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Jefferson Township, Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County

Jefferson township was originally a part of Grindstone township, one of the three first townships of which Daviess county was formed. It was also one of the earliest townships settled. The western part was populated largely from the people of Virginia, Kentucky and other Southern States, while the east portion drew its settlers from the Eastern and Middle States. Jefferson township seems to be the fountain head of the head-waters of innumerable creeks and streams that flow to nearly every point of the compass, north, east, and south emptying into Grand River, while those on the west pass into DeKalb […]

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Early Jefferson Township Officers

Daviess County

The first election for township officers was under the new township organization law which remained in force until the first of January, 1878, when, it was repealed. The election in the spring of 1872 resulted as follows: Wesley Lee, supervisor; Wm. Smith, clerk; Brad. W. Stout, assessor; Olden Cole, collector; J. N. Moore, constable; S. R. Grieggs and R. Richardson, justices of the peace. 1873-Wesley Lee, supervisor; W. J. Smith, township clerk; Brad Stout, collector; J. D. M. Jacks, assessor; J. H. Mallory and Dick Richardson, justices of the peace; George Smith, constable. 1874-T. B. Crowder, trustee; W. J. Smith,

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Jefferson Missouri Pioneers

Daviess County

Jefferson was one of the earliest townships to find settlers, and Anderson Smith was the first permanent white settler who located in the township. Mr. Smith came originally from Tennessee and located in Clay county, Missouri, in 1833. In 1834 he removed to Jefferson township, Daviess county, and settled on section seventeen. Just before his removal, he was married, in Clay county, to Miss Mahala A. Henderson, a sister of Judge Henderson, of this county, and his trip to Jefferson was the starting out in life of this young couple. Mr. Henderson and John Owings came the same year. John

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Jamesport Missouri, Town on the Move

Daviess County

The town was beginning to assume considerable importance, and the citizens felt as though their dignity could be very materially advanced. and sustained if Jamesport was an incorporated town. They were out on the open prairie without metes or bounds, and they felt lonely standing in this ex-posed way. To remedy the evil and to effect a local habitation and a name, and to be anchored for all time in. the place of their adoption, they felt that nothing could achieve this object so well as corporation stakes driven here and there, and the town fastened to them by act

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Jamesport Township

Daviess County

Jamesport township was not organized until 1870, and was then called Grant. The territory was taken from a portion of Grand River township, and also of Jackson, making the municipal township six miles square or a congressional township in extent of territory. As apart of Grand River township it was settled as early as 1834. Thomas N. Auberry was the first settler, and he was followed by many others. Additional Jamesport Township Resources Jamesport Township Old Settlers First of Jamesport Progress and Population Jamesport  Township Biographies Jamesport City Biographies City of Jamesport Jamesport Incorporation Jamesport Affairs Jamesport 1877-1880 Jamesport, Fourth

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Jamesport Missouri Lodges and Organizations

Daviess County

I. O. O. F. Jamesport Lodge No. 339 This lodge was organized in the spring of 1876, its charter bearing the date of May 19, of that year. The charter members were P. R. Dunn, W. F. Boyd, Scott T. Haynes, C. C. Gillilan, and W. A. Wynn. Its first officers elected were P. R. Dunn, N. G.; W. F. Boyd, V. G.; W. A. Wynn, S.; and S. T. Haynes, T. The present officers are I. C. Murray, V. G.; K. L. Isherwood, V. G.; G. R. Small, S.; C. A. Carman, P. S.; and J. T. Jones, T.

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Jamesport Missouri Officials 1872-1881

Daviess County

The officials elect to take charge of the civil business of Grant township in 1872 were as follows: Robert C. Williams, supervisor; Isaiah Jones, clerk; Eli Kehler, assessor; W. R. P. Allen, collector; John W. Warren, constable; Frank Callison and David Rhea, justices of the peace. The first official meetings of the town board were held in Franklin Callison’s storehouse. The officers elected in 1873 were R. C. Williams, supervisor; J. N. Jones, clerk; Michael Murray, collector; Charles M. Hutchison, assessor; Nathan Gillilan and Frank Callison, justices; John W. Warren, constable. On November 24th, 1873, Nathan Gillilan elected justice of

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Jamesport Township, Daviess County, Missouri, Biographies

Daviess County

The following contains brief biographies of men from Jamesport Township, Missouri. You can search the entire listing using the search at the bottom of the page. Benjamine, Thomas J. Brown, A. T. Bunker, Horatio Buzzard, A. L. Buzzard, Samuel W. Callison, Franklin Callison, William G. Chenoweth, Joseph S. Clark, John W. Corman, Charles A. Cropper, S. Cruzen, Nathaniel G. Dickey, Jesse M. Dinsmore, John B. Gillilan, William J. Harrah, James C. Higdon, J. H. Holloway, Henry Hutchison, Charles M. Hutchison, George M. D. Isherwood, Richard L. C. Jones, I. H. Jones, James Thomas Jordin, J. F. Mann, Independence Martin, John

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Jamesport Missouri Fair and Cornet Band

Daviess County

Jamesport Cornet Band Music is God’s melody, and he who is gifted with a melodious voice, or has a talent that can draw sweet strains of harmony from instruments of music has, indeed, a glorious gift, and it is impossible for a people to be all bad that are capable of appreciating this gift divine, or freely support those who are gifted or inspired by nature, with the genius of true melody. It was the love of music that brought the Jamesport cornet band into existence, and it is at this time one of the best in this part of

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Jamesport Missouri Churches

Daviess County

Cumberland Presbyterian Church The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized September 2, 1871,. in the old Methodist Church, called “Ketron Chapel,” situated on section. twenty-five. This church is now used as a barn and a new Methodist church was erected on section thirty-one. Those conducting the services in the organization of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, were the Rev. William. M. Houstin and the Rev. William S. Davis. The original members were Robert B. Foster, George A. Poage, John Lockridge, William H. McClung, Simeon Hamlin; James Waugh, Jane Foster, Elizabeth Hamlin, B. M. Caraway, Ella R. Hill, Harriet Mickel, Nettie Miller, Virginia

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