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HISTORY
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DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
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DAVIESS COUNTY
BY
JOHN C. LEOPARD AND BUEL LEOPARD
GENTRY COUNTY
BY
R. M. McCAMMON AND MARY McCAMMON HILLMAN
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PREFACE
It is the aim of the editors of the History of Daviess County to present
in substantial form an authentic history of the county and its people, to
which the present and future generations may refer with confidence and
satisfaction as the years come and go, and that it may be a matter of pre-
manent record for all time. It is not an easy matter to write the history
of such a county as Daviess. Much more research was required than was
anticipated as every effort has been made to secure accuracy. Many events
had an influence in shaping the destiny of this county.
The chief sources of material were the county records, newspapers,
reports of the state departments, the history of the county published in
1882, "Early Days on Grand River and the Mormon War" by R. J. Britton,
the Memoirs of Major J. H. McGee, "Memories" by John F. Jordin, and
"Recollections" by H. C. McDougal.
The writers have made requests for information upon various subjects
of a large number of men and women, almost all of whom have responded
willingly and promptly. To them the writers feel greatly indebted and
while it is impossible to mention them all, this must not be taken to indicate
a lack of appreciation of their efforts.
Among those who have been especially painstaking in supplying infor-
n mation are Mrs. Mary Cruzen, Samuel F. Sperry, Sr., George W. Williams,
^ S. W. Brandom, W. C. Gillihan, C. H. Longfellow, H. J. Hollis, E. A. Martin,
^ Mrs. W. W. Ament, Dr. M. A. Smith, and Mrs. J. W. McClasky.
^ THE EDITORS.
^ Gallatin, Mo., June 1, 1922.
INDEX.
Abarr, Millege Lester 884
Adkisson, W. C 663
Adams, Edward 805
Adams, George P 466
Adams, M. E 72>2,
Adams, Willis 529
Adkison, Shannon 453
Agee, Carl J 828
Akes, Emert 472
Alexander, Joshua W 331
Allen, Charles S 668
Allen, F. T 669
Allen, John Henry 647
Allen, S. W 1002
Allenbrand, R. J 541
Allsup, J. W 400
Ament, W. W 695
Austin, Fred S 528
Arnold, W. L 430
Bacon, Henry G 727
Bacon, Jason 898
Ball, John Lemuel 855
Ball, Robt. J 901
Ball, Thomas J 854
Bare, H. W 470
Barger, Dr. J. N 921
Barlow, T. C 987
Barnes, John H 804
Bartlett, Oscar A 724
Bayless, White 954
Beauchamp, Lemuel 553
Beck, H. M 749
Bell, Amanda M 953
Bennett, James B 416
Best, Arthur 1023
Bethel, Eugene L 604
Birge, Ed E 837
Birge, James 760
Bishop, M. V 738
Black, Edgar 887
Black, R. M 983
Blackburn, D. A 391
Blackburn, Frank H 899
Blackburn, John A 899
Blackburn. W. E 386
Blacklock, Eben E 621
Blacklock, Ebenezer Edgar 615
Blacklock, L. Bruce 622
Blacklock, William L. 616
Blair, J. S 983
Blakely, S. W 418
Boley, Benjamin 810
Bonham, William W 625
Bowman, Lewis M 1035
Brandom, Silvester W 576
Bray, William E 915
Brewer, Enoch W 645
Brodrick, Isaac F 876
Brown, Cornelius 623
Brown, E. G 703
Brown, J. Forrest 417
Brown, John N 348
Brown, Alarcus M 488
Brown, N. B 997
Brown, Rufus Fayette 617
Brown, T. T 991
Brown, Thomas 808
Brown, W. P 958
Brown, W. T 444
Brown, Walter W 878
Brown, William H 957
Bruce, Charles A 743
Burge, W. F 421
Burkhart, George 535
Burtch, Dr. J. A 759
Burton, HalHe 340
Butler, Granville 838
Cain, John J 572
Caldwell, Joseph M 904
Campbell, A. B 517
Campbell, Dr. James Clyde 1007
Campbell, Dr. Malcomb Monroe... 593
Canaday, Andrew W 881
Canaday, William Calvin 785
Caraway, W. T 933
Carlow, Peoples Bank of 417
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
Carter, Annie Laurie (Akin) 539
Carter. H. F 532
Carter. Salathiel 592
Carter. W. H 624
Castor, Grant 729
Chamberlain, C. S 750
Chambers, Mrs. James A 753
Chapman. Henry 868
Chapman. R. W 1019
Chenoweth, M. W 502
Childers, J. J. 818
Chilton. F 671
Clagett. Dr. D. M 696
Clark, S. J 990
Cline, W. G 600
Colburn, Byron 722
Cole, J. 732
Cole, Ramus M 973
Cole, W. L 610
Collier, D. L 589
Collier, William H 660
Conrad, Joseph 723
Cook, Frank H 967
Cook, William S 634
Cooper, L. T 875
Cooper, Truman 586
Cooper, W. T 451
Coppersmith, Dr. A. W 793
Cornett, R. L 1037
Cottrill. David Marshall 557
Cottrill. David Alars . hall 557
Coulter, Johnson Wesley 489
Courtier. Devi^itt C 1023
Cousins, O. G 857
Cox, Joseph M 423
Cox, Levi P 454
Cox, Walter 432
Crane. William Milton 883
Creekmore, Rev. Grant 1027
Creighton, Sterling Harrison 965
Critten, James 419
Croy, Amos B 599
Croy, B. E 373
Croy, E. A 442
Crowder, Charles Bruce 700
Cruzen, Nathaniel G Zll
Culver, Elmer L 480
Cummings, John M 637
Cunningham, J. H 649
Dale, Lawrence T 848
Dator. William E 643
Davidson, J. E 488
Davis. D. Harfield 387
Day, E. B 927
Day, Joseph Owen 631
DeFord, Alva E 674
DeFord, Melvin Ross 682
Degginger, J. H 844
Denny, Lewis W 522
De Vorss, J. William 436
Dice, George E 977
Dieter. Thomas J 829
Dills. Henry P 551
Doak, Harry A 391
Doak, Novia 447
Doak, Peter P 390
Dockery, Alexander M 352
Dougan, Don C 783
Dowell, William 755
Downning, Charles L 925
Doyle, John R 494
Dresbach, J. A 585
Dresbach, Samuel H 579
Drummond, J. B., Sr 420
Drummond, James M 435
Dudley, Col. Boyd 344
Dudley, Boyd, Jr 344
Dunavan, Lewis R 816
Duncan, Earl Clifford 860
Duncan, Frank W 858
Duncan, Harrison M 781
Dunnington, J. F 400
Dunshee, Harry J 877
Edwards, Thomas J 929
Elder, William Carson 474
Ellis, John M 1012
EUis, N. G 1008
Embree, Charles 601
Enyart, James E 536
Ernst, C. E 424
Ethel, Willis J 834
Etter, R. L., Sr 367
Evans, Claude M 641
Evans, James J 820
Evans, William B 882
Everly, C. C 989
Everly, C. H 389
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
Everly, Henry H 1025
Everly, S. H 754
ENving, George D 958
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, The. 571
Faulkner, James R 756
Fetters, Enoch 625
Feurt, Homer 336
Feurt, W. H 962
Fields, Clarence Riley 1038
Fields, Victor 583
Fisher, Daniel M 365
Fitterer, Enos 379
Fitterer, Frank A 379
Fitterer, Oscar L 380
Flowers, Dale S 468
Foley, E. M., Jr 704
Folgate, Chauncey 787
Follett, D. H 629
Fore, Ted 508
Francisco, Cort 995
Frost, Thomas L 702
Fulton, A. J 683
Galbreath, John 765
Gall, Samuel L 619
Gallatin Trust Company, The 1034
Galpin, Peter 693
Gardner, Dr. P. L 372
Gartin, Andrew C 473
Gartin, Ray S 812
Gay, George R 928
Gay, James 864
Gildow, J. Frank 744
Giles, F. L 817
Giles, Oliver 655
Gillespie, J. H 986
Gillett, F. M 831
Gillett, John R 936
Glendenning, Milton 523
Goodbar, George C 383
Goodwine, Andrew J 802
Gould, Will S 768
Grace, John W 537
Grace, O. L 497
Graham, Amaziah A 950
Graham, Dr. James B 987
Grantham, Herbert C 1034
Grantham, Lincoln 801
Graves. P. M 830
Graves, W. P 605
Green, E. P 515
Green, George E 889
Green, Henry H 939
Green, John Francis 456
Green, M. M 511
Greenlee, Claud A 573
Greenwell, Alexander 512
Greenwood, E. H 929
Gregg, Aaron 790
Gregory, James M 569
Griffeth, C. J 888
Griffin, W. P 691
Grissinger, Guy Forrest... 587
Guerin, James 431
Guess, John H 505
Gurthep, J. B 1018
Hadley, Larkin Francis 520
Hager, John T 780
Hamilton, T. E 432
Hamilton, Wood H 384
Hamm, Fred 652
Hammer, Charles E 630
Hammer, Peter 833
Handy, W. R % 449
Harden, William S 595
Harding, Samuel Oscar 494
Hardinger, Dr. S. L 996
Hardwick, John R 642
Hargis, Dr. Wm. H 956
Harlow, E. J 394
Harlow, J. Sam 393
Harman, A. M 740
Harpster, Ray 832
Harrah, Harley J 1033
Harris, George Dowe 917
Harris, George W 863
Harris, Lewis Allen 714
Harrison, Clifford Melvin 656
Hartsock, W. E 840
Hathaway, W. E 734
Hawthorne, Lester L 584
Hays, Charles E 459
Hays, John B 460
Hedges, Dr. Frank 984
Helms, Everett H 981
Hemry, Charles 368
HISTORY OP DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
Henderson, Mary Ellen 880
Henry. Edmon 994
Hess, Charles A 889
Heyde, Maxmilian 598
Heyser, Stanley 736
Hill, James C 934
Hinote, J. W 885
Hise, S. R 542
Hisel, D. E 982
Holden, Thomas C 481
Holmes, Henry 909
Hopkins, Charles E 787
Hosman, Leonard M 376
Houston, George B 412
Houston, W. F 915
Hoyt, John H 650
Hudson, Richard 800
Hulet, Lewis C 515
Humphrey, T. M 601
Hundley, John A 479
Hunter, Jesse T 464
Hutcherson, William P 964
James, John Thomas 1022
Jameson, Hiram Ramsay 620
Jameson, Madison Finley 851
Jameson, William Alexander 644
Jamesport, Commercial Bank of... 426
Jamesport, Peoples Ex. Bank of.... 458
Jarrett, Samuel A 960
JefTeries, Thomas J 784
Jenkins, W. E 931
Jinkins, Joseph 747
Johnson, G. W 746
Johnson, James A 821
Johnson, James Franklin 442
Johnson, James L 707
Johnson, H. L 687
Johnson, V. P 989
Johnson, W. A 920
Jolly, Albert Newton 659
Jolly, Frank S 814
Jolly, Henry C 646
Jolly, James Perry 552
Jones, Jacob 825
J ones, Standish E 843
Kaufman, John W 975
Karrar, Armand 483
Keck, E. A 731
Kelso, Henry C 717
Kemp, J. H 720
Kent, Charles H 839
Kerfoot, William H 558
Kerlin, John W 806
Kerwin, Thomas 798
Kibler, James C 980
Killam, Sam C 448
Kingsborough, Dimmon D 477
Kingsley, C. E 735
Kirk, Patrick 823
Knauer, Charles L 350
Knight, Idella 640
Knight, M. N 439
Knight, V. E 910
Koch, George B 457
Koger, John Henry 1011
Korn, Charles 884
Landes, Daniel 445
Landes, F. S 748
Lankford, E. S 396
Lankford, E. T 396
Law, M. L 822
Lawson, Joseph G 976
Lay, W. T 923
Lear, Henry 1021
Lee, Wesley, Jr 725
Limpp, Rufus H 611
Lindsey, Charles T 890
Link, W. C 359
Littlewood, C. E 563
Litton, J. S 914
Lively, Ivo W 426
Lockwood, E. C 581
Loest, L. C 636
Long, James W 437
Love, Penn 922
Lowrey, Charles N 943
Lowrie, D. Luther 343
Lyons, H. E 507
McAllister, M. F 942
McCammon, Robt. M 1031
McCarty, John H 866
McCaskey, J. B 679
McCampbell, Walter E 524
McClaskey, John W 446
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
McClure, Elcania 763
McClure, Jonathan 856
McClure, W. T 425
McConkey, Samuel R 779
McCoy, Jesse James 896
McCoy, John R 461
McCoy, S. D 574
McCray, Robert D 872
McCue, J. L 428
McCue, P. S 458
McCue, R. M 381
McCullough, Joseph Lafayette 870
McDaniel, George W 657
McDaniel, J. W 992
McDonald, J. B 942
McElvain, Joseph 338
McElroy, T. H 799
McGinnis, Asa Hardin 900
McKenney, Keeran 852
McKnight, James W 827
McMahan, H. C 443
McMillen, Albert 850
McMillen, J. L 853
McMillen, Patrick Henry 513
Macy, Perry 404
Macy, Seth 403
Macy, W. C 392
Mallory, James M 699
Manion, Edward W 554
Mann, Alva 638
Mann, Clem P 767
Mann, Moses 560
Manring, James A 709
Manring, Jordan William 711
Marlow, L. C 433
Martin, T. A 412
Mathews, Alonzo 1026
Maupin, R. E 935
Meadows, J. E 970
Meadows, Mary Elizabeth 1009
Meadows, Oscar P 1010
Melton, William Ellis 549
Mendenhall, C. C 578
Mettle, Oliver 360
Miller, A. 509
Miller, A. W 751
Miller, Charles B 1004
Miller, James M 665
Miller, Martin Van Buren 544
Milligan, William J 797
Millman, Isaac 684
Millstead, Hayden 946
Minor, Leland F 979
Mitchell, George William 548
Miock, George 673
Monk, Jesse W 658
Monroe, Jonathan S 506
Moody, Wade D 940
Mooney, P. A 966
Moore, E. E 562
Morris, Theodore F 664
Morris, Tmiothy 1015
Morris, W. J 1014
Morrison, G. M. Dallas 791
Morton, Frank 612
Mothersead, Charles H 465
Moulten, L. T 1036
Murphy, Robert 493
Murray, G. G 361
Musselman, John 342
Nalle, John 1025
Naylor, W. E 419
Neal, Joab P 789
Needles, Simpson ,W 530
Neth, Albert 690
Newcomb, J. E 594
Newman, A. A 907
Newman, Jacob 846
Nickerson, James H 969
Nugent, Dr. J. T 455
O'Hare, Hugh Elwood 963
O'Mara, James 497
O'Toole, James M 925
Olsen, George A 698
Osborn, Henry 655
Osborn, W. T 906
Pangburn, Marion Edgar 937
Pape, Carsen 909
Parks, William 609
Parman, Orville S 463
Pate, John A 761
Patterson, M. H 911
Patrick, Benedict W 409
Patton, H. E Z72,
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
Patton, Isaac Gentry 498
Patton. J. T 985
Patton, Jefferson P 974
Patton, John F 774
Patton, Joseph Henry 653
Patton, William A 842
Payne, Clinton L 375
Peniston, Anthony 608
Peniston, George H 414
Peters, Mrs. Ida M 721
Pierce, Benjamin 583
Pierce, Fred L 402
Pierce, Lee R 374
Pipkin, Dr. Charles 930
Place, A. J 339
Pogue, George H 752
Pogue, W. C 388
Potter, Charles 835
Powell, Lew Wallace 912
Powers, Harvey 796
Powers, J. Clark 795
Preston, John 504
Price, Aseph Butler 545
Prichard, William M 944
Prior, Crittenden D 1028
Pulsifer, Joseph R 824
Quigley, Silas Edgar Ill
Quisenberry, P. T 811
Railsback, Daniel 924
Ralph, W. D 519
Ramsbotton, William 404
Ray, Charles 561
Ray, James M 771
Reed, George W ITh
Reed, J. W 747
Reed, John W 1000
Reich, J. L 680
Reid, Adelbert W 686
Rhea, George W 730
Rice, D. P 550
Richardson, Philip 874
Ridinger, G. W 409
Rigney, T. N 484
Rizzi, A 611
Robertson, James 565
Robertson, Wesley L 672
Robinson, D. H 1001
Robinson, J. H 918
Robinson, O. P 972
Robison, John B 540
Robison, Lester M 503
Roper, William Terry 893
Royston, Mrs. Ada M 948
Runyon, Charles Henry 588
Runyan, George Sterling 534
Rybolt, Edward E 998
Sager, George A 580
Sager, W. F 794
Sale, J. M 865
Sale, Phillip 543
Sampson, W. B 605
Sanford, Thomas H 591
Schwyhart, M. S 745
Scott, Charles L 770
Scott, H. C 397
Scott, J. C 757
Scott, Roy T 719
Scrivner, V. H 438
Sealey, George F 635
Seller, A. F 363
Semple, Malcolm Monroe 501
Shakleford, Dr. Earl 949
Shockley, T. R 440
Shoemaker, Everett M 716
Short, Alexander 726
Shrike, John J 614
Sidens, William J 568
Slagle, W. M 873
Smith, Asa L 1015
Smith, Dr. M. A 356
Smith, Edgar L 556
Smith, Frank L 776
Smith, J. J 590
Smith, James D 469
Smith, Kimbro 971
Smith, W. D 772
Smith, W. Glen 354
Snapp, Delbert D 607
Snider, J. M 422
Spaht, Gustave 602
Speers, William 670
Sperry, Samuel F 1016
Spiers, Amos 978
Stapleton, Robert E 905
Stapleton, William Peery 491
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
Steininan, Edward 826
Stephens, Arthur M 366
Stewart, J. R 892
Stewart, John W 666
Stith, James 762
Stout, C. J 358
Stovall, Hardin N 951
Strasser, John A 708
Streeter, Cyrus 678
Stroup, Silas M 908
Summa, Earl 567
Summa, Ira 567
Surface, Samuel R 677
Sutton, John George 813
Sweaney, Boon L 897
Sweat, J. R 662
Swisher, C. H 742
Tate, J. H 349
Temple, W. A 836
Terry, Anda B 974
Thomas, Joseph 862
Thomas, William 803
Thompson, Dr. A 895
Thompson, Dr. R. V HI
Thompson, W. L 766
Tibbs, J. L 739
Todd, Levi 472
Tolbert, J. W 441
Tolen, Mark 415
Townsend, W. P 408
Trimm, James C 1029
Trosper, Milton 401
Trosper, William B 688
Tuggle, Floyd S 394
Tunnell, Clarence E 632
Turner, Edwin 955
Uhlig, Paul J 786
Utz, Alfred E 1006
Utz, J. J 815
Utz, William L 1017
Vandermark, James Edward 525
Van Hoozer, Jonathan W 527
Vaughn, James 628
Wade, Allen F 1035
Wade, I. L 410
Wagers, J. T. 617
Walker. John W 510
Walp, Henry S 894
Walls, Boyd E 993
Waltemath, John A 496
Waltemath, Fred 809
Ware, B. F 415
Warren, A. H 429
Washburn, L. E 807
Waters, Davis E 952
Watkins, George P 769
Weldon, J. H 406
Weldon, William G 758
Wellman, William Z 741
West, Edward F 689
Wetzel, Reuben 736
Whaley, M. P 462
Wharton, David Amos 861
Wheatley, Charles T 627
White, Jerome C 681
Whitt, O. R 999
Whitton, Charles R 782
Whitton, Rufus 848
Wiglesworth, Ovelman 713
Wilder, John F 7:!,7
Wiles, Ralph 427
Williams, George W 995
Wilmore, D. C. . . . ^. 597
Wilson, Samuel 72>2>
Wood, Mrs. Ada 1003
Wood, R. F 961
Wooden, M. H 675
Wooderson, David H 500
Wooderson, Frank 841
Woodring, R. E 1020
Woodruff, Frank A 369
Wynne, H. S 991
Yadon, John A 867
Yates, Benjamin A 941
Yates, C. G 750
Yates, M. B 947
Yeater, H. C • , 486
Yoell, E. G 919
Yost, Cornelius 968
Youtsey, Archibald S., Jr 398
Youtsey, Eben Estes 398
Youtsey, O. S .926
PART I.
History of Daviess Counhj.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
TERRITORY EMBRACING DAVIESS COUNTY— INDIAN OCCUPATION— FIRST SETTLERS-
SETTLEMENT OF BENTON TOWNSHIP— SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNSHIPS-
NATIVITY OF PIONEER SETTLERS— CHARACTER AND NATIVITY OF LATER
ARRIVALS 65-70
CHAPTER II.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
PETITION PRESENTED IN 1836 BY ALEXANDER DONIPHAN— LOCATION OF COUNTY
SEAT— TOWN ORDERED PI>ATTED AND SALE OF LOTS— REPORT OF COMMIS-
SIONERS—EFFORT TO REMOVE COUNTY SEAT TO CRAVENSVILLE— OTHER
EFFORTS TO CHANGE COUNTY SEAT 71-74
CHAPTER III.
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
COURT HOUSE— JAIL— COUNTY FARM AND BUILDINGS 75-81
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER IV.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
GALLATIN— COFFEY— WINSTON— PATTONSBITRG - JAMESON— CARLOW — LOCK
SPRINGS— ALTAMONT— CIVIL BEND — MILLPORT — ADAM-ONDI-AHMON — CRAV-
ENSVILLE— PRAIRIE CITT—CRITTENDEN— ECLIPSE— OLD PATTONSBURG— VIC-
TORIA— ALTA VISTA— BANCROFT 82-90
CHAPTER V.
MILITARY HISTORY.
BLACK HAWK WAR— HEATHERLY WAR— MEXICAN WAR— COL. WICKHAM'S MILITIA
COMPANY, COMPANY A, SECOND MISSOURI REGIMENT. N. G. M 91-93
CHAPTER VI.
THE MORMONS IN DAVIESS COUNTY.
LYMAN WIGHT THE FIRST MORMON TO SETTLE IN DAVIESS COUNTY— HEADQUAR-
TERS AT FAR WEST— JOSEPH SMITH, JR., SELECTS SITE OF STRAKE IN
DAVIESS COUNTY— GROWTH OF TOWN— FIRST MORMON TROUBLE— LATER
DEVELOPMENTS- THE MORMON WAR— MOBOLIZATION OF TROOPS— EXTERMIN-
ATION ORDER— MAUN'S MILL MASSACRE— MORMONS SURRENDERED TO MILITIA
LEADERS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENCE- SUBSEQUENT TRIAI.— REMAINS OF
MORMON OCCUPATION 94-101
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER VII.
THE CIVIL WAR.
SENTIMENT DIVIDED IN DAVIESS COUNTY— ACTIVITIES OF UNION MEN IN 1861—
COMPANIES ORGANIZED— HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHED AT GALLATIN— GUER-
RILLA WARFARE— SKIRMISH — BOUNTY OFFERED TO VOLUNTEERS — UNION
SOLDIERS FROM DAVIESS COUNTY— COMPANY A— COMPANY G— COMPANY B—
FORTY-THIRD INFANTRY— SPECIAL ORDER NO. 6— CONFEDERATES— CIVIL WAR
INCIDENTS . ia2-121
CHAPTER VIII.
PIONEER AND MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
STAGE LINES— FERRIES— NAVIGATION— ROADS— RAILROADS 122-132
CHAPTER IX.
CHURCHES.
PIONEER MINISTERS— PIONEER CHURCHES— CAMP MEETING — CHURCH SERVICES-
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH— CATHOI>IC CHURCH— CHRISTIAN CHURCH— EVAN-
GELICAL CHURCH — BAPTIST CHURCH — METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH —
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH— PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH— SEVENTH DAY AD-
VENTISTS 133-145
CHAPTER X.
SCHOOLS.
EARLY DAY SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOLS— PIONEER TEACHERS— FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE-
LOCATION OF EARLY SCHOOLS— TEACHER'S INSTITUTES— HIGH SCHOOLS— CON-
SOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOLS— APPROVED RURAL SCHOOLS— GRAND RIVER COL-
LEGE—GRAND RIVER ACADEMY— GALLATIN ACADEMY 146-153
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER XI.
BENCH AND BAR.
THREE CIRCUIT JUDGES FROM DAVIESS COUNTY— FIRST TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT
HELD IN 1837— FIRST BUSINESS TRANSACTED— CHANGES IN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT-
CIRCUIT JUDGES— LAWYERS IN 1860— LAWYERS WHO CAME AFTER THE CIVIL
WAR— ATTORNEYS IN 1882— PRESENT DAY ATTORNEYS— THE TRIAL OF FRANK
James 154-158
CHAPTER XII.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
WM. P. THOMPSON THE FIRST DOCTOR IN THE GRaND RIVER COUNTRY— OTHER
EARLY DAY DOCTORS— THE LIFE AND PRACTICE OF PIONEER DOCTORS— THE
DAVIESS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY— THE GRAND RIVER MEDICAL ASSOCIA-
TION 159-160
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PRESS.
FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE GRAND RIVER COUNTRY IN 1843— FIRST NEWS-
PAPER PUBLISHED IN DAVIESS COUNTY IN 1853— EARLY DAY NEWSPAPERS
AND PUBLISHERS— ED. HOWE ENGAGED IN NEWSPAPER WORK HERE— LATER
PUBLICATIONS— NEWSPAPERS AT GALLATIN, WINSTON, COFFEY, LOCK-
SPRINGS, JAMESON, ALTAMONT, JAMESPORT, PATTONSBURG AND OTHER
PLACES 161-168
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER XIV.
A CHAPTER OF "FIRSTS.'
169-172
CHAPTER XV.
OFFICIALS.
UNITED STATES OFFICIALS— STATE OFFICIALS— DA^^ESS COUNTY REPRSENTA-
TIVES— COUNTY TREASURERS— PROBATE JUDGES— COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-
RECORDERS — SHERIFFS — PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS — CIRCUIT CLERKS-
COUNTY CLERKS— COUNTY JUDGES 173-179
CHAPTER XVI.
THE WORLD WAR.
BARLEY ENTRANTS FROM DAVIESS COUNTY— FIRST REGISTRATION— DRAWING
UNDER THE SELECTIVE DRAFT— EXEMPTION BOARD— FIRST GROUP OF MEN
CHOSEN— LEAVING FOR CAMP— KILLED IN ACTION— DIED OF DISEASE—
WOUNDED— DAVIESS COl^NTY SOLDIERS— RETURN OF SOLDIERS— AUXILIARY
WAR WORK— LIBERTY LOANS— UNITED T\"AR WORK CAMPAIGN— THRIFT STAMP
CAMPAIGN— COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 180-194
CHAPTER XVII.
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
FIRST APPEAL— DAVIESS COUNTY CHAPTER ORGANIZED— BRANCH CHAPTERS-
GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP— SCHOOL AUXILIARY— RED CROSS WEEK— FIRST AID
CLASS— MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE— WELCOME HOME ENTERTAIN-
MENT—AWARDS FOR SERVICE— PEACE PROGRAM 195-199
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER XVIII.
SOCIETIES AND LODGES.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC— SONS OP" VETERANS— PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY-
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION— IGNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS—
P. E. O. SISTERHOOD— JAMESPORT FORTNIGHTLY CLUB— DAVIESS COUNTY
IMMIGRATION SOCIETY— DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION- THE W.
C. T. U.— MASONIC— EASTERN STAR— KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS— I. O. O. F.— RE-
BEKAHS— AMERICAN LEGION 200-211
PART 11.
History of Gentry County.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATION OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS IN GENTRY COUNTY— HIGH
POINTS OF HISTORY— PROGRESS OF GENTRY COUNTY— ADHERENCE TO FACTS—
"HARKING BACK" 213-214
CHAPTER II.
TERRITORIAL HISTORY.
CLAIMED BY RIGHT OF DISCOVERY— INDIANS' RIGHTS SWEPT ASIDE— LOUISIANA
PURCHASE— TERRITORY OF MISSOURI ORGANIZED- HOWARD COUNTY BSTAB-
LISHED— "THE MOTHER OF COUNTIES" -GENTRY COUNTY ORGANIZED IN 1845—
NAMED IN HONOR OF COLONEL GENTRY— LOCATION 215-216
CHAPTER III.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOPOGRAPHY.
WHAT CONSTITUTES NATURAL RESOURCES— AVAILABLE AND POTENTIAL— MIN-
ERAL SPRINGS— RAINFALL— PHYSICAL FEATURES— SCENERY AND SOIL— "A
LAND OP PROMISE." 217-218
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER IV.
EARJ^Y SETTLEMENTS.
NONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS NOW LIVING — CONQUEST OF THE NINETEENTH
• CENTURY— "V^HHAT THE PIONEERS BROUGHT— THEIR AMBITIONS- SETTLEMENT
BEGAN IN 1834— FIRST SETTLERS— OTHER SETTLERS— FIRST SCHOOL— FIRST
POSTOFFICE— FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN COUNTY— FIRST CHURCH— EARLY
PREACHERS 219-221
CHAPTER V.
PIONEER LIFE.
REMINISCENT AND TRADITIONAL — THE PIONEER'S HOME — IMPLEMENTS — HIS
TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS— SCARCITY OF NECESSITIES— BUILDING THE LOG
CABIN— THE CRUDE FURNITURE— COMMUNITY SPIRIT— PASTIMES— GAME AND
FISH— THE BLACKSMITH— GRISTMILL AND TRADING POST 222-228
CHAPTER VI.
FIRST COURTS.
MET IN 1845— OFFICERS APPOINTED— BUSINESS TRANSACTED— CREATED SIX MUNIC-
IPAL TOWNSHIPS— FIRST PETITION FILED IN CIRCUT COURT— EARLY RECORDS
—RECORD BOOK STILL IN EXISTENCE 229-234
CHAPTER VII.
COUNTY BUILDINGS.
COURTHOUSE— JAIL— COUNTY FARM BUILDINGS 235-241
HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES
CHAPTER VIII.
TOWNSHIPS.
ATHENS— BOGLE— COOPER— HOWARD— JACKSON— HUGGINS— MILLER— WILSON. 242-259
CHAPTER IX.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
ALBANY— AT FIRST CALLED ATHENS— LOCATION— FIRST HOUSE— FIRST BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL MEN— TOWN INCORPORATED— FIRST SCHOOLS AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS— NEWSPAPERS— CHRISTIAN CHURCH— PRESBYTERIAN— METHO-
DIST EPISCOPAL— BAPTIST— LIBRARY 260-271
CHAPTER X.
CITIES AND TOWNS— CONTINUED.
STANBERRY— KING CITY— GENTRYVILLE—McFALL— FORD CITY— ALANTHUS— ISLAND
CITY— DARLINGTON— BERLIN— GENTRY— EVONA— OTHER TOWNS 272-281