Grundy County, Missouri

616 pages including 424 family biographies plus 11 different maps, all on one CD

An informative and historical overview of Grundy County, Missouri on CD including two separate books on CD which include 11 historical maps (1851, 1862, 1876, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1911, 1913, 1920’s, 1929, and 1939) showing the locations of 19 settlements; plus the full 1881 Birdsall & Dean "History of Grundy County, Missouri" book on CD including 424 family biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in two separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One of two, all on one CD: Maps of Grundy County, Missouri
Included here are the North Central region of Missouri sections of 11 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Grundy County, Missouri just ten years after Grundy County was created. Location shown: Trenton

B. A map of 1862 (during the Civil War) Grundy County, Missouri showing the the locations of three settlements: Alpha * Buttsville * Trenton *

C. A map of 1876 Grundy County, Missouri showing the locations of 6 different settlements including the following: Alpha * Buttsville * Edinburgh (Edinburg) * Lindley * Rural Dale * Trenton *

D. A map of 1899 Grundy County, Missouri showing the locations of 15 different settlements including all of the following: Alpha * Buttsville * Dunlap * Edinburg * Galt (or Gault Station) * Grubbtown * Hickory (Hickory Creek Station) * Laredo * Lindley * Shott * Spickard * Starlight * Tindall * Trenton * Wyandotte *

E. A map of 1902 Grundy County, Missouri showing the locations of 12 different settlements including the following: Alpha * Dunlap * Edinburg * Galt * Hickory (Hickory Creek Station) * Laredo * Lindley * Shott * Spickard (Spickardsville) * Starlight * Tindall * Trenton *

F. A map of 1904 Grundy County, Missouri showing the locations of 14 different settlements including all of the following: Alpha * Brimson * Buttsville * Dunlap * Edinburg * Galt * Hickory * Laredo * Parkerton * Shott * Spickard * Tindall * Trenton * Wyandotte *

G. A map of 1911 Grundy County, Missouri showing the locations of 14 different settlements including all of the following: Alpha * Brimson * Dunlap * Edinburg * Gault Station (Galt) * Hickory Creek (Hickory) * Laredo * Lindley * Parkerton * Shott * Spickard * Tindall * Trenton * Wyandotte * Also shows the routes of: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad * Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad * Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad

H. A map of 1913 Grundy County, Missouri showing the locations of the following: Alpha * Buttsville * Dunlap * Edinburg * Galt * Hannah * Hickory * Laredo * Lindley * Parkerton Station * Shott * Spickard * Starlight * Tindall * Trenton * Wyandotte * and the location of the townships. This map also shows the locations of numerous schools, churches, cemeteries, streams, and early roadways.

I. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

J. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel! Locations shown: Dunlap * Edinburg * Galt * Laredo * Spickard * Tindall * Trenton *

K. A 1939 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Locations shown: Brimson * Dunlap * Edinburg * Galt * Laredo * Spickard * Tindall * Trenton *

Book Two of two, all on one CD: The complete 1881 "History of Grundy County, Missouri" by Birdsall & Dean
This detailed (616 pages in all) 1881 history has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Grundy County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1881. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Grundy County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 424 different Grundy County, Missouri family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

Partial Contents:

History of Grundy County

The Indians

The Pioneers of Grundy County

First Grundy County Settlers

The Heatherly Gang

Life of Women Pioneers

A Pioneer Wedding Tour

Store Bought Goods

Names of Early Grundy County Pioneers

Grundy County Organized

Grundy County Township Boundaries

Felix Grundy - Namesake of Grundy County

The First Grundy County Court

The Grundy County Seat

The First Grundy County House

The Mexican War

Slavery

The California Gold Rush

The Civil War and Grundy County, Missouri

Choosing Sides

Company B - The Roll at Shiloh

Confederates

The Grundy County Battalion

The Forty-fourth Regiment

Dark Days of the Civil War

Railroads and Proposed Railroads in Grundy County

Chillicothe & Des Moines City Railroad

Chicago & Southwestern Railroad

Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad

Brookfield & Trenton Railroad

New Grundy County Townships

The Grundy County Poor Farm

Grundy County Resources

Timber

Coal and Building Stone

Agricultural Crops

Fruits

Livestock

Schools in Grundy County

The Cyclone of 1880

Population of Grundy County

An Appeal to Immigrants

Grundy County Officials

Grundy County Townships

Trenton Township

Franklin Township

Marion Township

Madison Township

Lincoln Township

Wilson Township

Taylor Township

Mormon Troubles

Washington Township

Jackson Township

Myers Township

Liberty Township

Harrison Township

Jefferson Township

Grundy County Cities, Towns and Villages:

Alpha

Edinburg

Lindley

Spickardsville

Trenton

Hotels

Banks

Indian Mounds

Courts and Attorneys

Coal Mining

Newspapers

Churches and Lodges

The Railroad Shops

Biographies

Grundy County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 424 Grundy County, Missouri family biographies including each of the following surnames:
(well over 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the book text and within these biographies): Amick * Anderson * Arnold * Ashbrook * Asher * Austin * Bailey * Bain * Bainter * Baldwin * Ballinger * Barnes * Barnett * Barth * Beckner * Belshe * Bennett * Benson * Berry * Bevans * Biggs * Bingham * Blow * Boon * Booran * Botsford * Boyce * Brainerd * Brandom * Bratton * Briegel * Brittain * Brown * Brumit * Buchanan * Buckley * Bunnell * Buren * Burkeholder * Bushong * Cabell * Callison * Campbell * Campsy * Carpenter * Carscadin * Carter * Clark * Coble * Coleman * Coles * Collier * Collins * Comer * Conrads * Cook * Cooksey * Coon * Cooper * Cornwell * Craig * Crawford * Cullers * Curran * Curtis * Custard * Daugherty * Davis * DeBolt * Delano * Dennis * Denslow * Devaul * Dickinson * Dillon * Dobbins * Doerr * Doty * Drinkard * Driscoll * Dubach * Duff * Dunlap * Duskin * Elmore * Evans * Farnam * Faucett * Fenner * Fitterer * Fleshman * Ford * Freeman * Froman * Fulkerson * Gannaway * Garriott * Gates * Gay * George * Gessler * Gilham * Gill * Gilmore * Ginn * Goldenberg * Goodrich * Gose * Graham * Greenabaum * Griffin * Griffith * Grubbe * Gulley * Hall * Hammer * Hammond * Harber * Hard * Harding * Harris * Hart * Harvey * Haynes * Hemley * Hendrickson * Herbert * Hill * Hoisington * Horton * Hoskins * Hossom * Hubbell * Hudson * Hume * Humphrys * Israel * Jones * Kackley * Keith * Kelso * Kennedy * Kimlin * King * Kinsley * Kirk * Lafferty * Laird * Lanius * Lee * Leeper * Legg * Lehew * Lewis * Long * Longfellow * Low * Lowen * Luke * Mack * Macy * Marshall * Martin * Masters * Maxson * McCammon * McClain * McClure * McCollum * McCracken * McCready * McGrath * McKeen * McLain * McLaughlin * McMullen * Meek * Merrill * Merryman * Metcalf * Miller * Moberly * Mock * Montgomery * Moore * Morris * Moses * Munn * Murphy * Myers * Newton * Nichols * Osborn * Overman * Parberry * Parker * Patton * Payne * Peckham * Peery * Pennell * Pernell * Pettit * Pratt * Price * Proctor * Pugh * Pulliam * Ralls * Ratliff * Reed * Reynolds * Rice * Richarson * Richerson * Rinker * Robertson * Robinson * Rock * Rogers * Root * Rowoth * Ruddell * Rudrow * Rusk * Russell * Schooling * Scott * Sealock * Searcy * Shanklin * Shelton * Sheppard * Sherrow * Shipley * Shipman * Shirley * Short * Sibbit * Sires * Skaggs * Skinner * Slater * Smith * Songer * Spencer * Spickard * Splawn * Sprout * Steele * Stein * Stepp * Steward * Stone * Stucker * Swayze * Swopes * Sykes * Tabor * Tate * Taylor * Thomas * Thompson * Tindall * Tinsman * Tolle * Toncray * Torpey * Tracy * Trump * Turner * Urton * Veach * Vigneron * Walker * Wannamaker * Ward * Watts * Webber * Webster * Welch * West * Wettstein * Wetzler * White * Whorton * Wiggins * Wild * Williams * Willis * Willson * Winters * Wisdom * Witten * Woodress * Woods * Wright * Wyatt * Wymer * Wynn * Yakey * Young *

Grundy County is located in north central Missouri and bordered by: Linn County, Missouri * Sullivan County, Missouri * Mercer County, Missouri * Harrison County, Missouri * Daviess County, Missouri and Livingston County, Missouri *

Each of the two books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books on CD is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD was designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.

The cost for this CD containing both books on CD described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! A great deal of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Grundy County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1881.

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