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History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Frederick Kemper (1816-1881), founder of the Kemper School in Boonville, Missouri, born in Virginia and founding the school in 1844 upon arriving, marrying Susan Taylor of New Hampshire in 1854.
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1883
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Book
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History of Greene County, Missouri
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Portrait of General Sterling Price (1809-1867), commander of the Confederate military forces during the Battle of Wilson's Creek.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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History of Greene County, Missouri
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Description
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Portrait of John Sanborn, presumably a military officer involved in the Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri
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Description
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Biographical sketch of T. A. Johnston, "the principal of the old and widely known Kemper family school," born and raised in Missouri and starting out as a teacher after the Civil War before succeeding Professor F. T. Kemper after his death in 1881 as school principal.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri
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Description
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Mention of Solomon Houck as a military captain along with Robert McCulloch in Cooper County, Missouri, during the California gold rush migration in 1849-1850.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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History of the State of Kansas
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Description
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Portrait and biographical sketch of John Hadley, "proprietor of Johnson County mills" in Johnson County, Kansas, born in North Carolina in 1835 and moving to Shawnee Mission, Kansas, in 1855 as a farmer and teacher, becoming county sheriff and Union military officer, and after the Civil War a flour mill operator, living in Olathe, Kansas.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri
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Description
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Consecutive biographical entries for brothers Captain John Bagby, a lawyer, and Dr. R. J. Bagby, a physician and druggist. Description of Captain Bagby's military career in the Mexican and Civil Wars and later legal career "in Roanoke." Description of Dr. Bagby's career as a physician and drugstore owner also in "Roanoke," starting after graduating from "the St. Louis Medical college" during the Civil War.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
