Breckenridge, Clarence Edward, Papers, 1897-1960 - The State ...

C Breckenridge, Clarence Edward, Papers, 1897-1960 

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INTRODUCTION 

Family correspondence, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous typed notes on 

Breckenridge genealogy and the Breckenridges’ historic role in early American and 

southeast Missouri history. Many families included who were distantly related to the 

Breckenridges. Presbyterian Church history. Majority of correspondence with Adella 

Breckenridge Moore, Herman F. Harris, and James M. Beckenridge. 

DONOR INFORMATION 

The papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Clarence 

Edward Breckenridge on 12 December, 1962 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 

Clarence Edward Breckenridge (1877-1963) of Greensboro, North Carolina was 

the brother of William Clark Breckenridge, St. Louis businessman, writer and historian, 

and James Malcolm Breckenridge, former St. Louis lawyer. They were descendents of 

Alexander Breckenridge, who came to Virginia from North Ireland in 1780. The 

Breckenridge family had an important role in the early history of Virginia, Kentucky, 

Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri. Clarence was with the real estate division of American 

Express Company. Upon his retirement in 1950, he continued the genealogical work 

begun by his brother James. Clarence Edward Breckenridge died in 1963. 

FOLDER LIST 

f. 1 Correspondence, 1900-1939. Letters on Breckenridge genealogy from 

James M. Breckenridge, St. Louis businessman, historian and collector 

of Missouri and western history, to Adella Breckenridge Moore, 

Caledonia, Missouri. One letter to Judge George Breckenridge, 

Caledonia. Description of San Francisco earthquake, St. Louis streetcar 

f. 2-5 

f. 6-7 

strike. 

Correspondence, 1950-1957. Correspondence of Clarence E. 

Breckenridge, his wife, Erna, and Adella Breckenridge Moore on 

Breckenridge genealogy, related families, Presbyterian Church history, 

Scotch-Irish family clans, Bellevue Valley days, Wilderness Road, Old 

Mines, Revolutionary War, Caledonia history, Daniel Boone family, 

Crawford County farm life, Charles Lindbergh, Scotch-Irish and 

German settlers, hurricanes, cemetery records, lead mining near Potosi. 

Tombstone inscriptions from Jane Bryan Cemetery near Belgrade, 

Missouri. 

Correspondence, 1950-1958. Personal correspondence of Clarence E. 

Breckenridge and Herman Harris, retired president of Rollins College,

C1037 Breckenridge, Clarence Edward, Papers, 1897-1960 Page 2 

Winter Park, Florida, on Breckenridge genealogy. Descriptions of 

retirement and life in a Florida nursing home. Letters from Florida 

Public Welfare Department on support for Harris, nursing home 

conditions. 

f. 8 

Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1950-1960. 

Correspondence of Clarence Breckenridge and Henry Breckenridge, 

Assistant Secretary of War in the Wilson administration, and Hayes 

Breckenridge Bingham. Newspaper clippings on death of Henry and his 

role as lawyer and friend to Charles A. Lindbergh in the Lindbergh 

kidnapping. 

f. 9 Miscellaneous Typescripts. Miscellaneous typescripts of Adella 

Breckenridge Moore contain notes on Breckenridge coat of arms and 

genealogy; “William Sumner Jewett and His Prophecy,” 1955; Evans 

family; Crystal City railroads; glass factory; steamboats; Jefferson 

County Agricultural and Mechanical Society. 

f. 10 Newspaper Clippings, undated, 1937-1951. Articles by Adella 

Breckenridge Moore include list of people buried in Bellevue 

Presbyterian Cemetery since 1949; partial list of Civil War soldiers 

killed at Pilot Knob and buried there; Home Guards and supplying 

General Ewing’s troops near Caledonia farm home of Adella; letters of 

George Breckenridge on his candidacy for the House, pending 

legislation, 1832; letter of David Breckenridge, 1837, on pre-war 

conditions in Texas and Mexico; “Moses Austin and the Lure of Lead.” 

“Grave of Moses Austin,” 1949 Congressional Record; “During Price’s 

Raid;” Potosi D.A.R.; history of Farmington and Bellevue Presbyterian 

Churches; Bible Society formed by pioneer settlers of Washington 

County; Bellevue Collegiate Institute; Bellevue Valley school days. 

f.11 Newspaper Clippings, 1952-1956. Newspaper clippings from 

Farmington Press, Lead Belt News, Independent Journal, Potosi. 

Biographical sketches of Adella B. Moore, Andrew Henry, William 

Sumner Jewett, and Alexander and George Breckenridge. Bible 

societies; Sunday schools; Governor Dunklin’s views on legislation, 

1833; Bellevue Presbyterian Church; list of judges for Ste. Genevieve 

District Court of Common Pleas; masons of Ste. Genevieve; trustees of 

Ste. Genevieve Academy; Missouri Fur Company; first Washington 

County judges and jurors; Caledonia town lots; Henry genealogy; 

Andrew Henry estate sale and who bought what, 1833. 

f. 12 Newspaper Clippings, undated, 1938-1939. Newspaper clippings 

mentioning Breckenridge family members in connection with St. Louis 

music of 1800s, social workers and schools, frontier nursing, Tuscan 

Masonic Lodge, U.S. Senate Chamber in 1859, Missouri Historical 

Society, President Truman (news photos), Casper S. Yost, Senator 

f. 13-15 

Henry W. Blair, Sloan family. 

Miscellaneous, undated, 1897-1951. Miscellaneous typed notes, 

correspondence, news clippings. Breckenridge genealogy. Gamble and 

Cowan families. Scotch-Irish in America. Tinkling Springs


congregation, 1741. 

f. 13 Miscellaneous. Copies of wills; Washington County election 

judges and road commissioners, 1836-1857. 

f. 14 Miscellaneous. Records of Hopewell Sunday School; lists of 

graves in Bennett Bryan and Jane Bryan cemeteries near 

Belgrade; mound builders and surveying in Missouri and 

Virginia. 

f. 15 Miscellaneous. Letters dated 1897 from Herman F. Harris, 

W.C.P. Breckenridge, and J.C. Breckenridge, Inspector General, 

U.S. War Department; old lead mines, Kentucky; 125 th 

Caledonia Masonic Lodge anniversary. 

INDEX TERMS 

Subject Folders Image 

Achlin, Christopher 14 

Adams family--Cemetery records 5,14 

Adams, Daniel S. 5,14 

Adams, Hattie S. (1844-1885) 5,14 

Adams, John J. 5,14 

Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) 14 

Adams, Mary Jane (1832-1893) 5,14 

Adams, Sarah W. (1843-1886) 5,14 

Adams, Zenas 5,14 

Adlesberger, Cecilia ( -1852) 9 

Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina 5 

Alcorn, Jane 9,15 

Alcorn, John 2,9,14 

Alexander, Elizabeth ( -1837) 9 

Alexander, Jas. 13 

Alexander, William 9,11 

American Revolution 1,2,4,5,9,10 

American Revolution--Battle of Guilford Court House 4 

American Revolution--Battle of King's Mountain, 1780 2,5,8-11,13,14 

American Revolution--Prisoners and prisons 1 

American Revolution--Soldiers 10,13 

Andes, Anna 14 

Andes, Arthur (1838-1901) 14 

Andes, James 14 

Armstrong, Lanly 14 

Austin family 10



Austin, Moses (1761-1821) 2-5,10,11 

Austin, Stephen Fuller (1793-1836) 10 

Bacon, Rachel 10 

Baker, Daniel 13 

Baker, Elijah 10 

Banford, William H. 10 

Baptist Church 1,3,9 

Barger family, Cemetery Records 5,14 

Barger, Della M. 5,14 

Barger, Luemma (1855-1888) 5,14 

Barger, Miller S. (1842-1900) 5,14 

Barger, T. S. 5,14 

Barkley, Alben William (1877-1956) 2,14 

Barnett, James G. 13 

Barton, Jane Duhart 10 

Barton, Joshua 10 

Barton, Sarah 10 

Bates, Elias 10 

Bates, Henry 10 

Bates, Moses 10 

Bates, Parson 10 

Bell, Josiah 10 

Belleview Collegiate Institute, Caledonia, Missouri 10,11,15 

Belleview Sunday School Society 13 

Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery 2,3,10 

Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Caledonia, Missouri 1-5,9-11,13-15 

Bennett Bryan Cemetery 5,14 

Benning, Hannah G. (1780-1844) 5,14 

Benning, Isaac (1789-1859) 5,14 

Benning, Mahala 10 

Berry, Thomas 14 

Bible--Study 10,11 

Big River Settlement, Missouri 3 

Black, Joseph 14 

Blackburn, Arthur 14 

Blackburn, George 14 

Blackburn, John 14 

Blair, Henry W. (1834-1920) 12



Blair, Jean 9 

Boggs, James (1832-1882) 10 

Boggs, William 10 

Bolduc, Louis 13 

Bolling family 9 

Bolling, Laura 9 

Boone family 3,5 

Boone, Daniel (1734-1820) 2,3,5 

Boone, Mary 5 

Boone, Rebecca 3,5 

Bowen, Arthur 14 

Bowyer, Thomas 14 

Boyd family 10 

Boyd, Alexander 10 

Boyd, John 10 

Boyd, Martha 10 

Boyd, Robinson 10 

Boyd, Samuel 10 

Boyd, Sarah 10 

Boyd, Thomas 10 

Boyd, William 10 

Brackenridge family 2-5,7,8,15 

Brackenridge, David 7 

Brackenridge, Henry 4 

Brackenridge, Hugh Henry 7 

Brackenridge, Hugh Marie 4 

Brackenridge, Jean 2,14 

Brackenridge, Nancy 5 

Brackinridge, James D. 8 

Bradley, James 14 

Bradley, John 14 

Braikenridge, Jacobus 8 

Brakenridge 8 

Brakenridge, William 1 

Breckenridge family 1-15 

Breckenridge family 13 y 

Breckenridge family--Cemetery Records 5 

Breckenridge, Adaliza R. (1847-1909) 5,14



Breckenridge, Adam 4,5 

Breckenridge, Addie (1883-1896) 5,14 

Breckenridge, Agnes 15 

Breckenridge, Alexander 1-11,13-15 

Breckenridge, Angelina 7 

Breckenridge, Ann 13,15 

Breckenridge, Ann Doak 5,6,9,10,14 

Breckenridge, Ann Eliza 5,14 

Breckenridge, Catherine 4 

Breckenridge, Clara 2 

Breckenridge, Clarence 2-5,7,8,15 

Breckenridge, Clarence Edward (1877-1963) 1-9,14 

Breckenridge, Clarence Elias 1 

Breckenridge, Clark 1,3,6,8 

Breckenridge, Clifton Rodes 1 

Breckenridge, David 1,7,10 

Breckenridge, Desha 3 

Breckenridge, E. R. 10 

Breckenridge, Eddie Linn 13,15 

Breckenridge, Eleanor 3 

Breckenridge, Eliza 14 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth 9-11,13-15 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth Bryan 2,4,13 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth Cowan 2,10,11,13,14 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth Green Phelps 14 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth Groves 3 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth Phelps ( -1907) 9 

Breckenridge, Elizabeth Sarah (1840-1923) 7 

Breckenridge, Emma 2,3 

Breckenridge, Emma (1851-1920) 5,14 

Breckenridge, Erna 3-7 

Breckenridge, Eugene 3-5,10,14 

Breckenridge, Fred (1873-1942) 5,14 

Breckenridge, George 1-11,13-15 

Breckenridge, George C. (1810-1888) 5,10,14 

Breckenridge, George Cowan 3,5,9,11 

Breckenridge, George E. 3,5,14 

Breckenridge, George Erasmus (1847-1925) 11



Breckenridge, George Preston ( -1950) 2 

Breckenridge, Hannah 15 

Breckenridge, Hellen (1891-1897) 5,14 

Breckenridge, Henry ( -1960) 3,4,6,8 

Breckenridge, Hugh 4 

Breckenridge, Jacobus 7,8 

Breckenridge, James 1-11,13-15 

Breckenridge, James Douglas 3-5,8 

Breckenridge, James M. 1,2,8,9,11-14 

Breckenridge, James Malcolm 5,8,9,14 

Breckenridge, James W. 1 

Breckenridge, Jane 9,11,15 

Breckenridge, Jane Preston 1-3,8 

Breckenridge, Jane Shelton 2,14 

Breckenridge, Jenny 13 

Breckenridge, John 1,3-5,7-11,13-15 

Breckenridge, John B. 8 

Breckenridge, John C. 1,4,5,12 

Breckenridge, John Cowan (1842-1907) 3,4,13 

Breckenridge, John Doak 1 

Breckenridge, John E. 1 

Breckenridge, Joseph C. 1,3,4,8,15 

Breckenridge, Laura 14 

Breckenridge, Letitia Preston 2-4,6,8,9,15 

Breckenridge, Magdalene Gamble 2,9,10,13,14 

Breckenridge, Maggie 2 

Breckenridge, Margaret 14 

Breckenridge, Mary 2,12-14 

Breckenridge, Mary ( -1900) 1 

Breckenridge, Mary Benning 3 

Breckenridge, Mary Chadd 1 

Breckenridge, Mary Doak 1 

Breckenridge, Mary S. (1813-1892) 5,14 

Breckenridge, Melissa 11,13,14 

Breckenridge, Milly Ann 11,13-15 

Breckenridge, Nancy 5 

Breckenridge, Narcissa 11,13 

Breckenridge, Nora Della 1



Breckenridge, Palmer 2,3,5,11,13,14 

Breckenridge, Permelia Ann 9 

Breckenridge, Phil 1 

Breckenridge, Polly 13,15 

Breckenridge, Preston 1,4,10,13,15 

Breckenridge, Rachel 2,13,15 

Breckenridge, Richard 3,8 

Breckenridge, Roddy 1,14,15 

Breckenridge, Roddy H. 1,13 

Breckenridge, Sarah 9 

Breckenridge, Smith 2,11,13-15 

Breckenridge, Smith G. 13,14 

Breckenridge, Smith G. 15 y 

Breckenridge, Smith Gamble (1816-1893) 1-3,9-11,14 

Breckenridge, Sophoniza 12,15 

Breckenridge, Thomas E. 4 

Breckenridge, Vicy 2,11,14 

Breckenridge, Walter 2,3 

Breckenridge, Washington 1,13,15 

Breckenridge, William 5,10,14,15 

Breckenridge, William Brown 4 

Breckenridge, William Campbell Preston 2,3,8,12,14,15 

Breckenridge, William Clark (1862-1927) 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 

Breckenridge--Heraldry 9 

Breckinridge family 2-4,13,15 

Breckinridge, Adam 15 

Breckinridge, George 15 

Breckinridge, Jane 15 

Breckinridge, Jared 11,15 

Breckinridge, John (1760-1806) 8,14 

Breckinridge, John Cabell (1821-1875) 2,5,12,14,15 

Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell 1,3,8 

Breckinridge, Robert 8,15 

Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson (1800-1871) 1-3,6,8,9,11,13- 

15 

Brickey, John 10 

Brickey, John C. 10 

Brickey, John S. (1791-1872) 10



Briggs, Samuel 14 

Brigham, Hayes Breckinridge ( -1959) 8 

Brigham, Henry Randolph, Mrs. ( -1959) 8 

Brinker, Abraham 10 

Brown, John Mason 3 

Brown, Joseph 9 

Brown, Maria 10 

Bruce, Robert 3 

Bruffee, Robert C. 10 

Bruffy, Robert C. 13 

Bryan Cemeteries 5,14 

Bryan family 3-5,10,13,14 

Bryan family, Cemetery Records 5,10,14 

Bryan, Andrew 4,14 

Bryan, Bennett 5,10,14 

Bryan, Catherine 10 

Bryan, Catherine T. (1825-1911) 5,14 

Bryan, Charles 10,14 

Bryan, Clara (1866-1905) 14 

Bryan, Doeia A. (1868-1886) 5,14 

Bryan, E. 5,14 

Bryan, Elizabeth 2,4,14 

Bryan, Elizabeth Ann 10 

Bryan, Elizabeth B. (1775-1846) 5 

Bryan, Elizabeth Vinyard 10 

Bryan, Emily Austin 10 

Bryan, Ester Patten 4,5 

Bryan, Fannie 4,14 

Bryan, Henry 4 

Bryan, James 4,5,10,14 

Bryan, James (1763-1837) 5,14 

Bryan, Jane 5,10,14 

Bryan, Jesse Bennett 14 

Bryan, John 10 

Bryan, Joseph 5 

Bryan, Lovel (1820-1894) 14 

Bryan, Lucy 10 

Bryan, Mahalith (1806-1873) 5,14



Bryan, Margaret 4,5,10 

Bryan, Maria 10 

Bryan, Maria Phelps 3 

Bryan, Marietta 14 

Bryan, Mary 14 

Bryan, Morgan 5 

Bryan, Philip F. (1821-1871) 5,10,14 

Bryan, Rebecca 5 

Bryan, Robert 3-5,14 

Bryan, Robert, Sr. ( -1872) 5,14 

Bryan, Salome 10 

Bryan, Samuel 5 

Bryan, Sarah 14 

Bryan, Thomas 10,14 

Bryan, William 2,4,5,10,14 

Bryan, William (1803-1853) 5,14 

Bryan, William (1872-1878) 5,14 

Buchanan family 8 

Buchanan, James (1791-1868) 14 

Bufard family 13 

Buffalo Creek Presbyterian Church, North Carolina 5 

Burkhart, Philep (1835-1901) 5,14 

Burns, Robert 2,14,15 

Bush, Reuben 10 

Buxton, Allan 10 

Byrd family, Cemetery Records 14 

Byrd, Cora 14 

Byrd, John 13 

Byrd, Mary 14 

Byrd, Thomas 14 

Byrd, Willie 14 

Cabel, Joseph 15 

Cabell family 3,5,8,15 

Cabell, W. H. (1772-1853) 9 

Caldwell, Thomas 14 

Caledonia Cemetery 1,2,10 

Caledonia Echo, 1951 10 

Campbell family 8



Campbell, Joseph 15 

Campbell, Nancy 13 

Campbell, Sarah Buchanan 8 

Campbell, William (1745-1781) 8,13 

Cancer 5 

Cape, Maston 2,14 

Carleton, Eliza 10 

Carson family 4 

Carson, David 14 

Casey, Andrew 10 

Casey, John, Jr. 13 

Castleman family 2 

Cemeteries--Inscriptions--Missouri, Caledonia 1,4 

Cemeteries--Inscriptions--Missouri, Washington County 4, 5, 10, 14 

Cemeteries--Missouri, Bellevue Valley 2-5,10,14 

Chester, Martha Jane Bryant (1842-1894) 13 

Chiswell Lead Mine 10 

Cholera, 1833 14 

Cholera--Missouri, St. Louis, 1835 9 

Christian, Israel 15 

Christian, John 11,13 

Christian, William 15 

Church records 2-5,1-,10,11,13- 

15 

Churches 1-11,13-15 

Churches, Missouri 1-5,9-11,13-15 

Churches, North Carolina 2-4,9,10,14 

Churches, Pennsylvania 14 

Churches, Virginia 1-11,13,14 

Civil War 10,13 

Civil War--Battle of Pilot Knob 10 

Civil War--Missouri, Washington County 10 

Clay family 4,5 

Clay, Burt 5 

Clay, Henry (1777-1852) 14 

Clay, Henry, Jr. 13 

Clendenning, Parthenia 4 

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 8,10-15



Cobb, Elizabeth 10 

Cobb, Richard 10 

Coghill, Nettie 14 

Coghill, Thomas 14 

Cole family 4,5,13,14 

Cole family, Cemetery records 5 

Cole, Catherine ( -1823) 5,14 

Cole, James W. (1844-1930) 14 

Cole, John (1863-1939) 5,14 

Cole, Nancy (1800-1836) 5,14 

Cole, Philip 10,13 

Cole, Watson 10 

Cole, William (1788-1868) 5,14 

Coleman, Susie 14 

Colman, Norman Jay (1827-1911) 9 

Colvill, Samuel 14 

Colville, Andrew 10,14 

Compton, Edwin 14 

Connecticut 10 

Coram, John C. ( -1870) 5,14 

Corum family, Cemetery Records 5,14 

Corum, C. A. 5,14 

Corum, J. 5,14 

Corum, Lillie ( -1873) 5,14 

Cowan family 2-4,9,10,13,14 

Cowan, Abby (1812- ) 13 

Cowan, Alexander (1796- ) 13 

Cowan, Ann 13,14 

Cowan, David 2,5,9,10,13,14 

Cowan, Elizabeth 2,9-11,13,14 

Cowan, Elizabeth (1779- ) 13 

Cowan, Elizabeth (1801- ) 13 

Cowan, Elizabeth Rachel (1845- ) 13 

Cowan, Hannah 14 

Cowan, Hugh 2,4,9,10,13,14 

Cowan, Hugh (1770-1838) 13 

Cowan, Hugh Breckenridge (1817- ) 13 

Cowan, Hugh Chamber (1848- ) 13



Cowan, James 14 

Cowan, James (1725- ) 13 

Cowan, James (1777- ) 13 

Cowan, James E. 1 

Cowan, Jean (1731- ) 13 

Cowan, John 14 

Cowan, John (1727- ) 13 

Cowan, John F. 1,4,13 

Cowan, Joseph 2,9,13 

Cowan, Louisa Nelson Stewart (1834-1862) 13 

Cowan, Margery Ann (1843- ) 13 

Cowan, Martha (1771-1774) 13 

Cowan, Mary 14 

Cowan, Mary (1774- ) 13 

Cowan, Mary (1797- ) 13 

Cowan, Mary Gray (1747- ) 10,13 

Cowan, Rachel (1808- ) 13 

Cowan, Rachel Breckenridge 13 

Cowan, Robert 14 

Cowan, William 14 

Craig family 5 

Craig, John 1,5,11,14 

Craig, Robert 14 

Craighead, Alexander 3 

Crow, Walter 9 

Cummings, Charles 14 

Dane, Sam 14 

Daughters of the American Revolution 3-5,9,14 

Daughters of the American Revolution, Francois Valle Chapter 11 

Daughters of the American Revolution, Letitia Stevenson Chapter, 

Bloomington, Illinois 

Daughters of the American Revolution, Potosi, Missouri 4,5,10 

Davidson, William 14 

Davis family 13 

Davis, John 14 

Davis, Mollie 14 

Decker, Clarence 15 

Decker, Paul 15 

10



DeClue, Gertrude 14 

DeClue, John 14 

Doak family 3-8,13 

Doak, Ann 1-3,5,6,9,10,13- 

15 

Doak, Charles Glenn ( -1956) 5 

Doak, David 5 

Doak, James 5 

Doak, John 5,15 

Doak, Mary 5,9 

Doak, Mary Wilson 5 

Doak, Robert 14 

Doak, Samuel 2-6,10,11,13,14 

Doak, Samuel W. 4 

Donnell family 4 

Donnell, Eliel 4 

Donnell, James 4, 10 

Donnell, Thomas 4, 10 

Donnell, William 4 

Douglas Clan, Scotland 3, 8 

Douglas, James 14 

Douglas, John 14 

Driskell, Amy 15 

Drummond, Margaret 14 

Dubart, Jane 10 

Dunklin, Daniel (1790-1844) 2, 3, 10, 11, 13 

Dunklin, Jefferson 13 

Dunklin, John 3, 13, 14 

Dunklin, Madison 13 

Earthquakes, California, San Francisco 1, 5 

Eastern Star 3 

Eaton, Absolam 13 

Ebbing and Sinking Springs Church, Virginia 14 

Edgar, George 10 

Edgar, Lewis 10 

Education 12 

Election, 1954 4, 5 

Evans family 3, 9



Evans, Claiborne (1809-1862) 10 

Evans, Elizabeth 9, 15 

Evans, Henry 1, 9 

Evans, Henry S. 9 

Evans, James F. 1 

Evans, James S. (1812- ) 9 

Evans, Jennie 9 

Evans, Jesse 1, 4, 9, 15 

Evans, Joseph 9 

Evans, Leona 9 

Evans, Mary 9 

Evans, Nora 9 

Evans, Thomas 14 

Evans, Wesley 9 

Eversole, Bill 10 

Ewing, Thomas (1829-1896) 10 

Findley, Sarah 9, 15 

Finley, George 14, 15 

Finley, John 2, 9, 11, 13 

First Presbyterian Church, Statesville, Missouri 5 

Flanders, John 13 

Fleming family 11 

Florida, Winter Park, 1950s 6 

Florida. Public Welfare Department, 1957 7 

Floyd family 15 

Floyd, Julia Breckenridge Groves 3 

Flynn, Michael 13 

Forrester, Cecil 14 

Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church, Iredell County, North Carolina 2-4, 9, 10, 14 

Freemasons--Missouri 7, 11, 12, 15 

Fremont, John C. 4 

Frissel, Jason 13 

Frontier and pioneer life 2, 9, 13, 14 

Fur trade 11 

Gafs, John 13 

Gamble family 2, 4, 9, 10, 14 

Gamble, Andrew McTee 9 

Gamble, Ann 14



Gamble, Hamilton Rowan (1798-1864) 1 

Gamble, John 14 

Gamble, Josiah 2, 11, 14 

Gamble, Magdalene 9, 10, 13-15 

Gamble, Robert 9, 14 

Games 11, 13 

Garrard, William, Jr. 13 

Genealogy 1-15 

German Americans 4 

Gibbs, Gilbert 2, 9, 13 

Giddings, Salmon 10 

Glass manufacture 9 

Glenn, James 10 

Goforth, Josiah 9 

Goforth, Miles 10 

Gold rush--California 3 

Gordon, Burl, Mrs. 10 

Graves, David 15 

Gray, Mary (1747- ) 13 

Green, John 2, 9 

Greene family 3 

Greene, Elizabeth 14 

Greene, John 14 

Grossman family 5 

Groves family 2, 3, 5, 9 

Groves, Elizabeth 3, 4 

Guiford College, North Carolina 7 

Hall, James 10 

Hamilton family 5, 15 

Hamilton Homestead, Washington County, Missouri 6, 15 

Hamilton Iron Works 5 

Hamilton, Charles ( -1887) 15 

Hamilton, William 10 

Harper, Chancellor 9 

Harris family 9, 11 

Harris, Alfred 9, 15 

Harris, Alfred ( -1873) 7 

Harris, Elizabeth Sarah (1840-1923) 7



Harris, George Breckenridge 2, 14 

Harris, Herman F. (1871- ) 3-7, 14, 15 

Harris, Herman Ferman 9 

Harris, James 2, 14 

Harris, Rankin 2, 14 

Harris, Vicy Breckenridge 2, 5 

Hawkins, John 10 

Haynes family 5 

Hays, Joe 14 

Henderson, Amanda E. (1819-1891) 5 

Henderson, Amariah (1812-1894) 5 

Henry family 11 

Henry, Andrew (1775-1833) 4, 5, 11 

Henry, Elizabeth 8 

Henry, Grace 1 

Henry, Patrick (1736-1799) 8 

Hicks, Henry 13 

Hicks, Mary Catherine 10 

Hildebrand, Sam 4, 13 

Hollingsworth, John 14 

Holmes, Obadiah 2, 9 

Hooe, James B. (1838-1887) 10 

Hopewell Sunday School, Washington County, Missouri 3, 10, 11, 13, 14 

Houston, Maggie S. (1877-1897) 5 

Houston, William 10 

Howard, Mordecai 14 

Howell family 4 

Hughes, Angeline 9 

Hughes, John 13 

Hughes, Peter 13 

Hughes, Robert 13 

Hughes, Sarah 10 

Hull, Nathaniel 9 

Hurricanes, 1955 5, 6 

Hutchens, John 13 

Hutcheson, William, Jr. 14 

Hutchings, Fannie 14 

Hutchings, Harvey 14



Hutchings, Lemmie 14 

Hutchison, George 11, 13 

Hyde, John 9 

Imboden family 13 

Independent Journal, Potosi, 1937-1951 10, 13 

Indians, Sugaree 5 

Indians--Attacks 3 

Ireland 1-3, 8, 14 

Ireland, Dublin, Four Courts Building 1 

Ireland--History, 1922 1-3 

Iron Mountain Railroad, 1857 9 

Ives, Emma 14 

Ives, William 14 

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) 5, 14 

Jacobson, Ed 12 

Jamison, Edward 14 

Jamison, James 13 

Jane Bryan Cemetery, Washington County, Missouri 5, 10, 14 

Jefferson County Agricultural and Mechanical Society 9 

Jewett family 9 

Jewett, Cecilia 9 

Jewett, Charles 9 

Jewett, Gilman ( -1835) 9, 11 

Jewett, Jessie 9 

Jewett, Laura 9 

Jewett, Mark 9, 11 

Jewett, Samuel 9, 15 

Jewett, Sumner 9 

Jewett, W. S. 9, 11 

Jewett, William B. 9 

Jewett, William Sumner 5, 9, 11 

Johnson family 13 

Johnson, Edward 9, 10, 13 

Johnson, Sarah (1837-1916) 5, 14 

Johnson, Silas (1831-1907) 5, 14 

Jones, John Rice 10 

Kentucky, Bourbon County. Court, 1814 13 

Kerr, Adam 14



King family 9, 13, 14 

King, Addie 14 

King, Edd 14 

King, George 4, 9 

King, Mattie 14 

Kirkpatrick, David 13 

La Marques, Ettiene 13 

Land Grants, Tennessee 5 

Lanius, Daniel 10 

Latimore, Robert 13 

Lead Belt News, 1950s 5, 7, 10, 15 

Lead Belt, Missouri 5 

Lead Mines and Mining--Kentucky 15 

Lead Mines and Mining--Missouri 5, 9-11 

Leadford, Kenneth 14 

Leadford, Lon 14 

Lindbergh Kidnapping, 1932 8 

Lindbergh, Charles A. (1902-1974) 4, 8 

Lindbergh, Charles A., Jr. 8 

Lindley family 4 

Lindley, William Breckenridge 4, 5 

Lindsey, Letitia 9 

Lindsey, Lettis 15 

Logan family 13 

Logan, Benjamin 14 

Logan, David 5 

Logan, Eliza J. 13 

Logan, Hannah 13 

Logan, James 3, 5, 13, 14 

Logan, John 13 

Logan, Robert 5 

Logan, Sarah L. 13 

Loomis, Emily 14 

Loomis, George C. 14 

Loomis, Willie 14 

Love family 5, 14 

Love, Albert G. 5 

Love, D. S. (1828-1913) 5, 14



Love, George W. (1865-1915) 5, 14 

Lovett, Effie Sloab 3 

Madison, James (1749-1812) 14 

Mallow family 13 

Mallow, Lottie 14 

Manning, Fore 13 

Manwarring, Charles H. 13 

Marcie, William 9 

Mason family 14 

Mathes, Ann ( -1733) 13 

Matthews, Elijah B. 13 

Maxwell family, Cemetery Records 5, 14 

Maxwell, Catherine (1813-1880) 5 

Maxwell, J. A. (1857-1927) 5 

Maxwell, James (1813-1877) 5, 10 

Maxwell, John T. (1861-1911) 5 

Maxwell, John V. (1761-1854) 5, 10 

Maxwell, Nathaniel (1800-1854) 5 

Maxwell, Salome (1814-1896) 5 

Maxwell, Sarah (1860-1942) 5 

Maxwell, Thomas E. (1833-1900) 5 

Maxwell, William (1834-1875) 5 

Maxwell, William (1863-1942) 5 

Maxwell, William P. (1845-1863) 5 

McAfee family 15 

McCormack, Sarah 10 

McCormick, Andrew Phelps 14 

McCormick, Catherine 4, 10 

McCormick, Fielding 10 

McCormick, Joseph 10 

McCreary, Israel 10 

McEwen, Sarah Houston 4 

McGahan, George 10 

McGavock, Daniel 15 

McGready, Israel 10 

McHenry, James B. 10 

McIllvaine, John 10 

McLelland, Mary 10, 14



McLelland, William ( -1778) 10, 14 

McNabb family 14 

McNabb, Charlie 14 

McNabb, John 14 

McNabb, Laura 14 

McNabb, Melvin 14 

McNair, Alexander (1775-1826) 9-11 

McNutt family 3-5 

McNutt, Alexander 14 

McNutt, J. W. 3-5, 10, 13 

Meramec River 3, 5 

Meredith, Samuel 15 

Methodist Church, Caledonia, Missouri 3, 10 

Mexican War 10 

Milan, William 10 

Miller family 14 

Miller, James F. 14 

Miller, Nancy 14 

Mines and mineral resources--Missouri 1, 5 

Missionaries, Christian 4-5 

Mississippi River 9 

Missouri Fur Company, St. Louis 11 

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis 12 

Missouri Territory--Southeast 1-5, 9-11, 13, 14 

Missouri Territory--Surveyors 2, 13 

Missouri, Bellevue Valley 1-5, 9-11, 13-15 

Missouri, Big Lick Settlement 3 

Missouri, Blackwell 3 

Missouri, Buck Knob 9 

Missouri, Caledonia 1-5, 9-11, 13, 14 

Missouri, Callaway County 9 

Missouri, Crawford County 3, 5, 9 

Missouri, Crystal City 9 

Missouri, Dent County 3, 5, 9, 11 

Missouri, Ellington, 1955 5 

Missouri, Farmington 5, 10, 13 

Missouri, Herculaneum 10 

Missouri, Ironton 1



Missouri, Jefferson County 9 

Missouri, Mine á Burton 11 

Missouri, Mine and Breton 10 

Missouri, Old Mines 1-3, 7, 9-11, 13, 

14 

Missouri, Plattin Rock 9 

Missouri, Potosi 3-5, 10, 13 

Missouri, St. Francois County 10 

Missouri, Ste. Genevieve 4, 10, 11 

Missouri, Washington County 1-5, 9-11, 13, 14 

Missouri, Washington County, 1950s 4, 5, 10 

Missouri, Washington County, Sheriff, 1866-1870 13 

Missouri, Washington County--Road Commissioners, 1854-1857 13 

Missouri. Cavalry, 3rd Regiment, Missouri State Militia, Company M 5 

Missouri. Enrolled Militia 2, 9, 10 

Missouri. Enrolled Militia, Company I 2, 10, 14 

Missouri. Infantry, 31st Regiment, Company K 5 

Missouri. Infantry, 31st Regiment, Volunteers, Company B 13 

Missouri. Infantry, 50th Regiment 5 

Missouri. Militia, Enrolled Missouri Militia 2, 9, 10 

Missouri--History 1-11, 13-15 

Mitchell family 4 

Mitchell, Jane 3, 5, 14 

Mitchell, Kane 2 

Montgomery, Esther 4 

Moore, Adella Breckenridge (1875-1957) 1-15 

Moore, James 10 

Morell, Mary 15 

Morris, James 14 

Morris, W. Henry 14 

Mounds and mound builders 14 

Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church 4 

Moyer, Stanley 14 

Mullinax, Ira D. 13 

Murphy family 5, 10 

Murphy, David 10 

Murphy, Louisiana 10 

Murphy, Sarah Barton 10



Murphy, William 10 

Murphy, William, Sr. 10 

Music, Missouri, St. Louis, 1800s 12 

North Carolina, 1950s 6, 7 

North Carolina, Greensboro 4, 6 

Null, Ann 10 

Nursing Homes 6, 7 

Paisley, John 5 

Parke, David 14 

Patent, Beverly 8 

Paterson, Nancy J. 13 

Patton family 8 

Patton, Elizabeth 8, 15 

Patton, James 2, 8, 11, 13 

Patton, John 2, 14, 15 

Patton, Joseph 14 

Pease, Henry 10 

Peebles, Jane 15 

Pennsylvania, Militia, Chester County, 8th Battalion, Captain Gilbert's 

Company 

Perry, James F. 10 

Perry, John 10 

Perry, John, Jr. 10 

Phelps family 1-4, 11 

Phelps, Cynthia Alexander Stevenson 14 

Phelps, Cynthia Stevenson 11 

Phelps, Daniel 2, 9-11, 14 

Phelps, Elizabeth (1830- ) 11 

Phelps, Elizabeth Greene 10 

Phelps, Jennie 10 

Phelps, Timothy (1788- ) 1, 2, 9, 11, 13, 14 

Phelps, William 2, 9, 14 

Phoenix Planning Mill Company, 1900 1 

Pinnele, Peter 10 

Pinson, Aaron 13 

Poage, Robert 15 

Poague, Mary 15 

Politics, 1845 14 

13



Poor, Medical care 12 

Presbyterian Cemetery, Caledonia, Missouri 1, 4 

Presbyterian Church 1-11, 13-15 

Presbyterian Church, Caledonia, Missouri 1-5, 9-11, 13, 15 

Presbyterian Church, Farmington, Missouri 10, 13 

Presbyterian Church, History 1-11, 13-15 

Presbyterian Church, Potosi, Missouri 10, 13 

Preston family 2-8, 15 

Preston, Ann 8 

Preston, Ann Sophonisba 8 

Preston, Francis 8 

Preston, Jane 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 15 

Preston, John 2, 4-6, 8, 14, 15 

Preston, Letitia 2-4, 6, 8, 9, 15 

Preston, Lettice 15 

Preston, Lettie 2, 3, 6, 15 

Preston, Robert 3, 8, 15 

Preston, William 15 

Price, Lelia 14 

Price, Orelando 14 

Price, Sterling (1809-1867) 10 

Prince, L. Bradford 14 

Printing, Scotland, 1756 2 

Pruitt, Mary 4 

Rankin, William Cowan (1864- ) 13 

Reed, Joseph 9 

Relf family 14 

Relf, Ellen 14 

Relf, Linn 14 

Relf, Philip 14 

Resinger, Adam 10 

Resinger, Julia Ann 10 

Retirement communities, 1950s 3, 6 

Retirement, 1950s 6, 7 

Reyburn family 13 

Reyburn, Joseph ( -1838) 10 

Roads, 1792 2 

Robinson, Archibald 9



Robinson, James 10 

Robinson, Jane 10 

Robinson, Sue (1887-1921) 5 

Rollins College, Winter Part, Florida 7, 15 

Rudy, John F. 10 

Ruggles, Martin 10, 11, 13 

Ruggles, Salmon 10 

Rule, Thomas 13 

Russell family 13 

Russell, Jefferson C. 13 

Sadd, Corinna G. 10 

San Francisco Railroad 9 

Scoth-Irish in America 1-11, 13, 14 

Scotland 1-3, 8, 14, 15 

Scott, Andrew 10 

Scott, Archibald 9 

Scott, Loamma 14 

Settle, John 13 

Shaner Nursing Home, Fern Park, Florida 7 

Sharp, Edward 14 

Shelton family 2, 4, 15 

Shelton, Dabney 2, 14 

Shelton, Jane 2, 14 

Shurlds, Henry ( -1852) 10 

Sinn Fein Rebellion, Ireland, 1922 1-3 

Slave bills of sale 10 

Slavery--Missouri, 1813 13 

Slavery--Missouri, Crawford County 3 

Sloan family 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 15 

Sloan, Addie 13 

Sloan, Fergus 3, 4, 10, 14 

Sloan, Jane 10 

Sloan, Robert 2, 11, 13-15 

Sloan, Steele 15 

Sloan, Theodore 3, 15 

Sloan, William 4, 10, 14, 15 

Smith family 4 

Smith, Dan 10, 14



Smith, Thomas Tho. P. 13 

Smith, William 10 

Social work with children 12 

Society of Friends 4 

Spencer, John 9 

St. Francis River Lands, Settlers 10 

St. Louis Globe Democrat 12 

Stanback, Jeffrey F. 5 

State Historical Society of Missouri 4, 5 

Ste. Genevieve District, Court of Common Pleas 11 

Steamboats 9 

Steele, Mortimer 14 

Stevenson family 1, 3-5 

Stevenson, Adlai Ewing (1900-1965) 3, 5 

Stevenson, Cynthia 11 

Stevenson, Jane 10, 14 

Stevenson, Mariah Rebecca Steele 14 

Stevenson, Robert M. 9-11 

Stevenson, Robert Montgomery 10, 11, 14 

Stevenson, William 2, 9-11, 14 

Stewart family 13 

Stewart, Louisa Nelson 13 

Stewart, Robert 13 

Stolle, George F. 13 

Stout family 2 

Stout, Elliot 2 

Stout, Ephraim 2 

Strikes and lockouts, Missouri, St. Louis, 1900 1 

Strother, Benjamin 9, 11 

Sugar Creek Church 5 

Suggett, James 4 

Sunday schools 11, 13 

Surveying, Missouri 2, 11, 13, 14 

Surveying, Virginia, 1803 14 

Suttles, Thomas 15 

Swan, John 10 

Tate, John 5 

Taylor, Alexander 10



Teaching 3 

Tennessee 9, 14 

Tenneyson, Catherine Jane 10 

Tennyson, John (1835-1864) 5 

Tennyson, Sarah Jane 10 

Texas 10 

Texas Colonization 10 

Thomas family 13 

Thomas, Lucy Jane (1842-1864) 5 

Thompson, James 14 

Tinkling Springs Cemetery, Washington County, Missouri 4, 5, 10, 14 

Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church, Virginia 1-11, 13, 14 

Tong, Ellen 9 

Townsend family--Cemetery Records 5, 14 

Townsend, Francis 3 

Townsend, Henry G. (1864-1878) 5 

Townsend, Joseph J. (1844-1930) 5 

Townsend, Mary A. (1815-1890) 5 

Townsend, Mary Melissa (1853-1931) 5 

Townsend, William H. (1827-1887) 5 

Trimble, John 13 

Truman, Harry S (1884-1972) 12 

Tullock, Jane 10 

Tumblin, Catherine 9 

Tuscan Masonic Lodge 12 

Tyler, John (1790-1862) 14 

U.S. Congress, Senate, Chamber, 1859 12 

U.S. Exploring expeditions, 1845 4 

Upper Ortorara Presbyterian Church, Chester County, Pennsylvania 2, 9, 10, 14 

Vallee, Charles C. 9 

Van Lear family 13 

Vermont 8 

Vest family 10 

Vinyard, Christian 10 

Vinyard, William 10 

Virginia Families 1-11, 13-15 

Virginia, Augusta County 9, 13 

Virginia, Beverley Manor 5, 8



Walker, Francis 14 

Walker, Thomas 9, 14 

Wallace, Caleb 15 

Wallace, William 3 

Walton family 14 

War of 1812 2, 9 

Washington University, St. Louis, 1920s 2 

Watkins, Adrain 2 

Weddle, Bill 10 

Wegar, David 10 

Whaley, Jane E. (1849-1902) 5 

Whaley, Samuel 5 

Whaley, William 10 

White, Dora 14 

White, Samuel C. 13 

Wideman, Mary 14 

Wilderness Road, 1792 2 

Willaby, Elizabeth 15 

Williams family 9-11 

Williams, Francis Emmett 2-6 

Williams, George 10 

Williams, Iredell 3 

Williams, Margaret Bryan 10 

Williams, Rodger 2, 9 

Williams, William C. 10 

Willoughby, Elizabeth 9 

Wills, 1813 13 

Wilson family 5 

Wilson, John 5 

Wilson, Mary 5 

Wilson, Nancy Breckenridge 5 

Wilson, Samuel 5 

Wirt, William 9 

Wolkenhauer, Nora 14 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union 3 

Woods family--Cemetery Records 5, 14 

Woods, Christopher (1792-1863) 5, 10 

Woods, Emily J. (1844-1930) 5



Woods, Green 13 

Woods, Harvey 13 

Woods, J. B. (1852-1905) 5 

Woods, John 13 

Woods, Joseph O. 1 

Woods, Lucy (1807-1888) 5 

Woods, Michael, Jr. 14 

Woods, Monroe 13 

Woods, Samuel M. (1835-1856) 5 

Woods, William 3, 13 ,14 

Woods, William D. 13 

Woolford, Frederick 10 

Woolford, Nancy 10 

Yost, Casper S. (1864-1941) 12 

Yount family 14

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