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HISTORY
OF
COOPER COUNTY MISSOURI
W. F. JOHNSON
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, TOPEKA CLEVELAND 1919
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THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER.
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FOREWORD.
I readily undertook to write the history of Cooper County. Until I had begun to gather the material and data, I did not comprehend the work involved, nor the difficulties to be encountered.
One who from afar looks upon a mountain towering high, which he must approach and ascend by a devious, winding way, cannot afford to weaken his courage by vain repining, or dissipate his energies by fretful anticipations. Starting at once upon his journey, he reaches the foot- hills, and to his surprise, the mountain seems not nearly so high. Pur- suing his way by a gradual incline up the foot-hills, he leisurely keeps his course around and up the mountain, and arrives at the summit. As he stands there, comfortably wearied, and inhaling the fragrance of the wild flowers, which he has gathered on his way, he looks back over his journey as a summer outing.
Having completed my undertaking, though not to my satisfaction, I look back upon my labor as one of love and pleasure. No literary merit is claimed for this story of Cooper County. It has not been written but merely spoken, and at night, extending often into the small hours of the morning. The Ediphone has been used, and from the records the typist has transcribed the spoken words. This has been at a saving of labor, but doubtless at the expense of diction. It is hoped, however, that it has the merit of being in the parlance of the street and home, and that the average citizen, with even a limited vocabulary, can read and understand, without the frequent use of the lexicon.
History is but a selection of happenings and events. Each individual, every family, house and farm has its history. I have therefore attempted to give only those events which have been of some importance to the county or a particular neighborhood.
Of that which has been prepared, I have been compelled to eliminate much by reason of want of space; and it may be that many things of interest to some will not be found in these pages. Errors have doubtless occurred, by reason of transcribing, typesetting and proof-reading, as it is too much to expect perfection. Again, much of the history that has been written herein has been handed down by word of mouth; and real-
izing the frailty of human memory, I have attempted to arrive at the truth as best I could.
Especial attention is directed to the biographical sketches which form a large part of this volume. In these sketches will be found much inter- esting and valuable reading, from which the future historian may well compile a history of Cooper County. It is to be regretted that many others have not availed themselves of this opportunity to perpetuate the history of their families for the benefit of those who come after them. However, this is no fault of the editor, as the pages of this volume have been open to all who cared to respond to the invitations of the solicitors.
I have followed the rule of saying the pleasant things, rather than the evil, because the good can be found with more pleasure to the seeker. W. F. JOHNSON.
Boonville, Mo., July 12, 1919.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
480
Andrews, C. E. 388
Andrews, David 396
Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
936
Barron, Walter
512
Bell Air Rural School 240
Bell, Charles C. 372
Blank, Frank N.
552
Boonville, Main Street.
256
Bowmer, George E. and Family
688
Brandes, John A. and Wife 616
Brandes, Theodore and Wife.
576
Bridge, M. K. & T.
128
Bridge, Vine Clad
208
Bunceton, High School.
224
Bunceton, Residence Scene
224
Bunceton, Patriotic Parade
240
Burrus, John and Amanda
504
Carey, Geo. W. and Matilda
556
Carlos, H. D., Sr.
540
Case, H. Earl
1008
Cochran, O. W. and Wife
548
Cochran, W. J.
680
Cook, C. C. and Family
684
Cosgrove, John
364
Court House, Old
48
Court House, Present
33
Davin, Andrew
888
Davin, Family Residence
888
Davin, Michael
888
Debo, P. L., Family Residence
720
Derendinger, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 432
Doerrie, Charles
400
Drechsel, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
744
Drennen, Mrs. E. E.
440
Eager, Charles L.
492
Eager, Mrs. Charles L.
492
Eldridge, Charles C. and Wife
544
"Elrod of Greenbush"
288
Fahrenbrink, C. W. and Family
696
Fairfax, C. P.
1048
Ferry Boat, Boonville
112
Fricke, Henry
464
Friedrich, Charles A. and Family
648
Friedrich, H. C. and Family.
408
Gerhardt, Joseph and Family
660
Gmelich, J. F.
354
Gorrell, Amos and Family.
788
Grathwohl, Charles T.
624
Gronstedt, Heinrich
472
Groom, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
484
Harlan, George C.
976
Harriman, Robert L.
1040
Harris, Edward H.
824
Harris, Thomas A.
756
Harris, Judge T. A.
560
Haun, William H., Residence
816
Hazell, J. I.
452
Hickam, Samuel L.
564
Hickam, Mrs. Samuel L.
564
High School, Boonville.
192
Hite, Ernest L. and Family
904
Howlett, Robert E.
984
Jacobs, A. C.
508
Jaeger, Albert and Family.
428
Jeffress, Mr. and Mrs. James
1088
Jeffress, John W. and Family
1092
Johnson, C. B.
728
Johnson, Mrs. C. B.
728
Johnson, Newton H.
728
Johnson, Mrs. Newton H. and Chil-
dren
728
Johnston, T. A.
360
Johnson, W. F.
Frontispiece
Kaiser, Herman and Family
488
Kemper Military School.
176
. HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Kickashear, Joseph
484
Kickashear, Mrs. Margaret 484
King, John
448
Krohn, John F.
652
Krohn, Mrs. John F.
652
Krohn, Residence of John F.
652
Leonard, N. Nelson 928
Lohse, Mrs. Annie 468
Lohse, Fred 468
Lieber, Joseph
416
Lone Elm School
272
McCarty, M. M. 1064
McFarland, A. W.
516
McFarland, Mrs. Mary 516
McNeil, Peter P.
992
Mann, Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
440
Marshall, F. M.
800
Mayfield, William A.
896
Mayfield, Mrs. William A. 896
Meisenheimer, Peter G. and Family
840
Melkersman, Ed and Wife.
632
Mellor, Mr. and Mrs. George W. 760
Mellor Homestead
764
Mellor, Thomas
764
Meyer, George H. and Family 460
Meyer Homestead
456
Meyer. William and Family
708
Missouri Pacific Depot.
144
Moehle, E. L. and Family 412
Muntzel, Christian and Wife.
780
Muntzel, Robert J.
664
Neef, Philip P. and Family
748
Nelson, A. W.
920
Nuckols. Powhatan C.
524
Oerly, Ernest C. and Wife. 496
Oerly, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel and Fam- ily 500
Ohlendorf, Christ
568
O'Neal. Amos
796
Parrish. John S.
856
Patriotic Parade. Boonville. 336
Patterson, Ed
536
Pens, From Oscar Spicler's
304
Pilot Grove, View of. 160
Potter, Abraham 1000
Potter, Mrs. Nancy 644
Prairie Home Fair
304
Prize Herd. A. 288
Ravenswood Farm 288
Reavis, W. W.
584
Renken, Henry A. 520
Renken, Mrs. Henry A. 520
Rissler, William B.
848
Robertson, John 644
Robertson, Mrs. Mary 644
Roe. Robert S. 1032
Roe, Mrs. Robert S.
1032
Rossen, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
432
Rudolph, John W.
420
Schlotzhauer, Christopher 880
Schlotzhauer, James H., Residence
864
Schlotzhauer. John
836
Schlotzhaver, John W., Residence.
832
Schupp, Mr. and Mrs. George
872
Schuster, Mr. and Mrs. Adam 792
Schuster, August R. and Family 772
Schuster, Benjamin E.
776
Schuster, Mrs. Benj. E. 776
Schuster, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 1056
Schuster, William
808
Sieckman, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz. 480
Sites, L. T. 948
Smith, Christ and Wife
532
Smith, George W. 944
Smith, Jeremiah and Wife 608
Smith, John H. and Wife. 608
Sombart, C. A. 356
Sombart. Henry E. 368
Spieler, Mrs. Elizabeth 404
Spieler, Frederick E.
404
Steamboating on the Missouri, 64
Starke, John D. 960
Steigleder, Andrew and Family. 640
Stephens, J. M. 912
St. Joseph's Church and School
272
St. Joseph's Hospital
208
Taliaferro, George T. and Family. 700
Tevis, Nestor C.
740
Tevis, Mrs. Nestor C.
740
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Tevis, Robert S. 740
Tevis, Simeon P. 740
Thornton, Samuel Y. 784
Windsor, Engene A. 736
Windsor, John H. 732
Windsor, Horace G. 656
Windsor, R .L. and Family 424
Wyan, Robert F.
528
Wyan's, R. F., Residence 256
Wendleton, David and Wife.
676
Weyland, George A. 384
Williams, William M. 380
Tornado, Devastation of a 320
Transportation, Overland 80
Turley, William H. and Wife 752
Wear, George H. and Wife 592
Weekley, Martin Luther 768
Zollinger, Augustus L.
968
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. ARCHEOLOGY
DIVISIONS OF HISTORY-CONTENTS OF MOUNDS-ORIGIN OF MOUNDS-PROBABLE RACE OF MOUND BUILDERS 33-39
CHAPTER II. EXPLORATIONS
THE NEW WORLD-PONCE DE LEON-DE SOTO-CORONADO-MARQUETTE AND JOLIET-LA SELLE-FRENCH SETTLEMENTS-TREATY OF ILDEFONSO- PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA TERRITORY-ORGANIZATION OF TERRITORY- VARIOUS CLAIMS TO MISSOURI 40-51
CHAPTER III. EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
DANIEL BOONE-BOONSLICK COUNTRY-FIRST TEMPORARY SETTLEMENTS- LEWIS AND CLARK-NATHAN AND DANIEL BOONE MAKE SALT-CHRISTY AND HEATH-BENJAMIN COOPER-FIGHT WITH INDIANS- INDIANS MEET GENERAL CLARK-COOPERS AND COLES SETTLE PERMANENTLY-FIRST SETTLERS SOUTH OF RIVER-CONDITIONS MET-FIRST SETTLERS IN BOONS- LICK COUNTRY-OTHER SETTLERS SOUTH OF RIVER-ENGLISH STIR UP INDIANS-FIRST DEEDS RECORDED 52-69
CHAPTER IV. PIONEER LIFE
FIRST DWELLINGS-THE HOMINY-BLOCK-SPIRIT OF HELPFULNESS-EARLY FARMING IMPLEMENTS-PIONEER WOMEN-EARLY PIONEER DESCRIBED, HIS HABITS, HOME, BEE-HUNTING 70-78
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
CHAPTER V. TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
EARLY RIVER TRANSPORTATION-COUREUR DE BOIS-PIONEER ROADS AND TRAVEL-FIRST FERRIES-FIRST STEAMBOATS-ARRIVAL AT FRANKLIN- ARRIVAL OF SECOND STEAMBOAT-DESCRIPTION-GREATEST ERA-PRIMI- TIVE BOATS-GROWTH-COST-WRECKING-SANTA FE TRAIL-BOONSVILLE ACTIVE MART-USE OF OXEN-FIRST RAILROADS REBUILDING OF BRIDGES
-ROAD IMPROVEMENT 79-98
CHAPTER VI. THE WAR OF 1812 AND INDIAN TROUBLES.
ERECTION OF FORTS-KILLING OF SMITH-CAPTURE COURSAULT-TODD AND SMITH KILLED-DISCOVERY OF INDIANS-CHASED BY INDIANS-SETTLERS TAKE UP TRAIL-CAMPBELL KILLED-SETTLERS MOVE TO SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER-BRAXTON COOPER, JR., KILLED-JOSEPH STILL KILLED-KILLING OF WILLIAM McLEAN-ATTEMPT TO KILL AUSTIN-GREGG KILLED AND DOUGHTY CAPTURED-NEGRO "JOE" KILLED-COURSAULT KILLED-MURDER OF RAMSEY FAMILY-CAPTAIN SARSHALL COOPER MURDERED-TWO NE- GROES CAPTURED-RANGERS COME TO RELIEF-DODGE AND COOPER CONTROVERSY-LETTER TO GOVERNOR-SAMUEL MCMAHON AMBUSHED- BUILDING OF HANNAH COLE FORT-INDIAN TREATY-ADDITIONAL INCI- DENTS 99-122
CHAPTER VII. FROM 1815 TO 1819.
IMMIGRATION-ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES-EARLY COURTS-PROCEEDINGS- OFFICERS-ELECTIONS-"NEW COMERS"-LAND SPECULATION-SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS-PREEMPTION CLAIMS-SAMUEL COLE'S EXPERIENCES- EARLY CHURCHES-A. FULLER'S LETTER 123-140
CHAPTER VIII. FROM 1819 TO 1821.
COOPER COUNTY FORMED-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT-FIRST RECORD OF CIRCUIT COURT-MARCH TERM, 1819-FIRST JUDGE OF ELECTION-FIRST CON- STABLE-JULY TERM, 1819-FIRST LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION-FIRST JURY CASE-PROCEEDINGS TO DIVIDE PROPERTY ON WHICH BOONVILLE IS LOCATED 141-153
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
CHAPTER IX. FROM 1821 TO 1834.
SIZE OF COOPER COUNTY REDUCED-FIRST COUNTY COURT-FIRST OFFICERS- COUNTY SEAT LOCATED-FIRST COURT HOUSE-FIRST WILL PROVED-JOHN V. SHARP-ELECTIONS-PARTY LINES-FALL OF OLD FRANKLIN 154-159
CHAPTER X. FROM 1834 TO 1847.
NATIONAL AND LOCAL POLITICS-VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNS-CLAY AND POLK-"O. K." -INDIAN ALARM-MORMON WAR-FLOOD OF 1844-MEXICAN WAR-COOPER COUNTY COMPANY I60-171
CHAPTER XI. CONTINUATION OF 1834-1847 AND UP TO 1861
RISE OF BOONVILLE-ERA OF PROSPERITY-KEMPER SCHOOL FOUNDED-COUNTY SEAT PERMANENTLY LOCATED-EFFORTS TO CHANGE COUNTY SEAT-MILI- TARY COMPANIES-TROUBLE BETWEEN COMPANIES-MAJOR FORSYTHE KILLED-SECOND COURT HOUSE ERECTED-DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALI- FORNIA AFFECTS COOPER COUNTY-McCULLOCH'S COMPANY-TEMPERANCE EXCITEMENT-SLAVERY AGITATION-PRO SLAVERY CONVENTION-CONTRO- VERSY IN KANSAS-COOPER COUNTY PRO SLAVERY-ELECTIONS OF 1856-1860. 172-184
CHAPTER XII. CIVIL WAR PERIOD
CIVIL WAR A MEMORY-BATTLE BELOW BOONVILLE-HOME GUARDS IN COOPER COUNTY-PRICE'S RAID-SHELBY'S RAID-PRICE'S RAID INTO COOPER COUNTY
185-202
CHAPTER XIII. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.
JOSEPH SIFERS KILLED-RELIGIOUS SERVICES INTERRUPTED-PETER MITZEL AND OTHO ZELLER MURDERED-JOHN DIEHL, NICHOLAS AND THOMAS COOPER KILLED-MURDER OF ELLIS AND GRAVES-KILLING OF WILLIAM MAYO BY BILL ANDERSON-THOMAS BROWNFIELD'S EXPERIENCE-McDEAR- MON AND A SOLDIER KILLED-OTHER DEPREDATIONS AND MURDERS BY BUSHWHACKERS-KROHN AND BASS KILLED-ANDERSON'S MEN AND HOME GUARDS CLASH-JOHN BALLINGER KILLED-TRAGEDIES IN CLARKS FORK AND PRAIRIE HOME TOWNSHIP'S 203-213
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
CHAPTER XIV. PERIOD OF READJUSTMENT
PREJUDICE-CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-RADICALS-"DRACONIAN CODE"- "IRON CLAD OATH"-CONSTITUTION ADOPTED-LATER AMENDED AND RADI- CALISM DEFEATED-BROWN ELECTED GOVERNOR-UNPOPULARITY OF DRAKE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DURING AND AFTER THE WAR ____ 214-217
CHAPTER XV. TOWNSHIPS
BOONVILLE TOWNSHIP-BOONVILLE AS IT IS TODAY-BLACKWATER TOWNSHIP- CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP-PILOT GROVE TOWNSHIP-KELLY TOWNSHIP- LAMINE TOWNSHIP-NORTH AND SOUTH MONITEAU TOWNSHIPS-PALESTINE TOWNSHIP-PRAIRIE HOME TOWNSHIP-CLARKS FORK TOWNSHIP-SALINE TOWNSHIP-LEBANON TOWNSHIP-OTTERVILLE TOWNSHIP 218-249
CHAPTER XVI. SCHOOLS.
PIONEER SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS, FIRST SCHOOLS IN COOPER COUNTY-DAVIS SCHOOL COOPER COUNTY SCHOOLS-BOONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS-SCHOOL DIRECTORS-SUPERINTENDENTS-FACULTY-SUMMER SCHOOLCATHOLIC SCHOOL-COOPER COUNTY INSTITUTE-OTTERVILLE ACADEMY-McGUIRE SEMINARY-KEMPER MILITARY SCHOOL-PILOT GROVE COLLEGIATE INSTI- TUTE 250-264
CHAPTER XVII. CHURCHES.
BAPTIST - METHODIST - PRESBYTERIAN-CHRISTIAN-GERMAN EVANGELICAL- LUTHERAN-EPISCOPAL-CATHOLIC 265-277
CHAPTER XVIII. AGRICULTURE.
NATURAL ADVANTAGES-PRODUCTION-SURPLUS PRODUCTS-CORN PRIZE WIN- NERS-ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS-LIVE STOCK-SHORTHORN HERDS- IIOGS-HORSES-MULES-MARKET PRICES FROM 1886 TO 1915-LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS-SHEEP-SOILS 278-308
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
CHAPTER XIX.
THE PRESS
FIRST NEWSPAPER-SECOND NEWSPAPER-"THE COON HUNTER"-OTHER PIO- NEER PAPERS-BOONVILLE ADVERTISER FOUNDED-BOONVILLE EAGLE- CENTRAL MISSOURIAN-TOPIC-WESTERN CHRISTIAN UNION-PILOT GROVE BEE-SHAVE TAIL COURIER-BLACKWATER NEWS-OTTERVILLE MAIL- CENTRAL MISSOURI REPUBLICAN-BUNCETON EAGLE 309-314
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CHAPTER XX. BANKING AND CURRENCY.
EARLY CONDITIONS-FIRST BANKS-DR. TRIGG ESTABLISHES FIRST BANK IN BOONVILLE-BRANCH OF BANK OF ST. LOUIS ESTABLISHED-CENTRAL NA- TIONAL BANK-COOPER COUNTY BANKS-BOONVILLE NATIONAL BANK- FARMERS' TRUST COMPANY-COMMERCIAL BANK OF BOONVILLE-BANK OF BUNCETON-COOPER COUNTY BANK OF BUNCETON-FARMERS' STOCK BANK OF BLACKWATER-BANK OF BLACKWATER-PILOT GROVE BANK-BANK OF WOOLRIDGE-BANK OF PLEASANT GREEN-FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF OTTERVILLE 315-322
CHAPTER XXI. FLOODS AND STORMS.
FLOODS OF 1785, 1811 AND 1826-FLOOD OF 1844-GREAT DAMAGE CAUSED DEVAS- TATING FLOOD OF 1905-REBUILDING OF BRIDGES IN THE COUNTY-BUILD- ING OF NEW COURT HOUSE-BONDS ISSUED-TORNADO -323-329
CHAPTER XXII. THE WORLD WAR.
UNITED STATES ENTERS THE GREAT WAR-COOPER COUNTY'S FINANCIAL CON- TRIBUTION-LOYALTY OF CITIZENS-COUNCIL OF DEFENSE-PROCLAMATION -ARMISTICE SIGNED-LIST OF COOPER COUNTY SOLDIERS-COMPANY B, THIRD REGIMENT, CALLED-CASUALTY LIST-SUMMARY 330-343
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS.
MEXICAN BORDER TROUBLE-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-UNITED VET- ERANS OF THE CONFEDERACY-OTTERVILLE TRAIN ROBBERY-SHERIFF CRAMER MURDERED-A. B. THORNTON KILLED-THE PROHIBITION QUES- TION 344-353
CHAPTER XXIV. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
INDEX
Allen, Henry A. 480
Ambrose, Ernest H. 1097
Amick, Eugene 370
Anderson, Benjamin F 663
Anderson, Rollie 447
Andrews, Charles E. 388
Andrews, David 396
Apperson, W. F.
1081
Armour and Company. 959
Atkinson, Clarence W 936
Bail, George 950
Bane, James S. 907
Barnert, Edgar L. 1020
Barnett, John A. 451
Barnhart, George
894
Barnhart, John C. 535
Barron, Walter 512
Bates, A. B. 986
Baughman, Charles A 1084
Bauman, Edward L 443
Bechtold, Frank 1145
Bechtold, William 1151
Beck, Anton. 910
Bell, Charles C.
372
Bernard, Louis D. 1158
Bestgen, L. A 1113
Betteridge, Frederick C.
790
871
Biltz, H.
Black, Frank N 552
Blakey, Albert G 1 I
570
Blank, Frank N. 552 1
Blank, Nicholas J 1091
Blythe, James N. 886
Bodamer, Arthur 1089
Bodamer, Charles H 786
Boller, Gustav F. 821
Boonville Mercantile Company 629
Bornhauser, F. H. 1060
Bowmer, George E. 688
Boyce, George T 1043
Bozarth, Alvin J. 650
Bozarth, J. W. 1022
Brandes, Albert 1073
Brandes, Chris J 751
Brandes, Christian 631
Brandes, H. G. 1066
Brandes, John A 616
Brandes, Theodorc 576
Brandes, Theodore L 1071
Braun, Louis 1083
Brengarth, Albert. 1095
Brickey, Frank C. 938
Brickey, Paul A. 941
Brickner, William L. 499
Broe, Morgan 876
Brokamp, Henry
723
Brokmeyer, C. H. 940
Brosius, Frank C
379
Brownfield, David. 865
Brownfield, George D. 925
Brownfield, Gideon A. 450
Brubaker, Daniel R. 890
Brubaker, Elmer
956
Brueckner, August.
487
Brummel, Henry E 1144
Bryan, William L. 965
Buescher, Hugo H. 1050
Burge, Robert P
1139
Burge, William O 823
Burrus, John M. 504
Burrus and Sons, T. J 1090
Byler, Robert T. 666
Carey, George W. 556
Carcy, Robert 557
Carl, George W 713
Carlos, H. D.
540
Carlos, Jr., H. D. 540
Betteridge, William A.
1106
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Carpenter, S. Alvin 738
Carpenter, Edgar A 742
Carpenter, George A. 1159
Davis, Dan G. 597
Davis, Jeff L. 430
Davis, John T 847
Davis, Joseph A 726
Debo, Grover E. 1060
Debo, Luther C. 693
Debo, P. Lee 720
Deck, Jacob. 427
Deck, William H.
827
Case, Oscar F.
987
Chamberlin, Albert S
575
Derendinger, Edward
432
Chamberlin, George W
1152
Chamberlin, Homer L
526
Chamberlin, Homer L 518
Denel, Frank H
994
Chilton, Joseph W 635
Chilton, Louis
635
Doerrie, Charles
400
Chrane, Curtis E.
918
Cleary, Matthew 489
Clark, Joseph M 1140
Clayton, James A
625
Cochran, O. W. 548
Drechsel, Charles H
744
Cochran, William J
680
Cole, George T 1103
878
Coleman, John 1151
Coleman, Stonewall J.
853
Coleman, Walter L
561
Collins, Findlay
A
1094
Collins, Howard
797
Cook, Charles
684
Cordry, Joseph C.
897
Cordry, Leslie F
879
Cordry, Oliver L.
Cordry, William F
887
Cordry, William H. 898
Cordry, W. L.
436
Corson, James M. 899
Cosgrove, John
364
Crain, J. D. 1066
Cramer, Otto H. 567
Cramer, Ray P 934
Crawford, George K
971
Creagan, Harry A.
943
Crutchfield, William E
410
Cully, David R. 794
Darby, Patrick.
1027
Dauwalter, Fred
523
Eager, Charles L 492
Eager, Clarence L 773
Edson, D. L. 1017
Edwards, Louis
378
Eldredge, Charles C. 544
Elliot, John S. 473
Elliot, William H. 1150
Ellis, Roy H. 457
English, Henry H. 589
Eppstein, Viet C. 578
Ervine, L. R.
802
Evans, Robert L. 463
Fahrenbrink, Christian W. 696
Fahrenbrink, Henry 702
Fahrenbrink, Herman
H.
737
Fairchild, S. Hamilton
628
Fairfax, Commodore P 1048
Fairfax, Thomas
951
Farris, Archie
1051
Carpenter, Homer L. 1070
Carpenter, James F
717
Carpenter, Warren E 733
Carpenter, William F
765
Carpenter, William H 735
Cartner, Charles 588
Case, Hiram D. 1008
Derendinger, John E.
1098
Deuschle, Fred.
966
Devine, Peter J.
913
Donahew, Ace O 549
Downing, Robert E 881
Draffen, James W.
391
Draffen, Robert T
754
Drennen, Elizabeth E
441
Dugan, Walter 469
Dunn, Robert
857
Cole, William D
Dunnavant, Charles H 1026
Durr, Charles 409
Davin, Andrew 888
Davin, Michael 888
953
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Farris, W. A. 1011
Fassles M. J. 1013
Felton, Frank 471
Groves, Samuel H. 1107
Gunn, James H.
900
Guyer, Williamson 1078
Fitzpatrick, Patrick F 1154
Fluke, George F 972
Fray, Henry G.
821
Fray, John H.
1137
Fredmeyer, Benjamin F
525
Fricke, Henry
464
Fricke, William 689
Friedrich, Charles A 648
Friedrich, Henry C.
408
Frost, Aubrey W.
449
Fulton, Samuel T
1007
Funkhauser, James
S
1131
Fuser, Henry E
1160
Gantner, Edward 1020
Gantner, Joseph 1020
Gantner, Louis
988
Garthoffner, Edward J 455
Gehringer, Calvin
911
Gentry, Amos B
687
Gentry, M. K 789
George, Elmer
724
George, Frank. 413
Gerhardt, Joseph 660
Gibson, Henry C. 509 1
Gibson, Thomas B. 815
Gibson, William T 459
Gilbreath, W. G. 932
Gilman, J. R. 1035
Glasgow, Clayton S 893
Glasgow, William H 891
Glazier, John P. 609
Gmelich, Jacob F. 354
Goodman, John H. 434
Gorrell, Amos 788
Gott, John N. 437
Gramlich, Andrew F. 1129
Grathwohl, Charles T 624
Grathwohl, Thomas F 558
Green, Joseph M 505 Gronstedt, Heinrich 472
Groom, Colbey C.
484
Hoff, Louis N 1130
Hoflander, John G. 975
Hoflander, Paul
1164
1
Hale, Edgar T 481
Hale, Frank I. 787
Hale, O. M 773
Haley, James M. 860
Haller, John M. 502
Hanna, C. S
982
Hansberger, Alfred G. 908
Harlan, George W 976
Harned, Benjamin 791
Harned, Edwin P
901
Harness, George C.
582
Harriman, R. L.
1040
Harriman, William P
962
Harris, Edward H
824
Harris, Judge T. A
560
Harris, Thomas A
756
Harris, William P
814
Hasenbach, Edward
1047
Haun, William H. 816
Hawkins, Herbert L
563
Hays, Jesse
926
Hazell, Joseph I
452
Heiberger, John J. F
511
Hein, John.
607
Herfurth, H. F.
980
Hesel. A. H. 655
Hews, Abe L. 633
Hickam, James T. 613 1
Hickam, Samuel L. 565
Hickman, Crockett 383
Higginbotham, John
R
826
Hilden. Everett. 539
Hite, Ernest L 904
Hockenberry, Aaron T 714
Hoefer, William A. 986
Hoff, Frank J 1124
Hoff, Herbert J 852
Groom, Joseph H. 1006
Gross, Charles E. 1165
Gross, George 846
Gross, Jacob 1123
Felton, Michael J. 537
Fischer, John A.
642
Hack, John F. 466
Hagemeier, Emil 1111
Hale, C.
773
I
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Hogan, Thomas 518
Holman, Riley S. 806
Honerbrink, George C 1037
Honerbrink, H. C. 1055
Hooper, W. E. 989
Hopkins, Farris B. 626
Hosford, J.
461
Howlett, Robert E.
984
Huber, E. J
405
Hudson, Charles P
803
Huffman, M. R
1121
Hurt, Aerey B
1047
Hurt, Boone 1136
Hurt, B. F 671
Hurt, D. D
1102
Hurt, Henry G.
961
Hurt, James MI.
716
Hurt, T. Edgar
1082
Hurt. William A
604
Hurt, Willis
990
Hutchison, Thomas G. 894
Immele, John B.
841
Irvin, V. S
804
Irvine. George
T.
1025
Jacobs, Mark 508
Jaeger, Albert. 428
Jaeger, P. R.
1029
Jeffress, James T
1092
Jeffress, Robert H
862
Jenry, Henry 993
Jewett, Gilman W. 774
Johnmeyer, William F. 514
Johnson, William F
728
Johnson, William M.
421
Johnston, Col. T. A.
360
Johnston, H. C. 1045
Johnston, Rea A.
957
Jones, Caleb 1072
Jones, George 915
Jones, George C., Jr 828
Jones, James W. 402
Jones, Woodson T 946
Kaempfer, Robert 778
Kahle. William_ 701
Kaiser Sr., Herman 488
Kaiser, John 1086
Kalvelage, F. J. 950
Karm, William 777
Kehr, Irvin J. 1015
Kimscy, Jackson
1077
Kincaid, A. L
813
Kincheloe, Jesse L 820
King, Christian F
725
King, H. M.
1069
King, Henry O 672
King, John.
448
King, John W
673
Kirchner, John E. 546
Klekamp, Frank. 582
Knosp, Henry_ 1100
Knosp, Henry H 1101
Koenig, William L 482
Koonse, Theodore
837
Koontz, Joseph
884
Kramer, Henry B 974
Kraus, Henry. 858
Kraus, Walter J 854
Krohn, John F
652
Kuhn, Herman F
1005
Kussman, Theodore
399
Lacy, William J 759
Lammers, Clemens A. 835
Lammers, H. G. 855
Lang, Belthasar,
538
Langkop, Daniel 1115
Langkop, Leonard. 699
Lauer, Chas. F. 1046
Lauer, William G. 1030
Laws, Luther B. 1087
Layne, Benjamin F.
593
Lebing, Theodore F 9.42
Lee, Holman. 622
Leonard, Nathaniel N. 928
Lester, B. M. 923
Lieber, Joseph. 416
Lionberger, Frank E
1143
Loesing, Peter W
719
Loesing, William. 1068
Lohse, Fred.
468
Lohse, Fred G.
401
Lohse, Henry
683
Lohse, John C. 1052
Lovell, Thomas
J
757
Lusk. Hamilton
830
Jeffress, John W.
1088
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Lusk, Sid A. 623
Lymer, James
668
McCarty, Milton M 1064
McClain, Peter D. 1128
McCoy, J. J. 1166
McFarland, A. W
516
McFarland, William
J
675
Moore, Lafayette M 585
Moore, Lorenzo H 574
Morgan, Harry C. 612
Morris, Benjamin L 746
Morris, George W. 761
Morris, John W 1118
Morris, Truman H. 749
1075
Morton, Wallace L
1028
Mann. F. Joseph.
440
Marshall, Fleming Miles
800
Masel, Sylvanus 861
Mauck, Sam T 615
Mayfield. William A
896
Meisenheimer, Peter G. 840
Melkersman, Edward.
632
Mellor, George W. 760
Mellor, John P 764
Menefee, Charles N 731 1
Meredith, A. L
997
Meredith, George.
659
Meredith, Louis M. 998
Meredith, Walter.
659
Mersey, Henry. 685
Meyer. C. C. 1023
Meyer, Daniel
J
1125
Meyer, F. A.
1036
Meyer, George
A
1126
Meyer, George H. 456
Meyer, George H
460
Meyer, J. H 1036
Meyer, Lawrence C. 679
Meyer, William 708
Miller. Charles
G
379
Miller, Harry
973
Miller. James R 454
Miller, Robert L 1138
Miller, William R 423
Million, Guy
C.
939
Mills, Erle S.
677
Mills. Robert W. 1054
Mills, Vivian H. 678
Minter, Joseph 905
Mittelbach, William 386
Mitzel, Charles P. 868
Moehle, Ernest L. 412
Moore, Boz L 627
Moore. George H. 550
McGuire, Archibald.
836
McGuire, Homer
943
809
McNeil, Peter P 992
McPhatridge, Henry P
739
Manger, Julius
917
Manger, William 917
Manion, Harry T 419
Mueller, Emil H.
486
Muessig, Jacob F. 859
Muntzel, Edward J
637
Muntzel, Frederick H.
975
Muntzel, Harry
1059
Muntzel, Henry L 780
Muntzel, Herman
P
664
Muntzel, John C.
949
Muntzel, Peter
L
868
Myer, Albert H.
931
Myer, Michael.
870
Myers, Henry Lee 1001 f
Neal, William W 643
Neal, Z. R.
618
Neef, Philip P 748
Nelson, Arthur W 920
Nelson, Clyde T
1157
Nelson, Edgar 1016
Nelson, Joseph
0
1110
Nelson, Lewis
991
Nelson, Thomas
A
598
I Nelson, William L 1024
Niebruegge, Henry 595
Nixon, A. F.
978
Nixon, Charles 397
Norris, Homer E.
1134
Nuckols, Powhatan C.
524
Nurseries, The Boonville 1018
Oak. George
577
Odneal, G. C.
995
Oerly. Ernest C.
496
Morris, W. H.
McMahan, William E.
HISTORY OF COOPER COUNTY
Oerly, Henry W 782
Oerly, Samuel 500
Oerly, W. A.
654
Oglesby, Charles W.
874
Ohlendorf, Christ
568
O'Neal, Amos
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