I have listed various sources for Daviess County biographical works on the following webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sareid/Source%20Guide/biographysg.h tm In direct answer to your question History of Daviess County is available from Bookhaven Press at: http://www.brookhavenpress.com/catagv.asp?stateID=MO&county=Daviess&bhps=sea rch&title=&author=&pubdate=&book=Book&CD=CD&submit=++Search++ One final thought before purchasing: if you have access to Heritage Quest Online (either through a subscribing library or an internet genealogical group), this particular work is available for searching/browsing. Steve Reid -----Original Message----- From: Suzan Paschen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MODAVIES] History CD (1882 Can anyone tell me where to order the History of Daviess County CD?? I've exhausted all of my ideas on where to find it. Help!!!!!!!!!!!! Suzie ==== MODAVIES Mailing List ==== For questions or comments regarding the Daviess County list or the Daviess County web page, please write to Lori Beckett Zukerman: [email protected] ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Robert Clay, Buddy Nall?, Leo Bayless, Ethyl Clay, Nettie Waiford?, Minnie Millstead. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14279&item=613839 0375&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V If you're connected to these people - there is a photo on ebay. They're asking a rather high price for it - $24.99 plus shipping - but then there IS always that right-click thing to copy... :>) SharonW

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EKB.2ACE/767.1.2 Message Board Post: Unfortunately, that will only help you if your grandfather was the original landowner for his farm. If he purchased his farm from another individual, the GLO website will have no record of this. We are an abstract office located in Gallatin. We have records of all of the land transfers in the County dating back to 1835. Give us a call with more information at 660.663.2127 and we will be able to help you out. We will also probably have more information about your grandfather, such as probate records, military records, affidavits, etc. Let us know if we can help!

Can anyone tell me where to order the History of Daviess County CD?? I've exhausted all of my ideas on where to find it. Help!!!!!!!!!!!! Suzie

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Five years after the war closed, on the 4th of July 1870, there was a celebration and a reunion of the soldiers of the Union army, but having been long proclaimed, and fraternal union having taken the place of strife, this reunion was joined in by the Confederates, they having been invited to the feast. Hands were shaken across the bloody chasm, and the gospel of hate died in Daviess county upon the anniversary of our national independence. May it never be resurrected.

[once again, the abbrevations and CAPS are mine] There was nothing done toward punishing BROMFIELD for the murder he had so wantonly committed, and his murderous instinct and bullying manner made people afraid of him. He had a man in his company by the name of Solomon TOMLIN, and it seems that on a raid made down in Buchanan county they appropriated a lot of horses. [the word 'appropriated' is in italics] In the division of property Capt BROMFIELD and TOMLIN had some bitter words, and this increased until BROMFIELD declared he would kill TOMLIN. Not long after he started on a hunt for him, and went to TOMLIN's house, some 2 mi from Gallatin, and called to him to come out. TOMLIN's wife was at home and informed the rufflan that her husb. had gone to Gallatin. He told her that he had come to kill her husb., and that she would never see him alive again, and that he would come back that night and hang TOMLIN's hat on the gate-post. BROMFIELD came to town, adn at once began his hunt for TOMLIN. The latter kept out of his way, and at last hid in a dry goods store, kept by a Mr. MILLER, on the south side of the square, now occupied as a grocery store. After a long hunt he went to the clerk's office in the courthouse and from some one around there learned that TOMLIN was hiding in the store above mentioned. BROMFIELD started from the clerk's office, passing out of the south gate of the square and walking directly toward the door. In the meantime TOMLIN had been on watch, and seeing him coming, knew it was a life and death matter. The merchants were badly scared, and told TOMLIN to leave the store, as they did not want any killing done there. TOMLIN had been crying, but when his enemy passed through the gate into the street with pistol in hand, ready to kill him, his manhood and courage arose at once. He had weakened because he did not want to be killed, and neither did he want to kill BROMFIELD, but when he saw the bully leave the courthouse and come directly toward him he realized that one or the other had to die. TOMLIN was armed with a double barrel shotgun and as BROMFIELD passed out of the courthouse yard into the street he cocked both barrels and told the merchants to stand aside. They did so. When BROMFIELD had reached the middle of the street TOMLIN stepped from behind the door and brought his gun to his shoulder, and before BROMFIELD could raise his pistol (for it was evident he got a sight of TOMLIN when he came in full view), the latter fired both barrels. The air was t rue and BROMFIELD fell, his breast riddled with buckshot, killing him instantly. TOMLIN left at once for his home, and there making hurried preparations left for a more peaceful and decidedly healthier clime for him. BROMFIELD's friends, for it seems the man had a few, would have killed TOMLIN had he remained. They were both Federal soldiers.

[the abbreviations and CAPS are mine] There were many cold-blooded and heartless scenes transpired during the civil war, not in the army, but among the stay at homes. The killing of James WELDON of Harrison township, was one of those deliberate, cold blooded murders. he had returned to his home, taken the oath, and was a member of the Home Guards or militia. A capt from caldwell Co. with a squad of men had been out scouting, and returning by the residence of Weldon, and knowing he had once been a Confederate, rode up to his house after dark, called him out, took him out upon the open prairie, murdered him in cold blood, left his dead body upon the ground where killed and rode off.. No less atrocious and horrible in character was the deliberate murder of CREWS at a picnic in Harrison township. A Capt. BROMFIELD, who came from Washington township, attended this picnic. He heard that there was a man there who had been in the rebel army. he did not know CReWS, but he went to a man and told him to show him CREWS or point him out. The man knowing BROMFIELD's vindictive nature, dared not disobey, and the report is that he went up to CREWS and gave him an apple as a sign to BROMFIELD to spot the man. CREWS was standing near a tree, with 4 or 5 ladies near him, when BROMFIELD walked up, pistol in hand, and killed him dead without a word of provocation or warning. But the fiend carried his murderous proclivities once too far, and met with a terrible but righteous punishment at the hands of a comrade when he was seeking to kill.

I wanted to point something out what Lanita posted last week on this list. Remember that Daviess county was part of Ray County, Missouri for a while. The Splawn's can be found in the 1830 census for Ray County. Yesterday I saw in a marriage record book that we have for sale, that some Splawn's are listed as being married in Ray County. I have been typing old courthouse records for Ray County and I remember seeing these names in some. These records date from 1828 to the 1870's. The records pertain to various county items, such as license's, stray animals reported, who was paid for carrying the poll book from such and such a place to the county seat, etc. These records are published in our quarterly. Please don't ask me to do look up's right now. I really don't have time. I just wanted to mention that if you are having a hard time finding some information on these early settlers of Daviess county they were considered being in Ray county before Daviess became a county. Researching the Goodbar's of Daviess county Lisa Smalley MORAY-CGA List Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~morcga/ Ray County Genealogical Assn. ********************************************************************* [the CAPS and abbreviations are mine] [pg 144-145] 1830-1831 .......The first man to raise his cabin within Daviess Co. was John SPLAWN & with him was his son, Mayberry SPLAWN. The cabin was erected near the Rock Island depot, but ws soon after removed to what was known as Splawn's Ridge, about 3 mi east of Gallatin, and near what afterward became the town of Millport, and just south of the site of that old but now plowed up town. They came in January, 1830. Who built the 2nd cabin has not been determined, but it probably was raised soon after the above date. The 3rd cabin in Daviess Co. was put up by John TARWATER. John, and Nancy, his wife, and Nancy, his dau. (afterward Mrs. Nancy NATION], lived in the cabin. They settled on sec. 34, in township #59, of range #27, just above the mouth of Honey Creek. Stephen ROBERTS settled the same month. These men were the first settlers in the county and came in Jan and Feb, followed by Danield DEVAUL and others in April of the same year.

If you want to help save the Battlefield, contact one of the links below. "But there is a school of thought that this area will always remain pasture land and cows," he said. "That isn't going to happen." ~Missouri Partners' lawyer, Bryan Wade of Springfield; referring to development planned for Wilson's Creek National Battlefield area The Civil War Preservation Trust: http://www.civilwar.org/ History Under Seige: http://www.civilwar.org/news/n_mostendangeredbattlefields.htm Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation: http://www.wilsonscreek.com/ NPS: Wilson's Creek: http://www.nps.gov/wicr/ Missouri Partners, Inc. [the developers]: http://missouripartnersinc.com/ December News Article: http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041214-014026-1439r.htm Christian County - Planning & Zoning Ozark, MO 65721 (417) 581-7242 Representative Roy Blunt (R - 07) 202-225-6536 202-226-1115 http://www.house.gov/writerep/ Senator Christopher S. Bond (R- MO) 202-224-5721 202-224-8149 http://bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm Senator Jim Talent (R- MO) 202-224-6154 202-228-1518 http://talent.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1 Let's take this opportunity to save one of our battlefields. Lanita

Idamae, I am not the administrator of the list and cannot do the task you ask.. you will need to unsub and sub yourself. Using the old address, type the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message box and subject line.. Send to [email protected] Using the new address, type the word SUBSCRIBE in the message box and subject line.. and send to: [email protected] That's all I can do to help you. Since I am not the administrator and we can't get in touch with her, that's the best that I can do for you. Lanita

I just tried sending it again, and this came back [same message as before]: <[email protected]>: host relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11] said: 550 You are not allowed to send mail:sv11pub.verizon.net Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.grm.net Arrival-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:08:33 -0600 (CST) Final-Recipient: rfc822; [email protected] Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11] said: 550 You are not allowed to send mail:sv11pub.verizon.net Sorry, List for having to communicate this way.. would appreciate your indulgence for a bit. Lanita

This article appeared in Saturday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. As many of you had ancestors who fought at Wilson's Creek, the old gal could use your support: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/ story/2D6D4867A0F4FF5886256FC200618231?OpenDocument Lanita

Idamae, I just tried to send you the 2nd page you requested, and your email bounced saying that I was not allowed to send to you. Pg 811 starts the next township and is not a continuation of your bio you wanted. Lanita

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAYER, GREEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EKB.2ACE/769 Message Board Post: Looking for the family of Peter (Samuel) and Adah GREEN-BAYER. Peter was the son of Francis "Frank" & Sinitha Bayer. His siblings were Violet and Gilbert. Below is some information that I have on them. I know that in the 1930 Census they are in Shoal (Lathrop) Clinton County, MO with sons William and Charles. P. S. BAYER (24) to Adah GREEN (21), both of Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri--Dec. 28, 1924-- at Cameron, Clinton County By: Rev. W. C. Jackson Page 110 BAYER PETER S 19 M W MO MO CALDWELL KIDDER 1920 BAYER SAMUEL P 10 M W MO MO RAY KNOXVILLE TWP 1910 BAYER GILBERT 11 M W MO MO CALDWELL COWGILL; LINCOLN 1920 BAYER PETER S 19 M W MO MO CALDWELL KIDDER 1920 BAYER GILBERT 1 M W MO MO RAY GRAPE GROVE TWP 1910 BAYER SAMUEL P 10 M W MO MO RAY KNOXVILLE TWP 1910 BAYER VIOLET 8 F W MO MO RAY GRAPE GROVE TWP 1910

Because of the time it takes to look things up in several difference resources, PLEASE limit your request to 1 SURNAME and 1 COUPLE at a time unless you need lookups for the Daviess County History Book 1882 [then provide the page #]... If I have sent you pages from the History Book that you were not able to open, PLEASE let me know, and I will send in JPEG.. It just takes extra time and work to change the format, but I will if you let me know... Also, several have asked for lookups, so if I have helped you, please give me a week to help other people before you ask me again. I can not look up parents, siblings, and children [married and unmarried] in all the census for the whole family.. give me a break! Please stay focused on 1 couple at a time. Hope you understand, I do want to be fair to everyone! Thanks! Lanita

From: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MODAVIES] History of Daviess County 1882/pg 223 Date: March 12, 2005 8:56:34 AM CST To: [email protected] Lanita, I live in Prescott, AZ. I have an LDS library available here and a very good public library that tries very hard for me. I also have a book for anyone whose ancestors migrated to the praires of Ceylon and Hardy, Sask., Canada ("Builders of a Great Land"). I also have a copy of a distant relative's book, "A Keg of Nails", a history of the Nail family going back from their Alabama residence. At present, I am working both on my husband's family (Harmons) and my own (Wolford/Whitecotton/Bird). Thanks again for all your kindness and efforts. Peggy

I have: History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia Annals of Southwest Virginia HIstory of Rockbridge County Virginia Searching for the MAXWELL family of Jamesport, MO Cris McPhail Alta Loma, CA

Lanita, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! These pages are fantastic! After I got home last night and saw all the pages you sent, I couldn't go to bed! I had to read these pages! I was able to get some additional information on some of my older ancestors and fill in a few blanks. If there is ever anything I can do for you in return, just let me know. This was a lot of work on your part and I thank you. There were only two pages that that must not have come through for some reason, Pages 661 & 665. P.S. Just curious, do you live in or near Daviess county? Thanks Again Chuck Townsend Clio, Michigan [email protected] Surnames: TOWNSEND - VOLLWEILER/VOLLWILER - SCHIEDEL - CANAAN - WENGER - SHERK/SHIRK - FOWLER - BURGER - CARAWAY - MARSHALL - STANGE - HINES - SANHOLTZ - SOPER - SLATER - ELLIS - McLAUGHLIN - DILLEY - PEASLEE - MARKS - BURTON - HOWARD - VAN ARTER - LOCKWOOD - FRANCO - FAVREAU - WICHMAN - CANNON - WILLIS - OVERBAUGH - KELLEY - HAWXHURST - LEONHART - JAMESON - REED - MILLER - SWITZER - KUEHLER/KEELER - LEONARD - AUSTIN - WHEELER - POLLEY - JUNG - PINNEY - WRIGHT

Okay, Chuck has me thinking... If everyone would post what they have, that they are offering to do lookups in/on, then that will give everyone a chance to share what they have.. If you have resources, EVEN IF IT'S FROM OTHER AREAS, please post on the list. Let's see what we can do to help others.. Other than what I have listed online at the Daviess Co., website, I also have these: Oregon County, Missouri marriages from 1845-1890 census 1850-1930 probate records listing History Book Cemetery Book Randolph Co., Arkansas History Book access to the cemetery listings All census for all states through my ancestry.com subscription What do you all have that you are willing to help others with?? Lanita