Kemper Military School History Marks Boonville Start
The 1844 opening of Boonville boarding school by Frederick T. Kemper began Kemper Military School, amid rising enrollments and the antebellum education era. Kemper, born 1816 in Virginia, led the school through decades, including a Civil War era coed program until his 1881 death.
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Missouri
Frederick T. Kemper
Boonville
Kemper Military School
Middle West
Kemper
Virginia
James L. Kemper
Madison Courthouse
West
Marion College
Marion County
Philadelphia
Mary S. Allison
Westminster College
Fulton
Long-time Missouri school leader lauded for military and academic programs
Floyd C. Shoemaker traces T A Johnston’s rise from student in 1867 to president since 1881 at a Missouri school. Under Johnston the school expanded with a military department in 1885, state recognition in 1899, annual inspections, and a governor commissioned officer corps. It earned a 1914 Honor rating and maintains a free military professorship plus accredited junior college work with strong alumni.
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T. A. Johnston
Missouri University
United States
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Administrator's Notice for Dora Brown Estate in Linn County
Letters of administration issued by the Linn County Probate Court on April 2 1928 to the undersigned for the estate of Dora Brown deceased. All persons with claims against the estate must present them for allowance within six months from the date of grant.
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Scott Brown
Arthur L. Pratt
Circuit Court of
Linn County
Missouri
Linneus
Henry C. Jones
James Nickell
W. P. Nickell
Joe Nickell
C. R. Gooch
J. H. Walker
J.H. Biswell
Mattie Sayers
R.C. Clark
Hannah F. Alexander
Mollie J. Lindsey
Louise A. Kane
Joseph B. Robinson
Bertie Robinson
Thomas Prather
Adam Weaver
James Carson
State of Missouri
Browning
Court House
Lineus
Martha Brammer
Circuit Court
Clerk Circuit Court
Dora Brown
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McCormick-Deering
Rotary
Guy Peters
Summers
Dorcas Robinson
Adoniram Robinson
Amanda Littelle
John R. Alexander
John W. Lindsey
Louise A Kane
Goodyear
Peterson Brothers
Strain’s National Watch Shop
Brookfield
America
W. E. Anderson
Sherwin-Williams
Benjamin Moore
Becker
the Owl Pharmacy
C. B. Chenoweth, Maneger
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