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Allen Hlen
HISTORY
OF
CASS COUNTY
MISSOURI
BY ALLEN GLENN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, TOPEKA CLEVELAND 1917.
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE UNKNOWN WHITE SETTLERS WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI.
THE AUTHOR.
1142772 PREFACE.
The writer undertook this work with many misgivings. He expected to find opposition in trying to ferret out information. He has met with more than anticipated. Some have said, "One with more experience should have had the job." Some have said, "What care we for past happenings." Others have said, "What does the future occupant care from whence we came, when we were born and died, and what we did when residing in the county." The greater number have, from pure timidity and desire to shrink from publicity, refrained from telling what they know, from giving their own life's experience, or from ransacking old papers for valuable information, descending from their ancestors. The first may be well founded; to follow the next two to their extremity, we would know no more of our past than the beast of the field. Modesty excuses the last criticism. However, if such will reflect, what a source of com- fort it would be to them, could they turn to some book, poorly written though it be, and see some humble act of a progenitor, which, taken with humble obscure acts of a thousand others, have caused a desert to bloom as a rose! These acts were but a generation or two before you. Two generations from you, and your deeds, though humble and insignificant to you, will be of far more importance to them. The writer suggests when in the future some person undertakes such a work, lend yourself freely and cheerfully, leaving to coming generations to determine the degree of appreciation.
I have endeavored to preserve the names and record the deeds of the early settlers, the pioneers of Cass County. In these hundred years chronicled, people of many states, countries, and nationalities have set- tled our lovely prairies and woodlands. Upon this fertile soil, thanks be to Him, my home was made, without my consent; the early settlers be- came the companions and friends of myself and my ancestors. Their hands broke the prairies and subdued wild nature. A tribute is due to them for the pleasant homes and mansions which we now enjoy. It is to be hoped that this will not be the last monument erected to the memory of the sturdy stock who endured the hardships of other days. The aspi- rations of my life are filled. With age the names of early companions are fading into forgetfulness. March 30th, sixty-five years ago, I first
tender 30.00
saw the light of day, within two miles of this town, in Cass County, Mis- souri. I know of no person now in the county whose residence ante- dates the date of my birth. I have, during all this time, retained my residence here. Many have been the changes, both in persons and ma- terial developments, during this time.
This volume and others preceding it have laid the warp; intermar- riages will supply the woof, as precious stones in the rising temple of our people. We are becoming one family, all of kin. The branches of the various families will become so interwoven as to make one family. Our family trees are continuously crossing ; our kinsmen are multiplying, and we are becoming a greater and more cosmopolitan people. As a great river commingles the waters of a thousand brooks and rivulets, so each youth will be able to see his blood descend from a thousand sources. Pride of ancestry is a virtue, and the person without it is little but a brute. It is the associate of honor and the companion of truth. It in- spires emulation, encourages enterprise, and insures success. When our children's children read the records of their ancestors, it is hoped they will be proud of their names. Each should be anxious to add a sprig of laurel to the garland already upon his family tree.
The errors of this volume are doubtless many; these I hope will be pardoned. Criticism, and even censure, is expected. The author has done the best he could, faulty as it is, and cheerfully leaves the future inhab- itant of the county to judge of the success, if any, achieved. These pages it is hoped will enable the future historian of the county to avoid the mistakes here made, and encourage those who have grudgingly given information, to open their minds and hearts and give such to any future writer.
Now, may the blessing of Him who does all things well, abide with all people of Cass County, now and forevermore.
ALLEN GLENN.
Harrisonville, Missouri, May 1, 1917.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Adams, William
96
Allen, Charles E. 336
Angler's Club House, Pleasant Hill_ 128
Bradbury, I.
96
Brooks, J. F.
96
Brown, Robert
96
Burford, W. C.
96
Burris, Mastin
96
Bybee, A.
96
Carpenter, O. A., and Family
496
Clark, Homer Judy
384
Club, Cass County
200
Coughenour, John
96
Court House, Cass County.
33
Court House, Laying Corner Stone
of New
184
Court House, Old
184
Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
432
Davenport, W.
96
Dean, Gilbert
480
Depot, Missouri Pacific
160
Easley, A.
96
Emrick, Mr. and Mrs. Leander and
Family
544
Estes, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
624
Flinn, Joshua
96
Foundry and Machine Shop, A. J.
Sharp's
160
Franse, Peter
96
Givan, Judge Noah M.
297
Glenn, Allen
Frontispiece
Glenn, H. G.
96
Ground, L.
96
Hargis, Mrs. Mary
448
Harrelson, Nathan E.
320
Haynes, Thomas N.
352
Henderson, H. C., and Family
416
Holloway, Thomas
96
Home, Cass County
33
Hough, Daniel, and Family
608
Hunt, Tandy W., and Family
576
Hutchison, D. R., and Family
528
Keeney, Thomas
400
Majors, David
96
Majors, Isham
96
McDonnell, Judge James, and Family 464
Ox Yoke of Pioneer Days
64
Patterson, A. J., and Son
560
Payne, W.
96
Prater, James A.
368
Ragan, Jesse
96
Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. T. D.
592
School Building, Harrisonville
168
Sharp, A. J., and Family
512
Shelter House, Oakland Cemetery_
128
Smart, Fletcher
640
Stage Coach
64
Tuggle, E. L.
96
Wheeler, J. S.
96
Williams, J. H.
96
Woolard, Isaac
96
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY
CASS COUNTY AS RELATED TO STATE AND NATION-SOURCES OF HISTORY- SPANISH AND FRENCH OCCUPATION-LOUISIANA PURCHASE-NAPOLEON'S INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMISSIONERS-LOUISIANA BECOMES PART OF THE UNITED STATES-ADVANTAGES OF ACQUISITION-DESCRIPTION - LAWS REGULATING PAGES 33-37
CHAPTER II. WHENCE CAME WE
MISSOURI, "THE CHILD OF THE STORM"-SOURCES OF EARLIEST SETTLERS- - MORE AMERICANIZED SETTLERS-THE MISSOURIAN OF TODAY-HIS RECORD-DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS OF THE BORDER AND CIVIL CON- FLICTS-EARLY SETTLEMENTS FOLLOWED THE RIVERS-LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITION PAGES 38-40
CHAPTER III. MISSOURI STATE
EVENTS OF ITS ADMISSION INTO THE UNION-PLAN OF ADMITTING FREE AND SLAVE STATES-COMPROMISES-MISSOURI ADMITTED BY PROCLAMATION- STRIFE OF SETTLERS-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY-SELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS-BARTON AND BENTON SELECTED SENATORS-CIVIL WAR-EARLY SETTLEMENTS-EXECUTIVES OF COUNTY AND STATE FROM 1770
PAGES 41-45
CHAPTER IV. GEOLOGY.
READING THE ROCKS AND HILLS-CHANGES OF STREAMS-SHALE FORMATIONS AND GLACIAL DEPOSITS-NATURE'S PROCESS-CONSTANT CHANGES-LOCAL MOUNDS-CASS COUNTY RICH IN MINERALS-COAL DEPOSITS-LEAD-POT- TER'S CLAY-SULPHUR SPRINGS-OIL PAGES 46-48
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER V. TOPOGRAPHY.
SURFACE UNDULATING-OUTCROPPING ROCK-EFFECT OF EROSION-DIVISIONS OR PLATFORMS-AVERAGE ELEVATION-DRAINAGE PAGES 49-50
CHAPTER VI. ANCIENT MOUNDS.
AMENT MOUND-BROOKHART MOUND-ROUND MOUND-OF GREAT ANTIQUITY- HALL MOUND-EVIDENCE OF HUMAN WORK-AN INTERESTING STUDY- BHAUTIES OF THE PRAIRIE-CONTEMPLATION OF PAST AGES-THE MYS- TERY OF THE MOUNDS-TOLD IN VERSE PAGES 51-55
CHAPTER VII. INDIANS.
GREAT AND LITTLE OSAGES-FIRST TREATY WITH GOVERNMENT-TREATY OF 1825-SHAWNEE'S CLAIM-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OSAGES-MOR- ALS-INTELLIGENCE-NO' INSANITY-CARE OF THE HELPLESS-HOSPIT- ABLE-LIEUTENANT PIKE'S DESCRIPTION OF INDIAN LIFE-LODGES- MODE OF LIVING-VILLAGES-PENALTY FOR COWARDICE-FORM OF GOV- ERNMENT-MISSIONARY SCHOOL-LOYALTY OF THE OSAGES PAGES 56-59
CHAPTER VIII. TRADERS, TRAPPERS AND HUNTERS.
THE VANGUARD OF CIVILIZATION-FUR BEARING ANIMALS OF THIS SECTION- DANGERS AND PRIVATIONS ENDURED-THE FUR TRADER-PASSING OF TRAPPERS AND HUNTERS-WILD ANIMALS WITHIN THE MEMORY OF THE WRITER-BEE HUNTING-THE COMING OF THE SETTLER-CUSTOMS- AMUSEMENTS-HARDSHIPS "OLD TIME RELIGION"-FIRST HOUSE OF WORSHIP-THE EARLY CHURCH IN RHYME PAGES 60-64
CHAPTER IX. TRANSPORTATION.
ALWAYS A PROBLEM-THE BRIDLE PATHS-RIVER TRANSPORTATION-ROUTE FROM FT. SIBLEY TO OSAGE VILLAGE-ROUTES OF EARLY SETTLERS- DANGERS-GASSAWAY-EARLY SETTLER'S MODE OF TRAVEL-CENTERS OF COMMERCE-TYPE OF EARLY SETTLER-"CUT ROADS"-MODERN TRANS- PORTATION-CASS COUNTY'S RAILROADS-IMPROVEMENTS IN HIGHWAYS.
PAGES 65-70
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER X. NATURE'S GIFTS.
LUXURIANT VEGETATION-PRAIRIE .FIRES-HOW THEY AFFECTED WILD ANI- MALS-WILD FRUITS AND NUTS-AN ENCHANTING LANDSCAPE-NATIVE TREES AND FLOWERS-COMING OF THE FROST-ANIMAL LIFE-ADVENT OF THE WHITE MAN. PAGES 71-74
CHAPTER XI. SOILS.
DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTER-AREAS OF DIFFERENT SOILS OF THE COUNTY -ANALYSIS OF SOILS-EFFECT OF EROSION-SUMMIT SILT LOAM MOST IM- 1 PORTANT-TREATMENT OF SOIL-TILE DRAINAGE-SOIL MATERIAL- FRIABLE SUBSOIL-CRAWFORD SILT LOAM-OSWEGO SILT LOAM-BATES LOAM-OSAGE SILT LOAM-OSAGE CLAY PAGES 75-86
CHAPTER XII. GAME.
THE BUFFALO, BEAR AND DEER-SMALLER ANIMALS-WATER FOWL AND OTHER BIRDS-WILD TURKEYS WERE NUMEROUS-WANTON DESTRUCTION BY THE WHITE MAN-LAND OF BEAUTY-ABUNDANCE OF FISH-BEAVER, MARTEN AND OTHER FUR-BEARING ANIMALS PAGES 87-89 1
CHAPTER XIII. CLIMATE AND HEALTH.
TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION-SHORT WINTERS-SUMMERS-FROSTS-WEATH- ER TABLE-HEALTH CONDITIONS-AGUE OF BYGONE DAYS-MALIGNANT DISEASES NOT COMMON-CLIMATE ANTAGONISTIC TO CONSUMPTION-BET- TER MODES OF LIVING PAGES 90-92
CHAPTER XIV. FIRST SETTLERS.
SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS-FIRST COURT HELD-MASTIN BURRIS-WILLIAM ADAMS AND OTHER EARLY SETTLERS-ALFRED BYBEE-WILLIAM C. BUR- FORD-ROBERT A. BROWN-JOSEPH F. BROOKS-JOHN COUGHENOUR-WIL- SON DAVENPORT AND OTHERS-ACHILLES EASLY-HUGH GIBSON GLENN- THOMAS HOLLOWAY-DAVID AND ISHAM MAJORS-JAMES H. WILLIAMS- "THE TWENTY-THREE"-"WHEN FATHER SHOOK THE STOVE" __ PAGES 93-101
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XV. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY.
CASS PROBABLY FIRST INCLUDED IN ARKANSAS COUNTY-INCLUDED IN HOWARD -COOPER - LILLARD-JACKSON-VAN BUREN -BECAME CASS IN 1849- BOUNDARIES-COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO LOCATE COUNTY SEAT- LOCATED AT PRESENT SITE OF HARRISONVILLE PAGES 102-104
CHAPTER XVI. TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND STREAMS.
SOURCES OF DATA-SCOPE OF SUBJECT -LOCATION AND BOUNDARY-EIGHTEEN TOWNSHIPS-SIGNIFICANCE OF TOWNSHIP NAMES-TOWNS AND THEIR NAMES-NAMES OF STREAMS PAGES 105-107
CHAPTER XVII. TOWNS AND CITIES.
BELTON.
(By D. C. Idol.)
FOUNDED IN 1870-INCORPORATED-FIRST BUSINESS MEN-EARLY SETTLERS- SCHOOLS-CHURCHES-CITY GOVERNMENT-BENEFICENT INSTITUTIONS- NEWSPAPERS-BANKS-BUSINESS HOUSES PAGES 108-111
CHAPTER XVIII. TOWNS AND CITIES, CONTINUED.
CREIGHTON.
(By R. H. Ross.)
FOUNDED-LOCATION-EARLY BUSINESS MEN-FIRST STORE-FIRST HOTEL- LATER MERCHANTS-FIRST NEWSPAPER-BANK ORGANIZED-CHURCHES- TOWN INCORPORATED-BUSINESS BLOCKS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS- OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT-NOW ON A
FIRM BASIS-EXCELLENT SCHOOLS. PAGES 112-120
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XIX. TOWN AND CITIES, CONTINUED.
GARDEN CITY.
ITS LOCATION-SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME-SCHOOLS-CHURCHES-LODGES-TOWN INCORPORATED-A CITY OF WEALTH-SURROUNDED BY A PROSPEROUS COUNTRY-PROGRESSIVE-BANKS-MERCHANTS-PARK PAGES 121-122
CHAPTER XX. TOWNS AND CITIES, CONTINUED.
HARRISONVILLE.
LOCATED FOR COUNTY SEAT-NAMED IN HONOR OF ALBERT G. HARRISON-TOWN PLATTED-FIRST SETTLERS-PIONEER MERCHANTS-OLD COURT HOUSE- FIRST BRICK DWELLING-FIRST CHURCH-FIRST COURTS-EARLY USES OF COURT HOUSE-FIRST JAIL-DEVELOPMENT-INSTITUTIONS ___ PAGES 123-127
CHAPTER XXI. TOWNS AND CITIES, CONTINUED.
PLEASANT HILL.
LOCATION-LARGEST TOWN IN COUNTY-SCHOOLS-CHURCHES-BANKS-NEWS- PAPERS-LODGES-FIRST MASONIC LODGE IN THE COUNTY-BUSINESS EN- TERPRISES-PLATTED IN 1844-FIRST SETTLEMENT-EARLY MERCHANTS~ COUNTY SEAT TROUBLE-ERA OF GREAT PROSPERITY PAGES 128-129
CHAPTER XXII. TOWNS AND CITIES, CONTINUED.
ARCHIE-CLEVELAND-DREXEL-EAST LYNNE-FREEMAN-PECULIAR-RAYMORE -STRASBURG-WEST LINE. PAGES 130-134
CHAPTER XXIII. RISE AND FALL OF TOWNS.
FAITH IN EARLY TOWNS-WESTPORT LANDING-HOG-EYE-LICK-SKILLET- JONESVILLE-MORRISTOWN-BROSLEY-WADESBURG-GRANT-INDEX.
-PAGES 135-139
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
ASPIRATIONS OF THE PIONEER-TRADITION-BOND OF SYMPATHY-COMMUNITY OF INTERESTGOVERNMENT-THE LOG CABIN-HOSPITALITY-FARM MACHINERY-OBJECTIONS TO PRAIRIE-MODERN ADVANTAGES-VALUE OF PRODUCTION-LAND VALUES-OPPORTUNITIES-COMPARATIVE FIGURES.
PAGES 140-152
CHAPTER XXV. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.
SOIL-DRAINAGE-LAND SPECULATORS-INTERRUPTION BY CIVIL WAR-CORN MOST VALUABLE CROP-OTHER CROPS-MARKET FACILITIES-GRAIN PRO- DUCTION-STATISTICS-GRASS AND FORAGE PLANTS-FRUIT GROWING- FLOWERS PAGES 153-157
CHAPTER XXVI. STOCK RAISING.
EARLY-DAY RANGE - TRANSPORTATION CHANGES - CATTLE - HOGS - SHEEP- HORSES-MULES-CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES-AVAILABLE MARKETS-PRIZE WINNERS-HIGH GRADES AND PURE BLOODS-A FAMOUS TROTTER.
PAGES 158-160
CHAPTER XXVII. VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.
DAIRYING AND TRUCK GARDENING-APIARY-POULTRY AND EGGS-COAL-FIRE- CLAY-GAS. PAGES 161-163
CHAPTER XXVIII. COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES.
COMMERCE THE MAINSPRING OF SOCIETY-CASS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION AMONG THE FIRST-FIRST MILL-LATER MILLS -BLOIS THE FIRST MERCHANT-HENRY F. BAKER, THE PIONEER MER- CHANT OF HARRISONVILLE-MODERN COMMERCE PAGES 164-166
CHAPTER XXIX. SCHOOLS.
EARLY SCHOOL LEGISLATION-CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS-EARLY OPPOSI- TION-INFLUENCE-OPPORTUNITIES- STATE INSTITUTIONS-HIGH SCHOOLS AND COMMON SCHOOLS-LIST OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS FROM 1853.
PAGES 167-169
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHURCHES.
INTRODUCTION OF PROTESTANT RELIGION IN THE WEST-FIRST MINISTERS- FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH IN UPPER LOUISIANA-SOME SINGULAR INCI- DENTS-MORE CHURCHES ORGANIZED-MISSIONARY SOCIETY-FISHING RIVER ASSOCIATION-CAMP MEETINGS-EARLY MINISTERS-BLUE RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION-AMISH MENNONITE CHURCH PAGES 170-181
CHAPTER XXXI. BENCH AND BAR.
EARLY LAWYERS-LATER ATTORNEYS-CHARLES SIMS-R. L. Y. PEYTON-NOAH M. GIVAN-CHARLES W. SLOAN-DANIEL K. HALL-JAMES S. WOOLDRIDGE- ROBERT T. RAILEY-WILLIAM J. TERRELL-JOHN L. MORRISON-ANDREW A. WHITSITT-CIRCUIT JUDGES. PAGES 182-192
CHAPTER XXXII. THE PRESS.
FIRST NEWSPAPER IN MISSOURI-CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE-FIRST NEWS- PAPER IN CASS COUNTY-HARRISONVILLE PAPERS-PLEASANT HILL-BEL- TON-DREXEL-GARDEN CITY-BILL NYE'S PHILOSOPHY PAGES 193-195
CHAPTER XXXIII. MEDICAL PROFESSION.
LITTLE KNOWN OF PIONEER DOCTORS-SOME EARLY-DAY PHYSICIANS-LATER PHYSICIANS PAGES 196-200
CHAPTER XXXIV. BANKS AND BANKING.
THE PIONEER BANK-ITS METHODS-FIRST BANK OF PLEASANT HILL-ANOTHER PLEASANT HILL BANK-ALLEN'S BANK-BELTON'S FIRST BANK-PRESENT BANKS OF THE COUNTY PAGES 201-202
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXXV. COUNTY BOND TROUBLE.
EARLY CONDITIONS-COUNTY SEAT ASPIRANTS-RAILROADS PROJECTED-BONDS VOTED-DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL BY HUGH G. GLENN-BOND LEGISLATION-COUNTY COURTS-LITIGATION-THE INTRIGUE-SPOILS DI- VIDED-ARRESTS-THE GUNN CITY TRAGEDY-OTHER BONDS ISSUED- RAILROADS BUILT-FINANCIAL STATEMENT PAGES 203-211
CHAPTER XXXVI. NEGROES.
INTRODUCTION OF SLAVERY-MASTER AND SLAVE MISREPRESENTED-FIDELITY OF THE NEGRO-SPECIFIC CASES-NOT A BEAST OF BURDEN-CO-OPERA- TION WITH HIS WHITE MASTER PAGES 212-213
CHAPTER XXXVII. STATISTICAL.
POPULATION-SHIPMENTS-PRODUCTION-SCHOOLS-AGRICULTURAL-LIVE STOCK -SELECTED CROPS-DOMESTIC ANIMALS-VALUATION-TAXATION. PAGES 214-226
CHAPTER XXXVIII. OLD SETTLERS' MEETING.
ORGANIZATION-R. A. BROWN, CHAIRMAN-ADDRESS BY JUDGE GIVAN-LIST OF OLD SETTLERS-LISTS OF OLD SETTLERS-"AN OLD SETTLER'S TALK," BY MARTIN RICE PAGES 227-264
CHAPTER XXXIX. OFFICERS.
UNITED STATES SENATORS-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-STATE SENATORS-CIR- CUIT JUDGES-REPRESENTATIVES-CIRCUIT CLERKS-COUNTY CLERKS- JUSTICES OF THE COUNTY COURT-TREASURERS-SHERIFFS-RECORDERS -SURVEYORS-PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS-JUDGES OF PROBATE.
PAGES 265-272
CHAPTER XL. REMINISCENCES.
PAGES 273-279
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XLI. REMINISCENCES, CONTINUED.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
PAGES 280-285
CHAPTER XLII. REMINISCENCES, CONTINUED.
PAGES 286-289
CHAPTER XLIII. REMINISCENCES, CONTINUED.
PAGES 290-296
CHAPTER XLIV. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
.
1
INDEX.
Adams, John W. 645
Adams, Robert W. 331
Alderson, G. G. 431
Allen, Charles E.
336
Allen, Charles William
835
Allen, William H.
836
Amos, Nicholas
499
Anderson, C. J. 789
Anderson, Eugene 829
Anderson, George B. 523
Armstrong, Major James 440
Atkinson, Dr. E. M. 350
Austin, Elbert C. 315
Bailey, Dr. J. G. 694
Barker, F. W. 751
Barnard, R. A. 761
Barnett, Dewitt Clinton 300
.
Beamer, Mrs. T. A.
645
Bennett, A. J. 391
Berry, Lee 404
Bird, Charles 445
Blair, C. R.
426
Blake, D. W.
725
Blayney, William V.
598
Blevins, T. D. 468
Boals, William J. 524
Boren, M. F. 748
Boydston, S. W. 556
Boydston, W. L.
542
Bradbury, A. J. 732
Bradley, Capt. Amos S. 326
Brannock, Allen Boyd 360
Brannock, Eddie L. 401
Brannock, Walker R. 363
Bratten, J. J. 323
Brawner, Ned R. 427
Bremer, N. M. 752
Brierly, Dr. H. A. 442
Brierly, J. S.
303
Bright, F. C. 425
Britt, Jefferson Waller 648
Britton, H. F. 705
Bronaugh, Mrs. Margaret L. 414
Bronaugh, W. A. 412
Brooker, F. J. 519
Brous, C. A. 325
Brown, J. H. 727
Brown, Walter R. 808
Buckley, James P. 774
Buckley, W. S. 818
Bullock, W. B. F. 452
Bundy, Thomas C. 663
Burdett, E. V. 531
Burgin, A. M. 351
Burke, C. A.
307
Burke, John J.
371
Bush, C. R.
339
Cable, C. C. 730
Callaway, J. F.
711
Callaway, J. H. 795
Callaway, W. S. 710
Carpenter, O. A.
496
Chamberlin, George R. 346
Champion, C. R. 677
Chandler, D. A. 703
Chandler, James 373
Chandler, Robert H. 583
Chandler, William W. 754
Clark, Harlie F. 386
Clark, Homer Judy 384
Clark, N. S. 582
Clemments, Peter S.
334
Cloud, Roy T.
834
Coe, F. E.
575
Coe, Robert S. 610
Conger, Arthur 785
Colburn, John W. 540
Collier, T. J.
672
Collins, Mrs. Gabriella (Rowland).
. 502
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Connely, J. R. 533
Cox, Bud 308 1
Crawford, S. S. (01
Craycraft, J. S. 796
Creighton, M. A.
585
Crone, W. A.
700
Crouch, Leslie M. 302
Cunningham, Harvey
793
Dallas, George M. 342
Davenport, H. F. 432
Davis, J. H. 506
Deacon, Andrew Gordon
571
Deane, Rev. Abner H. 444
Dean, Gilbert
480
Deweese, W. M. 767
Dill, Richard
607
Dobbins, C. W.
355
Dobson, J. F. 740
Dodd, Dr. Casper Swart. 776
Dodd, H. M.
772
Dolan, William 381
Downing, William 688
Dunn, George A.
514
Dunn, John A.
561
Edelen, H. B. 379
Eidson, C. D. 451
Eidson, Swimpfield 447
Ellis, Dr. Frank B.
526
Emrick, Mrs. Florence
544
Endicott, A. G. 762
Estes, J. W. 624
Evans, Fred 691
Evans, George J.
689
Ewers, C. B.
742
Ewing, James W.
626
Fair, Dr. S. W. 698
Farmer, William Albert 345
Faulkner, William M. 417
Famuliner, Charles E. 551
Famuliner, George W.
383
Famuliner, James B.
393
Famuliner, Jonathan 572
Feeback, Arthur L. 817
Fleming, Sterling Price 366
Forsyth, Andrew G. 588
Foster, Robert Lansden 333
Franse, William P. 332
George, F. M. 760
George, Thomas J. 564
Gibson, Young Fowler 375
Givan, Judge Noah M. 297
Glandon, Lee 682
Glass, Mrs. Missouri 592
Glenn, Judge Allen 651
Goodrum, E. P.
595
Goodson, Albert F. 602
Gordon, Samuel Newton 361
Gore, C. J. 693
Gosch, George 344
Graves, Homer A. 795
Graybeal, John M. 684
Gray, Horace 701
Gregg, D. M. 779
Gregg, Dr. T. H. 485
Griffith, Dr. D. R. 593
Grose, Bert P.
378
Grosshart, Charles T. 604
Halcomb, H. M. 541
Hale, James H. 418
Hale, Thomas 815
Hall, Capt. Daniel Kerns 317
Hall, Charles R. 763
Hamilton, Sidney Johnson 377
Hanna, B. S. 680
Harbison, A. D. 484
Harger, George A. 764
Hargis, J. N. 448
Harris, Charles L. 835
Harrison, Ernest Lloyd 461
Harrelson, Mrs. James W. 321
Harrelson, Nathan E. 320
Hart, H. A. 470
Hartzler, Amos J. 646
Hartzler, Ira 555
Hartzler, J. Z.
549
Hartzler, S. J. 778
Hayes, Colbert N.
5.58
Haynes, Thomas N.
352
Heady, J. E. 614
Hedrick, R. T. 403
Heivly, William 719
Henderson, H. C. 416
Hennon, F. P. 798
Hey, F. B. 814
Hoag, Wilber C.
758
Hockaday, C. S.
756
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Hogard, F. L. 699
Holloway, Isaac J. 675
Holloway, S. R. 424
Holloway, W. A. 790
Lane, G. B.
429
Lavelock, Samuel 686
Leadbetter, Adelbert
828
Lemmer, Peter 457
Leonard, Zenas 652
Longacre, Samuel B. 409
Longwell, E. W.
810
Lundy, W. H. 387
Lusher, J. R.
722
Lyon, J. A.
498
McArthur, Thomas A.
655
McArthur, W. A.
655
McCall, Mrs. R. A. 741
McClintock, Henry K.
475
McCoy, James A.
596
McCulloh, George S.
824
McCulloh, James H.
536
McCulloh, U. G. 661
McDonnell, James
464
' McEowen, A. W. 709
McEowen, Daniel 708
McFarrin, Berton L.
642
McPherson, Mrs. Edward
400
Macrac, J. Richard 521
Majors, Fred G. 792
Maloney, P. F.
800
March, J. L. 791
Martin, A. J. 538
Martin, S. E.
482
Maxwell, James Noel 788
Mayer, C. F. 313
Meador, R. M. 721
Miller, D. J. 620
Miller, Dr. R. M. 695
Miller, Hial H. 550
Miller, Jonathan K. 600
Miller, Rev. E. W. 670
Miller, W. E. 453
Moad, Dr. E. S.
674
Moody, Horace Baker 338
Moore, A. C. 784
Morrison, J. N. 411
Morrow, John 765
Mossman, J. E. 757
Moudy, O. A. 458
Kunze, Ludwig Oswald 311
Kunze, Ludwig Oswald 313
Laffoon, W. J. 832
Lancaster, Col. Nimrod T. 478
Hon, W. H.
359
Hon, William W. 347
Hook, J. B.
718
Hooley, J. F.
337
Hough, Daniel
608
Houston, E. M. 809 1 1
Houston, N. F.
679
L
Houston, W. P.
666
Huber, Frank
673
Hunt, J. M. 354
Hunt, Tandy W. 576
Hutchison, D. R.
528
Idol, D. C.
832
Idol, Edgar R. 349
Ingels, Boone
768
Jackson, Judge John Lindsay 455
James, Dr. C. N. 662
James, W. S. 728
January, George W.
393
Johnson, George S.
419
Johnson, George W.
749
Johnson, K. S.
819
Kanzler, William 554
Kauffman, J. L. 520
Keller, Dr. R. G. 389
Kennedy, Ed. F. 446
Kennedy, John E.
422
Keyton, B. F. 501
King, Alex. 678
King, Milo V. 634
1 King, Wesley 683 1
Kinney, F. H.
1
630
Kircher, Charles 402
Kircher, Jacob F. 562 I
Kirk, David H. 831
Knepp, Henry A. 706
Knight, J. M. 716
Knorpp, James C. 472
Kohler, A. W. 590
Kohler, John 591
Kohler, John L. 5.57
Kropf, David D. 637
Myers, Alonzo
553
BIOGRAPHICAL. INDEX.
Neff, George M. 657
Nelson, Charles S. 735
Newlee, C. B. 316
Rowe, Howard C. 483
Rowe, J. B. 348
Ruckel, George B. 606
Ruckel, Mark V. 616
Runnenburger Brothers 328
Russel, Duncan
611
Ryland, John Edwin 330
Painter, C. C. 656
Palmer, Isora Sanford 329
Parker, Henry R. 421
Parker, M. F. 398
Schrock, David M. 783
Scott, George F. 714
Scruggs, W. B. 638
Payne, Richard G. 776
Seaton, John William
504
Payne, Winchester 833
Sexton, James William 525
Shackelford, D. G. 704
Sharp, A. J. 512
Shouse, J. M.
664
Slaughter, Dr. W. M. 314
Perry, Taylor
565
Phillips, J. H.
462
Small, A. J.
816
Smart, Fletcher 640
Smith, C. C. 435
Smith, I. R. 743
Smith, James G. 768
Smith, Levi 396
Spicer, Lee
1
309
Stark, M. N. 723
Steen, William H. 436
Stephens, J. L. L. 805
Steplin, W. F. 456
Stevens, Charles S. 516
Stevens, O. H. 804
Stevens, William A.
569
Stewart, Henry 479
Strahan, L. J. 745
Storms, Asa 473
Storms, George 407
Storms, Xenophon S. 474
Stultz, E. J.
408
Sweitzer, G. W. 322
Talbot, William E. 823
Talbot, George A. 822
Taylor, Frank F. 806
Templeton, Horace K.
508
Roush, James A. 509
Roupe, Thomas 494
Rowe, Dr. Geo. T. 358
Noell, R. D. 543
Noland, Robert 476
O'Bannon, Algernon Sidney
340
O'Bannon, Daniel B. 580
Oesch, Jolını 635
Schindorff, Paul Eugene 769
Schmoll, William L. 491
Schuyler, E. L. 812
Parsons, E. E. 734
Patterson, A. J. 560
Pearce, Ernest B.
372
Peck, W. H. 492
Pedicord, H. S. 692
Pelsor, Jolın Chester 361
Phillips, Theodore F.
658
Poindexter, W. H. 405
Polk. E. J. 738
Poor, John C. 782
Porter, Rev. Samuel G. 642
Powell, George N. 517
Powell, J. M. 717
Prater, James A.
368
Preston, Nettie Shuttleworth 490
Prettyman. T. F. 370
Prewitt, Mark W.
736
Pulliam, A. S.
335
Pulliam, Leonidas B.
773
Ragsdale. George W. 406
Ramey, Rodney D., M. D. 530
Randell, Alice V. (Powers) 770
Reid, J. W. 696
Remington, J. W.
527
Richardson, F. W. 438
Richardson, Jesse E. 566
Roberts, W. A. 423
Rolley, William Clayton 357
Rose, G. A. 802
Ross, Robert H. 587
Terrett, T. Dade 641
Sloan, W. S. 365
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Thomas, J. S. 395
Thornton, Philip H. 815
Thuro, G. W. 459
Triplett, Dr. Jacob S. 305
Trundle, John Logan
660
Twente, F. R.
687
Unnewehr, Fred 733
Urton, J. B. 712
Van Camp, Isaac 318
Vandeventer, J. R. 367
Van Hoy, Dr. Waldo Pleasant 820
Van Hoy, Mary A. 820
Vanmeter, John
428
Van Meter, Mrs. Ellen Nelson 390
Wade, George W. 642
Wade, Samuel Wright 826
Wade, W. H. 578
Wagner, Henry Ross
567
Wagner, Sargent Willis 567
Walker, George L. 534
Walker, Warren S.
628
Waltmire, W. W.
746
Walton, William E.
443
Ward, Mrs. Virinda (Pennington) 548
Ward, W. G. 813
Warner, John J. 495
Washington, T. A. 513
Weaver, G. B.
825
Webber, Edward 443
Welborn, W. A. 713
West, Charles S. 646
West, Garland M. 830
West, Joseph Shelton 574
Wherritt, A. R. 341
Whitsitt, Andrew A. 306
Wildeboor, George 515
Wiley, E. C. 726
Wiley, William E. 546
Willett, John Nelson 441
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