Jackson township can boast of two villages, not of very great proportions but like all rising towns they believe immensely in their future. They are both on the line of the St. Louis & Omaha Railroad, some five miles apart and of course a great convenience to the farmers and stock-raisers in that vicinity. Lock …
Jackson township is the second in size in the county, covering nearly a congressional township and a-half, and containing 31,174.14 acres of excellent land. The crystal waters of Clear Creek traverses. its eastern border; Lake Creek in the southeast; Hurricane and Brushy Creeks, through the center of the township, gives a splendid supply of water. …
When Daviess county took upon itself the robes of official life, and secured a local habitation and a name among. her sister counties of the State, Jackson township was not given a name, but all this territory lying east and northeast of Grand River was known as Grand River township. When it was discovered that …
Under the organization of the new township law in 1872 the first township election was held and the following officers chosen to attend to township affairs for one year, and until their successors were elected and qualified: William B. Smith, supervisor; George W. Martin, clerk; Harrison A. Brown, assessor; A. L. Buzzard, collector; John A. …
The following contains brief biographies of men from Jackson Township, Missouri. You can search the entire listing using the search at the bottom of the page. Bradshaw, Thomas Burge, John W. Burris, Francis M. Carter, James H. Critten, James Critter, Joseph Dinsmore, S. K. Drummond, James P. Grove, Robert C. Head, T. B., M. D. …
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It was in 1833 that the first white settler made his home in Jackson township. Robert J. Peniston, who first settled Millport, built a cabin within its limits. Daniel Girdner, who, like Peniston, came from Kentucky, John Oxford and Robert McHaney, all from the same State, were the oldest of these settlers who staked out …
New Design Church This church was organized August 17, 1857, with thirteen original members, as follows: Nathaniel Huston, Nancy Minnick, Mary J. Minnick, Elizabeth A. Minnick, Fidelia Offield, Elizabeth Hicks, Margaret Welborn, Mary Brown, Mary Minniek, Rachel Huston, Elizabeth Raider, John Raider and Anna Raider. They built their church in March, 1870, at a cost …
