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History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
CHAPTER XVIII.
CITY OF LINNEUS
Incorporation - Its founder - Some Reminiscenses [sic] of Early Times - Wolves Make Music that
Lulls the Early Settler to Sleep - A Woman's Strength and
Devotion - The First Settler of Linneus a Colored Woman - Aunt
Dinah's Experience - Metes and Bounds - The First Frame House -
The First Native Born - Churches and Schools - First Merchants -
Senator Benton's Visit - Lynching of "Tennessee Tom" - The First
Railroad Train - Accidents and Crimes - Business Houses - Visit
of General Weaver - Lodges, Societies, Churches, and City
Officers -
BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri - Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882)
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LINNEUS AND LOCUST
CREEK TOWNSHIPS.
JOHN ALEXANDER - 878
JUDGE GAVON D. BURGESS - 422
JUDGE CARLOS BOARDMAN - 423
THOMAS BRAWNER. - 424
FRANCIS MARION BOLES - 425
ROBERT S. BOYLES - 426
JOHN HENRY BRADLEY - 427
THOMAS BENTON BOWYER - 427
EDWARD B. BANKS - 428
SOLOMON BRANDENBERGER (DECEASED) 429
HON. JAMES A. CLARK - 430
ZACHARIAH W. CLARK - 878
TRUMAN CHAUNCY CORY - 878
JAMES M. CORNETT - 879
JOHN H. CRAIG - 432
PORTRAIT OF E. D. HARVEY
ELIAS CHESBOUND - 435
CYRUS F. COLLINS - 436
THOMAS CHAMPION, JR. - 436
JUDGE THORNTON T. EASLEY =437
GEORGE ENGLAND - 438
THOMAS H. FLOOD - 439
MAJOR LUTHER THOMAS FORMAN - 440
CHARLES A. FORE (DECEASED) - 442
WILLIAM H. GARRETT. - 444
JACOB GARTNER - 445
ABRAHAM HINES - 445
BARTON A. JONES - 446
JAMES F. KELLEY - 447
JOHN JACKSON KNIFFIN - 448
BARKLEY LAMBERT - 879
JOHN F. LASH - 448
JOHN WESLEY LANE, M. D. - 450
WILLIAM S. MCCLANAHAN - 451
WILLIAM JOHN MILLAR - 880
BERRYMAN H. MULLINS - 452
MAJOR A. W. MULLINS. - 453
JEREMIAH P. MOORE - 454
JOSEPH C. MOORE (DECEASED) - 455
JOHN T. NICKERSON - 456
BENJAMIN JOSEPH NORTHCOTT - 457
DAVID PREWITT (DECEASED - 458
HENRY CLAY PREWITT - 459
DR. EDWARD F. PERKINS - 460
DR. P. H. PERKINS - 461
GEORGE D. PHILLIPS - 880
FRED W. POWERS - 462
WILLIAM W. PEERY - 463
JOHN C. PHILIPS - 464
JOHN P. PHILIPS - 465
JAMES S. POUNDS - 465
BENJAMIN L. POWELL - 880
CHARLES B. PURDIN - 466
PORTRAIT OF JOHN _ POWERS??
EDWARD R. RAVIS - 880
iSAAC M. REID - 469
JUDGE JACOB SMITH (DECEASED) - 470
EDWARD W. SMITH - 472
SAMUEL D. SANDUSKY - 472
JUDGE GEORGE W. STEPHENS - 474
DAVID I. STEPHENSON - 475
CAPTAIN JECHANIAH SEAMAN (DECEASED) 476
WILLIAM N. STILLMAN - 881
JOSEPH B. THORNE - 881
JAMES TOOEY - 478
FRANK L. TRACY - 881
GEORGE W. TYLER - 477
CAPT. R. G. WATERS - 479
GEORGE W. WESTGATE - 881
DR. E. R. WILCOX - 480
JOHN B. WILCOX - 481
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