I emailed about the book yesterday and forgot to tell you that you can reach me directly at gracie@ponyexpress.net Thanks, Donna Wiltz ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MOBUCHAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:38 AM Subject: [MOBUCHAN] BOOK: 1881 History of Buchanan County, Missouri > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: kathywieland > Surnames: Abercrombie, Alden, Alderman, Allen, Albin, Ambrose, Andriano, > Anderson, Angel, Angsten, Armstrong, Arnold, Arnhold, Arthemian, Ashford, > Ashton, Atwill, Axhelm, Aylesbury, Bacon, Baden, Badger, Bailey, Baker, > Banes, Bandel, Barnard, Barnes, Bassett, Batcheller, Bauman, Beck, Behr, > Bell, Bennett, Bernard, Berghoff, Bishop, Bittinger, Blakemore, Boaz, > Boder, Bogle, Bombeck, Boller, Bortle, Boteler, Bottger, Bowen, Boyd, > Brady, Branyan, Braun, Bradshaw, Brill, Brittain, Bright, Brown, Brosi, > Brooker, Brunsing, Bryant, Buddy, Buell, Bulling, Burnes, Burgess, > Burvenich, Burns, Burnside, Burvenich, Butcher, Hummel, Butler, Clay, > Buzard, Byrne, Cables, Ozenberger, Callaway, Campbell, Harral, Harkey, > Hartwig, Hauck, Heaton, Hawley, Hedenber, Herwig, Heschong, Jenkins, > Johnson, McCord, McCoun, Millan, Turner, Mitchell, Miles, Reid, Reese, > McMachen, Register, Sommers, Sorge, Southworth, Spalding, Stemler, > Steinbrenner, Wyeth, Wyatt, Deppin, Homan, Wogan, Vondenbosch, and man! > y more. > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.buchanan/4336/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I bought this 1,070 page book because I believe it is a wonderful resource > for someone with family in this county. It is in excellent condition and > was reprinted in 1973 by Seward W. Lilly and Litho Printers & Bindery in > Cassville, MO. There is so much information in this large book, but I > will try to capture the highlights. > > There are chapters on the following: Early Settlements, Early Military > Records, Civil War in Missouri, Agriculture and Material Wealth, Platte > Purchase, Religious Denominations, Pioneer Life, Organization, Bench & Bar > (judges & attorneys), Crimes, Incidents, and Accidents, Old Settlers > Reunion in 1874, Churches, Hamlets and Villages, History of St. Joseph, > Old Settlers and What They Did, Newspapers, City Officers, Public Schools, > Railroads, Trade-Commerce etc, Colleges & Banks, Great Iron Bridge and > Union Depot, Fire Department of St. Joseph, MO, County Lunatic Asylum, > Poor House, and Farm. > > There are over 400 pages of biographical sketches. Some of the surnames > are the following: Abercrombie, Alden, Alderman, Allen, Albin, Ambrose, > Andriano, Anderson, Angel, Angsten, Armstrong, Arnold, Arnhold, Arthemian, > Ashford, Ashton, Atwill, Axhelm, Aylesbury, Bacon, Baden, Badger, Bailey, > Baker, Banes, Bandel, Barnard, Barnes, Bassett, Batcheller, Bauman, Beck, > Behr, Bell, Bennett, Bernard, Berghoff, Bishop, Bittinger, Blakemore, > Boaz, Boder, Bogle, Bombeck, Boller, Bortle, Boteler, Bottger, Bowen, > Boyd, Brady, Branyan, Braun, Bradshaw, Brill, Brittain, Bright, Brown, > Brosi, Brooker, Brunsing, Bryant, Buddy, Buell, Bulling, Burnes, Burgess, > Burvenich, Burns, Burnside, Burvenich, Butcher, Hummel, Butler, Clay, > Buzard, Byrne, Cables, Ozenberger, Callaway, Campbell, Harral, Harkey, > Hartwig, Hauck, Heaton, Hawley, Hedenber, Herwig, Heschong, Jenkins, > Johnson, McCord, McCoun, Millan, Turner, Mitchell, Miles, Reid, Reese, > McMachen, Register, Sommers, Sorge, Southworth, Spaldin! > g, Stemler, Steinbrenner, Wyeth, Wyatt, Deppin, Homan, Wogan, Vondenbosch, > and many more. > > There are eight lithographic portraits in the book and a small map of > Buchanan County in 1881. > > I would like to connect this book with a family researcher for this area. > Please contact me if you have an interest in this book. > > Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO > You may find more resources on my website www.familywesearch.com > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBUCHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >