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Jackson Township, Daviess County, Missouri Biographies

Daviess County

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. Hill, George. W. Jr. Huston, John A. Johnson, W M. P. Dr. Langford, Turner Litton, George W. Marley, John B., M. D. Martin, A. L. McCue, Isaac M. Miller, David G. Minnick, Alfred C. Minnick, Isaac C. Naylor, F. M. Offield, Joseph Oxford, John Peniston, […]

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Jackson Missouri Organization and Officers

Daviess County

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. Rhea, constable; James Critten and Nathaniel Houston, justices of the peace. Nathaniel Houston declined to serve as justice and William G. Eads was appointed. 1873 William B. Smith, supervisor; G. W. Martin, clerk; A. L. Buzzard, collector; William B. Johnson, assessor; Theodore Peniston and Robert

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Daviess County, Missouri History and Genealogy

Daviess County

There is perhaps, no portion of the temperate zone showing a more desirable climate than that which we have in the State of Missouri, or one wherein the demands of an advanced and progressive civilization are so well met.  While all portions of the State have their separate or local advantages, we are inclined to think that in such comparison Daviess County and central north Missouri hold their full share. Daviess County, Missouri History and Genealogy Benton Township Resources Benton Township Firsts of Benton Township Township Law and Officials Boundary Extended Benton Township Biographies Benton Township Now and when Settled

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Incorporation of Jameson Missouri

Daviess County

Jameson increased so rapidly that in the summer of 1876 a grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized and W. D. McDonald was elected master, and N. H. Swisher, secretary. Jameson had now grown to be considerable of a town. From the – date of its birth, June 12, 1871, it had grown in population, in wealth and in importance. As a station on the St. Louis & Omaha line, it had shown it self to be one of the best paying offices on this line of road, exceeding in its shipping business many stations of larger growth. Wool

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History of Salem Missouri

Daviess County

The first settlers in Salem township were Jonathan and Alexander Liggett, who came about the year 1837, and were from Tennessee. Jonathan Liggett staked out his claim on section twenty and Alexander located on section eighteen, township sixty-one, range twenty-eight. Soon after there came to the township Aurelius Richardson, A. G. Dergin, and Matthew Harboard, who settled in the vicinity of where the village of Salem now stands. Old John Severe settled on section twenty in 1841, and built a water-mill at the -Rocky Ford on Cypress Creek. This was the first mill in the township and in this section

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History of Winston, Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County

The town of Winston, the metropolis of Colfax township, and destined to become one of the largest, if not the most populous town in the county, excepting only the county seat, is beautifully located upon a commanding eminence, a view from which is by far the finest in Daviess county. It has a greater extent of rich farming country tributary to it than any town in the county, not even excepting Gallatin, and if a public spirit of enterprise is exhibited will soon rival in population and wealth the seat of justice of Daviess. It has every element of prosperity

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Incidents in the History of Jefferson Missouri

Daviess County

The first census of Jefferson township of record is that taken by the government for the decade ending in 1860. At that time Jefferson township included the territory of Colfax, Liberty and Marion and was given at 2,084, (of whom 114 were blacks), a number just five greater than Grand River township, the next in size in the county. In 1870 Jefferson was shorn of her territory, the townships above named, and the census of that year gave her 1,059 of whom forty-one were colored-a little over half of the population of ten years before, but three-fourths of her area

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History of Publishing in Winston Missouri

Daviess County

In the year 1878, E. A. Huson began the publication of a newspaper at Winston called The Winston News. This flourished, or seemingly so, for a period of six months, when death claimed it. It was a bright and newsy little sheet but ahead of the times. In 1880 the long-felt want was again filled by E. A. Martin, starting a weekly paper and calling it the New Era. He tried hard to believe a really new era had started in Winston, but after a year’s struggle the New Era ceased to exist. This ended the newspaper business, as at

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Harrison Missouri Officers

Daviess County

The township organization law which passed the General Assembly of the State of Missouri in the session of 1871-1872 was adopted by Daviess county, and the first election under its provisions took place in April 1872. The election resulted in favor of the following named township officers: Walker Reed, supervisor; Stephen Ballinger, clerk; E. E. Weldon, assessor; O. Ramsbottom, collector; Mat. Goings, constable; Joseph Stephens, S. J. Bennett, justices of the peace. 1873-T. R. Tuggle, supervisor; J. M. Reed, clerk; C. McCroy, collector; E. E. Weldon, assessor; S. J. Bennett, J. C. Griffin, justices; M. Goings, constable. 1874-Thomas R. Tuggle,

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Hernden Cemetery

Daviess County

This beautiful “home of the dead” was laid out in the fall of 1873, and contained ten acres of ground, undulating and gently sloping to the south and east. It is covered with a splendid growth of forest trees, casting their shades over many sylvan retreats. The grounds have been handsomely laid out in square blocks, enough of the trees being removed to make walks and a drive in its shady grove. The main drive is a continuation of Main street, Gallatin, which enters from the north side. It lies one mile south of the city. It is here among

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