Franklin County, Missouri History and Genealogy

More than 300 pages of Franklin County, Missouri history and genealogy including 305 family biographies plus 54 Franklin County, Missouri communities on 6 different maps

An informative and historical overview of Franklin County, Missouri including three separate books on one CD which include 6 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929), plus the full Franklin County, Missouri section from the book: Goodspeed's History of Franklin County, Missouri originally published in 1888. An important resource for the study and research of Franklin County, Missouri history and genealogy.

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

Book One of three, all on one CD: Maps of Franklin 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 Franklin County, Missouri just 33 years after Franklin County was formed.

B. A map of 1902 Franklin County, Missouri showing the locations of 27 different settlements including all of the following: Beaufort * Berger * Catawisse * Champion City * Clover Bottom * Dundee * Etlah * Gray Summit * Japan * Kiel * Klondike * Labaddie * Morrellton * Moselle * Neier * Newhaven * Pacific * Port Hudson * Robertsville * Shotwell * Springbluff * St. Clair * Stanton * Sullivan * Union * Villaridge * Washington *

C. A map of 1904 Franklin County, Missouri showing the locations of 54 different settlements including all of the following: Beemont * Berger * Boeufcreek * Boles * Boone * Campbellton * Casco * Catawissa * Cedarfork * Champion City * Clover Bottom * Dina * Dissen * Drain * Dundee * Elmont * Etlah * George * Gerald * Gildehouse * Gray Summit * Huff * Japan * Jeffriesburg * Kiel * Kohl * Krakow * Labaddie * Leslie * Lonedell * Luebbering * Lyon * Maupin * Monday * Morrellton * Moselle * Mounthope * Neier * Newhaven * Noser Mill * Pacific * Port Hudson * Robertsville * Saint Albans * Saint Clair * Senate Grove * Shotwell * Springbluff * Stanton * Sullivan * Union * Villaridge * Walbert * Washington *

D. A map of 1913 Franklin County, Missouri showing the locations of numerous settlements.

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: Franklin County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are six pages concerning Franklin 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 on CD: The complete 1888 Goodspeed's History of Franklin County, Missouri.
This massive (308 pages in all!) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Franklin County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1888. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Franklin County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information.

Here is just some of the information included:

Physical Description of Franklin County, Missouri
Settlement of Franklin County, Missouri
Early Franklin County Society, Customs, etc
First Settlers of Franklin County, Missouri
Organization of Franklin County, Missouri
Formation of Franklin County Townships
Officials and Political Offices
The Civil War in Franklin County, Missouri
Educational and Scholastic History
Criminal Record of Franklin County, Missouri
General Statistics
Resources of Franklin County
Railroads of Franklin County, Missouri
Church History
Cities, Towns and Villages:
Union, Missouri
Washington, Missouri
Pacific City, Missouri
New Haven, Missouri
St. Clair, Missouri
Sullivan, Missouri
Shotwell, Missouri
Gray's Summit, Missouri
Reedville, Missouri
Labaddie, Missouri
Stanton, Missouri
Catawissa, Missouri
Moselle, Missouri
Robertsville, Missouri
Berger, Missouri
Dundee, Missouri
Etlah, Missouri
Oakfield, Missouri
Sundry Villages and Post offices of Franklin County, Missouri

Included is a 144 page biographical section with 305 Franklin County, Missouri family biographies for each of the following surnames (some surnames have multiple biographies):
* Adams * Ahrens * Alberswerth * Alder * Allen * Altheide * Ambs * Anderes * Arand * Armstrong * Bacon * Bagby * Bardot * Barrett * Bartle * Bauman * Bay * Becker * Beckmann * Beinke * Bell * Bergmann * Berry * Berthold * Beyersdorf * Blanton * Blom * Boeger * Bolte * Borberg * Borgmann * Brauer * Breckenkamp * Brennan * Brinkmann * Brix * Brockhausen * Broeker * Brown * Bryan * Buhr * Burt * Busch * Butler * Buttemiller * Caldwell * Cantley * Cardwell * Chiles * Clark * Close * Coleman * Craig * Crowe * Criswell * Davidson * Degen * Denny * Diedrich * Derking * Doggett * Drake * Droege * Duckworth * Eckert * Ehlers * Eimbeck * Ellett * Ernst * Farrar * Feth * Fink * Finney * Fisher * Fitzgerald * Frentrop * Frick * Fricke * Gallenkamp * Gerber * Giebler * Giersa * Godt * Goebel * Goeller * Goessling * Goodrich * Gorg * Groff * Haid * Hamlin * Handcock * Hansen * Hausmann * Hawkins * Hemker * Hendrich * Hennes * Hiatt * Hill * Hirzel * Hoelscher * Hoffmann * Hollmann * Holtgrewe * Hundhausen * Isbell * Jacobs * Jaeger * Jahraous * Jasper * Jeffries * Johnson * Jones * Kahmann * Kaiser * Kamper * Kelling * Kerr * Klenke * Klingsieck * Koch * Koppitz * Krekel * Krog * Kruel * Langenberg * Lane * Lee * Leiser * Leisse * Link * Lintner * Logerbrinck * Lowe * McCallister * McIntosh * McLean * Macke * Magann * Martin * Maschmann * Maune * Mauntel * Maupin * May * Meyer * Meyersieck * Miles * Miller * Ming * Mintrup * Mitchell * Mohrmann * Moore * Muecke * Mueller * Muench * Murphy * Murray * Neely * Neukum * Nierdieck * Noelker * Noelke * Oeters * Osborn * Ott * Otto * Panhorst * Park * Parr * Pehle * Peterson * Pike * Pimlott * Plackmann * Powers * Purves * Reed * Reinhard * Renick * Ritter * Roberts * Rodley * Roehrig * Rohrer * Roedder * Rombach * Roth * Rowland * Ruge * Rusche * Sands * Schaffer * Schatz * Schiller * Schleef * Schlochtemeyer * Schmidle * Schmidt * Schueddig * Schuerkamp * Schultz * Schumacher * Schwarzer * Schweer * Seaburn * Seifert * Shelton * Shookman * Smith * Snyder * Soph * Spalding * Specking * Springgate * Steines * Steinhaus * Stipp * Stock * Strehly * Stumpe * Sullins * Sullivan * Sweet * Tamm * Terry * Terschluse * Thurmond * Tiemann * Toelke * Trail * Trentmann * Tugel * Ulrich * Valentine * Van Hoefen * Vitt * Voss * Wall * Walter * Walton * Wehrmann * Wehmueller * Weimer * Weirich * Whitsett * Whitson * Wiley * Williams * Wilson * Winistoerfer * Winkelmeyer * Wolff * Wood * Wortmann * Young * Zeis * Ziegenmeyer * Zierlein *

In addition to those listed above, hundreds upon hundreds of other family surnames are made mention of in the text of the book.

Franklin County, Missouri is located in the East Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Warren County, Missouri * St. Charles County, Missouri * St. Louis County, Missouri * Jefferson County, Missouri * Washington County, Missouri * Crawford County, Missouri * and Gasconade 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 Franklin County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1888.

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