Cemetery Records:

Book 1:
Webster County, Missouri: Cemetery Inscriptions, Including many abandoned and forgotten burial grounds. (1982, 2nd printing)
This volume includes the northeastern corner of the county - Union, Niangua, High Prairie and parts of Washington and Ozark townships which include the towns of Niangua, Rader, and Duncan. It also gives directions on how to get to the cemetery and a road map, too!
The following cemeteries are listed: Happy Home, McMahan (had a school, too), Officer, Rader Lutheran, Eureka (in Rader), Jemes, Terry, Anderson, Reed/Catholic, Good Springs, Letterman, Mathis, Niangua, Nease, Williams Hightower, Hyde, Amity, Weaver, Prospect Baptist, High Point, Macedonia, Copening, Whittenburg, Osage, Smith, Negro, I.W. Rader, Rader Bridge (also known as Buck), Lutheran, Chenoweth/McElwain, Good Hope, Black Oak, Scott, Sixteenth, Prospect Methodist, High Prairie, Shields, Ebenezer, Johnson, Callachan, Ortner, Linder Place, Mt. Sinai, Moore, Old George, Napier, Manary, Newlon, Bagby, King, Beach, Nelson, Liberty, Bethel, and Dean. Some gravesites for Letterman, Hendrix, Mackie, McElwain, and Prince are also listed.
Over 4500 names, 114 pages, purchase price $10.00.

Book II
Webster County, Missouri: Cemetery Inscriptions, Including many abandoned and forgotten burial grounds. (1982, 2nd printing)
This volume includes the northwestern corner of the county - Jackson, Washington, Grant, and Ozark Townships, which includes the towns of Marshfield, Elkland, and Northview. It also contains a road map and directions to the cemetery.
The following cemeteries are listed:
Marlin, Hollis, St. Luke, Orten/Tippin, Gray, Mission Chapel, Stever, Cofer, Atteberry, Old Pleasant View, Pitts, Hunt, Haymes Chapel, Pleasant View, Timber Ridge, Ray, Bruton, Epworth, Mt. Pisgah, Hill Top, Rush, Welch, Mission Home, Jameson Slaves, Jump, Gilberts/Willis, Thomas, Osborn, Greer, Marshfield, Waller, and unlocated graves.
Over 7000 names, 171 pages, purchase price $12.00.

Book III
Webster County, Missouri: Cemetery Inscriptions, Including many abandoned and forgotten burial grounds. (1982)
This volume includes the southwestern corner of the county and townships East Dallas, West Dallas, West Benton, and East Benton, as well as the towns of Fordland, Diggens, and Rogersville. Road map and cemetery directions are included. The following cemeteries are listed:
Old Welch, Sharpenstien-Baley, Old Dallas, Turner, Morris, Friendship, Mt. Olive, Pleasant Grove, Compton, Panther Valley, Antioch, Shiloh, Rogers-Johnson, Henderson, Bruton, Pursley, Peck, White Oak, Watts, Old Watts, West Finley, Green Hill, Fordland, Easter-Denney, Old Sartin, Cardwell, Lea, Zion Lutheran, Steward, Cass Chapel, Clifton, Alsup, McElwain, Pleasant Hill, and unlocated graves.
More than 5000 names, 119 pages, purchase price $11.00.

Book IV
Webster County, Missouri: Cemetery Inscriptions, Including many abandoned and forgotten burial grounds, (1984)
This volume includes the southeastern corner of the county and townships of Hazelwood and Finley including the town of Seymour. Road map and cemetery directions are included. The following cemeteries are listed.
Alcorn, Barker, Bennett-Prindle, Box School, Bralley, Brixey, Cardwell Family, Cedar Gap, Childress Cemetery, Childress Grave, Claypool-Stafford, Day Chapel, Denney Family, Dobey Family, Freeman Family, Gentry, George, Gold Starr, Goss, Hailey, Hammon Flatts, Harmony-Ragsdale, Hicks, Krider, Lone Starr, Love, McGowen, Mt. Dale, Old Burial Ground, Robertson, Rush, Sarvis Point, Seymour Masonic, Silvey, Smith I, Smith II, Stafford Grave, Stafford Graves, Taylor, Trimble, Winningham, Black Family, Slave Graveyard, and unknown graves.
More than 5000 names, 127 pages, purchase price, $13.00.

These 4 volumes may be purchased from Mary Bean Cunningham, marybeancunn@hotmail.com 807 West Seminole, Springfield, MO 65807. Purchase price for the ENTIRE SET is $40.00 postpaid - they must be purchased at the same time to qualify for the discount.

Marriage Records

Webster County, Missouri: Marriage Returns, Book 1 (1855-1872),
By Inabelle Stewart Williams.

Webster County, Missouri Deed Book A (1855 - 1860): includes earlier deeds re-recorded after Webster County was formed, 50 pages
By Inabelle Williams

Price is $5.00 and very limited. This book may be purchased through Ozark Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 3945, Springfield, MO 68580

Webster County, Missouri: Marriage License Returns Record, Book 2 (1872-1887).
Includes Bride/Groom Index. Marriages are from August of 1872 to March of 1887. Book is softbound, stapled, 8 1/2" x 11" and well done. It is available for purchase from Connie M. Hutchins, 204 N. Sunshine, Marshfield, MO 65706. Purchase price is $10.00, but may have an additional charge for postage. It was printed in 1992.

Book 3 is in the works by Connie, but not yet available.

Webster County, Missouri, will records, 1857 - 1880: marriage records, 1855 - 1867
By Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. I have no ordering information on this book.

Census Records

The following census records are available from Mary Bean Cunningham, 807 West Seminole, Springfield, MO 65807

1890 Special Webster County, Missouri census. Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. (May also include some Confederate Veterans as remember sometimes the census taker went ahead and listed them anyway, or may be crossed them out, but still listed.)
This also includes Mortality Schedules for 1860, 1870, and 1880. price is $8.00.

1900 Webster County Missouri Federal Census.

This 1900 census transcription includes names of all household members and their relationship to the head of household, color, sex, month and year of birth, age, marital status, number of years married, number of children, number of children living, place of birth, father's place of birth, mother's place of birth, year of immigration, years in the US, and naturalization. It is a two volume set that is softbound, stapled, 391 pages, and with surname index. It may be purchased from Mary Bean Cunningham at the above address for $24.00 postpaid - sold as a set only!

1910 Webster County Missouri Federal Census.

The 1910 census transcription includes dwelling/family number, names, relationship to head of household, age, marital status, number times married, years present marriage, occupation, number of children, number of children living, place of birth, father's place of birth, mother's place of birth, year of immigration, alien/naturalized, rent or own house or farm, free of mortgage, and veteran status. This two volume set contains 404 pages, is softbound and stapled, with surname index. It may be purchased from Mary Bean Cunningham at the above address for $24.00 postpaid - sold as a set only!

The following are printed census records with limited purchase information:

Webster County, Missouri: 1860 Federal Census. Transcribed by Jean Lurvey. Purchase information unknown. Please let me know if you find where to buy this.

Webster County, Missouri: 1860 Federal Census. Transcribed by Juliet L. Smith. Purchase information unknown. Please let me know if you find where to buy this.

1870 Federal Census of Webster County, Missouri. Transcribed by Cledia M. Shiels. 1995 purchase price was $16.00

1880 Federal Census of Webster County, Missouri. Transcribed by Cledia M. Shiels. 1995 purchase price was $20.00

The rights to the 1870 and 1880 census records have just been obtained by the Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc. They will be available soon from them. The last purchase information we had for these census records was to order from Cledia M. Shiels; 311 Eastern St, Apt E1415, New Haven, CT 06513-2508, although whether or not she has any remaining copies is not known.

Miscellaneous records

Obituaries from "The Marshfield Chronicle", Marshfield, Missouri, 1877 - 1900.
This is very well done, indexed. It may be purchased from Nettie Gorman at the above address for $11.00 postpaid.

Obituaries from "The Marshfield Chronicle". Marshfield, Missouri 1901 - 1908, Volume 2.
This is also very well done, indexed. It may be purchased from Nettie Gorman at the above address for $11.00 postpaid.

Webster County Histories

"History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent counties, MO". Goodspeed, 1889. This book is available through Boyd Publishing Company. PO Box 367, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Information: 912-452-4020, Orders to machine: 1-800-452-4035. My Spring, 1995 catalog lists this as MO-6, 1326 pp, $55.00. Can't find my newer catalog to double check the price. Postage and Handling is $2.75 for the 1st book. They accept MC & Visa.

History of Webster Co,, 1855 - 1955. By Floy Watters George, Marshfield and her cyclone or "Rachel Weeping for her Children" By Marcia Allis Wilson, published 1881.

1881 - 1992: Seymour, Missouri.
Publication information I have is through the Webco Citizen, PO Box 190, Seymour, MO 65746.

Index to the histories of Webster County, Missouri: including Goodspeed - History of Webster County 1889; Wilson, Maria Allis - Marshfield - Marshfield and her cyclone: George, Floy Watters - History of Webster County. By Anna Belle Christy.

Directory of Towns: Webster County, Missouri.
No further information at this time.

Centennial of Immanuel Lutheran Church and The Rader Families.
Published 1971 by the Centennial Committee. This book details the founding of the small community of Rader in 1871 when a small group of Greene and Cocke County, Tennessee families, primarily Rader, Freshour, and Renner families left Tennessee and came to Webster County.
Interesting pictures, history, and about 4,000+ descendants of Reverand Andrew Rader and his brother Joseph are included.

The Davis Family and Related Families.
Published 1958. By Lucylle Davis Rice and Inez Davis Ventling. This book gives histories of the Davis, Hannah, Rader, and Peters families that came to Webster County. Written when research was very difficult, much of the information on the Rader and Peters families is now known to not be accurate (can't speak for the Davis and Hannah info), but certainly many of the stories and pictures are interesting.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ ) History in Webster and Wright counties of Missouri with Membership as Listed in 1951
By E. T. Sechler.
No further information at this time.