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مايسـ
ـجممح سمير
لمنعاى
بسي
Woatkison
HISTORY
OF
BATES COUNTY MISSOURI
BY
W: O. ATKESON
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, TOPEKA CLEVELAND 1918
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PREFACE.
This book is submitted in the belief that it will be found a readable book. Many historic incidents not mentioned in the general story will be found in detail in the biographies of men and women, now living, who witnessed the incidents they relate; many events are faithfully related by sons and daughters of parents who lived and passed through history-making epochs in this county. An earnest and sincere attempt has been made to present all subjects honestly and fairly, to give the early history of the county more fully, more comprehensively than has ever been attempted in the past. This is not a book of dry statistics or tabulations, designed to show the present status of the county as to wealth or its progress in diversified industry. It is not an advertisement, colored to suit the wishes of any line of business or any class of our citizens. It is a faithful effort to give permanency to the really valuable and supreme historic facts of the settlement and progress of Bates county. In the biographies of the county's leading families will be found a wealth of historic incident well worth preserving for future generations.
The author has done his best to get the truth and to so write it that the reader may find it a pleasure and not a burden to read it. Mooted statements have been discussed without prejudice. Writers of history and the early records have been treated fairly and frankly. To the author, the wide range of his reading has been intensely interesting and his investigations have been as thorough as possible. Conclusions are stated respectfully and without criticism of the old, and in some instances, long-accepted authorities, with which the author could not agree. It has been a laborious task, but he will be satisfied if the reader enjoys the pages of this volume by the fire-side as much as the author has the writing of them.
Proper credit is given in the proper place to all who have con- tributed to the making of this book and we here express our apprecia- tion of the assistance received from a few men who have aided and encouraged us during the progress of our work.
Butler, Missouri, May 7. 1918.
Respectfully, W. O. ATKESON.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
Academy, The Old Butler
212
Ackerman, James T. and Wife 492
Atkeson, W. O.
Frontispiece
Baie, William
804
Bassett Family, Three Generations
of The
748
Bassett, George
748
Bassett, Mrs. George R.
748
Bassett, William C.
748
Batchelor, Bate and Wife
620
Bates County Pioneer Family, Four
Generations of A
877
Beaman, David W. and Wife
580
Borland, George W. and Wife. 636
Botkin, Isaac H.
484
Boulware, Theodrick C.
333
Briscoe, Charles B.
428
Brown, Mrs. William G.
885
Brown, William G.
885
Butler Boy, First to Make Supreme
Sacrifice in World War
948
Caches or Wells, The Mysterious.
100
Charters, W. H., Jr.
660
Cope, Seth E.
940
Cotten, William H.
676
Court House, Bates County
33
Crabb, Edward
516
Cresap, Daniel, Sr.
532
Cummings, Hiram G. and Family.
924
Dickison, Thomas Humphrey.
644
Earsom, Robert Roland
756
Eichler, Lewis C.
364
Evans, George H. and Family
708
Farmers Bank Building
231
Farm Scene in Bates County
122
Fischer, August and Family
852
Foster, Mrs. William C.
444
Foster, William C.
444
Franklin, Joseph S. and Family
468
Gepford, D. A. and Family 692 Golden Wedding Anniversary Group 860
Halley's Bluff, On the Summit of __ 100
Hanson, Andrew and Family
668
Hardinger, Willie M. and Family _.
772
Harper, Judge R. F.
780
Headquarters of Bates County Red Cross 150
Hedden, William C.
524
Hensley, J. T.
380
Hess, Edward C. and Family
812
Holcomb, Colonel John Ewing
916
Holland, Frank
540
Home, Bates County
261
Hoover, Andrew J.
828
Inn of Butler, Missouri, The
231
Julien, Barn of Reinhold A.
844
Julien, Residence of Reinhold A
844
Lampton, Dr. W. E.
564
Largent, William P. and Family.
684
Laughlin, David William
460
Lawson, John and Family
596
Lewis, J. W.
508
Lewis, Rev. Abram H.
508
Littlefield, Mrs. Ellen
452
Littlefield, Warren
452
McKee, James J. and Wife
572
Mahan, William S. and Family
836
Map of Bates County
39
Map Showing Location of Harmony
Mission
50
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
Methodist Church, South, Butler
248
Moreland, Arthur C. 548
Newberry, Captain John B.
652
Nichols, William T. and Wife 868
Nickel, John
372
Ohio Street Methodist Church, But-
ler
240
Owen, Horace Benton 396
Owen, Martin V.
348
Perry, W. W.
724
Philbrick, Harrison
700
Price, Milton H.
588
Price, Mrs. Milton H.
588
Raybourn, James H. and Wife
612
Residence of W. M. Hardinger
125
Rush, R. H. and Wife.
796
Searfus, William A. and Family
893
Sellon, John
764
Sellon, W. G.
764
Sharpless, Dr. B. F., Wife, Children,
and Grandchildren
860
Shelby, General Joseph O.
356
Shelton, P. L.
412
Simpson, James R.
716
Smith, A. J.
820
Smith, Dr. Decatur
732
Smith, H. W.
877
Smith, Judge Estes
932
Smith, L. W.
877
Smith, Matthias L.
877
Smith, Wilber
877
Standish, Dr. Stephen Lafayette
340
Stone, John H.
556
Thomas, Edward Leslie and wife. 420
Thomas, James Pendleton
404
Tilson, Thomas Henry
436
Trout, Willard and Family
500
Union and Confederate Veterans
135
Vint, Dr. William D.
388
Walker, Elliott Pyle
948.
Washington School, Butler
201
Webster School, Butler
248
Wix, Clark
604
Wix, Elder Lewis L. and Wife
628
Woodfin, Jason Sherl
476
Woodfin, Mrs. Prudence E.
476
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
PURPOSE-TRADITIONAL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY-NOT CONFINED BY BOUN- DARIES-SCOPE-GEOGRAPHICAL-LACK OF APPRECIATION-ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT-MISSOURI, THE MOTHER OF THE WEST-MISSOURI OF THE FUTURE
PAGES 33-38
CHAPTER II. EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT.
LIMITATIONS OF STORY-LEGAL AGE OF COUNTY-AREA-CLASSIFICATION- BEGINNING-OCCUPATION BY OSAGES-THEIR CHARACTERISTICS-MAR- QUETTE'S MAP-EARLY MAPS AND WRITERS-PREHISTORIC RACE-VOY- AGEURS AND COURIERS DU BOIS-JOLIET AND MARQUETTE-DE SOTO AND DECORONADO - PENALOZA'S EXPEDITION - ADVENTURERS - FRENCH
CLAIMS TO TERRITORY-FIRST FRENCH EXPLORATIONS-GRANT TO FRENCH KING-M. DE TISSENET'S VISIT-NAMING OF OSAGE, LITTLE OSAGE, AND MARMITON-LOCATION OF THE OSAGES-THE MISSISSIPPI COMPANY- RENAULT-INTRODUCTION OF SLAVERY-"GET RICH QUICK" SCHEME- RENAULT'S MEN PAGES 39-49
CHAPTER III. HARMONY MISSION.
GREAT HISTORIC FACT-MISSION FAMILY-RELIGION OF OSAGES-OBJECT OF SOCIETY-MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM-SPIRIT-ORIGIN-GREAT OSAGE MIS- SION-COLONEL M'KENNEY-DR. MILLEDOLER-THE COVENANT-APPLICA- TIONS-FAMILY SELECTED-PERSONNEL-APPEALS AND RESULTS-FARE- WELL MEETING-DEPARTURE OF "ATLANTA" AND "PENNSYLVANIA" -- COMMISSION-REPORT OF SECRETARY-DOWN THE OHIO-DIFFICULTIES- MISSIONARY STATION-JOURNAL-CEMETERY PAGES 50-73
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IV. THE GRAND OSAGE INDIANS.
GRAND OSAGES AND HARMONY MISSION-HOME OF THE OSAGES-CHARACTER- ISTICS-FAILURE OF MISSION-PIKE'S EXPEDITION-LOCATION-RECENT OBSERVATIONS-THEIR RELIGION-FIRST MARRIAGE IN OSAGE COUNTRY- LAST OF HIS LINE PAGES 74-84
CHAPTER V. MARCHIONESS DEGNINON OF THE OSAGE.
A ROMANCE OF HARMONY MISSION AND HALLEY'S BLUFF PAGES 85-103:
CHAPTER VI. TOPOGRAPHY.
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION UNCALLED FOR-SOIL SURVEY-HON. JAMES WILSON- HON. DAVID A. DE ARMOND-SURVEYORS-LOCATION, ELEVATION, AND EXTENT OF TERRACES-EROSION-RANGE IN ELEVATION-ALTITUDE- CHANNELS-STREAMS-UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS OF IMPORTANCE- DRAINAGE PAGES 104-106
CHAPTER VII. SOILS.
MEANING OF TERMS-NON-GLACIATED PORTION-RESIDUAL UPLAND SOIL-ROCKS -SHALE, LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE-HORIZONTAL STRATA-EROSION-TOPOG- RAPHY-SOIL SERIES-RESIDUAL SOILS-SOIL TYPES-OSWEGO SILT LOAM -SUMMIT SILT LOAM-BATES SILT LOAM-CRAWFORD SILT LOAM-BATES LOAM-BOONE FINE SANDY LOAM-OSAGE CLAY-OSAGE SILT LOAM.
PAGES 107-119
CHAPTER VIII. RESOURCES OF BATES COUNTY.
TIMBER-CHANGE OF OPINION-"THE PRAIRIE"-STRIP COAL MINING-UNCULTI- VATED LAND-BLUEGRASS-"SCRUB STOCK"-STOCK PRODUCTION-FERTIL- IZERS-HORTICULTURE-WILD FRUITS-NUTS-WATER - FISH - BUILDING MATERIALS-CLAYS-KAOLIN-COAL-ASPHALTUM, ROCK OIL, AND GAS- IRON ORE-PAINT BOULDERS-POULTRY-CORN _PAGES 120-130
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IX. COUNTY ORGANIZATION. (By Judge Charles A. Denton.)
NATIONAL, TERRITORIAL, STATE, AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS-FRENCH POSSES- SIOV-SPANISH POSSESSION-PROVINCE OF LOUISIANA-ACT OF MARCH 26, 1844-ACT OF MARCH 31, 1805-ACT OF JULY 4, 1812-MISSOURI ADMITTED -TREATY OF NOVEMBER 10, 1808-LEGISLATIVE ACTS PAGES 131-134
CHAPTER X. THE BORDER WARFARE.
"KANSAS WAR"-PRO-SLAVERY SETTLERS VS. "FREE STATE MEN"-THE AGI- TATED, EXCITED PUBLIC MIND-FACTS BETWEEN LINCOLN'S ELECTION AND INAUGURATION-BORDER LAND INFLAMED-WAR REPORTS-OSAWATOMIE JOHN BROWN PAGES 135-186
CHAPTER XI. RAILROADS.
EARLY TRANSPORTATION-COLONEL BROWN-RAILWAY CONNECTIONS-FIRST SURVEY-RAILWAY PROJECTS-PLEASANT HILL, BUTLER & FORT SCOTT RAILROAD-LEBO & NEOSHO-RAILROAD MEETINGS-SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNTY COURT-LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE & GALVESTON-CONTRACTS LET-"BOB" STEVENS-PERSONAL BENEFIT SCHEMES-GENERAL PARSONS -LA BETTE CITY-COLONEL WILLIAMS-KANSAS CITY & MEMPHIS COM- PANY-MISSOURI, KANSAS & TOPEKA-GENERAL DISGUST-FAILURE OF SYNDICATE-MISSOURI PACIFIC-RICH HILL BRANCH-OTHER RAILROAD PROJECTS-COLONEL PACE AND COLONEL NICHOLS-SYNDICATE REPRE- SENTED-WALNUT CITY BOOM-DAMAGE SUIT-BOOMLET-J. D. SCOTT- SINCERE PROMOTERS-"IN THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN" __ PAGES 187-200
CHAPTER XII. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BATES COUNTY. (By Arthur C. Moreland, County Superintendent. )
EARLY SCHOOLS-FIRST SCHOOL HOUSES-FIRST TEACHERS-BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR-EARLY SETTLERS-OFFICE OF SCHOOL COM- MISSIONER CREATED-WILLIAM C. REQUA-NATHAN L. PERRY-FIRST COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, DAVID McGAUGHEY-L. B. ALLISON-FIRST TEACHERS' INSTITUTES-CHARLES WILSON-JAMES HARPER-SCHOOL COM- MISSIONERS-HOWARD TOWNSHIP-FIRST READING CIRCLE-LAWS-MEET- INGS-SALARY-STATISTICS-ADRIAN-RICH HILL-BUTLER-BUTLER ACA- DEMY-HUME-AMORET-AMSTERDAM-ROCKVILLE - MERWIN - BUSINESS COLLEGES
PAGES 201-218
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PRESS.
VALUE AND INFLUENCE-"BATES COUNTY STANDARD"-"WESTERN TIMES"- "WEST POINT BANNER"-"BATES COUNTY RECORD"-"THE BATES COUNTY DEMOCRAT"-"THE BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES"-"REPUBLICAN"_"ADRIAN ADVERTIZER"-"THE REGISTER"-"RICH HILL GAZETTE"-"NATIONAL GA- ZETTE"-"DAILY GAZETTE"-"HERALD"-"COMING NATION"-THE WEST- ERN ENTERPRISE"-"THE RICH HILL MINING REVIEW"-"DAILY REVIEW' -"AMORET LEADER"-"AMSTERDAM ENTERPRISE"-"THE BORDER TELE- PHONE"-"THE HUME NEWS"-"HUME STAR"-"HUME CHRONICLE"-"THE HUME GLOBE"-"HUME SUN"-ROCKVILLE NEWSPAPERS-"THE ROCKVILLE NEWS" PAGES 219-226
CHAPTER XIV. FINANCE AND BANKING.
A STORY OF SUCCESS-C. B. DUNBAUGH & COMPANY-BATES COUNTY BANK- BATES COUNTY SAVINGS BANK-BUTLER NATIONAL BANK-F. J. TYGARD AND W. F. TYGARD-RAILROADS AND BUILDING OF TOWNS-BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES-LOAN CENTER-THE MISSOURI STATE BANK-THE WAL- TON TRUST COMPANY-THE FARMERS & MANUFACTURERS BANK-ADRIAN BANKING COMPANY-THE FARMERS BANK-THE FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY-BANK OF ROCKVILLE-BANK OF AMSTERDAM-BANK OF AMORET -THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF HUME-THE COMMERCIAL STATE BANK- STATE BANK OF HUME-FARMERS BANK OF ROCKVILLE PAGES 227-234
CHAPTER XV. THE BENCH AND BAR.
INTRODUCTION-THE BENCH-THE BAR-THE HEGIRA OF OUR PUBLIC RECORDS (By James H. Raybourn)-CRIMES AND CRIMINALS PAGES 235-239
CHAPTER XVI.
CHURCHES.
RANKING IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS-GROWTH AND PROSPERITY-LIBERAL ATTI- TUDE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-LATTER DAY SAINTS-CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN PAGES 240-245
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVII.
BUTLER.
LOCATION-ADVANTAGES-ORIGINAL TOWN-NAMING-WILLIAM ORLANDO BUT- LER-FIRST SURVEYS-JOHN C. KENNETT-MONTGOMERY-JOHN E. MOR- GAN -- FIRST HOTEL-GENERAL STORE-McCOMB & ROBISON-LORING & BURNETT-FIRST PHYSICIAN-FIRST ATTORNEYS-FIRST TEACHER AND SCHOOL HOUSE-WILLIAM HARMANN-VAN BUREN VAN DYKE-FIRST SAW AND GRIST MILL-FIRST CHURCH-FIRE-DURING CIVIL WAR-INCORPORA- TION-CITY OF FOURTH CLASS-FIRST MAYOR-FIRST CITY OFFICERS- CITY OF THIRD CLASS-EARLY ESTABLISHMENTS-OLD SURVEY-DEEDS.
PAGES 246-252
CHAPTER XVIII. RICH HILL.
POSTOFFICE-DEVELOPMENT-ORGANIZATION-THE "LEADVILLE OF MISSOURI"- "MINING REVIEW"-"TRADE JOURNAL"-CITY OF FOURTH CLASS-TOM IRISH-ORGANIZATION-FIRST MAYOR-CLINTON R. WOLFE-THIRD CLASS -WATERWORKS-PROSPECTING-GAS PLANT-WATER, LIGHT AND FUEL COMPANY-REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH-THE "REVIEW"-TOWN COMPANY- LOCATION PAGES 253-260
CHAPTER XIX. TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
INTRODUCTION-MINGO TOWNSHIP-SETTLE FORD-COVE CITY-MAYESBURG- GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP-ALTONA-DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP-ADRIAN- CRESCENT HILL-EAST BOONE TOWNSHIP-BURDETT-PARKERVILLE- WEST BOONE TOWNSHIP-ROSIER-WEST POINT TOWNSHIP-WEST POINT VILLAGE-VINTON-AMSTERDAM-ELKHART TOWNSHIP-ELKHART POST- OFFICE-MOUND TOWNSHIP-PASSAIC-SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP-CULVER.
PAGES 261-269
CHAPTER XX. TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES-CONTINUED.
:SPRUCE TOWNSHIP-JOHNSTOWN-BALLARD POSTOFFICE-DEEPWATER TOWN- SHIP-SPRUCE VILLAGE-SUMMIT TOWNSHIP-MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP- BUTLER-CHARLOTTE TOWNSHIP-VIRGINIA POSTOFFICE-HOMER TOWN- SHIP-MULBERRY-AMORET-WALNUT TOWNSHIP-MARVEL-LOUISVILLE- WALNUT POSTOFFICE-WORLAND-FOSTER PAGES 270-277
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXI.
TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES-CONTINUED.
NEW HOME TOWNSHIP-NEW HOME VILLAGE-SHOBETOWN AND RIVELY- CORNLAND-LONE OAK TOWNSHIP-PERU AND ATHOL-PLEASANT GAP TOWNSHIP-PLEASANT GAP VILLAGE-STUMPTOWN-HUDSON TOWNSHIP- HUDSON-LAHIA-ROCKVILLE TOWNSHIP-ROCKVILLE TOWN-PRAIRIE
TOWNSHIP-HARMONY MISSION-PAPINSVILLE-PRAIRIE CITY-OSAGE TOWNSHIP-HOWARD TOWNSHIP-SPRAGUE-HUME PAGES 278-28%
CHAPTER XXII.
THE MARAIS DES CYGNES AND OSAGE RIVERS AND VALLEYS.
CONFUSION-DERIVATION AND MEANING-EARLY OFFICIAL MAPS-ERRORS- CONTROVERSY-MILTON WHITING-ERRONEOUS PLATBOOKS-EARLY WRIT- ERS-LOCATION OF OSAGES-THE MARAIS DES CYGNES A PART OF BOUND- ARY-A BEAUTIFUL SCENE-HAPPY HOME-BIG TREES-CROOKED STREAM -DESCRIPTION-FISH STORIES-RECLAMATION-CAPTAIN A. B. DICKEY-C. G. GREEN-DRAINAGE COMPANY-"VALLEY OF THE NILE"-EXTENSION. PAGES 287-293
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BIG DRAINAGE DITCH.
THE EGYPT OF BATES COUNTY-"MARAIS DES CYGNES"-RECLAMATION-PRE- TENSE-NO FEASIBLE PLAN UNTIL 1906-PETITION PRESENTED-VIEWERS. AND APPRAISERS-PROPOSED PLAN-REMONSTRANCE-REPORTS-JUDGE McFADDEN-REPORT APPROVED-PERMANENT BOARD APPOINTED-DUTIES OF BOARD AND COST OF WORK-OBJECTIONS-CONTRACT-BONDS-CON- STRUCTION-LITIGATION-COMPLETED-RESULTS-J. F. KERN.
PAGES 294-297
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE. (By Lucien Green.)
IN KANSAS-THE GRANGERS-POOR CROP YEARS-INVASION-J. C. TAYLOR- SMALL DAMAGE-THE "JUANITA OF THE WEST"-JOURNEY TO BATES COUNTY-DESTINATION-RECEPTION-JOHN McCONNELL-CAPTAIN JOHN W .. HANNAH-THE ATTACK-LEAVE TAKING-GOOD FEELING-CROPS.
PAGES 298-301
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXV. REMINISCENCES.
OLD SETTLERS AND EARLY INCIDENTS-INTERESTING FACTS-RECOLLECTIONS OF HARMONY MISSION-BATES COUNTY IN THE FIFTIES-SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO-EVENTS OF LONG AGO-TALKS AND TALES OF OLDEN TIMES. PAGES 302-332
CHAPTER XXVI. BIOGRAPHICAL.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
-
Ackerman, James T. 492
Adams, James Perry 421
Allen, C. A. 680
Brannock, William H. 935
Briscoe, Charles B.
428
Briscoe, William T. 826
Brooks, Jesse L. 866
Brown, Ira M.
703
Brown, J. O.
966
Brown, J. S.
616
Brown, Troy F. 699
Brown, William G. 885
Buckles, William 759
Bullock, William J. 953
Burkhart, Owen M.
386
Burk, Monroe
376
Cannon, Thomas F.
904
Canterbury, B. B.
574
Capps, E. M.
913
Carpenter, Wilson C. 400
Carroll, M. M.
378
Carver, J. W. 685
Catterlin, John M. 740
Chambers, Chester A. 786
Charters, W. H., Jr. 660
Charters, William Henry 775
Cherry, E. A. 505
Choate, Dr. John W. 566
Chrisman, C. W. 969
Chrisman, G. E. 969
Christy, Dr. J. M. 569
Clay, Frank T. 583
Cline, James S. 430
Clouse, William D. 470
Cobb, William Penn 462
Cole, J. W. 670
Coleman, Charles 402
Coleman, John W. 549
Collier, Stephen Cole 823
Collins, Albert Clay
463
Botkin, Isaac H. 484
Boulware, Theodrick C.
333
Bowman, Charles R. 536
Alsbach, George F. 560
Anderson, J. W. 871
Anderson, M. W. 864
Argenbright, Albert 626
Armstrong, J. B. 841
Arnold, William M.
565
Atkeson, W. O.
697
Baie, William 804
Bailey, W. E. 887
Baker, J. H. 639
Baker, William A.
391
Barclay, Alexander M.
351
Barnett, Benjamin F.
854
Barrows, Mrs. Asenath C.
782
Bartlett, James E.
754
Bartlett, Roy 757
Baskerville, Hon. Lucien 922
Bassett, D. D. 748
Batchelor, Bate 620 1 1
Bates, Dr. S. L. 503 1 1 I
Baum, Jacob R. 603 1 1
1 Beaman, David W. 580
Beard, Henry
1
705
Beard, J. A. 927
I Bedinger, J. F. 944
Bell, James S. 1
465
Bell, William M. 466
Bennett, E. A. 592
Berry, James Claude I
488
Biggs, J. C. 416
Blangy, Jolın 830
Blount, T. W. 800
Bobbitt, James W. 410 Bohlken, G. B. 818
Bolin, Thomas 739
Borland, George W. 636
1
Commercial Bank of Hume, The
418
.
BIOGRAPIIICAL INDEX.
Connell, W. P. 816
Connor, John P. 928
Conrad, William 704
Cook, H. G.
597
Cope. John Quincy Adams
942
Cope, Seth E.
940
Corbin, Gustavus A. 480
Cotten, William H. 676
Council, H. H. 945
Cox, J. W.
806
Crabb, Edward
516
Crabb, Fred
489
1
Cresap, Daniel
532
Crooks, George
807
1
I
Crowell, Frank H. 566
Culver, A, H, 558
Cumpton, Clay S.
658
Cumpton, Dr. V. J. 393
Cummings, Hiram G.
924
Curtis, Harry L.
418
Daniel, G. W. 384
Darby, James William 687
Davis, Leonard
707
Dawson, Watt Burress 742
DeArmond, David Albaugh 693
DeArmond, James A.
659
Denton, Hon. Charles A. 688
Denton, J. C. 968
Denton, Wesley 552
Dever, John 363
Deweese, W. H. 624
Dickison, Thomas Humphrey 644
Diehl, F. H. 721
Dixon, Alonzo 843
Dixon, George W. 585
Doane, Charles W. 835
Doane, William C., Jr. 902
Donnohue, Jerome T. 913
Doolittle, Jesse G. 438
Douglass, John Henry 898
Douglas, William 890
Durand, J. B.
891
Duvall, William F.
526
Eads, William A. 856
Earsom, Robert Roland 756
Edwards, Elliott F. 950
Edwards, Horace Perry
960
Eggleson, J. W. 578
Eichler, Lewis C. 364
Ellington, J. P. 938
Embree, T. D. 631
Engelhardt, Herman
366
Evans, George H. 708
Falloon, George 788
Finklang, William Frank
767
Fischer, August
852
Fisk. Charles L.
599
Fitz Gerald, E. D. 815
Flammang, Joseph A. 535
Fleming, Mrs. Lulu (Rand) 473
Fortune, Charles E.
531
Foster, William C. 444
Fox, Arthur Ray 681
Frank, George H. 845
Franklin, James J. 433
Franklin, Joseph S.
468
Fulkerson, John F.
360
Fuller, W. S.
847
Gench, George
906
Gepford, D. A.
692
Gilbreath, J. W. 710
Gilmore, A. L.
873
Gordon, James R.
929
Gragg, James F.
371
Grant, E. G.
934
Graves, Waller Washington 783
Green, Lucien
791
Gutridge, George H.
662
Hall, Carl F. 399
Hall, E. R.
389
Halfert, Samuel Peter 408
Hamilton, R. R.
397
Hand, Oscar
965
Hanson, Andrew 668
Hardinger, Willie M.
772
Hardin, James
615
Harper, Judge R. F. 780
Harper, Thaddeus S.
375
Harrison, James A.
678
Harshaw, John W. 633
Hart, George W.
897
Hart, Otis P. 827
Hathaway, J. T. 947
Hays, R. C.
651
lledden, William C.
524
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Hegnauer, Christian 719
Heinlein, O. A. 745
Henley, William T. J. 832
Legg, Thomas Webster 584
Lewis, Hon. John W. 512
Lewis, Rev. Abram H. 508
Hensley, J. T.
380
Lewis, Thomas Henry 415
Hensley, Lyman
925
Lightfoot, T. W. 802
Lindsay, Anthony 728
Littlefield, Warren 452
Lockwood, Dr. Thomas Franklin 544
Lotspeich, J. B. 545
Lutsenhizer, Del. 656
McComb, Charles A. 715
McComb, Rev. Lewis 734
McCulloch, James 957
McCune, Frank J. 361
McDavitt, J. N. 749
McGaughey, Judge David 839
McGovern, James M.
930
McKee, James J. 572
McKee, John 962
McKee, S. C.
809
McKissick, John F. 848
Mahan, W. S. 836
March, John J. 457
Marshall, Robert 966
Marsteller, Charles 939
Mathers, Frank U. 491
Miller, A. A. 790
Miller, Alfred A. 649
Mills, William Moore 834
Meglasson Family
792
Moles, J. W. 921
Moore, A. E.
963
Moreland, Arthur C. 548
Morilla, E. E.
859
Mudd, J. J.
959
Murray, R. A.
518
Nelson, Palmer E. 855
Newberry, Capt. John B. 652
Newlon, Dr. J. S. 579
Newlon, George K. 630
Nichols, William T. 868
Nickell, James E. 737
Nickel, John
372
Norbury, Alfred
958
1
776
Herndon, Jefferson 1
961
Herrmann, J. P. 915
Hertz, George 920
Hess, Edward C.
812
Hinson, J. M. 377
Hirni, E. H. 769
Hodges, James K. 794
Holcomb, Col. John Ewing 916
Holland, Frank
540
Holland, John G. 422
Holland, Orren T.
426
Holloway, W. H.
537
Hook, J. Emmett 910 I
Hoover, Andrew J.
828
Houtz, John J.
446
Hughes, Amos J. 918
1 Hull, Dr. John R. 520
Hurt, W. S. 667
Huston, F. A.
971
Hyatt, H. C., Jr.
758
Ireland, Benjamin
673
Ireland, Grover C.
851
Jackling, Daniel Cowan 683
Jenkins, J. R. 547
Johnson, O. C. 350
Julien, Reinhold A. 844
Kash, S. B. 637
Keirsey, Moses S. 664
Kern, J. F. 594
Kincaid, Eli F.
955
Kretzinger, I. M.
642
Lampton, Dr. W. E. 564
Lane, Clifford J. 395
Laney, William 883
Largent, William P. 684
Laughlin, David William
460
Laughlin, Elmer Elsworth
824
Laughlin, Fred 462
Lawson, John 596
Henry, Charles 849
Henry, Walter
600
Herman, John A., Jr. 1
I
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Norfleet, J. K. 602
Osborne, William Y. 646
Owen, Horace Benton 396
Owen, Judge A. B. 576
Owen, Martin V. 348
Owens, Clyde C. 905
Page, C. N. 875
Page, Herbert E. 726
Pahlman, George H. 810
Parish, W. W. 514 1
Park, Wilbur J.
353
Patchin, William H. 1
442
Perry, W. W. 724
Peterson, Niels
445
Pettys, Thomas L. 542
Pheasant, Thomas J. 711
Philbriek, Harrison
700
1
1
Poindexter, Luther 876
Pollard, T. C. 608 1 1
Popp, Fred E.
831
440
Porter, George S. 862 1
1 Pratt, Harry T. 880 1 1
Price, Milton H. 588
Prier, A. A.
713
Priestly, Frank
590
Raybourn, James H. 612
Reinheimer, Henry 562
Reist, D. B. 495
Requa, Adelbert
382
Requa, Dr. William C.
702
Rice, J. B. 337
Ricketts, W. W. 497
Roberts, Alonzo Irving 888 1
Robinson, James W. 743
Robinson, Mrs. Ieie L. 887
Rosier, A. C.
338
Rush, R, H.
796
Sehapeler, Henry William 752
Schapeler, Hermann A. W. 762
Schmidt, Christian 374
Searfus, William A. 893
Sellon, W. G. 764
Sells, C. J. 779
Shadburne, Dr. J. T. 539
Sharpless, Dr. Benjamin Franklin 860
Shay, Alonzo Wilson 777
Shelby, General Joseph O. 356
Shelby, Webb 359
Shelton, P. L. 412
Silvers, John A. 554
Simon, Merle 621
Simpson, James R. 716
Simpson, Matthew S. 471
Smith, A. J. 820
Smith, Dr. Decatur 732
Smith, Jesse E. 648
Smith, Joseph T. 454
932
Smith, Judge Estes 586
Smith, Judge J. F.
Smith, L. W. 879
Smith, Matthias L. 877
Smith, W. H. 675
Speer, John 355
Sproul, Robert J. 435
Standish, Dr. Stephen Lafayette. 340
Standish, William Roy 342
Stanfill, O. W. 803
Steiner, H. 763
Stone, John H. 556
Strien, James L. 474
Sturgeon, Robert 623
Sunderwirth, George W. 900
Swarens, Frank Ray
455
Swarens, Clarence C. 494
Teeter, Darius 671
Teeter, M. N. 665
Tilson, Thomas Henry 436
Tipton, Joseph
618
Thomas, Edward Leslie 420
Thomas, James Arthur 407
Thomas, James Pendleton 404
Thomas, Mark Henry 479
Thomas, R. J. 936
Thompson, David W. 414
Thompson. George W. 369
Thurman, Albert B. 770
Trent, J. R. 819
Trout, Willard
500
Tyler, William Benjamin
730
Vint, Dr. William D. 388
Walker, Daniel K.
948
Waller, Edgar D.
451
Walls, Sam
798
Porter, E. A. 1
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Walters, John Robert. 368
Wix, Elder Lewis L. 628
Walton, William E.
908
Wix, Joseph F. 870
Weadon, John R. 954
Wolfe, Charles W. 760
Weedin, Alphonso Freeman 423
Wolfe, David Clayton
448
Weirick, Isaiah L. 432
Wolfe, Marshall Lee
343
WeMott, A. W. 553
Wolf, Fred 931
Wheatley, William 482
Woodfin, Jason Sher1 476
Wheeler, Francis Marion 487
Wright, H. L. 346
Wilcox, E. D. . 609
Wright, John 943
Williams, Dr. William A
813
Wyatt, Edward H.
522
Williams, James E. 529
Wyatt, George P.
551
Wilson, E. C. 747
Witmore, Reverend Ira 498
Yeates, Willis Isaiah 774
Wix, Abner L.
392
Yoss, John T. 895
Wix, B. M.
722
Yost, George N. 767
Wix, Clark
604
Yost, Jonathan
765
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History of Bates County
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
PURPOSE-TRADITIONAL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY-NOT CONFINED BY BOUN- DARIES-SCOPE-GEOGRAPHICAL-LACK OF APPRECIATION-ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT-MISSOURI, THE MOTHER OF THE WEST-MISSOURI OF THE FUTURE.
The story of the beginning, development and progress of a commun- ity is always interesting; and it appeals specially to the posterity and successors of those who have gone before. Every modern community has had its "early days" of trials, struggles and successes, as well as its days of progress and achievements. Hence the story of a community like Bates county is an intensely interesting one to those who now live within her borders. The purpose of this book is to present her story as fully and completely as historical data and the recollections and memories of people now living can do it. It is a regretable fact that much of historical worth has perished with the death of leading actors in the early days of the county; and that much of the preserved data is meager in detail, uncertain in value, and much confused by the early writers.
Much of the history peculiar to Bates county in the very beginnings of our story is so shrouded in uncertainty, and upon authority so indefi- nite and obscure, that it becomes difficult to separate authentic history from legend and tradition. The wonderful era of the French and Span- ish fur traders, antedating the coming of the American to our soil more than an hundred years ago, can never be adequately presented by the . conscientious historian; for the voyageurs kept no records and left none. All that can be said of them is what may be gleaned from the data left by their employers, and even that is limited and confusing. When we come to what may be properly called the "Pioneer days" the story becomes easier and safer, as some records and folk lore have . come down to us upon which we may rely.
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