Colonels in Blue--Missouri and the Western States and Territories


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This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the western States and Territories during the Civil War. The seventh volume in a series documenting Union army colonels, this book details the lives of officers who did not advance beyond that rank. Included for each colonel are brief biographical excerpts and any available photographs, many of them published for the first time.




Cottrell-Lashbrook-Brashear-Campbell Family Lineage Volume I Cottrell Ancestry


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In This four volume set the author traces his Cottrell, Lashbrook, Brashear, and Campbell Family Lineage from Europe to the present day. Details on descendants of each generation is carried down through at least four descendant generations when known. Volume I and II cover the author's Father's beginnings (Cottrell and Lashbrook Lines). Volume III and IV cover the author's Mother's beginnings (Brashear and Campbell Lines). Sources are extensively documented. Timeline and ancestor charts are also included as well an "all name" index for each volume that provides page number references for each individual found in the respective volume. This Volume (Volume I) traces the author's Cottrell ancestry to William Cottrell who was born around 1615 in Stockport, England. William's son Thomas Cottrell, the author's seventh great-grandfather, who was also born in Stockport in 1635 was the first Cottrell in the author's lineage to immigrate to the New World and settle in New Kent County, Virginia.




My Lashbrook-Taylor Lineage


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The author traces his Lashbrook ancestors back seven generations and his Taylor ancestors back through eight generations. William Lashbrooke, the author's 5th Great-grandfather who was born on 17 October 1717 in Meeth in Devon, England immigrated to the U.S. from Devonshire in 1738 as a bonded passenger/criminal on a ship named "Forward." Isaac Taylor, the author's 6th Great-grandfather who was born on 8 October 1710 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland around 1741. Details on children and grandchildren are included when known. The author also includes facts about the times and places where they lived as well as weaving their life stories into local history when he believes it will add value. Details on living persons is limited or intentionally excluded. Extensive references are included as footnotes and an "all name" index lists each person along with page numbers where they are found.




The Dawson Book


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Some Descendants of Vincent Brown and His Wife Martha Ann Allen


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Vincent Brown (ca. 1786-1853) was born in the part of Virginia that later became Kentucky. He migrated to Ohio in 1801 and was an early settler of Brown County, Ohio. He married Martha Ann Allen (ca. 1793-1857) in Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio. They had ten children, ca. 1812-1836. Vincent and Martha Brown are buried in Hendrickson Cemetery, near New Hope, Brown County. Descendants lived in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and elsewhere.










Letters from Nineteenth-century Children to Robert Merry's Museum Magazine


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Published from 1841 to 1872, Robert Merry's Museum was the premiere American children's magazine of its time, and the first American periodical for children to publish letters from its subscribers. Here is the growing pre-War sectionalism, the Civil War and its aftermath, attitudes toward minorities and public figures, women's rights, and major events.




One Zumwalt Family


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The Whiteside Book


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William Whiteside (ca.1710-1777) immigrated from Ulster, Ireland to Chester County, Pennsylvania and moved to Goochland County, Virginia where he married Elizabeth Stockton about 1735. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan and elsewhere.