A History of Northeast Missouri, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864-1935, editor
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 731


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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


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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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CONTENTS


CHAPTER


PAGE


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.


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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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ILLUSTRATIONS


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.


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INDEX


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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