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Clark
County, Missouri History and Genealogy
317 pages of Clark County, Missouri history and
genealogy including 232 family biographies plus 7 different maps featuring 27
Clark County, Missouri communities
An informative and historical overview of Clark County, Missouri including two separate books on one CD which include 9
historical maps (1851, 1862, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1911, 1913, 1920's and 1929)
showing the locations of 27 settlements; plus
the full 1887 Goodspeed's "History of Clark County,
Missouri" book including 232 biographies. An important resource for the study
and research of Clark County, Missouri history (including Civil War history)
and genealogy.
This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in
two separate books, ALL on one CD:
Book One of two, all on one CD: Maps of Clark County, Missouri
Included here are the North East region of Missouri sections of 9 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Clark County, Missouri just
thirty three years after Clark County was formed. Locations shown: Alexandria * Athens * St. Francisville * Waterloo * Winchester *
B. A map of 1862 (during the Civil War) Clark County, Missouri showing the
the locations of four settlements: Alexandria * Athens * Fairmount (Fairmont) * Waterloo *
C. A map of 1899 Clark County, Missouri showing the locations of 26 different
settlements including all of the following: Acasto * Alexandria * Anson * Antioch * Ashton * Athens * Cama * Chambersburg * Clarke City * Dumas *
Fairmount (Fairmont) * Gregory Landing (or Gregory Station) * Kahoka * Luray * Medill * Neeper * Neva * Peakesville * Revere * Sherwood * Spraui *
St. Francisville * St. Patrick * Wayland * Winchester * Wyaconda *
D. A map of 1902 Clark County, Missouri showing the locations of 17 different
settlements including all of the following: Acasto * Alexandria * Ashton * Athens * Clarke City * Fairmont * Gregory Landing (Gregory Station) * Kahoka
* Luray * Medill * Neeper * Peakesville * Revere * St. Patrick * Wayland * Winchester * Wyaconda *
E. A map of 1904 Clark County, Missouri showing the locations of 21 different
settlements including all of the following: Acasto * Alexandria * Anson * Antioch * Ashton * Athens * Chambersburg * Dumas * Fairmont * Gregory Landing
* Kahoka * Luray * Medill * Neeper * Peakesville * Revere * Saint Francisville (St. Francisville) * Saint Patrick (St. Patrick) * Wayland * Winchester *
Wyaconda *
F. A map of 1911 Clark County, Missouri showing the locations of 21 different
settlements including all of the following: Acasto * Alexandria * Anson * Antioch * Ashton * Athens * Cama * Dumas * Fairmont * Gregory (or Gregory
Landing) * Kahoka * Luray * Medill * Neeper * Peakesville * Revere * St. Francisville * St. Patrick * Wayland * Winchester * Wyaconda *
G. A map of 1913 Clark County, Missouri showing the locations of 23 different
settlements including all of the following: Acasto * Alexandria * Anson * Antioch * Ashton * Athens * Chambersburg * Clark City (Clarke City) * Dumas *
Fairmont * Gregory * Kahoka * Luray * Medill * Neeper * Peakesville * Revere * St. Francisville * St. Patrick * Waterloo * Wayland * Winchester * Wyaconda *
H. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist
sites and service stations were located.
I. 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 two, all on one CD: The complete 1887
"History of Clark County, Missouri" by Goodspeed's
This detailed (317 pages in all) 1887 history has an incredible amount of historical
and genealogical information about Clark County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1887. This is an
exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Clark County, Missouri
including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a
total of 232 different Clark County, Missouri family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
Partial Contents:
Location of Clark County
Topography
Geology
The Mound Builders (Indians)
Exploration by Marquette and Joliet
Pike’s Expedition
First Settlers and Settlements in Clark County
The Black Hawk War
More Early Clark County Settlements
First Land Entries in Clark County
Pioneer Life
Going to Mill
Wild Animals
Agriculture
Clark County Organized
First Clark County Courts
Clark County Seat established at Waterloo
Civil Townships
Public Highways
Clark County Seat removed to Alexandria
Clark County Seat removed again to Waterloo
New Civil Townships
Clark County Officials
Clark County Poor Farm
Population
Railroads in Clark County
St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad
Alexandria & Nebraska City Railroad (later Keokuk & Western Railroad)
Chicago, Sante Fe & California Railroad
Keokuk & Western Railroad
Slavery in Clark County
Clark County Courts
Noted Court Cases (murders and robberies)
Bench and Bar
Anti-Horse-Thief Association
The Iowa War (“The Honey War”)
The Civil War and Clark County
The Battle of Athens
War Atrocities
Clark County Schools
Kahoka College
Churches
Clark County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices
Alexandria
Ashton
Athens
Chambersburg
Clark City
Fairmont
Gregory’s Landing
Kahoka
Lancaster
Luray
Mount Vernon
Peakeville
St. Francisville
St. Patrick
Union
Waterloo
Wayland
Winchester
Clark County Biographical Sketches (131 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 232 Clark County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following
surnames:
(well over 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the book text and
within these biographies): Allgood * Anderson * Armold * Ball * Barnett * Bartlett * Beaird * Beard * Beckett * Bedell * Bender * Bibb * Biggs * Black *
Boyd * Brown * Bruner * Buckner * Buford * Bull * Burkheimer * Buschling * Caldwell * Campbell * Carothers * Catlett * Chamberlain * Cherry * Childers *
Christy * Clark * Clough * Collins * Combs * Coovert * Crook * Cross * Cull * Dewald * Dewey * Druse * Dunbar * Dunn * Edmonson * Ellison * Ethridge *
Ewing * Faxon * Fetter * Fleming * Fleshman * Foley * Fonda * Fore * Fortune * Foust * Fulton * Galland * Givens * Glasscock * Grate * Gray * Gredel *
Greenleaf * Hagan * Hagerman * Hancock * Hand * Hanson * Harper * Harrison * Harter * Hauptman * Hays * Haywood * Hecox * Hewitt * Hill * Hottel * House
* Howard * Howell * Hubert * Hume * Jackson * James * Jenkins * Jester * Johnson * Kamuf * King * Kirch * Lackey * Langford * Lapsley * Lasswell *
Leach * Leech * Leedom * Lehew * Lewellen * Lewis * Lyle * Mangle * Martin * Mason * Matlock * Mattley * McArtor * McCarty * McCormick * McHugh * McKee
* McNealy * McReynolds * Meryhew * Million * Mills * Montgomery * Moore * Morris * Moseley * Muhrer * Musgrove * Neeper * Neff * Neil * Nelson *
Northcraft * Palmer * Pantridge * Porter * Raine * Rauscher * Rayburn * Rebo * Reed * Reese * Reynolds * Riley * Roberts * Robinson * Rodgers * Ross *
Rush * Ryan * Sage * Sansom * Sawyers * Schee * Schreyer * Schuster * Seyb * Shaffer * Sherman * Shore * Shuler * Sickels * Smith * Smulling * Snively *
Sortore * Sowers * Spurgeon * Stafford * Starr * Stauffer * Strickler * Taylor * Thome * Thompson * Todd * Townsend * Triplett * Trump * Turner * Turtle
* Uhlemayr * Upp * Vandolah * Vornkahl * Waggener * Waster * Wayland * Weaver * Weber * Wells * Wheatley * White * Whiteside * Wiegner * Wilsey * Wilson
* Wood * Wooldridge * Yalton * Yowell *
Clark County is located in north east Missouri and bordered by:
Lewis County, Missouri *
Knox County, Missouri *
Scotland County,
Missouri * Van Buren County, Iowa * Lee County, Iowa * and Hancock County,
Illinois * (click on highlighted
county names for a complete description)
Each of the two 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 both 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 Clark County, Missouri from its first
settlement to 1887.
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