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tional information about early day settlers here.)A unique feature of the Fed- jn t^eeral Census of different states munjty in 1840 was the listing given of people receiving pensions fromidvc aliciiucu a iiuniuti ut tucNorth Carolina reunions. Theyare sons of George Cathey, whoBeaman com-George Cathey, RevolutionaryRevolutionary or War of 1812 soldier, died in December. 1840. service. On page 3 of Pettis From family records it seemsCounty’s 1840 Census is listed that he and his wife are buriedin unmarked graves in theGeorge Cathey, age 85, as re- Dceiving a pension. He was a Providence Baptist Church arearesident in the household of in the county. His grandson, James McCormick, whose wife Andrew, entered land in thatRebecca was one of the young- area- as did a George Cathey,er daughters of Cathey.who may have been a son or„ ^ grandson. One plot was sur-l rom a phoUKopy I Cathey s fm a Cathey (npension application from Gen . • Ranolt; on in ir?7era 1 Ser vie es A dm i n is t r a t i on in Township 46. Range 20 in 1827.Washington. D. C., it is learned A tax list of June 15, 1855,that he was a native of North for School District No. 2, Town-Carolina and that his service ship 45, Range 21, includesrecord is from that state.names of a number of house-In 1776 under General Charles hold heads who were in the McDowell. Col. Joseph McDow-1 county in 1840. This tax list wasell and Captain Jonathan Camp, among family papers of James he served as a lieutenant in a H. McCormick, who had thecompany of 95 light horsemen contract to build the log school against the Cherokees. Later he building.served as captain. His applica-The building was located in THtion for pension was made in the southwest corner of North- i str 1833 while he was a resident east quarter, Section 26, Town- sen of Boonville Township in Cooper ship 45, Range 21.County.tabofTaxpayers indicate the terri-; bpI With the exception of his old- (0ry included would be in the na| est son, William, born 1777, the area included in present Liberty of Cathey families, four sons and and Mosby school districts. By we five daughters, came to Cooper jgao building was used as a County before statehood. Ann, residence. Later it was moved ^ was wife of William H. Moore; j (0 a group of farm buildings Nancy was second wife of Jacobi by a landowner. B. M. Shy had McFarland; Sarah was wife of; (be highest valuation, Roxey VE John McClure. These marriages Parrish widow of Jo||ey s. Par- « a i / . ...were in North Carolina. rish, had the second highest.il]The two younger daughters g0jb George Smith and Clifton!Henry, second, James McCormick; and Abigail married George McFarland in 1816.In 1951 descendants of different Cathey families who still lived in North Carolina started an annual reunion for those in that state and from other places.The Cooper county families in the more than 130-year period had scattered to other sections of Missouri as well as to the western coastal states. AtCISseiiBoonElect NSlateOf Off ifCharles P. Malone, as president. and an accompanying slate of new officers have been elected to head the Boonville Lions club for the 1964-65 year. The action took place at a regular noon meeting this week at the Hotel Frederick.According to Dr. James K. Farrell, retiring president, installation ceremonies for the new officers will be held in thethe area. Total valuation for the ^ district was $25,428.One of the early ministers of jne the area, Azariah Bone, is in- Deeluded in listing of residents toron page 43. He was in Cooper ag county in 1830. In 1840 he is pa listed as being between ages 50 and 60. Can any of our read- ^ ers supply additional information? This page also includes some of the earliest German families who made their homes in Lake Creek area. From all sources of information concerning these early county residents the most valuable has been from descendants. Family records so often include maiden names of wives which are difficult to obtain from probate records. Should you know that cemetery records are not available because of lost or unmarked graves, perhaps you can make your family’s record more complete.er70daerneersefirofsi]riihrNames on page 43 of Pettis klt;feCounty 1840 Census follow:Thomas Durrill, Andy Stotts, jclt; Edward Davis, James Pittman, Vi John M. \gee, Azariah Bone, n-Harrison Davis, William A. d Miller, James McCormick, Is!latter part of June at a ladies George Cathey, Isaac Elliott, night dinner. The affair will fea- Marshall Segraves, Cord Kahrs, trture a barbecue menu and will Ezekiel Smith, Henry Oelrichs. j obe held at the Friedrich lakepavilion.Samuel Miller, William C. Reed, John Bohling, Ira Dur-Other officers elected include; rill, Warren Brooks, James Gib-Lerov Vanderhoof, first vice- son, Elias Hale. William Cur-president; Dr. Billy F. Acuff, nutt, Julius G. Herendon, Ben-second vice-president; Randall jamin Ransdell, Vincent John-Meyer, third vice - president; i son, Wiley J. Miller, James Charles Hirlinger Jr., secretary; Fuller, George Gibson, WilliamBob Meine, treasurer; Jim Mitchell, Milton O. Finley. Bornhauser, Lion tamer; HughInformation concerning theseAmick, tailtwister: Francis residents should be referred to(Hopper) Stanfield, assistant Historical Society Committeetailtwister; Ralph Frankum and chairman, Miss Mamie J. Me-V II V1T i• m mJudd Wasco, directors for one Cormick. TA 6-1280, address, year; Ken Winklemeyer and Joe P 0. Box 346. Sedalia. or re-Soph, directors for two vears.Democrat Clasi Ad» Get Results:Dial TA *-1000.search member, Mrs. Ray Carter, TA 6-2290, address 406 East Fifth Street, Sedalia, Mo.
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Sedalia Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Sun, May 10, 1964
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