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Brief History of Dunklin County
"TERRITORY OF MISSOURI.
Congress organized the Territory of Missouri, June 4, 1812. The first Council consisted of nine members,
and the House of thirteen. "Territory of Louisiana" comprised its real boundary, yet it practically con-
sisted of only the settled parts of Missouri, as follows : Cape Girardeau, embracing the territory between
Tywappity Bottom and Apple Creek, Ste. Genevieve, extending from Apple Creek to the Meramec River,
St. Louis', including that part of the State between the Meramec and Missouri rivers, St. Charles,
comprising the settled country between the Missouri and Mississippi.

In October of the same year, these four districts were reorganized into five counties, by proclamation of
Gov. Howard. The fifth was called New Madrid, and included Arkansas, therefore the present site of Dunklin County."
[Page 7, History Of Dunklin County, Mo 1845-1895.
Mary F Smyth-Davis]

"Our Neighbors"
Butler ~ New Madrid ~ Stoddard ~ Pemiscot Counties, Missouri
Clay ~ Craighead ~ Greene ~ Mississippi Counties, Arkansas

Towns

Arbyrd	Frisbee	McGuire
Arkmo	Gibson	Nesbit
Baird	Glennonville	Octa
Brian	Gobler	Providence
Buck Donic	Hargrove	Rives
Bucoda	Holcomb	Senath
Campbell	Hollywood	Sumach
Cardwell	Hornersville	Townley
Caruth	Ipley	Valley Ridge
Clarkton	Kennett(county seat)	Vincit
Cockrum	Mackeys	White Oak
Cotton Plant	Malden	Wilhelmina
Dillman	Marlow	Wrightsville
Europa

Missouri Maps
Interactive Atlas ~ Library of Congress: Missouri Maps
"Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps
Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Historic Map Works "Residential Genealogy"
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]
Interested in other Missouri Counties?
Here is a map with clickable links


Biographies ~ Books

Book Assortment: Crime, Biography, Medical
There are  download links for Archive.org & Google E Book Items

"The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States"
Edited By:
William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc...
Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878
There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local
The Indexes are Here
The Book can be read online or downloaded.

"Woman's Who's Who of America"
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada
1914-1915: John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief
New York: The American Commonwealth Company
There is no Alpha Index, instead the Authors saw fit to make one that is titled: "Her Married Name".
There is an Addenda - Corrections set of pages.
The Bios are listed Alphabetically.
The Addenda and 'Married Name'
The book can be read online or downloaded

"Men of America"
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
Edited By: John W Leonard
L R Hamersly & Company
One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1908
There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical :
Google Books: Read Online or Download

"Men and Women of America"
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
L R Hamersly & Company
One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1910
Copyright 1909 By
L R Hamersly & Company, New York
There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical
Read Online or Download

"The American Bar"
The Professional Directoy of
Lawyers of the World
Sarah Livermore: Editor
Sixty-Second Annual Edition: 1980
Published by:
Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates, Inc
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Please use this link for the Missouri Section

"Professional Criminals of America"
By
Thomas Byrnes
Inspector of Police and Chief of Detectives: New York City
Cassell & Company, Limited
739 & 741 Broadway, New York
Copyright, 1886 By Thomas Brynes
The Index is Here
Read Online or Download [FS]

"Who's What and Why in Missouri: 1959"
Published by
Historical Record Association
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
There is no TOC or Index
The Biographies are listed Alphabetically in the Book
Family Search has the Book: Use This Link

More Books for Dunklin County
Senath Centennial, Dunklin, Missouri, 1892

History of Dunklin County: 1845-1895, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1896, Mary F Smyth-Davis
Please Use this Link, There is no Index, but the Bios are Alpha arranged

Dunklin County Historical Society, Vols I & II, Thrower Printing Co., Kennett, MO
Family Search Books: Please use this Link
Table of Contents lists the 'Sketches'

Centennial History of Missouri, S J Clarke,, 1921 - Vols I & II
[Biographies are in Vol II

There are also Biographies in the following History.
"Goodspeed's history of southeast Missouri : embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron: Published: 1888"
Here Are The Extracted Pages for Dunklin County

Memorial sketches of pioneers and early residents of southeast Missouri


Miscellaneous Missouri Historical Information: Pioneers ~ Native American's
Historic Missourians, Towns and Forts, and...
George Caleb Bingham ~ Old Settler's Association: 1897
"Gone but not forgotton" ~ Missouri Pioneer Site
The Forts of Missouri ~ Missouri History - Provincial Period
Native American Tribes in Missouri

"Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records"; 30 Volumes
Created by:
Hodges, Nadine ~ Vineyard, John, Mrs. ~ Woodruff, Audrey Lee Wagner, 1913 - 1996
[Books - FS Catalog - Log In, Search: Use Nadine Hodges ]

Here is the Vol which contains information for Dunklin County
All Vols are pdf and searchable
Vol: 29
They are all available in the FS Catalog: Please use this link.


MO State Archives: Quick Links
Census Records and Tax Lists
Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Records
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1970
Missouri State Penitentiary Database
Fillable Six-Generation Family Tree Poster
Timeline of Missouri History


"What's New"
3 June 2025

"Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association"
by: Missouri State Medical Association
Issues: January 1904 - December 2000 [Archived]
Link to all of the Issues

In an effort to make this interesting set of Medical Journals
available for Missouri Genealogical and Historical Researchers, I am
trying to figure out how the Content is structured and what might be
the best way of presentation.

There are 97 issues on the Archive.org Site. All of which can be viewed, searched and downloaded.
Volumes 1-49 (June 1904-1952) of the Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association
and
 50-97 (1953-2000) of Missouri Medicine are available online.

The best way to inspect the Content is to take a look at an Index.
Here are the Index pages for the 1904 Issue:
https://archive.org/details/journal1190miss/page/718/mode/2up

Genealogocal Research always includes the search for both Biographies and Obituaries.
Fortunately for us, these Journals have both!
But... over the years, the Editors change the way they are listed.
The first 5 or 6 years have Obituaries listed on Page Numbers, no names in the Index.

About 1908 or 1909, They began listing Obits by Name in the Index, Like This:
https://archive.org/details/journal6190miss/page/827/mode/1up

A generic Search: 'Obituary' will bring up Items
https://ia903108.us.archive.org/17/items/journal1719miss/journal1719miss.pdf

A generic Search: 'Deceased' will bring up Items
https://ia903108.us.archive.org/17/items/journal1719miss/journal1719miss.pdf

Individual Searches for Names will always work.
"Jones", for Instance [Without the Quotes
https://ia903108.us.archive.org/17/items/journal1719miss/journal1719miss.pdf

In the later years, the Medical Journals did not contain many full Obituaries,
instead they included what I call "Embellished Death Notices" under the heading "In Memoriam":

 Like This
Barbara Spies, MD, 73,
Louisburg, KS, died November 9,1996. Dr. Spies graduated fromthe University of Kansas Medical
School in 1952, interned at Menorah Hospital, practiced in Kansas. From 1978 until she
retired in June of 1987, she practiced in Louisburg.
January 1997 Issue

The Missouri Journals also have Membership Information, County Rosters, Changes of Address
and "News Items" which are always interesting.

Using the Tutorial I have written will give you an idea on how to use the
valuable files on the Archive Site.
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Medical directories:

"Medical and Surgical Directory
of The United States"
R L Polk & Co, Publishers,
Here are the pages for 1886

"Medical and Surgical Register
of The United States"
R L Polk, Publishers,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago
Here are the pages for 1890

Also Included is the following collection of data:
Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards.
Medical Corps of the United States Navy
Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards.
Here are the Military Pages for 1886 and 1890

Note:
There are more Medical Registers: Scroll Down
'Polk's medical register and directory of North America'
by R.L. Polk, Publishers
There are quite a few:
Years: 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1917
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As I was cleaning up the old Dunklin Files, I did a bit of searching for additional Resources;
Here are Miscellaneous Items from the Family Search Catalog:
This Link may be used to access 'Dunklin Only' films and files in the FS Catalog
Be sure to click on the little right pointing arrow.

The FS Historical Image has 'Parish and Probate Record Films'
The Chart Below lists the Film Numbers



Queries and Lookups:
The New County Coordinator will be happy to receive any notes regarding Volunteers:

Queries
It appears that there is not a mail list for Dunklin County,
Please Check Cyndi's list.

Lookups:

I have access to the following Subscription
Database [Library Editions]
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank]
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha [Volunteer for Lookups]

'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections