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 N. Pine ABBEY Sam (Ethel C.) Emp. Wheel Foundry 207 N. Pine ABBEY Joseph, … Read more
The 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 George W Hannibal ALLEN P Palmyra ALLEN Robert Union ALLEN S S Hannibal ALMB Alford W Hannibal … Read more
1880 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 1832 M MO Fabius ADAMS Jourden Brother 1856 M MO Hannibal ADAMS Maggie Dau 1865 … Read more
1870 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 LIBERTY 625 ADAMS Sarah 19 F MO MILLER … Read more
by 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 election at which S. S. Goode was elected Colonel. We were mustered by Captain U. S. Grant, … Read more
James Riley J. Jones (1841-1915) by Donald A. Wise James Riley J. Jones, son of Nancy [Greening] (1811-1855) and Lewis Jones (1801-1875), was born on 11 June 1841 in Boone County, Missouri. He had three sisters and three brothers. When the War Between the States (Civil War) began, James R.J. Jones enlisted on 17 March 1861 … Read more
Short 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 Mississippi River June 1862, General Little placed in command of the Army of the West’s First Division…Col. Elijah P. … Read more
Thomas 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 Thomas enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Missouri State Guard. The 2nd Battalion was … Read more
PRICE’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 at once to retrieve the disaster or off would go his official head. At once from every direction … Read more
Report 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 Department of the Missouri at that time, wrote under date of December 24, 1862: when the guerrilla outrages … Read more