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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01053 8640
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HISTORY
OF
HENRY COUNTY
MISSOURI
By
UEL W. LAMKIN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1919
"TO MAKE THE PAST PRESENT, TO BRING THE PRESENT NEAR." -Macauley.
PREFACE
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The story of Henry County is one of achievement and development. The men and women who came to this county to make their homes on the, then frontier of the West, during the first half of the nineteenth century, laid the foundation for the present and future greatness of . this-the Banner County of Missouri. Many of them were descendants of ancestors who had been pioneers on other borders. Many came from Kentucky-some from farther south, and still others from the East. They were typical pioneers, not unlike the average Missouri early settlers of whom a large portion were native Americans. They came here to make homes for themselves and their families. They were honest, sin- cere, industrious and God-fearing men and women, and the high rank that Henry County holds at this day, among her sister counties of the State and nation is, in no small measure, due to the honest motives and sincere devotion to duty of this hardy, self-reliant and liberty-loving vanguard of civilization, who perhaps "builded better than they knew." In recounting the story of Henry County, many of the descendants of these pioneers have played a conspicuous part in the affairs of the county, through all the years of its history, and many of these pioneer family names are prominently identified with the county at the present day.
The purpose of this work is not to present a philosophical treatise, on the causes and effects of matters connected with the history of Henry County, nor to fathom the unknown motives of man. It has been the aim, rather, to chronicle the events which may be of interest to those of the present and future. An effort has been made to present the main historical events which have transpired within the borders of the county, in chronological order, or as nearly so as possible. Major events of a State and national character have been touched upon, only as they affected Henry County, as well as the country as a whole. Many conditions and circumstances have had an influence in shaping the destiny of Henry County, and it is hoped that none of the more important of these have been overlooked in this volume.
Biography has ever been recognized as the foundation of all history and it has been well said that the family is the unit of society. There-
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fore, due recognition as been given in this work, to family and biograph- ical history. Individual histories of many representative men and women of today, as well as of the past in Henry County, are here recorded with painstaking accuracy, which will remain an imperishable record of value as the years come and go.
Every effort has been put forth to make this history of Henry County accurate in detail, and comprehensive in scope, and while the limi- tation of human endeavor is ever present, especially in a work of this character it is firmly believed that this contribution to the annals of Henry County will meet with the approval and appreciation of a reading public.
Grateful acknowledgment is hereby made to the people of Henry County for their steadfast co-operation in this undertaking and the sub- stantial encouragement which they have given.
THE PUBLISHERS.
Clinton, Missouri, March 19, 1919.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
Adobe Church
88
Allen, Robert Bell III
696
Allen, Dr. Robert L
697
Allen, Robert W.
696
Allen, Mrs. Sallie
696
Anderson, J. M.
592
Angle, George N.
304
Avery, Robert W.
760
Bailey, George W., Wife and Grand-
son
512
Barth, David, Residence
528
Barth Farm, View of.
528
Barth, John
504
Barth, Mrs. Maria Lebold.
504
Barth, Mrs. Sophia Rombold.
504
Bilderheck, Mr. and Mrs. T. J
736
Blevins, Jonathan and Wife
544
Broom Corn Scene
208
Brown, John D.
360
Brown, Mrs. John D.
360
Butcher, Alexander M. and Family
728
Butcher Brothers
728
Butcher, J. W. and Family
680
Byrns, Mrs. Clara Allen
697
Byrns, Margaret Allen
696
Carney, Joshua and Descendants.
672
Christian Church, Clinton
80
Church, M. E., South, Clinton
80
Church, Immaculate Conception
128
Collins, W. B. and Wife
400
Court House
72
Crome, William F.
289
Dahlman, Gerhart A.
472
Dahlman Home
472
Dahlman, William J.
472
Detweiler, C. A. and Family
800
Detweiler, Residence of C. A.
800
Dickey Manufacturing Company
176
Doll, William, Wife and Daughter.
440
Doll, John and Family.
496
Drach, John
776
Dunning, Albert and Family
368
Farm Scene, Urich
192
Finks, Mark F.
784
Finks, Mrs. Mark F
784
Fourth Street, Urich
192
Freeman, Howard
808
Gaines, Charles W.
600
Gillilan, J. B. and Family
432
Gray, Guy P.
112
Harrison, Howard
409
High School, Montrose
160
Holland, Wesley and Wife
720
Houck, Conrad and Wife.
320
Houck, Stephen
320
Huey, Ellet
704
Huey, Four Generations
704
Hull, Angeline
312
Hull, Chesley D.
312
Hull, J. M. and
Wife
312
Hull, Melvin A.
312
Hull, Orin W.
312
Jackson's Mill
65
Johnston, W. W.
688
Johnston, Mrs. W. W.
688
Kedigh, Michael and Wife
424
LaDue Elevator
208
Lamkin, Uel W.
Frontispiece
Legg, John P.
792
Legg, Mrs. Mary
792
Log Cabin, Smith
88
McDonald, J. G.
336
McQueen, Andrew D. and Wife.
560
Main Street, Montrose
160
Mann, James D.
488
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Merrill, Mrs. Jessie M.
409
Merritt, Milton B. 752
Merritt, Mrs. Susan
752
Smith, Joseph H.
584
Mitchell, Mary
520
Mitchell, Oscar A.
520
Mitchell, Paul W.
520
Mitchell, Susan B.
520
Park, G. L. and Wife. 416
Park, Rock Island
144
Penland, John W.
296
Post Office, Clinton
72
Prize Winners
224
Prouse, Thomas P. and Family 664
Pruessner, A. W. and Family
576
Redford, A. B.
344
Redford, Mrs. A. B. 344
Reunion, Old Settlers
96
Robison, John W. and Family
632
Rush, John A.
608
Rush, Mary A.
608
Rusk, William and Wife
376
Schmedding, J. B. and Family
392
Schmidt, Herman and Family
640
Schools, Windsor
144
Sevier. Edward F.
536
Sevier, Mrs. Clara
536
Shewmaker, S. W. 744
Smith, George F. and Wife 712
Spangler, Levi A. and Family
768
Standke, William F. and Family 648
Street Scene, Deepwater
176
Stringer, J. E. and Wife.
568
Stout, George M. and Family
656
Swaters, John and Family
480
Teays, Mrs. Eliza Ann
384
Teays, James T.
384
Waugh, Mrs. Gertrude
408
Waugh, James H.
408
Waugh, John W.
408
Waugh, John W.
409
Wehmeyer, J. B.
616
Wehmeyer, Mrs. J. B.
616
Wehmeyer, William H. and Family 624
Whitlow, W. H. and Family 552
Wilson, Edwin
464
Wilson, Joseph H.
352
Wilson, Richard B.
448
Wilson, Mrs. Richard B.
448
Wilson, William W.
449
Woodson, Chesley G.
328
Woodson, Mrs. Mary A.
328
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. BEFORE THE WHITE MAN
ORIGIN OF WORD MISSOURI-EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS-FORT ORLEANS-MOUND BUILDERS - OSAGE INDIANS -THEIR KNOWLEDGE, HABITS, HOME LIFE, WEAPONS OF WARFARE-HARMONY MISSION 65-69
CHAPTER II. FIRST SETTLEMENTS
CESSION BY FRANCE - POPULATION - FIVE DISTRICTS - THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA 70-72
CHAPTER III. SOME MEN OF EARLY MISSOURI HISTORY
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AS TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR-DANIEL BOONE-LEWIS AND CLARK-PIKE-GOVERNOR BENJAMIN HOWARD-EARLY SETTLERS 73-76
CHAPTER IV. MISSOURI ADMITTED AS A STATE
THE FIRST PETITIONS-THE MEMORIAL OF THE LEGISLATURE-THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE-BOUNDARIES-THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-THE SEC- OND COMPROMISE-DATE OF ADMISSION-THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY 77-78
CHAPTER V. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES
LILLARD COUNTY ORGANIZED-ITS FIRST COUNTY COURT-FIRST DIVISIONS- TEBO TOWNSHIP-REV. HENRY AVERY-FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS-FIRST ELECTION-EARLY HENRY COUNTY SETTLERS-FIRST FARM IMPLEMENTS- OTHER EARLY SETTLEMENTS 79-84
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VI.
THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNTY
THE FIRST COUNTY COURT-STORES ESTABLISHED COUNTY SEAT LOCATED- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 85-86
CHAPTER VII.
THE OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION JOHNSON AND RIVES COUNTIES ORGANIZED THE FIRST OFFICERS-THE FIRST SHERIFF-ACTS OF THE COUNTY COURT 87-89
CHAPTER VIII. THE COUNTY SEAT LOCATED
CLINTON SURVEYED-NEW COURT HOUSE ORDERED -CENSUS TAKEN - FIRST LOTS SOLD .90-91
CHAPTER IX. BEFORE 1840
EARLY SETTLERS IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP-THE FIRST PREACHERS - WINDSOR TOWNSHIP-MUDDY MILLS-EARLY SCHOOLS-DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP OR- GANIZED-"THE NORTH CAROLINA COLONY"-THE LORD'S CHURCH-CAL- HOUN LOCATED-THE NORTHWEST SETTLERS-THE SOUTHWEST SETTLED -THE OSAGE COUNTRY 92-98
CHAPTER X. FROM 1840 TO 1850
THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY-ST. CLAIR-OTHER COUNTIES-TOWNSHIP OF CEDAR-THE FIRST DRAMSHOPS-THE ASSESSED VALUATION-THE FIRST BRIDGE 99-101
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XI. FIRST THINGS AND EVENTS IN HENRY COUNTY
102-103
CHAPTER XII. THE ORIGIN OF NAMES IN HENRY COUNTY
RIVES-CHANGED TO HENRY-CLINTON-BLAIRSTOWN-CALHOUN-DEEPWATER -LEWIS STATION-MONTROSE-URICH-WINDSOR 104-106
CHAPTER XIII. TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
THE PRAIRIE REGION-ALTITUDE-FORESTS-CLIMATE SOIL TYPES - SUMMIT SILT LOAM-OSAGE SILT LOAM-BATES SANDY LOAM-OSWEGO SILT LOAM- STATISTICS 107-118
CHAPTER XIV. FROM 1840 TO 1860
SETTLEMENTS IN DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP-NEAR CALHOUN-EARLY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS-NEW TOWNSHIPS-INCORPORATION OF CLINTON-WIND- SOR SETTLED-GERMANTOWN-MONTROSE-OSAGE TOWNSHIP-LEESVILLE -COALESBURG 119-123
CHAPTER XV. CIVIL WAR DECADE
DECLINE IN POPULATION-COMING OF THE RAILROAD-ORGANIZATION OF CLIN- TON CHURCHES THE SILVER CORNET BAND-WINDSOR CHURCHES-CAL- HOUN INCORPORATED -SHAWNEE MOUND AND HUNTINGDALE -'SQUIRE WILLIAM PAULCOUNTY FARM BOUGHT-CLINTON BECOMES CITY OF FOURTH CLASS-DESTRUCTIVE FIRE-WINDSOR INCORPORATED-"THE BIG FIRE" IN MONTROSE 124-129
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVI. CIVIL WAR HISTORY
MASS MEETING IN CLINTON-PETITION TO GOVERNOR STEWART-ENLISTMENTS IN BOTH ARMIES-EVENTS IN THE STATE-SURRENDER OF CAMP JACKSON -FLIGHT OF GOVERNOR JACKSON-RETREAT OF PRICE THROUGH HENRY COUNTY-BATTLES OF CARTHAGE AND WILSON'S CREEK-GENERAL OR- DER No. 11 130-147
CHAPTER XVII. TOWNSHIPS
ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE 'TOWNSHIPS IN 1860-CHANGE IN 1868 -NEW TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION LAW OF 1872-73-NINETEEN TOWNSHIPS- FIVE JUDGES OF COUNTY COURT-THE PEOPLE DESIDE TO CHANGE BACK TO THREE JUDGES-"MEADOW COUNTY" 148-152
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES
ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD-EARLY MAIL SERVICE-RELIGIOUS TENT MEET- ING-OTHER COMMUNITY GATHERINGS-SOME PRICES-HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST-RAILROAD AGITATION-THE CLINTON EYE-DICKEY CLAY WORKS -HARTWELL-URICH "MOVES"-NEW BUILDINGS-CLINTON ACAD- EMY AND BAIRD COLLEGE-EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE IN THE DEVELOP- MENT OF THE COUNTY 153-166
CHAPTER XIX. THE LAST OF THE DECADE
AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT-BOOMS IN SEVERAL TOWNS-THE DAILY DEMO- CRAT-WATERWORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT IN CLINTON-THE MAC- ADAM MATTER-VARIOUS ITEMS OF PROGRESS-THE ARTESIAN WELL AT CLINTON-THE LEWIS COAL MINES-WINDSOR BOASTS OF ITS BUTTER-THE SOUTHWESTERN IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION - OLD SETTLERS MEET IN WINDSOR 167-176
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER .XX. HENRY COUNTY IN THE NINETIES
A SERIES OF CALAMITIES THE NEW HENRY COUNTY COURT HOUSE-AGITA- TION TO REMOVE THE UNIVERSITY TO CLINTON-URICH SHIPS MANY PROD- UCTS-KELLOGG'S AIRSHIP-DEATH OF "BILL" COVINGTON-THE SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR-"COMPANY F"- MONTE BOZARTH -THE FAMOUS MALE QUARTETTE-IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY-TURKEYS AT SEVEN AND A HALF CENTS A POUND-RAILROAD TROUBLES IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY- MEETING IN CLINTON-LIQUIDATION OF STATE BANK OF CLINTON-REUNION OF EX-CONFEDERATE VETERANS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TEACHERS' ASSO- CIATION-DEATH OF GENERAL BOONE 177-199
CHAPTER XXI. BEGINNING IN 1900
THE 'FRISCO BUYS THE BLAIR LINE-THE BEER INSPECTION LAW-INDUSTRIAL IRON WORKS-THE FRISCO CONTROLS THE MEMPHIS GAS AND OIL-THE CASEY HERD-RURAL MAIL DELIVERY-THE URICH REUNION-THE FIRST CLINTON CHAUTAUQUA-THE HENRY COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COM- PANY-THE YOUNGERS STREET CAR HISTORY-GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT- HENRY COUNTY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR-THE CANDIDACY OF FOLK FOR GOVERNOR-THE "FOUR COUNTY FAIR"-THE WEATHER 200-216
CHAPTER XXII. FINANCIAL DISASTER AND DEPRESSION
CLINTON NATIONAL BANK ORGANIZED-THE SALMON & SALMON FAILURE-THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTION-RESIGNATION OF WINDSOR OFFICIALS-MURDER OF CAPT. ALLISON-MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN CLINTON 217-223
CHAPTER XXIII. RECUPERATION AND PROGRESS
THE PEOPLES BANK OF CLINTON-UNION OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES-SALOON LICENSES-DEATH OF BROTHER GIVEN-THE U. D. C. BESTOWES CROSSES OF HONOR-JUDGE BOYD'S PICNIC-THE BANKS IN URICH-THE PANIC OF 1907-NEW BANK IN MONTROSE-POLITICS IN 1908-FARIS NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR-EXPLOSION AT WINDSOR-DEATH OF DE ARMOND-DICKINSON ELECTED TO CONGRESS 224-239
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. OTHER EVENTS AFTER 1905
A FEDERAL BUILDING-DRAINAGE QUESTION-FOUNT PIPER'S AIRPLANE-THE CENSUS OF 1910-BAIRD COLLEGE PURCHASED THE ELECTION OF 1910- BUILDING ACTIVITIES 240-249
CHAPTER XXV.
RAILROADS
RAILROADS-PAYMENT OF BONDS AND THEIR HISTORY-CELEBRATION OF BOND- BURNING-FIRST ISSUE OF BONDS-LITIGATION-COMPROMISE-PAYMENT- OFFICIAL RECORDS-JUDGE PHILLIPS' ADDRESS 250-280
CHAPTER XXVI.
STATISTICS
SIZE OF COUNTY-NUMBER AND SIZE OF FARMS-FARM FAILURES -VALUATION- NUMBER AND WORTH OF FARM ANIMALS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH- FIGURES ON ILLITERACY-POULTRY INDUSTRY-ACREAGE OF VARIOUS CROPS 281-288
CHAPTER XXVII. BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGES
289-880
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Adair, Clay
292
Adair, Isaac 829
Adair, James W. 791
Adler, B.
668
Adkins, Charles M. 407
Adkins, J. E. 456
Alexander, Wiley H. 386
Allen, Albert M.
775
Allen, Dr. Robert L. 697
Allen, Robert W. 696
Allison, Alfred H. 423
Anderson, Jasper M.
592
Anderson, John Q. 534
Anderson, Mason
337
Angle, George N.
304
Armstrong, Aurelius L. 606
Armstrong, Harry 513
Armstrong, Rev. William P. 453
Atkins, John G.
727
Avery, Robert W.
760
Bailey, George W. 512
Baker, James 876
Barber, Harry A. 840
Barr, Dr. Bernice B. 308
Bartels, Anton
437
Barth, David 528
Barth, Edward W. 693
Barth, George 682
Barth, John
504
Barth, John W. 694
Barth, Robert
692
Barth, Walter
682
Batschelet, Fred
586
Batschelet, John
594
Baum, Henry 356
Beaty, J. C.
803
Beaty, Dr. J. G. 800
Beaty, T. D.
804
Bellinghausen, William 495
Bennett, James E.
341
Bennett, John M.
817
Benson, S. R. 789
Bettels, Barney 475
Bettels, William 869
Biggs, Samuel 670
Bilderback, Thomas J. 736
Black, Taylor 539
Blackmore, Dr. T. Albert. 531
Bleil, C. N. 781
Blėvins, Jonathan 544
Bolinger, Perce 332
Booth, Royal W. 678
Boston, William M. 726
Bowen, John 834
Bowen, Thomas R. 521
Boyd, John W. 572
Bradley, Dr. Horace 843
Bradley, Dr. Manuel E. 541
Brandenburg, Eugene N. 758
Braun, John 485
Britell, William S. 674
Brown, Charles D.
514
Brown, Ernie C.
388
Brown, John D.
360
Brown, Martin V. 468
Bryant, James 875
Buckner, Frank M. 553
Burch, David L.
595
Burch, Rolla W. 623
Burris, Homer T. 500
Butcher, Alexander M. 728
Butcher, Clinton E. 810
Butcher, James Wallace 680
Butcher, Ralph E.
729
Caldwell, Earl R. 393
Calvert, Dr. W. B. 350
Calvird, Francis M. 509
Cannon, William H.
846
Carle, George B. 551
Carney, Joshua 672
Carney, Joshua C.
748
Carter, Capt. W. F.
306
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Chastain, J. H. 630
Cheatham, Dr. C. L. 335
Cheatham, John T. 636
Duckworth, Joseph L. 613
Dugan, Robert H. 413
Dunaway, Andrew J. 793
Dunaway, L. N. 794
Churchhill, Henry C. 836
Clark, Charles M. 411
Clark, David W.
471
Clary, Agrippa V.
Clifton, Walter
599
Collins, William B.
400
Conrad, Nicholas B.
864
Cook, Jesse D.
677
Cook, John J.
438
Cornick, Edgar
302
Costley, Eugene W.
765
Covington, Edwin S.
855
Covington, Robert L.
619
Cress, Dr. L. L.
343
Crews, Charles F.
811
Crews, James W. 824
Crews, Samuel P. 812
Croley, Jesse D.
635
Crome, William F.
289
Cruce, George W.
861
Cunningham, J. O.
764
Cuthrell, Edward F.
590
Dahlman, Gerhart A. 472
Dannett, Hubert T. 842
Daniels, DeLacy 537
Davis, A.
717
Davis, John C. 731
Davis, Walter G. 522
Davis, William H. 548
Davis, William P.
848
Day, V. J. 340
Dehn, George H. 872
Delozier, Edward B. 502
Depew, Allen L.
779
Detweiler, Charles A.
800
Diehl, Frank P.
593
Dillon, Alfred G. 546
Doll. John 496
Doll, John 679
Doll, William 440
Doll, Walter H.
681
Drach, John, Jr.
776
Drake, C. W. 798
Edmondson, James W. 556
Edmondson, Richard W.
577
Edwards, Michael 579
Elbert, Frank
840
Elbert, Thomas L. 538
Ellison, James L. 879
Engeman, August 437
Engeman, Charles W.
460
England, James
597
Faith, Richard T. 852
Faris, Herman P. 516
Feaster, Ross E. 517
Fellhauer, F. L.
757
Ferry, I. L. 380
Fewel, Dr. Richard B.
434
Finks, Mark F.
784
Fisher, Thomas L. 723
Focht, John F.
390
Foote, William A.
359
Forsythe, Kapels 703
Fox, Samuel 759
Freeman, Garrett 880
Freeman, James M.
808
Funk, Robert M.
557
Gaines, Charles W. 600
Gamlin, John B. 763
George, Charles D. 569
Geraghty, John J. 626
Gillilan, James B.
432
Gilkeson, William L. 375
Goodwin, E. M. 609
Goth, John G. 490
Gracey, Edward A. 331
Graham, Charles L. 654
Grant, L. E.
451
Gray, Cecil E.
722
Driggs, W. A. 620
Duck, William R. 777
Cheatham, W. C. 636
Cheek, Walter W.
701
Childers, William 756
Dunn, James A. 684
Dunn, William E. 646
Dunn, William R. 690
695
Dunning, Albert
368
Duvall, James W. 844
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Gray, Francis M.
714
Jackson, George H. 533
Gray, Joseph W. 565
Gretzinger, George 394
Johnson, George A. 719
Griefe, Fred H. 558
Johnson, James W. 405
Griffith, Daniel P.
570
Johnson, Oley 564
Johnston, William W. 688
Jones, L. C. 302
Jones, Robert Lee 582
Guynn, R. A.
863
Julian, Joseph W. 830
Hackney, T. B. R 642
Hageboeck, Bernard H. 494
Haire, Dr. Robert D.
310
Hampton, Dr. Joseph R. 782
Hall, Theodore E.
667
Hall, William F.
825
Harness, Joseph H. 395
Harrison, James M.
373
Harkless, Reuben
837
.
Kent, E. C. 827
Kerr, James A. 650
1
Keyes, L. E.
611
Keyes, L. W. 612
Kibbey, H. N. 673
Kinyon, J. S. 783
Klutz, Dr. L. M. 321
Knisely, O. W.
629
Lampkin, Ethelbert 477
Lawler, Logan S.
501
Layman, John 397
Lear, W. F.
762
Levy, Albert L. 855
Legg, John P. 792
Lindsay, Reuben T. 878
Lingle, Claud
510
Lionberger, Ralph 706
Little, John 746
Long, William E. 666
Loudermilk, Arthur C. 754
Luallen, Calvin
671
Huey, Ellet 704
Hull, Herman M.
363
Hull, J. Melvin 312
Hunt, Edwin B. 866
Hunt, Jefferson A. 732
Hunt, J. L. 730
Hurley, W. H. 301
Huston, Joseph W. 571
Hutcherson, Edward L.
853
Ingham, H. B.
643
Kahn, Sol 426
Kalwei, Henry 870
Keck, Frank 739
Keck, Fred
I
772
Kedigh, Michael 424
Keil, Charles J. 299
Kellams, C. D. 831
Kensigner, E. J.
790
Hastain, Woodson A.
446
Hastain, W. T. 796
Hecker Brothers
417
Hecker, Henry B. 417
Hendrick, William
D.
401
Heiman, Fred H.
461
Helphrey, Levi 877
Hendricks, Charles A.
812
Henny, George H. 698
Herrold, George C.
655
Herst, John J.
506
Hibler, Joseph F. 469
Hill, Fred C. 410
Hines, Woodford M. 845
Holland, Robert H. 689
Holland, Wesley 720
Holliday, George S.
618
Hollopeter, H. Bryant
404
Hornbarger, J. E. A. 709
Houck, Conrad
320
Hovestadt, Rev. William 429
McCalmon, William S.
745
McCann, Elmer O. 785
McCown, Walter R. 815
McCowan, William M. 524
McCoy, John 773
McDonald, Josiah G. 336
McFarland, Albert W. 707
Mclntire, Omer H. 713
Mckean, Lewis B.
766
McKeaigg, B. F.
364
Grinstead, Edmond B. 547
Grigsby, R. C.
371
Gutridge, W. W. 833
Jackson, George W. 540
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
McKee, James T.
617
McQueen, Andrew D. 560
Paul, Samuel W. 802
Paul, Squire William 797
McQuitty, William T.
806
Patt, J. M.
668
Peckenpaugh, Luke W. 628
Maddox, R. H.
365
Major, Robert E. 522
Mann, James D. 488
Marks, Jacob A.
587
Marksberry, E. R.
742
Marksberry, James A.
718
Marseilles, Dr. William M.
315
Martin, Charles H.
463
Martin, John
737
Martin, W. A.
621
Martin, William G.
686
Menker, Bernard
427
Meredith, William M.
740
Merrill, Jesse C.
733
Merritt, Milton B. 752
Mertel, Charles H.
378
Miller, Henry F.
649
Miller, Dr. James M.
418
Miller, William J., Sr. 529
Ming, Robert D.
859
Ming, William F. 860
Mitchell, Oscar A.
520
Mitchell, Walter S.
484
Mohler, M. R.
685
Moore, William W. 847
Morgan, John W. 642
Moyer, James A. 482
Munday, George H.
554
Munsterman, John J.
665
Neill, Dr. Stephen T. 317
Newman, Charles
583
Nold, Joseph B.
458
Norris, W. C.
645
North, Henry C.
819
Nuckles, J. H.
655
Ogg, Thomas W.
497
Olson, Fred W.
527
Oswald, Fridolin
691
Overbey, John A.
639
Owen, John 634
Page, J. W.
Palmer, Roy K. 519
Park, General L. 416
Parks, Peyton A.
293
Parks, Thomas B.
357
Paul, James 798
Peckenpaugh, John R. 628
Penland, J. W.
296
Phillips, B. G. 625
Phipps, W. R. 659
Pierce, John N. 348
Piper, Robert H. 676
Plecker, James F. 444
Poague, George S.
Poague, Henry F.
324
Poague, Dr. Samuel A.
330
Pollard, Dr. David A. 850
Pollock, J. S. 662
Powers, L. D. 786
Poynter, William M. 346
Prouse, Thomas P. 664
Pruessner, August W.
576
Puthoff, Joseph H.
473
Puthoff, Frank
871
Ragland, Frank
492
Raney, T. H.
631
Ream, John
735
Reavis, Edwin M.
457
Rector, William H.
813
Redford, Archalus B. 344
Reiling, H. J.
415
Rentchler, Ben
339
Rhoads, Jacob
421
Rice, John C.
857
Richardson, Bryce F.
578
Richardson, Clyde N.
580
Robinson, John W.
632
Robison, S. W. 633
Rock, Edward F. 436
Rogers, Dr. James R. 750
Rogers, Thomas J.
753
Ross, Edgar A.
873
Ross, Joe A. 711
Royston, John H. 591
Runner, W. T. 297
Rush, John A.
608
Rusk, William
376
Sappington, Richard P.
543
Saunders, Elijah W.
487
322
McQuitty, George N. 742
770
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Scherff, J. W. 805
Schmedding, John B. 392
Schmedding, Joseph 428
Schmidt, Fred 486
Schmidt, Herman
640
Schneider, Jacob
382
Schweer, George W.
333
Schweer, Julius H.
658
Sevier, Edward F.
536
Sevier, James W.
683
Shelton, William A.
525
Shepperd, D. E. 661
Shewmaker, S. W.
744
1
Shoemaker, John F.
508
Simms, Dennis
820
Simonds, Charles 589
Slack, James E. 559
Slack, Henry
563
Slayton, William T. 795
Smith, George F.
712
Smith, Harry P. 653
Smith, Joseph H.
584
Smith, William F. 505
Snapp, Woodford A.
399
Snodgrass, T. L.
669
Snyder, Charles H. 361
Snyder, Jacob F.
818
Spangler, David C. 823
Spangler, Grady 755
Spangler, Levi A.
768
Spore, James S. 318
Spry, Benjamin F. 761
Standke, William F.
648
Stansberry, W. A.
700
Steele, Albert L. 389
Stevens, Willis M.
605
Stewart, Harry A.
651
Stewart, Walter 856
Stone, Aaron L.
809
Stout, George M. 656
Strieby, Dr. Ulysses G. 751
Stringer, Joseph E. 568
Swart, Thomas M. 702
Swart, William S. 710
Swaters, John
480
Swindell, Thomas M. 816
Teays, James E.
384
Teeman, Henry
475
Thomas, James S. 596
Thompson, Benjamin F. 839
Thompson, Charles L. 716
Thompson, Robert L. 749
Thompson, Walter C.
838
Tillman, Nelson H. 771
Titus, John H. 705
Trainer, John M. 849
Trolinger, John C. 821
Tubbesing, John 589
Tubessing, William
804
Tyler, Paul
614
Uhlenbock, Christian 567
Vansant, Samuel A. 372
VanWinkle, J. F.
675
Vickars, William H. 450
Volkmann, Otto
367
Wagner, Frank
462
Walker, Calvin E. 604
Walker, George W. 603
Wall, Eugene E. 574
Wallis, Dr. J. R. 314
Wally, Andrew 867
Ward, Ernest 722
Ward, Oscar T. 724
Ward, W. S. 698
Waugh, James H. 408
Waugh, John W.
741
Waugh, Walter S. 710
Weakley, A. H. 734
Wehmeyer, John B. 616
Wehmeyer, Robert W. 778
Wehmeyer, William H. 624
Whitaker, Charles H. 291
Whitaker, H. C. 660
White, Frank 481
Whitlow, W. H. 552
Wiley, Abraham 581
Wiley, Charles L. 582
Willard, John W. 854
Willenbring, Herman H. 479
Williamson, David 787
Wilson, Bruce M. 869
Wilson, James R. 464
Wilson, Joseph H.
352
Wilson, Richard B.
448
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Wilson, William 420
Woodson, Chesley G. 328
Wilson, William M. 379
Wright, B. F. 628
Witherspoon, M. B. 443
Wittig, Karl
602
Young, Lawrence P. 637
Witzel, John
442
Young, Oglesby Y.
550
JACKSON'S OLD WATER MILL.
History of Henry County
CHAPTER I.
BEFORE THE WHITE MAN
ORIGIN OF WORD MISSOURI-EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS-FORT ORLEANS-MOUND BUILDERS - OSAGE INDIANS - THEIR KNOWLEDGE, HABITS, HOME LIFE, WEAPONS OF WARFARE-HARMONY MISSION.
The history of Henry County is more or less interwoven with the history of Missouri of which we are a part. It is not the province of a local history to recite in detail the events in the life of the State as a whole; only so much of it will be included as will connect the history of the county, after its organization, to the time when it was merely a part of the wilderness which stretched from the Mississippi westward to the Rocky Mountains.
It is uncertain just what is the precise meaning of the word "Mis- souri"; it seems to have been derived from the language of the Sioux Indians. The Indians known to us as Missouries, dwelt near the mouth of the Missouri River; some authorities say that the word is supposed to refer to the drowning of people in the stream and may possibly be a corruption of the word meaning "Smoky Water." However that may be, of this we are certain; this which we now call Missouri, was once a part of the great territory of Louisiana which was bought by Thomas Jeffer- son from the French, and out of which were carved the wonderful States of this Middle Western country.
The writer will not attempt to recount the stories of early explorers of Missouri. Men like DeSoto, Joliet, Marquette and LaSalle, who made
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explorations through the Middle West, are part of American rather than part of Missouri or Henry County history. It is possible that DeSoto came into the southern part of the State and even into the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is certain that the French people base their claims to the Mississippi Valley on the explorations of the others named; it is equally certain also, that aside from the fact that these explorations gave a basis for the claim to sovereignty, no importance attaches to them so far as the history of the State is concerned.
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