The Leroy Jeffries Photo Collection
Cassville, Barry County Missouri

Mr. Leroy Jeffries was one of the first merchants in Monett and settled there in 1882 when it was still Plymouth.  He was  also a Barry County official and lived in Cassville from 1914 to 1922.  The Jeffries material includes several interesting photos of early Monett and  Cassville.

	A gathering on the courthouse square, about 1914 to 1922.  The occasion is unknown. The building on the right with the large letters on it was the old and long gone Barry Hotel.
	Barry County Officers on the steps of the courthouse, November 29, 1916.  County Clerk Leroy Jeffries is front row left.  His daughter Letha, a clerk in his office, is back row, second from left.  The others are unknown.  Jeffries was county clerk from 1914 to 1922.
	Recorder of Deeds Cecil Long and his deputies, Blanche Snider and Ruth Sullivan.  Cecil Long married Trink Jeffries.  He was Recorder of Deeds from 1934 to 1950 and State Representative from Barry County in the 1950s.