The History Of Johnson County Missouri

By: Kansas City Historical Company, Pub. 1881, Reprinted 2018, 999 pages, New Index, Hard Cover, ISBN #0-89308-615-0. Johnson County was created in 1834 from Lafayette County. It is located on the western side of the state with the Santa Fe Trail passing right through it. This area of Missouri saw its fair share of pioneer settlers coming from the East in search of new lands and prosperioty. Many of whom came from AL, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV, along with the countries of England, Germany, Ireland, Prussia, Scotland & Switzerland. This book is filled with hundreds of Biographical sketches give such information as marriages, births, deaths, divorces, occupation, military service, education, previous residence, names of siblings, names of parents & grandparents along with their residences current & previous, names of spouces parents and their residence, in some instances a physical description of the biographee, and many, many other useful tidbits of information that can help the family historian.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Few infantry regiments in the Civil War compiled a more distinguished record than the Fifth Missouri. The unique blending of fiery Irish Confederates from St. Louis with rural pro-Southern Missourians forged an unshakable esprit de corps, making the unit the crack infantry regiment in the western sector. Most of Colonel James C. McCown's troops were young men in their 20s, and their good health and physical conditioning allowed them to carry out their "shock" missions throughout the region. From the perspective of the common soldiers and the unit's leaders the activities and battles of the Fifth Missouri are recounted here.