 Mercer County, Missouri History and Genealogy
714 pages of Mercer County, Missouri history and genealogy
including 303 family biographies plus 17 different maps featuring 25 Mercer County, Missouri settlements
An informative and historical overview of Mercer County, Missouri including two separate sections on one CD which include 17
historical maps (1851, 1862, 1876, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1899, 1902, 1904,
1911, 1913, 1920's, 1922, 1929, 1939, 1948-49, and 1950) showing the locations
of 25 settlements; plus
the full 1911 Rogers' Souvenir History of Mercer County, Missouri" book including
303 family biographies. An important resource for the study
and research of Mercer County, Missouri history (including Civil War history) and genealogy.
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searchable - find any name or location instantly!
This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in
two separate sections, ALL on one CD:
Section One of two,
all on one CD: Maps of Mercer County, Missouri
Included here are the North Central region of Missouri sections of 17 different
historical maps:
A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Mercer County, Missouri just six years after
Mercer County was formed. Shows the location of the Mercer County seat at
Princeton.
B. A map of 1862 (during the Civil War) Mercer County, Missouri showing the
the locations of three settlements: Mercer * Modena * Princeton *
C. A map of 1876 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 9 different
settlements including all of the following: Cleopatra * Goshen * Half Rock
* Mercer * Middlebury * Modena * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline *
D. A map of 1888 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 16
different settlements including all of the following: Alvord * Burrows *
Cleopatra * Dinsmore * Goshen * Half Rock * Haw * Ilia * Mercer * Mill Grove *
Modena * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy * Wataga *
E. A map of 1889 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 15
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Brush * Cleopatra *
Cottonwood * Goshen * Half Rock * Honey * Hope * Mercer * Middlebury * Mill
Grove * Modena * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline *
F. A map of 1890 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 15
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord * Cleopatra
* Goshen * Half Rock * Ilia * Lineville * Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena *
Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy * Wataga *
G. A map of 1899 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 16
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord *
Burrows * Cleopatra * Dinsmore * Goshen * Half Rock * Haw * Ilia * Mercer * Mill
Grove * Modena * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy *
H. A map of 1902 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 14
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord *
Cleopatra * Dinsmore * Goshen * Half Rock * Ilia * Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena
* Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy *
I. A map of 1904 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 15
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord *
Cleopatra * Dinsmore * Goshen * Half Rock * Ilia * Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena
* Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy * Wataga *
J. A map of 1911 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 16
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord * Burrows *
Cleopatra * Dinsmore * Goshen * Half Rock * Ilia * Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena
* Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy * Wataga * This map also shows the route
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad * Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad *
K. A map of 1913 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 17
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord *
Burrows * Cleopatra * Dinsmore * Goshen City * Half Rock * Haw * Ilia * Mercer *
Mill Grove * Modena * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Somerset * Topsy * This map
also shows the location of the townships.
L. A map of 1922 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 17
different settlements including all of the following: Adel * Alvord *
Burrows * Cleopatra * Goshen * Half Rock * Haw * Ilia * Mercer * Mill Grove *
Modena * Pleasanton * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * Topsy * Wataga *
M. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.
N. A 1929 Mercer County, Missouri map from the Missouri Department of
Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only
dirt or gravel! Shows the location of: Lineville * Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena
* Princeton * Ravanna * Saline*
O. A map of 1939 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 7 different
settlements including all of the following: Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena *
Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * South Lineville *
P. A map of 1948-49 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 7
different settlements including all of the following: Mercer * Mill Grove *
Modena * Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * South Lineville
*
Q. A map of 1950 Mercer County, Missouri showing the locations of 7 different
settlements including all of the following: Mercer * Mill Grove * Modena *
Princeton * Ravanna * Saline * South Lineville *
Section Two of two, all on one CD: The complete 1911
Rogers' Souvenir History of
Mercer County, Missouri by W.B. Rogers
This detailed (714 pages in all) 1911 history has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about
Mercer County, Missouri from its earliest settlement
up to 1911. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Mercer County, Missouri including all of the historical and
family biographical information. Included are
a total of 303 different Mercer County, Missouri family biographies - family histories.
This rare book on CD has several hundred photographs of
individuals, families, homes, farms, businesses, churches, and street scenes.
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Here is just some of the information included:
History of Mercer County
Pioneer Days in Mercer County
Home Life in Early Days
The Heatherly War
Settlement and Organization of Mercer County, Missouri
Pioneer Settlers
Early Government
The State Line Trouble
The Civil War and Mercer County, Missouri (includes a brief history of each unit from Mercer County)
The Gathering of Volunteers
The Forty-Fourth Infantry, Company D
The Twenty-Third Regiment
The Twenty-Seventh Regiment
The Thirty-Fifth Regiment
The Second Cavalry
The Twelfth Cavalry
The Fifth Kansas Cavalry
The Third Cavalry, Missouri State Militia
The Sixth Cavalry, Missouri State Militia
The Forty-Fourth Regiment of Enrolled Missouri Militia
The Thirty-Fifth Militia
Grand Army of the Republic
The Spanish-American War
Mercer County Political Matters
Mercer County County Officials
The Mercer County Court
The Mercer County Court House
The Mercer County Jail
The Mercer County Poor Farm
Industry in Mercer County
The Rock Island Railroad
Notable Fires
Accidents and Casualties
Notable Weather Events
The Charleston Earthquake
The Newtown Cyclone
Drought of 1901
The Coldest Winter Ever
1909 The Year of Extremes
Criminal Cases
Newspapers in Mercer County
Mercer County Celebrations and Fairs
Towns, Villages, Post-Offices in Mercer County, Missouri
Goshen
Half Rock
Mercer
Middlebury
Mill Grove
Modena
Princeton
Ravanna
Somersett
Obituaries (36 pages of brief obituaries dating from 1891 thru 1910)
Aged Citizens of Mercer County
Martha Canary also known as Calamity Jane
Mercer County Schools (most schools have a brief history included)
Mercer County Churches (most churches have a brief history included)
Fraternal Organizations in Mercer County
The Great Fire of 1911 in Princeton, Missouri
Mercer County Family Biographical Sketches
Included is a total of 303 Mercer County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following
family surnames:
(several thousand other family surnames are also mentioned throughout the book
text and within these family biographies): Alexander * Allen * Alley * Anderson * Arnote * Bailey * Bain * Baker * Ballew * Bell * Blankenship * Bowers * Boxley * Boyd * Braffett * Branam * Brannon * Brantley * Brown * Brummett * Bruner *
Bryan * Bryant * Buren * Burrows * Bushong * Calloway * Campbell * Carpenter * Carter * Casteel * Cate * Clark * Clodfelter * Cochell * Coleman * Collings * Combs * Constable * Coon * Cooper *
Cowger * Cox * Crawford * Crigler * Davis * Dean * Dehafen * Deyoe * Dickerson * Drake * Dunn * Elliott * Epperson * Evans * Evoritt * Fletcher * Foglesong * George * Girdner * Gloshen * Goodin *
Gorman * Gould * Hagan * Hall * Hamilton * Hampshire * Hampton * Hardman * Harriman * Harrison * Hashman * Helton * Hendrix * Hickman * Higgins * Hirons * Holmes * Horn * Houser * Hunter *
Hutchison * Hyde * Johnson * Johnston * Kauffman * Kaufman * Kayser * Keener * Keith * Kelley * Kendell * Keuhn * Klingensmith * Laughlin * Lawrence * Lindsey * Linn * Little * Livick * Logan *
Lomax * Lose * Louderback * Loutzenhiser * Loveland * Lowe * Lowry * Mabe * Madden * Mantlo * Martin * Matsler * Maxwell * May * McCaw * McCloud * McDonald * McDougal * McHargue *
McKinley * McKinney * McLaughlin * Meinecke * Melton * Millemon * Miller * Moore * Moss * Mulvania * Myers * Neill * Nelson * Newlin * Odneal * Ogle * Ormsby * Orton * Owen * Owens * Pickett
* Powell * Price * Puffer * Rank * Reeves * Reid * Rhea * Rhoades * Robinson * Rogers * Ross * Rushton * Ruth * Saylors * Schooler * Scott * Seely * Shafer * Shannon * Shilt * Smith * Snyder * Solel *
Somerville * Sparks * Spencer * Spurgin * Squires * Stanley * Stanturf * Steckman * Stewart * Stock * Stockman * Summers * Swan * Talbott * Thompson * Trainer * Troedson * Wade * Wanamaker *
Warden * Weaver * Wells * Williams * Woods * Wright * Wyatt * Yates * Young * Zully *
Mercer County is located in north central Missouri and bordered by:
Harrison County, Missouri *
Grundy County, Missouri *
Sullivan County, Missouri *
Putnam County, Missouri * Wayne County,
Iowa * and Decatur County, Iowa * (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)
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