1929 Colored Directory of Hannibal ABBEY John C. and Miss Viola 212 S. 11th St. ABBEY William (Rosella) Emp. C. B. & Q 1201 Rock St. ABBEY Humphry (Anna) Emp. Rubber Plant 1911 Spruce ABBEY Miss Eliza, Emp. Shoe Factory 209...
Read MoreThe following list are slave owners found in the 1860 census. These are not the names of black people, but rather their slave owners themselves. SURNAME GIVEN NAME TOWNSHIP ADKINSON Joel Round Grove ALLEN Charles H Liberty ALLEN...
Read More1880 Census Index of Blacks in Marion County, Missouri SURNAME GIVEN NAME RELATIONSHIP BORN SEX B/P TOWNSHIP James Other 1876 M MO Liberty ABEL Mathew Self 1821 M KY Hannibal ABEL Sanford Son 1852 M MO Hannibal ADAMS James Other...
Read More1870 Black Census Index SURNAME GIVEN AGE SEX B/P TOWNSHIP PAGE # — William 22 M MO WARREN 754 ABEL Frank 13 M MO SOUTH RVR 710 ABELL Mathew 50 M KY 1-WD HANNIBAL 493 ADAMS Fortune 50 M MD PALMYRA 655 ADAMS George 56 M KY...
Read Moreby Samuel C. Broughton, Sgt Co. I, 21st Illinois Infantry I first enlisted at Robinson, Illinois, April 27th, 1861, for three months. Was mustered at Mattoon, Illinois into Co I, Seventh Ill, afterwards 21st, Ill. We held an...
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James Riley J. Jones (1841-1915) by Donald A. Wise James Riley J. Jones, son of Nancy [Greening]...
Read MoreShort history of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade December, 1861, Brigade organized in Osceola, Missouri March 7-8, 1862, Battle of Elk Horn Tavern (Pea Ridge) April 1862, Missouri Brigade transfers to the east side of the...
Read MoreThomas J. Marsh was born in Lexington, KY in 1845. His family later relocated to Hannibal, Missouri, in Marion County. Thomas grew up to be 5 feet 5 inches, with dark hair and complexion, and blue eyes. When war came to Missouri...
Read MorePRICE’S COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT. The capture of Lexington by Price’s army was a crushing blow to Fremont’s ambition. He had permitted a disorderly mass of citizen soldiers to defy his army of occupation. Something had to be done...
Read MoreReport Provost-Marshal General, March 17, 1866. Mess. and Doc., 1865—66, Part III., p. 63. 3 It is proper to mention that this retaliatory action was under the authority of the State of Missouri. General Curtis, commanding the...
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