A history of Jasper County, Missouri, and its people, Part 3

Author: Livingston, Joel Thomas, 1867-
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, New York [etc.] The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 625


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Galesburg district school, 103 Gamble, Hamilton R., 58 Game and wild animals, 11 Gammon, James, 299 Gammon & Henderson, 298 Gant, James B., 517, 51S Garden Dell school, 100 Gardner, I. F., 133


Garfield School, 475 Garland, Edward, 350


Garland, G. P., 267 Garland, John, 229


Garland, Thomas, 319


Garland, Thomas M., 234


Garland, W. H., 72, 75


Garm, J. A., 454


Guinn, J. M., 380


Gulick, J. F., 1041


Gwinn, J. M., 483, 484, 485


Hackney, Benjamin F., 227, 234, 908


Hackney, H. M., 358


Hackney, Thomas, 437


Hagerman, F. M., 307


Haggart, James T., 746


Hahan, James, 30


Haines, Emmet, 314


Haines (Mrs.) Emmet, 314


Haines, Mollie, 314


Hall, Bery, 30


Hall, Elizabeth L., 898


Gilbreath, J. B., 429 Gilliland, Jennie, 266 Gillis, John, 387


Gillis, John W., 263 Gilmore, G. W., 765


Gilyard, Thomas, 497


Givler, I. H., 333 Givler, Isaac H., 929


Glarrell, J. W., 193


Glassford, W. A., 130


Glenn, W. C., 510 Glover, C. W., 156 Glover, J. B., 287


Gmeiner. . John. 389, 864


Gonley, Robert, 314


Good roads, 17, 333 Goodner, Salem, 775 Goodwin, J., 314 Gottfried, Charles F., 520 Goucher, D. R., 125, 328 Gould, Mrs. L., 492 Grace Episcopal church, Carthage, 81, 134 Graff, Jacob F .. 945


Fry, H. B., 132, 133 Frye (Mrs.), 314 Fugitt, George W., 1075 Fullerton, George H., 561 Fullerton, J. H., 67 Fullerton, John M., 7 Fullerton, Lee, 497 Funk, Frank A., 807 Funk, J. J., 415


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Harrington, Charles O., 122, 234, 235, 243, 325, 351


Harrington, Robert E., 1028 Harrington, T. J., 298, 299, 415 Harrington Hotel, 234 Harris, Charles, 24 Harris, E. S., 884 Harris, Joseph D., 682 Harris, O. A., 557


Harris, W., 133 Harrison, F. M., 130 Harrison, J. C., 809 Harrison, J. T., 534 Hart, J. W., 121 Hart, Truman R., 757 Harvey, Austin, 773 Harwood, J. H., 133 Hattel, A. H., 227 Hatten, Amos D., 616 Hatyard, W. B., 227 Haughawaut, T. B., 226, 227


Haughawout, Wilbur F., 610


Haughton, Aaron, 322, 372, 511


Haven, H. H., 205 Hawkins, W. J., 485 Hayden, T. C., 301 Haynes, J. W., 314 Hayseed mine, 338


Hazen district school, 105


Head, Louie, 909 Heckathorn, Simeon C., 890 Heim street car line, Joplin, 473 Helm, Ella, 416 Helman, J. W., 119 Henderson, Charley G., 634 Henderson, S. C., 208, 406 Hendrickson, U. B., 91, 119 Hendrickson, W. B., 319


Henney, H. C., 112, 130-131 Henry, J. W., 267


Henson, Henry C., 873 Herrington, Charles O., 310, 333 Herron, Thomas, 669 Hesslemyer, George H., 163, 164 Hiatt, Ed., 550 Hibbard, (Rev.), 240 Hickman, James M., 321 Hicks, W. G., 472 Higgins, J. F., 226 Higgins, J. J., 234 High Hill district school, 104 Hilburn, William, 299 Hill, G. R., 346 Hill, Hiram, 135 Hill, Peter, 121 Hilliard, E. W., 226 Hinkson, W. C., 201


Hinton, Marsh, 322 Hire, Mrs. S. J., 389 Hoag, David D., 694 Hobbs, T. B., 437 Hobbs, Mrs. T. B., 353, 535 Hodge, A., 7 Hodson, I. C., 227 Hodson, Mrs. I. C., 353 Hodson, I. N., 226 Hodson, W. L., 429 Hogle, Judge. 179 Holiday, G. M., 536 Holly, William M., 778 Holmes. John H., 252


Holmes, John R., 470 Holsey, Martin, 67 Holt, David, 236 Holyard, W. B., 260 Hood, Norris C., 55, 72, 83 Hood, Stephen, 10


Hood, Taylor, 951 Hoofnagle, William, 907


Hooker, Louis E., 521 Hopkins, David, 228


Hopkins, J. F., 72 Hornback, George, 14, 15, 16, 17


Hottle, Robert H., 227 Houghton, Janette, 266


Howanstein, George C., 350, 351


Howard, W. L., 485


Howe, John, 157 Hoyt, A. P., 285, 286


Hubbard, Edward E., 438, 987


Hubbard, Henry, 30, 226 Hubbell, C. J., 229


Hudson, George, 218


Hughey, George H., 241


Hughs, T. J .. 342 Hulett, A. A., 328, 417


Humes, Guy T., 469, 520 Humphreys, Henry C., 737


Hunsicker, William, 314 Hunt, Rice, 370


Hunter, J. A., 49 Hunter, Mrs. L. A., 507 Hurlbut, William K., 719


Hurley, J. M., 225


Hurst, Asa, 350


Hurty, A. M., 243


Huston, James A., 523


Hutchens, J. B., 225


Illinois Zinc Company, 486 Improved Order of Red Men, Joplin, 503 Independent Candy and Manufacturing Com- pany, The, 1023 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 86, 136. 204, 277, 314, 358, 507, 562 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mineral Lodge, Joplin, 389 Ingham, E. T., 380 Inland Lead and Paint Company, 256


Inman, John H., 866 Irvin, J. G., 238


Irving school, Joplin, 475


Isherwood, H. L., 320


Interstate Bank, Joplin, 367 Interstate Chautauqua Assembly, 327, 549 Interurban Street Railway system, 328


Jaccard, Elizabeth, 557 "Jack," 199, 203 (see also Zinc blende) Jacks, John, 426 Jackson, Claiborne, 46, 50 Jackson, Henry A., 862 Jackson, Mrs. Laura, 508 Jackson High school, Joplin, 375, 475 Jacob, J. W., 96, 98. 125 Jacobs, Ernest B., 130, 234, 325, 350, 351, 525. 596 Jacobs, Mrs. E. B., 353 James, Elwood B., 14 James, J. T., 320, 406, 420 James, M. M., 121 James, Robert M., 676


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Jammison, Mrs. E. A., 61 Jane Chinn Hospital, Webb City, 560, 561 Jasper, 221 Jasper, Sergeant, 6


Jasper Commandery No. 31, K. T., Carthage, . 252


Jasper county at the World's Fair, Chicago, (1893), 327


Jasper County Bank, Carthage, 125


Jasper County Bankers' Association, 453


Jasper County Camp No. 522, of United Con- federate Veterans, 517


Jasper County Electric Railway Club, 330


Jasper County Electric Railway Company, 329 Jasper county fair, 80


Jasper County Old Settlers' Association., 113, 139


Jasper County Pomological and Horticultural Society, 111


Jasper county ring hunt, 118


Jasper County Sunday School Association, 81


Jasper County Teachers' Association, 441


Jasper County Teachers' Institute, 98, 102, 440 Jasper County Teachers' Normal, 231, 440


Jasper-Newton County Old Settlers' Associa- tion, 333


.Jasper school, 100 Jeans, Frank, 253


Jefferson school, Joplin, 475


.Jenkins creek, 8


Jenkins. Eleven, 789


.Jenkins, Ephraim, 8


Jenkins. George, 974


.Jenkins, M., 192


.Jenkins, M. P., 320, 321


Jenning, D. Estaing, 81


Jennings, Edmund, 4


.Jesse, R. H., 485


Jesse, R. N., 441


John, W. E .. 475


John, W. H., 353


John oratorical medal, 353


Johns, Emma (Mrs. De Armond), 328


Johns, Frank, 734


Johns. Henry C., 1039


Johnson. Gabe, 16


Johnson, Georgia, 389


Johnson, Jacob, 970


Johnson, .J. Wesley, 274


Johnson, Milton S., 931


Johnson. V. L .. 342


Joiner. W. B., 382


Jones. D. W .. 153


Jones. Robert B., 624


Jones. Thomas, 314


.Joplin, Harris, 29, 143


Joplin --- Founding of. 141-164: in 1873, 165- 173: in the middle seventies. 174-198: in the later seventies, 199-211: in 1876. 175: during the eighties, 255-296; in the nineties, 363-414; in 1900-11, 464-531 .Joplin & Baxter State and Transfer Line. 161 Joplin Board of Trade, 185. 203


Joplin Building and Loan Association. 258 .Joplin Business College, 382


.Joplin Chapter Rose Croix, No. 3. 510


Joplin Charitable Union, 395


.Joplin Chautauqua societies. 280


.Toplin Children's Home. 397 .Toplin Choral Union, 530


Joplin National Bank, 367


Joplin churches in brief, 490 Joplin city census (1905-10), 464 Joplin city light plant built, 360


Joplin City Park system, 465


Joplin City school district organized, 270 Joplin city scrip, 168


Joplin Clearing House Association, 453


Joplin Club, 259, 399, 400, 401, 522


Joplin Club Theatre building, 400


Joplin Club's social session (1900), 522


Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons, 271


Joplin Commercial Club, 528


Joplin court house, 321 Joplin Cycle Club, 413


"Joplin Daily Globe." 330, 370, 472, 481, 508


"Joplin Daily Herald," 379, 410


Joplin "Daily News," 202, 515


Joplin "Daily Tribune," 472


Joplin district school (1911), 475


Joplin Electric Railway, 370


"Joplin Evening Times," 472


Joplin exposition, 292


Joplin Exposition Company, 208


Joplin fire department, 207, 263, 466


Joplin flouring mill, 256


Joplin fraternites in the eighties, 275-80


Joplin gas works, 206


Joplin Germania Society, 279


Joplin & Girard Railroad, 95


"Joplin Herald," 288


Joplin "Herald's" Company G Box, 410


Joplin High school, 476


Joplin High school alumni, 376, 380, 479


Joplin Hotel, 181


Joplin Land Owners' Association, 182


Joplin Legion No. 2, Select Knights, A. O. U. W., 276


Joplin Light Infantry, Company G, 340


Joplin Lodge No. 34, A. O. U. W., 204


Joplin Lodge No. 40, K. of P., 197


Joplin Mining & Smelting Company, 149


Joplin's Municipal Officers (1900-11), 467


Joplin National Bank, 367


Joplin "News Herald," 206, 472, 493, 879


.Joplin's new union depot, 472


Joplin Old Settlers' Association, 383, 384. 455, 456 Joplin paid fire department, 372


Joplin Public Library, 485


Joplin Public Library Movement Inaugurated, 382


Joplin Public School Library, 269


Joplin Railway Company, 201


Joplin Rifles, 285-7, 340, 310


Joplin saloons in 1875, 174


.Joplin School Board (1872) entertainers 1892 Board, 383 Joplin school officials (1900-11), 484


Joplin skating rink. 207


Joplin Special Road District. 368


Joplin students at Baird College, Clinton. 381


Joplin Summer Normal. 474


"Joplin Sunday Herald," 206


Joplin Telephone Company, 371


Joplin Temperance Union, 274


Joplin Temple No. 78, Rathbone Sisters, 508


Joplin township, 169


Joplin Truant School. 476


Joplin Turnverein Germania, 197


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Joplin water works, 257 Joplin white lead 'works, 255 Joplin woolen mills, 256 Joplin Young Ladies' Seminary, 210 Joplin Zouaves, 287 Joplin's first circus (Dan Rice's), 182 Joplin's first "Fourth of July," 157 Joplin's first street car line, 257 Joplin's first theater, 183 Judges county court, 226, 228, 229, 310, 321, 437 Judges probate court, 321


Kaiser, J. W., 512 Kane, W. B., 424, 425 Kansas City & Southern (the Splitlog) Rail- way, 265 Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railway 127, 95


Karbe, William, 158, 198 Karr Hotel, Carthage, 126 Keeler, E. H., 553 Keer, D. D., 320 Keim, Henry, 333


Keith, M. F., 466 Kelley, G. W., 58


Kelley, James, 410 Kellogg, Charles A., 540 Kelsey, Fred W., 999 Kelso, N. H., 438


Kelso, Robert S., 689 Kennel, A. D., 889 Kentucky Association, 463 Kerns, Jesse, 301 Kerr, William, 16 Kershaw, Frank, 206 Kessler, Benjamin F., 939 Keystone Hotel, 399 Kier, Clarence H., 826 Kilburn, H. C., 475 Kilgore, W. H., 185, 227, 94 Kinell, R. B., 559 King district school, 105 King, F. M., 416 King, Francis M., 982 King, Herbert R., 979 King, W. G., 1024 Kirkham, Louise, 475 Kissel, David H., 961 Knealand, Samuel M., 26 Knell, Edward, 550, 869 Knell, Emma, 871 Knell Fair, Carthage, 550 Knight, L. G., 475 Knight, W. S., 237, 135 Knights of Kodash, Joplin Council, No. 3, 511 Knights of Pythias, Carthage. 135, 359, 548 Knights of Pythias, Grand Lodge, 251, 548, 514 Knights of Pythias, Joplin, 278, 279, 507 K. P. masquerade ball, Webb City, 305 Knights of Pythias, Progress Lodge 216, Car- terville, 430 Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank during the early nineties, 358


Knight s of Pythias reception, Webb City Lodge, No. 115, 421 Knights of the Golden Eagle, Joplin, 277 Knights Templar, Ascension Commandery No. 39. 387


Knights Templar Grand Commandery of Mis- souri convention (1906), Joplin, 515 Koehler, G. W., 384, 457 Kohlman, W. H., 438 Kost, L. W., 441


Kyle, Charles W., 958


Labor day first observed in Joplin, 279 Lafayette school, Joplin, 475


LaForce, Samuel B., 53, 71


LaForce, William, 234


Lamb, Frank, 338


Lamb, Isaac N., 80, 208


Landauer, S., 198


Landers, Abel, 15


Landon, A. C., 342


Landreth, William H., 139, 140, 745


Lane, Josiah, 93


Lane, Melvina, 162


Lang, J. E., 352


Lanyon, William H., 803


Larrimore, W. T., 563


La Russell, 442


Latimer, Maude, 557


Lauderbach, H. O., 287


Lauderbach. William L., 808


Lauderbaugh, Isaac, 947


Lauderbaugh, William F., 944


Laurel school, Joplin, 476


Lead-Discovered at Webb City. 212; sales of Jasper district for 1890-9, 339


Leaming, Clay, 907


Leap year parties (1884), Webb City, 304


Lease, Mary Ellen, 431


Leathers, J. R .. 429


Le Bow, Loy T .. 731


Leckie's (Joplin) Machine Works. 208 Lee, Frank H., 755


Leedy, P. A., 391


Leeming. Clay, 319, 320


Leffen, William J. J .. 716


Leggett, .J. P .. 534


Lehigh, 315


Leidy, John G., 902


Lentz. E. J., 352


Leonard. James M., 466, 806


Leon, M .. 1035


Leslie, Theo. 496 Lester & Aylor, 298


Lewis, A. F., 75, 250, 546 Lewis, C. J., 206, 258


Lewis, George T., 205


Lichliter, L. L., 482, 484


Lichliter, Oscar E., 726


Lincoln school, Joplin. 476 Linnland school, 101, 104


Linton, Ida, 475 Linwick, George, 465


Litteral. Jacob, 346, 779 Lively, Melvin R., 825 Livingston, Chancellor, 262 Livingston, Joel T .. 345, 377. 384, 408, 441, 444, 445, 483. 501, 507, 1078


Livingston. Mrs. Joel T .. 507, 508 Livingston Scouts, 54. 57 Livingston, Thos. R., 33, 54, 59, 60


Lloyd, E., 147 Lloyd. John B .. 471


Local Option-In Carthage (1884), 234; elec- tion in 1887, 228; election 1910, 438. Lochrie, William, 437


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Locke, J. E., 232 Logan, Frank B., 438 Logan, W. R., 437, 536 Log raising, 10 Lone Elm, 187 Lone Elm school district, 191, 266 Longfellow school, Joplin, 476 Loop, D. J. M., 179


Lowdermilk, Z. H., 346, 347 Lowe, Joseph R., 861 Lowry, George B., 964 Lucas, Harold R., 724 Lupton, J. W., 153, 154, 166, 187


Lupton riot, 176 Luscomb, T. T., 233 Lutz, Henry, 198 Lyon, C. A., 468 Lyon, C. W., 397, 517


McAbee, Charles W., 618, 1023


McAntire, Bertha, 381 McAntire, John W., 94, 171, 177, 277, 459, 510 McAntire, W. B., 160, 399, 403, 458


McBride, C. E., 417, 560


McBride, J. S., 94 McCalley, A. L., 463 McCarn, L. C., 371


Mccarthy, L. C., 509


McCarty, A. B., 260


McCarty, Mrs. L. C., 507


McClelland, T. A., 166, 208


McCollough, Ben, 54


McConnell, Arthur B., 635


McCoy, Archibald, 67


McCoy, J. H., 166, 171, 383


McCracken, W. B., 176


McCune, John A., 781


McDaniels, C. W., 259


McDermeit, James A., 884 McDonald, Arch, 438


McDonald, Cora, 475 McDonald, J. A., 366


McDonald Township Farmers' Club, 112 McDowell, Douglas E., 615


McElroy, F. C., 237 McEntee, Patrick, 552 McEntee, Peter, 299 McGehee, Luther, 587


McGoon, Frank L., 308


McGregor, M. C., 77, 83, 84, 91, 139, 226 McGregor, M. G., 71, 80, 119, 234, 237 McGuier, William, 112


McIndo, Hugh, 437, 470, 471, 487 Mckay, John C., 899 McKee, Andrew, 33, 40


McKee, Mrs. S. J., 508


Mackey, Noah A., 911 Mackey, William C., 983


McKelvey, John, 926


Mckelvey, Mary B., 969


McKiearnan, A. E., 1045


Mckinley school, 476 Mckinney, G. W., 266 Mckinney, Thomas K .. 896 McLane, W. R., 108 McManamy, John A., 501, 1049 McMeecham, R. L., 320 McMillen, John A., 342 McMillen, J. M., 341, 342


McMillen, William, 238 McNair. James E., 215, 216


McNalley, Thomas, 229 McNeal, Henry H., 583 McNeill, Roxie C., 686 McNeill, William W., 685 McNew, William B., 333 McPherson, S. D., 10^, 216 McReynolds, Samuel, 332 McReynolds, Mrs. Samuel, 353 Maderie, J. M., Sr., 181


Magoffin district school, 105


Magoon, Frank, 425, 427


Maids of Honor, 518 Maitland, Albert E., 998


Mallory, J. E., 632 Mallory, William H., 817


Malloy, T. C., 493 Manchester, F. W., 520, 521


Manker, C. S., 415


Manker, Hewlett and Company, 297


Manual Training, Joplin High School, 380 Marcum, James G., 663 Marcus, Ross A., 1051


Mardi Gras in Joplin, 288, 290


Maret, J. M., 1015


Mark, L., 215


Markham, W. J., 30


Marmaduke, John S., 247, 249


Marquer, H. E., 552


Marquiss, Elza, 301


Marshall, W. M., 466


Martin, Ankrim, 796


Martin, G. B., 475


Martin, J. F., 266, 267, 275


Martin, J. J., 413


Martin, J. T., 271, 272


Mason, J. C., 107, 128, 209, 267


Mason, W. A., 342


Massey, Benjamin F., 8


Matthews, D., 236, 238


Matthews, L. J., 356


Maurey, D. B., 309


Maynard, W. E., 210, 257, 259


Mead, James P., 512, 714


Medoc, 41, 42, 75, 76


Medoc district school, 104


Medoc (now Joplin) Lodge No. 335, 196


Medoc skirmish, 55 Mehan, M., 352, 548


Meinhart, Julius E., 844


Meister, F. W., 163


Meloy, O. P., 371


Melton, John H., 833


Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern Railroad Company, 94 Mercer, Henrietta, 195


Meredith, J. W., 852


Meridian Sun Chapter. Carthage, R. A. M., 137


Merwin, J. B., 375


Metcalf, Charles, 216


Methodist church, Carterville, 220


Methodist church, Carthage, 80


Methodist church, Medoc, 80


Methodist Episcopal church (South). Joplin, 161 Methodist church (South), Carthage. 133


Methodist church (South), East Joplin, 173 M. E. church (South), Webb City. 558 Midway (Jasper), 221 Miles, Charles M., 1038 Miles, E. O., 227


Milholland & Single. 298


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Military Matters-Second Regiment, N. G. M., organized into two battalions, 340; letters replace old names, 340; first appearance at St. Louis, 341; the first regimental camp, 341; sham battle, 342; Carthage honors her dead, 344; semi military societies, 344; the Third Regiment, U. R. K. P., 345; Patri- archs militant, I. O. O. F., 341; the United Confederate Veterans, 341; roster of officers and members, 347; Company G, Second In- fantry, N. G. M., 407; Company G Relief Association, 409; Grand Army of the Re- public encampment (1893), at Joplin, 410; Company I, Second Regiment, N. G. M., 565; 1890 reunion of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, U. S. V., at Carthage, 354; (See also Civil war and Spanish-American war.)


Miller, A. H., 247 Miller, D., 242


Miller, George W., 666


Miller, H. R., 135


Miller, H. S., 529


Miller, Mrs. H. S. (Miss Cora Lichliter), 483


Miller, J. C., 229


Miller, Julius, 285, 286


Miller, Walter, 208


Miller, William A., 724


Mix, Newell, 225


Mineral township railway bonds, 312


Miners' Bank, Joplin, 206


Minersville (Oronogo), 33, 34, 41, 79 Miners' Union, Joplin, 157


Mines (see Mining)


Mining-Commenced at Leadville Hollow, 31; first lead found in Joplin creek valley, 33; discovery of lead near Oronogo, 33; reopen- ing of the mines, 79; Joplin as a mining camp. 150; Joplin smelters and market (1873), 169; in the later seventies, 199; lead discovered at Webb City, 212; new prospecting and mechanical era, 336; Duen- weg. 337; Neck City (Hell's Neck), 337; Reeds, 338; Prosperity, 338; mining around Carthage, 338; Alba, Sarcoxie and elsewhere, 338; output of district for decade (1890- 99). 339; first shipment of zinc to Europe, 374: fifteen years' output (1897-1911), 449; prices for twelve years (1900-11), 450; exhibit at Louisiana exposition. 450; strike at Oronogo, 450; meeting of Ameri- can Mining Congress at Joplin (1907), 528 Missick, James. 218


Missouri Department Grand Army of the Re- public (1909), Joplin, 519


Missouri, Kansas & Fort Worth Railway, 445 Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, 472


Missouri Pacific Railway, 264, 472


Missouri State Bankers' Association Meeting (1900) Carthage, 549


Missouri State Teachers' Association, 107 Missouri & North Arkansas Railway, 445, 472 Missouri & Western Railway, 95 Mitchell, H. H., 342 Mite societies, Joplin. 275 Mock, D. R., 229


M. W. A., .Joplin Camp No. 3039, 389


M. W. A. Log Rolling (1898), at Joplin, 390 Moffet, E. R., 95, 144, 166, 167. 209 Moffet & Sergeant, 146, 170, 201, 205


Molloy, Timothy C., 640 Molyneau. Ted .. 420


Montague, E. J., 350


Monteith, John, 102


Montgomery, Charles H., 188, 270, 321


Moon Range, 150, 151


Mooneyham, R. A., 845


Moore, A. D., 193 Moore, D. W., 444


Moore, Mrs. F. L., 525


Moore, George W., 552, 750


Moore, Harry C., 648


Moore, J. L., 125, 233, 237


Moore, Joseph ("Buckrock"), 299


Moore, L. L., 511


Moore, Melanchthon, 193


Moore, R. F., 956


Moore, Robert, 466


Moore, W. H., 71


Morgan, Charles H., 344, 361


Morris, O. B., 321


Morse, E. I., 549


Morsman, Charles A., 753


Moseley, George, 301


Moss, Samuel T., 927


Mt. Pleasant district school, 107


Municipal affairs (see Politics)


Murphy, L. M., 229


Murphy, Pat., 71, 95, 146, 147, 152-4, 165, 177, 179, 180, 206, 208, 257


Murphysburg (West Joplin), 146, 149, 150, 156, 159, 165, 166 Murphysburg Town Company, 146, 149


Murray, Hendrickson, 298


Murray, Robert, 633


Myers, Frank, 867 Myers, Mrs. Frank, 507


Myers, (Mrs.) Dr., 314


Myers, Peter, 71, 111, 121


Myers, Sidney A., 777


Myers, William B., 122, 233, 235, 350, 651


Napier, (Mrs.), 314 Nash, Harvey W., 770 National Savings Bank of Joplin, 156 Neck City, 337 Negro lynching and the riot, Joplin (1903), 496 Nelson, J. J., 344 Nesbit, Fred H., 445, 565


Neumeyer, Willis C., 932 New Year's day (1891), Joplin, 398


Newell, J. P., 227, 352, 432


Newland Hotel, Webb City, 420


Newman, Henry, 367, 370


Ney, Frank, 319 Nichols, F. B., 67


Nichols, James, 15 Nichols, R. S., 557


Nicholson, Frank, 701


Nickell, I. F .. 892. Nickell, Maude, 186


Nickell, Mrs. W. A., 186


Nickell, W. A., 376, 394, 475


Nilson, Mrs. S., 558


Nix, Simpson S., 476, 774 Nordberg, David A., 971 Norris, Edward A., 924 Norsworthy, Thomas J., 558 North Fork district school, 105


North Heights Presbyterian Chapel, .Joplin, 487 North road (Joplin to Spring river), 264


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Northcott, W. A., 389 Norton, F. B., 320, 321 Norton, W. S., 176, 187 Nunn, Charles W., 1059


O'Donnold, Edwin, 321


Oglesby Camp, Sons of Veterans, Memorial Monument, 359


O'Keif, Eugene, 125, 233 "Old Sacramento," 53 "Old Settlers' Ode to Joplin," 457


Oldest Living Pioneer (J. N. U. Seela), 460 Oldham, Alva, 937 Oliver, Mrs. Tina, 508


Onstott, Abraham W., 7, 13, 68, 69


Onstott, John, 7, 13, 55, 67, 68, 69, 91, 93, 94, 324


O. P. Morton Post No. 14, G. A. R., 276, 518 Oran, Alfred T., 220


Order of Eastern Star, Eminence Chapter No. 93, Carthage, 547


Ore, J. W., 394


Ormsby, S. B., 90, 225, 266


Ornduff, Samuel W., 720


Orner, G. D., 166


Orner, J. C., 156


Oronogo, 33, 79, 220, 221, 432


Oronogo cyclone, 312


Osborn, Albert B., 321


Osborn, J. F., 468, 469, 525


Osborne, John P., 14, 18


Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Joplin, 271 Oversheet, J. B., 298 Owen, James T., 437


Owen, Wilbur J., 661 Owens, J. B., 635


Ozment, Ferdinand, 894


Pacific Hotel, 297


Page, D. M., 322 Paige, Nathaniel, Jr., 763


Pape, J. M., 30


Parkell, A. B., 121


Parker Bros. & Sinclair, 297


Parker, Chiun & Company, 298


Parker, C. L., 488 Parker, John, 940 Parker, Philo W., 973


Parr Hull school, Joplin, 476 Pate, W. W., 276 Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F., 34


Patrick, M. H., 196


Patrons of Industry, 109-11


Patterson, H. C., 193


Patterson, Thomas, 888 Patterson, W. T., 1067


Patton, Israel, 192


Paxton, George B., 510, 523


Payton, George W., 263, 277 Pearson, Edward J., 675


Pearson, Pearl, 676 Pearson, Robert A., 816


Pennington, A. O. T., 265


Perkins, Joseph D., 234, 320, 438


Perkins, Paul B., 257, 258 Perry, James W., 729 Perry school, 101 Peterson, John A., 886 .


Peterson, Leah, 886 Peterson, W. G., 332


Pettit, J. C., 271, 280


Petty, J. W., 328


Phelps, Henry, 266, 276, 413


Phelps, Mrs. S. A., 492


Phelps, W. H., 71, 72, 91, 119, 140


Picher, O. H., 71, 72, 73, 128, 130, 131, 140, 402, 524 Picher, O. S., 204


Picher, W. H., 71, 136, 401, 406, 529


Picher Lead Company of Joplin, 205, 327,


Pierce, Henry, 16


Pierce, J. N., 135


Pierce, J. V., 411, 520


Piercy, F. H., 612


Pile, Joseph R., 704 Pilot Grove (Mount Hope Cemetery), 144


Pinkerton, John W., 81, 135


Pioneer period to the Civil war-Early explo-


rations, 3; civil division prior to county organization, 4; the county named, 6; the first settlers, 7; Cave Springs, 8; a few of the "firsts," 8; pioneer life, 9; log raising, 10; the Spanish caravan, 10; early method of filing land, 11; game and wild animals, 11; the original Jasper county, 14; first township organizations, 15; commission to locate county seat, 15; court house built, 16; first Carthage house, 16; no snap to hold office, 17; the first session of the cir- cuit court, 17; conspiracy or riot case, 18; a new court house built, 19; early political history, 19; county officers, 1841-61, 21; first school section sold, 22; pioneer school dis- tricts, 22; first school described, 23; first county school commissioner, 24; school fund greatly augmented, 25; the Carthage Female Academy, 26; organization of the first church, 26; building of the first church, 27; old fashioned camp meetings, 29; Rev. Harris Joplin and Kev. Anthony Bewler, 29; Peace church of Galena township, 30; mining commenced at Leadville Hollow, 31; first lead found in Joplin Creek valley, 33; discovery of lead near Oronogo, 33; the freeze of 1848; the dragon fly pest, 35; burning of two negroes, 35; going to mill, 36; social amusements, 37; a school teacher tarred and feathered, 39; first newspaper in the county, 39; old Sherwood, 39; a great exhibition of fraternity, 41; towns in Jas. per county before the war, 41; first census of the county, 42 Pinkerton, John W., 135


Pitman, L., 429


Pixley, R. O., 130


Platt, C. B., 535


Platt, John R., 361


Play ground idea in Joplin. 477


Plumb, Carlton H., 741


Plumb, J. C., 194


Plummer, John, 15


Politics-Confederate soldiers re-enfranchised (1870), 89; township organization adopted, 90; county redistricted and township lines changed, 91; campaign of 1874, 91; new constitution, 92; the campaign of 1876. 92; township organization abolished, 93; cam- paign of 1878, 93; first election in Joplin, 158; first Joplin city election, 171; Joplin city election (1874), 178; township elec- tions (1874), 180; Joplin city election (1875), 186; Joplin city election (1876),


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187; presidential election in Joplin, 1876, 189; Webb City's first election, 214; Webb City's spring election (1877), 216; presiden- tial campaign of 1880, 225; "Boys in Blue,"' Carthage, 225; presentation to Col. W. F. Cloud, 226; the campaign of 1882 and 1884-6, 227; Local Option election (1887), 228; court house elections, 228; campaign of 1888, 229; Joplin city officials (1877- 1880), 210; court house elections, 228; in Carthage, 1881-9, 233, 234; Joplin city elec- tions (1880-90), 259-262; Webb City elec- tions in the eighties, 298-9; of the county in the nineties, 319-21; in Carthage, during the nineties, 350-2; in Joplin during the nineties, 363-7; in Webb City during the nineties, 415; in Carthage (1900-9), 533 Pollard, J. W., 94




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