Death of Amos Stoddard and unmarked grave at Fort Meigs
A Missouri history note recounts Captain Amos Stoddard the first American civil commandant of Upper Louisiana and his death during the 1813 siege of Fort Meigs. Born 1762 in Connecticut, he served in the Revolution and War of 1812, authored a Louisiana history, and died of lockjaw after a siege wound, buried without marker at Fort Meigs.
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Amos Stoddard
St. Louis
Upper
Louisiana
United States
Fort Meigs
Missouri
Stoddard
Woodbury
Connecticut
United States Army
Baron von Steuben
Upperland
Lower Louisiana
Maine
St. Loui
Upper Louisiana
Ainties
Jefferson
Harrison
War Department
East
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Seige
First Knox County Court Convenes At Edina 1936
In Knox County Missouri the first county court met at Edina during May 3 to 9 1936 marking the formal organization of the county named for General Knox. The region features the Fabius River valleys and rich bottom lands as early settlers arrived between 1837 and 1840 with Edina and Newark laid out by 1840.
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Knox County Court
Edina
Praire
Knox County
Missouri-Iowa
Missouri
North
Martin Baker
Newark
Scotland County
General Knox
Salt River
Knox
Peter Early
County Tyrone
Ireland
James H Reid
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Baptist
Knox County History: Railroads Growth and Rural Prosperity
Knox county's growth from mid 19th century roots through rail expansion, schools, mills, a woolen factory, and the 1935 courthouse. By 1899 county bonds were burned and debt ended. Agriculture remains dominant with farms spanning 361,400 acres and a thriving livestock economy.
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Colony
Newark
Edina
Quincy
Knox County
Quincy, Missouri, and Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Novelty
John Winterbottom
Knox
Newark Fair Association
Knox, Lewis and Shelby County
Moberly
Commercial Club
Knox County Farm Bureau
Blodgett Girl Weds Baltimore Man in Charleston
Miss Ruby Mae Holder daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Holder of Blodgett and Gilbert Mitchell of Baltimore Maryland were married Monday evening in Charleston After a ten days visit here and in Chicago the couple will return to Baltimore where Mr Mitchell is employed He is brother of Ryman Mitchell and Mrs Ernest Woods of Sikes ton
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Ruby Mae Holder
Cecil Holder
Blodgett
Gilbert Mitchell
Baltimore
Maryland
Charleston
Chicago
Mitchell
Ryman Mitchell
Ernest Woods
Sikeston
Telephone your news items to The Herald Phone
An instruction urging readers to deliver news notices to The Herald Phone number 99 for timely local reporting and community updates.
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the Herald
NYA Aids 142 Youths in Scott County Missouri
The National Youth Administration funded educational opportunities and jobs for 142 Scott County youths. NYA projects in Sikeston Chaffee and surrounding towns provided wages and park cleanup work and supported high school students aged 16 to 25. Buckner cited 72 youths employed and noted priority for relief-family members while schooling and earnings varied by site. You can believe what you read in The Herald.
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Jefferson City
National Youth Administration
Scott County
NYA
Champ Clark Buckner
West Plains
Sikeston
Chaffee
Buckner
Vanduser
Blodgett
Fornfelt
Benton
Tilmo
Oran
Former Sikeston Man Dies Sudden in Car
Wm. S. Way of Cape Girardeau died suddenly in his automobile on Highway 61 two miles west of Cape Girardeau last Thursday afternoon as he neared home after a Bollinger county business trip. The Ford left the highway, toppled a 12 foot embankment, and crashed into a wheat field. Coroner J. A. Moore ruled heart attack. Born July 2, 1870 in Woodsfield Ohio, Way lived in Diehlstadt, Sikeston, then Cape Girardeau, where he headed Way Furniture for 22 years and later served as general agent for Illinois Bankers Life Insurance Co. He was married twice, to Elizabeth Welsh and later Helen Speak Curry. Funeral held Saturday at Walther Funeral Home with burial in St. Mary’s cemetery.
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Wm. S. Way
Cape Girardeau
Sikeston
Josephine Vieth
Bollinger County
R. G. Pierce
Way
J. A. Moore
Walther
St. Mary's
Mr. Way
Woodsfield
Oho
Diehlstadt
J. F. Misfeldt
Way Furniture Company
Elizabeth
Expert Advice on Termite Control for Safe Buildings
Expert George D. Jones of the Missouri College of Agriculture says proper construction prevents termites by keeping wood off soil. If infestation occurs, stop soil wood contact, replace damaged supports with concrete or iron, and treat in-timber contact with creosote. Soil treatments are temporary and experimental.
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George D. Jones
Missouri College of Agriculture
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State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Welfare Finance Co
F. M. Farris
Broadway
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Saan Age Songk Hotels System
SAR Mdhis
Laridge
Memphis, Tennessee
The
Herald
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Wm Long
Whitcomb St
Fort Collins
Colo
Pierce
Greyhound
Memphis, Tenn
Dallas
Texas
Jackson
Union Bus Station
East Malone Sikeston, MO
Jersey
Lee County
Miss
Sikeston Auction Company
Home Oil Co
Telephone
Ford
Columbia Network
Fred Waring
N.B.C
J. Wm. Foley Motor Company
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