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Iron County Historical Society Newsletter

Winter 2014

Mailing Address P.O. Box 183 Ironton, MO 63650

E-Mail: ironcohissoc@hotmail.com

Iron County Historical Society

Founded 1974

Museum Address Whistle Junction Train Depot Highway 21, Arcadia, MO

Website: www.rootsweb.com/~moichs Telephone: (573) 546-3513

Next Meeting: 2 p.m., Sunday, January 19th

First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Knob & Reynolds, Ironton

~ Program ~

Local World War II Air Crashes presented by Scott Killen

~Refreshments by ~

John Abney

John Abney

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2014! On behalf of

the officers and board members of your Historical

Society, we sincerely wish each of you a safe, happy,

and healthy new year!

I hope you will be able to join us at our quarterly

meeting at 2 p.m. on the 19th when Scott Killen presents

his program on local World War II air crashes.

Although the number of accidents occurring in the local

area was small, some 14,903 Army Air Force personnel

lost their lives in 52,651 stateside aircraft accidents

during World War II. Scott has used a number of

sources in developing his program and Im sure you will

find it interesting.

I also want to thank our website administrator, Marcine

Lohman, for the great job she did with the redesign of

the Historical Societys website. Take a look at the top

half of page 8 of this newsletter for a preview.

As always, we are looking for articles for upcoming

newsletters. Articles can be about any person, place, or

event. Articles with a link to Iron County or its history

are given first priority. If you have an article that you

would like to have published, please contact our

Newsletter Editor, Carolyn Sheehy, or send her an email

(carolynsheehy@hotmail.com).

Presidents Message Museum Directors Report

Wilma Cofer

New Accessions:

1. Framed photo of Pilot Knob in 1882 donated by Dr.

Holmes; 2. Doctor bag w/instruments belonging to Dr.

Napoleon A. Farr of Des Arc, including genealogy &

photos donated by Lina Meinhardt; 3. Harold A.

Krueger, Mining Engineer, Mineral Collection donated

by Ozark Regional Library.

Donations / Memorials Received:

In November we had $58 in donations. December

donations are not available.

Visitors:

We had 349 visitors in September from 21 states and

the United Kingdom; 360 visitors in October from 19

states and Canada; and 142 visitors in November from

12 states and Canada.

Membership Chairmans Report

Wilma Cofer

We currently have 90 members and six exchange members.

New member(s): Lonnie Shrum, 1 Boca Ciega Point Blvd., Apt. 105, Madeira Beach, FL 33708. E- Mail: marlon1956@onemain.com

Big River RV Park (Patricia Claney, Owner), 4247 High-way 49, Annapolis, MO 63620.

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by

John Abney

This year marks the 150th

anniversary of Prices Raid into

Missouri and the Battle of Pilot Knob. To honor and

remember those who participated, our newsletter is

continuing to tell some of their stories. If you have a story

from someone who was there, please consider sharing it.

Azariah Martin

Shortly after 1 p.m. on the afternoon of 26 September

1864, Azariah Martin and the men on duty at the picket

post in Russellville at the junction of the roads to

Arcadia, Ironton, and Fredericktown were sitting and

eating lunch.1 Martin was a member of Company H, 47

th

Regiment of the Missouri Infantry and had only been

mustered in to the company three weeks before on 5

September 1864.2 Shortly after starting their lunch, the

men heard the sound of gunfire and looking in that

direction saw a column of cavalry advancing toward

them, some 200 yards to the east.3 Sergeant Atchison, in

charge of the picket detail, thought they were Union

troops, but Martin knew better and said, They are

rebels! Ive seen so many rebels I know em when I see

em.4 Martin was correct and well he should have

known as he was once a Confederate soldier himself.5

This is his story.

Azariah Martin was born on 17 November 1839 in

Madison County, Kentucky to Mastin Martin and

Lucinda (Hill) Martin.6 The family moved to

1 Azariah Martin, Azariah Martins Narrative of the Price

Raid, 5 May 1903, Box 4, Folder 6, Cyrus A. Peterson, Battle

of Pilot Knob Research Collection, 1862-1914, Missouri

Historical Society Archives, St. Louis, Missouri, 1. 2 Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who

served in organizations from the State of Missouri, NARA

M405, roll 682, carded records of Azariah Martin, Pvt., Co.

H., 47th

Missouri Infantry. Digital image, (www.fold3.com:

accessed 1 April 2013). 3 Azariah Martin Narrative, 1.

4 Ibid.

5 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who

Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri, NARA

M322, roll 164, carded records of Azariah Martin, Sgt., Co.

F., 12th

Missouri Infantry. Digital image, (www.fold3.com:

accessed 15 April 2013). 6 Azariah Martin 1839 - 1921, Past and Present: A History

of Iron County, Missouri 1857-1994, Vol I, (Ironton, Missouri:

Iron County Historical Society, 2004), 296; and Missouri

Farmington, Missouri in 1845 and in 1847 to a farm near

Stouts Creek in Iron County.7

On 2 August 1862, 22 year old Azariah was at Camp

Brewer in Oregon County, Missouri where he enlisted in

Company F of the 12th Regiment of the Missouri

Infantry (CSA).8 He enlisted for a period of three years

and between the time of his enlistment and his capture

by Union forces, Martin rose from the rank of corporal

to sergeant.9 Martin and his company would first be

posted to Camp McBride on the Little Black River in

Randolph County, Arkansas.10

They arrived there on 18

August, but were forced to retreat to Pocahontas,

Arkansas after being attacked by Union troops on

August 31st.11

Over the next few months, the 12th would continue its

stay in Arkansas; first marching to Yellville, then Van

Buren and eventually Prairie Grove where they would

again engage the Union Army on 7 December 1862.12

At the end of the year, the 12th was in Little Rock and,

by the following June, the 12th had moved to Jacksonport

before receiving orders to proceed on to Helena.13

Evidence would suggest that Martin became ill on the

march from Jacksonport to Helena and was left at a

Confederate hospital at Cotton Plant, in Woodruff

County, about half-way between Jacksonport and

Helena. Martins compiled service record states that he

was left sick at Cotton Plant Hospital on 10 July

Department of Health, death certificate 12007 (1921), Azariah

Martin. Digital image. Missouri State Archives.

(http:www.sos.mo.gov : accessed 25 September 2013). 7 Azariah Martin 1839 1921, 296.

8 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers.

9 Ibid.

10 Ibid., Unit description.

11 Ibid.

12 Ibid.

13 Ibid.

They Were There

Azariah Martin (1839 1921)

Picture courtesy of

Sandra Belmar Forrester

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1863.14

At some point thereafter he was taken prisoner

and would return to Iron County after his parole, but

before 21 September 1863.15

Parole was a formal system

used by both sides, whereby a prisoner would be freed

upon giving their word not to take up arms again until

they were exchanged for another prisoner of equal rank.

By late summer of 1864, speculation was continuing to

grow throughout southern Missouri about an imminent

invasion of Confederate forces from the south. In Iron

County, Martin enlisted in Company D of the 68th

Enrolled Missouri Militia on 15 August 1864.16

Barely

a week later, 23 August 1864, he transferred from the

68th and enlisted in Company H of the 47

th Missouri

Infantry.17

The fact that Martin served on both sides

during the Civil War is interesting, but not unique.

Altogether, some three million men took up arms in the

American Civil War. Of these, at least 7,000 switched

allegiances at some point during the war.18

Based on

his later words, it appears that Martins allegiance to the

union was genuine. This contrasts with other men

facing mandatory service who, as noted by Civil War

researcher and author Gary Scheel, chose to enlist in the

47th Missouri, in order to keep from being sent to

Missouri regiments still fighting in Georgia or

Tennessee or other places in the South. Some of the

men who enlisted in this regiment had sympathies with

the South and joined regiments like the 47th Missouri to

keep from fighting against the Confederacy. Not

knowing that they would be fighting for their lives in a

few short days.19

14

Ibid. 15

Missouri. Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861 1866. Database. Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost/: accessed 26

September 2013), abstract, loyalty oath and issuance of bond

on 21 September 1863; citing reel number 1368. Note that the

physical description listed in the Martins loyalty oath matches the physical description in his subsequent enlistment in the

47th

Missouri Infantry on 23 August 1864 (see Compiled

service records of volunteer Union soldiers). 16

Record of Service Card, Civil War, 1861-1865. Database and images. Missouri State Archives. The Soldiers' Records:

War of 1812 - World War I.

(http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/#soldsearch :

accessed 26 September 2013). 17

Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers. 18

Galvanized Yankees. Wikipedia, on-line encyclopedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanized_Yankees : accessed

26 September 2013). 19

Gary Scheel. 47th

Missouri Infantry Regiment

Of course, going back to the beginning of the article,

we know that Martin was directly involved with what

would become the Battle of Pilot Knob. Martin wrote

about his memories of the battle and the subsequent

retreat of Union forces to Leasburg in a letter to H.C.

Wilkinson in 1903 (see footnote #1 for the complete

source citation). A copy of this narrative is also in the

Historical Societys collection in its research room.

According to Company Hs and Martins Compiled

Service Records, by early December 1864, members of

Company H including Martin were in Spring Hill,

Tennessee between Columbia and Nashville. The

company would remain in Tennessee serving at Pulaski

(January 1865) and at Lynnvile (February 1865).

Martin was mustered out of service on 29 March 1865

at Benton Barracks (located in present day St. Louis).

After the war, Martin was able to buy the family farm

near Stouts Creek in 1866 and, in 1867, married

Amanda Hill.20

While the couple would have no

children together, they adopted the infant son (James)

of close friends John and Ruth Miller after Ruth died in

childbirth in 1878.21

James Martin would grow to

adulthood and become a doctor.22

Azariah continued

working as a farmer and supplemented his income as a

charcoal burner for the nearby mines.23

Amanda died on

28 March 1899 and Azariah was remarried to Catherine

Allgier on 15 May 1901.24

Azariah died on 10 May

1921 and Catherine died on 28 February 1950.25

Azariah and his first wife, Amanda, are buried in the

Masonic Cemetery outside of Ironton and his second

wife, Catherine, is buried in the Pilot Knob Cemetery.26

(http://47thmissouriinfantry.com/index.htm : accessed 26

September 2013). 20

Azariah Martin 1839 1921, 296. 21

Dr. James Martin 1878 - 1956, Past and Present: A History of Iron County, Missouri 1857-1994, Vol I, (Ironton,

Missouri: Iron County Historical Society, 2004), 296, 297. 22

Ibid., 297. 23

Azariah Martin 1839 1921, 296. 24

Sandra Belmar Forrester. Ancestry of Sandra Belmar Forrester, subscription database, www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 September 2013), family group sheet data for

Azariah Martin. 25

Ibid. 26

Ibid.

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A Special 40th

Anniversary Thank You

This July marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of

your Iron County Historical Society. Instead of focusing

on a particular item or group of items from our

collection, I wanted to mark the upcoming anniversary

by remembering the contributions past and present that

have made the past 40 years possible. Two columns of

number 11 Times New Roman font typescript is not

enough space to record the Societys 40 year history and

if I miss some of the accomplishments along the way, I

hope you will forgive me.

First and foremost, I have to thank all of the Societys

members over the years. Without their support, financial

and otherwise our Society wouldnt be here today. The

membership has always been there when needed and it is

my sincere hope that it always will be.

Going back to the beginning and quoting from Past &

Present: A History of Iron County, Missouri 1857

1994, Vol. I, The Iron County Historical Society was

organized June 26, 1974 under the sponsorship of the

Womans Study Club for the purpose of preserving the

history and heritage of Iron County. It should be noted

that the Womans Study Club has continued that

tradition of support by providing refreshments each year

at our annual meeting in April. Isabelle Edgar was

elected as the Societys first president and long-time Iron

County teacher and historian, Dorothy Reese was elected

as vice-president.

From celebrating our nations 200th birthday in 1976 to

the sesquicentennial celebration of Iron Countys

creation in 2007, to the sesquicentennial celebration of

the Battle of Pilot Knob this fall, the historical society

has been and will continue to be there. Along the way

were many noteworthy projects. Our members helped

document the countys historical buildings in what

would become a 13 volume set of books created with the

Center of Ozark Studies from what was then Southwest

Missouri State University in 1979. Members helped in

getting the courthouse, jail, gazebo, and Immanuel

Lutheran Church in Pilot Knob on the National Register

of Historic Buildings. They assisted in the effort to

research, obtain, and install the set of granite markers,

placed throughout the Arcadia Valley, denoting actions

in the two-day battle that would become known as the

Battle of Pilot Knob. Members have helped in the

creation and publication of some 19 books and

pamphlets including the definitive book on the

countys history, Past and Present: A History of Iron

County 1857 1994, Vol. I and the Societys latest

publication, A Celebration Worth Remembering

Cookbook which goes beyond the reprinting of the

original Centennial Cookbook by including many

photographs and materials related to the 1957

celebration.

Then, theres the Societys museum. If space would

allow it, I would gladly list the name of everyone that

has contributed something to our collection from the

time the museum was created in the old Fletcher-Barger

building in 1984. Of course it doesnt so I will have to

focus on the major groups of accessions. In no

particular order these include the Fredonia and Lucille

Ringo collection that includes Victorian furniture,

clothing, china and the set of pictures gathered for the

1957 Centennial Celebration, framed by the Iron County

Security Bank, that grace the walls of the museum today.

Next, the outstanding collection of Missouri Pacific

Railroad and military memorabilia presented to the

Society by Charles Ottman and his family. Theres also

the Lester Keathley collection of rocks and minerals that

she spent many years collecting before donating them to

the Society. Finally, theres the many items donated to

the Society by Clarence Keathley who was described in

the dedication of Past and Present as the leading force

in gathering the countys history. This list only

scratches the surface and to anyone who has ever

donated an item, a book, a photograph, or a family

history I thank you.

A special thank you also goes out to all who have ever

served the Iron County Historical Society as an officer,

board member, museum director or assistant director,

project manager, newsletter editor, website coordinator,

program director or a volunteer. With your continued

support, I sincerely believe that we will be here to

From the Collection

By John Abney

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protect and share Iron Countys rich history well into the

future!

Social Welfare in Missouri and the Iron County

Poor Farm (Part 1 of 3)

By John M. Abney27

The apostle Paul in his second epistle to the

Thessalonians warned against idleness when he

said, If a man will not work, he shall not eat.28 Further, Paul advised Timothy that family members

should take responsibility for their families, so that the church can help those widows that are truly in

need.29 Thus, even in biblical times, attempts were made to differentiate between the deserving and

undeserving poor. So it was then, so has it been

throughout our history. This three-part article looks

at the evolution of poor law in Missouri and then

examines how those laws were applied in Iron

County with a specific emphasis on the countys poor farm which operated from 1889 until 1946.

Despite its early French roots, Missouris first territorial law dealing with the poor was based on

two hundred year old English law that had been the

dominant influence throughout the American

colonies.30

The 1807 statute specifically dealt with

the care of dependent children.

Each district in the territory was given the power

to organize an orphans court consisting of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Every

orphan or minor who did not have an estate

sufficient for maintenance could be bound [out as]

an apprentice by his guardian until he was twenty-

one years of age if a boy and sixteen if a girl. The

apprentice was to be taught some type of

vocation, reading, writing, and, if a boy, common

arithmetic. At the expiration of the term the

apprentice was to be given ten dollars and a new

suit of clothes. 31

The English Poor Law of 1601, known as the

Elizabethan Poor Law, would stand with only small

revisions for almost 250 years and made parents,

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jabney@hughes.net, 3792Highway F, Annapolis, MO

63620 28

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (New International Version). 29

Timothy 5:16 (New International Version). 30

Fern Boan, A History of Poor Relief Legislation and

Administration in Missouri (Chicago: The University of

Chicago Press, 1941), 19. 31

Ibid.

legally liable for the support of their children and

grandchildren. Likewise, children were made

responsible for the care of their needy parents and

grandparents. More important, vagrants refusing

to work could be committed to a house of

correction, could be whipped, branded, or put in

pillories and stoned, or even be put to death.32

Despite what today would be considered its harsh

provisions, the 1601 Poor Law was a step forward.

Among other things it established that:

1. The state had a responsibility towards the

social welfare of its citizens;

2. There was a class of citizens that were legally

entitled to state assistance;

3. Relief would be broken into two categories,

administered at the lowest local level of

government, either direct payment to the poor

(outdoor relief) or institutional care (indoor

relief).33

Colonial American poor laws followed the English

example by leaving their administration to the

smallest unit of government.34

In New England,

this was at the town level, while in the other

colonies this was initially at the parish and later at

the county level.35

In general terms, Colonial

American poor law, as did its English predecessor,

divided the poor into three groups: children; the

able-bodied; and the infirm or helpless.36

As with

the Missouri example, apprenticeship was the

primary vehicle used with dependent children.

Besides placing children in families and thereby

providing for their discipline, The practice relieved the town fathers of the burden of caring for needy

youngsters, thus keeping public outlays and the

poor rate down.37 Childhood apprenticeship laws would remain on the books in Missouri, with little

change, until their repeal in 1917.38

The able-

bodied poor in Colonial America received little aid.

Voluntary idleness was considered a vice, and the able-bodied unemployed were bound out as

indentured servants, whipped and run out of town,

32

Walter I. Trattner, From Poor Law to Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in America (New York: The Free

Press, 1974) 11. 33

Ibid. 34

Ibid., 18. 35

Ibid., 18, 39. 36

Ibid. 11. 37

Ibid., 24. 38

Boan, 20.

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or put in jail. Later, toward the latter seventeenth

and early eighteenth century many were placed in

workhouses as they began to appear.39 More charity was shown towards the infirm or helpless

population. Included in this group were the

mentally ill. Unless they posed a danger to

themselves or others, people falling into this group

without their own immediate family to support them

were boarded, at public expense, in the homes of relatives or others, or housed in public institutions

as they began to appear.40 This charity was only directed towards the resident needy of the town,

parish, or county depending on the administrative

jurisdiction and, Nonresident insane indigents were warned away or, on occasion returned home.41

Missouris first territorial law dealing with the adult poor was enacted in 1815 and identifies the, lame, blind, sick, and other inhabitants of the district not

able to maintain themselves as being eligible for

relief.42 Two years later, a special provision was added allowing for the maintenance of the poor

insane.43

The able-bodied poor were not subject to

the poor law, but to the Vagrancy Act:

This act defined a vagrant as an able-bodied

person who did not have anything to maintain

himself, a beggar, or a person who left his wife

and children without means, so that the county

was forced to take care of them. Those that

earned a living at gaming tables were also

included. Any such person, unless he could give

$25.00 security, might be arrested and committed

to jail until the County Court met. If the person

was a minor, he could be bound out and if an adult

he could be sold to the highest bidder for a term

not exceeding three months. If no one would bid

on him, he was to have lashes on his bare back,

not exceeding twenty-five.44

Missouris territorial laws regarding the poor did not make family members responsible for the

support of poor family members.45

Indeed, family

responsibility for poor relatives would not be

39

Trattner, 23. 40

Ibid., 24. 41

Ibid., 24 25. 42

Boan, 21. 43

Ibid., 24 44

Ibid. 45

Ibid., 23.

mentioned in Missouri law until 1866.46

As relief

was granted at the local level, establishing the

residency of a poor person applying for relief was

one of the questions that had to be answered.

Territorial law required a person applying for relief

in a county to have been a resident of that county

for the prior nine months.47

This requirement

would be increased to 12 months in 1835.48

When Missouri became a state in 1821, only two

changes in existing law were made in regard to the

poor. The first replaced the Court of Common

Pleas as the administrative unit dealing with the

poor with a tribunal for executing county business (e.g., the county court).

49 In the second change the

court was directed to use its discretion and grant relief to all citizens who might require its

intercession.50

While Missouri poor law, both as a territory and as

a state, placed the responsibility for the poor at the

county level, the state did not set minimum

standards and did not provide any funds for the

support of the poor. The county budget is the only limitation.51 Similarly, with only two notable exceptions, the federal government avoided any

responsibility for the poor whatsoever until the 20th

century. The first exception was the enactment of

legislation for the payment of pensions to soldiers,

their widows and their children. While not

specifically targeted to the poor, these pensions

were sometimes a major source of income for a

family. The first pension legislation enacted in the

United States was dated 26 August 1776, while the

first actual payments of pensions to Revolutionary

War soldiers werent made until 1789.52 The second notable exception came in the waning days

of the American Civil War when there was growing

concern over the fate of millions of ex-slaves. To meet the problem, in March 1865, Congress

established in the U. S. War Department the Bureau

46

Ibid., 28. 47

Ibid., 23. 48

Ibid., 26. 49

Ibid. 24. 50

Ibid. 24 25. 51

Ibid. 41. 52

John Cerny, Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, and David

Thackery, Research in Military Records, in Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebing editors, The Source: A

Guidebook of American Genealogy (Salt Lake City: Ancestry,

1997) 298.

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of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, the

nations first federal welfare agency. 53 Generally referred to as the Freedmens Bureau, it served as an employment agency, a relief agency, a health

agency, an educational agency, a legal agency, and

a settlement agency for the population it served

until it was disbanded in 1872.54

While on their own to fund support of their poor,

Missouri counties continued to see new legislation

expanding this support. Counties, in 1825, were

made responsible for the legal expenses of any poor

citizen, indicted for [a] felony, who is without counsel, unable to employ one and requests that one

be appointed.55 The first law granting a county (St. Louis) the permission to accept a donation of

land for the purpose of erecting an almshouse (poor

farm) was enacted in 1827.56

In 1835, counties were

given permission to pay the funeral expenses for the

poor dying within their borders.57

Additionally, and

though not specifically mentioned in law, medical

care for the poor was also included in the

administration of the poor laws by most Missouri

counties.58

The legislation that would lead to the creation of

Missouris system of almshouses was enacted in 1843 when the county courts of all the counties in the state were authorized to purchase land not

exceeding 160 acres and to erect houses which were

to be used for the care of poor persons.59 In 1866, that law was modified to allow the counties to

purchase or lease up to 320 acres.60

Until the establishment of almshouses the most

frequent way of relieving the poor was known as

letting out, boarding out, or farming out system.

By this method one or more poor persons were

boarded in private homes. The method of

selecting the homes differed in the various

counties but in general the persons offering the

cheapest rates were given the contracts. In some

cases, the poor were actually sold at public sale by

53

Trattner, 77. 54

Ibid., 77 78. 55

Boan, 35. 56

Ibid., 28. 57

Ibid., 26. 58

Ibid., 31. 59

Ibid., 29. 60

Ibid., 30.

the sheriff to the lowest bidder. Although most

counties boarded them with the lowest bidder,

they made the contract private and avoided

subjecting the poor to the embarrassment of being

sold in public.61

From the latter half of the 19th

century to well into

the 20th

century, Local indoor relief or institutional care for the poor was provided by the majority of

the counties through the institution known as

almshouses, sometimes referred to as a poor

asylum, poor house, poor farm, county farm, county

home, county infirmary, or county hospital.62 Indeed, records indicate that at one time or another

106 of Missouris 114 counties maintained an almshouse within its borders.

63

The history of the Iron County Poor Farm begins on

26 January 1888 when the Iron County Court

purchased 127.41 acres of land at a cost of $750

from Sarah Jane Levin, her husband William Levin,

and Minnie Tong.64

The land is located off of what

is now Iron County Road 95 to the northeast of that

roads junction with Missouri Highway 72, about two miles east of Ironton. The County Court

opened the bidding process for the buildings to be

erected on the land and Louis Millers bid of $1,300 was deemed to be the best and lowest bid.

65 With

construction completed before the end of 1888, the

County Court published a notice in the 13

December 1888 edition of the Iron County Register

regarding the lease of the Iron County Farm and the

acceptance of bids.

61

Ibid., 43 44. 62

Ibid., 59. 63

Ibid., 59. 64

Clarence R. Keathley, The Almshouse as a System of Public

Welfare with Special Reference to Iron County (file 71-6, n.d.,

Iron County Historical Society) 5. 65

Iron County, Missouri, County Court Records, Book 6, (10

March 1888): 50, County Commissioners Courtroom, Ironton.

To Be Continued

Notice

regarding

lease of

Iron

County

Poor Farm

Iron County

Register, 13

December

1888

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New Year - New Iron County Historical Society Website

Our most heartfelt thanks go out to Iron County Historical Society member and Website Administrator,

Marcine Lohman, for all of her hard work in the creation of our newly revamped website! The new

website is much simpler to navigate, has many internal links to explore, and has external links to the

Societys Facebook and You Tube pages. It also has a link to allow secure on-line donations to the

Society. To Marcine, thanks again for a job well done!!! Our website is at: www.rootsweb.com/~moichs

Excerpt from the new homepage of Iron County Historical Society website

Upcoming Elections Will You Serve?

Yes, its only January, but our upcoming annual elections arent that far away and will take place at our

Annual Meeting in April. We are looking for anyone interested in serving as either an officer or as a

board member. Our current officers have been in their positions for a number of terms and would gladly

step aside to allow anyone with new ideas to take their place. If you are interested in serving, please

contact any officer or board member. Our current officers and board members include:

President: J. Abney Board Member (term expires 2014): C. Sheehy

Vice President: T. Stamel Board Member (term expires 2015): B. Stamel

Recording Secretary: W. Cofer Board Member (term expires 2015): S. Killen

Treasurer: D. Thomlison Board Member (term expires 2016): D. Thomlison

Board Member (term expires 2014): D. Cox Board Member (term expires 2016): J. Abney

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IRON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650

(order from above address)

Title / Author Publication Details / Cost

A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial

Cookbook with additional materials and photographs)

Soft cover, coil bound.

192 pgs. $15.00 plus $4.00 S&H

CENTENNIAL: Ironton, Missouri, May 30 June 2, 1957

Reprint, soft cover, comb bound.

58 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Dorothy Reese: Ironton/Arcadia Valleys Cheerleader, Historical, Civic Leader, And Teacher: A Tribute, by Randall Cox

Soft cover, comb bound. 19 pgs.

$2.00 plus $1.50 S & H

Early History of Arcadia Valley, by C. S. Russell, edited by Robert Pollock Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.

$5.00 plus $2.50 S & H

History of the 33rd

Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the Civil

War

Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00

S & H

In the Arcadia Valley

Reprint from Iron County Register

Supp ;/1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus

$2.50 S & H

Iron County Family, Business, and Organization Stories: A Supplement to

Past and Present

Soft cover, comb bound, photos,

195 pgs. $20.00 plus $3.50 S & H

Iron County, Missouri, Year By Year, by Clarence R. Keathley Soft cover, comb bound, maps,

photos, Ca 1984. 16 pgs. $3.00

plus $1.50 S & H

John Albert Undertaking Business, 1878 1921

Manuscript, indexed, comb bound.

76 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

My Perfect Life, by Robert Pollock Indexed. 147 pgs. $10.00 plus

$3.50 S & H

Past and Present A History of Iron County 1857 1994 Topical/biographical history of Iron County, Missouri

Hard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs.

$49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or

$10 1st class priority S & H

Perpetual Diary of Capt. P. Ake Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, Ironton, MO

(A Civil War Diary covering the year 1865)

7 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.00 S & H

Readin, Ritin and Rithmetic, A History of Schools in Iron County, MO., 1840 1981, by Clarence R. Keathley

Soft cover, photos, etc. Ca. 1981.

136 pgs. $8.00 each or 2/$10.00

plus $3.50 S & H

Russell Cemetery Association Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.

$5.00 plus $2.00 S & H

United States Post Offices in Iron County, Missouri, Then and Now,

by Clarence R. Keathley

Soft cover, photos, maps, Ca. 1984.

17 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H

W. J. Hinchey Diaries, Portrait of a community during the Civil War, edited

by John and Elizabeth Holloman

Soft cover, comb bound. 73 pgs.

$10.00 plus $2.50 S & H

White Funeral Home Register, Caledonia, Missouri, 1907 1934

Manuscript, comb bound, indexed.

34 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H

Witnesses to History - Stories from Park View Cemetery, by John Abney Comb bound. 101 pgs. $10.00 plus

$3.00 S & H

OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ITEMS FOR SALE

(Same address as above)

Educational Civil War Playing Cards $10.00 per deck plus S/ H if mailed

Explore Missouri Playing Cards $5.00 per deck plus S /H if mailed

150th

Anniversary Battle of Pilot Knob Coffee Cup $6.00 per cup plus S /H if mailed

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Iron County Historical Society

Membership Application

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Address________________________ County_______________

City____________________ State_____ Zip Code____________

Phone__________________ Email____________________

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Please complete form and return with membership dues of $10.00 to: Iron County Historical

Society, P.O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650. For information please call (573) 546-3513

Answers to last issues Who, What, Where: Who: James Lindsay; What: Mill stones; Where: Robinson Mill near Annapolis, MO.

What Is It??? Who Is It ??? Where Is It???

Time to test your Iron County trivia knowledge. If you would like to submit an answer telling us what each picture

depicts, please do so and send your answers (with a postmark no later than January 31st) to:

Iron County Historical Society Trivia P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650

We will randomly draw a winner from all entries that have correctly identified the pictures.

Your prize will be a copy of: A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial Cookbook with

additional materials and photographs)

Here are the pictures that we have chosen this quarter Good Luck to each of you!

Who is this?

What is this item?

Where was this

church

located?