By request, Source: Grundy County, Missouri 1881 history book. 13. Levi Moore, p. 719-20 LEVI MOORE Was born in Howard County, Missouri, May 22, 1844, and the son of Josiah and Nancy Moore, nee Montgomery. They were natives of Kentucky, but came to Missouri at an early day. His mother died when he was about three months old, and his father four years later. Being left an orphan at this early age he was taken care of by his uncle, Levi Moore, who lived in Grundy County, and by him was reared till he was eighteen years of age, when he enlisted in company H, Twenty-third Missouri volunteer infantry, and served with them over three years. He relates the following incident as a part of his life in the army: About the first of November, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia, while detailed on a foraging expedition he was in the upper story of a tobacco warehouse, about four and one-half miles from camp. Looking out at the gable-end of the building he saw thirteen mounted Confederates coming toward him and where his horse was hitched. He knew it was time to leave, and climbing and falling through the tobacco racks for thirty feet to the floor he quickly picked himself up and made for his horse with all speed, but by the time he was mounted the Confederates were within one hundred and seventy-five yards and opened fire upon him; then began a race for life. Luckily for him his horse was a good one, and he kept his distance but still under fire, and the chase was thus kept up for about four miles, when he came to a ditch about fourteen feet deep and twelve feet across, which his horse successfully cleared, but it stayed his pursuers, and turning in his saddle he called to them to come on. They only answered with oaths, that he was a d——d Yankee, and hastily beat their retreat. A few days after the occurrence above related he, with several of his comrades, was taken prisoner and held at Andersonville and other places, during which time he suffered much from fevers and the hardships of a prisoner's life. After the war he returned to Grundy County, and on the 22d of February, 1867, was married to Miss Martha Ann Boyce, who was born October 14, 1845, in Daviess County, Missouri. They have had three children; namely, James E., born December 17, 1868; William Harley, born February 18, 1870; and Ida, born March 19, 1871. Mr. Moore had but little opportunity of obtaining an education, but now, by diligence in study at home, has become a well-informed man, and has secured to himself and family a fine home of forty acres, where he lives a happy and contented life.

In a message dated 1/20/2002 8:13:18 PM Central Standard Time, RAILSELLER writes: > By request. > > Source: Grundy Gounty Missouri History Book, 1881 > > William Dunlap, p. 541-42 > > WILLIAM DUNLAP, > Son of William and Margaret Dunlap (both of Pennsylvania birth), was born > October 19, 1813, in Harrison county, Ohio. His parents moved, when he was > six years old, to Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1849, then moved to > Morgan county, Ohio. While living in Pennsylvania he was married to Miss > Nancy Wells, on the 7th of January, 1836, in Fayette county. She died > September 19, 1837. They had one child, Margaret M., born March 3, 1837, > and died August 11, 1837. September 12, 1839, he married Miss Nancy Eamage. > This lady was born December 30, 1821. By this union they had six children > born to them; viz., Letitia, born January 6, 1841, died April 2, 1879, the > wife of Edwin Kider, of this county; William, born November 13, 1843, died > when eleven months old; Mary E., born June 13, 1816, died November 7, > 1878, at Eiko, Nevada the wife of Corwin Borders, of this county; Cyrus W, > born December 14, 1848, now in mercantile business in Lindley: Maria, born > July 11 1851 wife of Winfield Bonta, of Trenton. Mrs. Dunlap died July 26, > 1851. Mr. Dunlap was again united in marriage March 6, 1852, to Miss > Elizabeth Fonts. She was born in Morgan county, Ohio, Marcli 6. 1832. They > had seven children; viz., James T., born December 1, 1854, now living in > California; Joseph, born December 3, 1855, died in infancy; William W., > born October 19, 1857; Frank E., bom November 2, 1860; Bettie, born January > 23, 1862; Edward, born March 1, 1865; Alice, born April 6, 1869. Mrs. > Dunlap died May 20, 1879. Mr. Dunlap again married July 24, 1880, to Mrs. > Mary E. Sherman, widow of William P. Sherman. She > married Mr. Alfred Brown, her first husband, December 27, 1857, and by him > had three children, Joseph H., born January 7, 1859; Medora E. born > November 11, 1860; Araminta J., born May 12, 1862 Mr Brown died November > 15, 1862, and she married William P. Sherman, September 38, 1864. They had > two children, Melissa A., born March 15 1866 and Augustus A., born April > 26, 1868. Mr. Sherman died August 1; 1873. She then married as above > mentioned. Mr. Dunlap, and, notwithstanding both of their misfortunes, they > are enjoying health and all the blessings allotted to this life. Mr. Dunlap > came to this county in 1858 and settled near where he now lives. He has > made farming his business through life, but has given more attention to > sheep husbandry than any other branch, and has a stock of full blooded > Spanish Merinos now on his farm.

By request. Source: Grundy Gounty Missouri History Book, 1881 William Dunlap, p. 541-42 WILLIAM DUNLAP, Son of William and Margaret Duulap (both of Pennsylvania birth), was born October 19, 1813, in Harrison county, Ohio. His parents moved, when he was six years old, to Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1849, then moved to Morgan county, Ohio. While living in Pennsylvania he was married to Miss Nancy Wells, on the 7th of January, 1836, in Fayette county. She died September 19, 1837. They had one child, Margaret M., born March 3, 1837, and died August 11, 1837. September 12, 1839, he married Miss Nancy Eamage. This lady was born December 30, 1821. By this union they had six children born to them; viz., Letitia, born January 6, 1841, died April 2, 1879, the wife of Edwin Kider, of this county; William, born November 13, 1843, died when eleven months old; Mary E., born June 13, 1816, died November 7, 1878, at Eiko, Nevada the wife of Corwin Borders, of this county; Cyrus W, born December 14, 1848, now in mercantile business in Lindley: Maria, born July 11 1851 wife of Winfield Bonta, of Trenton. Mrs. Dunlap died July 26, 1851. Mr. Dunlap was again united in marriage March 6, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Fonts. She was born in Morgan county, Ohio, Marcli 6. 1832. They had seven children; viz., James T., born December 1, 1854, now living in California; Joseph, born December 3, 1855, died in infancy; William W., born October 19, 1857; Frank E., bom November 2, 1860; Bettie, born January 23, 1862; Edward, born March 1, 1865; Alice, born April 6, 1869. Mrs. Dunlap died May 20, 1879. Mr. Dunlap again married July 24, 1880, to Mrs. Mary E. Sherman, widow of William P. Sherman. She married Mr. Alfred Brown, her first husband, December 27, 1857, and by him had three children, Joseph H., born January 7, 1859; Medora E. born November 11, 1860; Araminta J., born May 12, 1862 Mr Brown died November 15, 1862, and she married William P. Sherman, September 38, 1864. They had two children, Melissa A., born March 15 1866 and Augustus A., born April 26, 1868. Mr. Sherman died August 1; 1873. She then married as above mentioned. Mr. Dunlap, and, notwith- standing both of their misfortunes, they are enjoying health and all the blessings allotted to this life. Mr. Dunlap came to this county in 1858 and settled near where he now lives. He has made farming his business through life, but has given more attention to sheep husbandry than any other branch, and has a stock of full blooded Spanish Merinos now on his farm.

By request. Page 673, History of Grundy County, Missouri 1881 JOHN I. CRAIG Son of Franklin and Melinda Craig, nee Booran, was born in West Virginia, December 22,1838. His parents migrated to Missouri in 1844, and settled in Grnndy County. On August 23d, 1861, he enlisted in company H, Twenty-third Missouri volunteer infantry, served for three years, was in many hard-fought battles, and was always ready and willing for duty. He was married, November 8, 1864, to Miss Amanda Wild, who was born in Grundy County, November 28, 1845; her parents Philip and Sallie Wild were among the earliest settlers in Grundy County. They have had eight children, seven of whom are still living; namely, Philip, born September 12, 1865; Franklin, born June 15, 1868; Sallie M., born January 27, 1872; Sylvester, born March 17, 1874; Martha A., born March 24, 1876; John I., born August 25,1878; Marshall, born April 20, 1880; and Herbert E., born May 24, 1870, died August 27, 1871. Mr. Craig is now serving his township as constable; and has been an active member of the school board. He has had bad luck by having to pay security debts, yet has struggled manfully on, and now has a nice home of seventy-eight acres of good land. He had no opportunity of attending school but by home application has become a well informed man and enjoys the esteem of all his neighbors. NOTE: I have a fair amount of Wild information in my database if anyone wants it just ask and will send by private e-mail. Jerry Jones

By request. William Bennett, p. 692-93 WILLIAM BENNETT Was born in Warren county, New York, March 24, 1816. His father, Jeremiah Bennett, also a native of New York, was a leading farmer. His mother's maiden name was Susannah Wilkerson. The family moved to Iowa in 1843 and were residents of that State for twelve years. He then moved to this county and settled npon his present place. Mr. Bennett was united in matrimony in his native county, in 1838, to Miss Mary Ann Somerville. The result of this union is six children, now living: Margaret E., now Mrs. Wm. Chipps; Eleanor; Nancy, now Mrs. Joseph Baldmaut; William S., Richard W., and George M. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have been members of the Baptist Ohnrch for twenty years. He owns a good farm well stocked and abundantly watered. It ia fairly improved and in a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Bennett is one of the oldest settlers. and most highly respected men in the township.

The first bio was listed as J. B. Ashbrook. It should be J. B. ANDERSON and the 2nd one should be William Ashbrook then Presley Boon. Sorry about that. Jerry Jones

Source: History of Grundy County, Missouri 1881 Samuel H. Laird, p. 734-35 SAMUEL H. LAIRD Was born in Sheridan county, Missouri, January 10,1844. He commenced farming in early life, and continued the same in his native county until the spring of 1876, when he removed to Grundy county and took up his former occupation. He now has a fine farm containing one hundred and seventy acres, which his industry has brought to a good state of cultivation. His time is principally spent in tilling the soil, but he is interested in county and township affairs, and is now officiating as township collector, to which office he was elected in April, 1881. Mr. Laird was married in Grundy county, September 17, 1878, to Miss Mary Robinson. By this union they have two children, Rewaner and Alice.

Source: History of Grundy County, 1881 page 731-32 PRESLEY BOON Was born in Madison county, Kentucky, July 13, 1820. His parents brought him to Howard county, Missouri, when he was about two years of age, and remained there only two years, when they moved to Sheridan county, remaining until 1831. At this time they went to Livingston county, where the subject of this sketch resided until his removal to Grnndy county in 1850. Here he purchased land and became engaged in farming. He now owns one hundred and fifty-two acr«s of choice land, all under good cultivation. Mr. Boon was married, in Livingston county, April 7, 1847, to Miss Sarah J. Rosson. They had seven children: Daniel, Sarah E., Mary H., Augustus, Tempy, Lydia and Perdida.

Per Request. MRS. MARY JONES Mary Wooley was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, January 24, 1810. Her father, William Wooley, came to Kentucky from Virginia at a very early day; he died in February, 1830. Her mothers maiden name was Mary Sutton, and she was also a native of Virginia, and became the wife of William Wooley on May 26, 1807. They had a family of nine children, the subject of this sketch being next to the eldest daughter. On April 2, 1829, Miss Mary Wooley became the wife of James Simpson, a native of Kentucky, born in 1807. In the fall of 1838 this young couple, together with his mother, five sisters and one brother, came to Missouri; they remained one winter in Chariton County, and in March, 1839, landed and made a permanent settlement in Grundy comity, and this venerable old lady still lives there, never having moved from that now beautiful location, which on that dreary March morning in 1839 was an unbroken wilderness. Her husband died July 23, 1857. She was married December 15, 1858, to John H. Jones, a native of Virginia born in September, 1807. He died February 16, 1872. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Baptist Church and a very intelligent lady; although now in the seventy-second year of her age, is remarkably well preserved both mentally and physically. She has passed through the many stages of development of Grundy County from its first beginning up to its present prosperity. She settled here when this was a wilderness inhabited only by Indians and wild animals. As an incident of courage and the realities of pioneer life we give the following: One morning in 1839, while Mr. Simpson, her husband, was attending the land sales she treed a catamount and kept it treed until her sister went after "Uncle Billy Cornwell" to come and shout it, which was successfully done. This Christian lady is certainly entitled to stand in the front rank of the old pioneers. Her sister Elizabeth was born in Kentucky in 1821, and married 0. P. White, a native of Illinois, born in 1819. The family of Mr., White have long kept house for Mrs. Jones, and she still resides with them. Mr. and Mrs. White have five children; namely, William, born September 8, 1841, Sophia, born August 3, 1844, Sarah E., born November 8, 1847, died January 8, 1861, James 0. born October 4, 1850, Eliza C., born July 23, 1855, and Georgia A., born October 9, 1861. NOTE: Does anyone know what a catamount is. Must be something like a panther or mountain lion?? JJ

In a message dated 1/19/02 7:45:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, RAILSELLER@aol.com writes: << 11. William Dunlap, p. 541-42 >> I am very interested in William Dunlap as the Dunlaps married into the Key family:) Thanks for being so nice to look these up:) Juanita

Jefferson Township 1. J. B. Ashbrook, p. 731 2. Presley Boon 3. David Bratton, p. 732 4. J. A. Brown, p. 732 5. Thomas Brumit, p. 732-33 6. H. C. Callison, p. 733 7. W. L. Curtis, p. 733 8. Samuel Gay, p. 733-34 9. George S. Goodrich, p. 734 10. A. J. Griffith, p. 734 11. Samuel H. Laird, p. 734-35 12. C. H. Longfellow, p. 735 13. Seth Macy, p. 735 14. Wm. H. Miller, p. 735-36 15. William Parker, p. 736 16. C. W. Price, p. 736-37 17. Joseph Reynolds, p. 737 18. J. D. Rice, p. 737 19. William Richardson, p. 737-38 20. Hiram Smith, p. 738 21. J. B. Thompson, p. 738 22. M. D. L. Toncray, p. 738 23. Elijah Turner, p. 739 24. Henry Whorton, 739 25. Mrs. Nancy William, p. 739 26. John Williams, p. 739-40

Harrison Township 1. Aaron Biggs, p. 713 2. R. P. Boyce, p. 713-14 3. J. H. Brown, son of Andrew and Jane (McDowell) Brown, p. 714 4. Rev. D. C. Brown, son of Jacob A. and Sarah (Clanton) Brown, p. 714-15 5. John and Mark Bushong, p. 715 6. A. H. Buchanan, p. 716 7. Benjamin P. Crawford, p. 716-17 8. C. H. Cullers, p. 717 9. William D. Gose, p. 717 10. William V. Hoisington, p. 718 11. Mrs. Margaret Lee, daughter of Andrew and Jane Scott wife of William Lee, p. 718-19 12. J. E. Maxson, p. 719 13. Levi Moore, p. 719-20 14. Rees B, T, Perry, p. 720-21 15. Marcellus Ratliff, p. 721-22 16. Silas Ratliff, p. 722 17. C. W. Scott, p. 722-23 18. Joseph Scott, p. 723 19. W. B. Taylor, p. 723-24 20. Isaac Veach, p. 724 21. W. E. Watts, p. 725 22. T. G. Witten, p. 725 23. J. A. Wright, p. 725-26 J

Liberty Township 1. James S. Bunnell, p. 707 2. Francis M. Sprout, p. 708 3. E. L. Winters, p. 708-09

Myers Township 1. Daniel M. Berry, p. 692 2. William Bennett, p. 692-93 3. James E. Berry, p. 693 4. Francis M. Brittain, p. 693 5. D. R. Berry, p. 694 6. James G. Brittain, p. 694 7. Lewis O. Berry, p. 694-95 8. William T. Coleman, p. 695 9. William Cooksey, p. 695-96 10. James B. Duff, p. 696 11. John B. Ford, p. 696-97 12. Benjamin Ford, p. 697 13. John W. Garriott, p. 697 14. John M. Hudson, p. 697 15. Benjamin Low, p. 698 16. Hon. Lewis Myers, p. 698-9 17. James H. Moss, M.D., p. 699-700 18. Margaret M. Myers, p. 700 19. William A. McCracken, p. 700 20. Nathaniel Pettit, p. 70-01 21. Morgan Ralls, p. 701 22. James Robinson, p. 701-02 23. John W. Root, p. 702 24. James Shipman, p. 703 25. George W. Swopes, p. 703 26. Francis B. Shelton, p. 703-04 27. James O. Thompson, 704 28. Charles N. Vigneron, p. 704

Jackson Township 1. F. F. Amick, p. 682 2. Nathan Arnold 3. A. J. Campbell, p. 683 4. Hercules Campbell, p. 684 5. Columbus M. Evans, p. 685 6. Augustus Evans, p. 685 7. Elder J. Mack, p. 685-86 8. G. W. McClain, p. 686 9. William H. McClain, p. 686-87 10. Charles Skinner, p. 687-88 11. William R. Spencer, p. 688 12. George H. Tolle, p. 688-89

Washington Township 1. John L. Craig, P. 673 2. R. V. B. Kennedy, p. 673-74 3. David Payne, p. 674 4. J. N. Sires, p. 674-75 5. S. W. Sires, p. 675 6. Hon Thomas J. Taylor, p. 675-76 7. H. R. Thompson, p. 676 8. P. W. Thomposn, p. 676 9. Daniel Welch, p. 677 10. Mrs. Julia K. Wild, widow of Emery Wild daughter of Philip and Mary Steckman, p. 677-78 11. Henry Willis, p. 678

Taylor Township 1. P. C. Booran, p. 662-63 2. Genry Duskin, p. 663 3. W. B. Grube, p. 663-64 4. A. L. Hudson, p. 664-65 5. Henry S. Lewis, p. 665 6. W. A. McClure, son of Jacob and Martha McClure, p. 666 7. James A. Meek, p. 666-67 8. Mrs. Eliza J. Nichols, widow of Joseph Nichols, daughter of Isham and Athaliah (Finch) Manion, p. 667 9. Emerson Ward, p. 668-69

Wilson Township 1. William Anderson, Jr. p. 648-49 2. Gain Urton, p. 649-50 3. H. J. Hammond, p. 650-51 4. Benjamin F. Merryman, p. 651 5. John M. Merryman, p. 651 6. Thomas Moore, p. 652 7. Jacob W. Morris, p. 652-53 8. Dr. H. B. Miller, p. 653 9. J. H. Rimker, p. 653 10. Abram Richerson, p. 654 11. Eldrige Stucker, p. 654 12. Rev. H. H. Turner, p. 654-55 13. J. P. Thomas, M.D. p. 656

In a message dated 1/20/02 2:32:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, RAILSELLER@aol.com writes: << 23. Mary Wooley, Mrs. Mary Jones ( wife of John Jones daughter of William Woolsey), p. 624-25 >> Hi, How do we get a copy of one of these ??? thanks:) Juanita Jones Johnson

Thanks so very much for helping us research ancestors. Would you be so kind as to put the following bios on the list as you have the time. Madison Twp: #15 William C. Harvey p 584-85 #16 Absolom Harvey p 585 #17 William McCammon p 586 #30 L. P. Shirley p 594 Lincoln Twp: #47 James C. Wilson p 638 If you run across any Applegates, please let me know, and thanks again. Pam Baker