History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri, Part 72

Author: National Historical Company (St. Louis, Mo.)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1166

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Wm. Baugh, to whom Mr. Pearson refers in his sketch of Middle- town as the oldest living settler in the township, settled on section 6,

1 Cambell's Gazetteer, p. 311.

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township 49, range 3 and has there lived continuously. Although aged 88 years at this time, it is said that in the summer of 1884 he plowed corn nearly all season.

Samuel Crutcher, living two miles east of Middletown, Thos. Crouch, three miles north, in Pike county, and Richard Cox (colored ), a mile and a half north, are among the old settlers of the township now living.

THE MURDER OF TURNER GOOCH.

On the night of October 7, 1848, a mysterious assassination was perpetrated near Middletown. Turner Gooch, a prominent citizen and farmer, living north-west of Middletown, was the victim, but who the perpetrator was has never been definitely ascertained.

Mr. Gooch was riding on horseback, on his way home from Middle- town, when, at a point a mile or more north-west of town, he was ambushed and fired upon. It seemed that after he was shot and had fallen his assassin or assassins placed him on his horse and conveyed the body some distance from the path through the woods, until a grape vine was encountered stretched across the route. Over this vine the horse probably stumbled, pitching the body to the ground, where it was found. When he left town Mr. Gooch was bearing his rifle gun, but this was not found at the time. The murderers took Gooch's horse a mile away and hid him in a dense thicket, tying him fast. A week later the poor brute, half famished and emaciated, wore his halter in two and came home, and the place where he was tied was discovered afterward. The body of Gooch was found the next even- ing after his murder, but what is believed to have been his gun was not found until a year or so since, when some fragments of a gun were dis- covered a mile north of the scene of the tragedy.

Charles Angell, a neighbor of Turner Gooch's, was accused of the murder and arrested. On a preliminary examination he was bound over, but was discharged on a writ of habeas corpus. Not long after- ward he left the country. Gooch's family live in the same neighbor- hood where their head was killed.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

When the Civil War came on Prairie township was well represented on both sides. In the early fall of 1861 a number of Union men from Middletown and vicinity went to Louisiana and joined Capt. McElroy's company (H) of Col. Fagg's regiment of six months' militia. In 1862 some men enlisted in Capt. Hardin's company (B), Thirty-second

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Missouri infantry, and in the Thirtieth Missouri. In 1864 Capt. Israel W. Stewart's company (B), of the Forty-ninth Missouri infantry, was made up very largely, almost entirely, from this township, and chiefly organized at Middletown. Many of those who enlisted in these regi- ments died in the far South, and their graves lie in Tennessee, Ala- bama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and elsewhere. Among them may be named John C. Cowan, Burke Cowan and William C. Tully, of the Thirty-second Missouri. Capt. S. W. Hammack's company, of the Sixty-seventh Enrolled militia, was formed in this township in July, 1862.

The first Confederate or secession troops from this township joined Col. J. Q. A. Burbridge, of Pike county, when he came through the township with his battalion on his way to Price's and Jackson's army in June, 1861. Col. Burbridge's men camped one night at Sheet's mill, on the Cuivre, three miles south-east of Middletown. Capt. M. V. B. Mosely, of Lincoln county, came through Middletown a few days later, and camped west of town, with a small company.

Capt. Jo. Payne, of Audrain, and Capt. Bill Myers, of Lincoln, had men in their companies from this township. Sixteen men from the vicinity of Middletown joined Myers' company June 11, 1861. Some of his exploits in this county are narrated on other pages.

Jo. Payne went off to the regular Confederate army, but Bill Myers stayed in Missouri, and at last was drowned in the Auxvasse in Calla- way county, in the summer of 1864. His body was recovered and afterward buried at Louisville, in Lincoln county, by the side of his brother George, who was a captain in the Federal service (Co. F, Sixty-seventh E. M. M.).

Among the Prairie township men who fell fighting for the lost cause were Joseph Brooks, of Payne's company, killed at Pea Ridge, and John B. Bowles, then a captain, who was killed late in the fall of 1864, at Vera Cruz, Douglas county, while attempting to reach the Confederate lines under Col. Caleb Dorsey.

It is pleasant to record the fact that none of the sickening tragedies so frequent in Missouri during the war were perpetrated in this county. Capt. Hammack's company of Federal militia did much to preserve the peace, and the captain and his men are yet remembered for their uniform good conduct. In the fall of 1864 some of Col. Dorsey's Confederates robbed Isaac H. Dillon, living five miles south- east of Middletown, of $800. This was while Dorsey was in this country recruiting during the Price raid.

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COUNTRY CHURCHES.

Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Was organized May 20, 1881, by Revs. J. R. Patton, E. P. Farr and S. M. Bran- steter. Its constituent members were A. J. Pew, America Pew, J. M. Davidson, N. E. Davidson, Campbell Maxwell, M. E. Maxwell, T. A. Pew, Orpha M. Pew, S. K. Cowan, Nancy J. Cowan, Thos. David- son, M. E. Davidson, E. G. Stipp, M. A. Stipp, Eliza Pointlow, G. W. Pew, Kate Pew, W. M. Sanders, Susan Sanders, Katie S. Pew, Barbara Cowan, Wm. Fitzgerald, Margaret Fitzgerald, J. A. Brown, Cynthia Brown, Effie K. Pew, Elizabeth Rogers, C. Cunningham, Samuel Hasler and J. W. Nally. There are at this writing 43 members. In 1880 the present church building, a frame, was erected at a cost of $1,000. The ministers who have served this church are Revs. Alex. Douglas, E. P. Farr and Philander Ingram, who is the present pastor. The Sabbath-school in connection with the church has 30 scholars, Campbell Maxwell being its superintendent.

Brush Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church -Located in sec- tion 35, township 50, range 4, was organized in 1849. The church building is frame and was erected in 1852 at a cost of $1,000. The membership numbers 117. The pastors who have served this congre- gation are Revs. E. Downing, William Crockett, George Rice, Jesse Rodgers, E. Farr, H. Boyd, J. R. Patton, Reuben Williams and E. L. Uptegrove. The Sunday-school has 40 scholars, its superintendent being William T. Roley.

Macedonia O. S. Baptist Church - On section 30, township 50, range 3, was organized in about 1880, with William Triplett, Hannah Triplett, William Wells, Mary Wells, Elijah Parsons, Sallie Parsons, Abram Parish, Ann Parish, Thomas Glenn and Lucinda Glenn as its original members. The present membership is 44. The pastors who have served this congregation are Jabez Ham, Amos Beck, William Jones, Rev. Powell and James E. Lee, who is the present pastor. The present church building was erected in 1870, costing about $700.

MIDDLETOWN,

It is claimed that this village is now the oldest town in Montgom- ery county, coming into existence some time before Danville. It stands in a healthful location on the north bank of 'Coon creek, on the south-east quarter of section 1, township 50, range 5. The town is well supplied with pure water, easily obtainable.

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Middletown is the center of trade of a considerable section, and being located within one mile of Pike county and a few miles from Audrain and Lincoln, it enjoys patronage from people of four coun- ties ; and this although it is on no railroad or navigable water-course. A daily mail from St. Louis, and a daily stage line to Wellsville, places it in communication with the outer world. It is a quiet, cosy village, of a kind that year by year grows rarer in Missouri and- the Great West - without a railroad, but with the attractions of peaceful- ness, sobriety, opportunities for becoming thrifty and with institutions or enterprises of value and importance.

Perhaps the best account now obtainable of the early history of Middletown is the following sketch, written by C. Pearson, Esq., the editor of Chips, the Middletown newspaper, and published in that journal June 5, 1884, a few days before the meeting of the old set- tlers, at Frank Graham's, near Mineola. Mr. Pearson deserves especial mention and thanks for the sketch, the first of the kind ever published in a Montgomery county newspaper : -

As the old settlers' reunion of our county comes off this week, we thought it a very opportune time to give a short sketch of our part of the county, the early settlement of Middletown and the vicinity adjoining, and with that end in view, we cast about us for a person likely to be familiar with the early history of this neighborhood. As luck would have it, " Uncle" Jimmie Keith, who lives eight miles east of here, was in town on Thursday last, and as he is indeed an early settler, and a man of remarkably good memory, we invited him into our office for a chat upon the early history of our town.

Mr. James R. Keith was born in the State of Kentucky, July 23,

1805, * * and it was in this county that he found his wife, a Miss Pew, sister to Capt. George Pew and the late Jackson, Dow and James Pew. Mr. Keith moved to Missouri in 1824, settled on Indian creek the same year, and has lived there ever since [three miles in Pike county ]. As this country was at that time a wilderness, the early settlers would visit a long way off, being thrown together in their trading and milling, and Mr. Keith has been familiar with the growth of Middletown from the time of the first log hut up to the present date, having lived all that time within ten miles of the town and doing much of his trading here.

The first settler here was a man by the name of Charley Wells, who, Mr. Keith says, built a cabin on the south bank of 'Coon creek, just opposite and above the present site of the Myer mills. One of our local historians, however, says that the Wells cabin was afterward the building occupied by Stewart Slavens ; while still another con- tends that Wells built on the point now occupied by the Myer mills, and that that point was called " Charley's Camp," when he came here in 1839. All agree on one point, and that is that one Charley Wells

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built the first cabin here, and the best information we can get as re- gards the date locates it at 1817. There were any number of Indians and buffalo here at that date, and as Wells was a pioneer -and a bachelor - he followed the game and the red man toward the setting sun, leaving the neighborhood before the town was really located.

The first farm opened in this vicinity was in September, 1824, and is the homestead now occupied by the heirs of the late John Johnson [sec. 7-50-4]. This place was located by one James Smith, and he was followed the next April (1825) by his father-in-law, one Keel, who settled the Milt. Johnson place in the south-eastern part of town [east half, north-east 12-50-5], now occupied by Mr. John Robin- son.

Another early settler was the late Richard Cox - familiarly known as " Uncle Dickey"- who settled one mile south-east of town [east half sec. 11-50-5] on the Wellsville road, in 1829. The farm is now occupied by Thomas Keithley.

The first house built in the town proper was the cabin occupied at an early day by the Slavens, and which was bought and afterward weather-boarded over by the late Dr. C. Pearson. The structure is still standing, and is the east room of the building now occupied by Mrs. J. H. Ray and family.

The first business house was built on the site of the present Arcade. Hotel, and, we believe, was occupied by one Josiah Willbarger, the gentleman who surveyed the town and laid it off into lots for the original owners. Right here we would remark, by way of paren- thesis, that, from the shape of our buildings, we are led to believe that diamonds must have been trumps with the surveyor, or that he was somewhat " out of kelter " at the time, as he left our streets in rather a bad shape. Mr. Willbarger sold out about three years after- ward, and went to Texas. At the time of surveying -in 1834 -the site of Middletown was owned by James Lynn, John Dudgeon and Stewart Slavens.

About the earliest male settler in this vicinity, who is still living, is Mr. Samuel Crutcher, who located some time in the 30s on the farm where he still resides [sec. 5-50-4].

Next to Mr. Crutcher comes Messrs. Thomas Crouch and Cresap Parker, both of whom are still living near town, though in Audrain county. Among the ladies still living we might mention Mrs. John Tully and Mrs. Lucretia Veech, both of whom came here some time in the 30s.

The next earliest settlers of the town were Josiah Whiteside, James M. Crosthwaite, Shelton B. Farthing, James H. Ray and Dr. C. Pearson, all of whom have passed away, though whose widows and children are still living in this vicinity - except those of the second named, who moved to Ralls county about twenty years ago. They all located here some time in the 40s.

The next in the list would include such names as John Tully, Capt. S. W. Hammack, Squire John Vermillion, L. B. Love, A. D. Slack and others, who registered in the 50s. All of the last named

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are prominent citizens of the town ; several others, however, that we could name, have long since crossed the silent river.

This list would be incomplete should we omit the names of several early settlers of the township, though they were not of the immediate vicinity of our town. Such were Presley Anderson, who made the first settlement on West Cuivre [sec. 7-49-3] that was made in the county, and which was in 1818, and of Reuben Pew, father to the gentlemen referred to in this article, who moved to Montgomery county in 1818, and who was elected colonel of the first militia [?] ever organized in the county. Other settlers by name of Glover, Gray, Stewart and Asa Manning were living over on Bear creek as early as 1830.

We are informed by one of the old settlers that Mr. Wm. Baugh, living near the mouth of Wolf creek, is perhaps the oldest living early settler in this township. Mr. and Mrs. John Crutcher, now of Denison, Tex., are another couple that should receive honorable men- tion in this connection. They came here at an early day, and have quite a number of descendants and relatives residing in this county.

McCleary's sketch in the Montgomery Atlas states that Middletown was surveyed by old Lewis Jones, the then county surveyor, instead of by Josiah Willbarger ; that the first house was built by Stewart Slavens, and that Mathias Willbarger opened the first store. Mr. McCleary, however, does not give his authority for his statements, which controvert those made in the article above quoted from Chips. The Atlas sketch further states that the town " derived its name from its location at the crossing of the roads leading from east to west and from north to south."

Nothing definite can here be stated of the fate of the first settlers of Middletown, except that Stewart Slavens died here in 1866.

MISCELLANEOUS.

In 1855, the farthest date back when any of the present citizens of Middletown were here,- James M. Barker was landlord of the Acade Hotel ; James M. Crosthwaite and Pearson and Haff had general stores. Dr. C. Pearson and Dr. F. S. Clare were physicians, and Volney Suggett was running the steam saw and grist mill, on 'Coon creek, now the farthest up stream. The latter was built in about 1850, by Spencer J. Ball and James N. Hicks. It ground and sawed from the first. In about 1860 a stage line was established from Louisiana to Wellsville, via Bowling Green and Middletown. The route was maintained substantially until the building of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The town, however, was not of much importance until after the war.

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There was one tragic event which occurred during the Civil War, near Middletown. This was the killing of Wm. Dillon by Wm. Strank, on July 25, 1863. Both men were in Middletown on the day named, and were friendly enough until they began drinking, when it is said they quarreled over a ten-cent riding-whip !

Strank was arrested and underwent a preliminary examination before Esqs. James and Bruner (the latter of Montgomery). He was bound over in the sum of $3,000. The same fall he was indicted for murder, and in April, 1864, put upon trial at Danville, before Judge Fagg. The jury failed to agree. On hearing the conclusion of the trial, Strank left the court-room, ostensibly to procure new bondsmen, but once outside he mounted a horse, galloped by short routes to his home, where, procuring a fresh steed, he kept on eastward and crossed into Illinois. In a few months Bill Anderson come into Danville, burned all the court records, and wiped out the case against Strank with a flame of fire. He was never re-indicted. After the war he returned home, went to work, and has since been known as a quiet, peaceable citizen. At present he manages the lower steam mill at Middletown.

INCORPORATION.

Middletown was incorporated as a town by the county court, Feb- ruary 17, 1864. The first board of trustees was composed of John Tully, James A. Haff, Walter Caldwell, A. D. Slack and W. D. Gooch. The town is still running under this incorporation. There is no indebtedness and the treasury has an unappropriated balance of $100.

NEWSPAPERS.

The first publication in Middletown was a small eight-page journal called The Echo, which was established by John McKilvey in the summer of 1873. Each page was 8x16 inches in size and contained three columns. The Echo was issued semi-monthly for some months. McKilvey had a small jobbing outfit, and did what printing he could get.

In June, 1879, W. W. H. Jackman began the publication of the North Missouri Sentinel, a six-column folio, half printed at home. This he continued until February, 1882, when he removed to Lad- donia, Audrain county, and established a paper called the Enterprise.

In August, 1882, Mr. C. Pearson issued the first number of the Middletown Chips, a seven- column folio paper, still in publication. This paper - as were the others - is independent in politics. Its

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editor is a spicy, original writer; some of his paragraphs are largely quoted, and their humor and wit generally appreciated.

CHURCHES AND SABBATH-SCHOOLS.

M. E. Church South. - The M. E. Church South, in Middle- town, was organized as early as the year 1848. Some of the original members were Joseph Paxton, Pauline Paxton, Nathan Veech - and wife, Amanda Whiteside, Sarah Parker, Mrs. Polly Paxton, Mrs. M. A. Pearson, Mrs. Mary A. Rice and Mrs. Rose Hoff. The pastors that have served this church have been Jesse Sutton, George Sexton, - Demott, - Sears, - McNeiley, George Craig, Thompson Penn, - Meyers, - Sherman, - Taylor, - Jones, Henry Kay, W. H. Lewis and others. The church building is a frame and was first erected in 1848, but was rebuilt in 1871 at a cost of $1,000. The present membership is 56.

Methodist Episcopal Church. - This church was organized in 1863. The original members were Christopher Pearson, Sr., Martha Pearson, Dr. Christopher Pearson, T. H. Conklin, Susan Conklin, Elizabeth Gooch, Richard Gooch, Ellen Gooch, Clarinda Gooch, W. G. Rice, Sarah Rice, Julia White, L. T. Taylor, Sarah H. Taylor, Sarah A. Johnson, Hester Parkey, Nancy Kisner, Robt. Bethel, J. T. Jones, W. T. Pennewell and eight others. The church building is a frame structure, and was erected in the years 1870-71 at a cost of $1,600. The pastors have been N. Shumate in 1863; William Demott, John Linan, in 1864 ; Standford Ing, in 1865 ; Saul Alexander, in 1866 ; J. W. Coughlan, W. F. Clayton, W. H. Smith, E. B. Cater, W. J. Freeland, H. T. Robins, J. W. Anderson, R. L. Thompson, F. L. Stevenson and H. B. Barnes. The present number of members is 70. The Sabbath-school has 45 scholars ; R. M. Hendershott, superintendent.

Christian Church. - This organization dates its origin about the year 1850, with S. B. Farthing, Volney Suggett, Henry White, Alex. Tucker, Thos. Crouch, Wm. Hill, Timothy Ford, Mary Ford, Lavicy White, A. O. Hall and a few others as members. From 1850 to 1858 Timothy Ford ministered to the church, and since that period H. M. Grandfield, W. H. Hook, W. B. Gallaher and W. T. Sallee. The first church house was a brick building erected in 1850. The present house of worship was constructed in 1870 at a cost of about $3,000. The present number of members is 100. The Sabbath-school; with Geo. White as superintendent, has an attendance of 45.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church. - In 1867 this church was or-

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ganized at which time M. S. Price, John W. McQuie, Jas. F. McQuie, Geo. A. McQuie, Wm. D. Gooch, Nannie C. Gooch, Luannah Price, Martha A. Moore, James F. Cobb, Martha J. Cobb, Wm. A. White, Elizabeth Cornett, Molly Adams, Maggie M. Robb, Bettie A. E. Robb, Elizabeth Cobb, Isabella J. Myers and Jennette McQuie, com- posed the membership, though it now numbers 75. The church house is a brick structure erected in 1869, and cost $1,468.40. The pas- tors have been Rev. E. P. Farr, W. W. Crockett, Geo. A. Middleton, Jas. W. Duvall, T. Barnard, J. R. Patton and E. L. Uptegrove. M. S. Price superintends the Sabbath-school of 27 scholars.

SECRET ORDERS OF MIDDLETOWN.

Masonic Lodge. - Plumb Lodge, No. 375, A. F. & A. M., dates its charter October 13, 1871. Some of the first officers were Roland E. Witt, worshipful master; A. A. Craig, S. W .; Benj. H. Hayden, J. W. The charter members were R. E. Witt, A. A. Craig, Benj. H. Hayden, C. Parker, Wm. Parker, S. W. Hammack, Dr. C. Pearson, Dr. W. Caldwell, L. B. Love and H. W. Sects. The membership is 16.

Odd Fellows' Lodge. - Middletown Lodge, No. 256, was chartered in June, 1871, with the following members : R. M. Hendershott, Charles Elliott, E. Worrell, R. J. W. Trainer, E. Fallet, Jacob Marion, William Richard and William H. Johnson. The first officers were R. W. Hendershott, noble grand ; Chas. E. Elliott, vice-grand ; R. J. W. Trainer, secretary ; Wm. Rickard, treasurer. The lodge now numbers 60 members, and owns a brick hall, valued at $3,000.

United Workmen. - A lodge of the A. O. U. W. was organized in Middletown, October 17, 1884, with 18 charter members, as follows : J. M. Davidson, past master workman ; B. Glover, master workman ; J. A. Brown, foreman ; Chas. Elliott, overseer ; P. C. Kent, guide ; G. T. Logan, recorder ; W. G. Young, financier ; W. H. Graham, receiver ; Geo. Thomas, inside watchman; W. S. Moore, medical examiner ; D. B. Trower, J. M. Kelly and W. B. Appleton, trustees ; and A. E. . Kincaid, M. J. Anderson, John Hazleton and Benj. Slavens.

Triple Alliance. - A camp in the Triple Alliance, with 18 members, was chartered in Middletown, November 8, 1884, - not in time for a list of the first officers to be obtained.

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BIOGRAPHICAL.

LEONIDAS BONNEL

(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Middletown) .

Aaron Bonnel, the grandfather of Leonidas and a New Jerseyan, was a gallant soldier in the Revolutionary army throughout the war for independence. He left a numerous family of children, and among them was Clark Bonnel, who became the father of the subject of the present sketch. The family settled in Hamilton county, Ohio, in an early day, where Clark Bonnel grew to manhood. He there married Rachel E. Wykoff. They made their permanent home in Hamilton county after their marriage, and the father became a man of well-to-do circumstances. During the years of his greatest activity and useful- ness he was quite prominent in county politics, but himself never sought nor desired any office. Leonidas was born on the family home- stead, in Hamilton county, February 24, 1824, and as he was reared to hard work on the farm he had but little school opportunities to ob- tain an education, save as he educated himself at home ; and by con- tinued reading he has become a man of wide and varied information. He moved to Montgomery county in 1869, and has ever since taken an active and intelligent interest in the affairs of his part of the county. October 23, 1847, Mr. Bonnel was married to Miss Rachel J. Wall, of Hamilton county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Wall, of an old Pennsylvania family. After his marriage he followed farming in Butler county, Ohio, until his removal to Montgomery county, Mo., in 1869. Here he has a good place of 200 acres and is comfortably situated. Mr. and Mrs. B. have 10 children : John W., Aggrippa, Uzziah, Salona, Druzilla, wife of George Cochran ; Helena, Ora L. B., Izates, Metteleus and Dorcas W.

WILLIAM W. BOYD

(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Montgomery City).

Mr. Boyd is of an old patriotic Revolutionary stock, and the family came originally from Ireland to this country. His father's grandfather served with gallantry on the side of the Colonies through- out the long war for independence. John Boyd, William W.'s grandfather, served his country with courage and fidelity through the War of 1812. After the war he settled in Ohio, where Nathan L. Boyd, his son, was reared. The latter, after he grew up, was mar- ried to Miss Matilda Gregory, formerly of Kentucky, and of this union came William W. Boyd and five other children, most of whom are now heads of families. In 1865 the family came to Montgomery county, Mo. The father, Nathan L. Boyd, a successful farmer, died

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History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri, Part 72

Author: National Historical Company (St. Louis, Mo.) Publication date: 1885 Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company Number of Pages: 1166

Author: National Historical Company (St. Louis, Mo.)
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1166