Ole Anderson On his enlistment date Ole Andreas Anderson was 28 years old; it was the 21st of May in the first year of the war, 1861. He was a commissioned officer in Company D, Iowa 3rd Infantry Regiment by June of that year and mustered out on August 16th of the following year due …
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3rd Regiment, Iowa Volunteers – Battle of Liberty/Blue Mills
Union Iowa Volunteers 3rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry OVERVIEW: Organized at Keokuk and mustered in June 8, 1861. Left State for Hannibal, Mo., June 29. Attached to Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., Dept. of Tennessee, to …
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The Mounted Rangers of Liberty – 1861
(from Liberty Tribune 1861) Military Company The Military Company recently raised in this city, organized on Saturday evening last by the election of the following officers: Captain—H. L. Routt 1st Lieut.—L. L. Talbott 2d Lieut.—John C. Dunn 3d Lieut.—George W. Morris Orderly Sergeant—J. A. Gillispie 2d Sergeant—M. L. Byers 3d Sergeant—Rock Stone 4th Sergeant—D. K. …
The Battle of Liberty / Blue Mills Landing – September 17, 1861
By Tony Meyers In September of 1861, Liberty and Clay County briefly became a focal point for the Civil War in Missouri. It was a difficult time for local citizens. Many were staunchly pro-Southern while others were aligned with the North supporting the Union. Although the State of Missouri had not seceded from the Union, …
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Suffrage – the 19th Amendment
Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Decades of suffrage supporters did everything from marching and lecturing to protesting and illegal voting – civil disobedience that led to the right we take for granted. Prior to the amendment’s passage, 9 western states had such legislation by 1912. The …
Phoebe Ess – Before She Could Vote
Known as “The Dean of Missouri Club Women,” Phoebe Ess was an enthusiastic and energetic women’s advocate throughout her life. She lived in an era where women either worked low paying jobs or considered their families to be their job. Mrs. Ess managed to work tirelessly for various reforms while raising a family and creating …
The Jay Jackson Legacy
The year 2020 was a trial for most of this country. Even before the Pandemic began to divide the country, an on-going battle for history was raging. You could call it a war on history with battles wherever a statue or memorial of the past could be assailed. One side for reflection and preservation of …
The Withers Legacy
Clay County is blessed with an abundance of recorded history. Personal papers, books and newspapers help families today recreate how their ancestors lived in a very different time in history. Early settlers who followed the explorers, trappers and traders, literally built the county. While others continued the migration west, our pioneers settled and grew a …
Inky Dot’s Last Trip
Everyone knew everyone … it was a small, friendly town Liberty, Missouri was a small town in the 1950s. Everyone knew everyone, doors weren’t locked, and you said hello to strangers if you passed on the sidewalk. A friendly town of less than 45,000 people. Published in the Gladstone News – Thursday, March 27, 1958. …
Old Clay County Revisited
A recent donation to the Museum yielded not only valuable information on the donor’s ancestors, but an undated (about 1935) clipping from The Daily Standard. The title “Tom Holt Relives Early Days In Clay County In Interview” was an eye-catcher and I thought I’d share. “Born in Clay County Night After Family Arrived From North …