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Ray County Chapters, Articles From the "Richmond Missourian"

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Volume I Volume II Volume III Volume IV Volume VIII

Vol.  I

Ray County History

"Wiley Mayes Settled at Knoxville in 1930"

Richmond and Camden Founded

Short Sketches About Ray Towns

School Days in Ray County as Told by Students of Red Brush in 1848

"When Parvin Came to Town"

Continuing Home Series

Eighth of Jewell Mayes Series of Home Tales

Gordon Clevenger Writes Facts on "The Lost Child" Chapter

The Town of Fredericksburg in Ray Once Competed With Elkhorn

Rayville's Postoffice was Borrowed From "Old Foot"

Rev. Joseph McAdams Received Fifty Cents For Conducting First Revival

James Crowley, A Sickly Baby, Lived to be 95 Years of Age

Civil War Dance -- Ray Co. Chapters

How Vibbard was Named -- More Facts About "Poor Tom"

Capt. Hendley's Death at Moro

This Section Mourned the Death of Captain Hendley at Moro in '47

Funeral of Capt. I.R. Hendley

Hendley Grave in a Local Street

"Elkhorn," in Two Chapters

Professor W.A. "Buster" Banister Chronicles Wartimes

Second Chapter About Elkhorn

"Buster" Bannister Proves the Bill Anderson Case as an Eye-Witness

Little Mercy Shown By Bill Anderson in His Activities Here

Bill Anderson Killed by Squirrel Rifle Fired From the Sidelines

Knoxville "Lost" Mine Said to Have Furnished Lead For Indian Bullets

Chapters on Renfro Family

Renfro Letters, Written During Civil War, Give Insight Into That Strife

Henry Renfro Describes Famous Civil War Battles in Letters to Wife

With Foot Amputated Because of Wound, Soldier Did Not Tell Wife

Rendered Unfit For Service, Henry Renfro Faced Threat of Exile

Elizabeth Renfro Escaped Indians By a Dream -- Other Renfro Data

Squire A.T. Moffitt, 83, Has Had Part In Making Ray County History

In 1880 Taitsville Had a Population of 103, But the Railroad Depleted Town

Taitsville Collapses When Its Main Industry Was Dismantled and Moved

Ray County Whiskey, Distilled Near Henrietta, Sold for 15 Cents a Gallon

"Ray County Chapters" Presents Three Interesting Stories Today

First Railroad in Missouri Was Built in Ray County by James Allen, 1850

Crenshaw Family History -- Written For "Ray County Chapters" Series

W.A. "Buster" Banister Begins New Series of Ray County Chapters

Banister's Personal Paragraphs -- The Burial Place of Fate Quarles

After Bill Anderson was Killed -- Family of Captain I.R. Hendley

Ray County Conditions After the Civil War -- By W.A. Banister

Richmond - Ray After the War, Picturized by Local Chapters

General Blair's Richmond Speech

Banister Discusses Ray County Music After the Civil Wartimes

Dancing Reminiscences After The Civil War Locally in Ray

"Ray County Chapters" Growing in Historical and Community Force

Final Chapter of Banister Series, To Be Followed by McAdams History

History of Bethel Church in Knoxville Township, Ray County

How a $10.00 bill influenced A Bethel Church Revival in Crises

Son of Uncle Counsel Vanderpool "Reminiscences" From Walla Walla

"The Part That Sorghum Played 50 Years Ago 'In Old Ray'

The Will of a Ray Countian, Mary E.J. Duval, Recorded Before Civil War

Brother Joe McAdams Writes Concerning Early Union Settlers

Vol  II

Oil Drilling in Ray County Sixty-Six Years Ago This Year

"Old Chip" Wrote His Version of the 1875 "Grasshopper Year"

"Governor Austin A. King" -- By Judge North Todd Gentry

The Second Austin A. King Chapter by Judge N.T. Gentry

Kingston Named for Judge King -- The 57th of "Ray County Chapters"

Governor Austin A. King on Slavery

Twelve Episodes Concluding History of Our Own Governor King

Local Pride in the Fine Record of Our Home Governor, A.A. King

Stephenson Family Chapter Illustrating the Value of Data

Relating How the McAdams, Roneys, and Rippys Are Blood Kin to Dukes

Schooling in Ray County From Fifty Years Ago to Date

Transportation of Yesterday in Ray County, By Col. J.H. Shirky

Evolution of Traction and Travel, A John H. Shirky Sketch

The Trend of Prices in Ray County -- A Chapter on Dollars

Habits and Customs of Yesterday in Our Own Ray County

Governor King Reminder and the Old Brick Mill History

Knoxville's Saddest Tragedy Occurred on January 8th, 1861

Local Home History Scenes Following War of the Sixties

Banister Describes Reading Matter Shortage and Local Scenes

Next to Last Chapter Concerning James Lane Allen

Thrillingly Intimate Stories About the Late James Lane Allen

Brother Joe McAdams Writes Reminiscences of Civil War Era

First Chapter of Mayes Family History

"A Day at Todd's Chapel in 1831", a Local Chapter Worth While

Habits and Customs in Ray County - By Col. John H. Shirky

"Strong Drink", As I Know It - Col. J.H. Shirky Writes Chapter

School Paper Memories" - Two Banister Chapters

How Richmond Entertained Teachers, Later Famous Men

First of Two Chapters On The History of Ray County

Second of the Shoemaker Chapters on Ray County

Ray County Soldiers of all Wars Prior to 1915

Ray Chapter by Honorable Thomas Benton King of Texas

Ray War Graves - Additional Data

Eldest Son of Governor King, As Southerner, Writes

Son of Governor Austin A. King Writes Another Chapter

Son of Governor King Writes More Homeland History For Us

"Dockery Church of Yesterday," by Susan Duval Hauser

Miss Mary R. Ellis Writes Beautifully of Ray

True History of Wild Game in Ray County in the Yesterdays

Early-Day Customs and Habits in Ray County Back 50 Years

A Chapter Quoting Marriages Locally of Very Many Years Ago

Missouri's First Railroad Built in Ray County in the Era of 1849-51

Miss Mary R. Ellis Writes Two Chapters on Days of Civil War

Captain R.H. Ellis Organized Ray Company "C"

"The Mansur Family" - told By Miss Mary R. Ellis - Four Parts

The Second Chapter of the Mansur Family History Data

Countinuing "The Mansur Family" Beginning a Remarkable Chapter

Fourth and Last Chapter of "The Mansur Family" History

A Homecoming Edition Sketch, Special for Ray County Chapters

Christmas-time in East Ray, As Described by Miss Mary T. Ellis

The 105th Article of the "Ray County Chapters" Series

Vol III

Continuring the Olipant, Black and Maitland Chapter

Discussion of the Value of Family History Information

Interesting Local Life Sketch of Alexander William Doniphan

Frank Discussion of Policies of Weekly "Ray County Chapters"

M.M. Bogie Writes Two Chapters on the Early History of Richmond

Two Historical Chapters About Major Robert Jones Williams

The Second Chapter Concerning Gallant Major Robert J. Williams

The History of New Hope Church of East Ray

Second of the New Sub-Series on Ray Life

Six Homeland Chapters Crowded Into One Ellis Chapter

Hester Wall Joy a Character in Allen's "The Choir Invisible"

Three Weddings and Homeland Chronicles of Well Known Families

Beginning Sub-Series of Four Chapters

Jacob Riffe and Wife Were the First Pair Married in Rayland

Eye-Witness Describes the Wreck of the Steamer Saluda

Indian Fight on Fishing River - Vanderpools and Indians

The Battle of Shaw's Shop, 1863 and Jack Brown, Mayes' Pet Bear

"The Family Graveyard" in Relation to Homeland History

Richmond' Early Schools and Posthumous Notes by W.A. Banister

Some Well Known Persons Who Have Lived in Richmond, Missouri

Sketches of Alexander Maitland and Leonidas Duval - A New Series

"The Rainwater Family" and "A Tribute to Ray County, Missouri"

" The Zimmerman Family", a Historic Picture of Early Days

Home History of the John Paulson Family of Ray County, Mo

An Authentic Historical Sketch of Late Captain John P. Quesenberry

County Clerks and County Judges of Ray County from 1821 to Date

Homeland History as Found in the "Old Richmond Cemetery" Legends

Two Chapters of Local Epitaphs Copied From Richmond Cemeteries

Second Chapter of Epitaphs in Richmond's Old Local Cemeteries

Beginning the Historic Old Gossadge Scrapbook This Week

Second Chapter of the Old Gassadge Scrapbook History Data

Another Chapter Concerning Events of Yesterday in Old Ray

The Fourth of the Gossadge Sub-Series, Will Shift Next Week's Line

Stephen C. Rogers Relates Petree-Beeler Double Swiss Romance

A Word Picture of the Historic Arrow Rock Tavern, in Use Again

A Biography and An Old Deer-Hunting Story About Uncle Ed Smith

True Stories of the Powells, Martin Rice and Other Pioneers

Col. James W. Black's Memorial Address on Judge David P. Whitmer

Chapter Number 145 Concerning Yesterday in Ray County, Missouri

Another Chapter From the Old Gossadge Scrapbook of Other Days

The Gossage Scrapbook Brings Back to Mind Sundry Incidents

Another Chapter Concerning Local Events of Other Years

Ray County Chapters Nearing Conclusion of the Third Volume

Presenting Another Chapter From the Old Gassage Scrapbook

Number 151 of the Series of "Ray County Chapters" For You

Nearing Ending of the Gossage Family Scrapbook Chapters

Chapter No. 153 of the "Ray County Chapters" - Gossage Scrapbook

The Final Conclusion of the Old Gossage Scrapbook Local History

The Record history of the "Six Mile Strip" of Ray County

Vol IV

"The Ray County Bar" - By the Honorable Albert M. Clark

The Second Half of "The Ray County Bar"

Circuit Court Customs in Ray, Dunn and Garner Life Narratives

Mord M. Bogie Tells Two Lively Stories of Our Land of Yesterday

A Page From the Civil War Oustings of State-County Officers

A Letter From the Grave

Tombstone Legends in the New Hope Churchyard in East Ray

Important and Historical Spots in Ray County, Missouri, U.S.A.

Rayites' Record in War - Information Well Worth While

Ray County in the Civil War, as Told by Mrs. Hauser

Historic Story of Justice in the Ray Court, Years Ago

Richmond Lodge No. 57, A.F. & A.M. Was Established Ninety Years Ago

Word Pictures Telling About Jerry, James and "Jack" Crowley

Col. John H. Shirky Interviews Henry Nutter on Nutter Family

"The Wall Family Tree" by Misses McGuire and Wall

Chapter Recalls Crowley History

The Second Historic Chapter of the "Wall Family Tree" Data

Third Chapter of The Family Tree of The Wall Household - Well Told

Fourth Chapter of "The Wall Family Tree" - A Fine Genealogy

The 5th Chapter of "The Wall Family Tree" - is True History

The 6th Article of the Wall Family Tree History Data

The Seventh And The Final Article of "The Wall Family Tree"

81 Years (1852) in Ray County

Richmond Odd Fellows Lodge 64 Years Old

James Hughes, A Noble Pioneer

Richmond First Baptist Church

Stephenson Wills Found

Colonel Benjamin Rives, A Picture

Shooting of Hiram Crowley

Quesenberry Chapters to Open

Quesenberry Diary, Today

The Second of J.P. Quesenberry (Diary?)

3rd of Captain's War Experiences

J.P. Quesenberry, Son of Methodist

Civil War as Captain Wrote

Quesenberry Civil War Diary

17 Days in November, 1862

Twenty-four Days at War

Captain J.P.Q. at Beginning of 1863

The Death of Captain Cooper

J.P. Quesenberry Elected Captain

February 20 to March 22, 1863

30 Days in Spring of 1863

Springtime of War in Arkansas

Captain John P. Quesenberry Notes

Fredericksburg, A Forgotten Town

Circuit Clerks and Treasurers

Interview With Henry M. White

The Morehead-Hughes Lines

The Morehead-Hughes Data

Continuing the Morehead-Hughes (Family?)

Schedule of Hughes Series

Vol VIII

Orrick and Southwest Ray County Chapters

Continuing the Thread of Southwest Ray County Chronicles

Inscriptions On Tombstones In Odell Cemetery

Origin of Tinney's Point

Sidelights on Local Legislators of the Yesteryears

A.B. Burton Tells Experience With the James Boys in the 80's

"Wild Bill" Hickock

Local History of a Hanging in the Year of 1843

An Unwritten Page From the Powell Family

Orrick and Southwest Ray County Chapters

Doctor J.D. Gant

How the Various Townships of Ray County Were Designated

Old Rodman Hill, Southeast of Richmond, Saw Many Accidents

Two Richmond Residents Were Given Indian Chiefs' Initiation

Town of Henrietta Was Called 'Farmville' When First Settled

Meadows Vanderpool Did First Surveying in Ray County Area

McGinnis Family Had First 'Cook-Stove' in This Country

Prominent Residents Who Lived At Richmond in 1840

Conclude Special Series on Orrick & Southwest Ray County

Verification of Chapter Telling of a Murder of 1843

Four Old Sketches of the Yesterdays

Inscriptions on Tombstones - Rowland Cemetery

Controversial Subject Matter on First Settler

Stories of The Yesterdays In The County of Ray

Clark Miller Killed by a Car

Dr. Clayton Tiffin Died 20 Years Ago

Seven Sketches About the Family of Gov. A.A. King

Cole Younger Told His Secrets Here in Richmond

Inscriptions On Tombstones in Craven Cemetery

Four Chapters on Shackelford Family

M.G. Roberts Writes of Lt. Col. Finley L. Hubbell

Unusual Diary By Lt. Colonel Finley L. Hubbell

Short and True Stories of Olden Days in Ray County

More Short and Ture Stories of Olden Days in Ray County

Youngest Sheriff Ray Co. Ever Had Tells Experiences



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