Audrain County, Missouri: Biographies, History, and Historical Maps

More than 900 pages of Audrain County, Missouri history including 585 family biographies plus 24 Audrain County, Missouri communities on 5 different maps

An informative and historical overview of Audrain County, Missouri  including three separate books on CD which include 6 historical maps (1851, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 24 Audrain County, Missouri settlements; plus the full 1884 "History of Audrain County, Missouri" book by National Historical Co. including 585 Audrain County, Missouri family biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in three separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One on CD: Maps of Audrain County, Missouri
Included here are the East Central region of Missouri sections of 6 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Audrain County, Missouri only 15 years after it was created. Locations shown: Hickory Cr. * Mexico * Salt River

B. A map of 1902 Audrain County, Missouri showing the locations of 16 different settlements including all of the following: Benton City * Farber * Gant * Laddonia * Larrabee * Littleby * Martinsburg * Mexico * Molino * Rowena * Rush Hill * Saling * Skinner * Thompson * Vandalia * Worcester *

C. A map of 1904 Audrain County, Missouri showing the locations of 20 different settlements including all of the following: Benton City * Champ * Cuivre * Davenport * Farber * Gant * Hollensville * Laddonia * Martinsburg * Mexico * Molino * Mount Carmel * Rowena * Rush Hill * Saling * Skinner * Thompson * Vandalia * Worcester * Youngs Creek * 

D. A map of 1913 Audrain County, Missouri showing the locations of 19 different settlements including all of the following (this map also shows many school and church locations): Benton City * Cuivre * Farber * Gant * Hollensville * Laddonia * Larabee * Littleby * Martinsburg * Mexico * Molino * Mt. Carmel * Saling * Rowena * Rush Hill * Thompson * Vandalia * Worcester * Youngs Creek * 

E. A map from the 1920's which includes details of where various tourist sites and service stations were located.

F. A 1929 map from the Missouri Department of Transportation. You will be amazed at how many of the major routes were only dirt or gravel!

Book Two on CD: Audrain County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are seven pages concerning Audrain County, Missouri from the 1913 edition of The Missouri Red Book and contains about every imaginable statistic you could want for this time period. Some of the facts contained are the number of farms and their acreages, number of cows, horses, mules, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, colonies of bees, how many farms had mortgages and how many were free of debt, the amount of butter produced, the number of bushels of apples, peaches, pears, etc. harvested, the number of quarts of blackberries harvested, the number of schools and teachers, plus hundreds of other detailed statistics. A wealth of information!

Book Three on CD: The complete 1884 "History of Audrain County, Missouri" by National Historical Co.
This detailed (over 900 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Audrain County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1884. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Audrain County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 585 different Audrain County, Missouri family biographies.

Partial index to contents (this is only a small portion of the topics covered in this book):

• History of Audrain County, Missouri
• The First Settlers of Audrain County
• Audrain County Postal Facilities
• Pioneer Life in Audrain County
• Pioneer Mills in Audrain County
• Hunting and Trapping
• Audrain County Early Records
• First Audrain County Court
• First Indictment For Murder in Audrain County
• Early Marriages in Audrain County
• Public Buildings in Audrain County
• Township System described and explained
• Cuivre Township
• Loutre Township
• Linn Township
• Prairie Township
• Saling Township
• Salt River Township
• Wilson Township
• Audrain County Early Bench and Bar
• Crimes, Accidents, and Incidents in Audrain County
• Audrain County Old Citizen's Association
• Railroads in Audrain County, Missouri
• North Missouri Railroad Company
• Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific
• Chicago and Alton Railroad
• The Press, Public Schools & Post Offices in Audrain County
• Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri
• Audrain County Political History & Official Record
• The Morman Scare in Mexico, Missouri
• The Mexican War
• California Emigrants from Audrain County
• The Civil War in Audrain County
• Audrain County Soldiers
• President Garfield's Death
• Audrain County Agricultural Societies & Granges
• Representative Farms & Farmers in Audrain County
• Audrain County of 1884
• Audrain County Church History
• The Opera House in Mexico, Missouri
• Audrain County Cities, Towns and Villages: Benton City * Farber * Laddonia * Mexico * Progress ( Littleby ) * Switzler * Thompson's Station * Vandalia
• Biography Index

Included is a total of 585 biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Abermathy * Able * Adams * Ahlfeldt * Ahrens * Alcoke * Allison * Anderson * Armistead * Atkinson * Azdell * Baird * Baker * Balthrope * Bane * Barker * Barnes * Barnett * Barney * Barton * Baskett * Baskin * Bassford * Beagles * Beal * Beatty * Beeby * Berry * Bertels * Beshears * Bickley * Bird * Black * Blackburn * Blain * Bland * Blankenship * Blue * Bond * Botkin * Boulden * Boyd * Bradbury * Bradley * Branstetter * Bridgford * Brockman * Brooks * Brown * Bruce * Bruton * Bryson * Buckner * Burchard * Burk * Burkey * Buscher * Bush * Butts * Bybee * Calhoun * Campbell * Canterberry * Canterbury * Cardwell * Carter * Cauthorn * Cave * Chandler * Charlton * Chrisman * Clacher * Clark * Clay * Clayville * Clendenin * Clithero * Coates * Cogswell * Coil * Coldwell * Collier * Cook * Copher * Corner * Cornett * Cox * Crawford * Crews * Crockett * Cross * Croswhite * Crouch * Cudworth * Culwell * Cunningham * Curry * Dahlem * Daniel * Daniels * Davis * Dearing * Delaplane * Delaporte * Dempsey * Dingle * Doan * Dobyns * Dodge * Dodson * Doolin * Dougherty * Douglass * Downey * Downing * Draper * Dudley * Duley * Dye * Dyer * Earsom * Eddleman * Edmonston * Edwards * Eller * Elliott * Ellis * Ely * Elzea * Emmons * Ermey * Eubank * Farcett * Farrah * Farrington * Fawver * Fennewald * Ficklin * Field * Fike * Fish * Flynt * Forbach * Forrist * Fowler * Fox * Freeman * French * Fuget * Furber * Galbreath * Galloway * Gant * Gantt * Garrett * Gatewood * Gentry * Gerard * Gibbs * Gililland * Gill * Gilmer * Glandon * Gleason * Gooch * Gowin * Graffort * Graham * Green * Greer * Gregg * Guinn * Gwillim * Hageman * Hale * Hall * Halloway * Hamilton * Hanna * Hardin * Harding * Harlinger * Harrington * Harrison * Harshberger * Hartly * Hathaway * Hayden * Heaton * Helper * Hendrix * Hesse * Hickerson * Hightshoe * Hill * Hite * Hitt * Hoffmann * Hofsess * Holeman * Holtermann * Hook * Hopkins * Hord * Houston * Hout * Hubbard * Huff * Hughlett * Hunter * Hurd * Ingram * Jackson * Jacobs * James * Jameson * Jesse * Johns * Johnson * Jones * Judy * Kaylor * Kelley * Kennedy * Kerr * Kilgore * Kimball * King * Kirkland * Knoebel * Krieger * Kunkel * Lackland * Laird * Larimore * LaRue * Leorens * Levaugh * Liter * Llewellyn * Locke * Lockridge * Lofton * Logan * Long * Macfarlane * Madison * Mallory * Mansfield * Marshall * Martin * Mateer * Maupin * Mayes * McBride * McCarl * McClintock * McClure * McCord * McDannald * McDonald * McFall * McIntire * McIntosh * McIntyre * McLaughlin * McMillan * McPike * McWilliams * Menefee * Mildred * Miller * Minor * Mitchell * Mobley * Moore * Morris * Mosby * Mundy * Murdock * Murray * Musick * Muster * Myers * Naylor * Naysmith * Neely * Northcutt * Northern * Oaks * Offutt * Orear * Osterhout * Owen * Parrish * Patterson * Pearson * Peery * Petitt * Phillips * Pierce * Pipino * Pollock * Pool * Porter * Potts * Powell * Proctor * Pulis * Rader * Read * Reed * Renie * Reynolds * Richard * Ricketts * Ridgeway * Riney * Ringo * Roberts * Robinson * Robnett * Rodgers * Rogers * Rolling * Rose * Rosenbury * Rothwell * Rowe * Ruedy * Ruloff * Runkel * Ruse * Russell * Sallee * Scanland * Schroll * Schulz * Scott * Scrogin * Sentell * Shafer * Shannon * Sharp * Shea * Shell * Shepard * Shobe * Shock * Shotwell * Signor * Sims * Sinnott * Skelly * Slocum * Smith * Sneed * Soles * Spencer * Spratt * Stauffer * Steele * Stephenson * Stewart * Stotler * Strahan * Strank * Strode * Stuart * Suggett * Sumner * Talley * Tapscott * Terrill * Terry * Thomas * Threlkeld * Throckmorton * Tinsley * Todd * Tomlinson * Torbert * Torreyson * Towler * Tratchel * Traughber * Trimble * Tucker * Turner * Utterback * Vance * Vandeventer * Vaughan * Wade * Waite * Wakefield * Watkins * Watts * Waugh * Wayne * Wells * West * White * Whiteside * Wicks * Wilburn * Wilcox * Wilfley * Williams * Willingham * Wilson * Winscott * Wisdom * Woods * Woodward * Wright * Wylde * Wylde * Young * Younger *



Audrain County, Missouri is located in the East Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Pike County, Missouri * Montgomery County, Missouri * Callaway County, Missouri * Boone County, Missouri * Randolph County, Missouri * Monroe County, Missouri and Ralls County, Missouri 

Each of the three books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books on this CD is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium I or higher computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing all three books described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Audrain County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1884.