Lafayette County Missouri History and Genealogy

Description: History of Lafayette Co., MOIn Two VolumesBy Hon. William Young, 1910383 + 454 pages, Illustrated, Searchable - Bonus Book –History ofLafayette County, MissouriCarefully Written and CompiledFrom the Most Authentic Private and Public SourcesIncluding a History of ItsTownships, Cities, Towns and VillagesBy St. Louis Publishing Co., 1881702 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable - Bonus Book –Portrait and Biographical Record ofLafayette and Saline Counties, MissouriBy Chapman Brothers, 1893 659 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable ************************************************************************* Digital EBook DVD Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to View Autoboot for easy PC access; Manually load on MAC ******************************************************************** Jamesport, Daviess Co., includes the largest Amish community in Missouri. According to Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr., Adam-ondi-Ahman, situated in the central part of the county, was where Adam and Eve relocated after being banished from the Garden of Eden. According to LDS tradition, the site is to be a gathering spot prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith's revelation which came in 1838 -- two years after the county was organized -- spurred in an influx of Mormon settlers. Non-Mormon residents feared they were going to lose control of the county and attempted to prevent Mormons voting in the Gallatin election day battle. This was to be the first skirmish in the Mormon War, in which Missouri evicted the Mormons after arresting Joseph Smith and other leaders of the church. PART I. History of Daviess County. CHAPTER I. EARLY SETTLEMENT. TERRITORY EMBRACING DAVIESS COUNTY— INDIAN OCCUPATION— FIRST SETTLERS- SETTLEMENT OF BENTON TOWNSHIP— SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNSHIPS- NATIVITY OF PIONEER SETTLERS— CHARACTER AND NATIVITY OF LATER ARRIVALS 65-70 CHAPTER II. ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY. PETITION PRESENTED IN 1836 BY ALEXANDER DONIPHAN— LOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT— TOWN ORDERED PI>ATTED AND SALE OF LOTS— REPORT OF COMMIS- SIONERS—EFFORT TO REMOVE COUNTY SEAT TO CRAVENSVILLE— OTHER EFFORTS TO CHANGE COUNTY SEAT 71-74 CHAPTER III. COUNTY BUILDINGS. COURT HOUSE— JAIL— COUNTY FARM AND BUILDINGS 75-81 CHAPTER IV. CITIES AND TOWNS. GALLATIN— COFFEY— WINSTON— PATTONSBITRG - JAMESON— CARLOW — LOCK SPRINGS— ALTAMONT— CIVIL BEND — MILLPORT — ADAM-ONDI-AHMON — CRAV- ENSVILLE— PRAIRIE CITT—CRITTENDEN— ECLIPSE— OLD PATTONSBURG— VIC- TORIA— ALTA VISTA— BANCROFT 82-90 CHAPTER V. MILITARY HISTORY. BLACK HAWK WAR— HEATHERLY WAR— MEXICAN WAR— COL. WICKHAM'S MILITIA COMPANY, COMPANY A, SECOND MISSOURI REGIMENT. N. G. M 91-93 CHAPTER VI. THE MORMONS IN DAVIESS COUNTY. LYMAN WIGHT THE FIRST MORMON TO SETTLE IN DAVIESS COUNTY— HEADQUAR- TERS AT FAR WEST— JOSEPH SMITH, JR., SELECTS SITE OF STRAKE IN DAVIESS COUNTY— GROWTH OF TOWN— FIRST MORMON TROUBLE— LATER DEVELOPMENTS- THE MORMON WAR— MOBOLIZATION OF TROOPS— EXTERMIN- ATION ORDER— MAUN'S MILL MASSACRE— MORMONS SURRENDERED TO MILITIA LEADERS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENCE- SUBSEQUENT TRIAI.— REMAINS OF MORMON OCCUPATION 94-101 HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES CHAPTER VII. THE CIVIL WAR. SENTIMENT DIVIDED IN DAVIESS COUNTY— ACTIVITIES OF UNION MEN IN 1861— COMPANIES ORGANIZED— HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHED AT GALLATIN— GUER- RILLA WARFARE— SKIRMISH — BOUNTY OFFERED TO VOLUNTEERS — UNION SOLDIERS FROM DAVIESS COUNTY— COMPANY A— COMPANY G— COMPANY B— FORTY-THIRD INFANTRY— SPECIAL ORDER NO. 6— CONFEDERATES— CIVIL WAR INCIDENTS . ia2-121 CHAPTER VIII. PIONEER AND MODERN TRANSPORTATION. STAGE LINES— FERRIES— NAVIGATION— ROADS— RAILROADS 122-132 CHAPTER IX. CHURCHES. PIONEER MINISTERS— PIONEER CHURCHES— CAMP MEETING — CHURCH SERVICES- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH— CATHOI>IC CHURCH— CHRISTIAN CHURCH— EVAN- GELICAL CHURCH — BAPTIST CHURCH — METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH — METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH— PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH— SEVENTH DAY AD- VENTISTS 133-145 CHAPTER X. SCHOOLS. EARLY DAY SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOLS— PIONEER TEACHERS— FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE- LOCATION OF EARLY SCHOOLS— TEACHER'S INSTITUTES— HIGH SCHOOLS— CON- SOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOLS— APPROVED RURAL SCHOOLS— GRAND RIVER COL- LEGE—GRAND RIVER ACADEMY— GALLATIN ACADEMY 146-153 CHAPTER XI. BENCH AND BAR. THREE CIRCUIT JUDGES FROM DAVIESS COUNTY— FIRST TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT HELD IN 1837— FIRST BUSINESS TRANSACTED— CHANGES IN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT- CIRCUIT JUDGES— LAWYERS IN 1860— LAWYERS WHO CAME AFTER THE CIVIL WAR— ATTORNEYS IN 1882— PRESENT DAY ATTORNEYS— THE TRIAL OF FRANK James 154-158 CHAPTER XII. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. WM. P. THOMPSON THE FIRST DOCTOR IN THE GRaND RIVER COUNTRY— OTHER EARLY DAY DOCTORS— THE LIFE AND PRACTICE OF PIONEER DOCTORS— THE DAVIESS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY— THE GRAND RIVER MEDICAL ASSOCIA- TION 159-160 CHAPTER XIII. THE PRESS. FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE GRAND RIVER COUNTRY IN 1843— FIRST NEWS- PAPER PUBLISHED IN DAVIESS COUNTY IN 1853— EARLY DAY NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLISHERS— ED. HOWE ENGAGED IN NEWSPAPER WORK HERE— LATER PUBLICATIONS— NEWSPAPERS AT GALLATIN, WINSTON, COFFEY, LOCK- SPRINGS, JAMESON, ALTAMONT, JAMESPORT, PATTONSBURG AND OTHER PLACES 161-168 CHAPTER XIV. A CHAPTER OF "FIRSTS.' 169-172 CHAPTER XV. OFFICIALS. UNITED STATES OFFICIALS— STATE OFFICIALS— DA^^ESS COUNTY REPRSENTA- TIVES— COUNTY TREASURERS— PROBATE JUDGES— COURT OF COMMON PLEAS- RECORDERS — SHERIFFS — PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS — CIRCUIT CLERKS- COUNTY CLERKS— COUNTY JUDGES 173-179 CHAPTER XVI. THE WORLD WAR. BARLEY ENTRANTS FROM DAVIESS COUNTY— FIRST REGISTRATION— DRAWING UNDER THE SELECTIVE DRAFT— EXEMPTION BOARD— FIRST GROUP OF MEN CHOSEN— LEAVING FOR CAMP— KILLED IN ACTION— DIED OF DISEASE— WOUNDED— DAVIESS COl^NTY SOLDIERS— RETURN OF SOLDIERS— AUXILIARY WAR WORK— LIBERTY LOANS— UNITED T\"AR WORK CAMPAIGN— THRIFT STAMP CAMPAIGN— COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 180-194 CHAPTER XVII. AMERICAN RED CROSS. FIRST APPEAL— DAVIESS COUNTY CHAPTER ORGANIZED— BRANCH CHAPTERS- GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP— SCHOOL AUXILIARY— RED CROSS WEEK— FIRST AID CLASS— MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE— WELCOME HOME ENTERTAIN- MENT—AWARDS FOR SERVICE— PEACE PROGRAM 195-199 CHAPTER XVIII. SOCIETIES AND LODGES. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC— SONS OP" VETERANS— PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY- YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION— IGNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS— P. E. O. SISTERHOOD— JAMESPORT FORTNIGHTLY CLUB— DAVIESS COUNTY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY— DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION- THE W. C. T. U.— MASONIC— EASTERN STAR— KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS— I. O. O. F.— RE- BEKAHS— AMERICAN LEGION 200-211 PART II History of Gentry County. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATION OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS IN GENTRY COUNTY— HIGH POINTS OF HISTORY— PROGRESS OF GENTRY COUNTY— ADHERENCE TO FACTS— "HARKING BACK" 213-214 CHAPTER II. TERRITORIAL HISTORY. CLAIMED BY RIGHT OF DISCOVERY— INDIANS' RIGHTS SWEPT ASIDE— LOUISIANA PURCHASE— TERRITORY OF MISSOURI ORGANIZED- HOWARD COUNTY BSTAB- LISHED— "THE MOTHER OF COUNTIES" -GENTRY COUNTY ORGANIZED IN 1845— NAMED IN HONOR OF COLONEL GENTRY— LOCATION 215-216 CHAPTER III. NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOPOGRAPHY. WHAT CONSTITUTES NATURAL RESOURCES— AVAILABLE AND POTENTIAL— MIN- ERAL SPRINGS— RAINFALL— PHYSICAL FEATURES— SCENERY AND SOIL— "A LAND OP PROMISE." 217-218 CHAPTER IV. EARLY SETTLEMENTS. NONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS NOW LIVING — CONQUEST OF THE NINETEENTH • CENTURY— WHAT THE PIONEERS BROUGHT— THEIR AMBITIONS- SETTLEMENT BEGAN IN 1834— FIRST SETTLERS— OTHER SETTLERS— FIRST SCHOOL— FIRST POSTOFFICE— FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN COUNTY— FIRST CHURCH— EARLY PREACHERS 219-221 CHAPTER V. PIONEER LIFE. REMINISCENT AND TRADITIONAL — THE PIONEER'S HOME — IMPLEMENTS — HIS TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS— SCARCITY OF NECESSITIES— BUILDING THE LOG CABIN— THE CRUDE FURNITURE— COMMUNITY SPIRIT— PASTIMES— GAME AND FISH— THE BLACKSMITH— GRISTMILL AND TRADING POST 222-228 CHAPTER VI. FIRST COURTS. MET IN 1845— OFFICERS APPOINTED— BUSINESS TRANSACTED— CREATED SIX MUNIC- IPAL TOWNSHIPS— FIRST PETITION FILED IN CIRCUT COURT— EARLY RECORDS —RECORD BOOK STILL IN EXISTENCE 229-234 CHAPTER VII. COUNTY BUILDINGS. COURTHOUSE— JAIL— COUNTY FARM BUILDINGS 235-241 CHAPTER VIII. TOWNSHIPS. ATHENS— BOGLE— COOPER— HOWARD— JACKSON— HUGGINS— MILLER— WILSON. 242-259 CHAPTER IX. CITIES AND TOWNS. ALBANY— AT FIRST CALLED ATHENS— LOCATION— FIRST HOUSE— FIRST BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN— TOWN INCORPORATED— FIRST SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS— NEWSPAPERS— CHRISTIAN CHURCH— PRESBYTERIAN— METHO- DIST EPISCOPAL— BAPTIST— LIBRARY 260-271 CHAPTER X. CITIES AND TOWNS— CONTINUED. STANBERRY— KING CITY— GENTRYVILLE—McFALL— FORD CITY— ALANTHUS— ISLAND CITY— DARLINGTON— BERLIN— GENTRY— EVONA— OTHER TOWNS 272-281 CHAPTER XI. AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INDUSTRY. FAVORABLE SOIL AND CLIMATE— DIVERSITY OF PRODUCTS— CORN EXHIBITS— POUL- TRY SHOW— COMPARISON OF 1902 CROP— LIVE STOCK AND OTHER PRODUCTS- DOMESTIC ANIMALS— WORLD'S FAIR WINNERS— STOCK BREEDERS— POULTRY EXPERTS— FINE GRASSES — CALF AND PIG SHOW — HORSES — "IF GENTRY COUNTY WERE MY NATIVE LAND." 282-294 CHAPTER XII. CIVIL WAR PERIOD OPINIONS DIVIDED— P0PI;LATI0N MADE UP OF NORTHERNERS AND SOUTHERNERS- DEVELOPMENT RETARDED— FEDERAL CONTROL MAINTAINED 295-296 CHAPTER XIII. RAILROADS AND HIGHWAYS. AGITATION FOR RAILWAYS BEGINS— FIRST ROAD IN THE COUNTY— THE WABASH- LEON, MOUNT AYER AND SOUTHWESTERN— STATIONS IN THE COUNTY— HIGH- WAYS— JEFFERSON HIGHWAY— HARD SURFACE ROADS 296-298 CHAPTER XIV. SCHOOLS. PUBLIC SCHOOLS— TEACHERS INSTITUTE— HIGHER STANDARDS— HEALTH WORK IN SCHOOLS — TEACHERS ASSOCIATION — CONOLIDATION — PALMER COLLEGE — NORTHWEST MISSOURI COLLEGE— CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 299-305 CHAPTER XV. LODGES, SOCIETIES AND CLUBS. MASONIC LODGES— THE EASTERN STAR— INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS- WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION— CIVIC CLUB— LADIES LITERARY CLUB— DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION- P. E. O.— CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 306-312 CHAPTER XVI. WORLD WAR. GENTRY COUNTY RESPONDS— TWENTY-NINE GOLD STARS— A LIST OF EX-SERVICE MEN FROM GENTRY COUNTY— NECROLOGY— RED CROSS AND OTHER ORGANI- ZATIONS—BOND SALES 313-325 CHAPTER XVII. COUNTY OFFICERS. COUNTY COURT JUDGES— PROBATE JUDGES— CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT— CLERKS OF COUNTY COURTS— CIRCUIT AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS— SHERIFFS— COLLEC- TORS— ASSESSORS— TREASURERS— JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT— REPRE- SENTATIVES— COUNTY SURVEYORS— SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS— CORONERS- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS '■ 326-330 PART III. Biographical. ILLUSTRATIONS Just insert the CD into your Windows computer and use the menu to open your book(s), and to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. If your system security prevents the CD from auto loading, just double-left click the Autorun file on the CD. For MAC (or Windows) manually open the .PDF file(s) for your book(s) don’t forget to also open the pictures/maps (.jpg) and audio files (.mp3). Check out my other items! 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