What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s.  This Historical book on CD contains stories of the local townships of Clay County, Missouri and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1920.

History

of

Clay County,

Missouri

By W.H. Woodson

ILLUSTRATED

Historical Publishing Company

Topeka       Indianapolis

1920

775 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are lighter in contrast due primarily to the age of the text

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

CHAPTER II. - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY.

CHAPTER III. - EARLY COURTS AND ELECTIONS.

CHAPTER IV. - INDIAN TROUBLES.

CHAPTER V. - MEXICAN WAR.

CHAPTER VI. - EVENTS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR.

CHAPTER VII. - CIVIL WAR PERIOD.

CHAPTER VIII. - AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

CHAPTER IX. - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.

CHAPTER X. - LIBERTY.

CHAPTER XI. - FISHING RIVER TOWNSHIP.

CHAPTER XII. - EXCELSIOR SPRINGS.

CHAPTER XIII. - GALLATIN TOWNSHIP.

CHAPTER XIV. - PLATTE TOWNSHIP.

CHAPTER XV. - KEARNEY TOWNSHIP.

CHAPTER XVI. - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

CHAPTER XVII. - WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE.

CHAPTER XVIII. - ORGANIZED MEDICINE IN CLAY COUNTY.

CHAPTER XIX. - ROAD BUILDING.

CHAPTER XX. - DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER XXI. -THE PRESS.

CHAPTER XXII. - THE MORMONS.

CHAPTER XXIII. - THE JAMES BOYS.

CHAPTER XXIV. - THE WORLD WAR.

CHAPTER XXV. - THE CLAY COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.

CHAPTER XXVI. - CLAY COUNTY WOMAN'S COMMITTEE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

CHAPTER XXVII. - CLAY COUNTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN RED CROSS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. - SOME CLAY COUNTY AND MISSOURI EVENTS.

CHAPTER XXIX. - OFFICIALS FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF CLAY COUNTY.

INDEX

Aker, Lee R.

Alpine Ice Company, The

Anderson, Henry D.

Ashley, Dr. Madison A.

Atliins, Roy G.

Bainbridge, D. P.

Baird, Dr. J. Ed

Baldwin, G. T.

Balkey, William B.

Barnes, W. P.

Bates, R. L.

Bell, B. K .

Bell, Elisha

Benson, Alanzo

Bergman, Axel F.

Best, Zack M.

Bethune, J. Byron

Bevins, David M.

Bigham, Charles R.

Black, E. B.

Black, E. L.

Blevins, John M.

Bogart, Dr. Thomas N.

Boggess, Owen J.

Bollinger, P. J.

Borgmier, Bernard S.

Boyd, John K., Jr.

Boyer, Moses E.

Brigham, William D.

Bronaugh, David Thomas

Brooks, Eugene A.

Brooks, Van W.

Buchta, M. E.

Camron, E. F.

Campbell, Arch A.

Campbell, Laura A.

Capps, Ernest L.

Carlyle, Arthur and Lank

Carpenter, Walter

Carson, James P.

Gates, James L. A

Citizens Bank of Liberty, The

Clardy, Oswald B.

Clark, Robert J.

Clay County State Bank

Clutter, Ross H.

Cockrell, J. J.

Coen, John William

Cole, S. B.

Collins, Andy W.

Commercial Bank of Liberty, The

Compton, George Thomas

Conley, Daniel

Connell, Robert H.

Cooley, Frederick Earl

Cooley, Herbert M.

Cooper, G. G.

Coppinger, Charles Henry

Coppinger, John Claude

Corbin, B. B.

Coston, Aubrey H.

Craven, William A.

Creason, William D.

Crowley, Prank T.

Crowley, John

Dagg, Dr. Hiram McElroy

Daily and Dugan

Dale, P. M.

Darby, Archibald Logan

Davidson, James Oscar

Davidson, L. A.

Davis, P. M.

Deaton, Charles N.

Denny. Earl

Doniphan, P. D.

Donovan, Claude N.

Donovan, Luke E.

Dorsett, L. T.

Dougherty, Capt, Lewis B.

Dresslaer, Lewis E.

Dudfield, Alvin

Duncan. Andrew

Duncan, William

Eby, John A.

Ecton, George T.

Edwards, Richard W.

Edwards, Prof. Ward

Elgin, Joseph M.

Emmke, John

Evans, Dr. David Jones

Evans, J. McGee

E^vans, Joseph L.

Farmers Bank of Snaithville

First National Bank, The

Fish, C. W.

Flanders, Ella Jean

Ford, M. S.

Pox, Dan H.

Prazier, John C.

Frick, George W.

Gabbert, Melvin M.

Gaines, Dr. John J.

Gentry, Oliver P.

Glasscock, A. B.

Gordon, Thomas C.

Gordon, Baylis Thornton

Gragg, John

Greene, Dr. John Priest

Greenfield, Samuel C.

Griffin, E. P.

Gross, A. W.

Hall, E. P.

Hall, Rice Emmett

Hall, George T.

Hallissy, William E.

Hamel, Philip E., Jr.

Harbaugh, Robert H.

Hardwicke, Claude

Harlin, J. W.

Hart, James Moore

Hart, John N.

Hayes, B. P.

Haynes, Henry

Heathman, E. P.

Heifner, James P.

Henderson, Thomas H.

Hessel, Fred

Hessel, Louis

Hey, William

Hicks, Leonard N.

Hodge, P. D.

Holloway, E. W.

Holt, Thomas J.

Hope, Herbert T.

Hoy, William

Hudelmeyer, John

Hughes, James

Hulse, Jefferson N.

Hulse, Landie R.

Hummel, John

Irminger, James Philip

Irminger, R. H.

Irminger, William

Isenbour, William

Isley, Dr. Lafayette

Jackson, O. A.

Jamison, Ed.

Jones, John B.

Jones, Rev. Allen Bailey

Karr, Judge John W.

Kenyon, Robert L.

Killgore, Charles M.

Kimbrell, Henry

Kindred, Charles W

King, John

King, Hubert Earl

Kirkland, E. E.

Kirschner, John J.

Knighton, Claude P.

Laffoon, Edgar

Laipple, John

Lancaster, Ambrose

Lancaster, John Samuel

Lancaster, Leslie

Lancaster, Lewis

land, E. B.

Leavell, L. W.

Lewis, John S.

Ligon, Charles L

Ligon, W. P.

Lightburne, Marcus Lee

Linden Bank, The

Long, G. W.

Loughrey, Hugh R.

Lownian, Alfred O.

McConnell, Thomas William

McCrorey, Norman G.

McDavid Brothers

McKee, Charles

McRorey, W. T.

Mace. John H.

Macken, Alonzo E.

Macken, William E.

Major, Dr. Herman S.

Major, Dr. Ralph Herman

Major, John Sleet

Major, Rev. John Sleet

Manley, Walter

Martin, James T.

Massey, Richard M.

Matthews, Dr. Francis Holmes

Mereness, George H.

Mereness, James H.

Meservey, B. M.

Meservey, W. H.

Minter, Rolbert Lee

Minter. James R.

Mitchell, Samuel H.

Miller, Dr. Enoch H.

Missouri City Banking Company, The

Moberly, William Elisha

Montgomery, John A.

Moore, Captain Harris L.

Moore, Charles M.

Moore, Edward D.

Morgan, L. M.

Morton, John S.