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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