History of Lewis, Clark, Knox, and Scotland counties, Missouri. From the earliest time to the present, together with sundry personal, business and professional sketches and mumerous family records, Part 45

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago (1886-1891, Goodspeed Publishing Co.)
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: St. Louis, Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 1308

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property; the residences of John George, Charles Crocker and H. D. Wellington, in the eastern part of town; the residences of Dr. Murphy, E. E. Nuckols, John C. Leach and William T. Kays, in the western part of town; the old grist-mill on East Jackson street, and two other dwellings in the northeastern part of the town; the courthouse and jail, comprise all the brick structures in Memphis at the beginning of the war.

At the present time (October, 1887,) there are two brick blocks, each containing one store room, and one brick block con- taining two business rooms on the north side of the public square; one block, with one business room, and another block with four business fronts on the east side; one block with three business fronts, and another with four, on the south side ; one block with six business fronts, and another with seven, on the west side; all of which, except the Pitkin building before mentioned, have been erected since the late war. These com- prise about one-half of the space facing the public square, the balance of which is mostly covered with wooden buildings. The brick buildings are all two stories high, except the Pitkin build- ing, at the southeast corner, and the Hudson building at the southwest corner, which are three stories in height. In addition to the brick buildings fronting on the square, there are severa others on streets leading from the square. Some brick struct- ures have been erected on the square, and burned down since the war, and many good dwelling houses have been constructed of brick since that period, in the residence portion of the city.

Returning to the earlier growth of the town, it is found that about the year 1846 Mety & Gorin established the first wool carding mill, where the creamery is now managed, and ran it a number of years. The first grist-mill was put up where the Leach mill now stands, by J. P. and T. Walker, about the year 1851; it was a small frame. The first saw mill had previously been established near that place by Foreman. It was a circular saw mill, and was run by horse power. Jacob Clapper was the first manufacturer of furniture in Memphis, and he began the business in 1848, in a small building north of the southwest cor- ner of Block 9 in the original town, it being just north of the present burnt district. Afterward, in the same year, D.

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Wellington, father of H. D. Wellington, commenced to manufact- ure in a shop which stood on the west side of the street, a short distance north of the northeast corner of the public square. Soon thereafter George H. Moore began the manufacture of furniture in the Combs building, on the east side of the square. Messrs. Little, Hughes & Best established a plow manufactory about the year 1856, in the building now used as a residence on the north- east corner of Block 4 in Jones' addition, and continued the business up to the war. They did a very extensive business, and employed about a dozen workmen. The first physician that practiced in the vicinity of Memphis was Dr. Charles Martin, who settled one mile north of town, about the year 1842. He afterward moved into town, and there continued the practice of medicine until his death, which occurred during the fifties. The second physician was Dr. Moses L. Hudnall.

The following is a directory of the business of Memphis in 1860: General stores-Martin & Gorin, H. Davis, J. W. Carnegy, P. Livergood, Bridges & Billups, Dunkin & McFall, and Downing, Gorin & Co .; drugs-J. M. McIntosh; hotels- Central House by William B. Tull, and the Douglass House by Harle & Pritchard; physicians-Drs. Crow & Asbury, W. F. Osborn and J. Sanders; dentist-S. A. Lynn; artist-S. J. Reed; attorneys-M. G. Gorin & John C. Anderson, A. M. F. Randolph, F. P. Hall; Wilson, Wellington & Payne, manu- facturers of doors, frames, sash, furniture, etc., on north side of public square; George H. Moore, wood turning shop and furni- ture manufactory; Dibble, Morton & Dibble, proprietors of the Memphis flouring mills. In addition to the foregoing, there were a number of mechanic's shops, and other enterprises.

In 1860 there was an old fashioned Fourth of July barbecue celebration, held in the grove one mile west of Memphis. It was attended by a large concourse of people, all of whom manifested great patriotism, especially in the consumption of the good things prepared for the occasion. According to an account published in the first issue of the Memphis National Democrat following this " grand barbecue," " two beeves, twenty-five sheep, several hogs, a large number of chickens, and bread and pies and cakes in pro- portion," were then and there consumed. The same issue of

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that paper also gives an account of a Sunday-school celebration. held on the same day at Prairie View Church, in Green Town- ship, on which occasion a procession composed of six Sunday- schools, numbering 678 persons in all, with music and banners, marched to the grove under command of William T. Smith. Arriving there, the exercises were opened with prayer, by Rev. James J. Kern, an oration was delivered by A. M. F. Randolph, a sumptuous dinner, prepared for the occasion, was partaken of, and all were happy.

To show how quickly Memphis recovered from the spoliations of war, the following directory of her business in 1869, which has been preserved, is here given: Dry goods-Paxson & Hud- son, Webster & Byrne, Russel & Carter, A. H. Smith and Charles Mety; groceries-Baker & Mills, Dunkin & Sons and. Lem. Shields; drugs-Dr. P. T. Huff, Craig & McArthur, and Murphy & Parrish; hardware-J. W. Walker, Thomas Perry. and Mason & Davis; merchant tailors-R. Williamson and G, Klienk; harness and saddles-Crook & Bro .; jewelry-Henry Courtney; wagon manufactory-J. S. Fullerton; hotels-The Memphis, Douglass and Lovell Houses, the first being at the southeast corner of the public square (now the Central), with George Pickard, proprietor; the second at the southwest corner of the square, kept by Mrs. McCandles, and the latter in the west part of town, by L. F. Lovell; blacksmith shops by E. H. Wheeler and Loami Mott; John Walker, furniture-successor to Walker, Wellington & Payne; S. M. Martin, wagon shop, two doors north of the northwest corner of the public square; John M. George, wagon and blacksmith shop in' east part of town. There were also two boot and shoe shops, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the Presbyterian and Christian Churches. The physicians were G. W. Wolgamott, D. B. Fowler, G. W. Murphy, J. E. Parrish and P. T. Huff. The lawyers were Cramer & Peters, William T. Kays, H. M. Durkee, S. W. Birch and E. R. McKee.

Memphis has been the victim of a considerable destruction of property by fire. On the night of the 7th of January, 1875, a fire broke out in the small frame building on the west side of the public square, occupied by S. M. Hoon as a restaurant. It soon extended to the three other business rooms of the wooden

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row in which the Hoon building was located, and all, including most of the goods, were consumed. The building next adjoining the one in which the fire began was occupied by Z. W. Baker as a residence upstairs and confectionery and bakery below. The next by Sutton & Son's grocery, and the next by A. Simon as a residence and harness and, saddle store. The losses were esti- mated as follows: Henry Miller, building, $500; S. H. Hoon, stock, furniture and cash, $800; Z. W. Baker, building, stock and household goods, $3,500; building belonging to Mrs. Martha Boyle, $900; Sutton & Son's stock, $2,400; Masons' apartment, including frame building, $1,000; A. Simon's loss, $400; total $9,500. While this was a severe loss to individuals, it was a gain to the town, as the ground on which these wooden buildings stood is now covered by a fine two-story brick block. The next big fire took place in January, 1881, when the wooden row on the south side of the square, east of and adjoining the National Bank, was consumed. This row consisted of four business fronts occu- pied respectively by a harness shop, grocery, tin shop and butcher shop. A part of this ground has since been covered with a one-story brick block containing two business rooms. Another disastrous fire was the burning, in January, 1884, of the brick building which stood at the northeast corner of the square, on Lot 7 in Block 9, of the original plat of the town. It was occupied at the time of burning by Cushman & Son, as a carriage' and wagon factory. To the east of this stood a large frame building, used by the same parties. The latter being sufficiently detached from the former was not consumed by the fire. The property that was saved was moved into this frame building, where the business of manufacturing was continued until April 1, 1887, when the factory again took fire, and the whole was consumed, involving a loss of several thousand dollars. The name of the firm when the last fire occurred was Cushman & Bro.

The most disastrous and saddening calamity that ever happened in Memphis, involving the loss of both life and property, was the burning of the Mackley Block, on Friday P. M., March 7, 1884. The Mackley Block proper was built in 1874, and was four stories in height including the base- ment. It stood on the southeast corner of Lot 6 in Block 7, in the old plat of the town, and measured 70 feet east and west.

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Afterward a three-story block, including the basement, was added to the former on the west. The latter had two business fronts facing to the south. Both buildings were made of brick, and the former cost $15,000.

A hotel was opened in the upper stories of the Mackley Block proper, on the 26th of January, 1875, the first story above the basement being used for business. At the time of the fire the combined buildings were occupied as follows: Beginning on the east was the drug store of Samuel Smith; next, hall and en- trance to hotel above; next, the postoffice; next, Tucker's grocery, and above all these was the Wabash Hotel. West of and adjoin- ing Tucker's grocery was the grocery of A. Wise, and next and last was Laomi Mott's saloon, restaurant and residence. The partition wall in the basement between Mott's saloon and Wise's cellar became softened with dampness drawn from salt that was stored against it, and consequently was unable to support the weight above. The crushing of this wall caused the upper out- side walls to fall in, which knocked down the stoves and set the building on fire. Laomi Mott was asleep on a sofa in the front part of his restaurant; Phillip Payne, who was clerking for Wise, stood near the center of the grocery when the building fell, and Samuel Dobyns, a youth eighteen years of age, was caught near the wall as he attempted to escape. These three were killed, and their bodies nearly consumed by the fire. Lee Davis and several other persons were severely injured while escaping from the falling building. The next morning the remains of the per- sons killed were taken from the ruins, and a coroner's inquest was held over the same by D. T. S. Jack, coroner of Scotland County. The following is a copy of the verdict of the coroner's jury :

We find that the deceased came to their death by the sudden falling and im- mediately taking fire of the house in which they were at the time of their death; that the calamity can not be attributed or laid to any one in particular, but that a careful construction of said buildings, and a proper care of preservation would have prevented the loss of life and property.

Given under our hands this 8th day of March, 1884.

J. B. DONNELL, L. A. HEINZERLING, JOSEPH G. BEST, JOHN M. GEORGE, CHARLES CROCKER. THOMAS BROADWATER, Foreman.

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Samuel Dobyns was interred on Saturday following the fire; on Sunday Philip Payne was burried by the Odd Fellows and on Monday Laomi Mott was buried by the Knights of Pythias. Revs. T. C. Johnson and M. G. Gorin conducted the services at each funeral.

The last fire that the writer has to chronicle, is the burning of the brick block containing Mason's opera house on the west side of the public square due west of the courthouse. This build- ing took fire on the morning of Friday, February 25, 1887, at 3 o'clock, and was entirely consumed except a portion of the walls. The two rooms below the opera house were occupied respectively by James B. Donnell with a hardware store, and Mrs. C. E. Davis with millinery. The contents of several stores near by were carried into the street, and afterward carried back, causing considerable injury to the goods. The total loss caused by the fire was estimated to be $25,000, and the insurance on the whole was $14,000. The foregoing comprises the principal losses that the business portion of the town had sustained, but other fires have occurred, from time to time, in different parts of the town, not necessary here to mention.

Other casualties which have occurred in the country should be mentioned. On the 24th of May, 1860, the steam-power saw and grist mill of Alexander & Holt, located about ten miles west of Memphis, was blown to pieces by the bursting of the boiler, and John D. Holt was killed instantly, and a young man and boy were badly scalded. Two mares and a colt, belonging to a Mr. Smoot and standing near the mill, were also killed. Another frightful disaster occurred on April 22, 1880, when the boiler burst in the steam saw and grist mill belonging to Collins Dun- bar, located about ten miles southwest of Memphis, and killed the proprietor and James Wilson, and William Mahan, who were at work in the mill.

The following is a directory of the business of Memphis in 1875:

Dry goods-Paxson & Hudson, T. J. Lycan & Bro., Myers, Cunningham & Co., A. H. Pitkin and William Webster. Notions -Ed W. Otto. Groceries-Walker & Byrne, Cody & Cox, Will McArthur, W. Don, Fowler & Co., and Sutton & Son. Drugs-

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H. C. McArthur, Sage & Neel, Ross Brumbaugh and Dr. M. N. Newman. Harness and saddles-John D. Crook and A. Simon. Banks-Scotland County and Citizens. Meat shops-Hartman & Scott and Samuel Worth. Dentist-C. S. Vandenburg. Phy- sicians-Murphy & Parrish, W. A. Monroe, W. W. Moore, E. H. Brumbaugh, P. T. Huff and M. N. Newman. Furniture stores -H. D. Wellington, Fred Nater and John H. Mulch. Boots and shoes-Secord & Griffith. Shoe shops-John Schuler and Charles W. Redditz. Hotels-Memphis House, by B. P. Hewitt, and Lovell House, by Fayette Lovell. Restaurants-Mrs. Shields, O'Connor & Hoon and M. Cody. Hardware-Jackson & Donnell and T. Walker & Co. Livery stables-Stine & Holley, Smithey & Peddicord and R. T. McCandless. Wagon factories-James Townsend, John M. George and Samuel Martin. Blacksmiths- Laomi Mott, N. W. Phillips, Michael Cody and A. R. Cushman. Marble shop-Sauer & Shelton. Cooper shop-Charles Blake & Son. Photo artists-L. Moberly and Charles Foss. Mer- chant tailors-J. G. Klink and Thomas Burrus. Milliners and dressmakers-Mrs. Lee Davis, Misses Kirk & Woodsmall and Mrs. Hellen Harper. Lumber yards-J. P. Craig and Rees Bros. Jewelers-Will M. Williamson and Henry Courtney. Produce dealers-Combs & Smith. Stoves & tinware-Lee Davis and Harry Seaman. Queensware-John Dunkin. Woolen goods store-James L. Mason. Carding machine-James L. Mason. Mills-Leach, Hamilton & Co. and M. Forman. Saloons, three in number. Churches-Methodist Episcopal, Rev. J. G. Thompson; Old School Presbyterian, Rev. M. G. Gorin; Congre- gational, Rev. A. M. Thome; Presbyterian, Rev. D. Hindman; Methodist Episcopal South, Rev. E. Carlyle; Christian, Elder W. H. Embry; Baptist, Rev. C. Bush; Catholic, and one colored church.

SOCIETIES.

Memphis Lodge No. 16, F. & A. M .- The first officers of this lodge were Levi J. Wagner, W. M .; H. M. Gorin, S. W .; F. Farnsworth, J. W. ; John M. T. Smith, S. D .; Robert A. Bryant, J. D .; Thomas S. Richardson, Sec .; D. Wellington, Treas. and W. S. Pettibone, Tyler. These officers were appointed and be- gan their labors under a dispensation from the grand officers of

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the Grand Lodge of the State, and held their first stated communi- cation in Memphis on the 8th of August, 1851. Under this authority they continued to labor until after receiving their char- ter from the Grand Lodge of the State, dated May 6, 1852. The first stated communication held under the charter was on June 4, of that year, at which time the following officers were elected, to wit: James Procter Knott, W. M .; H. M. Gorin, S. W .; Peter Doyle, J. W .; T. H. Richardson, J. D .; Levi J. Wagner, Sec .; Thomas S. Richardson, Treas. and D. Wellington, Tyler. Dur- ing this year the lodge erected a two-story frame building on the lot now occupied by Townsend's wagon factory, it being Lot 6 in Block 15 of the original plat of Memphis, and fitted up the second story for a hall and the first story as a schoolroom. The lodge continued to meet for a number of years in this hall, then sold it, and it has since been moved away. After that the lodge rented the hall on the third floor of the Pitkin brick block, where it met for some time, and then purchased the Combs building on the east side of the square, where it continued to meet until the year 1875, when it moved into its present quarters. It now owns the elegantly furnished hall and reception rooms in which it meets, on the third floor of the brick block standing on the corner opposite to and south of the southwest corner of the public square, the first story of which is now occupied by Paxson & Hudson, dry goods merchants. This building was erected in 1874, and the hall cost the fraternity $1,850. The lodge has always been prosperous, is now out of debt, and has money out at interest. It bestows charity liberally, and is doing a good work. Its present membership is about 120, and the present of- ficers are James Proctor Nesbit, W. M .; T. H. Wagner, S. W .; C. G. Mety, J. W .; J. P. Davis, S. D .; A. M. Gill, J. D .; G. E. Leslie, Sec .; J. W. Barnes, Treas. and J. H. Clemons, Tyler. The only surviving charter member, now living in Scotland Coun- ty, is Maj. H. M. Gorin.

Eastern Star R. A. Chapter, No. 29 .- This chapter was or- ganized under a dispensation, and the first stated communication was held January 13, 1859. The first officers were R. T. Nes- bit, H. P .; E. McIntyre, King; G. T. McIntyre, Scribe; E. W. Knott, C. H .; E. Williams, P. S .; A. Hardenbrook, R. A. C .;

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George S. Collins, Sec .; J. F. Smith, Treas. and W. H. Biggs, Sentinel. Thus organized and authorized they continued to work until June 21, 1859, when they began their labors under a full charter granted on the 19th of May of that year. At the first stated communication of this chapter under its charter the following officers were elected: R. T. Nesbit, H. P .; E. McIntyre, King; G. T. McIntyre, Scribe; E. W. Knott, C. H .; E. Williams, P. S .; Charles Martin, R. A. C; H. M. Gorin, M. 3d V .; John D. Gorin, M. 2d V .; A. Hardenbrook, M. 1st V .; I. N. Smallwood, Treas .; J. T. Perry, Sec .; and H. Sheffield, Sentinel. This lodge has now a membership of about sixty-five, meets in the Masonic hall heretofore described, and its financial condition is good. The officers at the present writing (October, 1887, ) are as follows: R. D. Cramer, H. P .; J. P. Nesbit, King; I. N. Smallwood, Scribe; J. W. Barnes, C. H .; J. P. Davis, R. A. C .; E. M. Allen, Sec .; B. F. Bourn, Treas. and H. H. Saling, Sen- tinel.

Memphis Commandery, No. 41, K. T., was chartered May 1, 1883, the charter members being H. C. McArthur, R. D. Cramer, J. W. Barnes, E. Scofield, T. W. Holman, I. N. Small- wood, C. R. Combs, W. A. Monroe, C. B. Turner, Ed. R. Mc- Kee, J. A. Shipp, J. P. Davis and Ben. E. Turner. Its present officers are J. W. Barnes, E. C .; J. P. Nesbit, Gen .; I. N. Small- wood, C. G .; Elias Scofield, P .; C. I. Hill, S. W .; C. F. Sanders, J. W .; C. R. Combs, Treas .; R. D. Cramer, Recorder; J. P. Da- vis, Sentinel. There are twenty-six members at present, and the commandery is in a good financial condition. It meets on the fourth Thursday in each month, at Masonic Hall.

Scotland Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F., was organized in March, 1857, and afterward received its charter, bearing date of May 22, 1857. The charter members were Charles Blake, James S. Best, James Davis, John D. Rush and Thomas Little. The lodge has always been prosperous, but has never owned a hall, its meetings having been held in a rented hall. It owns the vacant lot on the northeast corner of Block 17 in the original plat of Memphis. This lot is estimated to be worth $2,500, and the arrangements have been completed for the erection, by the fraternity, of a three- story brick block thereon; the first to be used as a store room,

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the second for offices, and the third for the Odd Fellows Hall. The whole property when completed will be worth at least $8,000, and the rental of the first and second stories will be a perpetual source of revenue to the order. The present officers of Scotland Lodge are James Clark, N. G .; T. B. Carr, V. G .; L. W. Record, Recording Secretary; Samuel M. Smith, Permanent Secretary, and Simeon Martin, Treasurer.

Murray Post, No. 179, G. A. R .- The first meeting of this post, held under its charter, was on the 21st of June, 1884, when the first officers were elected, as follows: R. D. Cramer, Post Commander; W. W. Purmort, S. V. C .; E. A. Howard, J. V. C .; W. D. Sigler, Q. M .; J. P. Craig, O. D .; J. L. Dur- nall, O. G .; E. A. Kutzner, Chap .; J. G. Best, Adjutant. A. P. Harbor was appointed Q. M. S., and H. C. McArthur, S. M. The charter members of the post were H. C. McArthur and J. P. Craig, of the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry; R. D. Cramer and W. D. Sigler, of the Thirtieth Iowa Infantry; Hudson Rice, Archibald P. Harbor, Daniel Deen, William P. Matthias, William Driscoll. Col. Joseph G. Best, Charles F. Oliver, George W. Stine, Thomas F. Gundy, T. W. Holman, Edwin W. Otto and W. W. Purmort, of the Twenty-first Missouri Infantry; H. B. Fulk, Ed. A. Kutzner and James A. Hendricks, of the Thirty-ninth Missouri Infantry ; L. E. Byrne and John Schuler, of the Fifty-first Missouri Infan- try; Andrew J. Dawson, of the Second Missouri Cavalry; James W. Webber, of the First Missouri Engineers; Albert Ammerman, of the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry; Henry Hagemeier, of the Fourth Missouri Cavalry; Jacob L. Durnall, of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois Infantry; Edwin A. Howard, of the Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry ; John W. Barnes, of the Second Illinois Cavalry ; William S. Stewart, of the Twenty-third Indiana Infantry; David Foster, of the Thirtieth Ohio Infantry; Calvin A. Webber, of the First Ohio Cavalry; T. W. Richmond, of the Nineteenth Iowa Infantry; James Young, of the Second Iowa Infantry ; E. J. Stout, of the Nineteenth New York Battery; and Wesley M. Hardman, of the Third Iowa Cavalry. The present officers of the post are J. P. Craig, Commander; George G. Rudy, S. V. C .; A. J. Daw- son, J. V. C .; P. H. Bennett, Q. M .; R. D. Cramer, Adjutant; L. W. Record, O. D .; Alfred Tinney, O. G .; James Gillespie, Chap- lain; and John Schuler, Sentinel.

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Since the organization of this post it has lost only two mem- bers by death, viz .: Hudson Rice who died in August, 1885, and Col. Joseph G. Best who died in August, 1887. The member- ship at the present writing is about sixty, all of whom, like their comrades everywhere, are on the down hill side of life, and in the course of nature, must soon close their pilgrimage here, and assume the realities of the world to come. The post holds its meetings in the Odd Fellows hall on the west side of the public square.

Memphis Lodge, No. 16, I. O. G. T .- On the 27th of June, 1854, " a goodly number of citizens assembled at the court- house in Memphis, and listened to an address delivered by H. P. S. Willis, Deputy Past Grand Worthy Chief Templar of the I. O. G. T. on the important subject of temperance, and the propriety of organizing a lodge of Good Templars in this place." After many ladies and gentlemen expressed a desire to organize a lodge the meeting adjourned to meet at the Masonic Hall at 7 P. M., at which time the following named persons: Mrs. Willis, H. M. Foreman, M. L. Foreman, M. E. Gorin, Elvira Gorin, Mrs. Sarah Whiteman, Miss K. Levengood, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Merriwether, Jane R. Nesbit, Malina Hudnall, A. Kirk, M. J. Martin, J. F. Work, W. P. Ellis, A. R. Foreman, W. G. Downing, Mr. Milton, Joseph J. Oliver, Wellington Hudnall, L. G. Foreman, J. L. Davis, J. P. Walker, T. Gray, E. G. Richard- son, J. M. T. Smith, J. Holtsinger and M. L. Merriwether, met pursuant to adjournment and were initiated into the I. O. G. T. The following officers were then elected: H. P. S. Willis, . W. C. T .; Sister Willis, W. V. T .; Mary J. Martin, P. W. C. T .; A. R. Foreman, W. S .; Lizzie M. Gorin, W. T .; M. H. Foreman, I. G .; J. L. Davis, O. G.

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History of Lewis, Clark, Knox, and Scotland counties, Missouri. From the earliest time to the present, together with sundry personal, business and professional sketches and mumerous family records, Part 45

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago (1886-1891, Goodspeed Publishing Co.) Publication date: 1887 Publisher: St. Louis, Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 1308

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago (1886-1891, Goodspeed Publishing Co.)
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: St. Louis, Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 1308