What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Daviess and Gentry Counties and their people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1922.
HISTORY
OF
DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES,
MISSOURI
DAVIESS COUNTY
BY
JOHN C. LEOPARD AND BUEL LEOPARD
GENTRY COUNTY
BY
R. M. McCAMMON AND MARY McCAMMON HILLMAN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
TOPEKA—INDIANAPOLIS
1922
(1030 pages on 1 CD)
An essential resource for Genealogists
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART 1.
History of Daviess County
CHAPTER I. - EARLY SETTLEMENT.
CHAPTER II. - ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
CHAPTER III. - COUNTY BUILDINGS.
CHAPTER IV. - CITIES AND TOWNS.
CHAPTER V. - MILITARY HISTORY.
CHAPTER VI. - THE MORMONS IN DAVIESS COUNTY.
CHAPTER VII. - THE CIVIL WAR.
CHAPTER VIII. - PIONEER AND MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
CHAPTER IX. - CHURCHES.
CHAPTER X. - SCHOOLS.
CHAPTER XI. - BENCH AND BAR.
CHAPTER XII. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
CHAPTER XIII. - THE PRESS.
CHAPTER XIV. - A CHAPTER OF "FIRSTS.'
CHAPTER XV. - OFFICIALS.
CHAPTER XVI. - THE WORLD WAR I.
CHAPTER XVII. - AMERICAN RED CROSS.
CHAPTER XVIII. - SOCIETIES AND LODGES.
PART 2.
History of Gentry County
CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. - TERRITORIAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER III. - NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOPOGRAPHY
CHAPTER IV. - EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
CHAPTER V. - PIONEER LIFE.
CHAPTER VI. - FIRST COURTS.
CHAPTER VII. - COUNTY BUILDINGS.
CHAPTER VIII. - TOWNSHIPS.
CHAPTER IX. - CITIES AND TOWNS.
CHAPTER X. - CITIES AND TOWNS—CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XI. - AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INDUSTRY.
CHAPTER XII. - CIVIL WAR PERIOD
CHAPTER XIII. - RAILROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
CHAPTER XIV. - SCHOOLS.
CHAPTER XV. - LODGES, SOCIETIES AND CLUBS.
CHAPTER XVI. – WORLD WAR I.
CHAPTER XVII. - COUNTY OFFICERS.
PART 3.
Biographical
Abarr, Adkisson, Adams, Adkison, Agee, Akes, Alexander, Allen, Allenbrand, Allsup, Ament, Austin, Arnold, Bacon, Ball, Bare, Barger, Barlow, Barnes, Bartlett, Bayless, Beauchamp, Beck, Bell, Bennett, Best, Bethel, Birge, Bishop, Black, Blackburn, Blacklock, Blair, Blakely, Boley, Bonham, Bowman, Brandom, Bray, Brewer, Brodrick, Brown, Bruce, Burge, Burkhart, Burtch, Burton, Butler, Cain, Caldwell, Campbell, Canaday, Caraway, Carlow, Carter, Castor, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chapman, Chenoweth, Childers, Chilton, Clagett, Clark, Cline, Colburn, Cole, Collier, Conrad, Cook, Cooper, Coppersmith, Cornett, Cottrill, Coulter, Courtier, Cousins, Cox, Crane, Creekmore, Creighton, Critten, Croy, Crowder, Cruzen, Culver, Cummings, Cunningham, Dale, Dator, Davidson, Davis, Day, DeFord, Degginger, Denny, DeVorss, Dice, Dieter, Dills, Doak, Dockery, Dougan, Dowell, Downning, Doyle, Dresbach, Drummond, Dudley, Dunavan, Duncan, Dunnington, Dunshee, Edwards, Elder, Ellis, Embree, Enyart, Ernst, Ethel, Etter, Evans, Everly, Faulkner, Fetters, Feurt, Fields, Fisher, Fitterer, Flowers, Foley, Folgate, Follett, Fore, Francisco, Frost, Fulton, Galbreath, Gall, Galpin, Gardner, Gartin, Gay, Gildow, Giles, Gillespie, Gillett, Glendenning, Goodbar, Goodwine, Gould, Grace, Graham, Grantham, Graves, Green, Greenlee, Greenwell, Greenwood, Gregg, Gregory, Griffeth, Griffin, Grissinger, Guerin, Guess, Gurthep, Hadley, Hager, Hamilton, Hamm, Hammer, Handy, Harden, Harding, Hardinger, Hardwick, Hargis, Harlow, Harman, Harpster, Harrah, Harris, Harrison, Hartsock, Hathaway, Hawthorne, Hays, Hedges, Helms, Hemry, Henderson, Hess, Heyde, Heyser, Hill, Hinote, Hise, Hisel, Holden, Holmes, Hopkins, Hosman, Houston, Hoyt, Hudson, Hulet, Humphrey, Hundley, Hunter, Hutcherson, James, Jameson, Jarrett, Jefferies, Jenkins, Jinkins, Johnson, Jolly, Jones, Kaufman, Karrar, Keck, Kelso, Kemp, Kent, Kerfoot, Kerlin, Kerwin, Kibler, Killam, Kingsborough, Kingsley, Kirk, Knauer, Knight, Koch, Koger, Korn, Landes, Lankford, Law, Lawson, Lay, Lear, Lee, Limpp, Lindsey, Link, Littlewood, Litton, Lively, Lockwood, Loest, Long, Love, Lowrey, Lowrie, Lyons, McAllister, McCammon, McCarty, McCaskey, McCampbell, McClaskey, McClure, McConkey, McCoy, McCray, McCue, McCullough, McDaniel, McDonald, McElvain, McElroy, McGinnis, McKenney, McKnight, McMahan, McMillen, Macy, Mallory, Manion, Mann, Manring, Marlow, Martin, Mathews, Maupin, Meadows, Melton, Mendenhall, Mettle, Miller, Milligan, Millman, Millstead, Minor, Mitchell, Miock, Monk, Monroe, Moody, Mooney, Moore, Morris, Morrison, Morton, Mothersead, Moulten, Murphy, Murray, Musselman, Nalle, Naylor, Neal, Needles, Nelots, Neth, Newcomb, Newman, Nickerson, Nugent, O'Hare, O'Mara, O'Toole, Olsen, Osborn, Pangburn, Pape, Parks, Parman, Pate, Patterson, Patrick, Patton, Payne, Peniston, Peters, Pierce, Pipkin, Place, Pogue, Potter, Powell, Powers, Preston, Price, Prichard, Prior, Pulsifer, Quigley, Quisenberry, Railsback, Ralph, Ramsbotton, Ray, Reed, Reich, Reid, Rhea, Rice, Richardson, Ridinger, Rigney, Ristolen, Rizzi, Robertson, Robinson, Robison, Roper, Royston, Runyon, Runyan, Rybolt, Sager, Sale, Sampson, Sanford, Schwyhart, Scott, Scrivner, Sealey, Seller, Semple, Shakleford, Shockley, Shoemaker, Short, Shrike, Sidens, Slagle, Smith, Snapp, Snider, Spaht, Speers, Sperry, Spiers, Stapleton, Steininan, Stephens, Stewart, Stith, Stout, Stovall, Strasser, Streeter, Stroup, Summa, Surface, Sutton, Sweaney, Sweat, Swisher, Tate, Temple, Terry, Thomas, Thompson, Tibbs, Todd, Tolbert, Tolen, Townsend, Trimm, Trosper, Tuggle, Tunnell, Turner, Uhlig, Utz, Vandermark, Van Hoozer, Vaughn, Wade, Wagers, Walker, Walp, Walls, Waltemath, Ware, Warren, Washburn, Waters, Watkins, Weldon, Wellman, West, Wetzel, Whaley, Wharton, Wheatley, White, Whitt, Whitton, Wiglesworth, Wilder, Wiles, Williams, Wilmore, Wilson, Wood, Wooden, Wooderson, Woodring, Woodruff, Wynne, Yadon, Yates, Yeater, Yoell, Yost, Youtsey,
