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Marion Township, Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County

This township, with respect to the position of the other townships of the county, is bounded on the north by Benton and Grand River; on the east by Grand River; on the south by Jefferson, Liberty, and Union; on the west by DeKalb county. It lies principally in ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in township sixty, and contains twenty-nine thousand two hundred and ninety-five and forty-one one-hundredths acres. In the spring of 1878 the township contained thirty-three thousand one hundred and thirty-five and forty-one one-hundredths acres, but six sections of 640 acres ,each were taken off of the northern part and. […]

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Lodges and Organizations of Gallatin City, Missouri

Daviess County

I. O. O. F. Gallatin Lodge No. 167 This lodge was instituted by R. A. Debolt, D. D. G. M. and the date of dispensation was April 10, 1867. It received its charter May 22, 1867. The charter members were Pines R. Dunn, John T. Taylor, W. H. Folrasbee, R. L. Dodge and S. A. Black. In effecting the organization the following officers were chosen; to-wit, W. H. Fohnsbee, N. G.; S. A. Black, V. G.; Pines R. Dunn, R. secretary; R. L. Dodge, P. secretary; and J. T. Taylor, treasurer. The lodge became financially embarrassed by the hard times

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Marion Missouri Churches and Organizations

Daviess County

Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church of Civil Bend was organized early in 1865. The minister in charge at the time was Rev. David M. Heath. The number of original members was about fifteen. In 1868 a frame church 30×40 in size, was built, at a cost of about $1,500; it was dedicated in the fall of the same year by Rev. Mr. Heath, of St. Louis. A parsonage costing about $250 has also been erected. Since the building of the house of worship the church has continued to prosper, and the present membership is fifty-six. The present pastor

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Lincoln Township, Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County

Lincoln, the northeast township in Daviess county, is located mostly in township sixty-one of range twenty-six. One mile wide, however, running across the north part of the township its entire width is in congressional township No. 62. It contains some of the most beautiful tracts of land to be found in Daviess or any other county. A magnificent prairie, gently undulating, giving it a natural drainage and at the same time giving the whole country a beautiful and picturesque appearance to the eye of the traveler as he passes through its well cultivated fields and views the pleasant homes and

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Lincoln Missouri Churches and Schools

Daviess County

Pilot Grove Church This is the oldest church in the township and one of the oldest in the county, and is of the Baptist denomination. It was originally organized in 1840, by Rev. William Mikels, its first pastor, and the original members were Joseph Everly and wife, John Mikels and wife, John J. Everly, Lucy Bear and Mrs. Sarah Mikels. The congregation built a log church in the summer of 1845, at a cost of about $100. The pastors were Revs. William Mikels, Elijah Morrill, John Smith, William Baldwin and Joseph Wood. The church grew and flourished until 1857, when

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Lincoln Missouri Official Record

Daviess County

Lincoln township was first organized in 1870, and was taken from the territory of Grand River, being one of the three original townships in the county -and the largest of the three. The municipal boundaries have been described on a previous page. It was not until what was called the new township organization law was passed, that township officers were elected, outside of’. constable and justices of the peace. That law passed the General Assembly in the winter of 1871-72, and township officers were elected the spring following. The law was repealed in 1877-78, and reenacted in the session held

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Liberty Township, Daviess County, Missouri Biographies

Daviess County

The following contains brief biographies of men from Liberty Township, Missouri. You can search the entire listing using the search at the bottom of the page. Grove, Simon Martin, T. A. Myers, Lafayette F. Brennon, William E. Covington, A. M. Creermore, Jesse A. Eggers, T. S. Fisher, William P. Fossinger, A. Grove, Jacob Hartman, William H. Henderson, G. W. Heyser, William P. Kaufman, Jacob Koger, J. Lewis, R. S. E. Matchett, Benjamin Matchett, Benjamin Jr. McDougall, John Morris, George W. Noah, Lucien B. Reid, H. T. Rogers, J. S. Stigers, J. A. Thompson, H. C. Tingler, Jacob Vallandigham, R. L.

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Liberty Missouri History

Daviess County

The township was organized in 1869 and was taken from Jefferson and Gallatin. The real estate valuation in 1877 was $143,510, and the personal property, 613,630, making a total valuation of $209,140. Since then no township valuations have been kept separate, until the assessment for this year, 1881, which under the new law will be taken by townships and the progress made in material wealth the past four years can be known when the assessor’s returns are reported January 5, 1882. The township laws were changed so often that some years the only township officers were the justices of the

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Lincoln Township, Daviess County, Missouri Biographies

Daviess County

The following contains brief biographies of men from Lincoln Township, Missouri. You can search the entire listing using the search at the bottom of the page. Barngrover, James H. Booram, Isaac W. Brown, William T. Burrell, Charles W. Cole, William R. Crews, William H. Forth, James Forth, Joseph T. Gooding, John L. Graham, John A. Griffith, George W. Harden, William Lierley, Solomon Madden, Francis M. Markey, John McDougal, John F. Netherton, Moses G. Nighswonger, Peter Rader, Joseph Scott, Caleb Sparks, William R. Terry, John Witten, Charles F. Witten, Charles H. Witten, William M. Back to: Daviess County

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Liberty Township, Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County

Liberty is in the second tier of townships from the south and also on the west part of the county, and for the fertility of its soil and the beauty of its undulating prairies it is considered one of the best townships in the county, and according to number is populated with the best reading people in the county, and they must, of course, be well educated on the general topics of information. Fully two-thirds of this township is a rolling prairie with a natural drainage, which makes it the equal of any township in the county for stock-raising. Timber

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