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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Polk County, Missouri. The county was organized January 5, 1835, and named for Ezekiel Polk, American soldier, pioneer and the paternal grandfather of President James Knox Polk. Adjacent Counties Hickory County Dallas County Greene County Dade County St. Clair County Cedar County Cities & Villages Aldrich ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Vernon County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized on February 27, 1855, considerably later than counties in the eastern part of the state. It was named for Colonel Miles Vernon (1786–1867), a state senator and veteran of the Battle of New Orleans.[4] This was part of the large historic territory of the Osage Nation ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sullivan County, Missouri. The county was organized February 14, 1845 and named for Major General John Sullivan of the American Revolutionary War. During the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865), a Union Army post stood in Milan. The Union cause was supported by four Union volunteer infantry regiments, two Union cavalry volunteer regiments, t...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hickory County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named after President Andrew Jackson, whose nickname was "Old Hickory." The Pomme de Terre Dam, a Corps of Engineers facility, is located three miles south of Hermitage and forms Lake Pomme de Terre by damming the Pomme de Terre River and Lind...
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Howard County, Missouri. Located on the north bank of the Missouri River, Howard County was settled primarily from the Upper Southern states of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The migrants brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and cultivated hemp and tobacco, crops of Middle Tennessee. Howard was one of several countie...
This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Missouri. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county. Atchison County is the northwestern-most county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the county had a population of 5,685. Its county seat is Rock Port. It was originally known as Allen County when it wa...
The county was founded February 14, 1845, and named after Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Sac River, which in turn is named from the Eastern red cedar, a common tree of the area. The county seat is Stockton. Wikipedia
Wikipedia =The county is named for The Chariton River The river is perhaps named after Chariton the Confessor , a Christian saint or for a man named Joseph Chorette, who drowned while swimming in the river. Chorette, with varied spellings, accompanied Jean Baptiste Trudeau on his expedition up the Missouri River in 1795.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dallas County, Missouri. The county was organized in 1842 as Niangua County and then renamed in 1844 for George M. Dallas, who served as Vice President under James K. Polk. Adjacent Counties Camden County Laclede County Webster County Greene County Polk County Hickory County Cities, Villages & Communities Be...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Pike County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized December 14, 1818, and named for explorer Zebulon Pike. The folksong "Sweet Betsy from Pike" is generally thought to be associated with Pike County, Missouri. Pike County is the home of Momo (The Missouri Monster). The first reported sightings in the 1970s were traced...
This cemetery is located on CR 494, Pike County, Missouri. Find a Grave Billion Graves
This cemetery is located on Highway V, Curryville, Pike County, Missouri. It's also known as Bible Chapel Cemetery . Find a Grave
Wikipedia = Find a Grave Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. The cemetery was established after the American Civil War in an attempt to put together a formal network of military cemeteries. It started as the Jefferson Barracks Military Post Cemetery in 1826 and became a United St...
The Missouri State Guard (MSG) was a state militia organized in the state of Missouri during the early days of the American Civil War. While not initially a formal part of the Confederate States Army, the State Guard fought alongside Confederate troops and, at times, under regular Confederate officers.==Background and formation==The Missouri State Legislature passed the "Military Bill" on May 1...
This cemetery is located on Keystone Road, Hopkins, Nodaway County, Missouri. Find a Grave Missouri Gravestones
Clay County was settled primarily from migrants from the Upper Southern states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. They quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. Clay was one of several counties settled mostly by Southerners to the north and south of the Missouri River. Given their culture and traditions, this area became known as L...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Texas County, Missouri. Official Website Texas County was created in 1843 and named for William H. Ashley, the first lieutenant governor of Missouri. It was later organized on February 14, 1845, when it was also renamed for the Republic of Texas. Rugged hills, springs, creeks, rivers and caves abound in Texas County. There have be...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Charles County, Missouri. Official Website The County of St. Charles was originally called the District of St. Charles and had no definite limits until 1816 to 1818 when neighboring counties were formed. St. Charles County includes an area of vineyards and wineries whose distinction has been nationally recognized. On its rural ...
The cemetery is located about 1 mile east and south of Rayville on Hwy C. On October 1, 1884, Newton Parker and Susan, his wife, deeded one and one-fourth acres of land for the sum of one dollar to James Crowley, John Turnage, and William Akers, trustees, for a free burial ground to be known as Jeremiah Crowley Cemetery. On September 11, 1911, Newton B. Clark, and wife Susan deeded an additio...
This project is for those buried in Hasselbacher Cemetery, Pendleton, Warren County, Missouri. Find a Grave
Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team, founded in 1969 and based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member team of the American League (AL) Central division. Since April 10, 1973, the Royals have played at Kauffman Stadium, formerly known as Royals Stadium. The Royals have participated in four World Series, winning in 198...
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized in 1821 and named for U.S. Representative John Scott, the first federal representative from Missouri. Adjacent Counties Alexander County, I'll Cape Girardeau County Mississippi County New Madrid County Stoddard County Cities Benton (County Seat...
This project is for those buried in Solomon Vance Cemetery, Smithville, Clay County, Missouri. Find a Grave