Portrait Index
GENERAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI
1911
Written by Shelby Countians and
graciously
donated to this website by the Shelby County Historical Society,
Kathleen Wilham, President - ©Copyright 1911
| Introduction and Foreword | i-viii |
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Contents: |
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| Chapter 1. Discovery and Early Settlements - Log Cabin Days - Settlers of 1833 - a Surveying Party - Cholera Epidemics - The First Election - A Post Office and Store Installed - Shelby County Formed and Organized and Some Events Which Followed - Indians - Wild Animals and Game - The Pioneer Weddings - Pioneer Ministers - First Settlements Made in Timber - Pioneers, Pioneer Homes and Comforts - Agricultural Implements - Fishing | 1 |
| Chapter 2. Early History - The Name - Important Dates of Public Notices - Important Proceedings 1836 County Court - First Circuit Court - The First Attorney Fisticuff in County Court - Miscellaneous News from Early Court Dockets - The First Shelby County Election - August Election, 1836 - August Election, 1838 - August Election 1839 | 21 |
| Chapter 3. List of 1835 Settlers - Naming of the Streams - First Coroner's Inquest - A Lost Man - "New York" Shelby County - The New Courthouse - Pioneer Mills - The First Roads - "Bee Trails" - Settlers in Shelby, 1837 - The First Bridge - The First Homicide | 29 |
| Chapter 4. Crops in Early Forties - Chinch Bug Year - The Sixteenth Section - German Settlement - Change of County Line - Mail Facilities Improved - A few Things That Interested the Settlers - Civilization's Sure Advance - Second Homicide in the County - The First County Conviction - Jefferson Shelton - Jonathan Michael - George Liggett - Miss Alcina Upton - Stock Raising and Shipping - First Jail - California Emigrants - Elections, 1840 - Presidential Election - August Election, 1844 | 39 |
| Chapter 5. Heterogeneous - Election of 1852 - Political Campaign of 1856 - Presidential Election, 1856 - The "Know Nothings" - Election of 1858 - Slavery Days - 1860 Presidential Campaign - The Situation in 1860 - Stirring Times After the Election - Incendiary Talk | 52 |
| Chapter 6. The County's War Record - The Mormon War - The Iowa War - The War of 1861 Governor Jackson Refuses to Respond - The Hunnewell Meeting - The Flag Raising Period - The First Federal Troops - First Union Company Organized - Salt River Bridge Burned - Join Green's Company - Green Takes Shelbina - Report of Colonel N. G. Williams, Third Iowa Infantry - What the Kansas Officers Said - Second Burning of Salt River Bridge - Shelby County Confederate Troops - Movement of Union Forces - General Grant in Shelby - Secession of Missouri - County Court Meeting - Changes in County Officials | 64 |
| Chapter 7. Missouri State Militia Organize - Bushwhacking in the County - The Bushwhacking Near Walkersville - Stockade Built Around Courthouse - "Special Order No. 30" - Several Changes in Positions - John L. Owen Killed - Shelby County Men Executed - The 1862 Election | 84 |
| Chapter 8. Many Join Porter's Command - Federals Hold the County - Bill Anderson Visits Shelby - Fifty-one Killed at Centralia, Missouri - The 1864 Election | 92 |
| Chapter 9. Ousting Officers - Murders and Homicides - Murder of George Queary - "The Dale-Phelps Tragedy" - Bruce Green Kills Calvin Warren - A Negro Murder Case - The Robber Johnson - The Great Benjamin Will Case - The Will - Indicting Rebel Preachers - Registration of Voters - News From Headquarters - The War is Over - The Drake Constitution - After the War - Robbery of the County Treasury - Politics and Election of 1870 - Census of 1880 - Flood of 1876 | 102 |
| Chapter 10. The Agricultural Society of Shelby County - The Shelby County Agricultural and Mechanical Association - The Shelbina Fair Association - Local Option and Temperance - Transportation Facilities - The Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad - The Building of the Shelby County Railway - The First Electric Railroad - Chief Pursuits and Surplus Products | 119 |
| Chapter 11. Government Surveys - Original Townships - County and Township Systems - Organization of Townships - Municipal Townships of Shelby County - Tiger Fork Township - Salt River Township - Clay Township - Taylor Township - Bethel Township - Jefferson Township - Black Creek Township - North River Township - Lenter Township | 136 |
| Chapter 12. Newspapers of Shelby County - The Shelbyville Spectator The Shelby County Weekly - The Shelby County Herald - The Shelby County Times - The Shelbyville Guard - The Shelbina Gazette - The Shelbina Index and Torchlight - The Shelbina Democrat - First Paper in Clarence - The Clarence Courier - The Clarence Republican - The Hunnewell Enterprise - The Hunnewell Echo - The Enterprise Resumes Publication - The Hunnewell Bee - The Bethel Sun - The Missouri Sun | 148 |
| Chapter 13. Some Shelby County Murders and Suicides - William Switzer Murdered in 1864 - Pat McCarty Assassinated - The Buford Tragedy - Murder of Nicholas Brandt - Judge Joseph Hunolt Assassinated - A Leonard Tragedy - Shelbina Mayor Dies Suddenly - M. Lloyd Cheuvront Shot - Suicide at Clarence - The Stacy Murder and Suicide | 155 |
| Chapter 14. Shelby County - Census of Shelby County - Clarence - Shelbyville - Shelbina - Hunnewell - The Temple of Justice - Courthouse Burned - Three Clarence Fires - Shelby County Congressman | 162 |
| Chapter 15. Schools, Colleges and Churches - Shelbina Collegiate Institute - Shelbina Public School - The Macon District Academy at Clarence - College at Leonard - The Independent Holiness School at Clarence | 178 |
Portrait Index
| Burckhardt, John G. | 518 |
| Burnett, Alexander | 582 |
| Christine, John A., and wife | 590 |
| Churchwell, Francis M., and wife | 510 |
| Cooper, J. T. | 225 |
| Crawford, George W. | 487 |
| Dimmitt, Dr. Phillip | 199 |
| Dimmitt, Frank | 271 |
| Dimmitt, Lee | 440 |
| Dimmitt, Prince | 319 |
| Drain, Vernon L. | 337 |
| Forman, Thomas W. | 449 |
| Freeland, Arthur L. | 605 |
| Funk, Henry S. | 526 |
| Garrison, Thomas E. | 503 |
| Greenfield, George W. | 494 |
| Hawker, William M., and wife | 534 |
| Hirrlinger, William A. | 565 |
| Holliday, James L. | 573 |
| Howell, William | 600 |
| Hughes, William A. | 345 |
| Humphrey, Sen. George W. | 355 |
| Jewett, Hon. W. O. L. | 368 |
| Lasley, Charles H. | 328 |
| Lloyd, Hon. James T. | 281 |
| Lyell, J. R. | 300 |
| McBride, Elias A., and wife | 556 |
| McCully, Dr. John M. | 423 |
| Manuel, Theodore P. | 309 |
| Merrin, Jacob H. | 548 |
| Moore, John H., and wife | 432 |
| Morgan, David | 373 |
| Morgan, John R. | 396 |
| Noll, Melchior | 479 |
| Parsons, S. G. | 379 |
| Phillips, Eugene C. | 456 |
| Pickett, Hedgeman, and wife | 464 |
| Pollard, Dr. Henry M. | 406 |
| Reed, Thomas W. P. | 362 |
| Reid, William A. | 206 |
| Selsor, Hiram, and wife | 541 |
| Shelton, Hon. N. M. | 387 |
| Simmons, Hon. H. Jeane | 414 |
| Simmons, Mrs. H. J. | 416 |
| Stribling, James O. | 253 |
| Towson, Gen. J. William | 215 |
| Will, Henry | 472 |
| Wood, Rev. J. H. | 243 |
| Woodward, Crayton | 610 |
GENERAL INDEX
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A |
Calvert, Cecilius C. | 611 | ||
| Adams, Judge Newton | 257 | Capp, Robert E. | 611 | |
| Alexander, Edward P. | 640 | Carmichael, Robert L. | 560 | |
| Allgaier, James F. | 213 | Carroll, Hansford S. | 498 | |
| Arnold, Henry | 507 | Carson, Dr. William | 335 | |
| Ayers, Mort. D. | 430 | Chinn, John S. | 512 | |
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B |
Christine, John A. | 590 | ||
| Bailey, John T. | 229 | Churchwell, Francis M. | 510 | |
| Bailey, Tilmon A. | 256 | Citizens' Bank of Clarence | 391 | |
| Bair, Harry C. | 360 | Citizens' Bank of Shelbyville | 322 | |
| Bair, Samuel J. | 361 | Clarence Savings Bank | 387 | |
| Baker, Wesley | 461 | Claussen, William | 516 | |
| Baker, Sanford | 571 | Cockrum, Joseph F. | 640 | |
| Baker, James R. | 651 | Coe, Edward M. | 553 | |
| Baker, Isaac N. | 645 | Collier, Richard | 317 | |
| Bank of Lenter | 305 | Collins, Hiram | 234 | |
| Barker, Charles S. | 259 | Commercial Bank of Shelbina | 292 | |
| Barker, James S. | 470 | Connaway, J. Polk | 467 | |
| Barton, John S. | 442 | Cooper, Alonzo | 333 | |
| Bauer, John G. | 377 | Cooper, John T. | 225 | |
| Bayliss, Dr. W. M. | 393 | Cotton, William J. | 613 | |
| Bean, Thomas A. | 420 | Cox, Matthew M. | 288 | |
| Bethards, Kim | 555 | Cox, Charles T. | 289 | |
| Blackford, James G. | 480 | Craigmyle, Fred | 529 | |
| Bodwell, Forrest G. | 589 | Crawford, George W. | 487 | |
| Bonnel, Henry H. | 629 | Crow, James F. | 425 | |
| Bostwick, William H. | 653 |
D |
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| Bower, John C. | 359 | Dale, John D. | 334 | |
| Bower, August | 363 | Dale, Francis M. | 647 | |
| Bower David | 364 | Damrell, Edwin M. | 340 | |
| Bower, Carl E. | 365 | Damrell, Theodore B. | 561 | |
| Bower, Theodore L. | 366 | Daniel, Dr. Joseph A. | 212 | |
| Bower, Walter C. | 374 | Davis, John T. | 453 | |
| Browne, Sidney H., Jr. | 459 | Davis, Dr. Eli C. | 270 | |
| Brown, John | 475 | Dempsey, Hugh | 469 | |
| Buckman, Martin S. | 427 | Dempsey, Mark | 484 | |
| Bue, John H. | 604 | Dimmitt, Frank | 271 | |
| Burckhardt, John G. | 518 | Dimmitt, Lee | 440 | |
| Burckhardt, John F. | 316 | Dimmitt, Dr. Philip | 199 | |
| Burnett, Alexander | 582 | Dimmitt, Prince | 319 | |
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C |
Dimmitt, Marvin | 627 | ||
| Cadwell, Eugene M. | 338 | Dimmitt, Walter A. | 350 | |
| Callison, Elisha A. | 339 | Douglass, Hardin | 313 | |
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| Drain, Vernon L. | 337 | Graves, Charles A. | 454 | |
| Drennan, Henry C. | 630 | Greenfield, George W. | 494 | |
| Duncan, William L. | 489 | Griswold, Alonzo L. | 412 | |
| Dunlap, Andrew B. | 265 | Gunby, William K. | 668 | |
| Dunlap, Robert H. | 286 |
H |
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| Dunn, Preston B., Sr. | 568 | Hall, George W. | 577 | |
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E |
Hammond, Dr. Harry B. | 528 | ||
| Eaton, Harrison | 307 | Hamilton, James A. | 413 | |
| Eaton, Henry M. | 311 | Hamrick, William L. | 384 | |
| Echternacht, Justus F. | 656 | Hardy, Jesse T. | 246 | |
| Edelen, James | 348 | Harrison, James F. | 314 | |
| Edwards, John D. | 667 | Hart, William T. | 670 | |
| Ertel, John | 485 | Harvey, George W. | 663 | |
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F |
Hawker, William M. | 534 | ||
| Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Hunnewell | 261 | Hawkins, James W. | 637 | |
| Farmers' Bank of Emden | 609 | Heinze, Theodore | 505 | |
| Farmers' Bank of Leonard | 635 | Herron, William B. | 268 | |
| Farr, Fred'k M. | 343 | Hershey, Michael | 638 | |
| Farr, Dr. George E. | 344 | Hewitt, John J. | 320 | |
| Farrell, Judge Rufus | 410 | Hickman, Charles A. | 291 | |
| Feely, Theodore W. | 550 | Hickman, Joseph H. | 293 | |
| Feely, Silas M. | 551 | Hickman, Jesse H. | 295 | |
| Feely, Charles R. | 552 | Hiles, James J. | 501 | |
| Forman, Thomas W. | 449 | Hirrlinger, William F. | 421 | |
| Forman, John | 592 | Hirrlinger, William A. | 565 | |
| Fox, William S. | 473 | Holliday, James L. | 573 | |
| Freeland, Arthur L. | 605 | Holliday, James M. | 563 | |
| Freeman, James M. | 325 | Hollyman, John J. | 615 | |
| Frye, Edwin A. | 267 | Hoofer, Jacob | 594 | |
| Frye, John W. | 331 | Howe, James W. | 455 | |
| Funk, Henry S. | 526 | Howell, William | 600 | |
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G |
Huggins, Albert F. | 208 | ||
| Gable, Jacob | 657 | Hughes, William A. | 345 | |
| Gamble, William | 443 | Humphrey, Sen. George W. | 355 | |
| Garner, Charles B. | 504 |
J |
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| Garner, George B. | 602 | Jackson, Robert T. | 351 | |
| Garrison, Thomas E. | 503 | Jacobs, John W. | 404 | |
| Gerard, Edward N., Jr., M.D. | 634 | Jacobs, William L. | 403 | |
| Gibson, William T. | 547 | Janes, Roy | 299 | |
| Gillaspy, John A. | 597 | Janes, Thomas | 301 | |
| Gillaspy, Richard W. | 603 | Janes, William P. | 276 | |
| Gillaspy, William L. | 579 | Jarrell, Jonathan | 538 | |
| Gillispie, William H. | 219 | Jarrell, James Wesley | 539 | |
| Gilman, George T. | 422 | Jewett, Hon. W. O. L. | 368 | |
| Glahn, Christian P. | 583 | Johnston, Lafayette J. | 599 | |
| Glahn, Henry F. | 664 | Jones, Wade H. | 204 | |
| Goodwin, Richard D. | 609 | Jordan, Arthur E. | 476 | |
| Gorby, Samuel | 648 | Jordan, William A. | 476 | |
| Gose, John T. | 221 |
K |
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| Grant, George C. | 249 | Keith, John T. | 436 | |
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| Keller, Peter | 531 |
O |
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Keller, Philip, Jr. |
533 | Oaks, Milton P. | 639 | |
| Kelso, John L. | 515 | O'Bryan, J. L. | 311 | |
| Kemp, Luther | 587 | O'Bryan, George W. | 447 | |
| Kesner, W. J. | 642 | O'Daniel, John A. | 272 | |
| Kimbley, F. M. | 632 | O'Donnell, Richard | 433 | |
| Krauter, Valentine | 537 | Old Bank of Shelbina | 263 | |
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L |
Oliver, Andrew J. | 626 | ||
| Lair, John W. | 278 | Orr, James C. | 652 | |
| Lasley, Charles H. | 328 | Osburn, Morris | 576 | |
| Lewis, Minus H. | 401 |
P |
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| Lewis, Aaron | 401 | Parsons, S. G. | 379 | |
| Libby, Harry J. | 222 | Peoples, John | 585 | |
| Lloyd, Hon. James T. | 281 | Peoples, William Z. T. | 635 | |
| Lloyd, Oliver Jerre | 625 | Perry, Judge John T. | 323 | |
| Lowman, John B. | 490 | Perry, Benjamin F. | 521 | |
| Lowman, Samson B. | 491 | Perry, Oliver Commodore | 650 | |
| Lyell, J. R. | 300 | Peterman, Lewis J. | 418 | |
| Lyell, Dr, Thomas W. | 211 | Phipps, William H. | 514 | |
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Mc |
Phillips, Eugene C. | 456 | ||
| McAtee, James A. | 280 | Pickett, Hedgeman | 464 | |
| McBride, Elias A. | 556 | Pollard, Dr. Henry M. | 406 | |
| McCully, John M., M.D. | 423 | Powell, Hugo | 450 | |
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M |
Prange, Harry H. | 546 | ||
| Magruder, Willis J. | 445 | Priest, Thomas E. | 524 | |
| Manuel, Theodore P. | 309 | Priest, John C. | 500 | |
| Martin, Charles Boggs | 241 | Pritchard, Walter M. | 385 | |
| Maupin, Hon. Rice G. | 235 | Puckett, Thomas L. | 237 | |
| Maupin William A. | 223 |
Q |
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| Maupin, Marion M. | 439 | Quigley, John L. | 499 | |
| Maupin, John Henry | 646 |
R |
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| Mears, Samuel H. | 660 | Ragsdale, James E. | 226 | |
| Melson, James H. | 305 | Rathjen, Henry | 511 | |
| Merrin, Jacob H. | 548 | Rathjen, Harman | 536 | |
| Miles, John S. | 228 | Raines, William C. | 631 | |
| Miller, Henry G. | 558 | Ray Elmer B. | 620 | |
| Million, Burrell | 395 | Reardon, Peter J. | 298 | |
| Mitchell, Thomas D. | 478 | Reed, Thomas W. P. | 362 | |
| Moore, George W. | 520 | Reid, William A. | 206 | |
| Moore, John H. | 432 | Rice, Thomas J. | 218 | |
| Morgan, Judge James F. | 572 | Rickey, John C. | 390 | |
| Morgan, J. R. | 396 | Ridge, Joseph R. | 232 | |
| Morgan, David | 373 | Ridings, Joseph L. | 408 | |
| Morgan, William W. | 202 | Roff, George | 244 | |
| Morgan, David, Jr. | 203 | Roff, Thomas | 255 | |
| Morgan, James H. | 204 | Roy, Dr. James E. | 392 | |
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N |
Rutter, Michael E. | 446 | ||
| Neuschafer, John | 523 |
S |
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| Noll, Melchior | 479 | Sass, James | 509 | |
| Nothnagle, Valentine | 519 | Schofield, Frank L. | 368 | |
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| Schwada, Henry | 662 | Taylor, Reuben Lee | 643 | |
| Schwieters, Charles N. | 428 | Teachenor, Monroe | 617 | |
| Selsor, Hiram | 541 | Terrill, Eugene M. | 341 | |
| Shale, John B. | 397 | Terrill, John M. | 346 | |
| Shain, Edward C. | 381 | The Shelbyville Bank | 570 | |
| Shelbina National Bank | 234 | The Hunnewell Bank | 263 | |
| Shelby County State Bank of Clarence | 383 | Thiehoff, William B. | 264 | |
| Shelton, Judge Nat. M. | 387 | Threlkeld, Silas | 251 | |
| Simmons, Hon. H. Jeane | 414 | Tolle, John D. | 371 | |
| Singleton, Jacob H. | 581 | Towson, Gen. J. William | 215 | |
| Singleton, Judge A. E. | 327 | Turner, William R. | 353 | |
| Singleton, Benjamin H. | 330 | Turner, James William | 378 | |
| Smith, Dr. Jacob D. | 210 | Turner, James W. | 616 | |
| Smith, Andrew J. | 284 |
V |
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| Smith, J. Sidner | 417 | Van Osdol, Luke | 575 | |
| Smith, James A. | 492 | Vanskike, James H. | 542 | |
| Smith, Lewis | 596 | Vaughn, Albert L. | 262 | |
| Snider, Peter A. | 460 | Van Vacter, Benjamin F. | 586 | |
| Snider, Henry F. | 463 | Von Thum, Henry | 531 | |
| Snider, Marion F. | 465 | Von Thum, John G. | 545 | |
| Spalding, James A. | 296 |
W |
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| Sparks, John F. | 434 | Warren, William H. | 201 | |
| Spencer, James A. | 458 | Way, John | 437 | |
| Speyerer, Frederick G. | 481 | Werr, John H. | 506 | |
| Stalcup, William | 641 | Wheeler, Julian A. | 274 | |
| Stalcup, George W. | 482 | Wheeler, Lanius L. | 654 | |
| Steinbach, William | 357 | Whitby, Marvin | 622 | |
| Steinbach, Albert W. | 358 | White, Stephen A. D. | 659 | |
| Stewart, George E | 535 | Wiggins, John | 488 | |
| Slover, Lewis Cass | 666 | Will, Henry | 472 | |
| Stribling, James O. | 253 | Williams, Newton E. | 231 | |
| Swearingen, William T. | 248 | Willis, H. T., M.D. | 239 | |
| Swift, Byron L. | 466 | Wilson, Rev. James Jolly | 607 | |
| Swinney, Emmett D. | 619 | Wood, Rev. J. H. | 243 | |
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T |
Wood, Dr. A. G. | 302 | ||
| Tarbet, James H. | 543 | Wood, John M. | 566 | |
| Taylor, Robert Edgar | 557 | Wood, Hugh W. | 451 | |
| Woodward, Crayton | 610 | |||
| Wright, George A. | 431 | |||
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Z |
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| Ziegler, William T. | 375 | |||
INDEX (NAMES) TO 1911 SHELBY COUNTY HISTORY
(From Back of Book)
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SURNAME |
PAGE
NO.(s) |
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ABBOTT |
28, 29, 36 |
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ABERNATHY |
26, 28, 43 |
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ABINGTON |
423 |
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ACHUFF |
228 |
|
ACUFF |
253 |
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ADAMS |
6, 97, 192, 235, 240, 246, 257-9, 402, 435, 525 |
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ADDUDDEL |
36, 613 |
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AGEE |
200, 272 |
|
AGNEW |
121 |
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AFFLICK |
391-2 |
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ALBRIGHT |
195, 668 |
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ALEXANDER |
180, 190-1, 194, 590, 640 |
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ALGER |
58 |
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ALLEN |
50, 107-111, 190, 194, 465 |
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ALLGAIER |
213-215, 263, |
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ALLISON |
186, 559, 642 |
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ALSBALCH |
196 |
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ALSMAN |
93 |
|
AMICK |
392 |
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ANDERSON |
4-6, 23, 26, 29, 36, 79, 95-100, 110, 120, 141, 143,
167, 186, 191, 207, 214, 234, 245, 307, 447 |
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ANDREWS |
314 |
|
ANSELMAN |
157 |
|
APPLEBURY |
148 |
|
ARCHER |
164 |
|
ANDRE |
296 |
|
ARMINGTON |
93 |
|
ARNETT |
584, 667 |
|
ASBURY |
153, 391 |
|
ASHBY |
103, 185 |
|
ASHPAW |
612 |
|
ARENDT |
180 |
|
ARNOLD |
261, 296, 305, 315, 480, 507-8 |
|
ASHCRAFT |
248 |
|
ASHFORD |
445 |
|
AYERS |
182, 208-9, 430-1 |
|
BABB |
610 |
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BACHMAN |
598, 635 |
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BACON |
143, 159, 185 |
|
BAEIR |
178 |
|
BAILEY |
229-231, 234, 256-7, 434 |
|
BAIR |
360-2, 364-5, 376 |
|
BARID |
260 |
|
BAKER |
36, 70-1, 91, 122, 191, 194, 231, 260, 307, 316, 417,
461-3, 469-71, 484, 502, 571-2, 645-6, 651, 666 |
|
BALDRICH |
193 |
|
BALDWIN |
36, 190, 193, 433 |
|
BALL |
170 |
|
BALLIET |
263-4, 289 |
|
BANTA |
659 |
|
BARCLAY |
159 |
|
BARKER |
34, 36, 65, 259-61, 264, 324, 470-2 |
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BARNES |
468, 519 |
|
BARNETT |
491, 534 |
|
BARNUM |
614 |
|
BARR |
36, 142, 515, 566 |
|
BARROW |
110 |
|
BARRY |
469, 484 |
|
BARTON |
32, 143, 418, 442-3 |
|
BATES |
151, 166, 229, 234 |
|
BAUER |
377-8 |
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BAXTER |