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With all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereto be- longing.
Signed this - day of-, A. D. 18-
SIGNED IN PRESENCE OF
WARRANTY DEED.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That -, of - county, and State of -, in consideration of the sum of dollars, in hand paid by -, of - county, and State of -, do hereby sell and convey unto the said -, and to - heirs and assigns, the following described premises, situated in the county of -, State of Missouri; to-wit.,
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And - do hereby covenant with the said - that - a- law- fully seized in fee simple of said premises, that they are free from incum- brance; that - ha- good right and lawful authority to sell the same, and - do hereby covenant to warrant and defend said premises, and; ap- purtenances thereto belonging, against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever; and the said - hereby relinquishes all her right of dower and of homestead in and to the above described premises.
Signed the - day of -, A. D. 18 -.
SIGNED IN PRESENCE OF
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1
All forms of deeds, mortgages, or bond for deed, shall have the following form of acknowledgment:
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LAWS OF MISSOURI ..
STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF SS.
BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this - day of -, A. D. 18-, before me the undersigned, a - in and for said county, personally appeared -, to me personally known to be the identical person who executed the above (deed, mortgage, etc.,) as -- and acknowledged - signature thereto to be - voluntary act and deed.
Witness my hand and - seal, the day and year last above written.
NOTES.
Form of note is legal, worded in the simplest way, so that the amount and time of payment are mentioned:
$100.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 1881.
Sixty days after date I promise to pay to John Doe, or order, one hun- dred dollars, for value received, with interest.
RICHARD ROE.
A note to be payable in anything else but money, needs only the article substituted in the above form. " With interest," means at the legal rate, and any other rate must be mentioned, or if no interest is to be paid until after the maturity of the note it should be so stated.
ORDERS.
Orders should be simply worded:
Mr. D. H. WATERS,
ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 2, 1881.
Please pay J. Walker twenty-five dollars and charge to account of
J. TURNER.
If it is to be paid in trade it should be so expressed after the word dol- lars.
RECEIPTS.
Receipts should state when received and for what; thus:
$100.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 1, 1878.
Received of J. W. Hardin one hundred dollars, for services in the harvest field to date, in full.
Or,
Received of J. W. Hardin fifty dollars, for one week's work of self and team, in hauling stone, in full.
R. W. FIELDS.
If only part is paid it should read, " on account," instead of " in full."
12S
LAWS OF MISSOURI.
BILL OF PURCHASE.
It should state each article and price, as follows:
J. W. SHATTUCK, ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 1, 187S.
Bought of J. D. ADAMS.
To 5 Yards Jeans. @.50 $2.50
" 20 Brown Domestic .OS 1.60
Received payment, $4.10
J. D. ADAMS.
VALUABLE RULES.
How to find the gross and net weight of a hog, is by the rule that a hog's net weight is one fifth less than his gross weight. For instance, a hog weighing 400 pounds gross, would when dressed weigh 320.
A good rule to find the capacity of a granary or a wagon-bed is multiply by (short method) the number of cubic feet by 6308, and point off one dec- imal place-the result will be the correct answer in bushels and tenths of bushels.
To find the contents of a corn-crib multiply the number of cubic feet by 54 (short method) or by 43 ordinary method, and point off one decimal- the result will be the answer in bushels. This rule applies when it is first cribbed and before the corn shrinks.
For the contents of a cistern or tank, multiply the square of the mean diameter by the depth (all in feet) and this product by 5681 (short method) and point off one decimal place -- the result will be the contents in barrels of 312 gallons each.
To measure boards multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches), divide the product by 12-the result will be the contents in square feet.
NOTE .- This is the correct measurement for every inch of thickness.
The same in substance is the rule for scantling, joists, plank, sills, etc. Multiply the width, thickness and length together (the width and thickness in inches and the length in feet) and divide the product by 12-the result will be square feet.
To find the number of brick required in a building, multiply the number of cubic feet by 223. The number of cubic feet is found by multiplying the length, height and thickness (in feet) together.
A congressional township is thirty-six sections, each a square mile.
A section of land is 640 acres.
A quarter section, 160 acres, is a half a mile square.
Eighty acres is a half mile long and one quarter of a mile wide.
Forty acres is a quarter of a mile square.
The sections of a congressional township are all numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner of the township.
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LAWS OF MISSOURI.
One hundred and ninety-six pounds is one barrel of flour.
Two hundred pounds is one barrel of pork. Fifty six pounds is called a firkin of butter. A cord of wood is four feet wide, four feet high, and eight feet long.
WEIGHITS AND MEASURES.
The lawful weight of the following articles is the following number of pounds per bushel, and so understood when no special contract is made.
Apples, peaches and quinces . 48
Rye 56
Cherries, grapes, currants or gooseberries 40
Salt.
50
Strawberries, raspberries or blackberries. 32
Sand. 130
Osage-orange seed 32
Lime. 80
Millett secd . 45
Clover seed.
60
Bran.
20
Flax seed.
56
Sorghum seed
30
Wheat. 60
48
Hemp seed . .
44 30
Blue-grass seed.
14
Stone coal.
80
Sweet potatoes 46
Potatoes.
60
Castor bean .
46
Onions.
57
Dried apples
24
Shelled corn
56
Dried peaches. 33
There is a fine and penalty attached for giving false weights.
9
Beans 60
Oats. 33
Timothy seed.
45
Barley.
Buckwheat.
52
Broom-corn seed
Corn-meal. 48
Hungarian grass seed. 45
Corn, in the ear
70
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STATISTICS.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, BY RACES-1880.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Total population,
White, 1880.
Colored, 1880.
Chinese, 1880.
Indians, civilized or taxed, 1880.
1| Alabama.
1,262,794|
661,986|
600,141
4
213
Arizon
40,441
35,178
138
1,632| 3,493
3 Arkansas.
802,564
591,611
210,622
134
197
4 California.
864,686
767,266
6,168
75,122 16,130
5 Colorado.
194,649
191,452
2,459
610
128
6 Connecticut.
622.683
610,884
11,422
130
241
7|Dakota ..
135,180
133,177
381
238
1,384
8|Delaware.
177,638
118,236
59,378
18
6
10 Florida ..
267,351
141,249
125,262|
18
37
11 Georgia
1,539,048
814,218
724,654
17
94
12|Idaho
32,611
29,011
58
3,378
164
13|Illinois.
3,078,769
3,032,174
46,248
214
133
14 Indiana.
1,978,362
1,939,094
38,988
37
233
15 Iowa. .
1,624,620
1,614.510
9,442
47
464
16 Kansas.
995,966
952,056
43,096
22
792
17|Kentucky
1,648,708
1,377,077
271,462
10
50
18 Louisiana.
940,103
455,063
483,898
483
819
19 Maine. .
648,945
646,903
1,427
8
607
20 Maryland.
934,632
724,718
209,897
6
11
21 | Massachusetts
1,783,012
1,764,082
18,644
256
341
22 Michigan.
1,636,331
1,614,078
14,986
29
7,238
23 Minnesota
780,806
776,940
1,558
52
1,832
25 Missouri.
2,168,804
2,023,568
145,046
94
96
26 Montana.
39,157
35,468
202
1,737
1,750
452,433
449,805
2,376
18
233
28|Nevada. .
62,265
53,574
465
5,423
2,803
29 New Hampshire.
346,984
346,264
646
14
60
30 New Jersey .
1,130,983
1,091,856
38,796
182
58
31 New Mexico
118,430
107,188
907
55 10,280
32 New York. .
5,083,810
5,017,142
64,943
942
783
33 North Carolina.
1,400,047
867.467
531,316
1 1,216
34 Ohio.
3,198,239
3,118,344
79,655
117
113
35 Oregon.
174,764
163,087
493
9,508
1,679
36|Pennsylvania.
4,282,786
4,197,106
85,342
170
168
37 Rhode Island.
276,528
269,933
6,503
27
67
38 South Carolina
995,622
391,258
604,325
9
114
39 Tennessee.
1,542,463
1,139,120
402,992
26
326
40 Texas
1,592,574
1,197,493
394,007
142
932
41 Utah.
143,906
142,381
204
518
804
42 Vermont.
322,286
331,243
1,032
6
65
44 Washington.
1,512,806 75,120
67,349
357
3,227
4,187
45|West Virginia.
618,443
592,433
25,729
14
17
46 Wisconsin -
1,315,480
1,309,622
2,7:24
16 3,118
47 Wyoming
20,788!
19,436
299
914
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Total United States.
50,152,866 43.402.408 6,577,497 105,679 65,880
Per cent of increase from 1870 to 1880:
Total population . .30.06 per cent.|Chinese population . . . ...... 67.07 per cent.
White population. .28.82
Indian population (civilized or
Colored population 34.78
- or taxed).
.156.02 4 4
54 2,254
24 Mississippi.
1,131,592
479,371
650,337
27 Nebraska
146,654
120,198
26,456
9 District of Columbia.
1880.
880,739
631,996
11
43 |Virginia.
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STATISTICS.
The inhabitants of Alaska and the Indian Territory (both unorganized as yet) are not included in the above total. The census of Alaska in 1880 showed: White, 392; Creoles (issue of intermarriage between the whites and natives), 1,683; Alents, 1,960; Innuits, 17,488; Indians, 8,655; total, 30,178.
The Indian Territory is estimated to contain 60,000 to 75,000 inhabit- ants.
The Indians included in the census in each State and Territory are those reckoned as civilized, or outside of tribal organizations. Indians not taxed are by law excluded from the census. Estimates of their numbers vary widely-from 200,000 to 350,000 (the latter as estimated in the census of 1870).
In the Chinese column (for want of space elsewhere) have been reckoned a very few Japanese, East Indians and Sandwich Islanders, not exceeding 250 in all.
MILES OF RAILROAD IN THE UNITED STATES.
1850.
9,021
1870. .52,914
1855.
18,374
1875.
74,374
1860.
30,635
1880.
84,715
1865.
35,085
There were in the whole world, January 1, 1881, 192,952 miles of railway.
TELEGRAPH LINES AND WIRES.
In 1866 there were 37,380 miles of telegraph line in the United States and 75,685 miles of wire; in 1870, 54,109 miles of line and 112,191 miles of wire; in 1875, 72,833 miles of line and 179,496 miles of wire; in 1880, 85,645 miles of line and 233,534 miles of wire.
There were 29,216,509 telegraph messages sent in the year 1880.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES, YEARS ENDING SEPT. 1.
YEAR.
BALES.
YEAR.
BALES.
YEAR.
BALES.
1841
1,634,945 |1854
2,930,027|
867
2,019,774 .
1842.
1,683,574 1855.
2,847,339
1868.
2,593,993
1843.
2,378,875|
1856.
3,527,845
1869.
2.439,039
1844.
2,030,409
1857
2,939,519
1870.
3,154,946
1845.
2,394,503 |1858
3,113,962
1871.
4,352,317
1846.
12,100,537 |1859
3,851,481
1872.
2,974,351
1847
1,778,651 1860
4,669,770||1873.
13,930,508
1848.
2,347,634 1861
3,656,006 1874.
4,170,388
1849.
(2,728,596 |1862
Norec'd
1875.
3,832,991
1850
2,096,706| 1863
1876.
4.669,288
1851
2,355,257 1864
1877.
4,485,423
1852
·
3,015,029 1865.
66
1878.
4,811,265
1853.
3,262,822 1866
2,193,987
1879
5.073,531
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STATISTICS.
The crop for 1880 is given by States, as follows:
STATES.
BALES.
STATES.
BALES.
Mississippi.
955,808||North Carolina.
389,516
Georgia
813,965
Tennessee.
380,624
Texas.
801,090
Florida.
54,997
Alabama.
699,576
Missouri.
19,783
Arkansas.
606,980| Indian Territory.
17,000
South Carolina.
522,548
Virginia.
11,000
Louisiana. . .
506,764||
Kentucky
1,367
NOTE .- Total, 5,781,018. The average net weight per bale is 440 pounds.
AREA OF THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ANNUAL PRODUCTION.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area, square miles.
Tons produced in
1869 (U. S. census
Tons produced 1879, (Saward's esti-
mate).
1 Pennsylvania
§ Bituminous
12,302
7,798,518 14,500,000
2 Ohio.
10,000
2,527,285 5,000,000
3 Illinois.
36,800
2,624,163
3,500,000
4 Maryland, Bituminous.
550
1,819,824
1,730,709
5| West Virginia.
16,000
608,8781 1,250.000
6 Iowa. .
18,000
263,487|
1.600,000
7 Indiana.
6,450
437,870
1,000,000
8|Missouri.
26,887
621,930
900,000
9 Kentucky.
12,871
150,582
1,000,000
10 Tennessee.
5,100
133,418
450,000
11 California.
12 Colorado.
4,500
400,000
13 Kansas.
22,256
32,938
400,000
14 Oregon
5,330
11,000
250,000
16 Washington.
17,844
170,000
17 Wyoming
50,000
175,000
18 Virginia.
185
61,803
90,000
19 Michigan.
6,700
28,150
35,000
20 Nebraska.
3,000
1,425
75,000
22 Rhode Island
500!
14,000
15,900
23 Arkansas.
12,000
24 Texas
20,000
25 Georgia ..
100,000
Total.
32,863,690 59,808.398
1870).
¿ Anthracite.
472|15,664,275|26,142,689
600,000
200,000
15 Alabama.
21 Utah. .
5,800
225,000
PRINCIPAL CEREAL PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1880.
STATES AND TERRITORIES,
INDIAN CORN.
WHEAT.
OATS.
BARLEY.
RYE.
B'K'WH'T
Acreage.
Bushels.
Acreage.
Bushels.
Acreage.
Bushels.
Acreage
Bushels.
Bushels.
Bushels.
Alabama ..
2,055,044
25.446,413|
264,977
1,529,683|
324,581
3,039,274
643
6,420
28,495
1,390
Arizona ...
1,818
36,246
8,926
189,527
33
624
12,404
239,051
70
Arkansas.
1,270,015
23,666,057
201,796
1,252,181
164,208
2,187,777
191
2,342
22,030
3,261
California
73,317
2,050,007
1,837,322
28,787,132
49,947
1,355,871
586,045 12,578,486
181,068
22,371
Colorado ...
22,992
455,988
64,530
1,475,559
23,015
640,100
4,129
107,241
20,937
285
Connecticut.
55,796
1,924,794
2,198
38,742
36,691
1,009,706
575
12,286
370,732
137,623
Dakota ...
94,815
2,078,089
322,406
3,018,354
89,792
2,331,230
22,902
307,166
35,972
3,256
Delaware ..
202,120
3,892,464
87,534
1,175,182
17,157
378,508
20
537
5,953
5,857
District of Columbia
1,032
29,750
284
6,402
267
7,440
468,122
21
210
3,070
264
Georgia.
2,536,995
23,190,472
475,471
3,158,335
47,964 612,350
5,544,161
1,501
19,396
101,759
2,139
Idaho.
569
16,408
22,069
540,564
13,197
462,236
8,291
2.4,750
4,391
178,964
Indiana
3,679,247
117,121,915
2,619,307
47,288,989
623,600
15,606,721
16,427
383,329
303,221
89,892
Iowa
6,616,364
276,093,295
3,049,347
31,177,225
1,507,490
50,612,141
198,885
4,021,473
1,518,307
166,895
Kansas ..
3,417,700
106,791,482
1,861,342
17,324,141
435,853
8,180,385
24,015
300,313
413,181
24,602
Kentucky.
3,021,350
73,977,829
1,159,987
11,355,340
403,444
4,582,968
20,124
487,031
676,245
14,940
Louisiana.
740,454
9,878,024
1,504
26,862
229,850
8
50
1,106
1,305
Maine.
30,997
960,633
43,829
5,044 665,714
78,935
2.255,575
11,106
242,185
26,568
382,701
Maryland.
664,893
16,202,521
569,246
8,004,484
101,127
1,794,872
239
6,312
288,371
137,513
Massachusetts
53,314
1,805,295
968
15,818
20,660
64,169
3,173
80,158
214,034
67,894
Michigan.
919,820
36,814,229
1,822,752
35,537,097
617,427
23,372,752
116,024
2,973,061
215,716
42,245
1,570,550
21,340,800
43,524
218,890
198,497
1,959,620
236
3,127
5,288
794
5,588,357
203,464,620
2,074,314
24,971,727
968,473 .20,673,458
6,510
123,476
535,458
57,931
Montana.
203
5,794
17,665
469,688
24,691
900,915
1,323
39,970
430
437
Nebraska.
1,631,840
65,785,572
1,469,865
13,846,742
250.399
6,555,565
115,288
1,744,711
421,693
17,766
Nevada. .
487
12,891
3,684
70,404
5,937
186,860
19,401
513,530
158
New Hampshire
36,533
1,358,625
11,245
169,316
29,434
1,018,006
3,460
77,877
31,638
94,127
New Jersey .
314,555
11,247,402
149,760
1,901,739
137,426
3,710,808
246
4,216
949,104
466,414 5,001
New York ..
778,317
26,520,182
736,519
11,586,754
1,261,171|
37,575,506
356,556
4,799
284,993
45,209
Ohio.
3,297,342
112,681,046
2,556,134. 444,054
7,486,492
151,366
29,311
920,977
16,550
6,712
Pennsylvania.
1,374,241
47,970,987
1,445,384
19,462,405
1,237,593
23,609
438,876
3,683,621
3,593,325
Rhode Island.
11,915
372,967
22
290
5,575
159,339
17,783
12,997
1,264
South Carolina.
1,303,109
11,764,349
170,898
962,330
261,438
2,715,445
16,645
26,987
1,062
Tennessee.
2,905,038
62,833,017
1,196,597
7,331,480
468,638
4,722,938
2,624
30,150
156,446
36,772
Texas
2,453,150
28,846,073
372,291
2,555,652
236,795
4,868,916
5,724
75,842
25,758
2,704
Utah ...
12,172
164,244
72,524
1,167,268
19,514
417,938
11,247
216,535
9,719
448
Vermont ..
55,202
2 022,015
20,748
337,257
99,548
3,742,282
10,518
267,625
71,733
356,618
Virginia.
1,769,195
29,102,721
900,782
7,822,354
563,423
5,333,081
895
14,560
321,557
¥139,603
Washington Territory.
2,122.
39,906
81,507
1,921,382
37.946
1,581,951
14,684
566,642
9,816
2,661
West Virginia.
565,620
14,233,799
393,058
4,002,017
126,931 955,276
1,908,505 3:2,911,246
457
10,131
113,181
285,298
Wisconsin ..
1,013,123
35,991,464
1,948,036 247
4,762
822
22,512
6
181
78
.. .. ..
Total.
62,326,952 1,772,909,846 35,487,065 459,591,093 16,150,611 407,970,712 2,005,466 44,149,479 19,863,632 11,851,788
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STATISTICS.
New Mexico
41,536
650,954
50,838
708,778
9,298
157,437
2,625
47,218 7,788,749
2,634,390
4,461,200
Nortlı Carolina.
2,299,291
27,959,894
645,701
3,385,670
499,412
3,830,622
477 57,485
1,707,164
389,221
280,229
Oregon ...
5,650
127,675
46,014,869
910,388
18,190,493
54,509
1,204,523
295,440
413,180
Minnesota
437,854
14,979,744
3,046,821
34,625,657
1,959,853
63,206,250
55,278
1,229,693
3,704
35
Florida.
360,294
3,174,234
89
513
Illinois.
9,011,602
327,796,895
3,218,963
51,136,455
536,167
Mississippi
Missouri . .
. .
.
CZ
65
24,884,689
204,323
5,043,202
2,293,544
299,150
Wyoming.
28,664,505 4,393,593 33,847,439
715 1,236
290
3,121,682
134
STATISTICS.
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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE FROM 1789 To 1880.
ELECTORAL VOTE 1880.+
CANDIDATE.
PARTY.
POPULAR VOTE.
ELECT'L VOTE.
STATES.
NO.
1789
George Washington
Federal.
71| Arkansas
6
1796
Thomas Jefferson
Democrat.
60| California.
6
*Thomas Jefferson
Democrat.
73 Colorado.
3
1800
Aaron Burr.
Democrat.
73 Connecticut.
6
John Adams
Federal.
65 Delaware
3
Thos. Jefferson
Democrat.
148 Florida
4
1804
C. C. Pinckney
Federal.
28 Georgia
11
1808
C. C. Pinckney
Federal.
47;Indiana
15
1812
DeWitt Clinton
Federal.
89 Kansas
5
§ James Monroe
Democrat.
180 Kentucky.
12
1816
Rufus King
Federal.
34 Louisiana
8
1820
{ James Monroe.
Democrat.
1 El'l vote
Maine
7
*John Quincy Adams.
Federal.
105,321
84 Massachusetts
13
Andrew Jackson
Democrat.
155,872
99 Michigau.
W. H. Crawford
Democrat.
44,282
41| Minnesota
5
Henry Clay
Whig.
46,587
37 |Mississippi.
8
Andrew Jackson
Democrat.
646,231
178 Missouri
15
1828
John Q. Adams.
Federal.
509,092
83 Nebraska.
3
( Andrew Jackson
Democrat.
687,502
239 Nevada.
5
1832
John Floyd ..
Whig.
11 New Jersey
9
[ William Wirt
Whig.
7 New York.
35
1836
Wm. H. Harrison et al.
Whig.
736,656
131 Ohio.
22
Wm. H. Harrison
Whig.
1,275,011
234 Oregon.
3
1840
Martin Van Buren
Democrat.
1,135,761
60 Pennsylvania.
29
James K. Polk
Democrat.
1,337,243
170 Rhode Island
4
1844
Henry Clay.
Whig.
1,301,382
105 South Carolina.
7
Zachary Taylor
Whig.
1,360,099
163 Tennessee
12
1848
- Lewis Cass.
Democrat.
1,220,554
127|Texas.
8
Martin Van Buren
Democrat.
291,263
Vermont
5
1852
Winfield Scott et al.
Whig.
1,542,403
42 West Virginia.
5
1856
John C. Fremont
Republican.
1,215,768
122
1860
J. C. Breckenridge et al.
Democrat.
2,810,501
123
1864
Geo. B. Mcclellan
Democrat.
1,808,725
21
1868
Horatio Seymour.
Democrat.
2,709,613
80
Ulysses S. Grant.
Republican.
3,597,070
300
1872
Horace Greeley
Democrat.
2,834,079
66
R. B. Hayes
Republican.
4,033,950
185
1876 3 Samuel J. Tilden
Democrat.
4,284,855
184
Peter Cooper et al.
Greenback.
93,898
( James A. Garfield
Republican.
4,442,950
214
1880
w. S. Hancock
Democrat.
4,442,035
155
( James B. Weaver
Greenback.
306,867
+Election November 2, 1880.
PRESIDENTS BORN.
Washington, February 22, 1732. J. Adams, October 30, 1735. Jefferson, April 2, 1743.
Madison, March 16, 1751.
Polk, November 2, 1795.
Grant, April 29, 1822.
Monroe, April 28, 1758
Taylor, November 24, 1784.
Hayes, October 4, 1822.
J. Q. Adams, June 11, 1767.
Fillmore, January 7, 1800.
Garfield, November 19, 1831.
Jackson, March 15, 1767.
Pierce, November 23, 1804.
Buchanan, April 23, 1791.
Harrison, February 9, 1773.
Lincoln, February 12, 1809.
Tyler, March 29, 1790.
Johnson, December 29, 1808.
11
James Buchanan
Democrat.
1,838,160
174
Wisconsin
10
Abraham Lincoln ..
Republican
1,866,352
130
Total
'369
Abraham Lincoln.
Republican.
2,216,067
213
Ulysses S. Grant.
Republican.
3,015,071
214
Franklin Pierce ..
Democrat.
1,601,474
254 Virginia ..
3
Henry Clay
Whig.
530,189
49 New Hampshire
Martin Van Buren
Democrat.
761,549
179 North Carolina.
10
James Madison
Democrat.
From 1789 to 1824 electors
chosen by State legis-
ture.
James Madison
Democrat.
122 Illinois
21
in opp'n.
Maryland
8
11
1824
4
Year.
All.| Alabama
10
John Adams ...
*Elected by House of Representatives.
Van Buren, December 5, 1782.
Chester A. Arthur, October 5, 1830.
11
128 Iowa
BREAKING PRAIRIE.
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MARRIAGES
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DEATHIS:
1
HISTORY OF GRUNDY COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
Geological Formation-Surface-Boundaries-Name-Early Inhabitants-The Home of the Indian-Irresistible March of Civilization-When Grundy County Was Settled-The Van- guard of Progress-"The Good Old Times"-Reverence for the Pioneer.
There is, perhaps, no portion of the temperate zone showing a more de- sirable climate than that which we have in the State of Missouri, or one wherein the demands of an advanced and progressive civilization are so well met. While all portions of the State have their separate or local advant- ages, we are inclined to think that in such comparison Grundy county and central north Missouri hold their full share. The geology of the State shows that the carboniferous period gave to Missouri much of that magic element of which the soil . is composed, and at the age of man, or quartenary age, developed her most valuable resources. The coal of the former period, and the soil, sand, marl, peat, clay and gravel of the latter, formed the ground- work of the State of Missouri for the habitation of inan. Much might be given from the geological history of the State that would interest the reader, but in this work it would be of little practical value.
When this continent rose from its waste of waters, it left its rugged sur- face to be worn by the elements for ages before it became habitable for man; but with that we have little to do.
Missouri in her magnificent proportions and unlimited productive wealth, her mild and salubrious climate, and that part of her municipal corporation bounded by the line forming Grundy county, is what we have at present to record. The present boundary of Grundy county was first made the home of the pale-face in 1833.
That year the first white man gave to civilization a habitation and a name within its border. At that time it was a part of Livingston county, but still the home of the red men-a home which they were loth to part with, and which. for years after they continued to visit and occupy as a hunting- ground. God had given them this beautiful valley of the Grand River as their home. It was a migratory field for the restless buffalo; the elk and the bear roamed its wooded hills; the deer and wild turkey made it their
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home; the valleys and the uplands were filled with smaller game; fish sported in the cool, placid waters of her rivers and creeks; and in shady nooks and near bubbling springs, the aborigines built their wigwams. It was a para- dise for the hunter, and the red man was the lord of all.
Nature had indeed been lavish of her gifts. The tribes of Sacs, Foxes, Pottawattamies and Musgnakies who inhabited this magnificent country were indeed loth to leave it, and it is no wonder that many, very many, of these warriors were more willing to join their departed braves, in the happy hunting-grounds of the "Great Spirit," than give to the pale-faces the lands of their fathers. But manifest destiny knew no obstacle. The Saxon and Gallic races had decreed that this should be their home and that of their posterity. They came as the leaves of the forest in number, they pressed forward and the gallant, heroic and vengeful struggle of the Indian for his home is written in letters of blood, in burning cabins and wide-spread deso- lation, but all gave way before the irresistible march of civilization. The cabin of the hardy pioneer took the place of the wigwams of the savages. The war-whoop and the war-dance gave way to the woodman's ax, the stealthy tread of the Indian hunter, to the sturdy walk of the old pioneer, and civilization and christianity walked arm in arm to the glorious future of to-day. Let us drop a silent tear to the memory of the red man. He had a beautiful home and he was despoiled of it; he had the hunting-ground of his father, it became his burial-place. We can rejoice in the glory of our country, but the fate of the original possessors of the.soil is a dark and bloody chapter in the record which gives the history of the onward march of civilization. However, when Grundy county was first settled the strug- gle for supremacy had ceased, and the Indians had given way to the pale- faces, who had full possession of the country. The remnants of the different tribes found here became the friends of the whites, and they roamed the country at will. There is no record of aught but friendly greeting between the whites and the Indians when this county assumed a place upon the page of history.
The advance-guard of civilization, the heroic and self-sacrificing band of pioneers now took possession of the country. They-whose place is ever to the front of progress-began blazing the way (in the light of burning cabins, and ofttimes the victim of the scalping-knife) which was to guide the grand army of occupation, an army imbued with the spirit of true religion, and a faith which builds and populates a country, and makes it great and prosper- ous. We hear much of the good old times in the earlier history of our country, but the people of to-day have little knowledge and less realization of the troubles, trials and privations of the early settlers. The men and women of the present generation may feel thankful that they know, by bit- ter experience, nothing of the lives of those who gave a score or more of years in their struggles to make a home for their children, and their
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