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Parkville, Platte County, Missouri William McNeill Clough (Platte County, Missouri, lawyer. ) N00017965 1831-09-29 1883-01-26 Categories: People

Platte County, Missouri, lawyer. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, native. Son of William Clough and Mary Clough. Married to Mary Ann Scott Embry Clough in Platte County, Missouri, on May 1, 1855. Father of Mary Nancy Clough, James Clough, and Amanda R. Clough. Graduate of Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1853. Admitted to the Missouri and Kansas bars in 1854. Farmer in St. Charles County, Missouri, in 1850. Attorney in Platte County in 1860. Attorney in Lawrence County, Kansas, in 1865.

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Legal: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Economic: W.H. Barksdale and Co. Economic: George T. Hulse (Platte County, Missouri, cashier. ) Economic: Smoot, Russell, and Co. Economic: Scott, Kerr, and Co. Economic: Northrup and Co. Economic: M. Williamson & Co. Economic: Conrad, Thompson, & Co Economic: Wood, Bacon, & Co. Economic: Abbott, Jones, & Co Economic: Siter, Price, & Co. Economic: Martin & Brother Economic: Webster, Marsh, and Co. Economic: Shapleigh, Day, & Co. Economic: Lewis Dorsheimer (St. Louis County, Missouri, saddler. ) Economic: Barnard and Co. Economic: Child, Pratt, & Fox Economic: Fiske, Knight, & Co. Economic: Woods, Christy, and Co. Economic: Lucas, Thompson, and Co. Economic: J. McKittrick & Co

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Charles County, District No. 78, p. 53A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, Platte County, Pettis Township, p. 639. Kansas State Census (1865), Population Schedules, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth, Ward 1, p. 32-3. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth, Ward 1, p. 286A. "The Angel of Death," The Leavenworth Evening Standard (Leavenworth, KS), January 26, 1883. "DEATH OF WM. MC N. CLOUGH." The Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth, KS), February 1, 1883. "William McNeill Clough (1831-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 136371264, accessed July 5, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136371264. Lewis Dorsheimer (St. Louis County, Missouri, saddler. ) N00018106 1819 1892-11-15 Categories: People

St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, saddler. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eugenia Close Dorsheimer in St. Louis County, Missouri, on January 30, 1851. Father of Ella Morris Dorsheimer and Lulu Dorsheimer. Saddler in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, in 1850. Saddler in St. Louis in 1860. Employed Brigette Witte and Delia Haven as servants in St. Louis in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis/Ward 3, p. 10. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis/Ward 4, p. 146. Missouri, County Marriages, Naturalization, and Court Records (1800-1991), Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, St. Louis County Marriages, p. 89. "Died," St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), November 17, 1892, p. 7. George T. Hulse (Platte County, Missouri, cashier. ) N00018206 1810-10-09 1893-12-29 Categories: People

Platte County, Missouri, cashier. New York native. Married to Mary B. Van Bibber Hulse in Platte County, Missouri, on June 22, 1842. Father of James W. Hulse. Cashier in Platte County, Missouri in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Platte County in 1860.

Relationships Economic: William McNeill Clough (Platte County, Missouri, lawyer. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, Platte County, Weston, p. 708. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Missouri, Platte County, Weston, p. 225B. Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records (1800-1991), Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, Film#007514188, Platte County Births/Marriages/Deaths, p. 35. "George Tuthill Hulse (1810-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #157296972, accessed July 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157296972. James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) N00001223 1831-01-02 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, post office clerk, and state official. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy Taylor Tate. Married to Lucy J. Hawkins Tate in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1856. Father of Howard S. Tate and Edmonia Tate. Clerk of the U.S. Post Office in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Assistant secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1854 to 1855 and from 1859 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Benjamin F. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Cawein (Louisville restaurant owner and merchant) Political: Thomas Sullivan (Louisville, Jefferson Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: George W. Thompson (Parke County, Indiana, merchant, attorney, deed commissioner, and court clerk) Political: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Political: James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller) Political: Enos Keith (Meade Co, Ky) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt Co & Cir Ct Clerk, private CSA) Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Economic: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Political: Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A)) Political: Josiah Stoddard Byers (McCracken County, Kentucky, bookstore clerk, midshipman, captain 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Political: Commercial Bank of Kentucky Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds) Political: Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) Political: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) Political: State Department of Kentucky Political: Joseph Tucker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 491B. James C. Klotter, "Tate, James W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 867-68. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages. Parkville, Missouri P00017966 Categories: Places

City in Platte County, Missouri. Located on the Missouri River.

39.195, -94.6822 "Parkville, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Platte County, Missouri P00017967 Categories: Places

County in northwestern Missouri. Seat at Platte City.

39.3805, -94.7736 "Platte County, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Missouri P00001883 Categories: Places

State in the central United States. Capital at Jefferson City, Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.5767, -92.1735 “Jefferson City, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 18, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Milton D. Rafferty and Edwin J. Westermann, "Missouri," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Missouri-state. St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). Clay County, Missouri P00017968 Categories: Places

County in northwestern Missouri. Seat at Liberty.

39.3105, -94.4209 "Clay County, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Clinton County, Missouri P00017969 Categories: Places

County in northwestern Missouri. Seat at Plattsburg.

39.6018, -94.4046 "Clinton County, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Buchanan County, Missouri P00017970 Categories: Places

County in northwestern Missouri. Seat at St. Joseph.

39.6599, -94.8062 "Buchanan County, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jackson County, Missouri P00017971 Categories: Places

County in northwestern Missouri. Seat at Independence.

39.0085, -94.3461 "Jackson County, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania P00001701 Categories: Places

Seat of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Located at the confluence of the Delaware River and Schuylkill River.

39.9523, -75.1638 "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 20, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Sylvester K. Stevens, John B. B. Trussell, and Mathew S. Magda, "Philadelphia," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 6, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Philadelphia. Kansas City, Missouri P00017974 Categories: Places

City in western Missouri.

39.0997, -94.5786 USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Leavenworth, Kansas P00017976 Categories: Places

City in northeastern Kansas. Seat of Leavenworth, County. Located on the Missouri River.

39.3111, -94.9225 USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Weston, Missouri P00017972 Categories: Places

Town in Platte County, Missouri.

39.4111, -94.9016 USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 5, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). J. McKittrick & Co O00017978 1861? 1879? Categories: Organizations

Lithography and printing business in St. Louis, Missouri. Owner: John McKittrick.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis/Ward 3, p. 205. "Jno. McKittrick & Co," Anzeiger des Westens (St. Louis, Missouri), February 17, 1879, 2. Kansas Territory O00009424 1854-05-30 1861-01-29 Categories: Organizations

Territory of the United States. Established by the Kansas-Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854. The eastern region of the territory became the state of Kansas on January 29, 1861. The western region formed the Colorado Territory and later, the state of Colorado.

"Kansas Territory," Kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-territory/14701 (accessed October 1, 2018). Lucas, Thompson, and Co. O00017985 1857-06 1868? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale dry goods business in St. Louis, Missouri. Successor to C.M. McClung & Co. Founded in 1857. Owners: William Lucas, Charles L. Thompson, and William S. Gunn.

"Notice," Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, Missouri), June 6, 1857, 4. "In Bankruptcy," Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, Missouri), December 3, 1868, 2. Woods, Christy, and Co. O00017986 1843? 1870? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale dry goods business in St. Louis, Missouri. Laid out the town of Glencoe, Missouri, c1854. Owners: James Woods, William T. Christy, Robert K. Woods, William T. Gentry, and Andrew Woods.

"Villainous Mail Robberies," Boon’s Lick Times (Fayette, Missouri), October 28, 1843, 2. "Trustee’s Sale," Lancaster Excelsior (Lancaster, Missouri), November 19, 1870, 2. "Historical Notes of Communities in the Meramec Valley," Meramec Valley Transcript (Pacific, Missouri), July 27, 1934, p. 1. Fiske, Knight, & Co. O00018095 1859 1882 Categories: Organizations

Wholesale shoe and boot retailer in St. Louis, Missouri. Successors to Oliver Bennett & Co. Operated from 1859 to 1882. Owners: James P. Fiske and Augustus Knight.

"Fiske, Knight, & Co" Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, Missouri), January 5, 1859, p. 2. "Dissolution," The Missouri Republican (St. Louis, Missouri), May 24, 1873, p. 5. "Charity" St. Louis Globe-Republican (St. Louis, Missouri), December 10, 1882, p. 18. Child, Pratt, & Fox O00018096 1860 1864 Categories: Organizations

Wholesale hardware and gun retailer in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated c1860-1864. Owned by Elon G. Pratt, Pearley A. Child, Alonzo Child, and E. Williams Fox.

"Child, Pratt, & Fox," Daily Missouri Democrat (St. Louis, MO), February 10, 1860, p. 2. "Pratt & Fox," Missouri State Times (Jefferson City, MO), June 4, 1864, p. 4. E. A. & S. R. FILLEY O00018216 1849 1869? Categories: Organizations

Earthenware firm in St. Louis, Missouri. Owners: Edward A. Filley and Samuel R. Filley.

Relationships Economic: William McNeill Clough (Platte County, Missouri, lawyer. )

Ronald R. Switzer, The Steamboat Bertrand and Missouri River Commerce, (Norman, OK: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2013), p. 221. Richard Edwards, ed.,St. Louis Directory for 1864, (St. Louis, MO: Richard Edwards, 1864), p. 233. Saint Joseph Daily Union(Saint Joseph, Missouri), May 30, 1869, p. 3. Barnard and Co. O00018099 1835 1879? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale drug retailer in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated 1835-c1879. Owned by Charles Barnard and W.D.W. Barnard.

"Established 1835," Daily Missouri Democrat (St. Louis, MO), May 3, 1853, p. 3. "County Court Proceedings," The Lexington Intelligencer (Lexington, MO), June 12, 1879, p. 3. Shapleigh, Day, & Co. O00018107 1850? 1868? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale hardware retailer in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated c1850-c1868. Owned by A.P. Shapleigh, Thomas D. Day, R. Wood Cruttenden, and William H. Markham.

"Shapleigh, Day, and Co," Springfield Advertiser (Springfield, MO), June 22, 1850, p. 3. "Hardware and Cutlery," _ Daily Missouri Democrat_ (St. Louis, MO), August 4, 1854, p. 4. "Edge tools," Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO), October 7, 1868, p. 1. Webster, Marsh, and Co. O00018108 1853? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale clothing retailer in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated c1853-unknown date

"Spring Trade, Webster, Marsh & Co," Hannibal Daily Journal (Hannibal, MO), September 6, 1853, p. 4. Martin & Brother O00018109 1852? 1868? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale clothing retailer in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated c.1852-c1868. Owned by Charles G. Martin and William R. Martin.

"Martin and Brother," Hannibal Journal (Hannibal, MO), April 15, 1852, 4. "Ladies and Gentlemen’s List," Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO), February 2, 1868, 4. Siter, Price, & Co. O00018118 1851? 1873? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale dry goods merchant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operated c1851-c1873. Owned by George Truman Jr., Joseph Price, Thomas Halloway, and John S. Weimer.

"Philadelphia and Suburbs: Mercantile Changes," The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), January 1, 1873, 3. Edwin T. Freeley, Philadelphia and its Manufactures: A Hand-Book of the Great Manufacturies and Representative Mercantile Houses of Philadelphia, 1867 (Philadelphia: Edward, Young, and Co, 1867) 244. Wood, Bacon, & Co. O00018120 1854? 1885 Categories: Organizations

Wholesale merchant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operated c1854-1885. Owned by Richard Wood, Richard W. Bacon, Henry Henderson, Samuel P. Godwin, Josiah N. Bacon, and Henry Bacon.

"Aid to the Savannah Sufferers," The Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), September 13, 1854, 1. "Dissolution," The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, PA), January 1, 1885, 3. Abbott, Jones, & Co O00018143 1854? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale hardware retailer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operated c.1854-unknown date.

"Platform Scales," The Star of the North (PA), January 4, 1855, p. 4. Conrad, Thompson, & Co O00018146 1858? Categories: Organizations

Wholesale retailer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operated c.1858-unknown date.

"Flour Factors," Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, PA), December 3, 1858, 4. M. Williamson & Co. O00018151 1861? 1870? Categories: Organizations

Bank in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Operated c.1861-c1870.

"At a Meeting of the Board," The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), April 19, 1861, 5. "Deposit Bank," The Tribune (Scranton, PA), November 14, 1870, 4. Northrup and Co. O00018178 1858? 1866? Categories: Organizations

Bank in Kansas City, Missouri. Operated c1858-1866. Owned by Hiram Milton Northrup and Joseph Smith Chick.

"Northrup and Co," Herald of Freedom (Lawrence, KS), December 18, 1858, 3. “Northrup and Co,” Wyandotte Commercial Gazette(Wyandotte, KS), January 6, 1866, 1. Scott, Kerr, and Co. O00018180 1858? 1868? Categories: Organizations

Bank in Leavenworth, Kansas. Operated c1858-c1868 . Owned by Lyman Scott, John Kerr, and Lucien Scott.

"Scott, Kerr, and Co," Kansas Daily Ledger (Leavenworth, KS), June 11, 1858, p.4. Kansas Daily Tribune(Lawrence, KS), November 3, 1868, p.4. Smoot, Russell, and Co. O00018204 1857? 1862? Categories: Organizations

Bank in Leavenworth, Kansas. Operated c.1857-c1862. Owned by Luther R. Smoot, William H. Russell, Thomas R. Suter, and Luke Lea.

"Attention! Emigrants!!!,"Kansas Weekly Herald(Leavenworth, KS), March 7, 1857, p. 2. "Order of Publication," Leavenworth Bulletin (Leavenworth, KS), October 29, 1862, p. 4. W.H. Barksdale and Co. O00018209 1858? 1862? Categories: Organizations

Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated c1858-c1862. Owned by William H. Barksdale and B. Davidson.

Relationships Economic: William McNeill Clough (Platte County, Missouri, lawyer. )

"W.H. Barksdale & Co," Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO), January 7, 1859, p. 1. "Officer & Pusey, Bankers,"Council Bluffs' Nonparell(Council Bluff, IA), November 29, 1862, p.3. Parkville, Platte County, Missouri 1861-11-21 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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"BE PROMPT. ACCURATE AND FAITHFUL. IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL ACCEPTED TRUSTS." WILLIAM MCNEILL CLOUGH ATTORNEY AT LAW & NOTARY PUBLIC, PARKVILLE, PLATTE COUNTY, MO.

J. McKittrick & Co. Lithogos. 36 N. Main St. St. Louis, Mo.

COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO IN THE COUNTIES OF PLATTE, CLAY, CLINTON, BUCHANAN & JACKSON AS ALSO IN KANSAS TERRIT. BANKABLE COLLECTIONS CAREFULLY ATTENDED TO AND PROCEEDS REMITTED AT CURRENT RATES OF EXCHANGE. HE REFERS BY PERMISSION, TO

LUCAS. THOMPSON & CO., WOODS. CHRISTY & CO., FISKE. KNIGHT & CO., CHILD, PRATT & FOX, E. A. & S. R. FILLEY, } St. Louis.

BARNARD & CO., LEWIS DORSHEIMER, SHAPLEIGH, DAY & CO., WEBSTER & MARSH & CO., MARTIN & BROTHER, } St. Louis.

SITER, PRICE & CO., WOOD, BACON & CO., ABBOTT, JOHNES & CO., CONRAD, THOMPSON & CO., M. WILLIAMSON & CO., } Philadelphia

NORTHRUP & CO., Bankers, Kansas City, Mo. SCOTT, KERR & CO., " Leavenworth, K. T. SMOOT, RUSSELL & CO., " " " GEORGE T. HULSE, " Weston, Mo. Wm. H. BARKSDALE & COL., " St. Louis, Mo.

Parkville, Mo. November 21st 1861.

James W. Tate Esqr, Asst. Sec'y. of State, Frankfort, Ky. Dear Sir,

Herewith enclosed please find my affidavit as Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky, resident in Missouri, as required by Statute, which please file in the proper office. --

Very Resp. Yours etc. William McNeill Clough