Ray County Reflections Table of Contents
1992
Vol I, #1 March 1992
-History of the Old State Road - Followed the present (1999 Hwy 10 from Richmond to Excelsior
Springs, MO)
-Old Settlers Meet - 1899 Names added to the enrollment (lists date of birth, when came to Ray
Co. and age.
-Twin Brothers 1899 - Andrew & Anderson Elliott
-Curdling Tale of Outlaws - Aunt Sarah's Tale: Mrs. Sarah H. Owens, tells of her father being a
playmate to the James boys
-Obituary Information #8 Lists of names found in Ray county, MO newspapers. By sending $2.00
per name and S.A.S.E a copy of the obituary will be sent to you. Refer to obit #8
-Grave Undertakings - Brand Cemetery
-Wagon Trains - (con't from the last issue of "The Mirror" by the Ray County Historical Society:
List of names of people who died on wagon trains and where they were from.
-Ahnentafel Charts - Ancestor's of Marjorie Rogers
-Triumph School - List of students 4 Sept 1911 to 1913
-Obituaries of: George W. Brand, Mr. Moore (1936) Marriage of Richie Kincaid and Caroline Vanbebber (1936)
Vol I #2 June 1992
-Land Survey Systems
-Trouble Along the Wagon Train (Letter to James M. Holloway of Wellington, mO details some
problems with his men at Fort Laramie, enroute to San Francisco with a wagon train.
Letter from Jno. S. Nicholason
-Bill of Sale - 1833 (List item bought and who bought)
-Family: Levi Walters & Mariah Martin
-Joseph S. Pence (Write up in the Carrollton newspaper about J.S. Pence)
-Ahnentafel Charts - Ancestors of Steven Shirley
-Triumph School (cont) (1914-1917
-Brown Cemetery Located
-Obituary Information #9 (See info above)
Vol I #3 Sept 1992
(This issue is mainly concerning the school's of Ray county
-Program Card
-Down Memory Lane - Pieces written from teachers/retired teachers about their memories of Ray
county school.
A Christmas Surprise
School Lunches
Do You Remember
My Teacher
A Tribute to My Teacher
School Building/Other Memories
-Teacher's Certificate
-School Booklet
-Lakeview School
-Central School District 1925
-Country Schools - rise and Demise
-Rules for Teachers - 1872
-Vibbard School
-Ogg School
-Oak Grove School
-Grave Undertakings - Cemeteries in Range 26
Vol I #4 Dec 1992
-Business Patron List 1877
-Henry Craven Suicide
-Holman Bible Records
-John Calvin Brown Letters (Written to his parents during the war. He was Died at Vickburg, MS
-Oak Grove School (cont'd)
-Ogg School (cont'd)
-Taitsville Store Patrons - Cemeteries in Range 27
-Grave Undertakings
-Obituary Information #10 (See above for details)
- Eleven Grandparents of Joel Dean Penny
Vol II #1 March 1993
-An Early Settler of Missouri (Elizabeth White)
-Elliott School
-Marriage Records (Book 3, 1850-1852
-Sale Bill - 1849 (Nate Harter, Indiana.
-Negro Murderer Lynched (Arthur McNeal murder of Chester Stanley: From "Richmond Conservator newspaper.
-Information and Memo-book, Richmond, Missouri
-Location of Cemeteries in Ray county.
-Ahnentafel Chart of Dr. Grafton D. Bowers
-Taitsville Store Patrons (con't)
-Obituary Information #11 (lists obit's from early newspapers. Names only, the full obit's are not printed)
Vol II #2 June 1993
-Old Albany Battle (from "The Missourian, August 19, 1926)
-A Black Hawk War Muster
-Black Hawk War
-Wagon Trains (Deaths reported at Ft. Laramie during the summer per "The Missouri Republican, St. Louis, Oct 7, 1850)
-Ray County Teachers Institute
-Location of Cemeteries in Ray county.
-Obituary Information #12 (lists obit's from early newspapers. Names only, the full obit's are not printed)
-Marriage Licenses (from "Richmond Missourian 1937)
Vol II, #3 Sept 1993
-Oregon! Wagons West: The Oregon Trail's 150th Anniversary
-Flood Ravages Hardin Cemetery
-Obituary Information #13 (lists obit's from early newspapers. Names only, the full obit's are not printed)
-Reminiscencing (Marticia White)
-Tree Trails (List of some families where they were from before coming to Ray county.
-A New Jail (From "Richmond Conservator" 13 Apr 1890)
-Ahnentafel Chart of Fred Woods
-Motor Vehicle Licenses 1935
-Historic Old Probate Book (A few abstracts of the 1823-29 Probate Book)
-Old News "The Missourian", 1937 (Abstract from the newspaper)
Vol II #4 Dec. 1993
-A Ray County Christmas (Abstract from old newspaper concerning events during Christmas)
-Shopping for Christmas 1890
-Taitsville Store Patrons (con't)
-History of Taitsville
-Voters in Petree School District 1918
-Hardin Cemetery Reburies the Lost
-Obituary Information #14 (lists obit's from early newspapers. Names only, the full obit's are not printed)
Vol III, #1 Mar 1994
-Death of Rev. Henry Stanley
-Bapt. Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Lexington, MO
-Ray County Marriages, 1851-1852 (incomplete)
-1850 Mortality Schedule, Calswell co.
-1850 Mortality Schedule, Carroll co.
-Bits & Pieces (Names of Ray county people mentioned in Salina, KS)
-Sexton's Creek Letter (Copy of post card to Hiram Clark, Knoxville, MO
-Joseph Turnidge, Certificate of Death
-Obituary Information #15 (lists obit's from early newspapers. Names only, the full obit's are not printed)
-"Richmond Missourian" 21 Feb 1918, Forefathers of Old Ray County
-Observe 100th Year in Missouri, Jabez Shotwell
-Homes Built 1924-1925
-Business Building Erected or Rebuilt 1924-1925
-"The Richmond Missourian", 13 Nov 1939 'Brass Bullets' (Daniel Boone)
Vol III, #2 June 1994
-Churches of Ray County
-New Garden Church
-New Hope Church
-Elk Horn Christian Church
-Union Church History
-Union Church Membership
-Civil War Battlegrounds
-Confederate Home of Higginsville
-Letter Tells of Civil War Raids
-Marriage Licenses 1937-1938 (con't)
-"The Richmond News", (Article on Craven's)
-Hardin Cemetery (list of those without grave markers)
-Jackson Family Cemetery
-Civil War Veterans Buried at Hardin Cemetery
-An Awful Storm ("Norborne Democrat", 8 Jun 1917
Vol III, #3 Sept 1994
-A Ray County Mystery: Minnie O. Knickerbocker
-1922 "Richmond News (Obit of Mrs. Esther Colley)
-Churches of Ray County (con't)
-Wakenda Church - German Baptist
-Crooked River Regular Baptist
-1876 Ray county Assessors Tax List (incomplete)
Vol IV #4, Dec 1994
-"The Test Oath" , Excepts from "A History of Missouri"
-Liberty Tribune, 29 Jul 1870: (Request of citizens in Clay Co., over sixty yrs of age to send name, etc.
-A List of Old Men of Clay County
-Rev. James Duval
-"Richmond Conservator, 1891-1925 (A few abstract of news items)
-1994 Sur-Name List (Members submitted Ray county names they are researching)
-Bapt Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Lexington, MO (con't)
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