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

685 pages of Bates County, Missouri history including  more than 600 family biographies plus 60 Bates County, Missouri communities on 6 different maps.  Includes the cities and towns of Butler, Rich Hill, Adrian, Hume, Foster, Amoret, Amsterdam, Rockville, plus more.  An important resource for the study of the history and genealogy of Bates County, Missouri.

An informative and historical overview of Bates County, Missouri on CD including three separate books on CD which include 6 historical maps (1851, 1883, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1913, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 60 Bates County, Missouri settlements; plus the full 1883 "History of Bates County, Missouri" book including more than 600 Bates 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 Bates County, Missouri
Included here are the West Central region of Missouri sections of 6 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Bates County, Missouri only 10 years after the county was created. Locations shown: Batesville * Chouteau's Store * Little Osage * Pleasant Gap *

B. A map of 1883 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 27 different settlements including all of the following: Adrain (Adrian) * Altona * Burdett * Butler * Coleville * Cornland * Cove City * Cresenthill  (Cresent Hill) * Hudson * Hume * Johnstown * Lone Oak * Marvel * Mulberry * New Home * Papinville * Parkerville * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rosier * Sprague * Vinton * Virginia * Walnut Creek * West Point *

C. A map of 1899 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 44 different settlements including all of the following: Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam * Athol * Ballard * Bedford * Brayton * Burdett * Butler * Dana * Elkhart * Feely * Foster * Hendrix * Horton * Hume * Johnstown * Keith * Loneoak (Lone Oak) * Mayesburg * Merwin * Mokan * Monteith * Mulberry * New Home * Nyhart * Ovid * Papinsville * Passaic * Peru * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Reavley * Reynard * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rucker * Sprague * Spruce * Vinton * Virginia * Ward * Worland *

D. A map of 1902 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 34 different settlements including all of the following: Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam * Ballard * Brayton * Burdett * Butler * Cornland (Athol Station) * Dana * Elkhart * Feely * Foster * Horton * Hume * Johnstown * Loneoak (Lone Oak) * Mayesburg * Merwin * Monteith * Mulberry * Newhome (New Home) * Papinsville * Passaic * Pleasantgap (Pleasant Gap) * Prairie City * Richill (Rich Hill) * Rockville * Rucker * Shobe * Sprague * Spruce * Vinton * Worland *

E. A map of 1904 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 30 different settlements including all of the following: Aaron * Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam * Ballard * Burdett * Butler * Culver * Foster * Hume * Johnstown * Mayesburg * Merwin * Mulberry * Newhome (New Home) * Nyhart * Papinsville * Passaic * Peru * Pleasantgap (Pleasant Gap) * Prairie City * Reavley * Rich Hill * Rockville * Sprague * Spruce * Vinton * Virginia * Worland * 

F. A map of 1913 Bates County, Missouri showing the locations of 35 different settlements including all of the following: Adrian * Altona * Amoret * Amsterdam * Athol * Ballard * Burdett * Butler * Cresent Hill * Culver * Dana * Elkhart * Foster * Hudson City * Hume * Johnstown * Mayesburgh * Merwin * Monteith Junction * Mulberry * New Home * Nyhart * Papinville (Papinsville) * Pasaic (Passaic) * Peru * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Reynard * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rosier * Sprague * Vinton * West Point * Worland *

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

H. 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: Bates County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are six pages concerning Bates 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 1883 "History of Bates County, Missouri" This detailed (685 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Bates County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1883. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Bates County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of more than 600 different Bates County, Missouri family biographies.

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

• Partial Contents:
• Physical and Geological Features
• Organization of Bates County
• Customs of Early Days in Bates County
• First Settlement of Bates County
• Butler Academy
• Walton's Opera House in Butler
• Business Directory of Butler
• Railroads in Rich Hill, Missouri
• Bates County Public Buildings - Courts - Records
• Bates County Bench and Bar
• Crimes, Accidents and Incidents in Bates County
• Incidents of the Civil War in Bates County
• Agriculture, Stock, Etc.
• Bates County Newspapers
• Public Schools of Bates County
• Laying of Bates County Court House Cornerstone
• Political and Financial Records
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows
• History of Railroad Building in Bates County
• Directory of Bates County Officials
• Tornadoes in Bates County
• Miscellaneous Matters and Facts
• Bates County Emigrants to California
• Bates County Township Histories: Boone Township * Charlotte Township * Deepwater Township * Deer Creek * Elkhart Township * Grand River Township * Homer Township * Howard Township * Hudson Township * Lone Oak Township * Mingo Township * Mound Township * Mount Pleasant Township * New Home Township * Osage Township * Pleasant Gap Township * Prairie Township * Rockville Township * Shawnee Township * Spruce Township * Summit Township * Walnut Township * West Boone Township * West Point Township
• Bates County Cities, Towns and Villages: Adrian * Altona * Burdett * Butler * Coleville * Cove City * Crescent Hill * Harmony Mission * Hudson City * Hume * Johnston * Lone Oak * Marvel * Maysburg * Mulberry * New Home * Papinville * Parkersville * Pleasant Gap * Prairie City * Rich Hill * Rockville * Rosier * Sprague * Vinton * Virginia * Walnut * West Point
• Bates County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of more than 600 biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Abbott * Abernathy * Adams * Alexander * Allen * Allison * Anderson * Andrews * Argenbright * Asbury * Austin * Avery * Badgett * Bailey * Ballard * Bard * Barker * Barr * Barron * Barrows * Bartlett * Baskerville * Bateman * Beach * Beegle * Belcher * Belisle * Bell * Bennett * Berry * Bever * Bird * Black * Blount * Boreing * Borland * Bosley * Boswell * Botkin * Bottom * Boulware * Bowden * Boyd * Boyer * Boyts * Braden * Bradley * Bricker * Brixner * Broaddus * Brodie * Brooks * Brown * Browning * Brumbach * Brundige * Bryant * Buchner * Buck * Buckeridge * Bullock * Burnes * Burns * Burrows * Butler * Campbell * Cantrell * Capps * Carleton * Carman * Carnes * Carter * Catron * Chambers * Champion * Chapin * Chastain * Cheverton * Childs * Chorette * Chrisman * Christy * Church * Clark * Cloud * Coates * Cole * Compton * Concklin * Cook * Coulter * Cowan * Cowles * Cox * Crabb * Crabtree * Craig * Crawford * Crumly * Cuppy * Curry * Daniel * Daniels * Davidson * Davis * Deacon * Decker * Deerwester * DeJarnatt * DeLung * Dever * Dickey * Dore * Douglas * Douglass * Drennan * Duke * Duncan * Dunham * Durand * Durrett * Eakin * Edwards * Eichler * Eldridge * Elledge * Elliott * Embree * Evans * Everingham * Ewin * Falor * Farmer * Fawcett * Fay * Field * Fitzjerrell * Flesher * Fletcher * Flint * Forbes * Forquer * France * Francisco * Frank * Franklin * Frederick * Frizell * Fry * Fudge * Fulkerson * Fulton * Gibbs * Gilbert * Gilbreath * Gilmore * Gird * Goodrick * Gorrell * Goslin * Gosney * Gotshall * Graham * Gregg * Groves * Haas * Hackett * Hale * Hall * Hamilton * Hammer * Hammers * Handly * Hanes * Hanks * Hannah * Harbert * Hardesty * Hardin * Hardinger * Harman * Harper * Harrison * Hart * Hartwell * Hawkins * Haworth * Haynes * Hays * Hedden * Hegnauer * Henderson * Henry * Hensley * Herndon * Herrell * Herrmann * Hess * Heylmun * Hibbs * Hickman * Higgins * Hill * Hinton * Hirni * Hirschi * Hoagland * Hodges * Hoffman * Hogan * Holcomb * Holderman * Hollenback * Hook * Howerton * Huckeby * Hudelson * Hudson * Huff * Huffman * Hukel * Hulett * Humphrey * Hurly * Hutchinson * Innis * Irish * Jackson * Jarvis * Jay * Jenkins * Jeter * Johannes * Johnson * Jones * Kauffer * Keaton * Keep * Keirsey * Kellogg * Kelsey * Kepner * Kimble * Kions * Kirkpatrick * Klostermyer * Knisley * Knorp * La Tourrette * Lakey * Lamb * Lamon * Lampkin * Lane * Langdon * Langsford * Lashbrooke * Laskey * Laughlin * Lee * Leech * Lefker * Lentz * Leslie * Levy * Lindsay * Little * Livingston * Logue * Lowry * Ludwick * Lyle * Magill * Mains * Maltbie * Manley * Mann * Manners * Martin * Massie * Matchett * Maupin * Maxwell * Mayes * Maynard * McAninch * McBride * McClintic * McComb * McConnell * McCool * McCormack * McCory * McCraw * McCutchen * McElroy * McFarland * McGaughey * McGrew * McHenry * McKee * McKibben * McKim * McNeil * McNutt * McReynolds * Mead * Meak * Meek * Meeker * Messersmith * Messinger * Miller * Millering * Mills * Mitchell * Moler * Moore * Morgan * Morrell * Morris * Morrison * Moudy * Murphy * Myers * Naylor * Neptune * Newberry * Newsome * Newton * Nichols * Nickerson * Noland * Norman * North * Orcutt * Orear * Owen * Pace * Page * Pardee * Park * Parker * Parkinson * Pattison * Patty * Pearson * Peck * Perreck * Piepmeier * Pierce * Pitchford * Poage * Porter * Poer * Pratt * Price * Pulliam * Putnam * Pyle * Rafter * Rand * Randall * Rankin * Ray * Redmon * Reeder * Reese * Renick * Requa * Reynolds * Rhodes * Richardson * Rief * Risley * Ritchey * Robinson * Robords * Rogers * Rubel * Ruble * Rudy * Sallee * Sanderson * Sartain * Satterlee * Schwechheimer * Scott * Scudder * Sears * Settle * Shafer * Shannon * Sharpless * Shelton * Shepherd * Sheppard * Shore * Showalter * Shubert * Sick * Silvers * Simpson * Sims * Skaggs * Smith * Snodgrass * Speer * Spencer * Stafford * Staley * Standish * Stanley * Starke * Stealey * Steele * Stevens * Stewart * Stonebraker * Stubblefield * Sturtevant * Sullens * Sullivan * Swinney * Talbot * Taylor * Teeter * Thomas * Thompson * Tilson * Tinsley * Toler * Trimble * Trowbridge * Tucker * Tygard * Vance * Varnes * Vickers * Wade * Wainscott * Walley * Walls * Walton * Warderman * Warford * Wasson * Weathers * Webb * Weddle * Welch * Wernott * West * Wheeler * Whinery * White * Wilhite * Williams * Willoughby * Wilson * Wise * Wiseman * Wix * Wolfe * Wood * Woodfin * Woodhouse * Woods * Wright * Wyard * Wyatt * Yoakam * Zeal *



Bates County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Cass County, Missouri * Henry County, Missouri * St. Clair County, Missouri * Vernon County, Missouri * Linn County, Kansas * and Miami County, Kansas .

Each of the 3 books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and require 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 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 or equivilent computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing all 3 books described above is only $9.95 plus shipping. A great deal of information for very little money! A truly fascinating view of Bates County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1883.