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CHAPTER XV STATEHOOD ATTAINED
PETITION FOR ORGANIZATION AS A STATE-BILL TO ORGANIZE A STATE GOVERNMENT - THIE SLAVERY CONTROVERSY-THE TALLMADGE AMENDMENT-DEBATE OVER THE AMENDMENT- DEADLOCK OF THE TWO HOUSES-THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE-FEELING IN THE STATE- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-MEMBERS FROM THE SOUTHEAST-THE CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS-FURTHER OPPOSITION TO ADMISSION - THE DEBATE - CLAY'S COMPROMISE - THIE SOLEMN PUBLIC ACT-THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION ADMITTING THE STATE-PE- CULIARITIES OF THE TRANSACTION-STATE BOUNDARIES - MISSOURI - ARKANSAS - WOLF
234 ISLAND.
SECTION IV CHAPTER XVI GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
ANALYSIS OF POPULATION, 1820-1830-COMPARATIVE CENSUS TABLE, 1820-1860-FRENCH AND GERMAN ELEMENTS-PERIOD OF TOWN GROWTH. 247
CHAPTER XVII STE. GENEVIEVE AND ST. MARYS.
SHIPPING CENTER OF MINERAL REGION-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON MOUNTAIN PLANK ROAD- 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED-U. S. SENATORS FROM STE. GENEVIEVE-STE. GENE- VIEVE OF TODAY-ST. MARYS. 251
CHAPTER XVIII CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY TOWNS
CAPE GIRARDEAU A STEAMBOAT TOWN-INCORPORATED AS A CITY-PROSPERITY AFTER THE WAR -STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LOCATED-STAGE OF STAGNATION- REALLY REMARKABLE PROGRESS -FOUNDING OF JACKSON-FIRST INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS-CIVIL GOVERNMENT-PRES- ENT COUNTY SEAT-BURFORDVILLE-APPLETON-POCAHONTAS AND OAK RIDGE. 256
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CHAPTER XIX NEW MADRID AND MADISON COUNTIES
BLOWS TO NEW MADRID-INCORPORATED AS A CITY-LONG THE COUNTY SEAT-POINT PLEASANT -PORTAGEVILLE-FREDERICKTOWN.
265
CHAPTER XX WASHINGTON AND PERRY COUNTIES
POTOSI LAID OUT AND INCORPORATED-OLD MINES-CALEDONIA - PERRYVILLE - LONGTOWN - ALTENBURG. 269
CHAPTER XXI WAYNE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
GREENVILLE, EARLY AND LATE-PIEDMONT-PATTERSON - DESOTO - CRYSTAL CITY - HER- CULANEUM - HILLSBORO - KIMMSWICK-HEMATITE. 272
CHAPTER XXII ST. FRANCOIS, BOLLINGER AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES
PRESENT-DAY BISMARCK - LIBERTYVILLE - FARMINGTON-MARBLE HILL-LUTESVILLE-GAY- OSO-CARUTHERSVILLE. 277
CHAPTER XXIII DUNKLIN AND MISSISSIPPI
OLD-TIME KENNETT-MODERN TOWN DATES FROM RAILROAD - CLARKTON - HORNERSVILLE- MISSISSIPPI COUNTY SEAT-CHARLESTON OF THE PRESENT-BELMONT. 284 .
CHAPTER XXIV TOWNS OF SIX COUNTIES
COMMERCE INCORPORATED-BENTON, SCOTT COUNTY SEAT - SIKESTON-DONIPHAN, COUNTY SEAT OF RIPLEY-POPLAR BLUFF, BUTLER COUNTY'S SEAT OF JUSTICE-BLOOMFIELD, STOD- DARD COUNTY-IRONTON, COUNTY SEAT OF IRONTON - ARCADIA - LESTERVILLE - SMALLER SETTLEMENTS. 290
CHAPTER XXV POLITICAL, CIVIL AND MILITARY
THE FIRST STATE ELECTION-CONTEST FOR THE SENATORSHIP-THE EIGHT COUNTIES-COURTS IN EACH COUNTY-ORGANIZATION OF NEW COUNTIES-SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN THE MEX- ICAN WAR. 299
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CHAPTER XXVI
CREATION OF NEW COUNTIES
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY-SCOTT COUNTY-ORGANIZATION AND SETTLEMENT OF STODDARD COUNTY-RIPLEY COUNTY-PIONEERS OF DUNKLIN COUNTY-REYNOLDS, BUTLER AND BOL- LINGER COUNTIES-PEMISCOT COUNTY-ST. FRANCOIS LEVEE DISTRICT - COURTS OF THE COUNTY AND PROMINENT CITIZENS-IRON AND CARTER COUNTIES-FOUNDERS OF THE EIGHT OLD COUNTIES. 302
SECTION V
CHAPTER XXVII GENERAL MOVEMENTS
POSITION OF THE STATE-NUMBER OF SOLDIERS FURNISHED-APPOINTMENT OF A MAJOR-GEN- ERAL OF THE STATE GUARDS-GENERAL S. WATKINS-GENERAL THOMPSON-SKIRMISHES IN AUGUST, 1861-GENERAL GRANT-FORTIFICATIONS AT CAPE GIRARDEAU-MARTIAL LAW- THOMPSON'S RAID INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY-SITUATION IN NOVEMBER, 1861-BATTLE OF BEL- MONT-EARLY MONTHS OF 1862-CAPTURE OF NEW MADRID AND ISLAND TEN-SKIRMISHES AND RAIDS OF 1863-MARMADUKE'S INVASION-CAPTURE OF GENERAL JEFF THOMPSON - PRICE'S RAID CONDITIONS AFTER THE WAR. 327
CHAPTER XXVIII
REGIMENTAL HISTORIES
UNION TROOPS ORGANIZED-HOME GUARDS AND STATE MILITIA-THIRD, FIFTH, SIXTY-FOURTH, SIXTY-EIGHTH, SEVENTY-EIGHTH, SEVENTY-NINTH, SECOND, TWENTY-NINTH, THIRTIETH AND FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY-SIXTH AND TENTH MISSOURI CAVALRY-ENGINEER REGIMENT, WEST MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS-TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENTS OF ENROLLED MILITIA-OTHER COMMANDS OF STATE GUARDS NINTH AND SECOND INFANTRY-NOTED CONFEDERATE ORGANIZATIONS. 341
SECTION VI
CHAPTER XXIX
MOVEMENTS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
RAILROAD BUILDING-DRAINAGE-WEALTH - MANUFACTURING - MINING - TRANSPORTATION- RESOURCES-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES - LOCAL OPTION - POPULATION - ORGANIZATIONS - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 357
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CHAPTER XXX
TOWNS FOUNDED SINCE CIVIL WAR
MARQUAND - GLENALLEN - ZALMA - BESSVILLE - NEELEYVILLE - FISK - HARVIEL - VAN BUREN - ELLSINORE - GRANDIN - HUNTER - POCAHONTAS - ALLENVILLE -- WHITE- WATER - BURFORDVILLE - MILLERVILLE -OAKRIDGE - GORDONVILLE - MALDEN-CAMP- BELL - GIBSON - HOLCOMB - SENATH --- WHITEOAK - GLENNONVILLE - CARDWELL - CARUTH - COTTONPLANT - DES ARC - SABULA - BELLEVIEW - ANNAPOLIS - FESTUS - HOUSE'S SPRING - MORSE MILL -- PEVELEY - VICTORIA - MINE LAMOTTE - CORN- WALL - DIEHLSTADT - EAST PRAIRIE - BERTRAND - MARSTON - GIDEON - PARMA - LILBOURN -- COMO - MOREHOUSE - HAYTI - HOLLAND - COTTONWOOD POINT - STEELE -CALRYVILLE - LITHIUM - WITTENBERG - LONGTOWN - SCHUMER SPRINGS - BUNKER - ELLINGTON - NAYLOR - FLAT RIVER - DESLOGE - LEADWOOD - ELVINS - BONNE TERRE - BISMARCK - DELASSUS - KNOB LICK-LIBERTYVILLE - DOE RUN - ORAN - FORNFELT - ILLMO-CROWDER - KELSO - BLODGETT - MORLEY - CHAFFEE - VANDU- SER - DEXTER - ADVANCE - BERNIE - PUXICO - IRONDALE - MINERAL POINT -RICH- WOODS - CHAONIA - LEEPER - MILLS RING-WILLIAMSVILLE. 371
SECTION VII
CHAPTER XXXI EARLY SCHOOLS
WORK OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOLS - ACADEMIES AT STE. GENEVIEVE, JACKSON, POTOSI, NEW MADRID, PERRYVILLE, POINT PLEASANT, CAPE GIRARDEAU, BLOOMFIELD, POPLAR BLUFF AND CHARLESTON. 397
CHAPTER XXXII PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC SYSTEM-THE STATE COMMISSION-SALE OF LANDS-LAWS OF 1853- PROVISIONS OF 1874-GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM - SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TEACHERS' ASSOCIA- TION-FIRST SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS COUNTIES. 404
CHAPTER XXXIII
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
ST. MARY'S SEMINARY-ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE-WILL MAYFIELD COLLEGE-ELMWOOD SEM- INARY-FARMINGTON COLLEGE-MARVIN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE-CARLETON COLLEGE-AR- CADIA COLLEGE-THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT CAPE GIRARDEAU. 412
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SECTION VIII CHAPTER XXXIV
SOCIAL LIFE AND INDUSTRIES
ISOLATION OF MANY COMMUNITIES-DEPRIVATIONS SUFFERED - HOUSES - FOOD - DRESS - HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENTS-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-AMUSEMENTS - UNITY OF FEELING- TREATMENT OF DISEASE-VERSATILITY OF THE PIONEER - DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER - FARMING-MINING-MANUFACTURING. 439
CHAPTER XXXV
RELIGIOUS HISTORY-CONTINUED
CATHOLICS - METHODISTS: QUARTERLY MEETINGS, CIRCUITS AND DISTRICTS-BAPTISTS: AS- SOCIATIONS-EVANGELICAL LUTHERANS-PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES-CONGREGATION- ALISTS-GERMAN EVANGELICAL AND GERMAN METHODIST CHURCHES-NEW SCHOOL PRESBY- TERIANS-CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES - CHRISTIANS (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)- SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES-PRESBYTERIANISM IN 1854-64-1864-1874- DIVISION IN PRESBYTERY-DECADE FROM 1884 TO 1894-HISTORY SINCE 1894. 448
CHAPTER XXXVI
RAILROADS
BEGINNING OF RAILROAD AGITATION-COMPANIES FORMED-THE FIRST RAILROAD-ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN-CAIRO & FULTON-PRESENT CONDITION OF THE IRON MOUN- TAIN-THE CAPE GIRARDEAU, PILOT KNOB & BELMONT-THE HOUCK LINES-THE 'FRISCO SYSTEM-THE ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN-THE ILLINOIS & MISSOURI BRIDGE COMPANY-MIS- SISSIPPI RIVER & BONNE TERRE RAILROAD COMPANY-THE WILLIAMSVILLE, GREENVILLE & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY-ST. LOUIS, KENNETT & SOUTHEASTERN-THE ST. LOUIS & MISSOURI SOUTHERN-THE PARAGOULD SOUTHEASTERN - THE ILLINOIS SOUTHERN-THE MISSOURI SOUTHERN-THE PARAGOULD & MEMPHIS-THE BUTLER COUNTY RAILROAD-THE ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY INTERURBAN. 496
CHAPTER XXXVII
GENERAL STATUS
LOCATION - AREA - TOPOGRAPHY - TIMBER - INDUSTRIES - TRANSPORTATION - TOWNS -POPULATION - SCHOOLS - WEALTH - BOLLINGER - BUTLER - CAPE GIRARDEAU-CAR- TER - DUNKLIN - IRON - JEFFERSON - MADISON - MISSISSIPPI - NEW MADRID - PEMI- SCOT - PERRY - REYNOLDS - RIPLEY - ST. FRANCOIS - STE. GENEVIEVE - SCOTT - STODDARD - WASHINGTON - WAYNE. 310
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CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE NEWSPAPERS
CAPE GIRARDEAU - THE FIRST PAPER - BOLLINGER - BUTLER - CARTER - DUNKLIN IRON - JEFFERSON - MADISON - MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID - PEMISCOT - PERRY - REYNOLDS - RIPLEY - ST. FRANCOIS - STE. GENEVIEVE - SCOTT - STODDARD - WASH- INGTON - WAYNE - THE GREAT WORK OF NEWSPAPERS. 529
CHAPTER XXXIX
SOME BIOGRAPHIES
LOUIS HOUCK-LOWNES H. DAVIS-ROBERT H. WHITELAW - WILLIAM B. WILSON - JUDGE JOHN W. EMERSON-SAMUEL S. HILDEBRAND-SAMUEL BYRNS-B. B. CAHOON-JAMES D. Fox-J. J. RUSSELL-H. J. DEAL-ABSALOM MCELMURRY - WILLIAM DAWSON - JOSEPH HUNTER-JOHN A. MOTT-ROBERT A. HATCHER-ELIZA A. CARLETON-WILLIAM CARTER -- PLACIDE DELASSUS-JAMES R. MCCORMACK-MILTON P. CAYCE-GUSTAVUS ST. GEM -- CHARLES S. HERTICH -- M. L. CLARDY- MARSHALL ARNOLD - JAMES P. WALKER - N. B. HENRY-F. P. GRAVES-FIRMIN DESLOGE. 548
INDEX
Abbey, Daniel, 291, 342 Abel, Ezekiel, 74, 75, 257 Abel, Wilson, 290 Abernathy, Albert G., 402 Abernathy, Clayton D., 270 Able, Wilson, 171 Abshier, Claude E., 821 Academies, 400 Adams, Benjamin H., 530 Adams, J. W., 912 Adams, James T., 293 Adams, Jefferson D., 1279 Adams, Joel, 1094 Adelphi Literary Society, 430 Advance, 391 "Advance Guard, "' 544 "Advertiser, "' 532 Ake, Eli D., 534 Akers, Alfred H., 618 Albert, H. L., 431 Albert, J., 256 Albert, John, 262 Albert, Leon J., 433, 588 Albert, R., 267 Albert, S., 256 Albright, George W., 753 Alderson, James, 410 Alexander, Harry E., 695 Alexander, John H., 282 Alexander, William, 302 Alford, George G., 265 Algonquins, 34 Allen, Albert O., 537, 1052 Allen, B. B., 411 Allen, Benjamin F., 976 Allen, Edward, 913 Allen, Russell L., 1163 Allen, Samuel, 265 Allen, Thomas, 497 Allen, Thomas C., 1149 Allen, William R., Jr., 821 Allenville, 373, 374 Alleys Mines, 177 Allstun, Hiram B., 1117 Ally, John, 63 Altenburg, 271 Altenberg Evangelical Lutheran Church, 479 Alvey, William T., 923 Amoreaux, Michael, 164
Amusements, 122 Anderson, Benjamin F., 1224 Anderson, Ed, 901 Anderson, Henry, 949 Anderson, I. E., 478 Anderson, M. S., 1251
Andrew, Lyman B., 402
Andrews, John, 302 Andrews, L. H., 402
Annapolis, 378 Anthony, Benjamin, 171
Anthony, Edward D., 576 Anthony, John, 249 Anthony, Robert A., 650 Antioch Christian Church, 494
Appleberry, Daly, 780
Appleberry, Reuben, 780
Apple Creek, xii Apple Creek, 66 Apple Creek First Presbyterian Church, 489 Apple Creek German M. E. Church, 483 Applegate, H. A., 308
Appleton, 264 Arcadia, 297 Arcadia College, 420
Arcadia College and Ursuline Seminary, 842 Arcadia Congregational Church, 482 "Arcadia Prospect, "' 534 "Arcadia Valley Enterprise," 534 Arent, Cornelius, 79 Arenz, Oscar, 1283 " Argus, "' 530 Arion Literary Society, 430 Arkansas River, 26 Armour, David, 194, 262 Armstrong, John, 262
Arnold. J. L .. 1050
Arnold, Marshall, 556
Arthur, William C., 960 Asa, A. Frank, 1186 Ashabranner, 183 Asherbramer, Daniel, 80
Ashley, John, 1078 Ashley, John L., 1090 Ashley, W. H., 257 Ashley, William II., 162. 261, 402 Audubon, John James, 60, 213 Austin, 181 Austin, A. C., 308
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Austin, James, 160, 302, 402 Austin, Moses, 64, 159, 169, 183, 269, 402 Austin, Stephen F., 154, 155 Aux Vases, xii Averill, Harvey E., 538 Azar (Breton), Francois, 182 Azoie Rocks, x
Bagby, Robert .1., 756 Bage, Samuel E., 985
Bailey, J. A., 1136
Bailey, Ralph E., 1240
Baird, Ely D., 985
Baird, Francis M., 1072
Baird, James M., 893
Baird, Martin V., 473, 1067
Baker, E., 678
Belleview, 378
Baker, Elisha, 62
Baker, Henry, 178
Baker, James, 307
Bellevue Settlement, 207
Baker, Moses, 290
Bellevue Valley, 64, 178
Bellon, Tolbert E., 1058
Belmont, 289
Belmont Branel, The, 497
Baldwin, Joseph, 421
Belt, Harry B., 1029 Beverly, Nathaniel, 168
Baldwin, Paul, 560
Baldwin, T. E., 285
Baldwin, Thomas E., 559
Ball, J. Morgan, 1192
Ballard, James M., 929
Ballew, James, 161
Ballou, (Mrs.) Agnes, 197 Bancroft, C. B., 307
Bancroft, Thomas S., 402
Baptists, 198, 207, 463
Benton, Thomas H., 190, 299
Bequette, Joseph, 52
Bergmann, William C., 660
Bergmann, William F., 637
Bernie, 391
"Bernie Star, " 544
Berry, J. A., 371, 784 Berryman, Jerome C., 461, 725
Berthamme, Marie, 73
Bertling, Daniel, 480
Bertrand, 379
Bessville, 372
Bethel Association of the Baptist Church, 463
Bethel Baptist Association, 475
Bethel Baptist Church, 162
Bethel Church, 198
Bethel Church Monument, 200
Bethlehem Baptist Church, 476
Bettis, Elijah. 238 Bettis, Overton, 167
Bidewell, Charles F., 643
Bidewell, George, 662
Biffle, A. L., 1193
Big Creek Baptist Church, 477
"Big Field," 7, 119
Bartlett, Thomas, 291 Barton, David, 63, 169, 238, 299
Bateaus (pirogues), 131 Bates, Elijah, 169 Bates, Moses, 402 Battery F, Second Illinois Light Artillery, 347 Battle of Belmont, 332
INDEX
Baumblatt, C. F., $94 Baxter, Francois, 282 Bayou Portage, 230 Bayon, St. John, 6
Beattie, George MI., 262 Beauvais, Jean, 52 Beauvais, J. S. J., 150 Beauvais, St. Gem, 52 Beck, Arnold, 341 Beckwith, Newman, 303 Bedford, A. M., 288, 295, 498
Bedford, H. H., 350
Bedford, Henry Hale, 305 Belchamber, James, 794
Bell City, 391 Bell, Hney F., 759
Bell Telephone Co., 261
Bellevue Collegiate Institute, 461
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, 488
Baker, Peter, 178
Baker, Rebecca, 63 Baker, W. L., 957
Baldwin, Hartwell, 291
Baldwin, J. W., 403
Benedict, Horace D., 613
Bennett, Carroll P., 676
Bennett, Joseph, 267
Bennett, L. D., 476
Benton, 290, 449
"Benton Express, " 542
"Benton Express Record, " 542 Benton-Lucas Duels, 190 Benton Presbyterian Church, 484 "Benton Record," 542
"'Baptist Headlight," 530 "Baptist Journal, " 534 Barber, Moses B., 703 Barham, William H., 1068 Barkley, Richard, 402 Barley, Absolom, 295
Barnard, James Underwood, 426
Barnard, W. P., 287 Barnes, C. M., 1035 Barnes, Goah S., 1046 Barnes, John N., 1033
Barnes, William A., 1270
Barnett, Silas Y., 1108 Barnhart, Adam, 307 Barren Church, 201 "Barrens, The, " 66, 177 Barrett, A. M., 742 Barrett, William L., 566
Barrow, Abner, 674 Barsaloux, Jean Baptiste, 107
Barsaloux, John B., 115
Barsalonx, John Baptiste, 66
Barth, Phillip H., 1017 Bartlett. G. T., 403, 53] Bartlett, Orson, 295, 296, 403
Bigham, William, 282 Big River, xii
Big River, 331 Big River Mills, 63 Big Swamp. 76 Bird, Abraham, 109, 179 Bird's Point, 109, 179, 379
INDEX
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Bird, Thompson, 288 Bishop, Pleasant, 267 Bismark, 277, 386 "Bismark Gazette," 541 Bismark Presbyterian Church, 491 Bisplinghoff, George H., 694 Black, John, 314 Black River, xii, xiv Black River Baptist Association, 469 Black River Baptist Church, 469 "Black River Country, " 531 "Black River News," 531 Blackwell, 331 Blake, Ross, 871 Blakemore, A. F., 1076 Blakemore, J. B., 285, 507 Blaine, Albert, 733 Blair, Governor. 243
Blair, Robert, 74 Blair, Thomas, 204
Blanton, J. Thompson, 605
Blanton Plank-Road, 265 Blanton, William H., 724 Blaylock, Richard D., 848
Blaylock, W. M., 865
Bledsoe, John H., 966 Bledsoe, J. S., 288 Bledsoe, Riehard, 254 Bledsoe, William B., 953 Block, Hiram, 402 Bloek, Levi, 270
Blodgett, 388 Bloom, Peter, 62
Bloomfield. 295, 335, 337, 453. 454, 462, 526 "Bloomfield Argus," 543 Bloomfield Baptist Church, 473 Bloomfield Educational Society, 403 "Bloomfield Herald." 295, 543 Bloomfield Mission, 454 "Bloomfield Vindicator, " 296, 545 Blount. Jacob C., 293, 311 Boaz, Herbert L .. 1210 Boearie, Phyllis, 65 Bogliolo, Etienne, 97 Bogliolo. Matteo, 265 Bogy, Joseph, 154 Bogy, Leon, 344 Bogy, Lewis V., 253 Boise Brule Bottom, 66 Boldue, Louis, 56 Boli, E. M., 273 Boli, John, 65 Boli, William, 125 Boli, Williams, 65 Bollinger County, 79, 313, 510, 531 Bollinger, Charles F., 770 Bollinger, Frederick, 150 Bollinger, George Frederick, 79, 153, 154, 155, 177, 313 Bollinger, H. A., 1220 Bollinger, Henry E., 827 Bollinger, Henry F., 1005 Bollinger, Major. 128 Bollinger, Phillip, 80 Bollinger, Solomon, 167 Bollinger, Walter A., 1183 Bollinger, William, 80, 1183 Bond, George, 344 Bond, George H., 741
Bone, William M., 965 Bonne Terre, 385, 450
Bonne Terre Congregational Church, 482 "Bonne Terre Register,"' 541 "Bonne Terre Star, " 541 Booker, Charles O., 1273
Boon, Pinkney E., 1288 Booth, James, 1133 Boutin, Samuel, 671
Bowen, John S., 351
Bowers, James M., 997
Bowman, Arthur C., 564
Bowman, B. L., 477
Boyce, William, 66
Boyden, Charles, 1179
Boyden, John R., 1179
Boyer, Barton II., 857
Boyer, Jaques, 52
Braekenridge, William T., 913 Bradbury, John, 213
Bradley, James, 307
Bradley, James A., 1092
Bradley, John H., 655
Bragg, W. G., 285
Bragg, William G., 813
Bramblet, Clarence R., 794
Brand, Eli T., 841
Brandon, James D., 915
Brandt, John, 413 Branham, Adolphus, 1041
Branum, Lizzie, 306
Branum, Tecumseh, 306
Branum, Victorine, 306
Brasher, J. M., 314
Brasher, Joseph M., 641
Bray, William, 715
Bray, William G., 907
Brayton, Rev., 468
Brazeau Presbyterian Church, 488
Breckenkamp, August H., 747
Bredensteiner, William, 917
Breid, David W., 661
Breton. Francois, 269 Brevard, A. H., 262
Brevard, A. J., 263
Brewer, Robert M .. 343
Briekey, Franklin W., 730
Brickey, John S., 169
Bridgeman, John. 270
Bridges, A. D., 307 Bridges, Ambrose D., 918
Bridges, J. H., 288
Bridges, L. L., 761
Bridges, William, 977
Bringier, L., 213 Brissenden, Ralph, 1271
Brooks, Elmer O., 895
Brooks, Harry T .. 1026 Brooks, James A., 410
Brooks, Thomas 1., 964
Brown, Allen C., 969
Brown, B. Gratz, 329 Brown, James, 317
Brown, John, 290 Brown, John L., 1077
Brown, John W., 473
Brown, Robert T., 170, 270
Brown, R. T., 238
Brown, Thomas J., 1046
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Caldwell, James, 80, 154, 299
Caldwell, Thomas, 154 Caldwell, William C., 1109
Caledonia, 64, 270
Caledonia Presbyterian Church, 270 Callaway, John, 63
Calvin, Lula, 1191
Calvin, Robert L., 1190
Cameron, Donald H., 635
Campbell, 375
"Campbell Citizen, " 533
Campbell, Alexander, 310
Campbell, C. C., 31]
Campbell, J. P., 539
Buckner, Alexander, 157, 238, 242
Buckner, Robert, 171
Buehrman, Otto, 249
Bnenger, E. E., 271
Canaan Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 494
Buerkle, John C., 727
Buffalo Creek, xiv
Buford, John, 317
Bull, Thomas, 162, 198, 199
Bullett, George, 153
Bullock, James R., 104%
Bunker, 383
Bunte, Theodore L., Jr., 674
Bunyard, E. J., 476
Burchitt, J. G., 863
Burdette, John, 267
Burford, D. W., 1032
Burfordville, 264, 374
Burger, Moritz, 479
Burgess, William J., 990
Burke, Edward, 291
Burlison, Ed., 839
Burnham, B. P., 587
Burns, Robert F., 1056
Burnside, DeWitt L., 1232
Burris, Levi, 1252
Burrough, Jacob H., 422
Burrow, John W., 1195
Burrow, William A., 1088
Burton, C. E., 561
Butler County, 179, 248, 311, 511, 531
Butler County Educational Society, 403 Butler County Railroad Company, 508
Butler, Elisha C., 682
Butler, Frederick C., 402
Butler, John, S16 Butler, Mann, 193
Butler, W. A., 312
"Buzz-Saw,"' 546
Byrd, Abraham, 78, 162
Byrd, Amos, 78
Byrd, A. R., 410
Byrd Family, 78, 158
Byrd, John, 78, 161, 498
Byrd Settlement, 77 Byrd, Spencer, 153 Byrd. Stephen, 78. 150, 154, 238
Byrd's Creek, 78, 178
Byrns, Sam, 759
Byrns, Samuel, 551
Cabildo (Council), 114 Cahoon, Benjamin Benson, 551 Cain, Jesse, 161 Cairo & Fulton Railroad, 287, 498 Caldwell, Isaac W., 991
Cane Creek Baptist Association, 470, 477
Caneer. W. T., Jr., 667
Caney Creek, xiii
"Capaha Arrow, " 431
Capaha Bluffs, Rock Levee Drive, Cape Girardeau (view), viii
Capahas, 16, 34, 35
Cape Girardeau, 21, 34, 51. 71, 73, 74, 139, 140, 152, 161, 162, 164, 176, 177, 178, 186, 192, 249, 261, 318, 329, 409, 420, 453. 455, 460, 504
Cape Girardeau-A steamboat town, 256; incorpo- rated as a city, 257; prosperity after the war, 258; State Normal School located, 259; remark- able progress, 260
Cape Girardeau Association of Baptists, 464
"Cape Girardeau Censor," 530
Cape Girardeau Circuit, 455
Cape Girardeau Connty, 178, 511
"Cape Girardean Courier." 530
"'Cape Girardeau Democrat," 530
Cape Girardeau District, 49, 117, 125, 197. 207- First settlement within, 67; water mills on Cape La Croix and Hubble creeks, 72; origin of name, 73; limits of the town, 75
Cape Girardeau German M. E. Church, 483
"Cape Girardeau Herald," 531
"Cape Girardeau News," 531
"Cape Girardeau Patriot, " 530
Cape Girardeau Presbyterian Church, 489, 484 "Cape Girardeau Progress,"' 531
Railroad
Cape Girardeau, Pilot Knob & Belmont Company, 501 Cape Girardeau & Jackson Interurban Company, 509 Cape Girardeau & Thebes Bridge Terminal Railway Company, 503 Cape Girardeau & State Line Railroad Company, 501
Cape Le-Croix Creek, xii Cape La Crux Creek, 77 "Capote, " 122 Capuchin, 133
Cardwell, 376
Carleton College, 420 Carleton, Eliza A., 553 Carleton, (Miss) E. A., 420 Carleton, George W., 282, 315 Carleton, G. W., 314
Browne, David S., 782 Browne. Joseph, 151 Browne, Lionel, 154, 190, 402 Browne. Wilson, 78 Brownell, John W., 266
Brownwood, 391
Brunke, Abraham, 402
Bryan, (Mrs.) Eliza, 213 Bryant, Bert P., 841 Bryant, P. P., 877
Brydon, Doe, 1126
Buck, Charles, 1093 Buck, James B., 1141
Buck, John L., 295, 1141
Campbell, John M., 1017
Camp Rowdy, 254
Camren, James T., 1215
Canada, 27, 28
Canada, Mark, 56
Canalou, 381
Cane Creek, 179, 312
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Carleton, Major, 315 Carondelet, Baron, 62 Carr, William C., 159 Carrington, W. T., 410 Carroll, William L., 1287 Carter County, 248, 306, 317, 409, 512 Carter Family, 554 Carter, Francis M., 827 Carter, William, 554, 886 Carter, Zimri, 180 Carter, Zimri A., 317 Cartobona, Don Francisco, 114 Carty, Moses, 311 Caruth, 377 Caruthers, Edgar P., 625 Caruthers, E. P., 533, 535 Caruthers, Sam, 282 Caruthers, Samuel, 322
Caruthersville, 282
"Caruthersville Republican, " 538
Case, Theodore, 313 Cashion, Arthur V., 583 Cashion, Charles E., 760 Casquins, 14 Cassilly, E. V., 257 Castor Creek, xii Castor River, xiv
Cates, William M., 773 Cato, Sanford, 1199
Caulk, Richard, 150 Cavender, John S., 344 Cavinor, Joseph, 153 Cayce, Milton P., 555 Cedar Hill Baptist Church, 476
Cellini, Francois, 449 Centerville, 311, 329 Cerre, Gabriel, 65, 72 Central Missouri Baptist Association, 475 Chaffee, 389 "Chaffee Signal," 542 Chalk Bluff, 335 Chambers, J. O., 1169 Chandler, Lewis, 307 Chaonia, 392 Chapman, Alvin, 1012 Chapman, Reuben, 314 Chapman, Reuben S., 1011 Chapman, Samuel, 291, 295 Chaponga, 52 Chapoosa Creek, 82 Charless, Joseph, 192 Charleston, 287, 516 Charleston Baptist Association, 478 "Charleston Call," 537 Charleston Classical Academy, 403 "Charleston Courier, "' 536 "Charleston Gazette,"' 536 Charleston M. E. Church, 460 Charleston Presbyterian Church, 485 "Charleston Republican." 536 "Charleston Sentinel," 536 " Charleston Star," 537 Charpentier, John, 65, 115 Chasteen, John B., 1129 Chatham, Alfred T., 1009 Cheney, L. H., 422, 423 Cheney, (Mrs.), 423 Cherokees, 35, 40, 41 Chevalier, Peter, 64
Chickasaw Bluffs, 14 Chilletecaux. xiv Chilletecaux, 42, 44, 284, 306, 307 Chilletecaux River, 42 Chilton, Joseph F., 590 Chookalee (corn meal), 43 Chouteau, August, 150 Chouteau, Pierre, 39 Christians, 208, 494 Christian Indians, 41 "Chronicle, "' 537 Cinquehomme, xii Cinqne Homme, 42, 66, 51 Circuit Court, 159, 304 ('issell, Bernard, 270 "Citizen-Democrat, " 532 Civil War, 327 Claiborne, William, 142 Clamorgan, Jacques, 65 Clardy, Martin L., 556 "Clarion, "' 535
Clark, B., 470
Clark, Francis, 80
Clark, George B., 374
Clark, Henry E., 286 Clark, H. C., 370
Clark, John, 65, 197
Clark, W. C., 1193 Clarke, C. B., 423
Clarkson, Riley, 307, 308
Clarkton, 164, 286
Clarkton Presbyterian Church, 491
Clary, Claude L., 1250
Claryville, 382
Clay, Henry, 239
Clements, Charles B., 1118 Clevenger, E. L., 696 Clifton, James D., 1287 Clifton & Mothershead, 262
Climate. xvi
Cline, Benjamin J., 1137
Clippard, F. G., 633 Clowd, Robert E., 282
Cluley, John M., 341
Cluley, J. M., 409
Coats, O. B., 1030
Coburn, John, 151
Colien, D., 273 Coker, A. S., 410 Cole, Charles A., 672 Cole, Oscar R., 935
Cole, Phillip, 169
Cole, Rolla A., 1003
Cole, William L., 626
Cole, W. N., 820
Coleman, Francois, 52
Coleman, F. M., 317
Collins, Cicero, 898
Columbian Bible Society, 208
"Columbian Reciprocity, "' 534 "Comet,"' 530 Commerce, 290, 303 "Commerce Dispatch." 542 Commercial Clubs, 370 Common Fields, 118 Common Pleas Court, 159, 164 Como, 381 Concord Baptist Association, 474 Concordia Seminary, Altenberg, 480
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Confederate Organizations (Civil War), 348 Confederate Veterans, 369
Congregational Churches, 482 Conrad, Arthur O., 818 Conrad, David R., 618
Conrad, Daniel E., 618 Conrad, D. J., 682
Conrad, George E., 743
Conrad, J. J., 313 Conrad, Peter R., 668
Conran, James V., 1231
Conran, Matt J., 1050
"Conservative, "' 535 "Constitution, "' 188
Cook Settlement, 177
Cook, Allen, 342
Cook, John D., 155, 158, 238, 299, 304, 310, 311
Cook, L. C., 1153
Cook, Mrs. M. K., 1291
Cook, Nathaniel, 63, 154. 238, 267, 299
Cook, Richard, 307
Cooke, Mrs. L. A., 1021
Cook's Settlement, 63
Cooksey, Gny E., 537
Cooley, W. G., 288
Cooper, Samuel, 164 Cooper, T. S., 968
Cooper, Thomas W., 717
Cooper, William A., 575
Coppage. Robert F., 932
Coppedge, George S., 1062
Corbin, Abel R., 405
Corbin, Daniel B., 1187
Cordrey, Henry L., 1225
Cordrie, Charles, 342
Corn Measured by Horses (view), 517
Cornwall, 379
Cornyn, F. M., 346 "Correspondent and Record," 541 "Cosmos, " 543 Cottard, Francis, 150
Cottle, Warren, 150
Cottonplant, 7, 377 Cotton Plant Baptist Church, 473
Cottonwood Point, 382 Conch, Lewis J., 890
Cousin, Barthelimi, 74
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