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 Wright
County, Missouri History and
Genealogy
More than 130 pages of Wright County, Missouri history and
genealogy including 57 pages of family biographies plus 77 Wright County,
Missouri communities on 5 different maps
An informative and historical overview of Wright County,
Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 5 historical maps
(1851, 1902, 1913, 1920’s and 1929), plus the full Wright County section from
the book: Goodspeed’s History of Wright County, Missouri originally published in
1889. An important resource for the study and research of Wright County,
Missouri history and genealogy.
This fascinating and detailed CD contains all of the following material in 3
separate books, ALL on one CD:
Book One on CD: Maps of Wright County, Missouri
Included here are the central Ozarks of Missouri sections of 5 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows Wright County in its earliest years. Locations
shown are: Astoria * Cave Spring * Hartsville * Hazlewood * Woodbury * Gasconade
River
B. A map of 1902 Wright County showing the locations of 18 different
settlements including all of the following: Antrim * Astoria * Boyer * Cedargap
* Duggan * Grovespring * Hartville * Hawley * Macomb * Mingsville * Mint *
Mountaingrove * Norwood * Odin * Rail * St. George * Umpire * Worsham
C. A map of 1913 Wright County showing the locations of 77 different
settlements including all of the following: Abshire * Antrim * Astoria *
Blanchard * Boyer * Broyles * Campbell * Cander * Cedar Gap * Cheerful Hill *
Clayton * Cold Water * Coon Creek * Cornelius * Dawson * Dewey * Dry Branch *
Duggan * Duncan * Ellis * Evening Shade * Fagan * Fairmont * Fairview * Fischer
* Flat Rock * Geraldine * Graff * Grimes * Grove Springs * Hawley * Henwood *
Hidden Grove * High Point * Hopkins * Housler * Klondike * Lawson * Lead Hill *
Liberty * Little Creek * Lone Star * Long * Macomb * Manes * Mansfield * Ming's
Ville * Mint * Moore * Morning Sun * Mountain Grove * Mt. Olive * New Mt. Dale *
Newton * Norwood * Oak Grove * Oak Ridge * Omega * Pea Ridge * Pleasant Hill *
Pleasant Knob * Pleasant Ridge * Pool * Rail * Reed * Robinerr * Rockdale *
Rogers * Sikes * Smissie * Spence * St. George * Stony Point * Sunnyside *
Umpire * Willow Springs * Worsham *
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 on CD: Wright County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are eight pages concerning Wright 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 on CD: The complete 1889 Goodspeed’s History of
Wright County, Missouri.
This detailed (133 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and
genealogical information
about Wright County from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Wright 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 Wright County
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Pioneer History in Wright County, Missouri
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Establishment of Wright County
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Early Settlers in Wright County, Missouri
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Early Marriages in Wright County
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Wright County Circuit Court Transactions
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Wright County Political Record
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Wright County Societies and Organizations
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Military Affairs (Civil War history) including movements of Union and
Confederate forces and including battles and skirmishes in Wright County
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Wright County Taxpayers of 1861 - A very lengthy list! Also indicates whether in the
Confederate or Union army.
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Wright County Schools
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Churches and related organizations in Wright County
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History of Wright County Cities and Towns including: Antrim * Astoria * Boyer * Cedar
Gap * Grove Spring * Hartville * Hawley * Mansfield * Mingsville * Mountain
Grove * Norwood * Odin * St. George * Sunnyside * Umpire.
Included is a 57 page biographical section with biographies for each of the
following surnames in Wright County, Missouri:
Adams * Agee * Amick * Archer * Barnes * Benson * Calhoun * Claxton * Coday *
Cope * Cover * Cox * Davis * Dennis * Douglas * Duggan * Duncan * Ellis * Farmer
* Forrest * Fuson * Gourley * Grubb * Hanson * Hart * Henderson * Henslee *
Hensley * Hight * Hogue * Hoover * Hopper * Hudson * Inman * Johnston * Lair *
Lane * Lee * Lynch * McKee * McMullin * Mansfield * Marshall * Miller * Mings *
Montgomerie * Murrell * Musick * Newton * Nichols * Odell * Oliver * Palmer *
Patterson * Pope * Raney * Rippee * Robinett * Roote * Ross * Rudd * Russell *
Shields * Simpson * Smith * Spence * Stewart * Talcott * Tate * Turner * Ward *
Wells * White * Williams * Wilson * Worsham * Wyatt * Wynne * Young *
In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other family surnames are
made mention of in the text of the book.
Wright County is located in the central portion of the Missouri Ozarks and is
bordered by the following counties: Webster County,
Missouri * Laclede County, Missouri *
Texas
County, Missouri * and Douglas County,
Missouri
Each of the three 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 three 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 Wright County, Missouri from its first
settlement to 1889.
Shipping is only $1.95 for First Class Mail in the United States and Canada.
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actual page from the Goodspeed's 1889 History of Wright County, Missouri book included on this
CD, simply email a request
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