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Mr. E. H. Chapman, of Kansas City, has recently erected and placed in operation, a steam saw mill in the timber, about three and a half miles northeast of town, in the vicinity of Judge Prather's farm. Mr. I. N. Stanfield, formerly of Glasgow, Mo., does the sawing by contract. Dur- ing the past month has'cut over 4,000 feet per day; employs 15 men and 7 teams, and is making a pay roll of over $250 per week, most of which adds to the business of the town.
Bank of Odessa .- The Bank of Odessa was incorporated June 8, 1880, chartered July 19, and began business July 28th of same year. The fol- lowing is a list of
Officers .- J. C. Cobb, President; L. R. Smith, Cashier, and M. G. Wood, Secretary.
Directors .- L. R. Smith, J. C. Cobb, Wm. Harris, J. E. Wagoner, J W. Martin, M. G. Wood, G. A. Campbell, G. S. Kesterson, B. W. Way- man, A. R. Patterson, W. T. Cheatham and S. W. Creasy.
Following is the official statement of the financial condition of the Bank of Odessa, April 30th, 1881:
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RESOURCES.
Loans undoubtedly good on personal collateral security ... .$35,175 03 Loans and discounts undoubtedly good on real estate security. 19,090 00 Over drafts by solvent customers. 37 46
United States bonds on hand. 000 00
Other bonds and stock at the present market prices 000 00
Due from other banks, good on sight draft. 17,617 43
Real estate at present cash market value. 3,597 18
Furniture and fixtures 795 70
Checks and other cash items 1,621 32
Bills of national banks and legal tender U. S. notes
6,410 00
Gold coin.
310 00
Silver and other fractional coin and currency 512 23
Exchange maturing and matured.
200 00
Total
$85,366 35
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.
$10,000 00
Surplus funds on hand. 5,254 74
Undivided declared dividends. 000 00
Deposits subject to draft at sight
67,861 61
Deposits subject to draft at given dates
2,250 00
Due other banks and bankers
000 00
Expenses now due
000 00
Total. $85,366 35
The Hopewell O. S. Presbyterian , Church, at Odessa, was organized September 14, 1850. The original members were: John H. Allison, Eliza Bledsoe, Sarah Bullard, C. D. Copp, S. S. Cornwell, Nancy David- son, John Jackson, Clarinda Jackson, James M. Keith, Thomas Lee, Mary Lee, Elizabeth Lee, Ann Mary Lee, Elizabeth Keith, Nathaniel C. and Rebecca Maxwell, Mary M. Chesney, Jane Patterson, John B. and Ada- line Taylor, H. and Lena Young.
The first church building was erected in 1854 at the village of Mt. Hope. During the late war it was burned, and was rebuilt in 1867. In 1880 the building was taken down and removed to Odessa.
The pastors who have been in charge are the Reverends Thomas A. Brachen, David Coulter, William A. Bagley, Joseph W. Wallace, James Morton, J. E. Latham, B. N. Hobson, and Samuel T. Kuffner, who occu- pies the pulpit at present. The present membership is fifty-one.
Odessa Baptist Church, originally Mt. Hope church, changed August, 1879. It was organized August 25, 1874. Original members: Ann Bird, Hannah Barker, J. B., Nancy, M. E., Thomas W., and Rev. James L. Car- michael; Winifred Burns, Virgil, Samantha, and Mattie E. Halsell, Viola Hatch, Richard Y. Nichelsen, Milton, Mary, Ida B., and Dora M. Smith; Mary J. Starr, Lucinda McClure, Geo. W., and Elizabeth Wheeler. The
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church is frame and was built in 1878, at a cost of $1,450. The church was dedicated August 29, 1880, by the late Rev. Isaac N. Newman. Their pastors have been: Geo. W. Smith, 1874; D. C. Bolton, 1875; J. B. Jackson, 1876; I. N. Newman, 1877; Henry Barton, a short time in 1878; Jas. L. Carmichael, 1878; L. Ellege, 1879; Alex. Barton, 1879; W. T. Russell, 1881, the present pastor. Present members number eigty-seven. Revs. Newman and Barton were supplies only for a short time each. The regular Baptists own a one-fourth interest in the building. Milton Smith, T, W. Carmichael, Thos. W. Gott, trustees, Thomas W. Car- michael, clerk. They have an interesting Sunday-school, organized in April, 1880; Thomas W. Carmichael, superintendant.
Christian Church, of Odessa, was organized in 1879. [Names of origi- nal membership not given.] The church was built in the spring of 1880, of brick, at a cost of $2,000. The church was never dedicated. Their pastor is now Elder W. R. Cunningham, the only pastor they have had. The membership is about 100. The Odessa congregation was organized by the union of a portion of the Mt. Hope and Greenton congregations; about 100 members went into the organization.
The Odessa Class, M. E. Church South, was organized in February, 1880. The original members were: Mr. J. McDonald,.J. W. Wood, N. W. Todd, E. D. Rawlings and wife, Mrs. Hillock. Mrs. Cynthia Reid, Rob't. T. Russell, and Mrs. Rebecca J. Russell.
The Rev. John D. Wood was the first pastor, and the Rev. John B. H. Woolridge is in charge at present. The class numbers thirteen members It has no house of worship as yet, but being in a prosperous condition, expects to build one soon.
Mt. Hope Lodge, No. 476, A. F. & A. M., at Odessa was instituted by Xenophon Ryland, D. D. G. M., under dispensation, dated March 31, 1874. Their charter was issued Oct. 15, 1874. The first officers and additional charter members were, A. R. Leeper, W. M .; Wm. B. Roberts, S. W .; Robert T. Russell, J. W .; John C. Allred, Treasurer ; W. T. Anderson, Secretary; John W. McBurney, S. D .; J. W. Holman, J. D .; A. L. Maxwell, Tyler. S. W. Creasey, John A. Prather, W. B. Couch- man, L. C. Nichols, and J. T. Stanley.
The present officers are W. B. Couchinan, W. M .; J. W. Holman, S. W .; Wm. Thomas, J. W .; L. R. Smith, Treasurer; W. T. Anderson, Secre- tary; J. W.McBurney, S. D .; T. W. Carmichael, J. D .; L.F.Clemens, Chap- lain; W. B. Roberts and S. W. Creasy, Stewards; J. F. Wood, Tyler. The present membership of this lodge is 47. It was originally located at Mt. Hope, but by permission of the G. M. it was removed to Odessa, still retaining its original name.
McKendee Chapel, M. E. Church, South, Sniabar township, is situated in Sec. 34, Tp. 48, R. 28, and was organized in 1840. The following are
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the names of the original members: Morris Cobb, Rebecca Cobb, Eph- raim Waggoner, Sr., Sarah Wood, Isaac Wood, Isham Reese, Malinda Reese, Elizabeth Reese, Nancy Reese, I. M. Cobb, Sarah Cobb, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Gatterfield, Sarah Sparks and others. The first church build- ing, a frame, was erected in 1857-the present, also frame, in 1858 at a cost of $1,100. It was dedicated by the Rev. William Hulks. The names of its successive pastors were-Daniel Leaper, Thos. Ashley, Colborn. The present pastor in charge is Rev. J. B. Woodridge. The number of its present membership is ninety-four, and it's Sunday school was fifty members. The church owns one acre and a half of ground -one acre of which is occupied by the grave-yard, in which James Wag- goner, son of Rev. Ephraim Waggoner, was the first person buried.
The following items of early history were furnished by Mr. Stephen S. White. The first settlers in Sniabar township, were Chas. Hopper, William Helm, Allen Helm and Joseph Cox. The first marriage was that of William White to Nancy Bowers, by Elder Joseph White, about the year 1834. The first male child was James B. White, son of William and Nancy White; and the first female child was Frances White, daughter of John White, who married Miss Cox, in Tennessee, about the year 1832, and came to this county the same year. The first death was that of John White, in 1835, and was burried in the grave yard of Joseph White. Doctors Flournoy and Barren were the first regular physicians in the town- ship. Rev's. John Warder of Kentucky, and Joseph White, of Tennessee, both Baptists, were the first ministers; preaching first in private houses, and then in the school houses. The first school was taught by David White, who taught for years at $200 per year, and died in 1842. Hopper, the Helms, Coxes, and all the early settlers wove cloth for their own use, or wore buckskin.
Old Concord Church, was built of logs, in the year 1842, on the north end of northeast quarter of southwest quarter of section 24. It was built as a church free for all denominations; has 10 acres appropriated for the use of the church, including a grave yard of one acre and a half. The first person buried there was Spencer Adams. The first preachers were Henry Palmer and Jacob Powell, missionary Baptist; John Warder, O. S. Baptist; the Methodist circuit riders; and J. Gillespie, Cumberland Pres- byterian.
Dr. D. M. Reed states that on the old Helm farm in the northeast cor- ner of section 11, a party of Anderson's men were surprised in the spring of 1863, by a portion of Col. Crittenden's command, 7th regiment, M. S. M., and four of the former were killed, and two of the latter wounded.
The house now occupied by Mr. Allred was deserted during the war, and was occasionally occupied and used as a shelter by both parties.
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Many skirmishes occured here, the signs of which are now apparent- bullet holes in the walls, doors, windows, etc.
The Tobacco Factory, of Johnson Williamson, manufactures about 4,000 lbs. of tobacco annually, and is the principal tobacco market for Lafayette county.
Point Lookout, a point on one of the Sni Hills, gives a commanding view of the surrounding country. From it the city of Lexington can be seen to the northeast, and the church steeples of Odessa, also to the north- east. It obtained its name from the bushwhackers, having been used by them as a post of observation. It is located in section 13, township 48, range 29.
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Washington was struck off from Lexington township August 2, 1836, and erected into a new township, with the following boundaries: “Begin- ning at the east line of Clay municipal township, on the township line between the congressional townships 49 and 50, thence south with the said Clay township line to Jackson county; thence east with the county line between Jackson and Lafayette counties to the Freedom township line; thence north with the west line of Freedom township to Davis township, thence with the west line of Davis township to the line between the con- gressional townships 49 and 50; thence west with said line to the begin- ning." Wm. Robinett's was appointed as the place of holding an election, October 29th, for two justices of the peace.
The above boundaries are just as they stand to this day; but the south part of what was then Clay township has since been reorganized into Sniabar township. Washington township contains 102 full sections, and is the largest township in the county.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
As near as can be ascertained Richard Powell appears to be the earliest · settler in Washington township, having located there as early as 1820. His sons, David and Thomas J. and a son-in-law, named Eli Adams, occupied the farm-upon which he settled -- after his death.
Among the other more prominent citizens who early located in the limits of this township, mention is also made of John Jennings, Bently Barton, Nimrod Scott, Norman Pool, James S. Whitsett, Ephraim Pool, John McNeal, James Barker, Thos. Hutchison, Levi Whitsett, Henry James, Morgan Cockrell, John Ingram, Charles Smith, Judge Julius Emmons and Rev. John R. Whitsett, a Cumberland Presbyterian minis- ter. These settled principally in the eastern, southern and northern por- tions of the township.
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John Whitsett, the father of William Whitsett (who came to this town- ship in 1834,) settled near Dover in 1819, and three years later moved to the Slaughter farm. Chatham S. Ewing settled where his son now resides, in 1836.
The following items of early history were furnished by Mr. William Whitsett, whose father, John Whitsett settled near Dover, in this county, as early as 1819. The first settlers in the region of Mt. Hebron Church, were John Ingram, of Tennessee, Charles Smith, of Tennessee, William Whitsett, of Kentucky, Richard Powell and John R. Whitsett, of Ken- tucky, and Chatham Ewing, of Kentucky. The children of John R. Whitsett were the first born there, both male and female. The first death were Mary, daughter of Chatham Ewing, and was buried at the old brick church south of Lexington. Dr. M. W. Flournoy, of Kentucky, and Dr. J. M. Kieth were the first physicians. Rev. Robert Renick was the first Christian minister, and preached in the old Lebanon log school house. He was a Cumberland Presbyterian. The first school house was built in section 29, township 49, range 27, of logs by the neighbors. The first cloth was weaved by Mrs. Chas. Smith. In February, 1835, a negro woman belonging to Nimrod Scott, lost her way, and was frozen to death. She was buried on the roadside by the neighbors.
Mr. Eli Adams furnishes the following items of the early history of Washington township: The first settlers were Richard Powell, Charles Smith, Stephen Barker, Sr., James Barker, Elias Barker, John Barker, Wm. Barker, John Ingram, Julius Emmons, Wm. M. Whitsett, C. S. Ewing and Eli Adams. The first death was that of Mrs. Julius Emmons, which occurred in the spring of 1837.' The first preachers were Revs. Finis Ewing, Robert and John Morrow, Robert Sloan, - Kavanaugh, of the C. P. Church, and Rev. John Warder, of the Regular Baptist Church.
MAYVIEW.
This village has a commanding location, on Heth's Mound* situated on section 18, township 49, range 26, and section 13, same township, and range 27, and was laid out in 1866, by John P. Herr, George Houx, Stephen G. Wentworth, and William Morrison. The name of "May- view" was suggested to Mr. Herr, and subsequently adopted, by the excel- lent view which could be obtained from its cite, of the surrounding coun- try, which presented a beautiful appearance during the month of May.
*Uncle George Honx related at the " Old Men's Club" meeting, how Heth's Mound got its name. In 1812 the british brought to bear every influence they could, to have the Indians engage in hostilities against the Americans, and bands of the Osage and Kaw took the war path. Capt. Heth an old settler of Cooper county, was out with a scouting party from Boonville, or old Franklin, and encountered a body of these hostile Indians a few miles west of this mound, but then fell back to it and there made a determined stand. A sharp and bloody battle then took place, and " the Injins got licked " This place was thereafter known as Heth's Mound. We have the above from Gen. Graham, an old inti- mate friend of Mr. Houx.
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A postoffice was established in 1868, with Mr. John P. Herr postmaster, Mr. Herr built the first house, and also owned and operated the first store. Mr. George Houx built a dwelling house about the same time. The first school house was a frame building, built in 1866, at a cost of $600. The first school was taught by the Rev. William Gordon, and numbered fifty pupils, each of whom paid a tuition of $2.00 per month. The first mar- riage reported was that of John McAllister and Jennie West, who were united in the bonds of wedlock, by the Rev. M. Roth, in 1868, at the house of the bride's parents. The first male child born was Oscar, son of Thos. T. and S. Belle Puckett, born July 6, 1870. Agnes Lee, daughter of Dr. David H. and Katie Bradley, was the first female child born in the village. (Date of birth not reported). The first death to occur was that of Young Ewing, who died in 1869, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Dr. Bouton is asserted to have been the first regular physician, formerly of Kentucky, and who recently went to Colorado. The first religious services were held in a schoolhouse, by the Christian denomination, with Elder G. R. Hand, pastor.
In 1878, Messrs. Waterhouse and Ridings made an addition to the original town, on the west side. Mayview is a flourishing village of about 250 inhabitants, located on the Chicago & Alton railroad, and also on the main thoroughfare between Lexington and Warrensburg. The follow- ing is a partial list of the business houses:
General merchandise, 3; grocery, 1; drugs, 1; blacksmiths, 2; physi- ' cians, 2; mill, 1; hardware, 1; grain dealer, 1; hotels, 2; justice of peace, 1; lumber yard, 1; drug and grocer, 1; livery, 2; furniture, 1.
The Christian Church, of Mayview, was organized December 2, 1852. The first members were: W. H. Stone, E. J. Stone, M. E. Stone, Jane Conn, F. M. Small, E. E. Small, J. M. Small, W. Small, Thomas Proctor, S. Proctor, M. A. Proctor, Easter, (colored woman). The church build- ing is a frame, and was erected in October, 1875, at a cost of about $3,000. It was dedicated as soon as completed by Elder D. M. Grandfield. Their pastors have been: D. M. Grandfield, W. R. Cunningham, W. P. Dorsey, Geo. Plattenburg, J. A. Lord, H. W. Williams, the present pastor. The church has 87 active members. The original name of this church was the Union, and was located three miles south of Mayview. Their church building was burnt down during the war, and the church was then moved to Mayview in 1875, and the name changed to Christian Church of May- view.
SOCIETIES.
Mayview Lodge, No. 318. I. O. G. T., was organized by O. Hutchi- son in November, 1879. The charter members were J. B. Jones, Thos. T. Puckett, Reuben Puckett, E. S. Butt, Jas. Waterhouse, John C.
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Moore, J. P. Herr, J. E. Kinchloe, J. P. Maw, Cordella Moore, F. S. Waterhouse, Belle Puckett, Mrs. Eliza Mckinney, S. E. Ford. The names of its first officers were: J. B. Jones, W. C .; Mrs. Sue Waterhouse, V. W. C .; J. C. Moore, P. W. C .; E. S. Butt, secretery; Thos. T. Puck- ett, chaplain; Mrs. Belle Puckett, treasurer; Jas. Westerhouse, marshal. The names of the present officers are: J. B. Jones, W. C .; Zada Maw, V. W. C .; Thos. T. Puckett, P. W .; E. S. Butt, secretary: J. P. Maw, chaplain; I. W. Whitsett, treasurer; W. P. Keith, Jr., marshal. The number of present members are 42. They own no hall, but use base- ment of Christian church. The lodge is reported in a working condition.
CHURCHES.
The Mound Prairie Baptist Church, situated on the northeast qr. of northeast qr. of section 30, township 49, range 26, was organized Oct. 26, 1842. Its first members were Milton and Isabella Perry, Wm. Lankford, and Julius Burton, of the Lexington congregation, and fifty others, the result of a meeting in the neighborhood. The first building was log, 18x24 feet, and was erected in 1844. The present building is a frame one, 36x58, and was erected in 1858, at a cost of about $2,000. The church was never dedicated. Their pastors have been Elders A. P. Wil- liams, Joseph White, Wm. C. Ligon, I. T. Williams, W. P. C. Caldwell, Amos Horn, Edward Roth, E. S. Dulin, J. A. Hollis, J. Farmer, C. Whit- ing, G. W. Smith, D. C. Bolton, S. Whiting, A. Barton and Wm. Russell, present pastor. The present membership numbers about 175. The church since its organization has received about 500 members. Trus- tees and deacons, Wm. Lankford and Elijah Gladdish; clerk, Robt. Lank- ford; moderator, Wm. Lankford; treasurer, B. F. Vicars.
The Mt. Hebron, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, situated on two acres of northwest qr. of northwest qr., section 22, township 49, range 27, was organized July 11, 1852, by Rev. C. A. Davis. The original mem- bers were Geo. Houx, Eliza A. Houx, Mary A. Houx, Young Ewing, Sam'l T. Whitsett, Absolom Marshall, L. A. Renick, Pruda Ingram, Eveline Woods, Ann Renick, Nancy Powell, Martha Whitsett, Mary Ingram, Mahala Whitsett, Elizabeth Whitsett, Nancy Marshall, Mary E. Marshall, Hezekiah Waterhouse, Lucinda Waterhouse, Chas. L. Ewing, W. A. Ewing, Jas. Wood, Oliver Houx, Pamela M. Lytton, Verlinder Small, Jane S. Renick, John T. Renick, David Ewing, (col.) The first church building was of brick, and was erected in 1851. * This building was burnt down, and another brick one built in 1873. Their pastors have been Rev's. C. A. Davis, W. W. Sudath, J. A. Prather, D.
* George Houx, Col. Thompson Ewing, Chatham Ewing and William Whitsett, of Lex- ington congregation, originated and carried out the plan of building this church. Mr. Houx was the superintendent and principal aider in the enterprise. The building cost $2,385.14, and the name " Mt. Hebron " was adopted by the congregation.
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M. K. Barnett, Jas. H. Drennan, S. Finis King, L. F. Clemens, present pastor. The present membership is 98. The first house was burned on the 16th of March, 1873, and was rebuilt the same year at a cost of about $1,000. The walls of the first building were not destroyed. Ruling Elders, Wm. M. Whitsett, E. M. Harrelson, Hezekiah Waterhouse, H. C. Ewing, Wm. Houx, Joseph A. Pather, Sam'l Smith; clerk, deacon Jas. Waterhouse; trustees, Sam'l Smith, H. C. Ewing. Since its organiz- ation this congregation has received 267 members, including the original ones, and has lost by death 24.
DEEDS OF VIOLENCE.
The following is given by Mr. Eli Adams: In the spring of 1841, Mrs. Mary Scott and her son, King B. Scott, were murdered in this township. Mrs. Scott's body was found in the fire in the house. In the spring of 1843, two years afterward, the body of King B. Scott was found in a branch of the Sni. Suspicion rested upon John C. Lester, a son-in-law of Mrs. Scott, and John Horton. Horton was arrested on a charge of passing counterfeit money, was sent to the penitentiary for a term of two years. While there he declared that Lester had committed the murder of the Scotts-mother and son. The governor was petitioned for a reprieve. Horton returned and Lester was arrested and indicted for the murders, but owing to a technicality, the indictment was dismissed. He was again indicted, took a change of venue, to Henry county; was there tried, found guilty, and hung at Clinton, in 1844.
Some two or three years before the war, a murder occurred on the farm of Mr. Early, on the line between Lexington and Washington townships. Two negroes secreted themselves behind a gate post, and as Mr. Nance, Mr. Early's overseer, was passing through the gate, the negroes struck him with a club, killing him instantly. This happened about daybreak. The negroes were taken to Lexington, tried regularly, and hung.
THE WAR TIME.
About June 20, 1864, " Bill" Anderson, with twenty-two or twenty- three men, met a detachment of Captain Burroughs' company of militia, on the farm of Mr. Wm. Whitsett, near Mt. Hebron church; said detach- ment consisting of thirty-seven men and three wagons, of five mules each, being on its way from Lexington to its camp in Washington town -. ship with provisions. A short and bloody conflict ensued, in which nine of Burroughs' men were killed outright and four or five mortally wounded, the remainder succeeding in making their escape. The attack was sud- den and the militia were taken at a disadvantage. Only one of Ander- son's men was injured. The bushwhackers shot the mules and burned the wagons.
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In 1862 Capt. Leffenwell's company of militia surrounded a Mr. Suth- erlin and his son, Samuel McMahan and Zenith Redd, on Mr. Sutherlin's place, and a short skirmish took place, in which McMahan, Redd and three or four militia men were killed. Mr. Sutherlin and his son suc- ceeded in making their escape. The latter two had served in the confed- erate army for six months, then engaged in bushwhacking for some time, and finally returned to the confederate service.
In September of 1862, " Bill " Anderson, with thirteen men, met four of Col. Henry Neill's men, named: Evan Phillips, Wm. Iddings, Wm. King and - Meyers, on the Lexington road east of Big Sni. The bush- whackers took them into Washington township, in the Vicinity of May- view and there shot them. Their remains were found about four weeks after.
Biographical Sketches.
CLAY TOWNSHIP. MAURICE G. JACOBS,
merchant and real estate, P. O. Napoleon. Is a native of Trenton, . Grundy county, Missouri, where he lived until eleven years of age, when he moved to Wellington this county. Was educated there and at the St. Louis commercial college. In 1865 he commenced business in Welling- ton, remaining there two years, at the expiration of which he moved to Napoleon, where he is still living engaged in a thriving business. In 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Ella V. Thorp, daughter of Col. Thorp, of this county. The period of their[wedded happiness was of short duration, the young husband being called upon to mourn the loss of his companion, ere one year had rolled around. October 3, 1871, he was again married to Miss Marie E. Kidd, daughter of A. F. Kidd, of Jack- son county. By this latter union he has had three children, one only now living, born January 20, 1876. Mr. Jacobs is an active, energetic, thrifty business man, who looks sharply after his own interests and at the same time is not unfaithful to public affairs, in which he is quite influential. He is the owner of 1,500 acres of very fine improved farming land in Jack- son, Lafayette and Ray counties.
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