History of Henry County, Missouri
(Written by Lamkin, Uel W. in 1919)

History of Henry County, Missouri (1919)

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

BEFORE THE WHITE MAN

ORIGIN OF WORD MISSOURI - EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS - FORT ORLEANS - MOUND BUILDERS - OSAGE INDIANS - THEIR KNOWLEDGE, HABITS, HOME LIFE, WEAPONS OF
WARFARE - HARMONY MISSION

CHAPTER II.

FIRST SETTLEMENTS

CESSION BY FRANCE - POPULATION - FIVE DISTRICTS - THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA

CHAPTER III.

SOME MEN OF EARLY MISSOURI HISTORY

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AS TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR - DANIEL BOONE - LEWIS AND CLARK - PIKE - GOVERNOR BENJAMIN HOWARD - EARLY SETTLERS

CHAPTER IV.

MISSOURI ADMITTED AS A STATE

THE FIRST PETITIONS - THE MEMORIAL OF THE LEGISLATURE - THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE - BOUNDARIES - THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION - THE SECOND COMPROMISE - DATE OF ADMISSION - THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CHAPTER V.

ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES
LILLARD COUNTY ORGANIZED - ITS FIRST COUNTY COURT - FIRST DIVISIONS - TEBO TOWNSHIP - REV. HENRY AVERY - FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS - FIRST ELECTION - EARLY HENRY COUNTY SETTLERS - FIRST FARM IMPLEMENTS - OTHER EARLY SETTLEMENTS

CHAPTER VI.

THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNTY - THE FIRST COUNTY COURT - STORES ESTABLISHED - CNTYOU SEAT LOCATED - ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

CHAPTER VII.

THE OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION

JOHNSON AND RIVES COUNTIES ORGANIZED - THE FIRST OFFICERS - THE FIRST SHERIFF - ACTS OF THE COUNTY COURT

CHAPTER VIII.

THE COUNTY SEAT LOCATED

CLINTON SURVEYED - NEW COURT HOUSE ORDERED - CENSUS TAKEN - FIRST LOTS SOLD

CHAPTER IX.

BEFORE 1840

EARLY SETTLERS IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP - THE FIRST PREACHERS - WINDSOR TOWNSHIP - MXTDDY MILLS - EARLY SCHOOLS - DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP ORGANIZED - "THE NORTH CAROLINA COLONY" - THE LORD'S CHURCH - CALHOUN LOCATED - THE NORTHWEST SETTLERS - THE SOUTHWEST SETTLED - THE OSAGE COUNTRY

CHAPTER X.

FROM 1840 TO 1850

THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY - ST. CLAIR - OTHER COUNTIES - TOWNSHIP OF CEDAR - THE FIRST DRAMSHOPS - THE ASSESSED VALUATION - THE FIRST BRIDGE

CHAPTER XI.

FIRST THINGS AND EVENTS IN HENRY COUNTY

CHAPTER XII.

THE ORIGIN OF NAMES IN HENRY COUNTY

RIVES - CHANGED TO HENRY - CLINTON - BLAIRSTOWN - CAIHOXIN - DEEPWATER - LEWIS STATION - MONTROSE - URICH - WINDSOR

CHAPTER XIII.

TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY

THE PRAIRIE REGION - ALTITUDE - FORESTS - CLIMATE - SOIL TYPES - SUMMIT SILT LOAM - OSAGE SILT LOAM - BATES SANDY LOAM - OSWEGO SILT LOAM - STATISTICS

CHAPTER XIV.

FROM 1840 TO 1860

SETTLEMENTS IN DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP - NEAR CALHOUN - EARLY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS - GERMANTOWN - MONTROSE - OSAGE TOWNSHIP - LEESVILLE - COALBSBURG

CHAPTER XV.

CIVIL WAR DECADE

DECLINE IN POPULATION - COMING UP THE RAILROAD - ORGANIZATION OF CLINTON CHURCHES - THE SILVER CORNET BAND - WINDSOR CHURCHES - CALHOUN INCORPORATED - SHAWNEE MOUND AND HUNTINGDALE - SQUIRE WILLIAM PAUL - COUNTY FARM BOUGHT - CLINTON BECOMES CITY OF FOURTH CLASS - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE - WINDSOR INCORPORATED - "THE BIG FIRE" IN MONTROSE

CHAPTER XVI.

CIVIL WAR HISTORY

MASS MEETING IN CLINTON - PETITION TO GOVERNOR STEWART - ENLISTMENTS IN BOTH ARMIES - EVENTS IN THE STATE - SURRENDER OF CAMP JACKSON - FLIGHT OF GOVERNOR JACKSON - RETREAT OF PRICE THROUGH HENRY COUNTY - BATTLES OF CARTHAGE AND WILSON'S CREEK - GENERAL ORDER No. 11

CHAPTER XVII.

TOWNSHIPS

ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIPS IN 1S60 - CHANGE IN 1868 - NEW TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION LAW OF 1872-73 - NINETEEN TOWNSHIPS - FIVE JUDGES OF COUNTY COURT - THE PEOPLE DECIDE TO CHANGE BACk TO THREE JUDGES - "MEADOW COUNTY"

CHAPTER XVIII.

IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES

ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD - EARLY MAIL SERVICE - RELIGIOUS TENT MEETING - OTHER COMMUNITY GATHERINGS - SOME PRICES - HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST - RAILROAD AGITATION - THE CLINTON EYE - DICKEY CLAY WORKS - HARTWELL - URICH "MOVES" - NEW BUILDINGS - CLINTON ACADEMY AND BAIRD COLLEGE - EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY

CHAPTER XIX.

THE LAST OF THE DECADE

AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT - BOOMS IN SEVERAL TOWNS - THE DAILY DEMOCRAT - WATERWORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT IN CLINTON - THE MACADAM MATTER - VARIOUS ITEMS OF PROGRESS - THE ARTESIAN WELL AT CLINTON - THE LEWIS COAL MINES - WINDSOR BOASTS OF ITS BUTTER - THE SOUTHWESTERN IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION - OLD SETTLERS MEET IN WINDSOR

CHAPTER XX.

HENRY COUNTY IN THE NINETIES

SKIES OF CALAMITIES - THE NEW HENRY COUNTY COURT HOUSE - AGITATION TO REMOVE THE UNIVERSITY TO CLINTON - URICH SHIPS MANY PRODUCTS - KELLOGG'S AIRSHIP - DEATH OF "BILL" COVINGTON - THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - "COMPANY F" - MONTE BOZARTH - THE FAMOUS MALE QUARTETTE - IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY - TURKEYS AT SEVEN AND A HALF CENTS A POUND - RAILROAD TROUBLES IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY - MEETING IN CLINTON - LIQUIDATION OF STATE BANK OF CLINTON - REUNION OF EX-CONFEDERATE VETERANS - SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION - DEATH OF GENERAL BOONE

CHAPTER XXL

BEGINNING IN 1900

THE FRISCO BUYS THE BLAIR LINE - THE BEER INSPECTION LAW - INDUSTRIAL IRON WORKS - THE FRISCO CONTROLS THE MEMPHIS - GAS AND OIL - THE CASEY HERD - RURAL MAIL DELIVERY - THE URICH REUNION - THE FIRST CLINTON CHAUTAUQUA - THE HENRY COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - THE YOUNGERS - STREET CAR HISTORY - GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT - HENRY COUNTY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR - THE CANDIDACY OF FOLK FOR GOVERNOR - THE "FOUR COUNTY FAIR" - THE WEATHER

CHAPTER XXII.

FINANCIAL DISASTER AND DEPRESSION

iJLINTON NATIONAL BANK ORGANIZED - THE SALMON & SALMON FAILURE - THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTION - RESIGNATION OF WINDSOR OFFICIALS - MURDER OF CAPT. ALLISON - MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN CLINTON

CHAPTER XXIII.

RECUPERATION AND PROGRESS

THE PEOPLES BANK OF CLINTON - UNION OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES - SALOON LICENSES - DEATH OF BROTHER GIVEN - THE U.D.C. BESTOWES CROSSES OF HONOR - JUDGE BOYD'S PICNIC - THE BANKS IN URICH - THE PANIC OF 1907 - NEW BANK IN MONTROSE - POLITICS IN 1908 - FARIS NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR - EXPLOSION AT WINDSOR - DEATH OF DE ARMOND - DICKINSON ELECTED TO CONGRESS

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXIV.

OTHER EVENTS AFTER 1905

A FEDERAL BUILDING - DRAINAGE QUESTION - FOUNT PIPER'S AIRPLANE - THE CENSUS OF 1910 - BAIRD COLLEGE PURCHASED - THE ELECTION OF 1910 - BUILDING ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER XXV.

RAILROADS

RAILROADS - PAYMENT OF BONDS AND THEIR HISTORY - CELEBRATION OF BOND - BURNING - FIRST ISSUE OF BONDS - LITIGATION - COMPROMISE - PAYMENT - OFFICIAL RECORDS - JUDGE PHILLIPS' ADDRESS

CHAPTER XXVI.

STATISTICS OF COUNTY - NUMBER AND SIZE OF FARMS - FARM FAILURES - VALUATION - NUMBER AND WORTH OF FARM ANIMALS - DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH - FIGURES ON ILLITERACY - POULTRY INDUSTRY - ACREAGE OF VARIOUS CROPS

CHAPTER XXVII.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Adair, Clay

Adair, Isaac

Adair, James W.

Adler, B.

Adkins, Charles M.

Adkins, J. E.

Alexander, Wiley H.

Allen, Albert M

Allen, Dr. Robert L.

Allen, Robert W.

Allison, Alfred H.

Anderson, Jasper M.

Anderson, John Q.

Anderson, Mason

Angle, George N.

Armstrong, Aurelius L.

Armstrong, Harry

Armstrong, Rev. William P.

Atkins, John G.

Avery, Robert W.

Bailey, George W.

Baker, James

Barber, Harry A.

Barr, Dr. Bernice B.

Bartels, Anton

Barth, David

Barth. Edward W.

Barth, George

Barth. John

Barth, John W.

Barth, Robert

Barth, Walter

Batschelet, Fred 586

Batschelet, John

Baum, Henry

Beaty, J. C.

Beaty, Dr. J. G.

Beaty, T. D.

Bellinghausen, William

Bennett, James E.

Bennett, John M. S. R.

Bettels, Barney

Bettels, William

Biggs, Samuel

Bilderback, Thomas J.

Black, Taylor

Blackmore, Dr. T.

Bleil, C. N.

Blevins, Jonathan

Bolinger, Perce

Booth, Royal W.

Boston, William M.

Bowen, John

Bowen, Thomas R.

Boyd, John W.

Bradley, Dr. Horace

Bradley, Dr. Manuel E.

Brandenburg, Eugene N.

Braun, John

Britell, William S.

Brown, Charles D.

Brown, Ernie C.

Brown, John D.

Brown, Martin V.

Bryant, James

Buckner, Frank M.

Burch, David L.

Burch, Rolla W.

Burris, Homer T

Butcher, Alexander M.

Butcher, Clinton E.

Butcher, James Wallace

Butcher, Ralph E.

Caldwell, Earl R.

Calvert, Dr. W. B.

Calvird, Francis M.

Cannon, William H.

Carle, George B.

Carney, Joshua

Carney, Joshua C.

Carter, Capt. W. F.

Chastain, J. H.

Cheatham, Dr. C. L.

Cheatham, John T.

Cheatham, W. C.

Cheek, Walter W.

Childers, William

Churchhill, Henry C.

Clark, Charles M.

Clark, David W.

Clary, Agrippa V.

Clifton, Walter

Collins. William B.

Conrad, Nicholas B.

Cook, .Tesse D.

Cook, John J.

Cornick, Edgar

Costley, Eugene W.

Covington, Edwin S.

Covington, Robert L.

Cress, Dr. L. L.

Crews, Charles F.

Crews, James W.

Crews, Samuel P.

Croley, Jesse D.

Crome, William F.

Cruce, George W.

Cunningham, J. O.

Cuthrell. Edward P.

Dahlman, Gerhart A.

Dannett, Hubert T.

Daniels, DeLacy

Davis, A.

Davis, John C.

Davis, Walter G.

Davis. William H.

Davis, William P.

Day, V. J.

Dehn. George H.

Delozier, Edward B.

Depew, Allen L.

Detweiler, Charles A.

Diehl, Frank P.

Dillon, Alfred G.

Doll. John

Doll, John

Doll. William

Doll. Walter H.

Draoh. .John, Jr.

Drake, C. W.

Driggs, W. A.

Duck, William R.

Duckworth, Joseph L.

Dugan, Robert H.

Dunaway, Andrew J.

Dunaway, L. N.

Dunn, James A.

Dunn, William E.

Dunn, William R.

Dunning, Albert

Duvall. James W.

Edmondson, James W.

Edmondson, Richard W.

Edwards, Michael

Elbert, Frank

Elbert, Thomas L.

Ellison, James L.

Engeman, August

Engeman. Charles W.

England. James

Faith, Richard T.

Faris. Herman P.

Feaster, Ross E.

Fellhauer, F. L.

Ferry, J. L.

Fewel, Dr. Richard B.

Finks, Mark F.

Fisher, Thomas L.

Focht, John P.

Foote, William A.

Porsythe, Kapels

Fox, Samuel

Freeman, Garrett

Freeman, James M.

Funk, Robert M.

Gaines, Charles W.

Gamlin, ,Tohn B.

George, Charles D.

Geraghty, John J.

Gillilan, James B.

Gilkeson, William L.

Goodwin, E. M.

Goth, John G.

Gracey. Edward A.

Graham, Charles L.

Grant, L. E.

Gray, Cecil E.

Gray, Francis M.

Gray, Joseph W.

Gretzinger, George

Griefe, Fred H.

Griffith, Daniel P.

Grinstead, Edmond B.

Grigsby, R. C.

Gutridge, W. W.

Guynn, R. A.

Hackney, T. B. R

Hageboeck, Bernard H.

Halre, Dr. Robert D.

Hampton, Dr. Joseph R.

Hall, Theodore E.

Hall, William P.

Harness, Joseph H.

Harrison, James M.

Harkless, Reuben

Hastain, Woodson A.

Hastain, W. T.

Hecker Brothers

Hecker, Henry B.

Hendrick, William D.

Heiman, Fred H.

Helphrey, Levi

Hendricks, Charles A.

Henny, George H.

Herrold, George C.

Herst, John J.

Hibler, Joseph P.

Hill, Fred C.

Hines, Woodford M.

Holland, Robert H.

Holland, Wesley

Holliday, George S.

Hollopeter, H. Bryant

Hornbarger, J. E. A.

Houck, Conrad

Hovestadt, Rev. William

Huey, EUet

Hull, Herman M.

Hull, J. Melvin

Hunt, Edwin B.

Hunt, Jefferson A.

Hunt, J. L.

Hurley, W. H.

Huston, Joseph W.

Hutcherson, Edward L.

Ingham, H. B.

Jackson, George H.

Jackson, George W.

Johnson, George A.

Johnson, James W.

Johnson, Oley

Johnston. William W.

Jones, L. C.

Jones, Robert Lee

Julian, Joseph W.

Kahn, Sol

Kalwei, Henry

Keek. Frank

Keck, Fred

Kedigh, Michael

Keil, Charles J.

Kellams, C. D.

Kensigner, E. J.

Kent, E. C.

Kerr, James A.

Keyes, L. E.

Keyes, L. W.

Kibbey. H. N.

Kinyon, J. S.

Klutz, Dr. L. M.

Knisely, 0. W.

Lampkin, Ethelbert

Lawler, Logan S.

Layman, John

Lear, W. F.

Levy, Albert L.

Legg, John P.

Lindsay, Reuben T.

Lingle. Claud

Lionberger, Ralph

Little. John

Long, William E.

Loudermilk. Arthur C.

Luallen, Calvin

McCalmon, William S.

McCann, Elmer O.

McCowu, Walter R.

.McCowan. William M.

JlcCoy, John

McDonald. Josiah G.

McFarland, Albert W.

Mclntire. Omer H.

McKean, Lewis B.

McKeaigg, B. F.

McKee, James T.

McQueen, Andrew D.

McQuitty, George N.

McQuitty, William T.

Maddox, R. H.

Major, Robert E.

Mann, James D.

Marks, Jacob A.

Marksberry, E. R.

Marksberry, James A.

Marseilles, Dr. William M.

Martin, Charles H.

JIartin, John

Martin, W. A.

Martin, William G.

Menker, Bernard

Meredith, William M.

Merrill, Jesse C.

Merritt, Milton B. 752

Mertel, Charles H. 378

Miller, Henry F. 649

Miller, Dr. James M. 418

Miller. William J., Sr 529

Ming, Robert D. 859

Ming, William F. 860

Mitchell, Oscar A. 520

Mitchell, Walter S. 484

Mohler, M. R. 685

Moore, William W.

Morgan, John W.

Moyer, James A.

Munday, George H.

Munsterman, John J.

Neill, Dr. Stephen T.

Newman, Charles

Nold, Joseph B.

Norris, W. C.

North, Henry C.

Nuckles, J. H.

Ogg, Thomas W.

Olson, Fred W.

Oswald, Fridolin

Overbey, John A.

Owen, John

Page, J. W.

Palmer, Roy K.

Park, General L.

Parks, Peyton A.

Parks, Thomas B.

Paul, James

Paul, Samuel W.

Paul, Squire William

Patt, J. M.

Peckenpaugh, Luke W.

Peckenpaugh, John R.

Penland, J. W.

Phillips, B. G.

Phipps, W. R.

Pierce, John N.

Piper, Robert H.

Plecker, James F.

Poague, George S.

Poague, Henry F.

Poague, Dr. Samuel A.

Pollard, Dr. David A.

Pollock. J. S.

Powers, L. D.

Poynter. William M.

Prouse, Thomas P.

Pruessner, August W.

Puthoff, Joseph H.

Puthoff. Frank

Raglaud, Frank

Raney, T. H.

Ream. John

Reavis, Edwin M.

Rector. William H.

Redford, Archalus B.

Reiling. H. J.

Rentchler, Ben

Rhoads, Jacob

Rice, John C.

Richardson, Bryce P.

Richardson, Clyde N.

Robinson, John W.

Robison, S. W.

Rock. Edward P.

Rogers, Dr. James R.

Rogers, Thomas J.

Ross, Edgar A.

Ross, Joe A.

Royston, John H.

Runner, W. T.

Rush, John A.

Rusk. William

Sappington, Richard P.

Saunders, Elijah W.

Scherff, J. W.

Schmedding, John B.

Schmedding, Joseph

Schmidt, Fred

Schmidt, Herman

Schneider, Jacob

Schweer, George W.

Schweer, Julius H.

Sevier, Edward P.

Sevier, James W.

Shelton, William A.

Shepperd, D. E.

__Shewmaker, S. W.

"shoemaker, John P.

Simms, Dennis

Simonds, Charles J.

Slack, James E.

'Slack, Henry

Slayton, William T.

Smith, George P.

Smith, Harry P.

Smith, Joseph H.

Smith, William P.

Snapp, Woodford A.

Snodgrass, T. L.

Snyder, Charles H.

Snyder, Jacob F.

Spangler, David C.

Spangler, Grady

Spangler, Levi A.

Spore, James S.

Spry, Benjamin P.

Standke, William F.

Stansberry, W. A.

Steele, Albert L.

Stevens, Willis M.

Stewart, Harry A.

Stewart, Walter

Stone, Aaron L.

Stout, George M.

Strieby, Dr. Ulysses G.

Stringer, Joseph E.

Swart, Thomas M.

Swart, William S.

Swaters, John

Swindell, Thomas M.

Teays, James E.

Thomas, James S.

Thompson, Benjamin P.

Thompson, Charles L.

Thompson, Robert L.

Thompson, Walter C.

Tillman, Nelson H.

Titus, John H.

Trainer, John M.

Trolinger, John C.

Tubbesing, John

Tubessing, William

Tyler, Paul

Uhlenbock, Christian

Vansant, Samuel A.

VanWinkle, J. P.

Vickars, William H.

Volkmann, Otto

Wagner, Frank

Walker, Calvin E.

Walker, George W.

Wall, Eugene E.

Wallis, Dr. J. R.

Wally, Andrew

Ward, Ernest

Ward, Oscar T.

Ward, W. S.

Waugh, James H.

Waugh, John W.

Waugh, Walter S.

Weakley, A. H.

Wehmeyer, John B.

Wehmeyer, Robert W.

Wehmeyer, William H.

Whitaker, Charles H.

Whitaker, H. C.

White, Frank

Whitlow, W. H.

Wiley, Abraham

Wiley, Charles K.

Willard, John W.

Willenbring, Herman H.

Williamson, David

Wilson, Bruce M.

Wilson, James R.

Wilson, Joseph H.

Wilson, Richard B.

Wilson, William 420

Wilson, William M.

Witherspoon, M. B.

Wittig, Karl

Witzel, John

Woodson, Chesley

Wright, B. P.

Young, Lawrence P.

Young, Oglesby Y.

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