A project has been started under the direction of Alice Niles to obtain and compile obituaries and pictures for those buried in Pike County. You can read more about it here. If you have items pertinent to completed books, please go ahead and sent them. The page will be redone with your information.

Books finished:
Noah Creek, Bethany, McElwee, Fairview (New Grassy Creek), Old Grassy Creek, Buffalo Jordan, St. Joseph & Jackson, Greenlawn in Bowling Green. By Christmas, Greenwood in Clarksville will be finished.

Cemeteries Photographed-Books not completed:
Buffalo Township: Smith Family, Mt. Zion, Louisiana Memorial, Riverview, Old St. Joseph, Tribble, Smith Price & Stern, Stern Smith & Martin, Arthur, Davis Chapel, Gates of Peace, Davenport-Lain
Ashley Township: St. Clement
Prairieville Township: Eolia Baptist, Old Prairieville, Eolia City, St. John, Eolia Community, Mt. Ayre, Buffalo, Knob
Cuivre Township: Antioch, Edgewood, McCune, Concord, Mt. Pisgah, Memorial Garden, City of Bowling Green, Douglas, Thompson, Kunz, Biggs
Peno Township: Early, Scanlan, Wright, Mt. Pleasant, Shotwell, Greenridge, Fairview
Salt River Township: Taylor Chapel, Ashburn City Cemetery, Love, Schindler, Whooten, Reese, Tomphens, Old Military, McGee, Ashburn Family, Emmett-Wheeler-Lamberson
Calumet Township: Stoned Bridge, Scholls, Rose-Lloyd ,Jeans, Grimes-Beel-Gibson, Patterson-Watts, Dover, McDannold, Berry-Berkley, Black Ramsey Creek, Ramsey Creek Church, Stark, Ferguson, Forgey, Old Bethlehem, Hall, Mackey, Buckskin, Cornith, Eastin-Mt. Joy

The Jones Family Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia

Elijah Henrick Ancestor of John H. Renner

Vannoy Family

Anson Family Lines

The Oliver Family of Pike County, Mo.

Copenhaver Research

The Hoppers

Lynn and Smith Ancestor Charts

Genealogy Notebook, Turpin, Moore, Whites, Robinson, Patton and Berry

The Diary of Calvin Fletcher Vol. I 1817-1838

Newspaper Clippings of Josiah and Nannie Robinson Descendants

Record of Wright and Kindred Families

Two Lynchings
Louisiana Press Journal March 1901
     Thomas Vital, a negro, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was lynched Thursday for assaulting a 13 year old girl. Quite a number of negroes have lost their vitality in this way lately.
     Lynched in Mena, Arkansas... Feb 20, 1901
     Peter Berryman, a negro, was lynched near here this morning by eight masked men. Berryman was arrested last night for brutally kicking Essie Osborne, aged 12 years, in the abdomen because she tole him not to come in their yard after water.
     He was placed in the county jail for trial today. Shortly after midnight, Officer Jones, while making his ...

Gypsies
Louisiana Press Journal June 20, 1914
     Sheriff Sam Magruder yesterday received notice to watch for a band of gypsies who passed through Louisiana several days ago and are believed to have stolen a little girl at that place. No description of the ...

Gone
Louisiana Press Journal June 24, 1914
     The band of gypsies that has been encamped on Grassy Creek for several days, took passage on the steamer Quincy Wednesday at 3 am for St. Paul and from thence will go to Canada. The cavalcade consisted of eight wagons, 15 horses, 15 grown people and more or less than 50 children.
     It was reported that the gypsies stold a child here, but it turned out that one band had taken a child from another band, but the latter had so many that it didn't miss it for two days.
   There are some characteristics of the gypsies that are not particularly emulatable. They are not noted for sticking...

5.) William Hugh Smith born at Danville, Va. January 13, 1821 married Isabella McCune Fullerton near Scott's Spring January 15, 1850. He came to Mo. in the 40's riding all the way on horseback and spent several years in Howard County, near Roanoke where he had maternal relatives. 1849 he came to Pike and lives with his brother John. Here he plied the trade of his father (tanner) he was called "tanner Billy" with William Brewington, who died many years ago. ...

Due to a shortage of workers, we are unable to be open on Saturday. Appointments will need to be made in advance.

Members from the Genealogy Library will be going to the Eolia City cemetery on September 7 at 8:00 o'clock to chalk headstones and obtain information.
On September 8 at 8:00 o'clock they will be going to the Dover and Corinth cemeteries to obtain information.
On Friday, September 9, at 8:00 o'clock they will be going to the Frankford and Greenridge City cemeteries to obtain information.

Some changes are being made on our by-laws due to new banking rules made by the US Bank.

Our Ancestors: Shannon, Clark, Wilson, Nichols and Foutes

Keith Family

Boyd Family History

Buffum History

The Tipton, Hazelton, Payne, Barr Families

Morriss-Morris Genealogy

Huston, Pool, Suhre, Kneubuhler, Mudd, Gibbs Parsons, Crawford, Norton, Shaw and Anson Papers

Tombs Family Records

Willimson Related Families

Hostetter Family History Vol I & II

The Stark Story 150th Anniversary of Starks Nursery

The Book of Snedekers

The Jones, Skipper and Davis Families

Births

Keech, Gentry, Cash, Kelly, Montgomery, Clare, Honey, Cantrell, Montgomery, Adams, Martin, Ament, Black Combs, Alexander, Blankship, McClellan, McGinnis, Holtzclaw, Britt, Hopwood, Byrd, Meadows, Tucker

Affair at Frankford
Heath Jones Shot and Killed by One of the Home Guards, While on Guard!
Louisiana Press Journal July 25, 1861
     It will be remembered that a company of Home Guards at Frankford received their arms last week. This seemed to inflame the Secessionist considerably, and a great many threats were made against the Union men, and some went so far as to assert that the arms of the Home Guards should be taken from them.
     Accordingly, as a precautionary necessity, picket guards were placed out by the Home Guards. On Friday night, about one o'clock, someone was seen approaching, as if by stealth one of the pickets, Mr. McHattan. Mr. McHattan called to the person approaching, ...

Jesse Hunt's Pea Patch
Press Journal November 7, 1861
     Andrew Hunt died at the age of sixty, having two sons, Isaac and Jesse; the latter of whom was no Solomon. To the two brothers he left in joint possession his whole estate, consisting principally of a large farm and fine house. Sometime after the old man's decease, as Frank Davis was passing, he discovered that the house was on fire, and seeing Jesse in the garden, he called to him in gre3at haste to come and assist him in extinguishing the flames. "I see the house is on fire," replied Jesse, "I would like very much to save it, but these peas are ripe, and if there should come a hail storm this evening they would all be beaten out." Frank vexed at his stupidity tried to coax and urge him to his assistance. "I'll just mount the roof and you come and hand me the water," said Frank. "No," was Jesse's reply, "it will never do to neglect these peas I know that the house cost a great deal of money, father toiled and labored very hard in building it, and I remember that he had his shoulder cut and his arm broken by the falling of a joist. I see that it's burning and I would like to save it, but I can't leave these peas; and besides, perhaps, broth or Ike set fire to the house, and if I were to try and put it out, it might hurt his feelings of get up an excitement." So the house burned down whilst Jesse gathered his peas.
     What number of Union men are gathering peas today in Missouri, whilst this governmental palace, this temple of liberty is ...

John Smith born in Virginia in 1864. He was twice married. The first marriage there were two sons and three daughters (1789-1791). By his second marriage five sons and four daughters (1795-1835) all of his children born in Ky which state he moved to right after the Revolutionary War, going with the colony lead by Daniel Boone, to whom he was related.

The two sons by his first wife Mary Byrd; were named ...

We now have available:

• "Orphan Train Riders Vol. I and II" donated by Audrey Jones

• a book of the 2010 obits in Pike & Surrounding Counties donated by Claudia Wells
• Old group picutres of the Rudd, Dunn and Union schools
• "Interesting Women in Our Community" donated by Andrea Gray Shaw
• Federated Women's Clubs of America yearbooks donated by Janet Finnerty
• Obituaries from the Louisiana Journal weekly - 1861, 1863, 1869-1878, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1904
  Obituaries from the Louisiana Press Weekly - 1898-1901
  Obituaries from the Louisiana Press Daily - 1893
  Obituaries from the Louisiana Press Semi-Weekly - 1895
  Obituaries from the Clarksville Sentinel Weekly - 1946-1949
  The above were collected and collated by Claude and Nancy Stout with the help of Sharon Coose and Audrey Jones

Additional donations include:

• small notepads and envelopes donated by Marie Haught

• a monetary donation by Shirley Gilbert
• a monetary donation in honor of Donna Darnell by Diane Halsey in gratitude for help received several years ago.

His rifle always shot true
La. Press Journal Jan 15, 1914
     One of the first settlers on Noix Creek in Pike County was Jehu Stewart, who came to Missouri after serving through the war of 1812 and taking part in the Battle of the Thames.
     One of his few [possessions was a Kentucky squirrel rifle and he hunted a great deal in the fall and winter, as game of all kinds was plentiful. He had twelve sons when they got old enough to shoot he cautioned them never to bring home a sq2uirrel if it were shot any place except in the head. An infraction of this rule meant a tanning with the hickory ram-rod of the rifle.
     When a boy I visited the old home place and ...

Disappeared
La. Press Journal April 20, 1914
Mildred Dorris Blackburn Left Home Thursday Morning
     Ben Blackburn and family of No. 412 South Main street are greatly distressed over the disappearance of their daughter, Mildred Dorris Blackburn, who left home in a fit of anger Thursday morning last about 9 o'clock a.m. and has not since been heard of.
     She had been told by her mother to change her dress preparatory to going to school. She made the change but instead of putting on a clean dress as her mother desired, she put on another soiled one, and was told that she must put on the clean one, which she did. Her mother told her to go on out and stay until she could behave properly. She went out the back door and came around to the front door and said to her mother: "Do you mean that? Well, I'm gone," and went running down main street.
     William Phillips, superintendent of the Alton bridge, says that a little girl came on the bridge that morning and started to go across when he stopped her. She said she wanted to go...

History of Buffalo Fort             Cont'd from Spring issue

January 20, 1916, Louisiana Press Journal

Written by Mrs. Caroline Coalter Jordan a short time before her death, for Pike County chapter, DAR.

     The pioneer preachers were:  James Campbell, Samuel Pharr, George Price, William Watson, Dr. W.W. Crockett, Dr. Tucker, all of whom have passed to the great beyond.
     Among some papers found in the ruins of the old residence of John Price ESQ. wa a subscription paper to build Buffalo church of which the following is a verbatim copy:  For the roof of the Buffalo meeting house there will be wanted ...

More than 12 million immigrants arrived at Ellis Island in New York Harbor between 1892 and 1954. Now you can hear first-person accounts of their ocean journeys, daily life in their home countries and experiences at the federal government's former processing station.

The genealogy website Ancestry.com is providing free access to more than 1700 taped interviews with immigrants, a collection that was once available only to visitors at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

"Every story is unique, and some people listen to them for hours," says Diana Pardue, chief of the museum's services division.

Some story tellers became overwhelmed by their memories, like Lawrence Meinwald, who sobbed while recalling his arrival as a young boy from Poland: "There were people of all denominations, some on their knees making the sign of the cross, Jews in their prayer shawls as we were passing the Statue of Liberty--it was a great sight," said Meinwald, who died in 2002.

To hear stories, go to ancestry.com/immigration. 

March 9, 1914

Dr. C.P. Lewellen of Louisiana was...

Mrs. Ella Moneyhan of Busch, visited friends...

Miss Louise Morrow and Mrs. C.C. Mayer of near Hannibal, were guests of...

Misses Maude Dotson and Helen Johnson...

Mrs. Henry Stout was...

Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens and children of Hannibal, were guests of...

Mr. and Mrs. Biggs of Busch returned to their home Sunday after...

Mrs. Eula Smith has returned to her home in Hannibal after a visit with...

Mrs. Etta Riley of Hannibal, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ...

Clyde Shotwell, who has been seriously ill ...

Born to Mrs. Than Glascock Tuesday, ...

Mrs. Myrtle Jolley, who has been ill several days ...

Mr. and Mrs. Arch Beswick entertained their young friends at ...

Rev. Reno, pastor of the Free Methodist Church, conducted a memorial service Sunday night for the late ...

Mrs. Julia Rosenberg is seriously ill at ...

March 10, 1914

R.O. Smith of Hannibal visited...

Otto Stout and John Ploesser, students of the Palmyra High School, visited...

Mrs. Emily Allen has returned to her home near Reading after a visit with...

The W.C.T.U. met at the home of Mrs. W.H. Miller Friday afternoon. It was decided...

Rev. Reno of Hannibal, filled his regular appointment here at ...

Mrs. Myrtle Jolley, who has been ill...

Mr. and Mrs. John Ploesser and daughter, Miss Bertha, were...

Mrs. Bess Wilson, primary teacher in the Ashburn school, spent ...

Mrs. Bud Herman went to Lewis county Friday to attend...

Frank Holmes transacted business in ...

Miss Luda Balthrope of Hannibal came down Saturday for a visit with...

Clyde Shotwell, who has been ill for several weeks, suffered a severe ...

Houchins, Scott, Holiday, Thomas, Garrett, Colvin, Ingram, Sullivan, Chandler, Moore, Clare, Honey, Cantrell, Montgomery, Neff, Wells, Ingram, Hudson, Spalding, Hibbert, Spalding, Ferguson, Hesser, Bramblett, Hagar, Cobb, Schooler, Shy, Pickett, Cash

Man Found Dead Hanging To A Tree

August 12, 1871 Press Journal

Last Tuesday morning Mr. William Markwell, who for the past two years has been in the employ of Capt. Wm. Douglass, was found hanging to a tree dead. He was found near Mr. Sam Ogle's farm on the new Bowling Green and Frankford road, by a little son of Mr. Ogle. From all appearances he had been hanging...

January 10, 1861 Press Journal

A negro girl, in the employ of Samuel Crickenberger, residing near Rockland Mills, attempted to destroy the life of an infant, four months old, of which she was nurse. She administered in some way, or forced down it's throat, needles, pins, one sixpenny nail, and the fragments of a sewing basket. Up to the present time fourteen pins have come from the child six of which were thrown up out of it's mouth and ...

History of Buffalo Fort

January 20, 1916, Louisiana Press Journal

Written by Mrs. Caroline Coalter Jordan a short time before her death, for Pike County chapter, DAR.

John Jordan, born 1766, was the grandfather of Mrs. Hamp Richmond, Mrs. Joseph Irwin, Mr. Jas C. Jordan, W.A. Jordan, J.C. and several others. John Jordan came from Yourk county, South Carolina to St. Louis in ...

He assisted in building the Buffalo fort, about a mile and a half from Louisiana, near the old Isgrig place, the spring was about thirty feet from the fort. A bridge was built over the spring to keep...

The first white child born in the fort married a Brandon, and before she died four generations were living in the same house with her. After the Jordans were killed by the Indians the government sent...

John Jordan stayed a while in St. Louis, moved back about 1816 and built several huts, one of which was occupied by I.N. Bryson, Senior's father for a while. James C. Jordan Sr, still owns 206 18-100 acres of the original section of land purchsed from the government by his ...

Now available:

• The Kentucky Gazette Vol. 1787-1800
• The Kentucky Gazette Vol. 1801-1820
• Confederate Organizations Officers & Post 1861-1865 MO Units
• Montgomery Co. Kentucky 1870 Census
• 1870 Census of Metcalfe Co. Kentucky;
• 1870 Census Monroe Co. Kentucky
• Civil War Abstracts Field Report & Correspondence South Central Kentucky & NorthCentral Tennessee Area
• Orphan Trains, Their Precious Cargo, The Life Work of Rev. H.D. Clarke

Other Donations:

• Several notebook binders, page lifters & miscellaneous supplies for the library from Marie Haught
• History of Ancestors - Shannon, Clark, Wilson, Nichols & Foutes from Rosemary Foutes Kopetzky Randle

Misses Mattie Donovan and Ella Martin attended the party at George ...
Mrs Fannie Strother and Mrs. C.C. Cash, of Ashley, were visiting their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth...

Evans, Waters, Culwell, Coons, Ellis, Baker, Burris, Collins, Hoskins, Harvey, Turnbeaugh, Dowell, Yager, Tournbough, Triplett, Lewis, Jenkins, McDowell, Dixon, Johnson, Gramley, Hemp, Shadwell, Aylette, Butler, Hemp, Haymes, Colvin

Owen Utterback Killed by Wesley Collins
Owen Utterback a quiet and peaceable citizen of Hartford township had been assassinated while at work at home. Owen lives 6 miles north of Middletown, near the Audrain county line. At 12:30 p.m. just after Mr. Utterback had eaten his dinner, he started a young boy named Lemasts, that he had employed, to the stable to feed some mules. Mr. Utterback ws going to the pond near by to dig a hole that was getting low He was cleaning off the mud from the spade when the shot was fired. The ball struck him in the left breast and came out at the small of his back. Utterback screamed and ran about 16 feet and fell dead. His wife who heard him scream ran to him as did the young man who ran from the stable. The alarm was given to the neighbors and they all gathered. The shot came from...

Short Line Railroad 1917 La. Press
Short Line train No. 1 went into a ditch Tuesday morning about eight o'clock five miles north of Troy. The accident was caused by a broken rail. All passengers ...

Looking across the one street we see a hallow of bliss in the family of Thomas Pritchett. He helped Nancy to put her shoes on, and took her home with him. He then cleared his farm, in this family amont the old relics is ...

Then farther, just a little way, John Horn found a suitable place to rest. This was one of the oldest families in the village. There were Stephen, Drucilla, Celestia, Mary, Eliza, and Dr. John, who taught the three R's. This family added to their home and built ...

Looking up just on the brow of the hill was Enoch Hostetter, a venerable man of the early days, and man of much influence. There was John, Newt, Enos, Mar, Lizzie, Henry, within a stone's throw and Eliza who has a beautiful home on the crest of the hill, commanding a view of all Stringtown. Log rollings and wood choppings were common in those days. At night ...

This article is the result of a very Historic researcher named Mike Weaver. Thanks Mike!

• Received from Bertha Marshall of Bowling Green: Louis Runser Family History
• Received from Donna Price: the Family Search 1880 United States Census and National Index
• Received from Anna Henson: a Pike County History book
• Now available: a bicentennial and history of the New Harmony Missouri area - June 1976
• We are currently compiling the 1900 Pike County, MO census records and transcribed by Bowen Rogers. Townships finished are: Peno Twp. Enumeration District #92 - Frankford City E.D. #93; Prairieville Twp. - Eolia Enumeration District #94; Salt River Twp. - Enumeration District #95; Spencer Twp. - Enumeration District #96

Carole Magnus - magnus@fhphistory.org - from the Foundation for Historic Preservation, Fredericktown, MO is asking for your help. She writes:

Greetings!

We are planning a commemorative event for the 150^th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericktown, that took place on Oct. 21, 2868.

We are trying to locate descendents of soldiers who fought here. However, we do not have the names of soldiers, but we do have their various units on both sides. Could you please post this email, include it in your newsletter or announce it at your meetings.

We are planning a "Gathering" to take place on a portion of the actual battlefield on October 21, 2011. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Unsell - Barfoot

It is with a high degree of pleasure that we announce to the Journal readers the marriage of two of Caldwell's most highly respected young people, Mr. O.C. Unsell and Miss Ona Barfoot, who are married today at high noon at the residence of the bride's cousin, W.O. Van Arsdale, at Burton, Kansas. O.E. Unsell is the well known junior member of the old...

Tompkins - Hostetter

At the residence of the bride's father near Frankford, Mo., on the evening of Nov. 309, 2887, E.D. Thompkins and Miss Emma Hostetter, by...

Harris - Fields

At the residence of the Bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Field, at this place, on Wed. night, Feb 3rd 1886, Mr. Guilford Harris, of New London, and Miss Ada Fields, of this place, plighted their vows to "love, honor and cherish" each other until death should part them. The ceremony was performed by ...

McCune - Shaw

Married at the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. E. Wright, of Indian township, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 22nd, at 7:30 p.m. by Rev. J.S. Allen, Mr. Guy McCune, of Audrain and ...

Robertson - Brown

In Bowling Green, at the residence of J.R. Powell on Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, 1886, at 2 o'clock, Miss Ida Brown and Mr. George Robertson, both of ...

Stuart - Pew

Married on Sunday, March 6th, at Terrill, Texas by Rev. Dr. Dodge, Mr. Henry L. Stuart, of Gainsville, Texas and ...

Butts - Robinson

Our popular liveryman, B.L. Butts, and Miss Mattie, the popular daughter of ...

Ingram, Lewis, Sparks, Kuntz, Inlow, Hubert, Hudson, Green, Cook, Miner, Dameron, Dowell, Turnbough, Yager, Gilbert, Jennings, Hollenback, Varnon, South, Kelly, Pickens, Page, Scott, Hearn, Pryor, Benn, Sackson, Haden, Estes, Griffith, Reed, Reid, House, Willis, Sox, Saxe, Straube, Colbert, Findley, Colvin, Hemp, Haymes, Noyes, Miller, Williams

Additionally, one researcher is looking for information on Black Schools and another is looking for information on the Dime Store Building

For more information and/or additional queries, contact Audrey Jones.

Mrs. Lulu Holland returned to her home in Hannibal Tuesday night after a visit with...
Mr. & Mrs. Felix Johnson of Collinsville Ia, are visiting...
Mrs. E. Epperson of Frankford is visiting...
Jack Wilson has returned from...
About 20 couples enjoyed...
Miss Myrtle Smith teacher of Love school, will ...
The Clifton Comedy co, closed a week's...
Mrs. Jay Houchins and daughter, Miss Selma, were guest of ...

Stills Raided
Sat. Night Mayor Pritchett & Marshall Lake raided a big craps game just outside the city limits on the southeast and about a dozen negroes were rounded up. During the raid a man named Sylvester Vanderlender was found peddling whisky to the negroes. He was arrested and placed in jail. The negroes were ...

Back in the fifties, when our country was yet in the wood of huge oaks, elms, ash, maple, hickory, and much undergrowth, come of our young men whose parents braved the many hardships after the close of the revolution, sought homes among these trees of wonderful waters, searched out a spring and constructed rustic houses of logs of the wood. All the homes of the subject were made of hewed logs except two, one small brick, the other a very small two room frame with a log kitchen. Yes everyone followed the still old custom of ...

Hank Ashford, a young man from Ky, (a relative of the town), who taught the Haw Creek school, on seeing the long string of white washed log houses on both sides of the highway exclaimed, "Thenceforth this shall be called stringtown," and was called for many years. To commemorate Stringtown just outside the limit we and James Davis, as a carpenter by trade, surrounded by wife and ...

Now within the limits we see the smoke curling up from the house of Alf Summers; we picture he and his devoted companion sitting about the back log fire with children six: Jim, Harve, Ellen, Tilda Margaret, and Ione; the old home burned down and has been replaced by a neat little cottage built and owned by a son of Ellen. The first on the left was that of a ...

• For sale: A Look Back at the Pike County Fair: 1800-2005
• Received from Alice L. Norfolk Niles to sell: books compiled and researched by Alice on the Fairview, Old Grassy Creek and McElwee cemeteries
• Received from Alice L. Norfolk Niles for research purposes: family histories on Houchins, Walkley, Ince and Silvey which include family pictures and obituaries.

• Information given about neighboring Marion County, including information about the Palmyra Massacre
• The "Numerical List of 1917 Draft of Pike Men" is continued

Wenkle-Rubey

Miss Lewlie Rubey, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. T.T. Rubey, will be married at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening to Mr. Amos Howard Wenkle, the ceremony being quietly performed by Rev. Dr. Cave at the bride's home, 3944 West Belle place. The house will be effectively decorated with palms, evergreens nd spring flowers. During the ceremony...

Witten-Lewis

Phillip Witten and Miss Maggie Lewis, of the Cyrene vicinity were united in marriage...

Pritchett-Cash

At the residence of the bride's parents, on the 13th inst, Mr. J.T. Pritchett and Miss Lulu A. Cash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cash, of Peno township, were united in marriage, Eld. Corwine of New London, officiating. Owing to sickness in the family, the wedding was a very quiet affair, only a few of the very intimate friends and near relatives...

Reid-Hawkins

W.J. Reid and Miss Ella P. Hawkins were married at Poncha Springs, Colorado, October 16th. The bride is well known in Ralls and adjoining counties, and has hosts of...

Porter-Hostetter

At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Ezra Hostetter, in this township, on Tuesday, January 8th, 1889, Mr. N.W. Porter and Miss Jennie Hostetter were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony, Eld. J.B. Corwine of New London officiating, only the near...

Payne-Brown

Married: At the home of the bride's parents, in New London, on February 23, 1887, Mr. George W. Payne and Miss Belle Brown. Eld. J. B. Corwine officiating. George is...

McCune-Shaw

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Fannie Shaw, of New Harmony and Mr. Guy McCune, of near Vandalia, which takes place...

Horn, Leech, Glascock, Jacques/Jaques, Waddell, Hawkins, Arthur, Leech, Rector, Strother, Totten/Totton, McCardie, Johnson, Worsham, Royalty, Carpenter, Wigginton, Houge, Griffith, Fraisure, Manker, Ludlow, Thomas, Jett, Murphy, Brimer, Eoff, South, Palmer, Gentry, Moore, McGowan

Ashburn Items

Nov 3, 1916

-Born to Mr & Mrs. Alpha Collins, Oct 20, a daughter.

-Judge & Mrs. W.H. Miller attended the Corn and Apple show in Louisiana Saturday

-Miss Ruby Maude Morrow & brother, Francis were in Hannibal Wed.

-Miss Margie McAdamsis spending a few days with relatives.

-A son born to Mr. & Mrs. J.W. ...

Uncle Zeke says: There ain't no use in grievin because you hain't got a new straw hat to wear this year. Shake hands with yourself because your old one has't got a hole in it.

Joe Hagar
When I was a boy, said Joe Hagar, one day as he sat in the shade of a tree at Shiel, it was necessary for the children to go barefooted until the family shoemaker came around. Sometimes it was late in the fall or early wintr before he pulled the latch string at our door. We generally had some calfskin and deer hides tanned when he arrived and often he'd bring leather. Like a man at a mill, each child was compelled to wait his or her turn. Boys shoes came first as they had to run around most. The shoes...

A large audience attended the Graduation Exercises of Rural Schools held at the High School in this city, Saturday afternoon.

While there have been as many graduates in previous years, there werw more present at the exercises than ever before. There werw 172 graduates with only 12 absentees.

Miss Annie Ingram, county superintendent presided over the exercises and presented the diplomas.

The following program was given:

Invocation-Rev. G. Owens Baxter

Reading-Dorothy Lou Carroll

Piano solo-Lois Chamberlain

Reading-Donald Biggs

Vocal solo-Carroll Clithero

Reading-William Green

Piano solo-Bettie Ann Ogden

Address-Mark Twain, Hon. Morris Anderson

Presentation of diplomas.

Preceding the rural school program, the annual county chorus was held at 1:30 o'clock, directed by Olie Erickson.

Following the program, diplomas were presented to the following students from these schools: ...

• Leanne Spengler of Bowling Green donated: Family Tree Book by Caroline Leavitt and Climbing Your Family Tree, the Official Ellis Island Handbook by Ira Wolfman
• Patsy Lynn shared the article "Stacking Up the Departed in London" from a 2009 edition of the AARP magazine

• Information is given about neighboring counties Ralls and Audrain
• The "Numerical List of 1917 Draft of Pike Men" is continued

Pollard - Reynolds

The marriage of Mr. Robert L. pollard of the Citizens' Bank, and Miss Minnie Reynolds, only daughter of Dr. S.J. Reynolds of this city, which occurred at high noon, Thursday, November 17th, was the most elegant affair that has taken place in our little city for several years. Friends and relatives were present from all parts of the state and several from Kentucky. Rev. J.D. Biggs officiated, pronouncing the ceremony in well chosen words. The bride wore an elegant dress of...

Robinson - Donovan

Our popular young fellow-citizen, Charley Robinson, and Miss Mattie, the handsome and accomplished daughter of Esq. T.A. Donovan, of Frankford, will be united in marriage this...

Brown - Shepherd

At high noon, Thurs, July 28th, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Tish Shepherd, five miles west of town, Mr. Harry Brown, of Frankford, and Miss Effie Shepherd, were united in marriage. The attendants were Mr. Bert Caverley and Mrs. Bertha Magness. Ring bearer, little Miss...

The Cherokee Rose

The legend of the Cherokee Rose is as pretty as the flower itself. An Indian chief of the Seminole tribe was a prisoner of war by his enemies, the Cherokees, and doomed to torture, felt so personally ill that it became necessary to wait for his restoration to health before committing him to the fires. And as he lay full of disease in the cabin of the Cherokee warrior the daughter of the chief, a young, dark faced maid, was his nurse. She fell in love with the young chieftain and wishing to save his life...

Uncle Zeke says: Wimmen who ware shoes large enuf fer em ginrally make good wives.

Bio from 1883 History of Pike County

C.E. Waynick of Salt River township in Pike Co. Mo. is one of the most active shrewd and persevering citizens of Pike; one who has had many successes and reverses, but is possessed of a large amount of pluck and engergy, which will before long enable him to attain the summit of his ambition. Mr Waynick is a native of N.C. born May 4, 1823. He lived in his native state until...

Sold to Robert Leroy for $30,000.
Sale takes in Harry Modisett, the General Manager of the Road.

The St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad (Shortline) was sold this morning by Col. W.L. Morsey, special master, to Robert Leroy of New York, representing the reorganizers of the road. The road with all it's properties was "knocked down" to Mr. LeRoy, whose bid of $30,000 was the only one offered.

The sale was made in compliance with an order issued by Judge D.P. Dyer in the United States district court at Hannibal, at the time Col. Morsey of Warrenton, MO was named as special master. This followed the filing of action by C. Ledyard Blair and others interested in the ownership of the property and franchises of the "Shortline" for it's foreclosure sale. The action was for the purpose of giving the company a "clean slate". 

Coincident with the sale of the roads is the announcement from...

Herring, Salling, Turpin, Wyble, Cline, Payne, Johnson, Nichols, Jackson, Estill, McCoy, Page, Jacobs, Huff, Myrick, Reid, Wells, McMechan, Houchins, Osborne, Zetta, Scott, Holiday

• Harriett Worrell will soon have an updated list of the graves in the St. Clement cemetery. This cemetery is located to the south of the St. Clement Church next to their school on Hwy 161.

     Bowling Green, the capital of Pike County, lies 12 miles in from the Mississippi River on a rolling plain, 880 feet above sea level. First pioneer here, John W. Basye, came in 1820 and by 1823 the settlement, named for Bowling Green, Kentucky, succeeded Louisiana as the Pike County seat of justice.

     Here on the pioneer Salt River Trail, the town made a steady growth. \Early schools were ...

     When the county, named for the explorer Zebulon M. Pike, was organized in 1818, it included all of Missouri's Upper Salt River Country from which have come 9 whole counties and parts of 6 others. Many Pike Countians joined the ...

     Bowling Green serves as seat of a grain, livestock, and fruit farming county here in the Glacial Plains Region of Missouri. Sac and Fox Indians ceded claims ...

     Bowling Green was the home of famed Congressman, Speaker of the House ...

     Points of interest here include the state statue of ...

Pike County - Louisiana

     Louisiana, early Mississippi River port, known for the Delicious apple developed here and grown throughout the world, was settled 1817 when John Bryson pre-empted land near the confluence of the river and Noix Creek. A year later Samuel Caldwell and Joel Shaw from Kentucky founded the town on land bought from Bryson.

     The pioneer Stark cabin was moved here from ...

     Settlers were in the general vicinity of Louisiana as early as 1810 and some 2 miles southeast a D.A.R. monument marks the site of...

     Prominent supply stop for pioneers to the Salt River Country, the city flourished as...

     Laid out the year Pike Co. was organized, the town served as county seat until 1824. Centrally located Bowling Green succeeded as county seat. The slang term ...

     Here lived ...

Salmon - Richards

Two Well Known People Are Joined in Marriage

At the bride's home, No. 709 North L St., yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. J.M. Patterson performed the ceremony which united in marriage Miss Bertha E. Richards, the pianist, to Alvah Glover Salmon, the well known musician and composer. At the hour named ...

Married: At the residence of the bride's father, J.D. Collins, of near this place, at 6 o'clock p.m., Wednesday, March 19th, 1890, by Rev. T.B. Farry, Joseph Ruffin and Miss Ollie Collins, both of this township. The bride is ...

1892 A Shooting Scrape

Our quiet little city was the scene of a sensation last Sunday. Some months ago Mr. Ed Powell and Miss Roxie Fielder were united in marriage by Justice Buchanon, the groom leaving at once for St., Louis and the bride returning to the home of her parents. Several weeks ago a daughter was born of this union. The father did not...

A Fatal Shot

Charles Brooks, who was shot Wed. afternoon through the abdomen by Officer P. Spencer, died Thurs. as a result of his wound. Brooks by which name he was known to every man, woman and child in town, was a queer character. He was born and reared in Jacksonville, Ill. going from there to Bowling Green, where he lived until a few years ago when he came to this city. He was as powerful as an ox, being the recognized strong man of Pike County. For a living Brooks did chores about the stores and residences of the town and was at home wherever his hat was off. The remains were taken to Suda's undertaking Friday. The trouble which led up to the death of Brooks as near as we can learn was caused by the negro...

The first person we met was Dr. G.A. Lee who a few months later took permanent refuge here Feb. 1862. He lived in New Harmony and two or three times in broad daylight had been robbed of horses and household effects, and no wonder he was scared nearly to death and flew around like a chicken with it's head off. Uncle Billy Robinson had just got in from the country. A.P. Rogers, to whom I was going to school, asked me if I had anything to shoot with. I pulled out an old fashioned smooth bore pistol of monumental size, probably one that capt. Kidd or Blue Beard had used in piracy. I showed him this weapon and a huge smile came upon his face...