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

Over 700 pages of Cass County, Missouri history including  more than 640 family biographies plus 41 Cass County, Missouri communities on 5 different maps.  Includes the cities and towns of Harrisonville, Pleasant Hill, Belton, Peculiar, Raymore, East Lynne, Gunn City, and more.  An important resource for the study of the history and genealogy of Cass County, Missouri.

An informative and historical overview of Cass County, Missouri on CD including three separate books on CD which include 5 historical maps (1851, 1883, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1920's and 1929) showing the locations of 41 Cass County, Missouri settlements; plus the full 1883 "History of Cass County, Missouri" book including more than 640 Cass 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 Cass County, Missouri
Included here are the West Central region of Missouri sections of 5 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1851 map that shows the area of Cass County, Missouri (when the County was known as Van Buren County) only 16 years after the county was created. Locations shown: Harrisonville * Pleasant Hill * West Point *

B. A map of 1883 Cass County, Missouri showing the locations of 18 different settlements including all of the following: Archie * Austin * Belton * Brosley * Dayton * Everett * Gunn City * East Lynne * Freeman * Grant * Harrisonville * Indez * Peculiar * Pleasant Hill * Raymore * Strasburg * Wadesburg * West Line * (this map also shows the location of numerous schools)

C. A map of 1899 Cass County, Missouri showing the locations of 36 different settlements including all of the following: Archie * Austin * Avon * Belton * Belton Jct. * Cleveland * Coleman * Creighton * Dayton * Drexel * East Lynne * Eight Mile (or Daugherty) * Everett * Freeman * Garden City * Gowdy * Gunn City * Harrelson * Harrisonville * Index * Jaudon * Kimpton * Lisle * Lone Tree * Main City * McClelland Springs * Ore * Peculiar * Pleasant Hill * Powell Siding * Raymore * Raymore Jct. * Richlawn * Strasburg * West Line * West Union *

D. A map of 1902 Cass County, Missouri showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Archie * Austin * Belton * Belton Jct. * Cleveland * Coleman * Creighton * Dayton * Drexel * East Lynne * Eight Mile (Daughtery Station) * Freeman * Garden City * Gowdy * Gunn City * Harrisonville * Kimpton * Lisle * Lonetree * Main City * Ore * Peculiar * Pleasanthill (Pleasant Hill) * Powell Siding * Raymore * Raymore Jct. * Strasburg * Westline (West Line) *

E. A map of 1904 Cass County, Missouri showing the locations of 29 different settlements including all of the following: Archie * Austin * Belton * Cleveland * Coleman * Creighton * Dayton * Drexel * East Lynne * Eightmile (Eightmile) * Everett * Freeman * Garden City * Gunn City * Harrisonville * Index * Jaudon * Lisle * Lone Tree * Main City * Ore * Peculiar * Pleasanthill (Pleasant Hill) * Raymore * Richlawn * Skaggs * Strasburg * Westline * West Union * 

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

G. 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: Cass County, Missouri in 1913
Included here are five pages concerning Cass 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 Cass County, Missouri" This detailed (706 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Cass County, Missouri from its earliest settlement up to 1883. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Cass County, Missouri including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of more than 640 different Cass County, Missouri family biographies.

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

• Partial Contents:
• Boundary and Location of Cass County
• Cass County Streams and Rivers
• Timber
• Health and Climate
• Creation of Cass County
• Pioneer Life in Cass County: House and Home Comforts * Agricultural Implements * Mills and Trading Posts * Hunting and Trapping * Hunting Bee Trees * Wolves
• County and Township System
• First Settlements in Cass County: Big Creek Settlement * Horton Settlement
• First Cass County Courts
• Early Marriages in Cass County
• Cass County Public Buildings
• Public Schools in Cass County
• Bonded Debt and Finances
• Cass County Political History
• Cass County Old Settlers? Meeting of 1879
• Agriculture and Stock
• Crimes Committed in Cass County
• Cass County Bench and Bar
• Directory of Cass County Officials
• Cass County Railroad Bond Controversy and Bloodshed
• Cass County Township Histories: Austin Township * Big Creek Township * Camp Branch Township * Coldwater Township * Dayton Township * Dolan Township * Everett Township * Grand River Township * Index Township * Mount Pleasant Township * Peculiar Township * Pleasant Hill Township * Polk Township * Raymore Township * Sherman Township * Union Township * West Dolan Township * West Peculiar Township *
• Cass County Cities, Towns and Villages: Austin * Archie * Belton * Brosley * Dayton * East Lynne * Eight Mile * Everett * Freeman * Garden City * Grant * Gunn City * Harrisonville * High Blue * Jonesville * Main City * Morristown * Peculiar * Pleasant Hill * Raymore * Strasburg * Wadesburg * West Line * West Union *
• Cass County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of more than 640 biographies including each of the following surnames: (more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Abbott * Abraham * Ackerson * Adams * Ainsworth * Akin * Alderson * Aldridge * Allen * Allison * Alsworth * Amerman * Amon * Amos * Armstrong * Arnett * Arnold * Atkinson * Bailey * Barker * Barnard * Barnes * Barnwell * Barr * Barrett * Barron * Beattie * Beiler * Belcher * Belsoe * Benjamin * Bennett * Benton * Berkstresser * Berry * Best * Beyer * Bird * Blair * Blank * Blevins * Blyholder * Boals * Boswell * Bradbury * Brady * Brannock * Briant * Bricker * Bright * Briscoe * Brison * Britt * Broadhead * Brookhart * Brooks * Brown * Bruce * Buckley * Buckner * Buddey * Bullock * Bundy * Burford * Burger * Burgess * Burney * Burris * Bush * Butler * Bybee * Byler * Byram * Cable * Cabness * Callaway * Cameron * Campbell * Cannon * Canterbury * Carey * Carr * Cecil * Chandler * Chapman * Chilton * Christopher * Chroninger * Clark * Clendenen * Coe * Collins * Colville * Combs * Conger * Connelly * Conover * Cook * Cooley * Cordell * Cornman * Cotz * Coughenour * Cox * Craig * Creighton * Crenshaw * Crist * Crooks * Crum * Cundiff * Dale * Dalton * Daniel * Davenport * David * Davidson * Davis * Deacon * Decker * Defabaugh * Denham * Denton * Devore * Divelbiss * Dolan * Dore * Dorsett * Doud * Doveton * Downing * Dryden * Duckworth * Duncan * Dunn * Duvall * Eaton * Eddy * Edelen * Edwards * Elder * Elley * Ellis * Elmore * Emrick * Ensminger * Erwin * Estes * Etter * Evans * Failor * Fairley * Famuliner * Farmer * Farrow * Feeback * Ferguson * Ferrell * Ferrill * Fisk * Fitch * Flook * Foster * Fowler * Fritz * Fulkerson * Fulton * Funk * Garrett * Garrison * Gentry * George * Gilbert * Gill * Gilleland * Gillogly * Givan * Glandon * Glass * Glenn * Gloyd * Goode * Goodman * Gosch * Graham * Granberry * Grant * Gray * Greaser * Griffith * Grimes * Grose * Grosshart * Ground * Hachenberg * Hackler * Hainline * Halcomb * Hall * Hammontree * Handley * Hanna * Hargis * Harrelson * Harshaw * Hartzler * Hasley * Hayden * Haydon * Hayes * Haynes * Heivly * Henry * Henthorne * Hereford * Hewitt * Hickman * Higgins * Hill * Hinshaw * Hixon * Hobart * Hobson * Hockaday * Hogard * Hollaway * Holloway * Hon * Hooper * Hoots * Hoover * Horney * Hostetler * Hough * Houston * Hudson * Huff * Hume * Hunt * Hurst * Hutton * Ingle * Ingram * Irvin * Irvine * Isaacs * Jackson * January * Jerard * Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Judy * Kalb * Kaufman * Kellogg * Kenagy * Kerr * King * Kivett * Knepp * Kolstad * Kunze * Kuykendall * Kyger * Lacey * Lain * Lamkin * Lane * Lasley * Leonard * Lewis * Licklider * Liggett * Lightcap * Little * Longacre * Longfellow * Longwell * Love * Loveridge * Lowry * Lusher * Lynds * Main * Majors * March * Marsh * Marshall * McAfee * McAninch * McArthur * McCall * McCarthy * McClanahan * McCormick * McCoy * McCulloh * McDaniel * McDonald * McGlathery * McKaig * McKinley * McMullen * McPheren * McReynolds * McSpadden * Mers * Metzler * Miller * Mills * Moberly * Mobley * Mohney * Morrow * Morton * Moses * Moudy * Mullen * Myers * Neal * Nelson * Newell * Neyman * Nichols * Nigh * O'Bannon * Oldham * O'Roark * Page * Parish * Parker * Parsons * Patterson * Pearce * Pearson * Peck * Pelsor * Pennington * Peters * Peyton * Phillips * Pigg * Pitcher * Plank * Powell * Pragheimer * Prater * Price * Putler * Railey * Randell * Rankin * Ravenscraft * Rawlins * Reed * Reeder * Reid * Rex * Rice * Riley * Roberts * Robinson * Rodgers * Rolley * Roof * Rosier * Roupe * Rowe * Royce * Russell * Ryan * Ryle * Sanderson * Sands * Scearce * Scholl * Schooley * Schrock * Scott * Selecman * Shaler * Sharp * Shaw * Sheppard * Sherlock * Shields * Shively * Short * Shuey * Shumate * Shuttleworth * Sibert * Simpson * Sims * Sloan * Smart * Smith * Sparks * Spence * Spring * Staley * Stall * Stanley * States * Steele * Steen * Steineger * Stephens * Sterling * Stevens * Stolz * Stults * Summers * Symington * Taylor * Temple * Ten Brook * Terrell * Thompson * Thornton * Thum * Todd * Tout * Trickle * Tupes * Tuttle * Tyler * Underwood * Urton * VanHoy * Volle * Von De Veld * Wade * Wagner * Walker * Wallace * Waller * Walton * Wanamaker * Warden * Washburn * Weathers * Weaver * Webb * Webber * Webster * Wells * Werline * West * Whalen * Whaley * Wheeler * Wherritt * White * Wildeboor * Wilhite * Willhite * Willhoite * Williams * Williamson * Wills *Wilson * Withers * Wolfe * Woodmancy * Woods * Wooldridge * Woolery * Wortham * Wray * Wyatt * Yentzer * Yoder * Yost * Zick * Zook *



Casss County, Missouri is located in the West Central portion of Missouri and is surrounded by the following counties: Bates County, Missouri * Henry County, Missouri * Jackson County, Missouri * Johnson County, Missouri * Johnson 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 large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Cass County, Missouri from its first settlement to 1883.