OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate page 59 JAMES CLARENCE McDOWELL (Democrat), Senator from the Twenty-third District; born in Leemon, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., March 20, 1890; educated in the grade and high schools at Leemon, the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (B.S., 1911), and the University of Missouri (LL.D., 1916). An attorney and farmer, he resides at Charleston, Mo. He married Miss CAROLYN E. SNYDER in Charleston, August 29, 1912, and they have one daughter, ELAINE EVELYN DENNY. Served as Prosecuting Attorney of Mississippi County from 1917 to 1925, and was chairman of the Mississippi County Democratic Central Committee from 1928 to 1932. Elected to the State Senate in 1932 and re-elected in 1936, he served in both the 59th and 60th General Assemblies as chairman of the Committee on Eleemosynary Institutions, and also was a member of the following committees in the 60th General Assembly: Judiciary; Appropriations; Criminal Jurisprudence; Commerce and Manufactories; Wills and Probate Law; Education; Agriculture; Rules and Joint Rules. Norma

FREE until 2 May 2000 .. from Ancestry.com LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 Bordered by the Missouri River in western Missouri, Lafayette County was home to about 31,600 residents in 1900. This database is a collection of marriage records from the county between 1851 and 1900. It also contains marriages from nearby Ray County. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. It contains the names of over 31,200 men and women. For those persons seeking ancestors from nineteenth century Iowa, this collection can be a useful source of information. Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. "Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900." Orem, UT: Liahona Research, 2000. Taken from: "Lafayette County, Missouri Marriage Register, 1851-1900" County Court Records located at Lexington, Missouri or Family History Library microfilm # 0959414-0959418; "Ray County, Missouri Marriage Register, 1851-1900" County Court Records located at Richmond, Missouri or Family History Library microfilm # 0959300, 0959722-0959723. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4474.htm

15 May 2000 MO-ABSTRACTS Read-Only List =================================== Source: The Sedalia Daily Democrat 24 March 1877 - Page 3 Church Directory: Old School Presbyterian Church Pastor- Rev W.G.F. WALLACE First Presbyterian Church Pastor- Rev _. H. MILLER East Sedalia Baptist Church Pastor- Rev _. LETTES Calvary Chapel Rector- Rev Abiel LEONARD Congregational Church Pastor- Rev C.L. MITCHELL First Baptist Church Pastor- J.C. DAVIDSON M.E. Church South Pastor- Rev E.G. FRAZIER Methodist Episcopal Church Pastor- Rev Wm H. STEPHENS Christian Church Pastor- Elder S.K. HALLAM Catholic Church Priest- Rev Father F.W. GRAHAM

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate Page 57-59 L. N. SEARCY (Democrat), Senator from the Twenty-second District; born May 8, 1882, in Audrain County, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Birch tree, Mo., and Eminence, Mo., graduating from high schools at both places and from Springfield Normal School. Admitted to the bar in 1903 and has engaged in praactice of law at Eminence since that time. Married June 3, 1903, to Miss NANNIE A. PARKER in Birch Tree. Is a member of the Odd Fellows and Masons, including the Shrine, and also belons to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He served one term each as Highway Engineer, School Commissioner and Judge of the County Court, and two terms as Prosecuting Attorney of Shannon County, First elected to the State Senate in 1926, he again was elected in 1934, acting as chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game in the 59th General Assembly. Re-elected in 1938, he was chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking in the 60th General Assembly, and also served as a member of the following other committees: Accounts; Criminal Jurisprudence; Judiciary; Fish and Game; Municipal Corporations; Printing; Private Corporations; Public Health; Ways and Means; Wills and Probate Law; Workmen's Compensation; Labor. Norma

13 May 2000 MO-ABSTRACTS Read-Only List ======================================== Source: "The History of Dentistry in Missouri" 1938 (abstracted from pages 50-51) First Meeting of the Missouri State Dental Association St. Louis, 31 Oct and 1 Nov 1865 A call was made by the St. Louis Dental Society for the organization of a state, dental association. The meeting convened on 31 Oct 1865 at the new Church Hall. In attendance were abt 60 dentists. J.S. CLARK, of St. Louis, was made the temporary chairman. G.S. MORSE, of Columbia, was named temporary secretary. Isaiah FORBES, A.D. SLOAN, Isaac COMSTOCK, H.E. DEPP and W.H. EAMES were appointed to draft a constitution. While the committee was absent there was a discussion of a dental issue by Drs. JONES, BLAKE, PAYNE, McCOY, PEEBLES, HOVEY and MORSE.

9 May 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ------------------------------------------------------ Source: Liberty Tribune Newspaper = LTN Mrs. Julia Ann EVERETT, d 28 Apl 1858 Platte Co, MO, age 31 years, w/o Wilson EVERETT [LTN, 14 May 1858] Infant s/o W. & J.A. EVERETT, d 4 May 1858 [LTN, 14 May 1858] Dr. Joshua W. REDMAN, d 6 Apl, in Santa Clara, CA (former resident of Howard Co, MO) [LTN, 4 June 1858] Dr David ROBERTS, of Boone Co, MO, was thrown from his horse and killed a few days ago. [LTN, 2 July 1858] Mr William ADKINS (age 84) m/Mrs Sarah HILL (age 36) in the vicinity of Carrollton [Carroll Co, MO] on Tues, 8 June 1858, minister was Rev Joseph RIFFE, best man was Edward S. FARR, Esq (age 77) [LTN, failed to copy date of issue] J. Locke HARDEMANN, of Saline Co, d of flux on Sun [LTN, 13 Aug 1858] Mary BUCHANAN, d at age 2 yr 2 mo 24 d Mary was d/o Emile H. & Dr G.W. BUCHANAN [LTN, 20 Aug 1858]

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate Page 57 PAUL C. JONES (Democrat), Senator from the Twenty-first District; born in Kennett, Mo., March 12, 1901; educated in the public schools of Kennett and the University of Missouri, receiving his B. J. degree in 1923. He married Miss ETHEL ROCKHOLT in Memphis, Tenn., August 2, 1923, and they have three children, BETTY ANNE, PAUL, Jr., AND NELL. After serving as lieutenant and as captain of Company E, 140th Infantry, Missouri National Guard, he resigned in 1929. He is an editor and publisher and resides at Kennett, which city he served as mayor from April, 1933, until January, 1935, when he resigned to become Representative from Dunklin County in the 58th General Assembly. He is a former District Governor of Lions International; former President of the Southeast Missouri Press Association, and is a member of the First Christian Church of Kennett. Elected to the State Senate in 1936, he served in the 59th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions and as chairman of the Committee on Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed. In the 60th General Assembly he was chairman of the following committees: Penal Institutions and Reform Schools, and Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed, and a member of the following other committees: County Courts, Justice of the Peace and Township Organization; Fees and Salaries; Roads and Highways; University and School of Mines; Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries: Social Security and Pensions. Norma

7 May 2000 MO-ABSTRACTS Read-Only List ---------------------------------------------------------- Source: The Sedalia Daily Democrat Date of Issue: 24 March 1877 Ad: Jas. B. GRANT, Attorney at Law office, Fourth St & Ohio - Sedalia Ad: P.H. SANGREE and Henry LAMM SANGREE & LAMM, Attorneys at Law office, Main St, over Sedalia Savings Bank Ad: Geo. C. HEARD and Geo. F.H. (or P.H.) JACKSON HEARD & JACKSON, Attorneys at Law office, corner 3rd and Ohio - Sedalia Ad: Dr. L.O. ELLIS, surgeon dentist office, Ohio & Main St - Sedalia (Over MEREANs Store) Ad: Dr. H.E. DEPP, surgeon dentist office, in LEAKE's building, on Ohio St - Sedalia Ad: J.R. NEALE, M.D. , physician & surgeon (formerly of Paris, KY) office, Room #6, PORTER's block - Sedalia residence, 315 West Seventh St - Sedalia Ad: H. KOLB, manufacturer & dealer of all kinds of trunks, valises, satchels & traveling bags # 228 Ohio St, ILGEN block - Sedalia Ad: A.F. STEWART, selling wallpaper, window shades, oil cloth, building paper & carpet felt #111 Second St - Sedalia -------- Abstracted from micro-film: © 2000 Leslie (Bridges) Kohler P.O. Box 8137, Glendale, AZ 85312-8137 P.O. Box 276, Carrollton, MO 64633-0276

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate Page 57 EDWARD A. BARBOUR, Jr. (Democrat), Senator from the Twentieth District; born June 25, 1906, in Springfield, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Springfield, Drury College, University of Missouri and the Washington University of Law, St. Louis, Mo. He is an attorney, with offices at 919 Woodruff building, Springfield, and is unmarried. During the World War, he was in the Adjutant General Department of Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas. Long active in political affairs, he served in the State Legislature in 1923, later serving as assistant prosecuting attorney of Greene County and as city attorney of Springfield. He was elected to the State Senate in 1934 and served in the 58th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments, and in the 59th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Elections. Re-elected in 1938, he served in the 60th General Assembly as Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, and as a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; Criminal Jurisprudence; Municipal Corporations; Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions; Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries; Social Security and Pensions; Workmen's Compensations. Norma

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate page 57 WILLIAM E. FREELAND (Republican), Senator from the Nineteenth District; born in Howard City, Kans., January 5, 1879; educated in the public schools of Shelby County, Mo. He married Miss MINNE E. FREELAND in Vernon, Texas, August 7, 1902. Resides at Forsyth, Mo., where he publishes the Taney County Republican and is engaged in farming. He served as President of the Ozark Press Association in 1925 and 1926. Represented Taney County in the House of Representatives in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th General Assemblies, being majority floor leader in the 55th General Assembly and Republican nominee for Speaker in the 56th General Assembly. He served as a member of the Statute Revision Commission of 1929. Elected to the Missouri Senate in 1936, he served in the 59th and 60th General Assemblies, being a member of the following committees of the latter session: Commerce and Manufactories; County Courts, Justice of the Peace and Township Organization; Education; Agriculture; Fish and Game. Norma

3 May 2000 MO-ABSTRACTS Read-Only List --------------------------------------------------------------- Source: The Sedalia Daily Democrat Sedalia, Pettis County, MO 24 March 1877 - Page 2 Trustee's Sale of Real Estate _______ Whereas, P_ter Porter and Nancy A. Porter, his wife, by their certai_ Deed of Trust, ______ on the 22nd day of January, 1875, filed for record on the 19th day of October A.D. 1875, and duly recorded in the Recorder's Office of Pettis county, Missouri in Deed of Trust book No. 10, at pages 418 and 419, duly granted ba_______, sold ___ conveyed unto James L. Porter, Trustee, the following described real estate situated in the county of Platte, and State of Missouri; to-wit: The southeast quarter o_ the northwest quarter of section eighteen (18), Township forty-seven (47), of Range number twenty-three (23), Also the _ortheast quarter of the south-west quarter of section number eighteen (18), Township forty-seven (47), of Range number twenty-three (23), containing in all eighty acres more or less, which said conveyance was made in trust to secure the payment of the sum of money specified in the promissory note therein described. And whereas, said promissory note in said Deed of Trust described has become due and remains unpaid, now, therefore, in accordance with the provisions of said Deed of Trust, and at the request of the legal holder of said note, I, James L. Porter Trustee, will on Saturday, the 7th day of April, 1877, between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the front door of the Court House in the town of Sedalia, sell at public venue to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the said before described real estate, to pay said note and interest, together with the costs and expenses of executing this trust. JAMES S. PORTER, Trustee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **I have attempted here to type the notice exactly as published. Parts of the article (on micro-film) were very difficult to read.** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2000 Leslie (Bridges) Kohler Aug67@worldnet.att.net P.O. Box 8137, Glendale, AZ 85312-8137 P.O. Box 276, Carrollton, MO 64633-0276

2 May 2000 MO-Abstracts 'Read-Only' List --------------------------------------------------------- MO Historical Review; Volume XLVII p89- --Haskell, Henry J.; KC: (8 Mar1874-20 Aug 1952) --Higdon, Mrs. U. S.; Cheyenne, WY (3 Oct 1873-6 Jan 1952) --Hinkle, James Fielding; Roswell, NM (20 Oct. 1864-26 Mar 1951) --Hotchkiss, Mrs. Edward G.; St. Louis, MO (27 Sept 1892-18 Oct 1951) --Huttig, Charles M.; St. Louis, MO (3 June 3 1900-22 June 22 1952) --Jordan, Gamble, St. Louis, MO: b 1869 (?); d 24 July 24 1952 --Lawless, Mrs. W. P.; Blackwater, MO: (29 Mar 1878-8 May 1952) --Lee, John Vincent, St. Louis, MO: (22 July 1890-16 June 1951) --Lowman, Mrs. Ida V.; Shelbyville, MO (20 Mar 1878-2 June 1952) --McCormick, F. L., Moberly, MO (26 Dec 1877-22 Jul 1952) --Mepham, Mrs. George S.; St. Louis (26 Dec 1867-28 May 1951) --Nee, Dan M.; KC (1 Apr 1888-9 June 1952) --Nolen, Anne; Monroe City, MO (20 Dec 1889-3 June 1952) --Noxon, George A.; Kirkwood, MO (23 Feb 1899-19 Nov 1951) --Peters, Mrs. Frank L.; Springfield, MO (25 Mar 1898-6 Apr 1952) Contributed by a subscriber who perfers to remain annonymous. If you want any other information that the journal may have had about these people, please consult a 'hard' copy of the publication.

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate Pages 55-56 THERON E. X. ROBERTS (Democrat), Senator from the Eighteenth District; born March 22, 1907, in Wheeler, Texas. He married Miss CATHERINE L. BONE of Fredonia, Kans., May 19, 1926, and they reside at Diamond, Mo., where he is editor and publisher of the Diamond News. He is a former railroad telegraph operator and station agent. Active in Democratic politics for many years and especially prominent in Young Democratic Club organization work, he served as President of the Young Democratic Club of Newton County and of the Seventh Congressional District Young Democratic Clubs. In 1937, he was unanimously elected President of the Young Democratic Clubs of Missouri. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Missouri Press Association and of the National Editorial Association. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 as Representative from Newton County, he was re-elected in 1936, acting as chairman of the Committee on Bills Agreed to and Finally Passed in the 59th General Assembly. In 1938, he was elected to the State Senate, serving in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions, and as a member of the following other committees: Elections; Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments; Eleemosynary Institutions; Fish and Game; County Courts, Justice of the Peace and Township Organization; Fees and Salaries; Printing. Norma

(#2) 30 April 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ---------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Caroline House mscldy@dcn.davis.ca.us SOURCE: Rich Hill Mining Review Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri Vol. XXII, No. 49, Sep. 11, 1902 Arch B. Stone, a prominent young farmer and influential democrat of Osage township, was a pleasant caller while in the city on Tuesday and favored us substantially. Mr. Stone and wife were visiting Dr. and Miss Mattie Boulware.-Butler Times. A Masonic state lodge of instruction will be held at Butler, commencing at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 22, 1902, and continuing morning, afternoon and evening during the 23rd and until noon of the 24th, conducted by Grand Lecturer Allen McDowell. W. P. Duvall sold his fine 280 acre farm, just west of Butler, to a. M. Swartz, living near Adrian, last week. The consideration was nineteen thousand dollars. This was one of the finest and best improved farms in the county, and Mr. Swartz can be congratulated on securing it. Deputy Constable Janes yesterday arrested Frank Johnson, who lives north of the Marmston river, says the Nevada Mail. Johnson is charged with assulting (sic) Uncle Billy Willson on last Monday. He gave bond to appear before Justice Gilbert September 6th. Johnson is a brother of Alva Johnson, who was convicted of murdering old man Paxton at Metz, sometime ago. Charley Simcosky, for 3 years (on Nov., 1902) clerk in the office of Division Superintendent of the C. R. & Q. at Galesburg, Ills., receive the appointment of clerk to Gen'l. Supt. F. C. Rice in Chicago, d has gone there to assume his new duties. The Galesburg Republican speaks very highly of Mr. Simcosky and his promotion, which was based exclusively on merit, and all his Rich Hill friends will be glad to hear of Charley's success. Geo. Burgessor and Ben Smith of Papinville were among the visitors to-day. Bob Johnson, who has been down from Butler to see the boy, returned to that place this afternoon. Ben Smith and mother of Papinville were in town to-day noon, being guests at the Talmage House. Frank Johnson of the Frairview (sic) neighborhood was in town this morning, looking up a doctor. He has been chilling. Miss Alice Loeb is back from the millinery markets and was busy to-day unpacking hat frames, ribbons, buckles and other rigging for ladies' head-gear. Scarcely a day passes but some one is killed by exploding coal oil. Mrs. John Flannagan, the wife of a railroad contractor on the Ozark & Cherokee Central railroad, was burned to death near Wagoner I. T., last evening while preparing supper. She attempted to light the fire with coal oil and the can of oil exploded. Why will women persist in using the dangerous fluid? The editor of the Foster Times says: "While visiting at Adrian, we dropped into the real estate office of our friend John Herrel. John is the same jolly, good humored man, full of life and energy, and seemed just as glad to see us as he did when he was asking the nomination for the office of County Clerk. By the say, we anticipate that John will be elected by a big majority, and the people could not give the plum to a more worthy man. He is competent and careful and will keep the books and business of the county in first class shape." August Elgert and son, Will, left this morning for Sedalia, where the son will attend business college the coming term. Prof. A. C. Gwinn and wife who have been visiting Mrs. Gwinn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, near Sprague, have returned to their home at Greenfield. Miss W. M. Allen of the Sprague neighborhood was an arrival on the noon train from Nevada, where she had been visiting. Her brother and a neighbor were here to meet her. Miss Alice McLean is in the city, visiting Miss Mary Bridwell and other friends. She is on the way from Pleasant Gap to Webb City, where she teaches in the public schools. Mrs. Effie Smalley will arrive home from Kansas City to-night and will go to Richards the first of the week to resume the business of milliner to that section. her sister, Miss Mary Cate, will be associated with her. Mrs. Hudelson, president of the district W. C. T. U., stopped off here yesterday to spend the afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Sherm. Robey, on the way to her home at Adrian from attending the annual convention at Nevada. Miss Alice Francis arrived home to-day from her vacation trip to the home of her parents down on the farm in Greene County. She is looking and feeling much refreshed for her outing. She also stopped at Iola and other Kansas points on her way home. Dr. Chastain, Tuesday, took Ava Doolittle to Kansas City for surgical attention. Ava was thrown from a horse, over a year ago, injuring his back severely, which has kept him in bed ever since. His many friends hope that he may be benefitted. Submitted by: Caroline House mscldy@dcn.davis.ca.us

30 April 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List -------------------------------------------------------- Here is another great post from Larry. His address is below. Please note that in this information are items of interest concerning other counties besides Randolph County. ~~Leslie~~ .................. Source: Moberly Daily Enterprise Monitor published every day (except Sun) G. B. Kelly, Business Manager Dates: Mon 24 Jan 1876 - Wed 1 Mar 1876 ***In these items, MDM stands for Moberly Daily Enterprise Monitor*** DEATH DATES & ESTATES: Brandenburg, Maggie -- dec'd, resolution of the Jacksonville Grange, In Memoriam; MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 Gains, Laura -- d. 26 Jan 1876, (infant d/o Jane & Thomas Gains) in Cairo; MDM Tuesday 1 Jan 1876 Lamb, Mrs. J. W. -- d. 15 Dec 1875, aged 57y, near Jacksonville; MDM Friday 18 Feb 1876 Marony, Aleck -- of Moberly, d. 23 Feb 1876 of hydrophobia from a dog bite about 1 year ago; MDM Thursday 24 Feb 1876 Wolffe, Willie G. -- d. 2 Feb 1876 of Typhoid, [s/o William G. Wolffe] aged 10y 1m 1d; MDM Monday 7 Feb 1876 MARRIAGE & DIVORCE: Bassett, A. L. -- m. 20 Feb 1876 Lou Long, both of Moberly, at the M. E. Church, South, by Rev. R. A. Austin, left for IL to visit relatives of the groom; MDM Monday 21 Feb 1876 Flournoy, Robert J. -- m. Sarah Poteat in Huntsville at the M. E. Church, South, by Rev. E. Austin, (d/o of William Poteat of Huntsville); MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 Hand, Cyreneus -- m. 1 Mar 1876 Melissa M. Barkwell, both of Centerville, IA by Esq. Clarkson, to live in Columbia; MDM Wednesday 1 Mar 1876 Holliday, B. W. -- m. 1 Mar 1876 (can't read) both of Moberly, by Rev. H. R. Crockett, C. P Church; MDM Wednesday 1 Mar 1876 Howell, S. T. -- m. 15 Feb 1876 Emma V. Quisenbery (at bride's father, Inskip Quisenbery) by Elder ? A. Meng; MDM Friday 18 Feb 1876 Lobsinger, Lewis J. -- m. Thursday to Mollie Barlow, by Esq. Boucher at the Rothwell House, both of St. Louis; MDM Friday 28 Jan 1876 Pollard, W. H. -- of Chariton, m. 16 Jan 1876 Fannie E. Given, of Monroe, at William Given near Middle Grove by Elder J. A. Berry; MDM Thursday 17 Feb 1876 Stephenson, Edmund -- m. 27 Jan 1876 Bettie Sharron, all of Huntsville; MDM Friday 28 Jan 1876 Summers, Johnson -- of Macon, m. 12 Feb 1876 Mary E. McDaniel, of Rand, (at bride's father Elisha McDaniel) by Elder P. M. Sears; MDM Thursday 24 Feb 1876 Walker, N. E. -- of Macon, m. 24 Feb 1876 Mollie E. Woods, of Moberly, (at T. P. White) by Eld. J. A. Berry; MDM Thursday 24 Feb 1876 MISC.; COURT RECORDs; GUARDIANs: 1880 Census -- to be taken beginning on 1 Aug 1876; MDM Wednesday 26 Jan 1876 Anderson, Mrs. -- sister of Geo. & Mark Brown, of the Merchants Hotel, left for her home in Brunswick today; MDM Saturday 29 Jan 1876 Baker, Dr. -- of Clifton, passed through the city on Saturday, to visit a sick brother in Johnson Co; MDM Monday 14 Feb 1876 Baker, Nelse -- trial for arson commenced yesterday; MDM Friday 28 Jan 1876; (charged with burning the City Laundry, sentenced to penitentiary for 7 years) Beatty, Mrs. C. E. & Miss Maria Heether -- visiting friends & relatives in Independence, MO; MDM Wednesday 1 Mar 1876 Brown, Mrs. Mark -- of the Merchants Hotel on a short trip to IL to visit relatives; MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 Carter, Jas. W. -- County Court of 28 Feb 1876 ordered that $4 be sent to Lunatic Asylum to bring him home; MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 Court House -- the following were appointed to meet with the Court about building a new Court House: F. M. McLean, Thos. H. Smith, Shelton Lesly, W. A. Thomas, W. R. Samuel, Jno. H. Penny, Calentine R_dins, Joseph W. Cromweil, Robt. Smith, Thomas L. Hamilton, James F. Wight; MDM Wednesday 26 Jan 1876 Dillon, Richard -- arrested today for stealing a pair of pants from Robert Little's tailoring establishment; MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 Dyer, Jack -- left Moberly to take conductorship of the Columbia branch; MDM Tuesday 22 Feb 1876 Enyart, Sile -- is reported to be in the Indian Nation; MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 Fire Company No. 2 B. B. C. -- are now fully organized & are ready to receive challenges from all amateur clubs in the county; R. Dunbar, President; M. Brown, vice President; L. Witee, Field Captain, communications received by J. F. Kelly, Secretary; A. Masterson, Chief; MDM Wednesday 15 Feb 1876 Hassett, Mrs. G. L. & Mrs. B. R. White -- visiting relatives & friends in Jerseyville, IL; MDM Monday 28 Feb 1876 Keenan, Catharine -- on petition of Thos. Keenan, declared insane by County Court on 28 Feb 1876, to be sent to Lunatic Asylum at St. Joseph; MDM Tuesday 29 Feb 1876 McCart, John -- of Bloomington, brother of W. L_e McCart, passed through town today on his return from a trip to TX; MDM Thursday 3 Feb 1876 McKinsey, James -- at the point of death of consumption, case hopeless; MDM Saturday 5 Feb 1876 O'Rear, Alice -- of Moberly, left for San Marcos with her brother-in-law Judge G. B. McFarlane, of Mexico, to spend a few months with relatives; MDM Thursday 17 Feb 1876 O'Rear, W. T. -- received a letter from his daughter, Miss. Alice O'Rear at San Marcus, TX, said her health improving; MDM Wednesday 1 Mar 1876 Reed, Edward -- arrested by Harry Broadus for shooting his father-in-law, W. H. Murry, awaiting action of the Grand Jury; MDM Thursday 24 Feb 1876 Rice, Biny -- Sheriff Williams took her from the west end of the county to the Insane Asylum at St. Joseph yesterday; MDM Wednesday 2 Feb 1876 Staford, W. D. -- writes from CA, Wes. Judah & Jim Wyatt have gone to Los Angelos, prospecting, John Smother with Stafford; MDM Tuesday 25 Jan 1876 Stamper & Bradsher -- of Clifton have sold their stock of dry goods to Maurice Davids; MDM Tuesday 22 Feb 1876 Swearingen, Jane Mrs. -- formerly of Moberly, keeping a boarding house on the corner of 3rd & Main St, Kansas City; MDM Monday 7 Feb 1876 Terrill, James -- President of Mt. Pleasant College, has sold his property in Huntsville & will remove to Winchester, TN; Rev. S. A. Beauchamp succeeds him; MDM Wednesday 23 Feb 1876 Terrill, L. B. -- will read at the Dickens Club tonight in place of J. B. Thompson; MDM Monday 14 Feb 1876 Terrill, Thos J. -- [s/o of Judge James Terrill] is teaching a private school at Renick; MDM Saturday 12 Feb 1876 Thomas, Nelse -- (col.) thrown out of a run away delivery wagon at corner of Coates & Clark, owned by Levi Turner of the grocery house, Nelse in insensible condition; MDM Saturday 5 Feb 1876 Tradway, Mrs Chas. -- sister of Mrs. Swain, is visiting her from Kansas City. Her Husband is one of the firm of Richards & Co. hardware house; MDM Friday 28 Jan 1876 Wight, Willie A. -- of Moberly & W. A. Cowan, of St. Louis, home from Denison where they had taken a load of potatoes, arrested there for selling without a license; MDM Friday 18 Feb 1876 Woods, Florence -- (d/o Jos. Woods, one of the proprietors of the Rothwell House) celebrated last night her 13th birthday; MDM Saturday 19 Feb 1876 Larry Sumpter sumpter@missvalley.com

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate Page 55 CHARLES SIMS NELSON (Democrat), Senator from the Seventeenth District; born on the Nelson Plantation near Freeman, Cass County, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Cass County and the State Teachers College at Warrensburg, Mo. He married Miss GEORGIE ANN GEARHART in Main City, Mo., September 22, 1895. A farmer, he resides near Freeman, Mo. He formerly taught in schools of Missouri, Texas and New Mexico, and served three terms as assessor of Cass County. Is a member of the Missouri Corn Growers' Association and, in 1925, was awarded a medal for producing 115.1 bushels of corn per acre. He is a grand-nephew of R. L. Y. PEYTON, a member of the Missouri Senate from 1850 to 1860 who served as Senior Senator from Missouri in the Confederate Capital at Richmond, Va. After representing Cass County in the House of Representatives of the 48th, 49th, 50th, 57th and 58th General Assemblies, he was elected to the State Senate in 1936. In the 59th General Assembly, he acted as chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining and in the 60th General Assembly, was chairman of the Committee on Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries, and also was a member of the following other committees: Public Health; Banks and Banking; Agriculture; Roads and Highways; University and School of Mines; Naval Affairs and Permanent Seat of Government; Eleemosynary Institutions. Norma

28 Apl 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List -------------------------------------------------------- Source (1 of 2): "The Carrollton Democrat" Carrollton, Carroll County, MO 13 Apl 1999 Obit: Billie Gene WILLIS (of Waverly, Saline County, MO) d 10 Apl 1999, at home b 12 Aug 1930, Carrollton, MO s/o Marie (OWENS) & William Alvin WILLIS m/Elizabeth Elmira McBEE, 27 Sept 1950, Bogard, Carroll County, MO (Elizabeth d 19 Mch 1990) burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Carrollton --- Source (2 of 2): "The History of Dentistry in Missouri" published 1938, Fulton, Callaway County, MO Bio: (pp 49-50) Henry Howard KEITH (1847-1899) b 14 June 1847 Salem, Massachusetts only s/o Katie M. & Amos B. KEITH resided in Boston until War Between the States then moved w/family to Chicago apprenticed in jewelry w/his uncle in NY 1864: to Philadelphia 1868: to Baltimore abt 1870: to Newark, NJ m/Miss Nana L. BENTEEN (of Baltimore) Feb 1871: to St. Louis d 26 Jan 1899 St. Louis ashes shipped to Asheville, NC for burial Bio: (p 50) John CAMPBELL [no dates] left OH [no date] Spring 1854: reached Chicago by rail then to Peoria; then to Canton [no dates] studied dentistry for 3 weeks in Canton w/a quack who then pronounced him a dentist first practiced in Beardstown (on the IL River) Autumn 1854: to St. Louis in St. Louis: met C.W. SPALDING; Edward HALE, Jr; Harry BARRON; H.J.B. McKELLOPS and Isaiah FORBES finally entered the office of Dr. SPALDING, where, in 2 yrs, he did learn dentistry

27 Apl 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ------------------------------------------------------- Source: "Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1893-94" Information for year: 1892 Here are more of the candidates for the position of Representative to the MO House of Representatives, along with the counties in which they ran. Douglas County: T. Newton Smallwood Harry Miller Moses C. Reynolds Dunklin County: Chas. P. Hawkins Geo. W. Peck J.G. Gray Franklin County: James W. Martin Frank M. North S. David Belew Gasconade County: Chas. M. Matthews Henry Book/Bock Gentry County: Edwin E. Ennis Henry H. Hussey Benjamin F. Evans Greene County (1st District): Benjamin Grist Benjamin U. Massey D.C. Hogan C.A. Mitchell Greene County (2nd District): John A. Youngblood Benjamin F. Dennis Elias Orr W.B. Moore Grundy County: John E. Carter William D. Gose Thomas P. Bosley Harrison County: Samuel P. Davisson Albert R. Black H.B. Alden Henry County: William H. Davis Joseph Adair William T. Downing Marcus L. Bonham Hickory County: E. Madden Kerr James R. Pack Bennola Scott

26 Apl 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ---------------------------------------------------- Source: "Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1893-94" Information for the year: 1892 Here are some more of the candidates for the MO House of Representatives & their respective home counties. Chariton County: Milton R. Williams Albert S. Enyeart R.L. Osbourn L. Sassy Christian County: James J. Bruton William A. Ruyle Jared E. Patterson Clark County: James J. Stafford William H. Robinson Clay County: John M. Harrel Zach M. Best Clinton County: William S. Marsh Oliver P. Williams Cole County: Joseph R. Edwards Cooper County: William G. Hays Thomas L. Tucker C.F. Moore Crawford County: Benjamin F. Russell Frank H. Farris Dade County: Chas. D. Boisseau William S. Wheeler John W. Marshall Dallas County: William R. Self William H. Darby Daviess County: William E. Black David L. Kost James Lewis DeKalb County: Thomas D. Williams L.F. DeHart J.C. McWilliams Dent County: Maston Cape Willis Pace

OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Departments Members State Senate Page 55 BERT BRADLEY (Democrat), Senator from the Sixteenth District; born December 10, 1890, in Bates County, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Bates County, later attending college at Sprague, Mo. He was married at Butler, Mo., May 1, 1920, to Miss WILLA A. PETTY and they have one daughter, RENA DALE. Is a gasoline and oil dealer and resides at Butler. During the World War, he served with Battery A, 28th Field Artillary, at Camp Funston, Kan. In 1920 he became Assistant Night Yardmaster of the Missouri Penitentiary; from 1921 to 1924, was deputy sheriff of Bates County, and was sheriff of that county two terms, 1925-1928. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1936 and served in the 59th General Assembly. In 1938, he was elected to the Senate, serving in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of the Committee on Fish and Game, and as a member of the following other committees: Commerce and Manufactories; Elections; Mines and Mining; Naval Affairs and Permanent Seat of Government; Railroads and Internal Improvements; University and School of Mines. Norma "He is not here, He is risen" Easter Blessings to all.