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 Dent
County, Missouri History and
Genealogy
More than 125 pages of Dent County, Missouri history and
genealogy including 63 pages of family biographies plus 24 Dent County, Missouri
communities on 5 different maps
An informative and historical overview of Dent County,
Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 5 historical
maps (1851, 1902, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus
the full Dent County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Dent County,
Missouri originally published in 1889. An important resource for the study
and research of Dent County, Missouri history and genealogy.
This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in
three
separate books, ALL on one CD:
Book One of three, all on one CD: Maps of Dent County, Missouri
Included here are the central Ozarks of Missouri sections of 5 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of what would become Dent County before
Dent County was formed.
B. A map of 1902 Dent County showing the locations of 19 different
settlements including all of the following: Anutt * Condray * Darien * Eden *
Gila * Gladden * Hedrick * Howes * Howes Mill * Jadwin * Joy * Lake Spring *
Lecoma * Lenox * Montauk * Mounce * Salem * Sligo * Stonehill
C. A map of 1913 Dent County showing the locations of 24 different
settlements including all of the following: Bangart * Condray * Darien * Doss *
East Bunker * Gano * Gila * Gladden * Hobson * Howe Mill * Jack * Jadwin * Joy *
Lake Spring * Lecoma * Lenox * Montauk * Salem * Short Bend * Sliso * Stonehill
* Turtle * Victor * West Bunker *
D. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist
sites and service stations were located.
E. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be
amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!
Book Two of three, all on one CD: Dent County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Dent County, Missouri from the 1913 edition of The
Missouri Red Book and contains about every imaginable statistic you could want
for this time period. Some of the facts contained are the number of farms and
their acreages, number of cows, horses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry,
colonies of bees, how many farms had mortgages and how many were free of debt,
the amount of butter produced, the number of bushels of apples, peaches, pears,
etc. harvested, the number of quarts of blackberries harvested, the number of
schools and teachers, plus hundreds of other detailed statistics. A wealth of
information!
Book Three of three, all on one CD: The complete 1889 Goodspeed's History of Dent
County, Missouri.
This massive (126 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical and
genealogical information
about Dent County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Dent County, Missouri including all
of the historical and biographical information.
Here is just some of the information included:
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A description of the natural features Dent County
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Pioneer History of Dent County, Missouri
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Establishment of Dent County
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Early Settlers of Dent County, Missouri
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Early Land Entries in Dent County, Missouri
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Dent County Circuit Court Transactions
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Political Record
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Dent County Societies and Organizations
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Military Affairs (Civil War history) Movements of Union and Confederate
forces including battles and skirmishes in Dent County, Missouri.
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Dent County Schools
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Churches and related organizations of Dent County
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History of Dent County Cities and Towns including: Lake Spring * Salem * Sligo.
Included is a 63 page biographical section with biographies for each of the
following surnames:
Arnot * Arthur * Asbridge * Ashlock * Askin * Bain * Barksdale * Bass * Benton *
Blackwell * Bowman * Browne * Callahan * Comstock * Condray * Cox * Cross *
Cummins * Daugherty * Dilworth * Dye * Elayer * Floyd * Fox * Godbey * Guthoerl
* Head * Headrick * Hedrick * Hickman * Hobson * Hodges * Holman * Hyer * Jadwin
* Johns * Jones * Kenamore * Kessler * Larkin * Lenox * Leonard * Lewis * Love *
McGee * MacGlashan * McMurtrey * McSpadden * Martin * Miner * Morrison * Moser *
Orchard * Organ * Pemberton * Pettigrew * Powell * Ray * Reddick * Robertson *
Sankey * Shults * Skeeters * Smith * Sparks * Stepp * Sturgeon * Swiney *
Thurber * Watson * Welch * Williams * Wingo *
In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other family surnames are
made mention of in the text of the book.
Dent County is located in the central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and is
surrounded by the following counties: Phelps County,
Missouri * Crawford County, Missouri *
Iron
County, Missouri * Reynolds County, Missouri *
Shannon County, Missouri *
Texas County, Missouri (click on highlighted county
names for a complete description)
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