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Welcome to
Daviess County, Missouri
History & Genealogy

Source:
The History of Daviess County, Missouri
Publ. Kansas City, Mo - Birdsall & Dean -
1882

CHAPTER - XX - UNION TOWNSHIP
Union Township - Topography - Population - Old Settlers - Millport - what Happened - Improving - Railroads - Schools - Valuation - Official List - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1881 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXI. - THE CITY OF GALLATIN - GLIMPSES OF THE EARLY DAYS AND PRESENT GROWTH.
City of Gallatin - Advancing - Business - Manufacturing - The Title Secure - The Deed - Other Facts - Incorporated - Assuming the Robes - Town Officers - Petition - Wanted Civil Government - Petition No. 2 - Election Notice - New Officers - City Charter for 1870 - articles I to X - Rules and Regulations - Articles I to IV - Elections - What Has Been Shipped - Assessed Valuation - Business and Business Men of Gallatin - Old Landmarks.
CHAPTER XXII. - THE PRESS AND BAR - BANKS - CRUSADE, AND CRIME.
The Press - The Missouri Sun - North Missourian - The Torchlight - The Gallatin Democrat - The Early Bar - First Court - Circuit riders - From Daviess County - Circuit Judges and Attorneys - Abuse of Power - The Present Bar - "The Temple of Justice" - Farmers' Exchange Bank - Officers and Directors, 1881 - Savings Association - The Crusade - True Temperance - Preamble - Constitution - The Pledge - Gallatin Cornet Band - The Deadly Pistol - Murder of John W. Sheets - His Lifeless Body - The Reward - Frank and Jesse - Robbery of the Gallatin Bank - Assassination of President Garfield - The Nation Mourns - Train Robbery at Winston - Who Were They? - The Evidence.
CHAPTER XXIII. - CITY OF GALLATIN - CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND LODGES - Page 508
Churches - Cumberland Presbyterian - Sabbath School - Christian Church - Sunday-School - First Presbyterian Church - Sunday Schools - Kenney Chapel Baptist Church - Methodist Episcopal Church South - Congregational Church - African Methodist Episcopal Church - Hernden Cemetery - Gallatin Public School - report of 1873 - The School in 188_ - Gallatin Library Association - New Organization - I. O. O. F. - Gallatin Lodge, No. 16_ - Banner Encampment No. 90 - A. F. and A. M. - Gallatin Lodge No. 106 - Gallatin Royal Arch Chapter No. 11 - Order of the Eastern Star - Corinthian Chapter No. 112 - Knights of Honor - Gallatin Lodge - Knights of Tabor - Sumner Temple No.25 - Postmasters - First Daily Mails - Distances - Towns in the County - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
CHAPTER XXIV. - JAMESPORT TOWNSHIP
Organization and Name - Old Settlers - His Eccentricity - First Marriage - Other Incidents - Progress - Population - officers - Jamesport Town - A Forward Movement - Incorporation - Town Affairs - A Slight Row - The Gazette - From 1876 to 1880 - The City of Jamesport - New Officers - List of Business Houses - Churches - Cumberland Presbyterian - Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church - Other Churches - I. O. O. F. - Jamesport Lodge No. 339 - Eveining Star Lodge No. 29, A. O. U. W. - S. K. of A. O. U. W. - A. F. & A. M. - Jamesport Lodge No. 201 - K. S. C. - Jamesport Cornet Band - Jamesport Fair - Organization - Certificate of Corporate Existence - BIOLOGICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXV. - BENTON TOWNSHIP
Description - Boundaries and Name - When Settled - Sad  Death - 1835 - The first Schoolhouse - Mills - The Mexican War - The Gold Fever - The Death of Lockwood - Taxable Wealth - Railroad Fever - Township Law - Elm Flat - Another Election - Boundary Extended - Pattonsburg - Incorporation - Railroad Statistics - Baptist Church - Oak Ridge Christian Church - Methodist Episcopal Church - Schools - Societies - A. F. & A. M. - Wilbur Lodge, I. O. O. F. - Pattonsburg Business Directory - Crystal Springs - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
CHAPTER XXVI. - GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP - Page 647
 
CHAPTER XXVII. - COLFAX TOWNSHIP - Page 688
 
CHAPTER XXVIII. - LINCOLN TOWNSHIP - Page 707
 
CHAPTER XXIX - MARION TOWNSHIP - Page 725
 
CHAPTER XXX - JACKSON TOWNSHIP - Page 744
 
CHAPTER XXXI. - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - Page 765
Description and Area - The First Settlers - Municipal Affairs - Churches - Union Church - Crab Orchard Church - Cemeteries - Transportation - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
CHAPTER XXXII - SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP - Page 785
General Description - The Pioneers - Churches - Christian Church - Mount Nebo Baptist Church - Church of the United Brethren - Good Templars - A Sad Accident - Another - Township Officers - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXXIII. - MONROE TOWNSHIP - Page 799
Organization and Extent of Territory - Growth - Self-defense - Several Items - First Officers - Official Record - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
CHAPTER XXXIV - HARRISON TOWNSHIP - Page 811
Who They Were and Where They Came From - The Size - Items of Interest - Where They Traded - Progressing - Baptist Church - Official Record - Schools - Crime - Packwood Murder Trial - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXXV - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - Page 826
Water Supply, Extent of Territory, etc. - Pioneers - An Incident - Slightly Taken in - Union Church - Victoria - Alto Vista - Barbecue - $10,000 Worth - Population - Elections and Officers - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXXVI - SALEM TOWNSHIP - Page 842
Position and Description - History - Organization, Statistics, etc. - Township Officers - Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church - Bethel Church (Methodist Church South) - The Village of Salem  - Valuation, etc. - Christian Church - Masonic Lodge - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXXVII. - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Page 852
Boundaries, Timber, Prairies and Streams - Population - Old Settlers - Some Facts - Churches - Pilot Grove Church - Union Grove Church - Hickory  Creek Church - Chapter of Accidents and Crimes - Suicides - Accidents - Murder - Township Officers - Conclusion - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CHAPTER XXXVIII - ADDENDA - Page 865
Explanation - H. D. Hamilton - James A. Meadows - Horatio Bunker - Jesse M. Dickey - J. T. Jones - Milton F. Woodward - Assessment for 1881

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