Additional
Free Genealogy and Map Resources
 Buchanan
County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
2427 pages of Buchanan County, Missouri history and
genealogy resources including 1334 biographies plus 7
different maps featuring 38 Buchanan County, Missouri communities
An informative and historical overview of Buchanan
County, Missouri including six separate sections on one CD which include 7 historical
maps (1851, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 38
settlements; plus the
1875 City Directory of St. Joseph, MO; plus the
1881 St. Joseph Publishing Company History of Buchanan County, Missouri
book including 900 family biographies; plus
the 1905 Blue Book of St. Joseph, MO and Fifty Miles Around; plus
the 1915 History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. book
including 434 biographies plus
the 1920 Fall & Winter Telephone Directory of St. Joseph, MO. An important resource for the study and research
of Buchanan County, Missouri history and genealogy.
All for as little as $6.95! Details below.
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This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in
six
separate sections, ALL on one CD:
Section One of six, ALL on one CD: Maps of Buchanan
County, Missouri
Included here are the Western Central region of Missouri sections of 7 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Buchanan County, Missouri just thirteen years
after Buchanan County was formed. Locations shown: DeKalb * Rockhouse Prairie *
Sparta * St. Joseph *
B. A map of 1899 Buchanan County, Missouri showing the locations of 30
different settlements including all of the following: Adams * Agency (Agency
Ford) * Bee Creek * Beverly Station * Clair * DeKalb * East Atchison * Easton *
Faucett * Frazer * Garrettsburg * Halleck * Halls * Kenmoor * Lake Station *
Matney * Platte River * Platte River Station * Rushville * St. Joseph * South
St. Joseph * Saxton * Stanley * Stockbridge * Stock Yards * Voris * Wallace *
Water Works * Willow Brook * Winthrop Station *
C. A map of 1902 Buchanan County, Missouri showing the locations of 21
different settlements including all of the following: Agency (Agency Ford) *
Annie (Lake Station) * Bee Creek * Clair * Dekalb * East Atchison (Winthrop
Station) * Easton * Faucett * Frazer * Garretsburg * Halleck * Halls * Kenmoor *
Platte River * Rushville * St. Joseph * South St. Joseph * Saxton * Stockbridge
* Voris * Wallace *
D. A map of 1904 Buchanan County, Missouri showing the locations of 21
different settlements including all of the following: Agency * Dekalb * East
Atchison * Easton * Faucett * Frazer * Garrettsburg * Halleck * Halls *
Hurlingen * Inza * Kenmoor * Platte River * Rushville * St. Joseph * South Saint
Joseph * San Antonio * Saxton * Stockbridge * Wallace * Willowbrook *
(the 1904 map of Buchanan County can be viewed here:
1904 Map of Buchanan County, Missouri )
E. A map of 1913 Buchanan County, Missouri showing the locations of 23
different settlements including all of the following: Agency * Armour * Bee
Creek Junction * Clair * Dekalb * Easton * Faucett * Frazier * Garrettsburg *
Halls * Hurlengen * Kenmoor * Lake Station * Matney Mill * Rushville * St.
Joseph * San Antonio * Saxton Station * Stockbridge * Taos * Wallace *
Willowbrook * Winthrop * Township locations: Agency Township * Bloomington
Township * Center Township * Crawford Township * Jackson Township * Lake
Township * Marion Township * Platte Township * Rush Township * Tremont Township
* Washington Township * Wayne Township *
F. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist
sites and service stations were located.
G. 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!
Section Two of six, ALL on one CD: The 1875 City
Directory of St. Joseph, Missouri
324 pages, includes listings of many thousands of residents of St. Joseph, MO.
Includes a St. Joseph business directory. Also includes numerous advertisements
for businesses in St. Joseph, Missouri. If they were located in St. Joseph in
1875, they are likely listed in this directory.
Section Three of six, ALL on one CD: The complete 1881
History of Buchanan County, Missouri by the St. Joseph Publishing Company.
This detailed (1073 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical
and genealogical information
about Buchanan County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1881. This is an
exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Buchanan County, Missouri
including all of the historical and family biographical information. Included are a
total of 900 different Buchanan County, Missouri family biographies.
Here is some of the information that is included:
The History of Missouri
History of Buchanan County
The Platte Purchase
Early Settlements in Buchanan County
The First Settlers in Buchanan County
Pioneer Life
Pioneer House and Home Comforts
Buchanan County Mills and Trading Points
Organization of Buchanan County
Buchanan County Early Records
The First Buchanan County Court House
The Second Buchanan County Court House
The Mexican War and Buchanan County
The Oregon Expedition
The California Gold Excitement and Buchanan County
Buchanan County Poor House and Farm
State Lunatic Asylum at St. Joseph, Missouri
Crimes, Incidents and Accidents in Buchanan County
Reunion of Old Settlers of Buchanan County
Railroads in Buchanan County
The Union Depot and Iron Bridge
The Civil War and Buchanan County
Civil War Veterans in Buchanan County
Churches in Rural Districts
Schools in Buchanan County
Buchanan County Officials
St. Joseph City Officials
St. Joseph Newspapers
St. Joseph Churches
St. Joseph Lodges and Societies
St. Joseph Schools
St. Joseph Businesses
St. Joseph Fire Department
Buchanan County Lodges and Societies
Early Expeditions and Settlements
Old Settlers and What They Did
Buchanan County Cities, Towns and Villages: Agency * Arnoldsville * DeKalb * Easton * Eveline * Frazer * Halleck * Lake Station * Rushville * Saxton * St. Joseph * Wallace *
Buchanan County Biographical Sketches
Included is a total of 900 Buchanan County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following
family surnames:
(well over 2000 other family surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and
within these family biographies) (see the additional book
in section five below for many additional biographies):
To view
a sample biography from this book, click here Abercrombie * Adams * Albin * Alden * Alderman * Allen * Allison * Ambrose * Anderson * Andriano * Angel * Angsten * Armstrong * Arnhold * Arnold * Arthemian * Ashford *
Ashton * Atwill * Axhelm * Aylesbury * Bacon * Baden * Badger * Bailey * Baker * Bandel * Banes * Banker * Barbee * Barnard * Barnes * Bassett * Batcheller * Bauman * Beck *
Behr * Bell * Bennett * Berghoff * Bernard * Birt * Bishop * Bittinger * Black * Blackford * Blake * Blakemore * Blass * Bledsoe * Blevins * Boaz * Boder * Bogle * Bohannon *
Boller * Bombeck * Boone * Bortle * Boteler * Bottger * Bowen * Boyd * Boyer * Boyle * Bradshaw * Brady * Branyan * Braun * Bretz * Brewster * Bright * Brill * Brinton *
Brisbois * Brittain * Broder * Brooker * Brooks * Brosi * Brown * Brumley * Brunsing * Bryan * Bryant * Buddy * Buell * Bulling * Burgess * Burnes * Burns * Burnside * Burvenich *
Butcher * Butler * Buzard * Byrne * Calhoun * Callaway * Campbell * Capp * Carey * Carpenter * Carrington * Carter * Carver * Cash * Caughlan * Chambers * Chapman * Chase
* Chesmore * Chesnut * Chestnut * Chew * Churchill * Claggett * Clark * Clay * Clayton * Cliff * Clifford * Cline * Clinkenbeard * Clouser * Cobb * Cogdill * Collins * Colt * Conklin *
Connelly * Connett * Conrad * Conway * Cooley * Copeland * Corbitt * Corby * Cornell * Cowan * Cowles * Cox * Craig * Crandall * Crews * Crook * Crowther * Crumpacker *
Crumply * Culligan * Culver * Cundiff * Cutler * Danckmeyer * Davidson * Davis * Dawson * Deakins * Deatherage * DeClue * Defonds * Delventhal * Deppin * Derge * Dicken *
Dienger * Dishon * Disque * Dittemore * Dix * Dolman * Donaldson * Donelan * Doniphan * Donnelly * Donovan * Dougherty * Dowell * Doyle * Dray * Dreis * Duffy * Dulin * Dunford
* Dunlap * Dunn * Durand * Dutzschky * Dysart * Egly * Ehret * Emmert * Endebrock * Englehart * Ensworth * Erb * Ernst * Estes * Evans * Everett * Fahey * Fairchild * Fairleigh *
Fales * Faris * Farrell * Fenton * Ferguson * Ferrell * Finch * Finn * Fisher * Fitzner * Flaisig * Fleming * Ford * Foster * Fowler * Fox * Frakes * France * Frazer * Fredericks * Fredrick
* Frerking * Fristoe * Fudge * Gabbert * Gardner * Garlichs * Garth * Gartin * Garton * Geiger * Geiwitz * Gensen * Gernandt * Gerner * Gibson * Gibson * Gill * Gilmore * Given
* Gladden * Gleason * Golden * Goodlive * Gordon * Gore * Gosnell * Gostine * Goulding * Grable * Grace * Grant * Green * Greenard * Greene * Greer * Grill * Griswold *
Groneweg * Gross * Grosscup * Gunn * Habig * Haegelin * Hagenstein * Hail * Hainline * Hall * Halter * Hampton * Hannan * Hansen * Harkey * Harl * Harral * Harrington * Harris *
Harrison * Hartman * Hartwig * Hauck * Hawley * Hayward * Heaton * Heddens * Hedenber * Hedenberg * Heenahen * Hein * Heinz * Henley * Henman * Henshaw * Herbert *
Herbst * Hermann * Hersh * Herson * Herwig * Heschong * Hesse * Hickman * Higdon * Hill * Hindennach * Hoagland * Homan * Hoppel * Horn * Hosea * Howard * Howel * Hoy *
Hubacher * Hubbard * Hubbell * Huggins * Hughes * Hummel * Hunt * Hunter * Hutchinson * Hutton * Hyde * Hyland * Iba * Igler * Imel * Jackson * James * Jeffers * Jenkins *
Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Jordan * Juda * Judah * Judson * Judy * Karns * Kastor * Keene * Keller * Kelley * Kemper * Kenmuir * Kercheval * Kerns * Kessler * Keys *
Keywood * Kieffer * Kimberly * Kincaid * King * Kingsbury * Kirkpatrick * Kirschner * Kitchen * Klos * Knapp * Kneer * Knight * Koch * Koger * Kollatz * Krumm * Kuehl *
LaChapelle * Lancaster * Landis * Langthimm * Lawrence * Leach * Lee * Leftwich * Lemon * Leonard * Levrich * Lewis * Lincoln * Little * Loan * Locke * Lockwood * Long *
Loomis * Love * Lovejoy * Lovell * Loving * Lower * Lozo * Lucas * Lykins * Lyon * MacMachen * MacSpadden * Madinger * Manly * Mann * Marechal * Marker * Markle * Marlow
* Marney * Martin * Mast * Mathers * Matney * Mayer * Mayers * McAdams * McBride * McCabe * McClellan * McCord * McCoun * McCrary * McCray * McDonald * McGinty *
McGuire * McInerny * McIntire * McKinnis * McMachen * McNutt * McPoland * McQueen * Means * Medley * Meek * Meers * Meierhoffer * Merlatt * Merrill * Meyer * Miles *
Millan * Miller * Mitchell * Montgomery * Moore * Morehead * Morris * Morrison * Morrow * Motter * Muehleisen * Murphy * Murray * Nash * Neely * Neimann * Neimeyer *
Nelson * Newell * Nichols * Niles * Noland * Nold * Norris * Nowland * Nunning * Oatman * O'Hara * Ohsten * Olsen * Owen * Ozenberger * Padberg * Pape * Parker * Parsels *
Patee * Patterson * Peel * Penick * Perry * Pfefferle * Pfeiff * Pfeiffer * Pickett * Pickle * Piner * Pinger * Pitts * Podvant * Poindexter * Pooler * Porter * Posegate * Powell *
Powers * Pratt * Prawitz * Prindle * Prosser * Pryor * Purcell * Pyles * Quigley * Rabadeux * Ramey * Ramsey * Raney * Rankin * Ransom * Ray * Rea * Reese * Reeve * Register
* Reichard * Reid * Reuthinger * Reynolds * Riblet * Richardson * Ricketts * Ridenbaugh * Riley * Ringo * Roach * Robbins * Roberts * Robertson * Robinson * Rodman * Rohan *
Rosenblatt * Roundtree * Rusco * Rusk * Russell * Rust * Sallee * Sampson * Samuel * Sanders * Sanner * Saxton * Schaeffer * Schenecker * Schindler * Schmidt * Schneider *
Schramm * Schroer * Schuster * Scott * Seaman * Sebus * Seidenfaden * Seip * Selleck * Seyfried * Shale * Shannon * Shaw * Sherman * Sherwood * Shortridge * Shultz * Siler *
Simmons * Slaybaugh * Sleppy * Smedley * Smiley * Smith * Snyder * Sommer * Sommers * Sorge * Southworth * Spalding * Spalsbury * Spangler * Spencer * Spratt * Stafford *
Stagner * Stall * Steele * Steen * Steffen * Steinacker * Steinbrenner * Stemler * Stephens * Stewart * Stigers * Stimmel * Storm * Striblen * Strop * Stroud * Stuppy * Stussi *
Sutherland * Sutton * Sympson * Talbot * Tanner * Taylor * Textor * Theip * Thomas * Thompson * Tibbetts * Timerson * Tirrell * Todd * Toole * Tootle * Townsend * Tracy * Trent *
Trotter * Tuck * Tucker * Turner * Tutt * Tyler * Uhlman * Ullman * Underwood * Utz * Valentine * Vance * Vegely * Vineyard * Vondenbosch * Voss * Wagner * Walbridge *
Walkinshaw * Wallingford * Warburton * Warfield * Warren * Waters * Watson * Weckerlen * Weckerlin * Weddle * Weekly * Weil * Weir * Weiss * Welch * Weller * Wells *
Wenning * Wenz * West * Westheimer * Westover * White * Whittington * Wickenhoefer * Wiedmaier * Wiehl * Wildbahn * Wildberger * Wilder * Wilkins * Wilkinson * Williams * Williamson * Willis * Wilmot * Wilson * Winkler * Winn * Winning * Wise * Wogan * Womach * Woodruff * Woods * Woodson * Wyatt * Wyeth * Yager * Yates * Yeakley * Yetter *
Young * Zimmerman * Ziph * Zondler * Zook * Zunkel *
Section Four of six, ALL on one CD: 1905 Blue Book
of St. Joseph, MO and Fifty Miles Around
305 pages, including listings for numerous persons in St. Joseph with addresses
and phone numbers. Also includes names (no addresses) for numerous other
locations within fifty miles of St. Joseph. Many business advertisements are
also included.
Section Five of six, ALL on one CD: The 1915 History
of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, MO
Published in 1915 by The History Publishing Company; Press of Midland Printing
Company, St. Joseph, MO. This rarely seen history of Buchanan County
includes 592 pages and 434 biographies.
Here is some of the information that is included:
The Platte Purchase
History of Buchanan County, Missouri
First Settlers
Buchanan County Created
Buchanan County Courts
Buchanan County Officials 1840-1914
History of St. Joseph, Missouri
Early History of St. Joseph
Early Settlers in St. Joseph
The Pony Express
St. Joseph Police and Fire Departments
St. Joseph City Officials 1845 to 1915
Street Railways
Buchanan County Courthouses
State Hospital for Insane #2
The Buchanan County Poor Farm
St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum
St. Joseph Schools
St. Joseph Churches
Railroads in St. Joseph
Criminal Record
Assassination of Jesse James
Legal Executions in St. Joseph
Locust (Grasshopper) Plagues
Military Record of Buchanan County
The Mexican War
The Civil War
Buchanan County Townships and Early Settlers: Agency Township * Bloomington Township * Center Township * Crawford Township * Jackson Township * Lake Township * Marion Township * Platte Township * Rush Township * Tremont Township * Washington Township * Wayne Township *
Buchanan County Cities, Towns, and Villages: Agency * Arnoldsville * DeKalb * Easton * Faucett * Halleck * Hall’s * Kenmoor * New Hurlingen * Rushville * St. Joseph * San Antonio * Saxton * Sparta * Tremont * Wallace * Winthrop *
Biographical Sketches
Included is 434 Buchanan County, Missouri biographies, primarily of doctors,
lawyers, ministers, political leaders, and businessmen including each of the following surnames:
(many other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these
biographies) (see the additional book in section three
above for many additional biographies):
To view a sample biography from this book Abercrombie * Achtenberg * Albus
* Allen * Anderson * Andrews * Andriano * Ayres * Banes * Barnard * Bartlett *
Bassar * Bassing * Bauman * Beach * Beard * Beardsley * Beck * Beckett * Beets *
Bell * Bergen * Bernstein * Berry * Bettis * Betts * Bigham * Bishoff * Blacet *
Bode * Bodenhausen * Boggs * Bollinger * Bolton * Boteler * Bothwell * Bowen *
Boyer * Brand * Branson * Brendel * Brinson * Brinton * Brockett * Broom *
Brouse * Brown * Buddy * Buechner * Buell * Burch * Burke * Burnes * Burnett *
Burroughs * Burvenich * Calkins * Calvert * Cameron * Campbell * Carson * Cash *
Chandlee * Chapman * Chew * Clagett * Clark * Clay * Claypool * Cline * Cobb *
Cochran * Colley * Combe * Combs * Conrad * Cook * Craig * Cramer * Crane *
Crawford * Cumberford * Curry * Dandurant * Darrow * Davis * Deakins * DeCouagne
* Deppen * Devorss * Dickey * Dienger * Dillard * Dolman * Donelan * Doniphan *
Dowling * Duncan * Dunlap * Dutton * Eastin * Eckel * Edgar * Egger * Egli *
Eleringer * Eliscu * Enright * Evalson * Fairleigh * Farber * Faust *
Feltenstein * Fenner * Fischer * Forbes * Forgrave * Forsen * Foster * Freeman *
French * Gabbert * Garlichs * Garrett * Garvey * Gates * Gehrs * Geiger *
Gensler * Gibson * Gleitz * Godsey * Goerman * Goetz * Goldberg * Goldman * Good
* Gordon * Graham * Grebel * Greenberg * Grosser * Guenther * Gummig * Gurley *
Hall * Hanafin * Harold * Harrington * Hartell * Hartigan * Hartwig * Hatfield *
Head * Heaton * Hennessy * Henze * Hess * Hickey * Hill * Hinton * Hirsch *
Holme * Holtman * Hoppe * Horn * Huddleston * Hummel * Hund * Hunt * Hutchason *
Jesberg * Judson * Kalis * Kamler * Kane * Kaufman * Kaufmann * Kaull * Kearney
* Kelly * Kemper * Kennard * Keywood * King * Kinnaman * Kirkpatrick *
Kleinbrodt * Klenk * Klepper * Klick * Kliphardt * Knopinski * Kreuger * Krug *
Kuehl * Kullman * Lacy * Ladd * Lambert * Lawlor * Lawson * Le Clere * Leaper *
Lehr * Lemmon * Leonard * Letts * Lewars * Libbe * Liberman * Limbird * Lindsay
* Little * Loan * Logan * Long * Loomis * Lowenberg * Loyd * Lyon * Mack * Maier
* Manning * Markle * Marks * Marlow * Marshall * Martin * Masson * Maxfield *
Mays * McCool * McDonald * McInerny * McNeely * McQuinn * Mervine * Middaugh *
Miller * Mitchell * Mooers * Moran * Morris * Morrison * Mosman * Moss * Motter
* Mulvane * Murphy * Myer * Nelson * Netherton * Neudorff * Nicholas * Nickerson
* Norris * Northwood * O'Brien * Ogden * Oswald * Otis * Overbeck * Parker *
Pash * Patee * Patrick * Patt * Pentz * Petree * Pettit * Pfeiffer * Pierce *
Pike * Piner * Platt * Potter * Prinz * Proud * Radford * Ramsey * Randolph *
Redmond * Reid * Ridenbaugh * Robidoux * Robinson * Roesele * Rosenthal * Rothe
* Rusk * Rutt * Ryan * Sampson * Sandusky * Sanger * Schelhamer * Schlagle *
Schmidt * Schneider * Schraag * Schwien * Sebus * Severns * Shaffer * Shanklin *
Shepherd * Sherman * Sherwood * Shultz * Siemens * Sinclair * Slattery * Smith *
Spencer * Spratt * Squires * Staedtler * Stafford * Starmer * Stauber *
Steinacker * Stewart * Stigall * Stout * Strong * Strop * Summers * Swartz *
Swint * Theisen * Thomas * Thompson * Timmerman * Toole * Townsend * Trunk *
Tucker * Ueligger * Utz * Van Brunt * Veraguth * Voltz * Voss * Walker * Weary *
Webb * Wehrman * Weiss * Welty * Wenz * Westfall * Whitten * Wiatt * Wiehl *
Winnemore * Witt * Woodson * Wright * Wyatt * Young * Zeidler * Ziemendorff *
Zimmerman *
Section Six of six, ALL on one CD: The 1920 Fall &
Winter Telephone Directory of St. Joseph, Missouri
This 133 page directory lists all persons with a telephone in the St. Joseph
area. Also includes numerous business directory listings.
Buchanan County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and
is surrounded by the following counties: Andrew County, Missouri *
Clinton
County, Missouri * DeKalb County, Missouri * Platte County, Missouri * Atchison
County, Kansas * and Doniphan County, Kansas (click on highlighted county names
for a complete description)
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