Audrain County, Missouri History and Genealogy

More than 900 pages of Audrain County, Missouri history and genealogy including 585 family biographies plus 24 Audrain County, Missouri communities on 5 different maps

An informative and historical overview of Audrain County, Missouri including three separate books on CD which include 6 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920’s and 1929) showing the locations of 24 Audrain County, Missouri settlements; plus the full 1884 "History of Audrain County, Missouri" book by National Historical Co. including 585 Audrain County, Missouri family biographies. An important resource for the study and research of Audrain County, Missouri history and genealogy.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material on three separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One of three, all on one CD: Maps of Audrain County, Missouri
Included here are the East Central region of Missouri sections of 6 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Audrain County, Missouri only 15 years after Audrain County was created. Locations shown: Hickory Cr. * Mexico * Salt River

B. A map of 1902 Audrain County, Missouri showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following: Benton City * Farber * Gant * Laddonia * Larrabee * Littleby * Martinsburg * Mexico * Molino * Rowena * Rush Hill * Saling * Skinner * Thompson * Vandalia * Worcester *

C. A map of 1904 Audrain County, Missouri showing the locations of 20 different settlements including all of the following: Benton City * Champ * Cuivre * Davenport * Farber * Gant * Hollensville * Laddonia * Martinsburg * Mexico * Molino * Mount Carmel * Rowena * Rush Hill * Saling * Skinner * Thompson * Vandalia * Worcester * Youngs Creek *

D. A map of 1913 Audrain County, Missouri showing the locations of 19 different settlements including all of the following (this map also shows many school and church locations): Benton City * Cuivre * Farber * Gant * Hollensville * Laddonia * Larabee * Littleby * Martinsburg * Mexico * Molino * Mt. Carmel * Saling * Rowena * Rush Hill * Thompson * Vandalia * Worcester * Youngs Creek *

E. A map from the 1920’s which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

F. 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: Audrain County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are seven pages concerning Audrain 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 1884 "History of Audrain County, Missouri" by National Historical Co.
This detailed (over 900 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Audrain County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1884. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Audrain County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 585 different Audrain County, Missouri family biographies.

Partial index to contents (this is only a small portion of the topics covered in this book):

History of Audrain County, Missouri
The First Settlers of Audrain County
Audrain County Postal Facilities
Pioneer Life in Audrain County
Pioneer Mills in Audrain County
Hunting and Trapping
Audrain County Early Records
First Audrain County Court
First Indictment For Murder in Audrain County
Early Marriages in Audrain County
Public Buildings in Audrain County
Township System described and explained
Cuivre Township
Loutre Township
Linn Township
Prairie Township
Saling Township
Salt River Township
Wilson Township
Audrain County Early Bench and Bar
Crimes, Accidents, and Incidents in Audrain County
Audrain County Old Citizen’s Association
Railroads in Audrain County, Missouri
North Missouri Railroad Company
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad
Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Press, Public Schools & Post Offices in Audrain County
Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri
Audrain County Political History & Official Record
The Mormon Scare in Mexico, Missouri
The Mexican War
California Emigrants from Audrain County
The Civil War in Audrain County, Missouri
Audrain County Soldiers
President Garfield’s Death
Audrain County Agricultural Societies & Granges
Representative Farms & Farmers in Audrain County
Audrain County of 1884
Audrain County Church History
The Opera House in Mexico, Missouri
Audrain County Cities, Towns and Villages: Benton City * Farber * Laddonia * Mexico * Progress ( Littleby ) * Switzler * Thompson’s Station * Vandalia
Biography Index

Included is a total of 585 Audrain County biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Abermathy * Able * Adams * Ahlfeldt * Ahrens * Alcoke * Allison * Anderson * Armistead * Atkinson * Azdell * Baird * Baker * Balthrope * Bane * Barker * Barnes * Barnett * Barney * Barton * Baskett * Baskin * Bassford * Beagles * Beal * Beatty * Beeby * Berry * Bertels * Beshears * Bickley * Bird * Black * Blackburn * Blain * Bland * Blankenship * Blue * Bond * Botkin * Boulden * Boyd * Bradbury * Bradley * Branstetter * Bridgford * Brockman * Brooks * Brown * Bruce * Bruton * Bryson * Buckner * Burchard * Burk * Burkey * Buscher * Bush * Butts * Bybee * Calhoun * Campbell * Canterberry * Canterbury * Cardwell * Carter * Cauthorn * Cave * Chandler * Charlton * Chrisman * Clacher * Clark * Clay * Clayville * Clendenin * Clithero * Coates * Cogswell * Coil * Coldwell * Collier * Cook * Copher * Corner * Cornett * Cox * Crawford * Crews * Crockett * Cross * Croswhite * Crouch * Cudworth * Culwell * Cunningham * Curry * Dahlem * Daniel * Daniels * Davis * Dearing * Delaplane * Delaporte * Dempsey * Dingle * Doan * Dobyns * Dodge * Dodson * Doolin * Dougherty * Douglass * Downey * Downing * Draper * Dudley * Duley * Dye * Dyer * Earsom * Eddleman * Edmonston * Edwards * Eller * Elliott * Ellis * Ely * Elzea * Emmons * Ermey * Eubank * Farcett * Farrah * Farrington * Fawver * Fennewald * Ficklin * Field * Fike * Fish * Flynt * Forbach * Forrist * Fowler * Fox * Freeman * French * Fuget * Furber * Galbreath * Galloway * Gant * Gantt * Garrett * Gatewood * Gentry * Gerard * Gibbs * Gililland * Gill * Gilmer * Glandon * Gleason * Gooch * Gowin * Graffort * Graham * Green * Greer * Gregg * Guinn * Gwillim * Hageman * Hale * Hall * Halloway * Hamilton * Hanna * Hardin * Harding * Harlinger * Harrington * Harrison * Harshberger * Hartly * Hathaway * Hayden * Heaton * Helper * Hendrix * Hesse * Hickerson * Hightshoe * Hill * Hite * Hitt * Hoffmann * Hofsess * Holeman * Holtermann * Hook * Hopkins * Hord * Houston * Hout * Hubbard * Huff * Hughlett * Hunter * Hurd * Ingram * Jackson * Jacobs * James * Jameson * Jesse * Johns * Johnson * Jones * Judy * Kaylor * Kelley * Kennedy * Kerr * Kilgore * Kimball * King * Kirkland * Knoebel * Krieger * Kunkel * Lackland * Laird * Larimore * LaRue * Leorens * Levaugh * Liter * Llewellyn * Locke * Lockridge * Lofton * Logan * Long * Macfarlane * Madison * Mallory * Mansfield * Marshall * Martin * Mateer * Maupin * Mayes * McBride * McCarl * McClintock * McClure * McCord * McDannald * McDonald * McFall * McIntire * McIntosh * McIntyre * McLaughlin * McMillan * McPike * McWilliams * Menefee * Mildred * Miller * Minor * Mitchell * Mobley * Moore * Morris * Mosby * Mundy * Murdock * Murray * Musick * Muster * Myers * Naylor * Naysmith * Neely * Northcutt * Northern * Oaks * Offutt * Orear * Osterhout * Owen * Parrish * Patterson * Pearson * Peery * Petitt * Phillips * Pierce * Pipino * Pollock * Pool * Porter * Potts * Powell * Proctor * Pulis * Rader * Read * Reed * Renie * Reynolds * Richard * Ricketts * Ridgeway * Riney * Ringo * Roberts * Robinson * Robnett * Rodgers * Rogers * Rolling * Rose * Rosenbury * Rothwell * Rowe * Ruedy * Ruloff * Runkel * Ruse * Russell * Sallee * Scanland * Schroll * Schulz * Scott * Scrogin * Sentell * Shafer * Shannon * Sharp * Shea * Shell * Shepard * Shobe * Shock * Shotwell * Signor * Sims * Sinnott * Skelly * Slocum * Smith * Sneed * Soles * Spencer * Spratt * Stauffer * Steele * Stephenson * Stewart * Stotler * Strahan * Strank * Strode * Stuart * Suggett * Sumner * Talley * Tapscott * Terrill * Terry * Thomas * Threlkeld * Throckmorton * Tinsley * Todd * Tomlinson * Torbert * Torreyson * Towler * Tratchel * Traughber * Trimble * Tucker * Turner * Utterback * Vance * Vandeventer * Vaughan * Wade * Waite * Wakefield * Watkins * Watts * Waugh * Wayne * Wells * West * White * Whiteside * Wicks * Wilburn * Wilcox * Wilfley * Williams * Willingham * Wilson * Winscott * Wisdom * Woods * Woodward * Wright * Wylde * Wylde * Young * Younger *

Audrain County, Missouri is located in the East Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Pike County, Missouri * Montgomery County, Missouri * Callaway County, Missouri * Boone County, Missouri * Randolph County, Missouri * Monroe County, Missouri and Ralls 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 Audrain County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1885.

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