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Barry County, Missouri
History and Genealogy
More than 190 pages of Barry County, Missouri history
and genealogy
including 44 pages of family biographies plus 32 Barry County, Missouri communities
on 4 different maps. Includes the cities of Cassville, Monett, Purdy,
Exeter, Washburn, Seligman, and more.
An informative and historical overview of Barry County,
Missouri including four separate books on one CD which include 4 historical maps
(1851, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus
more than 40 post cards in full color and at full size,
plus the full Barry County,
Missouri section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Barry County, Missouri
originally published in 1888. An important resource for the study of Barry
County, Missouri genealogy and history (including the Civil War)
This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in
four
separate books, ALL on one CD:
Book One of four, all on one CD: Maps of Barry County, Missouri
Included here are the southwestern Ozarks of Missouri sections of 4 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows Barry County, Missouri when Barry County was only sixteen
years old.
B. A map of 1913 Barry County, Missouri showing the locations of 32 different
settlements including all of the following: Brassfield * Butterfield * Cassville
* Cato * Clio * Corsicana * Eagle Rock * East Woodruff * Elapso * Exeter * Flat
Creek * Golden * Hailey * Jenkins City * Leann * Madry * Mano * Mayflower *
McDowell * Mineral Spring * Monett * Osa * Pioneer * Purdy * Ridgley * Roark *
Scholten * Seligman * Shell Knob * Viola * Washburn * Wheaton. This map also
shows the locations of the following townships: Ash * Butterfield * Capps Creek
* Crane Creek * Exeter * Flat Creek * Jenkins * Kings Prairie * Liberty *
McDonald * Mineral * Monett * Mountain * Ozark * Pleasant Ridge * Roaring River
* Shell Knob * Shoal Creek * Sugar Creek * Washburn * White River. Additionally,
this map shows the location of numerous schools, churches, cemeteries, ponds,
etc.
C. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist
sites and service stations were located.
D. 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 four, all on one CD: Barry County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are six pages concerning Barry 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 four, all on one CD: Postcard Views of Barry County, Missouri
More than 40 postcards show vintage scenes of Barry County, Missouri from the early 1900's
to the 1980's. Greatest emphasis is on the Cassville, Missouri, Roaring River State Park,
and Monett, Missouri areas. Several seldom seen Barry County, Missouri cards are included. Every
card is shown at full size and in full color.
Book Four of four, all on one CD: The complete 1888 Goodspeed's History of Barry
County, Missouri.
This detailed (195 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical
and genealogical information
about Barry County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1888. This is an exact
photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Barry 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 Barry County, Missouri
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Pioneer History of Barry County, Missouri
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Early settlers and settlements in Barry County
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Establishment of Barry County, Missouri
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Barry County Circuit Court Transactions
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Political Record of Barry County, Missouri
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Barry County Societies and Organizations
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Taxpayers and Civil War Soldiers of 1861 - A very lengthy list of individuals from Barry County, Missouri
(seven triple column pages of names.)
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Military Affairs of Barry County, Missouri (Civil War history) including movements of Union and
Confederate forces and including battles and skirmishes. Includes a lengthy
list of soldiers and an indication of Union or Confederate.
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Barry County Churches and related organizations
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History of Cities and Towns including: Butterfield, Cassville, Corsicana
(or Gadfly), Exeter, Flat Creek, Hailey, McDonald, Mineral Springs, Monett,
O'Day, Purdy, Roaring River, Seligman, Seven Stars Springs, Shell Knob,
Washburn (or Keetsville), plus other old settlements.
Included is a 44 page biographical section with biographies for each of the
following Barry County, Missouri family surnames:
Abernathy * Arnaud * Attaway * Bayless * Bedwell * Bennington * Blankenship *
Boucher * Bradley * Breece * Brumfield * Bryan * Campbell * Carlin * Carter *
Chamberlain * Courdin * Davis * Draper * Earle * Edens * Ellis * Elswick * Evans
* Fawver * Felker * Fly * Forbis * Gardner * Gladden * Goodnight * Gregory *
Hailey * Hemphill * Hilton * Hisaw * Horine * Horner * Hudson * Hutchens *
Jeffries * Kersey * King * LeCompte * Legrand * Long * Lucky * McBride * McCary
* McClure * McCormack * McKinney * Maiden * Manley * Marbut * Martin * Means *
Montgomery * Mooney * Morgan * Morton * Northcutt * O'Dwyer * Overton * Perryman
* Plummer * Prickett * Ray * Redwine * Robbins * Robinson * Rose * Rowley *
Sartin * Shepherd * Sidway * Sons * Steele * Townsend * Trolinger * Vermillion *
Wallace * Warren * Webb * Wellshear * Williams * Wilson * Withers * Wooten.
In addition to those listed above, more than 1000 other Barry County, Missouri family surnames are
made mention of in the text of the book. Among the other family surnames
included are the following:
Abernathy * Abraham * Adams * Adcock * Alderson * Allen * Anderson * Ange *
Antle * Arnhart * Arnold * Ash * Atkesson * Atteberry * Ault * Babb * Badgett *
Bailey * Bailie * Baker * Bales * Ball * Banks * Barker * Barnard * Barnes *
Bartlett * Base * Bash * Bassett * Baxter * Bayleis * Baze * Bazeal * Beaver *
Beckett * Begley * Bell * Bennett * Benton * Berry * Berryhill * Betterton *
Bettis * Binion * Black * Blake * Blankenship * Blanton * Bledsoe * Blevins *
Blyth * Blythe * Bogle * Bohanon * Boon * Boucher * Bounds * Bourland * Box *
Bowen * Bowman * Bowten * Bradley * Brand * Brattin * Breshears * Brewer *
Brewster * Brice * Bricker * Brixey * Brock * Brooke * Brooks * Brosfril * Brown
* Browning * Bryan * Bryant * Bryson * Buchanan * Bull * Bullock * Burch *
Burger * Burke * Burket * Burks * Burnett * Burrow * Burton * Butler * Buttles *
Buttram * Cagle * Caldwell * Call * Calton * Cambell * Campbell * Camren *
Cannon * Cardin * Carey * Cargile * Carlin * Carney * Carr * Carson * Carter *
Case * Casey * Casteel * Caster * Castoe * Cate * Catner * Cauble * Cave *
Chappell * Charles * Chilcutt * Chitwood * Churchwell * Christian * Christopher
* Clark * Clement * Clements * Coatney * Cole * Collins * Cook * Coons * Copple
* Cornelison * Cotner * Cox * Cowan * Coward * Crawford * Creson * Cresswell *
Crim * Crisman * Crow * Crowall * Crumley * Cunningham * Cureton * Curry * Dabbs
* Daggett * Daniel * Daugherty * Davidson * Davis * Day * Dearing * Deffebaugh *
Deshiels * Diltworth * Dingle * Dixon * Dodd * Doss * Doty * Duckworth * Duggan
* Dunaway * Duncan * Durham * Dye * Eadon * Easley * Eatheridge * Edmonson *
Edwards * Eidson * Elliott * Ellis * Elsy * Emerson * Enlow * Ervin * Erwin *
Estes * Eulow * Evans * Fanshier * Fare * Farwell * Felker * Fergus * Ferguson *
Ferris * Finney * Fly * Forbis * Ford * Forester * Forsythe * Fraser * Frazier *
Freeman * Frost * Fruit * Fullerton * Furr * Gadberry * Gall * Gallant * Galyon
* Gardner * Garrett * Garris * Garrison * Gaty * Gaw * Gay * Gentry * George *
Gibson * Gipson * Goodnight * Goostree * Gordon * Gouge * Gowen * Graham *
Grammer * Grant * Graves * Green * Gregory * Griffith * Gurn * Haddock * Hadley
* Hagler * Hale * Hall * Ham * Hamilton * Hamley * Hammon * Hankins * Harbert *
Harbin * Harp * Harris * Hart * Harvey * Hawk * Hawkins * Haynes * Headrick *
Hefley * Helm * Helms * Hembre * Hemphill * Henderson * Hendon * Heniford *
Henley * Henry * Henson * Herndon * Herrell * Higgs * Hilburn * Hill * Hilton *
Hines * Hisaw * Hockaday * Holder * Hollis * Holly * Hood * Horine * Horner *
Houndshill * House * Howard * Howerton * Hubbert * Hudson * Huff * Hughes *
Hunts * Hurd * Hurley * Hutchison * Imler * Ingles * Ingram * Inman * Ireland *
Isbell * Jack * Jackman * Jackson * James * Jameson * Johns * Johnson * Jolly *
Jones * Jordan * Keet * Kellogg * Kelly * Kennedy * Kerr * Kidd * Kincannon *
King * Kinyon * Kirk * Kirkpatrick * Kirkwood * Knox * Lagrand * Lambert *
Lambertson * Landers * Langston * Laniar * Lankford * Larkey * Lauderdale *
Lawson * Layton * Lea * Leath * Lee * Lemaster * Leonard * Lewis * Lillard *
Linn * Lipes * Lively * Logan * Long * Longley * Love * Loveall * Lowery * Lusk
* Mackey * Maguire * Mahew * Mandy * Marbut * Marshall * Martin * Martindale *
Mason * Mathis * Matlock * Matthews * Mattingley * May * Mayfield * McBride *
McCandless * McCary * McClenden * McClintock * McClure * McCollum * McComas *
McConnell * McCormack * McCoy * McCracken * McCurley * McDonald * McDowell *
McElhany * McFarland * McGheehe * McGlothlin * McKenny * McKey * McKonkey *
McMillan * McMurtry * McNabb * McNair * McNatt * McNaughton * McWilliams *
Meaders * Means * Melton * Mertz * Metzger * Michael * Millar * Miller * Millis
* Mitchell * Moles * Montgomery * Moody * Moore * Morgan * Morris * Moyers *
Mulholland * Mulkey * Mullin * Muncy * Murphy * Murray * Murry * Muse * Myers *
Neeley * Neill * Newton * Norman * Northcutt * Norton * Odom * O'Kelly * Oldham
* O'Neil * Overstreet * Overton * Owens * Packwood * Page * Painter * Parrish *
Paschaell * Pate * Patrick * Patterson * Patton * Pearce * Peevey * Pendergraft
* Pennell * Peoples * Perkins * Perriman * Peters * Pharis * Phillips * Phipps *
Pinkley * Pittman * Pogue * Pointdexter * Points * Porter * Potts * Prater *
Premer * Preston * Prewett * Price * Prigmore * Puckett * Purvines * Pyburn *
Queen * Ramsden * Randleman * Ray * Read * Reece * Reed * Rees * Reeves *
Reynolds * Rhea * Rhodes * Rhods * Rice * Richardson * Ricketts * Rickman *
Riddle * Riggins * Rinehart * Ring * Ritchey * Roach * Roads * Robb * Roberts *
Robertson * Robbins * Robison * Roden * Rodgers * Rogers * Roller * Rollins *
Ross * Rucker * Rule * Rumbaugh * Runions * Russell * Ruth * Rutherford * Sallee
* Salmon * Sandins * Sapp * Saunders * Schooling * Scott * Scroggins * Seals *
Seers * Sellers * Selvidge * Senter * Sexton * Shaw * Shelton * Sheppan *
Shipman * Shoemake * Short * Shults * Shy * Simms * Simons * Simpson * Sims *
Skelton * Skillern * Skirrill * Slender * Slover * Smith * Smithson * Smyth *
Sneed * Snodgrass * Solomon * Sons * Sooter * Southerland * Southwood * Sparkes
* Sparkman * Spear * Spencer * Spradling * Stacy * Stahleger * Stamps * Standlee
* Stapleton * Starkey * Steele * Stephens * Stephenson * Stewart * Still *
Stills * Stockton * Stringer * Strong * Strother * Strothers * Stubblefield *
Sturdy * Subleth * Sullivan * Surginer * Suttles * Sutton * Swatslander * Swiger
* Swindle * Tabor * Taler * Tally * Tate * Taylor * Terry * Testerman * Thomas *
Thompson * Thornhill * Tilford * Todd * Trammell * Trent * Trimble * Trower *
Trulove * Tucker * Turner * Van Meter * Vanzant * Vaughan * Venable * Vermillion
* Vinyard * Wade * Walker * Wallace * Wallen * Wallis * Walshe * Waltrip * Ward
* Warmington * Warren * Wasson * Watson * Watts * Weatherley * Weaver * West *
Westfall * Weston * Wetherby * Wheeler * White * Whittington * Wiley * Wilkerson
* Williams * Wills * Wilson * Winton * Wisdom * Wise * Withers * Woodam * Wood *
Woods * Woodward * Woolridge * Woolsey * Wright * Wyrick * Yandle * Young * Zinn
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Barry County, Missouri is located in the southwestern corner of the Missouri Ozarks and is surrounded by the following counties:
Newton County, Missouri *
McDonald County, Missouri * Lawrence County,
Missouri * Stone County, Missouri *
Benton County, Arkansas * and
Carroll County, Arkansas (click on highlighted county names for a complete
description)
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