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OF

RAY COUNTY, MO,

CAREFULLY WRITTEN AND COMPILED

FROM THE

MOST AUTHENTIC OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES,

INCLUDING A HISTORY OF ITS

Townships, City, Towns and Villages,

TOGETHER WITH

A CONDENSED HISTORY OF MISSOURI; THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND STATE OF MISSOURI; A MILITARY RECORD OF ITS VOLUNTEERS IN EITHER
ARMY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS;
MISCELLANY; REMINISCENCES, GRAVE, TRAGIC AND HUMOROUS;
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT MEN AND CITIZENS
IDENTIFIED WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY.