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 Morgan
County, Missouri
History and Genealogy
More than 135 pages of Morgan County, Missouri history and
genealogy including 75 pages of family biographies plus 20 Morgan County,
Missouri communities on 5 different maps
An informative and historical overview of Morgan County,
Missouri including three separate books on CD which include 5 historical maps
(1851, 1902, 1904, 1920's and 1929), plus
the full Morgan County section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Morgan
County, Missouri originally published in 1889. An important resource for
the study and research of Morgan 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 Morgan County, Missouri
Included here are the Central Ozarks region of Missouri sections of 5 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Morgan County just eighteen years
after Morgan County was formed.
B. A map of 1902 Morgan County showing the locations of 16 different
settlements including all of the following: * Akinsville * Barnett * Bebra *
Boylers Mill * Excelsior * Florence * Gladstone * Glensted * Gravois Mills *
Proctor * Rocky Mount * St. Martins * Stover * Syracuse * Versailles * Zwanzig *
C. A map of 1904 Morgan County showing the locations of 20 different
settlements including all of the following: * Akinsville * Alvin * Barnett *
Bebra * Boylers Mill * Corcyra * Enid * Excelsior * Florence * Gladstone *
Glensted * Gravois Mills * Lodema * Proctor * Pyrmont * Riverview * Stover *
Syracuse * Todd * Versailles *
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: Morgan County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Morgan County 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
Morgan County, Missouri.
This massive (139 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and
genealogical information
about Morgan County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Morgan 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 of Morgan County
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Pioneer History of Morgan County, Missouri
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Establishment of Morgan County
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Early Settlers in Morgan County, Missouri
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Early Land Entries in Morgan County
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Morgan County Circuit Court Transactions
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Morgan County Political Record
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Morgan County Societies and Organizations
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Military Affairs (Civil War history) Movements of Union and Confederate
forces including battles and skirmishes in Morgan County, Missouri
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Morgan County Schools
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Churches and related organizations in Morgan County
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History of Morgan County Cities and Towns including: * Versailles * Akinsville * Barnett
* Bebra * Boyler's Mill * Cape Galena * Excelsior * Florence * Glensted *
Gravois Mills * Proctor * Pyrmont * Reedsburg * St. Martin's * Stover *
Syracuse * .
Included is a 75 page Morgan County biographical section with biographies for each of the
following surnames:
* Adams * Anthony * Argenbright * Arnold * Banks * Beale * Berkstresser *
Bohling * Bowers * Bridges * Briscoe * Bryan * Buck * Burford * Burns * Calfee *
Campbell * Clark * Clifton * Cline * Comp * Damph * Daugherty * Davidson * Davis
* Dornan * Dougherty * Earnest * Ensminger * Estes * Fish * Freebairn * Frisch *
Fuegner * Gibbs * Goddard * Goodman * Gwynn * Hatler * Harker * Hawks * Hays *
Hubbard * Hunter * Igo * Inge * Inglish * Joachimi * Johnson * Jones * Kavanaugh
* Kyle * Lampton * Leib * Long * Lumpee * Lumley * McCarty * McCoy * McDaniel *
McDow * McDonald * McFaddin * McNair * Manning * Mayfield * Mees * Mobley *
Moore * Parsons * Petty * Phillips * Pointer * Porter * Potter * Price *
Richardson * Riffle * Ripley * Ross * Sanburn * Sanford * Schad * Sears * Sims *
Snodgrass * Sommerhauser * Soraghan * Spurlock * Stephens * Stover * Talbott *
Thruston * Tillett * Todd * Villmoare * Wagenkuecht * Walker * Wallace * Weltmer
* Williams * Woods * Wright *
In addition to those listed above, hundreds of other family surnames are made
mention of in the text of the book.
Morgan County is located in the Central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and is
surrounded by the following counties: Benton County,
Missouri * Pettis County, Missouri *
Cooper
County, Missouri * Moniteau County, Missouri *
Miller County, Missouri * Camden County,
Missouri (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)
Each of the 3 books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires
the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program
on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD.
Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked
to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any
Pentium or equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is
available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.
The cost for this CD containing all 3 books described above is only $9.95
plus shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very
little cost! A truly
fascinating view of Morgan County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1889.
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CD, simply email a request
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