 Lewis
County, Missouri History and Genealogy
389 pages of Lewis County, Missouri history and
genealogy including 293 family biographies plus 7 different maps featuring 25
Lewis County, Missouri communities
An informative and historical overview of Lewis 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 25 settlements; plus
the full 1887 Goodspeed's "History of Lewis County,
Missouri" book including 293 biographies. An important resource for the study
and research of Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County, Missouri just
eighteen years after Lewis County was formed. Locations shown: Kennonsville * La
Grange * Monticello * Tully *
B. A map of 1862 (during the Civil War) Lewis County, Missouri showing the
the locations of four settlements: Bunker Hill * Canton * La Grange * Monticello
*
C. A map of 1899 Lewis County, Missouri showing the locations of 20 different
settlements including all of the following: Argola * Benjamin * Bunker Hill *
Canton * Deer Ridge * Derrahs * Durgen * Durham * Gilead * Hardin * La Belle *
La Grange * Laura * Lewiston (or Lewiston Station) * Monticello * Sellers *
Steffenville * Tolona * Weber * Williamstown *
D. A map of 1902 Lewis County, Missouri showing the locations of 15 different
settlements including all of the following: Benjamin * Bunkerhill * Canton *
Deerridge * Durham * Gilead * Labelle (La Belle) * Lagrange (La Grange) * Laura
* Lewistown * Maywood * Monticello * Steffenville * Tolona * Williamstown *
E. A map of 1904 Lewis County, Missouri showing the locations of 21 different
settlements including all of the following: Argola * Benjamin * Bunkerhill *
Canton * Deerridge * Derrahs * Durgen * Durham * Ewing * Gilead * Labelle (La
Belle) * Lagrange (La Grange) * Laura * Lewistown * Maywood * Monticello *
Sellers * Steffenville * Tolona * Weber * Williamstown *
F. A map of 1911 Lewis County, Missouri showing the locations of 21 different
settlements including all of the following: Argola * Benjamin * Bunkerhill *
Canton * Deerridge * Derrahs * Durgen * Durham * Ewing * Gilead * La Belle * La
Grange * Lewistown * Maywood * Monticello * Santuzza * Sellers * Steffenville *
Tolona * Weber * Williamstown *
G. A map of 1913 Lewis County, Missouri showing the locations of 17 different
settlements including all of the following: Benjamin * Bunkerhill * Canton *
Derrahs * Durgin (Durgen) * Durham * Ewing * Gilead * La Belle * La Grange *
Lewistown * Maywood * Monticello * Santuzza * Steffenville * Tolona *
Williamstown *
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 Lewis County, Missouri" by Goodspeed's
This detailed (389 pages in all) 1887 history has an incredible amount of historical
and genealogical information about Lewis County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1887. This is an
exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Lewis County, Missouri
including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a
total of 293 different Lewis County, Missouri family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
Partial Contents:
The First Whites in The Region
The Mound Builders (early Indian Tribe)
Indian Treaties
Pike’s Expedition on the Upper Mississippi
First Settlers and Settlements in Lewis County
Later Lewis County Settlements
First Lewis County Land Entries
Early Political History
Lewis County Organized
First Courts in Lewis County
Roll of Attorneys
Items of Early Lewis County History
Slavery in Lewis County
Early Lewis County Marriages
Historic Incidents 1830-1840
The Meteor Shower of 1833
Nativity of the Early Settlers of Lewis County
Mormon War Volunteers
Abolition Liberators (The Stealing of Slaves)
Mexican War Troops
The Civil War and Lewis County, Missouri
The La Grange Meeting
Preparation For War
The Home Guards
The Fourth of July, 1861
Active Military Preparations
The Skirmish at Clapp’s Ford
The Skirmish Monticello Bridge
War Incidents 1862-1865
Incidents of Col. Joseph C. Porter Campaign
The Raid on Canton
The Skirmish on Grassy Creek
The Murder of Ezekiel Pratt
Emancipation of Slaves
The Execution of William Gallup
Federal and Confederate Enlistments
The Twenty-First Missouri Infantry
Official Roster (detailed list of soldiers)
The Sixty-Ninth Enrolled Missouri Militia
Official Roster (detailed list of soldiers)
The Campaign Against Col. Joseph C. Porter (30 pages - very detailed)
Reconstruction Period
Lewis County Township Boundaries
Early Land Entries in Lewis County
Railroads in Lewis County
Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad
River Commerce and Navigation on the Mississippi River
Christian University at Canton, Missouri
Western Academy at La Belle, Missouri
Lewis County Churches
Lodges and Organizations in Lewis County
Principal Bridges in Lewis County
Lewis County Officials
Lewis County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices
Augusta
Canton
Durham
Jerusalem
Kennonsville
La Belle
La Grange
Lewisburg
Lewiston
Maywood
Monticello
Oneida
Steffansville
Tolona
Tully
Williamstown
Lewis County Biographical Sketches (159 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 293 Lewis 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): Agee * Allen * Ammerman * Anderson * Arnold * Bader * Baley * Ball * Barker * Barr * Barrett * Bash * Bates * Bayne * Beach * Becker * Bevans * Biggs * Billups * Blackwill *
Bland * Bowles * Bowls * Bradshaw * Briscoe * Brooking * Brooks * Brosius * Buford * Bumbarger * Burford * Burnett * Burrows * Byers * Caldwell * Cason * Chinn * Christie *
Clapp * Clay * Cole * Collins * Condit * Cook * Cooksey * Dacon * Day * Dement * Devilbiss * Doran * Dowell * Duncan * Durkee * Ellis * Ellison * English * Eversole * Ewart * Fible *
Fishback * Fisher * Ford * Forman * Forsee * Gaines * Glaves * Glover * Graves * Green * Gregory * Griffith * Gross * Grubbs * Guseman * Hagood * Hahn * Hall * Hamann *
Hamilton * Hamner * Hampton * Hardin * Hawkins * Haycraft * Heckrodt * Helbig * Henderson * Henton * Hibbard * Hildmann * Hinson * Holloway * Holmes * Homrighausen * Hottel
* Hubbard * Huebotter * Hull * Humphrey * Hutchison * Hutton * Jenkins * Jeter * Johnson * Jones * Kaster * Kaylor * Kendrick * Kerfoot * Kirschbaum * Knight * Koch * Kurtz * La
Rue * Lake * Layton * Leeper * Legg * Leslie * Levengood * Lewis * Ligon * Lillard * Little * Lloyd * Logan * Long * Longfield * Marchand * Marks * Martin * McCrackin * McElroy *
McReynolds * McRoberts * Meriwether * Miller * Mitchell * Moore * Morris * Muir * Mulinex * Munday * Musser * Nelson * Nichols * Nixon * Nunn * O'Ferrall * Oldham * Orcutt *
Patee * Patterson * Peterson * Pierce * Porter * Poulton * Pratt * Price * Pruet * Pugh * Quinn * Ramsey * Ratherford * Richards * Risk * Roberts * Root * Royalty * Sayer * Sayre *
Schneider * Schoppe * Schulz * Scott * Seaman * Selway * Shackleford * Shanks * Sharp * Smith * Steffan * Steffen * Steffens * Stewart * Stuart * Sudduth * Summers * Sutton *
Templeton * Thomas * Thompson * Throckmorton * Tompkins * Towles * Travis * True * Tucker * Turner * Van Metre * Van Sykel * Vandiver * Vaughn * Wagner * Walker * Wallace
* Washburn * Weber * Welsch * West * Williams * Wood * Workman * Wright * Yates * Young * Zahn * Zimmerman *
Lewis County is located in north east Missouri and bordered by:
Shelby County, Missouri *
Knox County,
Missouri * Marion County, Missouri *
Clark County, Missouri * Adams County, Illinois * 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
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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
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settlement to 1887.
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