schools, 345; churches, 345; press, 345; anti- horse thief association, 346; fraternal societies, 346; banks, 346; officers, 346; courts and lawyers, 347
Clark, Gen. George Rogers, 14
Clark, General John B., 543 Clark, Governor William, 492
Clark, J. Alva, 1819 Clark, Major Christopher, 395 Clark, William, 8, 151
Clark's Fort, 396 Clarksville, 521 Clatterbuck, James H., 2048 Clatterbuck, John W., 1948
Clay, Marion L., 687 Clay, O. C., 389
Cleaver, John S., 1939
Clemens, Samuel L., 11, 128, 465, 468, 477
Clemson, A. B., 1763
Clemson, Mrs. N. J., 1764 Clithero, John A., 1340 Coatsville, 605
Cochran, The Rev. W. P., 123, 471 Cochran, William Jr., 1981 Coil, Benjamin J., 1720 College Mound, 432 Coller, Jordan, 1463 Collet, James A., 1914 Collier, Henry A., 839 Columbia, 232 Columbia College, 273 Columbia Commercial Club, 251 Columbia Female Academy, 273 Communistic Colony, 633 Concord, 295 Conditions under French and Spanish, 148 Conger, Clarence, 849 Conley, Milton R., 789
Conley, Sanford F., 753 Conley, S. J., 1207 Connelsville, 183
Considine, Joe, 1662
Constitution, Drake, 64
Contributing Editors, Advisory and,-
Conyers, Major Thomas W., 465
Cook, Elder J. W., 143
Coontz, John F., 802
Coontz, Mrs. Lewis, 31
Cooper, Colonel Benjamin and Sarshall, 1, 89
Corduroy roads, 79, 83
Cornell, Benjamin F., 830 Correll, Richard R., 1569
Cote Sans Dessein, 284
Cottey, Louis F., 1960
Cottey, William M., 1090
Cottleville, 559 Coulter, William D., 1566
County organization, 8 Cowan, The Rev, John F., 120
Cowan, John F., 1494
Cozad, Francis E., 787
Crabb, Thomas P., 1566
Craig, Amanda, 1957
Craig, William C., 1485
Craighead, David C., 963
Cramer, Robert D., 993
Crawford, 614
Creech, Brevator J., 1693
Crewdson, James W., 1090
Crews, Robert N., 1126
Crews, William E., 1186
Crews, Zach, 1872
Crigler, George C., 1728
Crooks, Noah, 732 Crow, Capt. Jim, 489
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