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Emory of Elsberry
1673-19
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many
generations: ask ihy father and he will shew thee; thy
elders, and they will tell thee.
A Deuteronomy XXXEI, 7.
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78838203 HISTURYUFELSBERRY
The first white men ever to have
an opportunity to view the site of
Elsberry were the exiplorers Father
Marquette and Louis Joliet (for whom
Joliet, Illinois is named). With five
French voyageurs they came down
missioners at Portage des Sioux in
Saint Charles County, of which Lin-
coln County was then a part, in l816_
They were a nomadic people and
moved their teepees from place to
fplace as the seasons, pastures, and
li the Mississippi River -fr-:;'-2 Cauficla imntilfg gfmmds called them- They
E in two birch bark canoes hoping tu !1nb-abzted the bluffs along' the streams
. find the gl-Eat river emptying. .mtyand descended 111t0_`l3l'l€ bottom I-ands
the Pacific Ocean, the passage toionly .to hunt and fish and when the
K India fm which Cugumbus was 10019 iland was first cleared and -cultivated
, ing in 1492_ TG their diSarI3`puintment,by the early settlers their artifacts
they found i-t enrptied .into the Gulf ilvere found 111 aiiumdance' _For many
" 1 of Mexico instead of the Ba? of iyefws a P'mfuS1°" of _flint almw
Sac;.9men»w_ points, knives -and granite axes left
1573 th er "'{si1'$i;§h"`§p§§§f§Eessiis' iii
=: E skirted the banks opposite Elsberi-;= plowed gi_ouHdS"adjacent to Elsbemm
and -a clay or two later discovered the 31 Incite d by the English they c0m__
i mouth of the Missouri River' di? ` it mitted in-any atrocities during the
iii charging -a vast torrent of_ 1111-lddwr early wars -but in ccinnlianee with
We 'water and uprooted trees_ into- the the Treaty of Portage de; SEHK mow
placid Waters of the Mississippi' ed West and sinail pox and other
N A statue of the great Jesuit priest _Mtn 'Djs disease; to which they
9" in ipolisbed marble stands today iniwi " ma, ." _ 1
.:, . _ had not cieveloped nrnnumty, denun-
;¢;;= | the Hall of Fame ni- the Capitol at _ , '_ f t, ,S ., 'Img ,E to
ff Washington, the gift of the State of HP* 3_"my 0 lie _Hoes d S
E Wisconsin to the nation. me point Qi extmctmn'
'Mi i Later hunters and ftrappers came THE FRENCH
ll through the Eisbeffy mummy fromi The first documentary acquisitions
it; time to time but permanent settlers Ji, d `. tl V. in.t 04. Elsbew
iii; did not arrive until after the Revolu- G" an m ui _ lc 1 Y ` y
iw" _ _ _. were the Spanish grants. The French
=5 - mon' Most of thing dnftad on down were the first to visit Nlissfmri and
'ff to Saint Charles or Saint Louis audi 11 1 d th' M. : _ .
i the few hardy pioneers who built L9'Sfi°§_ ww Frogs; _ de tississippl
,, cabins were driven out by Black Qleiu ` ;};LOu1Sim; 'il 1:3 kcoéisenfsi
_ Hawk and his Indian allies prior to |vLi;S;;§Gn 2; th; e;;3;;h1;° by QS;
fthe close of the War oi 1312. 1; of discovery Awril 9, 1682 in the
1N1);»;;»;r _sB0R§G1NEg name of Louis XIV, and in his honor
'xi The 103,31 131-11395 were the Sauk named it Louisiana. And Louisiana
~» (Sag) and FOX Indians, membeys Ofyit -h-as remained ever since. Bu-t the
-tw the Algonquin fa_mi}y_ Thay warg French were explorers and adven-
in part .of .the ggnfggdgrggy 01-ganizgd si-ers and left few permanent settle-
léiil by Tecumseh and his brother, "The ments. The only iooal record of their
Prophet", at the great Indian con-brilliant era remains today in the
E; \ clave, June 26, 1812 and their chiefs, names of streams and geographical
with the representatives of ten localities, such as Cape au Gris,
Wi \OlTi'i6T allied -i.1'llJ(-ES, signed lJl1€ f€i'I`f101.`lS Ci:|i1,r1\e River, St, Charles, B-urbnisg,
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T1-IE SPANISH
French occupation was short lived
and on November 3, 1762 France by
a secret treaty ceded Louisiana and
New Orleans to 'Spain in compensa-
ltion for heavy losses sustained by
Spain as F1'ance's -ally in the Seven
Years War. By that treaty the site
of Elsberry became a Spanish pos-
session and the country along the
Mississippi froin Canada to the Gulf
was known as New Spain.
During .this period the Spanish
grant on which Elsberry is located
(Survey 1706) was :made to Pierre
Chou-teau, January 8, 1798 by His
Exrzellency, Don Zenon Trudeau,
Lieutenant Governor of Ulppcr Louis-
iana, un-der the Government of the
Kingdom of Spain. It consist-
ed of a. league square of
land containing 7,056 arpents, was
located "on the River St. Austin"
(Lost Creek) and ran North to the
"River St. Antonis" (Pageis Br-anchl.
From. this 7,056 arpents was carved
the present site of Elsberry.
Pierre Chouteau was of pure
French extraction and was born in
New Orleans. His brother, Auguste
rilhouteau, cooperated wi_th Laclede in
the establishment of sr. Louis in
1764 -and took over the inanagenieni
of the enterprise after Laclede's;
death. Both brothers scent the re- ii
inainder of their lives in St, Louis
and became men ot prominence audi
wealth.
The French name Pierre Clyoutean
is Written "Peter" Choutean in the
English versions and "Don Pedro"
'Chouteau in the Spanish, just as the
name of the grantee in the adjacent
Survey of 1750 is written Guillermo
.Palmer in the original 'Spanish grant
and William Palmer in the English
translation. (The south line of Sur-§
Vey 1706 is the north line of Survey;
-,Louisiana back to France by the
1760). _ -
William Palmer had served under
Napoleon and on his retirement was
rewarded with a grant of land (Sur-
vey 1760) in Louisiana and ca.rne.to
(America to claim it but does not
seein to have visited it again after
its rirst survey. I-Iis son, Alexis Pal-
mer, however assumed possession
early in the century and spent the
lremainder of his ltfe there. And
Vwilliain Palnrer, Jr., son o1'_?\lexis
and grandson of William Palmer, the
original gran-tee, inherited a portion
od the tract and subsequently plays
an ini-portant [part in this narrative.
The 'Spanish spent large sums of
in-oney vainly t1'yin;=; to colonize
Louisiana, during- which time they
g'-ave Daniel Boone 350 -acres and
appointed him syndic (Justice of the
Peace) to induce him to come to St.
Charles County (which then included
Lincoln County) from Kentucky, and
after -heavy losses, finally coded
Treaty of San Ildefonso, April 39,
1800. And Survey 1706 and Els-
berry were ageiii French Terrinsiry.
Napoleon was preparing for war
with England and was desperatel_\; in
need of money. Nelson had annihli-
ated his fleet at '.i'rafalg'ar ang Eng-_
iigh Ships were hovering in the Golf
of Mexico read-y to seize New Or-
leans and Louisiana. By a brilli-int
201119 Napoleon sold Louisiana April
30, 1803, to the United States for
fifteen million dollars, and thereof
prevented the conquest of Louisiana
by the English and at the samg;
time secured funds for the Engljgll
war. And the future 'dlsberry was
at Mgt H Part of the United States
of An'.e1'ica.
The territory was formally trans-
ferred to the United States, at St.
Louis, December 20, 1803 by an
elaborate ceremony in which Lieut-
enant Governor Delassus represent-
ang Napoleon" lowered the French
colors -and Captain Soulard, repres-
enting' President Jefferson, rais-
gfd the Stars and Stripes. And
Congress on- April 12, 1814 enacted
a statute under which Survey 1706,
Survey 1750 and other Spanish Sill'-
veys, were confirmed to their original
grantees, Peter Chouteau and Wil--
liam Palmer, and others.
By act of Congress the Territory
,gf Louisiana became the TG].`1'lt01':l7
fof Missouri in 1812 and Sh0l'i3lY
lthereafter -Governor William Clark,
authority, pro-
es a county
Missouri River
British Domin-
-and from the
the east to the
under Congressional
,claimed \St. Charles
|1-cgrdiing' from the
on the south to the
:ions on the north,
Mississippi Rivr on
~Pac-ific Ocean on the West, V-fllich
naturally included Elsberry.
Flrom this area the Territorial Leg-
islature, meeting at St. Charles, then
the -capitol of the State, eSt&lJ1iSh€d
Lincoln County, December 14, 1313
and named it for Gen B€i1l3~1'f1i11 Lin-
coin, a revolutionary soldier. And on
.August 10, 1821, .by act Of G0I1?;1`@SS
_and on the rproclaiination -of P1'esiClG1`1l1
Monroe, Missouri was admitted as H
State to the Union. And for the
first time it could be Elsberry, Mis-
souri, U. S. A.
During the intervening years title
to various -parts of Survey 1706 had
passed by purchase or inheritence to
rvanious owners unftil in 1868 the
present site of Elsberry with outly-
iing' land was -bought by R. T. Els-
Joerry from the heirs of Nelson Watts-
who had held it for ni-any years.
NELSON WA'J3.`S
Nelson Watts was a wealthy
bachelor and owned many slaves. He
lived in the first brick house built
2 1 3
=in Lincoln County, which was situ-
ated on the hill side slorping' down
from the east to the "Bluff Road"
(now 7th Street) about Where the
Church of God in Christ now stanrls.
His orchard, in Which, -according to
the _custom of the times, he and his
slaves were buried, extended east
from :the Bluff Road and included
the land now owned by Mrs. Edward
Mayes. When South 6th Street was
surveyed through it from Broadway
to Lost Creek, the new street bisected
both the orchard and the burying
ground and for many years the
limestone markers could be seen in
-the middle of the street. His own
grave was enclosed by ~a high brick
wall which uiortunately served as a
convenient quarry for any occasional
.brick needed now and then and
which through long attrition has new
conrpletely disappeared but the l1'1-3.1'-
able headstone, which still lies covered
with dust and debris between the
margin of the street and the side-
walk in the second block from
Broadway, bears the inscription:
"Nelson Watts, born in Albemarle
County, (Virginia), March 12, 1790,
died .March 2, ISSS." I-lie will left to
"my servant Eanaline" all of his 1-and
lying west of the Bluff Road, now
comprising a large part of west
Elsherry including "Pi'niky". The
renlaindcr of his estate was left to
his brothers and sisters who are
named in the abstracts covering' this
tract.
At the sale of his effects held at
the brick house, »a number of books
sold for sums ranging from one bit
(12'féc) to three bits (37%c) each.
But as the aucti-oneer was waving
the last book, as he cried the sale,
it slipped from his hand and fell
-and from its open leaves fluttered
ati*-fe, ten and twenty dollar bills. An
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HygT0RYQFEL-SBERPY HISTORY OF ELSBELRRY
examination of the rest or the books
showed greenbacks ' various
.amounts in all -of them which were
.recovered for the estate, The nearest
ibank was in St. Louis and people
of the time were accustomed t
:sequester their cash in such conven-
ient hiding places about the pre-
will he left all his property' to his
*wife but provided that the slaves
should be parcelled out at her dis-
cretion among the children named
below. As was the cus-tom, the will
provided that all negro children were
to be separated from their mothers
at the age of 4 years and sent to
one of the other heirs.
'in the world.
Burdilla Watts, born in 1819, mar-
ried Leander (-Lee) H-ammack, the
grandfather of David H. Hammock,
an attorney in Mount Vernon, Wash-
ington.
Caucyra Watts, born in 1826, mar-
ried Mary A_ McQueen and was the
[grandfather of Thomas Watts.
1'aiiWH5' from Baltimore to San
Francisco. The same year the Clarkg-
Ville and Western Railway Company
W9-S 01`€31UiZ€d at Clarksville and
built twelve miles of track n01.,;i,_
ward. On January 11, 1870 the 1-agp!
was incorporated to connect with
`the Chicago fit Alton at Louisiana.
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Mordecai R. Watts, born in 1822,
Arid on April 29, 18.71 the charter
was amended to provide for an ex-
ig tain William W]DtS who had been dence in a famlily cemetery on the 1346 and WM the g'1'9-1i*if~f=i»iPi13T Ofilenterprising businessmen of Clarks-
.; ,hom at thie fa___i1___ ,_Om____,_e__d in Forest Keeling Nursery 1-and. I-Ie left MTS- W- E- Lfiiig- Af 0113 iiim-B he ville, John O_ Roberts, William M.
virginia bnt later had Sansa at leigh* Children' Wned. the entire ww" of Fah"°"ih' ¢M@i"i°S'h and HWY S- G"f1`°ii» ¢°"'
3 Eartsville, Tennessee where he en- SQQQCH _Watts (1312-1397) W215 'a']1dTesi;1en§FS' Warehouses' boat Officereived the idea of suiilplenienting the
1 gaged in the Slave wade and was H1H1'f1€ i
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HISTURY OF ELSBERRY
logs, cordwood and 1'&f]1'O5Ld tics lit-
tered the floors of the valleys drain»
ed by the water courses and the
first fresh(-It piled vast heaps of
debris against the bridge-S and rail-
roa& embankments which choked the
outlets afu-d inundated adjacent lands
destroying crops ang drowning live-
stock. The enraged fa1'mers bm-11ed
!l;he obstructions and the brid.%`@S
with thefm. And when replaced burn-
ed them again. It was only after
long and costly negotiation and ex-
pert engineering of the locale, that
orderly construction could be resum-
ed.
It seems incredible that three men
could be found of sumh visian and
courage and resource as the thrae
1'mnarkabEe xl1')iE11 who pioneered the
Clarksville and V\TeS.ter§1 Railway. It
is to he regretted that more is not
§§]1r)W11 g.bOHt fhehl.
John O. Roberts seems to have
usually taken the initiative. He was
the prime mover in the bxxildin-g of
the firsi toll roads in Pike county
and may he said toahave been the
Father of the sysiezn of hard sur-
faced roads which Eatqr 1390311151 fam-
ous thuoughout the stgte and' fwhid
were the scene of 11115 i1'ri;e1"na1:ior1a!
bicycle races reported in detail by
every metropolitan newspzppel' in thc
nation.
He was n1a1'1'ied to Miss Ma-lvinz.
M. Tibbetts, the coliftship origin
ating' when Miss Malvina., 11ewla1'g
rendered his mother- some, speciad
favor, and being presfged by Mfrs.
Roberts to know how she could re-
turn the favor, Malvina said "Yoo
may give me Johmi' Mr. Roberts
was p1-ilnarily 3 grain merchant and
3 millew a1th0ug'h he was 2. man
of many interests and was in part-
nership at various times and in
various €1`1t91'IJ1'iS6S with both Mc-
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Intosh and Ca1'1'o1I. ,
William M. McIntosh was perhaps
'dba outstanding merchant of the city.
I-Lis mobher, Mrs. Millie Mclutosh
was ~a popular woman, of literary
tastes and widely read, but a not-
oriously poor llousekeeper. It was
Said that she read books "to keep
her heart young" While the beds
remained unmade and the dishes
unwashed.
Henry S. Garroll ma1'1'ied Miss
Lucy Clifford. W'i-th B. P_ Clifford,
his b1-othe1'-in-law, and John O. Roh-
erts, he sparticipateé in the foxmding'
of the Clifford Banking' Company at
Clarksville, June 1, 1871. It was
¢Jhro11g'h this banking institution that
the finances of the Clarksville Sz
Western Railway Company were ad-
l'i'1iBiF-§tE1'Ed.
Incidental to the bufldifng of the
road-bed was -the location of sta.-
tions, the acquisition of land for
town sites and sale of lots to provide
fun-ds for the evel'-empty e>~:cheque1'
of the Company. Local travel W-as
by wagon or horsback. Roads were
prilni-tive. Progress made in a d.ay's
travel was limited especially in the
'spring months when the roads were
iittle
was
fbions
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more than quagmires. So it
decided to establish the sta-
§nur miles apart and for many
that seemed a, 1'easona`h1e dis-
tance. Accordillgly, 13119, @1`1é$'iU9€TS
were
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instructed to drive a stake
four miles along the road the
1311d0VVI`l€1' on whose farm the stake
hagqjened to fall was approached
with a proposition under which the
railroad agjrcerl to locate the "town"
an his farm and survey and plot the
lnctropolis, in re-turn for a deed
io every other lot. Lots thus deeded
to the Company were sold to pros-
peciive citizens and the proceeds used
to meet Weekly construction pay-
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HESTQRY OF ELSBERRY
mulls. The farmer was free to Sell
his half of the lots and retain the
proceeds as his rprofit in the enter-
Louise.
The first stake south of Clarks-
-ville was driven on the land of
James H. Kissinger. The embfyo town
was named for him and a station was
built and streets laid out but with
rthe exception of a store, an elevator
and a blacksmith shop, the city failed
to materialize and today even the
station has been abandoned by the
railroad and is now utilized as a
residence.
The second stake dropped on land
vhelouging' to Ephriam Jameson who
€]_1&,1'!1Ed the town for his two small
daughters, Miss Ann Jameson and
=Miss Ada, Jaameson, and called
igt Annada. It was better
located and far enought from
.Clarksville and Paynesville to
escape Jneing smo'I:he1'ed hy com-
petition, and while growth was slow
it eventually developed into a busy
-and permanent bailiwick.
'She third stake was driven o-n the
T31-m of John D. Da-merson amd the
town was named for him. A.t
one time it handled large
quantities of grain and live-
stock, had several satores and a
number of residences and supplied
the needs of 3 fertile neighborhood.
But in the end t'r_ proxilnity of
Elsberry and the improvement of
the roads curtailed business and
it is today only -a Whistle stop.
The fourth stake met the most in-
hospitable reception of any along
*the entire length of the road from
Clarksville to St. Pete1°s_
To understand the situation in
connection with the location of the
fourth stake it is necessary to make f
a brief survey of the adjoining ter-
rain in the eventful year o:E 1879.
THE FOURTH STAKE
Only one th1'oug\h north-and-south
road traversed the entire area he-
'tw'eeu the Mississippi River and
New Hope. It was known as the
Bluff Road because it hugged the
contour of the limestone bluffs par-
allelillg the river amd followed the
old I113ian trail which the earliest
settlers found when they 1'ea,ohed
Iviissouri. The Indians in turn had
merely utilized paths made by the
deer, the most expert h-ighway eng'-
ineers in history. These deer trails
were too narrow to permit travel
side by side and the Indians al-
ways trotted along in single file.
Hence the term "Indian file." The
only oh-ange. made by the pioneers
for many years was to widen them
sufficiently to accommodate a. Wagon
and in 1879 the Bluff Road was
still the original Indian 'trail with
trees and underhrush cut here and
there to admit two-horse traffic.
Rail fences restricted it now and
sthen but much of it was unfenced
and ran through heavy white oak
forest. Coming south it crossed
P2.g'e's Branch at the present cross-
ing and than turned West of the
present road passing immediately
West of the home of Dr. James Long,
later the home of R_ E. Black, now
the residence of Dr. P, C. Chamber-
lain, and thn on down what is
now 'Zth street past the brick house
of Nelson Watts to Lost Creek where
a ford crossed d-ia=g'onalIy southwest;
thence on over the hill to what is
how the north entrance of =bho
Government Nursery. Here it pas-
sed across where the gate now' stands,
intersected the Falmouth-New Hope
Road and angled down the hill to
the present culvert across Union
Branch.
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William Tlfatts came seeking a heme.
across Lost
And it was at the ford
Creek on this road that Rawleigh
Mayes, the g1'eat-grandfather of
Mayor E. R. Whiteside, bent on a
similar mission in 1332, camped his
first night in the primeval wild-
erness and early the next morning
shot two deer which had come down
through the forest to drink.
Nei-ther the present Elsberry-New
Hope road nor Highway '39 were
then in existence. Two tlirougli roads
ran east and west_ The Erowns
liilill Roead which left the River at
the Hamburg Landing and largely
followed its present course to and
past a grist mill erected by an
early settler by the name of Brown
in the vicinity of Louisville."
The major east-s1id~wes-t road es-
tended from lihlmouth to New Hope
and then on west to Auburn. It
crossed a bridge which spanned
King's Lake and interseeted the site
of the railroad south of Highway
JJ, the present farm.-to-in-arket road,
passed between the residence and
the barn of "Uncle V Billy _l~?ahner,"
through the yard anti over -the ex-
'a-ct site of the present F, H. Hage-
ineier home, crossed Lost Greek a
hundfred yards below the Big Rock
opposite the R. T. Mayes place and
through the R|lCl1&1`d.¢C1'B.11l_{ fafrin on
ies down the Ghio River and up the
Mississippi to Falmouth for the Fal-
mouth, New Hope and Auburn
salcons. All drivers carried ginilets,
and straws we-re found in abund-
ance along the roadside. The ignract-
ice was to hammer up the iron bar-
rel hoops, bore a small hole with
the ginilet and insert a straw. The
lhole was then plugged and the hoop
driven hack into place leaving no
evidence of ° the -happy interlude
Sometimes the driver knew when he
reached New Hope -and sometimes
he did net.
TQWN GF NELSCSN
At the crest of the bluff on the
Browns Mill Road was the village
Of Nelson, named for Nelson Watts
011 whose farm a ,part of it was
built. It consisted of the general
store of Elsherry and Wi.ll;is1;Bnge_
'If liorsebock riders the road was pract- After removal of the post office
1,3 1 .ically closed during- the spring 1-ai;1S_ fiom Nelson to Elsberry, Wil..
E31 one of the staple commodities of lfinson who had been appoint-
". the times was bourbon whiskey ship- Fdf Sellfenlbef 17, 1877, con-
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largest cornniunity in the county, was
established July 19, 1831 But the
post office at Lost Creek (The
Cross Roads) was inaugurated July
2, 1833. The mail was delivered and
dispatched by pouch carried on the
river packets and brought out to the
Cross Roads by courier. The office,
sometimes in u residence and some-
times in the general store, was loo-
ated approximately at where the
1'101`-1C-ll gate to the Gove-rninent Nur-
sery now stands. The postniasters
were;
'Nilliam Watts, July 2, 1833.
Norhorne Woolfolk, June 22, 1335.
Benjamin Vance, September 9, 1836.
Joseph Turnhsm, March 16, 1839.
Benjamin Vance, May 19, 1839.
John V|Tl.ll{ll}SD!'1, January 1, 1840.
1840.
1842.
Williain Watts, March 19,
James Vance, Februar; 4,
Seneca Watts, January 5, 1849.
Dr. T. R. Hawkins, April 9, 1849.
Nelson Watts, February 10, 1851.
William Palmer, December 3, 1853.
John R. Thompson, January 12,
1958. Thompson served until October
il, 1859 when the office Was finally
discontinued.
LGST CREEK
But the principal fealnire of the
over-all topography of the region
was Lost Creek which left its
present channel at the foot of what
is now 'ith Street and turned north
across Sth street and circled around
the foot of the hill on the Edward
Mayes property and then ran due
north crossing Broadway and DuBois
streets along 3rd Street, then known
ns Nelson street, turning east in
Block 13. and then south, crossing
Broadway the second time about
where two garages on either side of
Broadway now stand. It continued
south to a point 5, little below the
mill and then crossed the present
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HISTGR-,EOFELSBERRY iH§STORYlOFeELSBERRY
right of way of the lxailroad into
*the R. E. "Black field Where it
spread out in numerous smaller
ehannels and was errizirely Inst. Hence
the name "Lost_G1'eek."
It was in the center of this sivampy
morass that the engineers drove the
stake marking the fomfish town site
sou't1'1 of Ciarksviiie. Waiiler from the
3:2.iver 1-egularly covered the site every
"June rise" ami in 1877 came out
:three times. Steamboats landemi am!
loaded wheat on the exact site ui
the present Elsberry Banking Gom-
pany Building, new owned by J. B.
Cannon. Men frequently rowed (wel
from Ealmouth. The engineers 1'e-
po1'ted'to fche Clsnrksville office thai
3 town at this point was out of the
question. But the tiriuinvil-ate were
adaniant, There must be no deviation
from the four :mile rule.
However, at last impressed by the
accounts of the surveyors and con-
struction foreman, the three came
down and after a. convincing insper:--
tion, freiuetantly agreed that the
swamp and the creek constituted
an insurinoimtable l:§e1°1°ie1'.
In »a body, accompanied by their
staff, the three ynen liillecl on
William Palmer whcfowned the next
afarm south of the stake, now 9. part
of the Government Nursery. He met
ti'1E1\'1 graciously. He was in high
fettle. He had already tasted blood.
He had sold farm land as town lots
for the Gross Roads buildings. He
Qenvisioned the »pos}sibi1ities of a, rail-
road town on his fa1'1'nf And he
laughed uproariouslff when they
submitted their usual propositiol-| of
ihe town site in rezturn for half the
town lots. "You ceh build the town
lhere if you Hike" heisaid. "As a met..
fter of fact it is ihe only place you
can build it. Everything north of
my land is 5. swamp. South of it is
the bluff, You've got to put your
town on my farm. But 5f01.1'wil1 pay
Far every foot of land yan 122116-
even for your depot."
Disinayed they took 53. second look
at the o1'ig'ina1 site emi iie water-
soaked stake. But finances were low.
The t1TG32iS1.i1'EY was depleted. In Ges-
peratiml they hullted up R. T. Els-
berry the owner af the land and sub~
mitted their proposal. "WTny, of
course" S-aid "Uncle Bob." "Go right
ahead."
Eafriy the next morning; men were
blasting off the ledge of the bluff
in fronig of what is now the Bank
of Lincoln Gnlmty, and ,pulling iiown
the banks to smooth the road for
vehicles up and down Broadway. A
temporary bridge was thrown across
the -creek at Broadway and Third
Street. The split rail fence running
north along' what is nuw fourth
street Wa pulled down and a couple
of shack rows of corn cut through
the corn field from the bridge-to the
Bluff Road and the corn shocks
moved back. At the cast end board
Walks eleven feet high and ten feet
wide were built ,across the creek on
both sides of Broadway over to the
"depot." A hurried trip to Troy
secured an order from the County
Count and Edwin E. Whiteside, (1832-
1399), the local road overseer, great
,`-g'1'ea,t gnandfathel' of Ranette Pea-
sfel, staffed with ox teams plowing'
a st1'aig=h4: line due east from the
Lost Creek ford- out into the prairie
towards I{ing's Lake. The original
channel was then closed with timber
and stone and the first heavy rein
washed a. si;1'aigh't channel through'
along' the line between Surveys 1706
and 1760 where it reniaiued for
many years, until diverted by the
diversion canal of the Eisberry
Drainage Diswict.
Uncle Billy Palmer rode over on
'his saddle horse and watched thei
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proceedings ineredulously and then
returned home and in his chmgin
and disappointment took to his bed
and remained there for za. week. But
fof his miscalculation there would
have been no Elsberry. The city
would have been Palmer, and Broad-
way Wouid have ex-tended West
through his farm half way between
Lost Creek and the Bluff. On what
Small fpivntg the com-se of empire
1;u1'ns!
A stampede followed. Almost over-
night every building in Nelson and
the Gross Roads was 'turn down and
moved io the new town. Buildings
were moved from Fe.1111o11th and
stores and shqpg were moved in
f:~om New Hope, Cla,1'ksvi1]e, Curry-
viiie and Louisiana. Ii; was the first
and only railroad in Lincoln or Gal-
houn counties and exciizement inount-
ed as the first trains came through,
and again when ihe local road be-
came 2. pa1"n of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy Railroad system in
December, 1880. T-he site was 1111-
piuepitious but Uncle Billy Siad let
the day of salvation pass hy.
Because Spanish surveys 1706 in
which the Elsinerry land is located
and 1760 in which the Palmer land
is situated are so closely related,
beth geographically and historically,
it is pertinent to note the back
ground of boih.
Our William Palmer here was the
son of Alexis Palmer and the g;'a.1id-
5011 of Guillermo (Wi1iian1) Palmer,
a supeianmieted French soldier in
the Napoleonic wars to whom Na-
poleon Eonaparte, in 1798 (confirm-
ed by Congress in 1804) had grantee
a league square of land, known as
Survey 1760. Guillermo Palmer never
resided on the land, which was at
the time of the grant an unbroken
wilderness. He lived and died on 40
"Penis of land which he purchased
Qiay 4, 1797 in Carondelet, a small
French village on the Mississippi
River a short distance below St.
Louis, long since incorporated as a
pant of that city, and is buried in
old Fee Fee Cemetery in St. Louis
County. His son Alexis Palmer wae
#she first to occupy the land and he
and his son, the William Palmer of
,this narrative, spent their lives here
and hobh are buried in -the family
zcemeisery enclosed in the Federal
1°ese1've"Lio11. `
William Palmer was not in high
§"av\o1' with his 11eig\hbo1~s. He and
William M. Gibson, of Falmouth,
were local agents for the Union and
cooperated with the three county
commissioners appointed to -admin-
ister what a11oun=ted im military
government of the county, While the
rest of the people of the section
were largely Southern sympathizers
and sent sons to the Confederate
army. One of the commissioners,
.]'0SQ1Jl1 Winston Sitton, born in Ten-
nessee, in 1806, owned a farm 011
the Browns Mi]1Roa.d. During the
later days of the Civil War, he
was for a time with the northern
troupe in the South. About a year
after the close of the Wan- a tall
stranger widih heavy beard got off
the steamer at Falmouth and in-
quired guardedly where he might
find a man by the name of Winston
Sitton. On .gettingi directions he sec-
ured e. horse from the livery stable
and started out to the Sitton farm.
Bill Gibson, who -had been keeping
'the Strangei- under surveillaiice since
-his arrival, put a negro boy on his
race horse and sent him through a
by-wad with an note. The boy reach-
ed the farm first and when the note
1V&S (iEii.Vf31'€!d_ Sii3'£D}1 Ilished 110 the
house, packed a carpet bag and was
not seen again for more than 3, year.
During the war a distinguish-
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ed looking man appeared one after-
noon in Faimouth and after making
a slow circuit of the business dist-
rict stopped in Bill Gibson's saloon
and ordered a drink. He then saun-
tered down the s't1'eet and entered
the store of R. T. Wigginton and
Company where he took a chair by
the stove. Bill following closely to
learn the identity of the stranger,
took a seat beside him and started
abusing old Abe Lincoln, "Lissus"
.Grant and other Union dignitaries.
The stranger remained silent. Wig-
iginton, sitting on the other side
of the stove moved around until the
stove pipe was between him and
Bill, and looking significantly at the
stranger slowly shook his head. After
a wfhile Bill despairing of getting
any information left the store and
the stranger spoke for the first
time. "I've -got .to get across the
neck of his flying horse pursued byf
a squadron of Southern cavalry,
When he reached town he wheeled
into the side road leading north and
through the fleetness of his horse
escaped. Immediately the bush-
whaclrers swarnied through the
streets pillaging and lining up all
the men .they encountered on the
sidewalks. But as they rushed into
Wigginton -and Company's store and
began to pull goods from the shelves,
there was an enplosion of author-
itative orders and the Captain in
command, the stranger who had been
_.put acnoss the river, stood there
idirecting the return of everything
that had been removed and placing
a. guard at all doors and windows
with instructions to shoot anybody
entering the premises without a
pass.
Columbus Harvey, gi, brother of F.
P
river" .he whispered. Rube Wiggigi- F. Harvey, one of the founders of
f ton, who had volunteered for Price's the Bank Of UHCGID CUHHW, Sf->1"'f'iH3'
, _ippmy and had been instrueted to in the Confde-rate Army, came home
,iii -if await orders-which never came due OU 5* fH1'10LIgl1 and was reD31`15Gd by'
H i to Prices disastrous defeat at the H11 inforlner to be at the home of
battle of Westport near Kansas i1iS f3l3h€1`» FI'5~UCiS H2=`~1`V@Y 011 BF!!-
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at any price. The ties, the long
planks ten inches Wide and two
inches thick with a hole at each
end through which stakes were drin-
eu into the logs to hold the rafts
-together, were a byproduct which
sold for almost any offer. They
were ideal for sidewalks and in Pike
County a continuous road from Lou-
isiana to l`:¥ov/ling Green was built
by laying them cross-wise on string-
ers_ Toll was charged and the road
was highly profitable until the planks
began to warp and toss one end up
*to break the legs of fast driven
horses or suddenly engage the wheels
of passing vehicles. Finally the
cost of ,patrolmen to locate and nail
down the warped ends exceeded the
revenue derived from the tolls and
the road was dism-antled and con-
sumed as fuel by neighboring far-
IREFS.
Winfield and Foley,-like Elsberry
were exempt from withering com-
petition and were on strategic rc-ads
from the River, Winfield between
'Cape au Gris and Argentville, Foley
demand, and every other commodif
in which cotton was a factor. Ji
filled the attic of the store and t-
basement. I-Ie filled the spare roo
in his dwelling and in those 4,
neighbors. _ _ '_
No other merchant foresaw V
Soon supplies at Clarksville, Loutl
iana, Troy a-nd St. Charles were l
haused. Every day the price on
@S1t. Louis market went up un.
calico which he had bought to 1j_
'tail at 5c a yard was $1 a yan*
Clay Sanders, fa great uncle
Harry Robert Sanders, was a sale]
man in the Foley store at the this
and relates that every morning wh;
the price current, a small sheet
lpaper reporting prices on the 5"
Louis market, came they We'
Ithrough and marked up the goo-
Muoh of it was yard goods and W
wrapped around a Wooden core o
the end of which it was customer
to write the price per yard with:
lead pencil. Soon the board had;
row of figures clear up one side a
down the other where the old ,pri
l HISTORY OF ELSBERRY
greenbacks. Finally after some ne- 'ling room on all occasions with
gotie-tions, Rawleigh, who also had
some foresight and wfho, though -an
extensive sl-ave holder foresaw the
inevitable exhanstioil of the South,
Sgld #che three thousand dollars in
ggld for $8,090 in greenbacli. And
when gpecie payment was later re-
sumed by the United States Govern-
ment saw his judgement vindicated.
Addison sealed the gold in fruit
jars and buried them in the dirt
floor of his stable where they 1'e-
imained for many years, so long in
tztact, that when finally dug up, one __
of them was overlooked and remain-~1
ed behind. In the course of time an
old colored hand when directed to
clean out Ithe stable and scatter the
manure on -the field at the north-
west corner of the juncture of the
_great good nature;
"Elsberry Town-Nelson Street,
\ Webb Hotel-and nothing to eat"
1 As -a matter of f-act the sentiment
was purely jocular. The service was
excellent and the hotel was popular
with its clients and customers, and
prospered until the erection of a
larger and more modern hotel nearer
later purchased by
who remodeled it
until its destruct-
location was sub-
the depot. It was
Dr. S. M. Bailey
land resided there
ion by fire. The
sequently occupied in part by the
Elsberry Fire Department.
About the same time, the railroad
put up a temporary warehouse south
ofthe depot between M-ain Street
and the railroad. As need for stor-
age of conmruction tools and mater-
Auburn and Clarksville roads, latetials passed, Henry Carroll brought
in fthe evening, broke the jar without
noticing it and tossed it up with the
manure on the top of the load.
Thereafter it was years before the
plow ceased to turn up a fiv or
ten or twenty dollar gold piece when
the field was plowed. It was said
R. R. Smither, a local grocer, down
from Paynesville -and opened a
grocery in the front end of this
structure.
The first building for business
purposes was moved down from
Nelson. The firm of Elsberry and
on '_;'§_'f"'i; ___fj"'f_f__£_'*'_f_f _h§§l_b';f_'____f"°SS;?_'3 *lg* End the "Q that it was never difficult to get vviiknsfm (R. r.E1Sbe1-1-y and James
jig _"" ' _ _ " `° "lp C 1' an ' uS_°meI's ca' hands to plow that field. C. Will;inson} had maintained a
,Ht l,,.,. Isley, great great grandfather of from two or three counties away an .
'iii H I - - . 'f The first new building erected in sneral store thsrs f0I' S@V€T5l1¥@31`S
;5¢; Jenna, and Phil Chamberlain, one of were glad to pay the war price :Eu _ . .
==r __ H _ _ _ _ _ - E1-aber;-y was thp We;-,jo :Hotel buqt and J. C. Wilkinson the postmaster
in |_l1_ -the most remarkable men or his tune, mdzspensible necessities. Money pour " 1 '_ ' ' 1 _t d _ __ f I .D .1 d..
it who owned a large tract of land ed in in such quantities that in thi by Capt' J' P' Webb at the Comer (evo Q S' ciirmvr 0 tl? Lu mg to
Elf -l-|.§~-| n 'Hb - 1 ' = . . . . of DuBois street and Third street, the Post Office- Immediately 011 the
___ ear y, inc udmg the site of the absence of banks its d1spos1t1 ____ hhat t,m__k "__ N610 St __ Opening. or the depot R T EIS_
_ _ _ t __n_ __ - bu _ _- _ B t . _u 1 Tl() ' 95 S ll FEB , D '_ S ' '
ii -E Dila wa" a merchcnst at New Hope allcaiiieE1';;1hld]aucFl<;I;n§mon L.lul;"l Just uwlh of Where the Bank of berry' anxlouf bto encourage tide
` E " 1 ° " "` 'Q _ ,= C _ E . p, . _ -- onstruction o uildings on Brea -
__ _ v and W1ll€2ll the war came on, had thei1861i sienbacks, wh1ch had hee; iulgltoh (-Elutid Few, "fungi fl? SVS 2751; jnddvgd the Stgfe and Sega.; gf
iii foresight to See that the' North Wguld steadily dumping' fell to 39° petieuou li-int B E ge fill glc tuI iugn 'foods from Nelson to the corner
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____ _ ercntiinlly blockade the South and dollar in gold. Rawlelgh Mayes, pre___I___S__ C________ ____________ f_0________ __ Third of Broadway and Fourth Street and
stop tue exportatic-n or cotton and viously mentioned as the great gran|l"_<§t1_eet in fiom fx it Thp H tl wishin°' to devote his time and cap-
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_ coo|.on_ products; He mobilised all father of Mayor Whiteside, had thr .was Opeugé Sentember 15_ 1879 for Qtal to other tuwn e,-,terpl-1595, Sold
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with such ceremonies and asked what
was usually done on such occasions.
The foreman explained that it was
nustomary to put a metal box under
-the stone with a roster of members
and a newspaper of the date and
coins of the year. The mortar had
been spread and the stone was Wait-
51-ig. l-le felt in his pocket and drew
put a silver half dollar and tossing
§i; down in the center of the mortar
Said "Lay it on that." When the
nld building had served its tx-me and
the present building took its place
the corner stone was laid with el-
aborate ritual and ceremony and in
the copper box enclosed in the new
corner stone was placed the l:'onnd~
elvg silver half dollar which was
_found beneath the old stone when the
old building was razed.
The inhabitants of the town co-
operated in the erection of the
church without regard to creed or
denomination. All faiths were re-
presented in the contributions to
the building fund, and servic€S WGYB
held in the building by ministers of
311 religious persuasion. Among those
who preached in the new church
*were Rev. Hayes 5951, Of Clarks'
ville, pastor of the Cumbeilillid
Presbyterian Church three miles
north of Elsberry, Rev. Charles A.
Mitchell, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
Chuixch' Rev, T. A. Abbott, pastor
of the New Hope Christian Ci'i`11?Ch»
and Rev. John Moorehead 0'BT`l911=
then or later presiding Eid" of the
Hannibal District of the M2t}'10diSil
Episcopal Church South, l3tGT lT'1"35id'
ing noel- of the si. Joseph District
and still later presiding Gldel' Of B59
Plattsburg District. All these min-
isters originally held 1'i'l.S&l»l.llgS 511 the
waiting room of the deP0t- Later
meetings were held in the warehouse
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south of the Mill and still later in
[the hall above the millinery esi.ah_
lishment of Mrs. Arcelia Frazier.
METHODIST
REV- O'Brien had served under Lee
in the Civil War as captain of a
North Carolina company and short-
ly after the close of the war 'had
moved to Missouri. I-le was a man
of fine presence, tall and command-
ing, with a generous shook of red
hair and was a Peter Cartwright
type of preacher. He organized the
first Methodist Church, the first
church of any persuasion in Elsberry,
November 24, 1879 and as soon as
the new -building was completed de-
dicated it as a Methodist Church.
Great discontent and criticism fol-
lowed. The Founder, who had con-
tributed more than anyone else. to
the building of the edifice was es-
pecially critical, so -much so, that
he never "darkened its doors again"
and refused to attend the inarriage
of his stepndaughter Claudine Fraz-
ier, the first marriage solemnized in
the building.
lifiinistcrs who succeeded Rev.
O'Brien, in the order of their suc-
cession, were: J. M. G'Brien, H_ D_
Groves, J. M. Ramsey, John Holland,
A. V. Bailey, M. F. Pryor, J. M.
Major, T. P. Middleton, H. I. Cobb,
J. L. Taylor, E. W. Reynolds, Clyde
W. Gow, `W. D. Neale, B. A. Mc-
Knight, J. O. Coppage, W. W. Rich-
eson, W. N. Giddens, L. C. Maggwart,
J. W. Tanquary, E .E. Bustwich,
W. H. Ellington, B. D. Sipple, G. E.
Poole, H. E. Corbin, J. E. Rudloff,
C. H. Sherman, G. E. Yoes, J. Clifton
Lee, Frank C. Tucker, Jr., Marvin
Fortell, E. D. Vfatkins, Jr., 0. O.
Diven, T. G. Mjatkin.
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BAPTIST
The Elsberry Baptist Church was
organized with 13 members, October
'tors who have served the church
have been; Charles A. Mitchell, J
D. Hacker, W. H. Stone, Dr. Wiley
J. Patrick, Dr. E. B. Dillard, W. A
Bibb. J. T. Nevins, S. L. Palmer,
Joshua Hickman, Charles King, Abe
C. Jones, W. L. Hatcher, J. T. Phil
HPS, K» E. Magruder, O. C. Coopei
L. D- Gregory, Ed D. Dawson, li.. E
Bauer, G- Elmo Purvis, C. D. O'Nei11
and D. R. Pickern
CHRISTIAN
The Elsberry Christian Church was
organized with 29 members March
27, 1837 by Rev. T. Al Abbott. Mrs.
Nelle Eastin Morris is _rthe only Sur-
VIVJHQ member of the 29. Pastors of
R C Kennedy, D P Presley, f C
Halliday, L P Knox, F B Edwards,
L. E Edwards, J Calvin Smith Nels
Vi-atson, John Guthrie a d J B
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CATHOLIC
Under the pastoiship of Reveien
Fathel George P Kuhlman, the
red Heart Catholic Church was oedic
ated June 16 1910 by Archlshop
John J Glennon, later His Enn ence
John Cardlnal Glennon of S1 Louis
Among the priests who have serve
the congregation are Father Josep
Newman who offered the first Holy
Mass in the residence of Gy Want-
land at Sterling Landli-ng in " 05-
Father Patrick F. Quigley, from
Millwood, Father George P. Kuhhnan
from Louisiana, Father Daniel J.
Gleeson, Father Thomas Gertghty,
Ep15copa1 Church was organized in
1532 by Rev Lewis Overton, the
Baptist Church in 1884 by Rev Tur
111 1889 by Rev Ed Poe, the Church
of God 111 Chrlst ln 1923 by Rev
[nent Bottom
In the early days of the town
great emphasis was ,placed on the
doctrinal differences which divided
deI101"H'1BBi10F1S A local wag ielated
that as he came down Fouith stieet
one Sunday morning the congregation
pf the Christian Church on one side
pf the street were singing Wil
There Be Any Stars In My Crown'
while -the Methodist on the other
side -of the street were singing "N o
Not One, No Not One."
"Typical of the times was the in..
quiry of the small miss on her way
mg H115 Denod several mnnsters of
the Presbyterian church, notably Rev.
Deccard Rev G Bell, Rev T Bar.
of Hleat power and scholarship, cont-
rrlbuted lnvaluably to the intellectual
as well as the splritual life of the
community
In the late 80's Rev J D Hacker
became pastor of the Baptist church
He was a brllhant man but a milit-
ant controversiallst and introduced
the custom of preaching an annual
doctrinal' sermon in which he de -
pnstrated conclusively the errors
pf all other sects, espec1ally on the
icardinal issues of communion and
baptism. He was accustomed to
adorn his discourse with piquant
illustrations as "A boy drew a pic-
ture of a cow. After looking it over
the was afraid it would not he recog-
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HISTORYOFELSBERRY HI~STCRYi0FELSBE.RRY
27, 1883 by Rem W_ A_ Bibb. PaS_ BQ,-1lls, Dr. H. Werneclile, Z Tier Donaldson, 'the A. M. E. Chard; inardi and Dr: Alonzo Pearson, ,men
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the Church have been: Thomas A.
Abbott, James A. Grimes, R A.
Martin, J- E- Dyer, J. B. Mayfield,
W. A. Bibbony, 'Dr. William
W. Ramsey, E. G. Merrill
William A. Meloan, Bowling' G.
Reavis, Guy V. Ferguson, James E.
Todd, Frank W. Leonard, Arthur A.
Hedges, Arthur S. Aiigdersonf' Fran-
eeis J. Yokley, J. Morgan Harris,
Ralph V. Callaway, I-I. Lee Jarobs,
O. Leon-ard Angel, Benn Hill Giga-
ver, Oris E. Watson, George W.
Swan, Jr., William Steagall McLean,
Robert F. Bristol, Br. Enoch P.
Gaibriel, Harold Lindsay Odor and
Oscar P. Campbell. `
PRESBYTERIAN "
The Associate Reformed Presby-
terian Church was organized August
21, 1911 with 12 members, the daugh-
ter of the Mt. Zion Church, the
oldest church of that faith west of
the Mississippi River. Pastors of
the Elsberry Church have been: R.
N. Hunter, J. H. Snell, R. L. Grier,
Father' Cornelius J. Flavin» Father
Joseph H. I-Iuels and the present
pastor, Father Aloysius F. Wilmes.
HOLINESS
The Fire Baptized Holiness Church
,of Elsberry was organized by Rev.
lWilliam A. Femmer and Rev. Laur-
ence -Schaper in August of 1930 and
'cooperated in the establishment of
the Elsberry Holiness Mission. The
congregation now has its house of
worship at the intersection of Welch
Avenue and B. Highway, where the
first service was held September 7,
1953. Their pastors have been:'lC.
C. I-Iam, Lawrence Schaper, and Ol-
iver Allen. ,
The Elsberry Free Holiness
Church was established in 1950 and
is the outgrowth of the Elsbcrry
Holiness Mission. Mrs. Ray Mills is
pastor.
Both churches have contributed
actively to the spiritual growth and
progress of the community.
3 In South Elsberry the Metholist
home from Sunday services when she
asked: "Mother, Why did the minister
talk so much about John t-he Baptist
without saying anything about Jesus
the Presbyterian?"
The second church building in the
town, the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, was moved from the inter-
section of the Thompson Crossing
road running west, _with the Bluff
Road running north. The church had.
stood for many years bcfore the
establishment of Elsberry directly
north of the intersection just across
the road from the old toll gate of
the gravel road and in recent years
had declined fin membership. The
Baptists offered to move the church
to Elsberry if the Presbyterians
would grant them a half interest in
the building. The offer was accepted
and the church was located on the
corner lot at Sixth -and DuBois
streets. The arrangement proved to
be a very happy one and both con-
-gregations grew and PFGBDe1`9d- DUT'
nized so he wrote under it. This is a
cow." Likewise the Founder of the
church down the street," apprehensive
lest it not he recognized, figu"at1ve~
ly Wrote under it "This is a Christ-
ian Church." The effect on sister de-
nominations can well be imagined.
Finally 'he 'callenged Rev. Wm. A.
Raton, a visiting evangelist of the
l"resby'terian clmrch with whom his.
Baptist brethern were living in bro-
therly regard and cornmity to a pub-
hc debate on the probity of the
fundamental doctrines of the two
denominations. The challenge was
urocnptly accepted.
Needless to say the debate attract-
ed great attention. The church was
crowded. No such congregations had
been seen beforef Aisles were jam-
nied, windows and doors were illled.
All over the 'church -people stood
during the. entire program. While
applause was taboo in the cliwches
,of that day, interest was intense and
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feeling ran at fever heat.
Rev. Hacker opened the debate by
i1nTl0l111C5"3' that he would ui.i.erly
discomfit the opposition. In rebuttal,
Rev. Patton quoted from the first
Look of Kings: 'Let not him thati
[putteth his armour on boast as he
that taketh it off!
The high water mark in the de-
bate was -the interpretation Q1 3,
phrase in the original Greek of the
New Testament offered by Rev. Pat-
ton. In response Rev. Hacker at the
conclusion of his speech laid a Greek
Testament on the pulpit and held up
a twenty dollar gold piece and of-
ferecl to give his opponent thc' gold
piece if he would correctly trans-
late a designated passage fiom he
Uriginal Greek. Rev. Patton who had
taken four years of college .]r_@ek
promptly translated the passage and
Rev. Hacker handed over the ironey
and the debate was over without any
'issue having been settled. Shortly
thereafter Rev. Hacker removed to
BOU1der, Colorado where he became
a noted evangelist. And all cont-_
roversial agitation having been with-
drawn on the local field, peace and'
amity settled down on,ce more over
'bhe Elsberry churches and to-day co-
ioperation among the pastors in the
local Ministerial Alliance is reflected
zin their respective congregations
which now work together in effect-
ual fellowship for the' good of he
community and the .King'dom.
EDUCATION i
As soon as the depot had been
'completed and the mushroom growth
of the town started, attention turned
to the question of a school for Els-,
berry. It was generally taken forl
granted that the nearest district
the Isaac Cannon farm on the
Browns Mill Road would be moved
into town and the name changed tn
the Elsberry School. So it was some
thing' in the nature of a surprise, if
'not a shock, to the town 'ioosterg
-when at an election called for the
ipurpcse the proposition was defeat
`-ed by a decisive vote of the school
patrons.
Under the assumption that the
matter had not been sufficiently can
vassed with the voters, a campaign
was organized and a second election
iheld in which the proposal Lo move
the school to Elsberry was defeated
by a still larger majority. Nothing
daunted, a third election was held
but reaction from the bitter rivalry
which had sprung up between New
Hope and Elsbcrry and persona.; jeal
ousies coupled with the fear of in
.1 creased taxes, prevailed and for the
V.
third time the vote was adverse.
Again the Founder le-11 the way.
If the school would not come to
Elsberry, then Elsberry would build
its own school. Again the Founder
donated the land and offered biick
from his own brickyard at a favor-
able figure. Stock was subscribed and
sold at $100 a share and in 1953 a
two story brick building was com-
pleted with twio rooms down stairs
ample accommodation for school pur-
S
poses, and one large unfinished room
upstairs which was available for
any worthy community purpose.
Among the activities accomodated
was the Thespian Club with a mem-
bership made up of the young boaux
of the neighborhood which from time
'to time staged plays and entertain-
`n1ents in the "school hall." Espec-
iially successful was the play "Ten
\Nights in a Barroon'1," staged with
lschool, the Cannon -Scliool, located on if
elaborate scenery and accessories in
iWhich Dr. T. V. Farmer played the
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fahher, Miss Nita Bailey, now l\»Irs.i'
H R .Sanders, was the daughter;
and Dr, Charles Powell, grandfather;
of Etta Jean, sang Old Blacs Joe,
N0 culmination in all the dramatic
hlgtory of Elsberry ever provided a
gieater thrill than when the father
threw the whiskey glass-which was
caught by a stage hand in the wings
while another rattled a box of bro-
kan glass-and Nita dashed through
the door with cranberry juice stream-
ing down her face and fell dying at
|1115 feet. The women in the crowded
audience sobbed openly and the men
cleared their throats stentoriously
and blew vociferously into red band-
sna handkerchiefs. '
The school opened in the fall of
1883 as an academy, for a ten months
-teim, at a tuition fee of $2 per
ancnth per pupil. Prof W- J. Seaman
1848-1924) who in 1882 married Miss.
Frances Melinda Vance (1858-1935)
was principal. Both Prof Siauian
and Mrs. Seaman were graduates of
LaGrange College and later of the
Kirksville School of Os-teopathy. Miss
Callie Towles, of Louisiana, and Miss
Nonie Elgin, of Clarksville, were
assistants.
The occasion of the year was
'fthe closing' day with exercises in
which Miss Callie reclining on a
divan on the stage, directed a May
pole dance about a red and white
rihboned pole in the -community hall,
indicating the reversals by snapping
her fingers. To the fond_ mothers
and other patrons of the 5131001
who filled the hall to capacity it
was an inspiring scene of cultured
elegance.
As there was no indication of a
change of heart on the part of the
voters in the neighboring district,
then a new song, beimfeen curtains"
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HISTORY OF ELSBERRY
the school was continued the iollow-
ing torm_ with Prof. E. F. Nichols
(1864) as .principal and Miss Sophia
Seaton (1852) in charge oi' the
lower grades. They were marred in
1887 and moved with her br.i1.l1er-
in-law, J. H. Voorhees (1859) to
Pueblo, Colorado where he was event-
ually elected to the bench oi' the illth
Judicial District of Colorado.
It now became evident that sub-
scription school was unpopular and
a burden on the average citizen with
a large family. Accordingly negot-
iations were entered into with John
M. Gibson, the leader of the re-
vcalcitrants, with ra view to arrang*
ing a compromise. Various induce-
ments were offered but John Gum
was uncompromising. The only terms
to which he would agree were for
the stockholders of the Elsberry
school to turn over their new brick
building to the school district wvhout
compensation or limitation oi any
kind. And on those terms, exeinpi-ing
the tax payers of the district from
any of the costs of the new build-
ing, the voters finally -consented and
the Cannon School became the Els-
berry School. However, all the con-
sequences were not necessarily ad-
vantageous. The school term was re-
duced from ten months to six mollf-115
and local teachers sometimes barely
familiar with the three R's took the
place of college trained teachers :from
outside. The hiatus in the school
term was made up by Miss C'audia.
J. Triplett and Miss Lorena Ellis
i(1866-1928) who supplemented the
winter term with a two months sum-
mer term at the rate of $2 per
month per pupil. ~
i 'Up to this time there was no
high school of any class in the
;county. Through the years excellent
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HISTORY OF ELSBERRY * -H-ISTORYGFELSBERRY
secondary schools have bf-293 d€V0]Gl?-
'lon a site purchased from the Amo;-_
ed and beginning' July I, 1947 the S2 "ican Legion.
school districts of the county were
gradually consolidated into the four
prcsent districts. By li'ehruary 6,
195-1 four high schools, approved by
the State University and the Ste-tc
Department of Education, including
the Elsherry High School, were psy.
manently established. `
Eventually the soft brick, of home-
manufacture, in the school budding
burned with cord wood for fuel, he-
gan to crumble and at the tum of,
one century bonds were voted to re-
,place it vdth the present grade school
'on the original site. Still later the
school district having cancelled its
obligations, a second issue was iloat-
ed and the first section of the pres-
ent High School Buildinglv was con-
structed. In 1940 on application to
the WPA an addition incl-_:ding a
gflilllnasium and auditorium was ad-
ded at an approximate cost of $50,000
-of which the school district paid
a little over $6,000 and= the Federal
Government supplied the remainder.
On August 8, 1950 a further bond
issue of $45,000 was voted for the
purpose of building' ancigcquipping
a vocational education department
of domestic science and manual train-
ang.
By 1953 .an unprecedented increase
in the school population ol' the dis-
ii1`iCt» and the approaching integra-
tion of the colored student body,
rendered additional class roons ,im-
perative and the largest bond lSSl]E'
lever voted by the Elsberry patrons,
in the sum of $150,000. was ap-
proved which, supplemented by a
State grant of $50,000¢ provided
$200,000 for the construction of an,
additional primary school building
to be located on the_Wigg'inton l-Iill,|
With this acldition Elsberry new
has one of the most modern and
,most complete school plants to hi,
found in a town of its size anyu-liere
in the l'vf€sci`ssi.ppi Valley.
H Among' those who have served as
supci-intendent of schools since the
found'ng of the city have teen.
M _lviliiam J. Feaingn
Edward F. Nichols
'William A. Dudley
Robert Sanderson
Wim. F. Schofield -
James W. Graves '
Briton P. Taylor
'l John A. DeTienne '
Asa G. Steele
Williani J. Rowley
S. P. Bradley
O. A. l.Vilson
i Theodore A. Hellman
J. B. Rodgers '
A. C. Floyd
w W. H. LeFever
Frank Hales
Francis B. McCluer
Hermaf ri. Furdin
Two men in particular lfl the
.educational -history of the city are
entitled to special note, Howard G.
Colwcll and Briton P. Taylor. It is
2 all the more remarkable that they
were contemporaries.
In the summer of 1897 a local
minister who had recently accepted
the pastorate of an Elsherry Lhurch
deci-ded to open an academy to ar-
liculate with the senior year of the
ElSb€1`1'l' High School. He advertised
proposed academic and musical cours-
es in the Elsberry Democrat, issued
a printed prospectus and negotiated
with a teacher's 'agency for 3 pl-in..
cipal and a. teacher of piano and
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1-li. O. Moore ,
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voice. The first week in September
Howard G. Colwell, who had grad-
uated from William Jewell Co}lege`
thg previous .Tune and Miss B== T116
Tlgy fum becommg Wald ard hlld
ms In Septembem of 1882 he bulght
Wards 1nte1est beconung Ii? hole
piopmetou' of the Troy F199 P1955
The tlansactlon was PTODHUV an
unfortunate one so far as ET b¢r1y
was con<:e1ned Powell was 21 T 1110
youu Iawyel and vxhlle Lim. vias a
talented echtor he would PP1haPS
have done better to have CDIIVPD1. at
ed on his law 1)1'E3.CL»1CE and .E1.=..=e11y
would have retamed Henry LJIIIHQIS,
one of the most dynamm pe1sona11t1es
ci' his t1me
James Watson Powell (1355 924)
1011 ol Watson Thomas PGWEI1 and
Saaaah Washington Z1m1'r1€1l'"h9-U Hem
nel of the fum of Wamm, lwfy
nd Powell untul Apul of 1260 when
Te moved flom 'I'10Y ff' EIS" W,
"as acbmtted to the bal 'n Ocwher
UTIIBY he lesum d hls legal practice
nd Jn 1902 was elected Pwbate
Judge -and served fm elgnl' yeals
Ha 16f»lI]i'I'1Ed to Elsbewy sn 1910
ut was neve1 3211.111 &SSOC1d.*('d mth
news _gapel work
In Feburaly of 1384 Powell sold
the Advance to W11111111 F heed
olmerly of Paynesvslla 1e1a ea by
r1a1'11ag'e to Mrs Hugh A Steen-en
qon In May, 1835 Reed sold o J
Vt Powell and Robelt T Rvbmson
In July of 1337 Rob nson bold hls
half ]I1t€1E 1. to Rachfud H WOH1H1&C1£
Jo1 the year 1888 the papal was
pubhshed by Powell and \Vumack
In the measltuue Hmley M Co mek
1'ad moved the Lmcoln C0113-W
News from Troy to Elsber _,r and
limo enteupusxng young m F Chalies
had started publishing the Els
ly Gazette
011 tue elactmn of J 'W rnwell
s Plosemtzng Attorney, he soul the
Advance to Couuck and lt wat mer
gud w1th the Lincoln County \'r=~ws
In hls valedxctoxy of Hebfua 5 '7
1899, the last issue of the Elsicrly
Advane , Powell wntes 'I nav been
connected wlth the pap:-:1 £01 'Grout
15 years Afte1 the f11'st of N'fu'ch
I W111 move to T1-oy" And L1 Els
berry Advance had ceased to emst
T1mes were hard A deplesslon mas
\cn And buslness does no* oem to
have plospered wlth the N W and
a few :months later Corn1e' ahud
oned the fu-:ld to the G 2e|.i.e and
wved hs phnt to Hardm lumens
whele In a destructive fue the PLL.
1879 mar ed Anna. Ehza W'.11 eslde des of the Elsberry Advamze were
111 1881, ed1to1 of the Elsberly Ad
destloyed In fact as late as 1906
vance from Devembel of 1881 no 1894\1i= WS-S 3Hf1U11T1C€d that all [nes 'lf
when he was elected Prosecutlnf, At
tmney of Lmcoln County Aite
==e;v1nf>' 4 years as prosecuinnf' at
511 papels ever published In Els
berry had been destroyed
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HIQTGRYOFFLSHFRPY HISTORY OF ELSBERRY
er bought the remaznmg papa the
Jflsberry Gazetfe and hall SU li
ame to the Llsberly Democrwl lm
ner Whléh name lt has b 611 P151 Sh
ed ever S1351 In 1909 WRILBI S0161
ng paper to the ]'~Iayhal1 blwner
and accompanl d by hs frxend am
Iuant fmeman, G01dOH Cfa lk, mm, ed
fo 'VeIsh, Luulslana. wha they pub
Ilsbed the Rica Beit JQ111'-131 in 935
Iavmv sold the Journal, tue, e
+urned to Elsbeuy and W;1l1._e1 Lg 11
became owne of the Flsoeu _y Ll mg
C 3* sellzn a hall 1l1t€.1QSt on Da
'-"mb€=1 1 of that year to Clan I
'923 Goruon Crank became t'*< 015
owner and unuer h1S managen ent
the Democrat enteled on 3 ,amd
mnsulpassed edltormlly -md
peo
E_;.ap§1_1caT1y bx any 511111211 per gc* m
S lsto Y of the EISIUQIIY pr gg
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1945 the famlly contlfue the m_b
heat on of the papel HHQBI the qtand
.Ends and ff1&dt1D1'1S set by lim 111
}lS long and br-11I1:1nt carenf
Echtors who have sawed uncle; the
E tate hm been Hulley Cumk
Tenn M Se-H R H Jac-£5011 R Fer
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One of the 1nsere<;t1ng féatu es of
the fust BLfIt1O]1 of the Afhance 15
the column of announcement ui on
gas amd othe1 flatemal o1g'1n z 1 0 IS
bono' befme Hfwe bulldmg of "le C
n and Q ra1]-road A F & A 'W
and I 0 0 F lodge had een
charteled at Aubtnn Ne Hope
Burr Uak and New S-dem As the
nouns of E] berly, Foley 'ad 'v_,1
:fold developed along th va 10 d
and the or1g1n'11 sltes of the Iouges
became ghost towns, the lodges were
moved to the n=.w towns but renamed
the o1*1g1na.I naman as w111,f,@n In
'111 1' chartels The Masonu; Iudge at
E-f5b@1"1Y stlll hams the name of
New H0199 L0dg'e N0 199 "he lodge
at wgley IS st1]1 the Bum Oak Lodge
and the 10dEe at Wmfleld 1 thg
wew Salem Lodge
A T' Ez A M
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nd fsccsptgd Masons No 193 was
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has had 1 dl tmg-ul led llletmj, an
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nay '30 deglee G1 tl dfatn of pub
11E&_1»lUI1 of the fnst issue 0 the
Elande1s Joseph R Palma,
'i`ra11, Jos I; Palmer (fatllbi
Palmer) W _T Palmer,
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The Elsheuy I 0 O F, tm" md
emndent 01der of Odd Feunws,
Deadwood Lodve Nu 382 was 1I1St1
futed at New Hope February 28
1878 and was moved f10I¥1 New 1l0_pe
10 Elsberry un May of 1899 At the
Lme of the fnbt publlcatmn J* the
Advance, Dee F Foley, 2. 1B_K}11BW
of Addison Foley, of New dope,
was Noble Grand and W J lJap)
Gannon was Secretary or the _.mage
it is related that when lt wab pro
IG ed to buy an organ for *hp use
of the Lodge the Secretmy, who
festwe occasmns by piapn 1; e
kamo cloqed tue debate ny asking
=e'z'1tentG=_1]y "Ii we had 9" uigan
whod p1-ck 1t'?" The Cannon I`a11111y
ras Deen assouated W L11 Dew ir ood
Lodge from 1ts emhest. h1St01_y' and
Otto B Cannon, greek grandfatnbi of
Chsnla and Blenda Howald, pronun
_nt fo many feals at ses=;o11s of
Lhe Grand Lodae of the State, - wed
ds, Gonductol in the exelnpllfu, 1*1on
of the lltual 1n pract cally ewely
J 11s.dct1on In Noxthe stem R113
neu 1
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\ Dud1e§, A H KC1Gh€V&I, V' J'
]\¢-ash, I N Cannon, Otto E C__n on
H B Metts, Wrlham A Dudley,
Ieuy J Cannon, D E Dove , W P
Morton, .T R Cannon, H I-I iksh
laugh W W Omohundro, Mont
I Elsberry, Wllliam A Ulefif, W D
Bradley, John Brother, Challes W
11115, James Metts, Clarence W
"F'er1'y, Albert J Cannon, J R Ial
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1-1IST0l:lY_0FELSBERRY HISTORY CF ELSE
ster, I-Ienly Hu
Moiris, Ed M"All-
phrey, Dr. Io'est
'V Keelmg, Goidon Crank, S. Price
Fresnel, Jesse B
D1 W' N Lowley
good, William B
Ellis, R C. llinon
, Georg G. Leven-
Ellis, L. W. Cr-ink,
C L. Bushman
W
Charles S Fuckstep, J. T. De.aney,
R ilkinson,
t
'Thomas C S1111
W R Cannon, J
. a
Iles W Millei, M.
, John is We
h .
ll TR' l
-ies . ice, .mr-
Burley, Charles C
Broun, B. D Hardesty J. V. "ll:'1i1SB-
s`d-c Dr. J. M. Beard J H. Newnlall
_Cecil W' Cannon
Ellner L Mayes,
'H. Fein, Frank
'R. Whiteside, Roy
'ry T. Palmer,
{
mer, Edward S
? » in
H
Nilfold L Cram
lerry, D. H. I
, F H. Brink-. an
Lewis Tres:o\.l.,.C.
Bovvton D11 . Edwin
M. Burcnett, Har-
erman L. Paidin
er, Wiley P. nons-
anoy, L E Mc-
Bride, Clifton Miller, Ernest 1»o".»vLo'1
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Cecil Pines, Ch'arles~ Machir, frank-
lin Miller, Virgil Weelis, William
Reid, Reginald "Watts, Charles Poole,
Walter McClelland,
Eugene Duncan,
George Swan, Ivan H-arnrnond, Way-
Harolcl Ligon,
Russel] Gladney,
ne Werges, Stan
lves Hugo Bra
, n
son, Sidney Wipk
ley Presley, Harold
ham, Charles John-
e, James 5H. Calla-
way, Joseph Lilley, Alfred; Farmer,
Harvey Hatfield-,
Is orman Blakey,
Floyd Tu; nbull,
Eugene Panner,
Hurley R. Crank, Robert Zuamvasi..
It would be im
the far-reaching
Fellowship and F
lccrry and its peo
Through the cl
their rituals, the
free government
truths and high
inculcate. From
nities have come
been leaders in
enterprise in the
possible to estimate
iidluen-me of
Odd
ple and its History,
assic language of
love of liberty and
and the prof 01.1115
ideals vvhich
they
these tvio frater-
the m-er( who
every Worthy
iii story of the
have
city.
0 E. S
Elsberiy Chapter 39 of th Eéwfefll
qtai Lodge was organized January
°o 1902 and received its charter
under date of October 31 of the same
year. 'Through its chairs have pas-
sed many of the representative
women of the city and the a@f=2~H1@ 9- `f110d@T11 Qitli UVE1' Right; jig? afggad' 3' Slellder. md gf Oak
avr since her marriage and wished der? _ovelnnilun O 'is at is me The tom] C955 am0'-mtefi ti] $14U»m0§ fjgut get long 'mth Cmmted tip' A"
to die there' and could not find it in tgonseryetéen nugseriestlngllsjigiéeny ei which the City prevideé $361963 new app?-Qechefl DuBois Street he
her heart to sell it. He thanked _hE'f1`lB . S' .mvu ng. ne a {) ry' indvtht' Fedelial government $1O3=137l Haw' Instantly "nthout
eeurteeusly end Tetumed to St* M1SS0l1I1-_For this purpose $63 ,000 TD_1'EP1`G(il}.CB the system at this time fnange of Fam* t11e_ 0333 S-"'l1H.€€ 110
_ was provided by executive order, of .4 . e t .- f 1 b __ f d 1 t. ehe left d_m,vu }3uB<,1e At the hw...
Louis and a few months later bought ,_ h $70 000 allotted t the ~<»_ P19»@@11 PUCGS 0 H 91 H11 Ui? Q wet. _ "' - ' ""=`
the land on which he developed his Wim ' _ was 0 erials would cost more than 'mince f"'1°n "nth FOUTH1 S"51'€Et¢ "G'2ii"
great estate near Pasadena Cale iElsberry_ statlon. Arthur Slayens the amount Spent at the time _ _ and the two swung automati-cally'to
, was assigned $0 the Smtloil' Land i ° 'One of Eisbci-ry's most attractive the "gilt Without fUTl3l`l91' word or
forma. . J was acqmred and constructlfgl was assets is the Forrest Keeling Nuré 3`e5tl-We f1`01U H16 master. '
In 1924 a group was organized to started and the plant was' 1n fpll Sew, eetebliehed in 1938, eperetang But with all its changes he wool-fl
bring' a factory to Elsberry for the operation by 1936. Of the nine Orig' 'an extensive plant embreeing Seve not b so much out of step with the
employment of surplus labor. Twenty inal' stations only three remain, one eral h,md1_ed Heres end meinteiniue. times were he l1e1.e today He had
thousand dollars was contributed and' of which is the Elsberry station. 3 large feree _ef prefeeeienel end' the capacity gf adaptaticnv And he
a building was erected and leased of which is-- -a,wsoa mw mwm teehnieel empleyeee Under the dh, nad the supreme gift of clmmmn
rto a St. Louis shoe company and -'fha nursery has this year dis- , eetien of Hugh Seca-\,enSenJ bhe Ii1.ee_ sense. ' _
opened January 15, 1925. The peg \»=.,vibu.bed approximately 20,000 pounds fdgnt, of the Corporation, it l1;15_deg_ Net that he was especially giftee
ject was not a success and in a shdrtinf glass and legume seed te more Vglgped 3 "ride mai] gpdgr buginesg ge was in every Sense a very e,,d_
tiene operations were discontinuedfthan 300 soil conservation districts supplementing its local sales offices. inary man. And he was intensely hu-
and the building was turned back to lin Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Min- One of their specialties is the famous 111511, But; Smmel- or later, he was ee_
the promoters. Eventually it wasenesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Multiflora Rose developed for liedge gag-ed "gn pmetieeuy every class of
50 i s ` 51
HISTGRY 0
business activity of his time and
lmfallty except the saloon business.
Usually motivated by his desire to
CQUPETSNSB in any enterprise which
promised to contribute to the growth
of the community, he was at times
a participant for other reasons. He
was a man of strong likes and dis-
lilies and did not hesitate to take
drastic measures when .hs thuoght
the situation warranted them. Among
those uiifortunate enough to incur
his Hntilla-lilly Was Clement L. Gen-
nie who with his mother lived near
Falmouth and when the railroad
came through, moved to the new
town. Both were charter members
of -the Elsberry Baptist Church when
it was organized in 1883. Gennie was
an active, energetic rn-an, interested
in -many enterprises and» was the first
to cut ice from King's Lake and
store it underground in sawdust on
a commercial scale. Before the in-
vention of the ice machine and mod-
ern refrigerators, practically every
household 'had an "ice box" and
conrmercial ice was in practically 11-
iversal demand in both business and
private houses. Gennie made it é
paying enterprise. But iinmediately
"Uncle Bob" bees.-me a ccnipetitor
and with the capital at his connnand
'undersold Gennic and forced him
out of -business; Gennie then qpened
a butcher shop and prospered tem--
porarily until Uncle Bob opened e
shop-in competition and 'again forced
im into bankruptcy. In Gennie's
.est effort to stay in business he
opened a brick-yard on the southwest
corner of DuBois -and Sixth street.
The clay was dug across the street
from the yard and vast quantities
of cord wood were consumed in the
process. No sooner had Gennie
started his brick yard than Uncle
F ELSBERRY
Bob started a yard on the alley
next to DuBois between Fifth and
Fourth streets and for many years
a large pond adjacent to the present
illlethodist parsonage marked the
lexcavation where the clay was dug.
Here was burned the brick that went
into the church and school on Fourth
street and into -most of the chim-
;neys of the new houses in the
irinity.
vi-
Q Unable to sell his brick in
Q competition witn Uncle B ob's low
prices, Gennie used them to build
ithe first brick house erected in Els-
lberry on the site now occupied by the
.Christian parsonage. But his m-other
'having di-ed in the meantime he fin-
ia-lly gave up the unequal struggle
land moved to Texas destitute, leav-
ling behind bills 'he was unable to
lmeet. Two or three years afterward
lhis creditors hegain to receive let-
ters from him enclosing payments
lon -his obligations and when all his
ldebts had been liquidated he re-
`turned to Elsberry on a visit as a
Holiness minister. He brought with
him the first complete Bible concor-
dance ever seen in Elsberry, 3 Vol-
ume ahout the size of an unabridged
oictionary, which he carried about
with him when he visited old ac
cuaintances, finding for them their
favorite scriptural references and
\ making it an occasion to discuss with
mem their spiritual welfare. Hav-
ing completed his visit he returned
ite Texas; and was never heard from
iagain.
Uncle Bob was himself a man of
indeiatigslble industry. Even in his
'later years when he was -among the
vfealthier men of the community and
lived in the most |pretentious homo
in Elsberry, he engaged in daily man-
ual labor. In his 74th year, hauling
HISTORY 0
F.ELSBE,RRY
.rock for the foundation of one of his,
' ENVOI
buildings on -a drowsy afternoon, he :\ E1SlJ91`1'Y 'Will HGVGT be 8 big town
feil asleep -holding the lines and l with slums and police control and
when the wagon jolted over an oh- all the problems that beset great
struction in the road was thrown centers of population. We should be
under the wheels. Aunt Cell was one
of -the first to reach him and held
him in her arms. But he had passed
on to a Greater City than his beloved
Elsberry.
The calendar read October 14,
1891.
In the most largely attended ob-
sequies in the history of the county,
with such pomp and ceremony as the
times afforded, he was laid to rest
in the family cemetery on his term
at the outskirts of Elsberry.
Founder of town and church and
school, a man of exemplary life, an
example to the youth of his day in
industry and sobriety, he builded
better than he knew.
4
thankful for that. But it will always
be one of the delightful residence
towns of the state, where we know
GUI' neighbors and our neighbors
know us and where daily association
develops a feilowship and a com-
mnnity of interest to be achieved
in no other way. We live in a rapid-
ly changing world. Miracles are just
ahead, And in that expanding future
Elsberry and Elsberry people have
their special gpart and place.
In closing, some who have read
'-this narrative have thought that
perhaps- -I have told too much.
Ah, my friends, you should hear
'what I have not told!
Finis
52 53
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Rosa
Academ
Add tions
Advance ..............
A EL P. Club ............
Abbott, Rev. T. A. __
41. B. C. Club
° M
A. F. & A. _ Lodge
Alderson. M. H. ........ _
Alexander, Lillie .....
Allen, Rev. Oliver ......
Alloway, Dr. Clinton L. _ _ _
Allovway, Miss Lena
Alloway, Mary Redd
All-oway, M. S. .... ._
Alvis, Mattie Rose .......
mer`can Le ion
A 1 g' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
American Legion Auxiliary _ _ _ _
Anderson, -Rev. Arthur S
Angel, Rev. 0. Leonard
Ashbaugh, Henry H. ._
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Bailey, Rev. A. V. _ __
Bailey Nita, ..........
Bailey: Dr. Samuel M.
Ball, David A. .......... _
Balmer, Dr. Perry ....
Bank of Lincoln County ._ _
Baptist Chu-rch ._ ..._ __
Bartee, Mrs. Maurice _ _
Baskertt, James O. __
Baskett, L. T. _ ..... ._
Bfaskett, Miss Mildred __ _
Baskett, Will H. ..... _
Bauer,
Beard,
Rev. E. E.
Dr. J. M. ....
Bell, Rev. Hayes ._ .... ._
Bell Telephone Company
HE1'gTE!1' Addition .......
Berkley, Frances 33. _ __
Bernard, Rev. Taylor __
Bibb,
Jessie
Bibb, Joseph W. _
Bibb, Now.; ....._
Bibib, Rev. Weblb A. _ _ _
Bl-ack Addition ..._
Black I-Dawk Wal' _
Black, Jessie __...
Black, John ..._. _ _
Black, R. A. _ _.._.__ ._
Black Rfolbert Elliott _ __
Sudie J. _-.-- -
Bla-ck:
Blakley, Norman __ _
Bluff Road ......__._..
Boone, Daniel .._... _ _
Dnnne Tobacco Company _ __
Page
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7,`1b,`16f`1é.'61_"2_
4_=-ag; 1';.}»1'?f_ 451' 4; ' ,;- _`fi
Booth Bud _ _ _ _
Booth R. T _..__.__.
Bottom Rev Grant
Bowers
Bowton
B owton
Bradley
Bradley
Bradley
Bradley
Bradley
B1 anch
_David Tholnas _ _ _
Ernest
Frank ._.._._
J. _ _ _ _
Nellie _ _ _
Robert _
W D. _ _ _
Bianhani Hugo __ _
Brinkman F. H. .._._.. __
Bfnlmnan I5re11e»PoTl'1_rd
Briscoe Mrs. -Marlow _ _
rooksher Addition
rooksher-Cox Tract __ _
Brooksher Forrest _
Brookslhel Mrs Forre t
Brooksher-Welch Tram; ._
'other A. A. ......._ _
Brother Cynthia .....
Broth,1 Elm-er E.
B_rother John ____
Brown Addition .._. _
Brown Chas. C. _ ._
Browns Mill Road _........._...
Bristol Rev. LRo_bert F. ...__..._ __
Bryants Creek Bantist (lhurclc ._
Buchanan Colleg _ _ __ ._ _
Buclianan Julia Ann _.._
Burchett R0yM
Burley Manford _ ..... _
Bwfuan Telephone Company _ _
Busch August ..._ ._
Bushman C. L. _
Busftwich Rev. E. E. __
Can-ady
Cannon
Gannon,
Cannon,
Cannon_
Gannon,
Cannon,
Cannon
Cannon
Cannon,
Gannon,
Gannon,
Gannon,
Can non,
Cannon,
Cannon,
Cannon,
Cannon,
fCsnn on,
Cannon,
Mrs. Robert _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Addition ...._ ._
Albert J ._
Andy ...__ _ _
Bluford 5. _ _ _ _
Branch ..__ __ .
Cecil W. _ _ _ _ _ _
Heights Addition _
_ N. _ .___
Isaac ___..__._.._
James _ _
_ B. _.._ _
J. R. ..__ _
.Leticia Jane .___
Lydia _ ` _ _ _ _
Margaret Trescott _
Mary Ennna _ __._._ _
Nanlcv Ann Elsberry _
O in _ _ .... _ _ _ _
Oneida Co-c=hra_'1 _ _ _ _ _ __
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INDEX il INDEX
A 1
1 n .46 '
63. 34 ' ' - - 2
47 ' ' 35
67, 38 Q 17
28 _ L ii
7, » 1 4- I 45 J C , _
47 . 46
42 » J- 41
1 S 33
42 - _ _ 43
46 ' _ _ 47
38 ' _ _ 44
_ . _ 44
24 1 _ __ 44, 45
44 _ . 47
44, 46 6 ' 28
43 B 28
44 . 43
46 '_ _ 6 _ _ _ _ 47
46 ' - 28
_ 34 B1 _ 3, _ _ 2, 24, 27
34 '_ 44, 45
16, 43 ea _ _ 14, 27
34 _ _ . _ _ _ 43
1 » - 22
B ' ` ` ' _ _ _ _ _ .26, 36
33 , _.__...... ..__.._.... _ 34
37 1 _ _ 32
21. 24 _ e ._ . 39
- 43 , _ 17
_ _ _ 24 , , 9 44, 46
. _ _ 21. 31 , 9, 15, 44
, , 35, 52 49
_ 47 , 49
_ 42 1 - , 15, 44
43 , 33
,_ 44 |
43
34 1 C
2 , 44 46
33 66 ' gi;
- 49 _ 43
' it _ 4"
5 ' I , 3 4
35 28
- 24 31 44
_ _ 9 ' 28
-- 24 , I 26, 24, 43
24. 34 36 45
23 28
_ - ~ - 4 J 10 12
_ -- -- - 46 21 27 43
_ _ . _ _ 18, 43 _ 24
_ .5 _ _ 18 28
4 43 44 46 47
9' 13 14
44 17
4 3 3 1 1 28
40 44 46
54 55
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Cannon, Otto B. __
Cannon_ Pauline _ __
Gannon, Perry ....
Cannon, Perry J. ._ _
Cannon, Samuel
Cannon School ......
Gannon, Mrs. Waldo ._
Cannon, W. .T _ ..... _
Cannon, W. R. ...._., _
Callaway, Anita Strug
Call-away, Dr. Gilbert H. _ _
Callaway, James I-I. ...,... _
Callaway, Rev. Ralph V. _
Campbell, Dr. Oscar P. _ ._
`Ca1'1'0ll, Henry S. .... _
Carroll, Lucy -C. _ _ _ _
Carter, John D. ._ .... _
Calbholic Chureh ._._,_ ,_
Cheu'rMber1'ain, Aldulia _ _ _
Clhamberlain, Donna, _ _ _ _ _
Chan1be-r1aain_ Dr._ P. C. _ _
-Chamberlain, Phil ......
Chamberlain, Mrs. Tom _ _
Childers, Henrv F. _ _ _ _
Chouteau, Peter ......
Chouteau, Pierre ...... _
Christian Church _ _ _ _ _ _ _
'Church of God in Christ __
Clark, Champ ....__...._
Clark, Frances .........
Clerk, Mrs. Joe _ _
Clark, Governor Willie-m __
Clarke, Mrs. Jonathan _ _
Clerksxille _ _ _ ,.._ _ _ _ _
Cleaver, iRev. Benn Hill
Clifford, B. P. ........ .
Clifford, _Lucy ._._._..
Cobb, Rev. H. I. _.._.. _
Cobb, Susie Bradley ....
'Coeliri-111, Katie Hemphill
Colbert, Mrs. Delrnas .___
_Columbia Q1.1»ar1ry Company
'C0lWell, Prof. Howard G.
Cooney, _Miclhael _ ._..._ _
Cooper, Rev. 0. C.
Coppoge, Rev. J. -C. __
Corbin, -Rev. H. E.
Corniek, -Hurley M. _ ._
COX, E. Palmer ._.__
Cox, Fred ._.._.
Cox, John D. __... _
Cox, Thompson ._....
Cramer, Wilford L_ _ _
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_Csr3_ne, .]' _ F. _..._. _
Crank, Gordon ..__._
Crank, Hurley R.
Crank, Kathryn _ _
Crank, L. W. .... _
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._ 36, 37
43
44
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44
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6, 13,21, 23,40
18
34
47
20
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20
47
39
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35
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47
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44
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43
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43
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44
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...... ....._ _ _ 47
44
56
Crank; MTS. L. W. . .
Crank, Otto ' T. _ _
Crank, Richard _ _
Cross Roads ...._. _ __ ._
Cross Roads Town
Crystal C b be " '
_cu1bef¢S@.l"f"i~_ ._il"°_ imii'i'f _.._ '-
Cumberland Presbyterian Cs';_nch
Clmvmlngs Fa-rm ...__. ._ _
Cunningham, H. K. ._..__ _
Curryville ..____....
D9~mé1°0U, John D. ...__.. _
Damon. nr. E. 0. _' .___.._.. _
Damrev. Mrs. 'E. 0. ......_ ._
D3'ml'°Il. Fannie Mulherin ..
D5=m1'011» Dr. James N. .__._ _
D9-11561. Ella Lee _.._ ` .____.
Davidson, I. C. .__... . `
Davis, Mrs. Ebrest __._.
Davis_ Hazel Coffrmm _,,,
Dawson, Rev; Ew D.
Dawson, F; L.
Dawson, _James L_
Dawson, Molly Thomas
Deccard, Rev. _____._._ _
Delassus, Governor ._.__
Democrat, Newspaper' ._
Dempsey, Rosie __.___
Dentists ___.._.___.
DeTienne, Jofhn A, ,_
Devaney, J. T. _ ._ _
Dever, D. E.
Diggs, Dr, F. V.
Diggs, Thomas J. _,
Dillard, Dr. E. B.
Diven, Rev. O. O. _._
Dixon, Mrs. M. O. ___..
Dixon, R. C. _._.. f ._..... _
D. N. C. Club ..__._.__.._ _
Donaldson, Rev. Turner _._
Dowell, John William ..._
Downing, A. F. ......_ _
Drainage District __
Dudley, Jessie ._.. .
Dudley, William A.
Dudley, Rev. W. D.
Dun-can, R. Eugene
Duncan, Sarah _.___
Dyer, Rev. J. E.
Ebenezer Baptist 01-n_n'c.h _ _ _ _ _
Eastin, Columbus C. .__...
Education _ ___._...._..
Edwards, Rev. C. E. ._
Edwards, Rev. F. B.
EdWards,.T_C.
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Ellington, Rey.. _W. H.
Elliott, 'George C. ..... _
Ellis, Bessie .........
Ellis, George W.
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33
23, 27
47
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Ellis, Jesse B. .... -- 18» 27' 44
Ellis, Miss Lorena _ . _ .... 37,
Ellis, Lou ......_.. ~-~-" 4 U
Ellis, William B. __ 9, 44
Elsloerrv Academy ......... .... -~-- 1 _ 35
Elsaberry Addition ; ..... ' ............ - - - _- - 23
Elsberry Advance ........... _ _ ._ ...... - - - 17, 25
Elsberry Banking Company Buzlding _ __ ---- - 10
Elsberry, Beatrice Sanders ......... - - - 45
Elsherry, Benjamin D. _ _ _` ....... - - - 17
Elsberry, Benjamin F. _ _ ---~ _- 17
Elsberry Democrat ..._._.. ---- _ -- 29
Elsberry Drainage District ----. 10. 49
Elsberry, Elisha _F. ........... ---- _ - 17
Elsberry Expeirinient 'Station _ _ - - - 50
Elsberry Family .......... .... - - - 17
Elsberry Gazette ......... . - - 41
Elsberry, George G. _ .__ _ _ _ .... . _ . 17
Elsberry, George W. ............ ---. 1 7
Elsberry, Julia Ann Buchan-an_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18
Elsberry, Laura A. ............ .... 1 8
Elsberry, Lydia _ ........... .. 1?
Elsherry, Martha ............ _ _ 46
lElsberry_ ~Mary ............... __ 17
Elsberry, M-ary Ellen Mayes _ _ __ 32
Elsberry, Mattie Brother _ ._ .__._.. _ _ , _ _ 45
Elsberry Milling Companv .._...._ _ ......_... 40
'E-lsberry, Montrose P. .._..__._._.._._ 17, 27, 43
Elsberry, Nancy Elizabeth Hester ............_......_....._.. ' ._.. I7
Elsberry, Orion _........._ .................._.._.__._ _ ....._..... 1 S
Elsberry, -Sarah Lou ...._.,............___..._._...._. ' ............. 18
Eélsuberry, Robert Thomas 3, 8,__10, 17, 18, 21, 24, 26, 32, 51
Elsberry, Thomas S. ..._... _.... __ - .__...._.........__._..._... 17, 18
Elsberry, Virginia .._._..._....._. 5 __........_...._...... - ._____... 1 7
Elsberry, William Aziel Knapp ......_ 17, 22,
El5bB]'.'I'y, William Lewis Candus .... .._.. 1 7, 52
Elsberry, William N. _._.....__. ...... 1 T
Etter, M. E. ...._..._....._.. ,___ 2 2
Etter, Robert ...__ _ 22
Evans, James ..._.... f _ _ 17
Evans, Norman C. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43
_ F _
Factory ......... _ _ _ .fu .._.__... _ 50
Falls, i`R»ev. Nale _ _ _ _ _ ._.._._.._. `_ 34
Falmouth ._.....__....
Farmer,
Far-mer,
Federal
Alfred ..._._..
Dr. 'Dhomas V. __
Contributions
10, 16;1'7, 22
.... ..._....... _ 44
_ ....... 15, as
Femmer, Rev. William A. _ _.
Femguson, Rev. Guy V,
FGFQUSGU, Mrs. Ralph
Fei-g'uson_ Robert
FBTTY, Annie Robinson
Ferry, _Charles _ ._.,. _
Ferry, Clarence W,
FGITSH Miss Jennie-
Ferry, Joe W. ....._ _
Ferrif. John ..__..
Ferry, Leighton
Form Lydia ......_...._
Fines, Cecil ..___._._......_
FIHSS. Mrs. Pearl Smith
»-~
Fl" Baptized Holiness Church. _
Fires ._......_........_.._....
Fischer, Dorothy ......_.....
Fischer, Waldo I. ...._. ._
Fisher, Mrs. Robert .._.___ _
Flavin, Rev. Father Cornelius
Fleener, QS. Price _ _ .' ...___.. __ _
~F10Yd, A. C. ........._...__ _
'_i.` `_I
Folev _ ,____ __,_
Foley, Addison
Foley, B. F.
FUIBY, 'Edna .._.....
FUIBY, Thomas' Elmo ; _ _ _
F'01er,T. P.
Forrest Keeling Nursery
F'-lrtelli Rev. Marvin _,___
F01'f51'lP8'ht1Y Club _.____.
Founder _ _ ___,,__ _ _ _
Fraternal Organizations _ _ _
` 27,
22
Frazier," Ari;-alia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Frazier
Claudine _..__. _
Frazier; Mrs. -Columbus
Frazier
,E-D. .__..__ _
Frazier, Mrs. R. -C. __ _ _
Free H
oliness Church , _ _
Freemasonry _ ___.___..
Freer. A. E. _..__ _
Freer, Z. E. ..__ _
French pioneers _ ,_ __
_ G
Gabriel, Rev. Enoch P. ._ '*
Galloway, Carly-le ._.. _` '
Galloway, Diane _ ____
Galloway. Mrs. Earl __
Galloway, Floyd ...__.,
G2-110W&Y. Gerda Cobb
Gallvway, Lucinda .._..
Galloway, Ralph ______,,,
Galloway, M1-g_ R;3].ph :__
Ga11'9Wf1Y, Virginia Banks _
Gatewood, \L. D. ...__... _
Gennier Clement L_ .__.....__ _
Feix, Clarence H. _... _
Feix_ Ida Miller ....._. ._
Felty, Blacksmith
58
_ 51
44
43,
45
23
Gtntrr, James W. __... ~
Geraghty, Rev. Father 'llhomas
59
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Gibbony, =Rev. W. A. __
_Gibson Addition __,__
Gibson, Bill ______ ' _ _ _
GUJSOH, Mrs. John _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1Gibson_ J ohn Montgomery -
Gibson, -Jordan _ _ _ _ _ _ ; _ ,
Gibson, Nell Millard _....
Gibson, William M. _ _
Gibson, Willianl »N.» _ _ _
Gi-ddens, Rev. W. N. _ _ _ _
Gilliland, Dosh __..._..__
Gladney, Arthur Lyndon _
Gladney, Mrs. Charles __
Gladney, Clarice Gentry _
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Gladney, -Eileen Jamison _ _ _ .._.. _ _ _ _
Gladney, 'Kathryn -_ .- ..... _._.__._ - 4.7
Gladney, Margaret ..____ .1 45
Gladney, Nettie. Luckeirt ..._.. _ _ _ 45
Gladney, Russell _ ..__........_ _ .Q 44
Glennon, Cardinal John -J. _ _ __.._ _ _ _ 34
Gleeson, Rev. Fa1:'l1e1' Daniel J. ._ '34
Gleeson, Frank ..__.__ ..__._._ _ _` 18
'Glory and I~Ialleluia»h ......._ _ _ 25
Glove Factory ..._,....__, ___. 5 0
Goodannn, Tully R. __ _ 4 _ _ _ S,
Gow, Rev. -Clyde W. _ _ _ _ _ 33
Graham, Mrs. Olin _ _ _ _ _ _ 47
=G1~ahan1_ Ralph, Sr., _ _ 46
Grange ._._____._ _
Gravel Road _ ._ _ _ _
Graves, James W' _ _ _ . _ _
Gregory, Rev. R. L. _ ._
Gregory, Rev, L__ D. _ _
Grimes, Rev. J-aines W. _ _
Groves, Rev. _I-I. D. ._
_ _..__ 45
24. 49
38
31
__ 34
34
._ 33
Gray, ,Lelia Graham _ _ _ _ ___ . _ _ 45
G-ray, Mrs. William _ _ * 4 _ _ 47
Guii-n1's :Creek _.._. - - - ' 5
Gfuthrie, Rev. John _ _ _._. _ _ _ 34
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Hacker, Rev. J. D. _ _ _ _______ 34, 35
Hagezneier, F. H. _ _ _ __...__.. . - . - - B
Hales, Frank ____._._ ..__ g ____ _ _ (38
Halliday, Rev. W. C. _ _ ...._ _ _ _ _ _ _ e4
Ham, Rev. C. C. _____ '_ _ __.___. --_ 34
Hamburg 'Landing __ ._ 3
Hammacl; David -H. _ _ _ ` _._..___..._ - _ - - 5
.I~]§g4mnack, George W. ___. ___._ 1" _._.__ _ _ _ 43
Hammack, Leander (Lee) _ _ _ _.._.. -- Q
Hamnieick, Mary Amanda _ _ . . _ - - 2
I-Iamlmaolc, Otis _- ...__ _ _ ..,,, _ _ _ - _ 4s
Hammond, Ivan _..____ -_ _ { ._.. - - 41
Hardesty, B. W. _.______ - _ .' _ _ . - - g .44
I-Iiarris, Alvin -_ _.._ ._ .____ -- 19
I-Ia-rris, Charles (Buck)) _ _ _ - -- 19
Harris, Rev. J. Morgan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 54
Harpoler -Addie Boyd » _ _ _ ..___. _ , _ 45
60
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Harvey, Columbus
-Harvey, F. F. .._.___. _
-I'Iarvey, Francis _____.,,
Harvey, Mlarg'aret Elnora
Tlatcher,
'Rev._W. L. ._._,_
Hatfield Harvey _____.
Hawkins, Dr. T. R., _ _
`Haivkins
, Dr. R. T. __._ _
v..
FI-Iedges, Rev. Arthur A._ _ ._
Heinemann, Mrs. Lucille
Heinemann, Mrs. Virginia I
Hemphill, Dr. W. A. ______ _
-Hensley, Mrs. -Robert __
_J-liclcman, Rev. Josiah
High School
'I-Iiebory CIub_ ___.. I _ '
,Hii_'.i2_ M. _____... _
H-ogue, Dorcas _ _ _ _
Holiness Church _ Q _
Holland, Rev. John
Hoover,
S. R. _._.._ _
fliolrnann, ' Theodore _ _ _
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Howard, Brenda ' ______.
Howard, Charla _.__..._
_HOWa1'd, John Randolph
Howard, 'Marv' Lucy' _;. _
*I-Ioward, Sanford-'A.
iloward, T. C. __..__._ ;
Howard,
Mrs. W. 0.
Tluckstep, Charles S. __._______ _
iifuckstep, Mi-ss Georgia __ .___ __ __
Huels_ Rev. Father Josep
Hull, Dr_fR. N. _____.. __
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1Hull, Mrs. -Robert _____ _
-Humphrey, _ .Henry
iiflurnphrey, Lizzie. ..__ _
Humphrey, Mrs. Ralph
=l-Iunt, Miss Sadie ._._._
Hunter, Ada B..
Hunter, Rev. R. N. _ __
4.1 _ _
_Incorporation _._..
I1 O_O. ..._. .___
Tndian Aborigines ' _ _ _ _ _
Irvin, Dr. Charles S.
ffves, Harold _' ___.
Ives, Mrs. Harold _._____
lves_ Kathryn Graham _ __
Jackson, Robert I-I. _
Jacobs, Rev._H_ Lee
J anieson,
Ada _..__
Jameson, Ann __ ._.., _
Jameson, Ephriam
J aineson,
W. D.
Jamison ' Samuel '_ _ _ _ . _ _
Jnamison:
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Jessie Black ......... _ _ _
Jessie Black Club .........
Johnson, Augusta Corbin ,...
Johnson, Charles .........
Joliet
Louis
Jones, Rev. A. C. ._
Jones, G. .Tack .....
Jones, Mary ..... ._
Jones, Mary Miller
Kammeier, Mrs. Ray _.
Kanoy, D. H. .... _ .... _
Katie Jane Home .....
Keeling, Elizabeth .......
Keeling_ Dr. Forest V.
Keeling' -Nursery, Forrest
Kelly, Mrs. Charles ........
Kemsper, Martin ........
Kemper, Nancy- .....
Kemgpez-_ Rosafmond ....
Kennedy, Rev. R. G.
Kercheval, A. H.
Kenpash, Ruth ....... _ _
Kerr, Jennie Waters _ _
Kerr, Dr. S. H. .... _
Kessler, May .......
Kilmer, Prof. Glenn
King, Rev. Charles ....
Kissinger, James H.
Kiwanis Club ....
Knapp, Mary Ellis , __
Knapp, T. C. .... ._
INDEX
Knott, W. J. ...... ._
Knox, Rev. L. P. .... ......... _
Kopitke, Dorothy ................
Kuhlman, Rev. Father George
Lahr, Ernestine ....
Langford, Ira T. .......... _
Langford, Mrs. Joe ........
Langford, Jesse K. R. .....
P.
Langford, Winfield Whiteside' ' I I
LaRue, Lon H. ........... _
LaSalle _ ................. . _
Lee, Dr. B. J.
Lee, Rev. J. Clifton __
Lee, Dr. .Leroy M. ._ _
LeFever, W. H. _
Left:wich_ Wayne B. _ _
Legion ......
Leo, I-Ienrv ..........
Leo, Henry D, _.___ ...... _
Leonard, Rev. jFr§nk"'W;-- _ ._ _
Levengood, Mrs. Charles ._
Levengood, Edifth Evans ....
Levengood, George IC. ._ ._
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Llgon, Harold ._... "" 4 4
Ligon, Lee Francis . _ , "" _ .4
Lison, 'Ruth Tiller ._ 'Zigi' 46
Lilley, Cl€L1.IClE B. .... I H ,_ 43
Lilley, Hattie Meyer _ _ _ ' ' ' '_ 45
Lilley. Joseph _..._,._ " 44
Lincoln County News ____ ' "" 41
Lindsayg Miss Bessie .___. ` ' f ° ' f_' ' 39
LiHdS3_y, DI. C. B. .'.', , l I _ gl I 24
Lindsay, Dr. Lynnie .... ' _ ' 24
Lindsay, Vesta -Green _ _ ' 47
Lodges _ _ - _....... _ _ _ ' -' 42
Long, Columbus _ _ _- .__. __ ` ` ` f ` ` 15
Long, Dr. James S. _ _ _ _'_._ ' ` 43
Long-_ W. E. _ _____. __ __ ' 15 -43
LGI1_g'_ Mrs. W. E. ..._.. _ __ _ _ _ llll 5; 46
hellsberlv, Wiley P. ____.. 4. .11'.11l11l _~;' '44
Lost _CI'E6l{' ..._....._. _ _ 2, 9; 15, 18, 19; 21
O`l¥1SI3_1`l3 _ ._.......... ____________ ______ 1 0
Lvwrr. Dr. W. W. __.__.__ ._.____.i .__. 2 4 44
Luekett, Francis Marion _.__ ' --'- ~4
Luckett, 'John W. .._..._. ' ' ' ' ' ° '-27
'Lumber _.._._.__..__.. _____ ` 19
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McAfee, Dr. C. A. _..._._. .___..... _ _ 24
McAfee, Molly Lowry _ _ .__.__ _ _ 45
_M»cAllister, Ed .._..... _ 44
McBride_ L_ E. _._... 44
McClelland, Walter ..... _ 44
McClelland, Dr. James _ _ _ 24
-MeCluer, Francis B. ..., _ _ 38
'McD0nald, Uampbell _ _ _ _ 26
McFarlane, Marcus _ _ _ _ _ 42
McFerr-in, Rev. J. B. ____ __ 34
Melntbsh, Marrtha A. _ _ _ ...._. _ _ . 18
McIntosh, William L. ._ ___________ 41)
McIntosh, William M. ..__._ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 5 18 26
McKay, Mrs. Harold ............ _ _ _'_ _ ' 12
MeKnigl1t_ Rev. B. A. ___.._._...__ _____ _ 33
McLean, Rev. William Steagall .... ____ 3 4
McQueen, Dudley ` ._......._.____.... ____ 1 `3
McQueen, Marv A. _._......._...,.___ _ _ _ 5
M
Machir, Charles __._..,_.. ._..___ _ 44
Maehifr, Helen Whiteside _ _ _ ..._ _ _ _ _ _ 45
Maehir, Virginia Hear-in _ _ _ ____ 45
Machir, Mrs. William _ _ _ _ _ _- H411
Maggart, Rev. L_ C. ._..._ _ 33
Magruder, Rev. K. E. __ 34
Major, Rev. J. M. ____ __ 33
Mallinckrodt, Frances _ _ _ _ _ 47
Manning, T. E. _._....._. _ _ 46
Manning, Mrs. Tliomas E. _ _ _ _ _ __ 47
Marlingg Bertha, D. ...._._. __ _ 9
Martin, Rev. R. A. ...... __ 34
Martin, W. L_ __... _ 27
63
Nichols, Prof Edward F. __
Marquette, Father Jacques
Mastlcin, Rev. T. G. ....... _
Masonic Lodge ........
Mayes Addition __
Mayes,
Edward ......
Mayes, Charles A. ..... _
Mayes, _Mrs_ Edward _ _
Mayes, Elmer L.
Mayes, Mary Willena _ _ _
Mayes, _Rawleigh _7.....
Mayes, Richard Cannon _
MayeS_ Roy _ ....... _
Mayes, Russell T. .... _
Mayfield, Rev. J. B.
Mayhall Brothers _ _ _ ._ _ _ _
Mayors _ _ _ ....___ __ _ _
Meloan, Rev. Williaan A. _ _ _
Merrill, Rev__ E. G. ._..._ ._.___ _
Methodist Church _ _.._._...__.._ _
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South _._
Metts_ Dora Mildenstein _.___..._
Metts, H.. B. .._..___._. __ _ _
Matte, James .._.._ _ __..
Meyer, Mrs. Ghrig .___
Meyer, Mary Rose ....
M. F. A. Elevator ..__
Middleton, Rev. T. P. __
Migrations ....... _ _ _ _
Miller, Charles W. _ _
Miller, Clifton _._.__.
Miller, Franklin .A..._._
Miller, Mrs. Franklin-
Miller, Isabelle Rogers ._
Miller, Pauline -Dryden
Miller, Mrs. Raymond
Mills, Mrs. [Rav ..._.__.
Mitchell, Rev. Charles A.
Mitchell, Mars. Charles A.
Mitchell, Mildred _._.___..
Moore, Prof A. O. ...___ _
Morris Edward S. ._ _... _
O ' I I I
Morris, Mlnnie _Lindsay
Mor-nie, Nelle Eastin .__.
Morrow, Ellen. _ ...... _
Morton, Rev. W. P. ._
Moss, Mrs._ Glardy ...._
Moss, May Bufrbridge
Mt. Zion Church _____.
Mulcare,-'Pima
Napoleon ..__ __ _ _ _
Nash, W-- J. ._.._ _
Neale, Ray. W. D. __
Neely, T. J. ..... _
Nelson, Town of ___.
Nevins, -Rev. J. T.
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1
33
.., '42
28
9
22, 27
3
44
17
20
45
8
8
34
42
27
34
34
33
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19
44
47
44
47
45
47
_ _ . _ _ _ 47
34
34
23
47
38
44
45
34
46
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_ _ 47
_ . 45
_ _ 34
23
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10
43
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8, 15, 21
34
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New Hope ......____.___._
Newman, J olin I-I. ......... __
Newman, Rev. Father Joseph
Newspapers _ _ _ _ _ _
Nichols, Roy N. _._. ~ _._. _
North Dakota, _ Q _ 1 ._... _
Norton, Richard Henry _ _
Nuckolds, Leona .._..__..
Nurselies _ _ _ ._.....____ _
_Nmsery _ __..._. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nursery, Forrest Keelnig _
Nursery, Government _._..
`O'Brien, Bev. John Moreliead
Oddfellowship .._._._. ______
Odor, Rev. Harold Lindsay
Old Settlers Reunion _ _ Q _ _ _
Omoliundro, Williain W.
Ordefr Eastern Star .___
O'Neill, Rev. C. D.
Overton, Rev. Lewis
Owen, Lydia P. __._._ '
Page Branch _.__.._
Page Frederick W. _.___._
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Palmer,
Palmer,
Alexis _ _____...... _
Anne _.,.__.____.
Palmer, Annie Rowhotham _
Palmer, Mrs. A. T. _ ___. _ _ _
Palmer, A. W. (Pete) _.__.
Palmer, Cynthia __.__._
Palmer, Eugene _._._
Palmer, F. L_
Palmer, Florence __
Palmer, Guillermo _
Palmer, Harry T. ._
Palmer, -Mrs. I-I. H.
Palmer J. K. _.__._. _
Palmer John Elslberry _ _
reiinerj Joseph Kinkaid
Palmer, Lila ___._._.__..
Paliner, Joseph R. __.__.__
Palmer, Minnie Tr-escott _ _ _
Palmer, 'Rebecca .___..._
Palmer, Rev. S. lL.
Palmer, Uncle Billie
Palmer, William ___...__
Palmer, William Jesse __
Parker, Howard S. _._._ _
_Pai-ker, Miss Mildred
Ps_rl~;s, Ro-bert - E." _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Patrick, Dr. Wiley J. ,,.,, _
Patton, Rev. 'Williann -A. _ _
Pearson, Rev. Alonzo ._._
Peasel_ Ranette ...__._
Penick,
Harry R. _ _ _
,__ ..-
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44
34
39
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4
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46
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45
14
9,
1o_
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40, 48
._ 47
.. 47
._ 34
__ so
__ 35
_ io
__ 43
, Edna Mae .....
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Page
P. E. 0. ............ .... _ 46
Pflasterer, Mrs. Earl _ _ __ 47
Phillips, Frank ...... _ _ 46
Phillips, Rev. J. T. __ _ _ _ 34
Physicians ........... _ _ __ 24
Pickern, Rev. D. R. .... _ _ _ 34
Picnic ............. ..... _ 43
Pinikv ........... .... \ .... _ _ _ 3
Poe, Rev. Ed _ _ _ ..... _ _ 35
Poole, Charles _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44
Poole, Rev. G. E. ....... __ 33
Portage des- Sioux ,...... _ _ _ 1
Postmasters, Cross Roads _ _ _ _ 9
Postmasters, Elsberry ..... ....... _ _ _
Powell, Annie __ ..... ...... ..,. 4 6
Powell, Dr. Charles E. _,__ 24_ 37, 43
Powell, Dr. C. W. ...... ._ _ 24, 43, 46
Powell, Etta Jamison _ _ _ .,.... 44, 46
Powell, Etta Jean .... ...._., 3 7
Powell, Harvey E. .... ____ 4 3
Powell, James H. ..... _,____ 9
Powell, James Watson ._ _ 27, 41
Powell, Melba Mayes _ _ _ .... 44, 47
Presbyterian Church .... ...... s fi
Press ......., .... . _ _ _ _ _ _ 39
Press1ey_ Rev. D. .P. _ _ _ _ _ 34
Presley, Stanley ._... _ _ _ 44
Prior, W. L. ....... _,___ 5
Pryor, Rev. M. P. .... _____,_ 3 3
Purdin, Henman L. ._._ 33, 44
Purdin, Edna Mae _ _ _ ____ _ 47
Porvis, Rev. G. Elmo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34
Q
Quarry Companv ............._.. A ._.. _, 49
Quigley, Rev. Father Patrick _ _ _ i .... _ _ 34
in
Railroad era ._..___. _..._ i ._.. _ _ 5
Ramsey, Rev. J. M. _____ __ 33
Ray, -Mrs. Guy _ _...... _ _ 47
Reavis, Rev. Bowling G. __ __ 34
Rebekahs ._.__ .._.____. _ _ _ _ 45
Reed, Captain Thomas A. ._ ____._ _ _ 12
Reed, William T. ._..___.._ ____ .3 _.__ _ _ 41
Reid, Adaline ___... _ _ _'_ _ _ _ _ 47
Reid, A_llbro .__.____ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22
-Reid, Miss Amy .___...___. T ___._ _ _ 44
Reid, -Gaptian Thomas R. _ _ _ _ ___.._._ ' _ _ 27
Reid, Jessie Fisher ....__. ____. -'T ._ __ _ _ 44
Reid, -Malcolm. _____._ ____.. _ _ 27
Reid, Michael _ __ ____.. _ _ 42
Reid, Salem A. _ _ _ .__ .__,__ _... _ _ _ 27
Reid, Wallace S. _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27
Reid, William ..._. _fi ._ .... _ 44
Reid, W. T. _' _________ `*'__ __ 23, 24
Reunion ,_.___ ___..._. " _ _ _ 48
Reuter_ Herman -H. __ _.._ _ _ _ 9
Reynolds, Rev. E. W. ._ ._....... __ 33
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Rice, James T.
Ricifarés, Samuel _._____
-Richardson, Rev. W. W. _ _
Ricks, Ja-mes Albert
Ricks, Kathryn _.___,
Rinks, O'Garlan ___.._..___
1Riffle, Mrs. Nick ._..___.___
Ringwhausen, Ms. Douglas
Ringhausen, Viola __._..__
Roberts,
Roberts,
Rob vrts,
John O. __.___ _
Malvina M. __
-Mrs. Millie
Robinson, Barbara _ _ _ _
Robinson
Robinson, James _.._.___
Robinson, -Robert T. (Bob) __
"Robinson, Samuel Overton ____
Robinson, Wesley Amos ._.,
QR,odg~e1°s, J. B. _______ _
Rose, Mattie ._._._____
lRose, Martha .___
Rose, Thomas M.
Ross, Hslrrv ._ _ _ _
Rowley, William J. _
Rndloff, Rev. J. E. ._
Romsey, Dr. Wm. W.
Rush, Mr. ..___._.__ _
Rusk, Henry _.__ _ _
Rusk, Dr. Howard A. __
Sacred I-l`art Catholic _Church
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Saloons _ ._.__._.__.______ _
Sanders, Clay _.___._._..__.
Sanders, H. R. _._._____ _
Sanders, Harry Roberts
Sanders, Mrs. H. R. Jr.
Sanders, James William ._.___
_Sande1's_ Juanita _ _ ____.... _
Sanders, Lillian Dawson __, _._. _
Sanders, Mary Jane Duncan ._..
Sanders, Robert Firancis _____.
Sanders, W. S. ____.__.__ _
Sanderson, Robert __.__
Saulsberry, James .______
Sehaper, Rev. Lawrence _ ._
Sohofiel-d, Prof. Wm. F.
School buildings _ _,_____ _
School Superintendents _ _ _
Seaman, Dr. W. J. ___. _
Seaton, Miss -Sophia _.___
1Segrass_ Alene Norton
Self, John M. .______ _
Sewer system ..._._.
Shaw, J _ J. .__.._. _
"Sh-aw, Gussie -Brown _ _
Sherman, Rev. C. H. __
Shipp, Anderson David __ _
_Sl1ipp, Ben .._.... ._ .
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18
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17
17
17
41
17
25
38
24
46
22
43
38
33
34
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5
22
34
25
20
37
20
47
27
46
46
27
27
43
38
23
34
38
29
38
38
37
45
42
51
43
44
33
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Page
Shoe Factory ..... - - - 50
Singleton, John -- 25
Sipeple, Rev. D. D. .... -- '33
Sirtton, Captain William - - .15
Sitton, Catherine ....... -- 15
Siam, Clifford .,..... -- 13
Sitton, Elizabeth Ann -- 15
Sitton, Euselia ........ - - 15
Sitton, Frances Emaline - - - 15
sites., Harriett r. ._.. 15
simon, Ida, ....... 15
Sitton, James ....... -- 13
Sitton, Jane ......... -- 15
Sitton, Joseph Winston _ _ - - - 10
Sitton, .Joseph W. ..... ~ -° 15
Sihton, Julia Ella _ _ _ ' ° 15
Sitton, Lawnence ...... ' ' ' 13
Sitton, -Major ........ ' ° 13
Sitton, Marv Buchanan ' ' 15
-Sitton, Mary Melissa ...... -- ' 15
Sitton, Rachel Temperance - - 17
Bitton, Virfgil ........... - 1?
Sith-on, Winston ..... '° '1'
Slavens, Arthur D. _ _ ' - - 50
smear, W. c. ....... -- 45
Smallpox - ............ . _ . - - - - 31
'S-nrith, Rev. J. Galvin _ _ . ....... ---- - - 34
TOJI1 C. ....... ..... i ..... - ~ 44| 27
Smither, R. R. ..... ...... _ ----- "" 2 1
Snell, Rev. J. H. ......... ..... ,, .... - - - 34
Snethen, A. C. ........... ....;.... - -~ 40
Soil Conservation Nursery .... 5' .... - - - 59
Sour and Renter .......... ..... - - » 23
South Elsherry .......... _ ._ 3;
Spanish grants ....
Spaniel! Pioneers _ _
Spanish survery ..........
Sta er Bill
mrp , - y ............
Station Masters, Elsberry
Steavenson, Hugh A. ...... _
Steavenson, Mrs. Hugh A.
Steavenson, Mary .......
Steele, Asa G. .......... _
Steward, John W. ._
Stone, Rev. W. H.
-Suddarth, H. B. ..... _
Sub-Division Additions
Study -Club ..............
Survey 1706 ................
5 ._
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Superintendent of School _ _ _ _ _ .',,. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Swan Geor e
, g- .............
Swan, Rev. George W. J1'.
Sydnor, Laura Arcelia ....
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10
42
15
51
41
46
38
46
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27
28
47
18
38
44
34
18
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Taliferro, Dr. J. VV. __
Tanquary, Rev. W. __
Tate, Miss Virginia _ . _
Taylor, Dr. A. M. ..... _
Taylor, Aliaerta Elsberry ._
Taylor, Mrs. Arch .__..._.
Taylor, Prof Britton P.
Taylor, Rev. J. 'L_ .._... _
Taylor, Curtis ..._.___..
Taylor, Ruth Anna .____..
Taylor, Ruth Ann Mayes
Taylor, Ruth Langford _ _
Taylor, Mrs. William Curtis
Taylor, Winer. Hobbs _ _' .._.. _
Telephone -Company ___..__
Temple, Mrs. Hallie __
Thespian Club ...._
Thompson, crossing
Thompson, Cynthia
Thompson, Edward
Thompson, Gabriel
Thompson, John R. _,._. _
Tihbetts, Malyina M. ___. _
Tinsley Tobacco Company
Todd, Rev. James E. .___ _
Towles, Miss Callie .__.__
Town of Cross Roads ..._
Town of Nelson __.__.
Trail, Anna Laura Baskett
Trail, Bobby; , .._._._.._.
Trail, Elidabeth __...___.
Trail, Richard _ _ _
Trail, Robert __._.
T1'a.ll, Wlllianr ____
Tiscott, Isa S-nrith .._...
Trescott, L_ W. ...____. _
Trescott,-Minnie Callaway
Triplett, Claudia J. _.__ _
Tucker,
Rev. Frank C. Jr.
Turnbull, Floyd ____.... _ _ _
Turner, Grace ..__._..__
Turnhaln, Joseph _ _ _ _
Ulery, Mary Bailey _ ._
Ulery,
William A. _ _ _ .
Ulery, William A.-Jr. _ _ _
VanMatre, Mrs. Irvin ._
Vance,
Vance,
Vance,
Va nn,
Benjamin _ _ _ _ _ _
Francis Melinda
James .___.__._
A. J. _._.____. _
VBIAH, Frances Watts ..__
Vaughn, George W. _ _ _ _
Voorhees, Judge J. H.
Vote, Election of 1824 .__.
Vote, on Local Option _ _ _
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Waggener Addition .___
Waggener, William B. __
Walden, Mrs. Harvey ....
Walker, Ja1nes_T. _ _ .... , .... _
Walton, _Avery -and Powell
Wantland, 'Cv .... _ _ .....
Water
system ...........
_Waterrs, Mary Triplett ....
Waters, Mrs. Val ....
Watkins, Rev. Ed ....
Watson, Mrs. Everett _ ._
.Watson, Rev. H. H. ._
Watson, -Rev. Oris E. _ _ _
Watts,
Watts,
Watts,
Watts_
Watts
Watts,
'Watts,
Wamtts,
Watts,
Watts,
Watts,
Watts,
Watts_
Watts,
Watts ,
Wamtts,
Watts,
Watts,
Webb,
Webb,
Weeks
Weeks
Welch
Welch
Welch,
Welch,
-Welch
Wells,
Arzilla, .......
Burdilla .....
'Ca ucyra ......
Eliza Ann ....
and Elsberry _ _ _
Ennna Fields ._ _
Ewing H. _ _ _ _
Gabrilla _ _ ..... _
John S. .......... _
-Mary Ann Green __
Mordecai R. ..... _
-Nelson .....,...
Reginald _ _ _
Seneca, ......
Thomas S. _ _ _
Wesley .....
William .......
William W. _ _ _ _
Hotel ........
Captain J. P.
Lucy Kathryn _ _ _
Virgil .......
Addition _ .... _
Tract Addition ....
B. C. ........... _
James Gordon
D-r. James W. ._ _ _
Henrv F. ....... _
W'ells-:Isannont _Company _
Wells,
T. iLou1e .........
Werges, Wayne ...... _ _ _
Wernecke, Dr. I-I. H. _ _ _
Westminster College .....
Whitaker,
Whiteside, Anna Eliza ....
Vifhiteside, iEd¢Win E. ....... .
Wh-iteside_ Mrs. Edwin iR.
Whiteside, Dr. Edwin R. _ _
Kathryn Cole __
Whiteside, Elizabeth Pryor
Whiteside, Isaac _ .........
Whiteside, J. V. .......
Wiggins, W. D. _ _ _
Wigginton Hill
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Wigginton, Pauline ,__,___
W§_=;'g'inton, R. '1'_ ___........ _
Wilkinson, Annie Jeffries
Wdkmson, I-Iefflington _ ._
Wilkinson, James _______
Wilkinson, James Causyra
Wilkinson, John ..__..._
Wilkinson, Joseph Conn _
Wilkinson, Mordecai W.
Wilkinson, J _ R. ...._._... _
Willi'am Jewell College ....._
Wilmes, Rev. Farther Aloysius
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Wnsen, Dr. G. G. ._.....__..... _
Wilson, 0. A. __._._..._..... _
Winfield .... '
Wingfield, Louis __..__..
Wipke, Sidney .__..___._.__.
VVomn1ack_ Nancy .___......
Wonnnaek, Captain Richard ._
Wonnnack, Ri-chalrd I-I. .._.... _
Woolfolk, Norhorne
Works Progress Administration
Wortnaan, 'M1-s. Sid ___......__....__.,_
Yoes, Rev. =C_ E. ...._. _
Yokley, Rev. Francis J.
Zimmerman, Sarah Washington
Zumwalt, Robert _... _ _ _.___..._ _ ._ _
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