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 Ray 
County, Missouri History and Genealogy840 pages of Ray County, Missouri history and genealogy 
including 731 family biographies plus 6 
different maps featuring 33 Ray County, Missouri communitiesAn informative and historical overview of Ray County, 
Missouri including three separate sections on one CD which include 6 historical maps 
(1851, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 33 
settlements; plus the 
full 1881 Missouri Historical Company History of Ray County, Missouri book 
including 523 biographies plus 
the full Portrait and Biographical Record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton and 
Linn Counties, Missouri published in 1893 with 208 biographies for Ray County. An important resource for the study and research of 
Ray County, Missouri history and genealogy.
  All for as little as $6.95!  Details below. Fully 
searchable - find any name or location instantly!This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL 
of the following material in three 
separate  sections, ALL on one CD: Section One of three, 
ALL on one CD: Maps of Ray County, MissouriIncluded here are the Western Central region of Missouri sections of 6 different 
historical maps:
 A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Ray County, Missouri just thirty 
one years after Ray County was formed. Locations shown: Camden * Crab Orchard * Grape Grove * Knoxville * Richmond
 B. A map of 1899 Ray County, Missouri showing the locations of 30 
different settlements including all of the following: Camden * Cato * Crab Orchard * Dockery * Elmira * Fleming * Floyd * Fox * Georgeville * Hardin * Henry (Lexington Junction) * Hulls Point * Knoxville * Lawson * Louella * Millville 
* Morton * North Lexington * Orrick * Ovid * Rayville (Hallard Station) * Richmond * Rockingham * Sandals * St. Cloud's Springs * Sunshine * Swanwick * Taitsville * Tinney Grove * Vibbard * C. A map of 1902 Ray County, Missouri showing the locations of 19 different 
settlements including all of the following: Camden * Elmira * Fleming * 
Georgeville * Hardin * Henry (Lexington Junction) * Hulls Point * Knoxville * 
Lawson * Millville * Morton * North Lexington * Orrick * Rayville (Hallard Sta.) 
* Richmond * Rockingham * Swanwick * Taitsville * Vibbard * D. A map of 1904 Ray County, Missouri showing the locations of 25 
different settlements including all of the following: Camden * Crab Orchard * 
Dockery * Elmira * Fleming * Fox * Georgeville * Hardin * Henry * Knoxville * 
Lakeview * Lawson * Millville * Morton * Orrick * Ovid * Rayville * Regal * 
Richmond * Rockingham * Sandals * Sunshine * Taitsville * Tinney Grove * Vibbard 
* 
  The 1904 map of Ray County can be viewed here:
Ray County, Missouri 1904 Map 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!  Section Two of three, 
ALL on one CD: The complete 1881 "History of Ray County, Missouri" by the 
Missouri Historical Company. This detailed (840 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical 
and genealogical information 
about Ray County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1881. This is an 
exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Ray County, Missouri 
including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a 
total of 523 different Ray County, Missouri family biographies.
 Here is just some of the information included:      The History of Missouri History of Ray County Topography The Pioneer in Ray County, Missouri Early Ray County Settlements and Settlers Indians in Ray County Ray County Organization First Ray County Seat Removal of the Ray County Seat First Marriages in Ray County Ray County Townships: First Townships * 
                              Crooked River Township * Fishing River Township * 
                              Richmond Township * Grape Grove Township * Camden 
                              Township * Knoxville Township * Polk Township Ray County Officers Ray County’s War Record: War of 1812 * Black 
                              Hawk War * Florida War * Heatherly War * Mormon 
                              War * Mexican War The Civil War and Ray County, Missouri Confederate Soldiers (very lengthy and 
                              detailed list of Ray County Confederate soldiers)
                              Union Soldiers (very lengthy and detailed list 
                              of Ray County Union soldiers) Churches in Ray County Public Schools of Ray County Richmond College at Richmond, Missouri Ray County Societies & Lodges Ray County Newspapers Explosion of the Saluda Steamboat The Cyclone of 1878 Ray County Cities, Towns and Villages: Albany 
                              * Camden * Elk Horn - Crab Orchard * 
                              Fredericksburg - New Garden * Georgeville * Haller 
                              Station - Rayville * Hardin * Henry * Hull’s Point 
                              * Knoxville * Lawson * Lisbonville * Millville * 
                              Morton * North Lexington * Orrick * Pleasant View 
                              * Richmond * Russellvlle - Fox * Swanwick * 
                              Taitsville * Tinney’s Grove - Mt. Pleasant * 
                              Vibbard * Wilmot Testimony of David Whitmer Geology of Ray County Incidents, Accidents, and Crimes in Ray County
                              Ray County Statistics Population of Ray County Ray County Biographical SketchesIncluded is a total of 523 Ray County, Missouri family biographies (valuable 
for genealogy) including each of the following 
surnames:(well over 2000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within 
these biographies):  (see the additional book listed in 
section three below for an additional 208 Ray County biographies): 
To view a sample 
biography from this book, click here   Akers * Allen * Allison * Alspaugh * Anderson * Artman * Asbury * Austin * Babcock * Bacon * Bailey * Bales Ball * Ballinger * Banister * Bankston * Barham * Barr * Bates * Baum 
* Bell * Berten * Bissell * Black * Blain * Blythe * Bogart * Boggess * Bogie * Bohannon * Borgart * Botts * Bowen * Bowman * Bright * Brock * Brockman * Brown * Brumfield * 
Bryan * Buchanan * Buist * Burgess * Bush * Campbell * Canada * Carpenter * Carter * Cates * Cato * Chenault * Child * Clampitt * Clark * Cleavenger * Clemens * Coffman * 
Colley * Collier * Comer * Conrow * Cook * Cooper * Cornelison * Cox * Crain * Cramer * Craven * Creason * Creel * Creer * Crenshaw * Crispin * Crithfield * Crowley * Cummins * 
Cunningham * Davis * Dawson * Deacy * Degraffenreid * Devlin * Dickenson * Doniphan * Donoven * Dorton * Duncan * Dunn * Duval * Duvall * Earhart * Edgar * Elliott * Ellis * 
Endicott * Endsley * Erwin * Esrey * Esry * Esteb * Estill * Evans * Ewing * Farris * Ferree * Finch * Fisher * Flournoy * Fowler * Francis * Frank * Frazer * Frazier * Gant * Garner * 
Garrett * Gaston * Gentry * George * Gibson * Goodman * Gordan * Gorton * Gosney * Gossage * Grandstaff * Green * Greenawalt * Greene * Grimes * Grove * Grow * Gunnell 
* Guy * Haligan * Hall * Hamacher * Hamil * Hamilton * Hannah * Hannas * Happy * Harbison * Harper * Harris * Harrison * Hatfield * Hauser * Haynes * Henderson * Hess * Hewlett 
* Hightower * Hines * Hinman * Holman * Hubbell * Hughes * Humphreys * Hunt * Hunter * Huntsman * Hurt * Huskisson * Jackson * Jacobs * James * Johnson * Jones * Kavanaugh 
* Kell * Kelmel * Keyes * Kice * Killgrove * Kincaid * King * Kinzon * Kirkham * Kite * Knight * Lancaster * Larkey * Lavelock * Leforgee * Lentz * Lile * Lillard * Linvill * Loyd * 
Maddux * Magill * Maitland * Mansur * Mapel * Marshall * Mason * Mathena * Mayes * McBee * McCuistion * McCuistion * McDonald * McEnroe * McGaugh * McGinnis * McGuire 
* McIntosh * McKissack * McVey * McWhorter * Megede * Mellon * Merideth * Metts * Miller * Milstead * Mitchell * Montgomery * Moore * Morris * Morton * Mosby * Moss * 
Mullin * Nation * Nelson * Noble * Noel * Norvell * Ogg * Oliphant * Oster * Page * Painter * Palmer * Patton * Paxton * Peeler * Perdue * Perry * Peters * Pettus * Pickering * 
Piercey * Pigg * Pinckney * Pope * Porter * Porterfield * Post * Prichard * Priest * Proctor * Pugh * Quarles * Quesenberry * Ralph * Raum * Reed * Remelins * Remley * Renfro * 
Reyburn * Rhodes * Riffe * Rimmer * Ritter * Roach * Roberts * Robertson * Robinett * Robinson * Ross * Ross * Rothrock * Rowland * Rush * Russell * Sacry * Sanderson * Sater * 
Savage * Scantling * Schooler * Searcy * Settle * Sevier * Seward * Shaw * Shepard * Shimmin * Shirky * Shoop * Shotwell * Shrum * Simmerman * Singleton * Sisk * Sitterman * 
Sloan * Smith * Spencer * Spurlock * Spurrier * Stanley * Starkey * Starr * Stephenson * Stevinson * Stockwell * Stone * Stout * Stratton * Sturgis * Suits * Swickard * Switzer * Tait 
* Tarwater * Taylor * Teegarden * Thomas * Thompson * Thornton * Tiffin * Tompkins * Tompson * Trigg * Trout * Tucker * Turner * Vanbebber * Vanderpool * Vandeveer * 
Vantrump * Vaughn * Walker * Wall * Walters * Wasson * Watkins * Weakley * Weber * Weeks * Weigles * Wells * White * Whitmer * Williams * Wilson * Winger * Withers * 
Wollard * Wood * Woodroof * Woodson * Worley * Wright * Yates * Young * Zeiseness *
 Section Three of three, ALL on one CD: The complete 
Portrait and Biographical Record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton and Linn 
Counties, Missouri published by Chapman Bros., Chicago in 1893     Includes this full book originally published in 1893 including all five 
counties listed which includes 555 biographies and 740 pages.  Included are 
208 biographies for Ray County, Missouri: (see the 
additional book listed above in section two for an additional 523 Ray County 
biographies): 
To view a sample 
biography from this book, click here Akers * Allison * Asbury * Atterberry * Babcock * Baber 
* Ball * Ballinger * Barger * Bates * Bathgate * Bay * Bogie * Bohannon * 
Branham * Brasher * Brockman * Brown * Buchanan * Burns * Campbell * Carlyle * 
Clark * Clements * Clevenger * Conrow * Cornthwait * Cowdery * Cowles * Craven * 
Crenshaw * Crispin * Crowley * Davis * Deacy * Dear * Denhem * Dickey * Dorton * 
Duffett * Duncan * Duvall * Elliott * Ellis * Endsley * Esrey * Estill * Ewing * 
Farris * Finley * Fitch * Fowler * Frakes * Frazier * Galle * Gant * Gardner * 
Garner * Gentry * Grace * Halstead * Hamilton * Happy * Harder * Harrison * 
Harwood * Hauser * Haynes * Hewlett * Hightower * Hill * Hines * Holman * 
Hubbell * Hughes * Hull * Hunt * Hurt * Jackson * James * Jennings * Johnson * 
Joiner * Kell * Kendall * Keyes * Kirkpatrick * Langford * Lavelock * Leforgee * 
Leirman * Mason * McAfee * McCormick * McDonald * McGaugh * McGinnis * McLean * 
McMullin * McNair * Morgan * Morrow * Mosby * Moyer * Nickelson * Patton * 
Perdue * Petty * Pierce * Pigg * Price * Priest * Quesenberry * Quesenbery * 
Ralph * Renick * Reyburn * Rice * Ringo * Robinson * Roe * Rogers * Sandals * 
Sanderson * Settle * Sevier * Shaw * Shimmin * Shoop * Shotwell * Shrewsbury * 
Sisk * Smith * Spurlock * Stapp * Steel * Stephenson * Stevenson * Stickle * 
Stigall * Straube * Switzer * Tarwater * Taylor * Teagarden * Thomas * Thompson 
* Trigg * Tucker * Vanhoozer * Vaughn * Vinsant * Wasson * Wertz * Whitmer * 
Wilson * Wollard * Woodson * Wright * Yingling *    (For a full description of this book, click here:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton and Linn 
Counties, Missouri) Ray County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and 
is surrounded by the following counties: Clay County, Missouri * 
Clinton County, 
Missouri * Caldwell County, Missouri * Carroll County, Missouri * Lafayette 
County, Missouri * and Jackson County, Missouri 
(click on county names for further description) Each of the three sections 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 was designed by, and is 
available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.  Fully 
searchable - find any name or location instantly! The cost for this CD containing all three sections described above is only $9.95 
plus shipping, or only $6.95 as a digital download. A large amount of history and genealogy information for very 
little cost! A truly fascinating view of Ray County, Missouri from its first 
settlement to 1881.  Shipping is only $1.95 for First Class Mail in the United States and Canada. 
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