Iron County Historical Society Newsletter - Spring 2014

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Iron County Historical Society Newsletter
Spring 2014
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 183
Ironton, MO 63650
E-Mail: [email protected]


Iron County Historical Society
Founded 1974

Museum Address
Whistle Junction Train Depot
Highway 21, Arcadia, MO
Website: www.rootsweb.com/~moichs
Telephone: (573) 546-3513

NOTE CHANGE --Next Meeting: 2 p.m., Sunday, April 27th
First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Knob & Reynolds, Ironton
~ Program ~
Members Historical Show & Tell
~Refreshments by ~
Arcadia Valley Woman’s Study Club



John Abney
Hello again! Let me start my column by reminding you
that, because of Easter, our Annual Meeting and
elections will take place on April 27
th
(see above).

For those that haven’t heard, we lost another one of our
members this past quarter, Loren DePew. A memorial
to Loren is included on the next page.

As we start another new membership year, I hope you
will take the time to read the message from your Board
of Directors that begins on page 2. As always we need
your help, whether it be in the form of your tax
deductible donation; an article for the newsletter;
serving as an officer or Board member; or working a
shift or two at the museum. Plus, we need your ideas
too!

Newsletter Editor, Carolyn Sheehy, is planning
something special for the Fall edition of the newsletter.
It will be sent out a month early in time for the activities
surrounding the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Pilot
Knob. I mention it now as Carolyn needs YOUR help.
See page 3 for the details on what you can do.

I hope to see as many of you as possible at our Annual
Meeting on the 27
th
. Don’t forget it’s our Annual
Members Show & Tell program, so if you have
something you would like to share, bring it with you!


President’s Message
Museum Director’s Report
Wilma Cofer
New Accessions: Several publications for our
research library; photos of the Johnson, Russell and
Jones Families, all donated by Barbara Danielson of
Calgary, Alberta.
Also 2 old milk bottles, one from Murphy’s Dairy,
donated by Ozeline Dennison Standley.
An old Ironton High School carnival ticket dated Oct.
30, 1948, belonging to Loretta Reed Graham.
Donations / Memorials Received: Donations in the
amount of $306 and Memorials for Loren DePew in the
amount of $70.
Visitors: Dec- 26 visitors from 2 states;
Jan- 34 visitors from 2 states and Canada; and
Feb – 48 visitors from 2 states.

Membership Chairman’s Report
Wilma Cofer
We currently have 95 members and six exchange
members.
New member(s): Scott House, Cape Girardeau, MO;
Carolyn Keathley McBurney, Mudelein, IL; Judith Huff,
Pilot Knob, MO; Deborah Keathley Wight, Fort Wayne,
IN; Florence Finfgeld, Henry, IL; and Carol Kelsheimer,
Arcadia, MO.



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In Memoriam – Loren DePew

With great sadness, we are sorry to report the passing of Loren Lowell DePew. Loren was an active member of
the historical society for many years and served in multiple positions including assistant museum director, vice
president and president. Loren spent 22 years in the United States Army and after his retirement from the
military, he spent a number of years in Alaska working as a carpentry foreman on the construction of the Alaska
Pipleline. Many will remember Loren and his wife, Nancy, from their 20 years of ownership of the Kozy
Korner Café in Ironton. Besides his service to the historical society, Loren also served on the Board of the K of
P Cemetery. Many of us remember the Loren’s stories of his days in the Army and his years in Alaska.
To honor Loren’s memory, the Board of Directors have set up a special memorial fund in Loren’s name. If you
would like to donate to this fund, you can either mail your contribution to the mailing address on page 1 of this
newsletter or you can donate securely on-line by clicking on the “donate” button at our website:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moichs/.



New Membership Year – Time to Look Back, Time to Look Forward
by Your Iron County Historical Society Board of Directors

As we get ready to start a new membership year, we thought it might be a good time to review the past year and look
forward to the challenges facing us in the new year. We were quite fortunate this past year in that 2013 saw the
publication of “A Celebration Worth Remembering” and its sales have helped to keep us “in the black” this year. Carolyn
Sheehy started out with an idea to reprint the cookbook from Iron County’s Centennial Celebration in 1957 and, over
time, it grew into the book that many of you own today. Complete with pictures from the event as well its history, we
thank Carolyn for all of her hard work. We also want to thank all of the individuals, businesses, and organizations that
contributed to the cost of its publication. And, if you don’t own a copy, it’s NOT too late to get one, just see the
publications list on page 9 to see how to get your copy.

This past year also saw an overhaul of the historical society’s website. Website Administrator, Marcine Lohman,
continues to volunteer her considerable talents and time and has given the website a professional and fresh new look. We
also continue to add items to our Virtual Museum there too. If you haven’t been there, please take a look at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moichs/. At the same time, we created a PayPal account which allows anyone to
make secure donations on-line (with or without their own PayPal account) at our website.

We worked with the Missouri State Archives and Southeast Missouri State University this past year and now a number of
items have been digitized including the John Albert Undertaking Business ledger
(http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mdh_splash/default.asp?coll=johnalbertledger) and Peter Ake’s Civil War diary
(http://library.semo.edu:2008/cdm/compoundobject/collection/Civil_War/id/1042).

Our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/IronCountyHistoricalSocietyMO?ref=hl turned a year old on March 17
th

and we now have over 360 followers. John Abney tries to add at least one item a week to the page and it also has links to
our website and video presentations created on the Society’s YouTube page.

This year, besides celebrating the 40
th
anniversary of the founding of the historical society, we will participate in the
activities related to the 150
th
anniversary of the Battle of Pilot Knob. If you haven’t already marked your calendars, the
reenactment will take place on the weekend of September 27
th
and 28
th
with other scheduled events beginning as early as
September 20
th
. Go to http://arcadiavalley.biz/Battle%20of%20Pilot%20Knob%20Reenactment/index.htm for more
information.


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Our biggest challenge continues to be how to produce the revenues we need to continue operating. Our annual expenses
run about an average of $4,252 while our average revenues are $4,101 (note these are three year averages from April 2010
- March 2013.) By operating “so close to the edge”, we have to squeeze every penny so hard that President Lincoln
screams. And, while there’s nothing wrong with fiscal responsibility, it doesn’t leave us with any extra funds to support
new programs within the Society or to support worthy projects to preserve Iron County’s rich history. If there’s any way
that you can help us with your donation to help support the day to day operations of the Society, it would really be
appreciated. Remember, as a registered 501(c)(3) organization, your donations to the Iron County Historical Society are
tax deductible. As always, we appreciate donations of any size. Thank you!


Your Iron County Civil War Stories Needed


The Fall edition of our
newsletter will be devoted to
publishing articles on how the
Civil War impacted Iron
County and the people that
were there at the time.
Newsletter Editor, Carolyn
Sheehy, and I are hoping that
those with “Iron County”
stories from the Civil War will
be able to help us out.

No matter which side your
family was on, life here during
the war was difficult to
impossible. We hope to
capture some of these first
person accounts that have been
passed down over the
generations. If you have one
about an Iron County ancestor
that was impacted by the war,
we would like to hear from
you.

The only requirement is that it
had to have happened in Iron
County. If you have such a
story, please contact me (John
Abney) at [email protected]
and thanks for your help!

Pilot Knob, Mo. and Vicinity, ca. 1865, Record Group 77, National Archives
and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

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Editor’s note: We are pleased to publish the first part of a two-part article on Civil War soldier, Robert Payne Byrd
submitted by Iron County Historical Society member, Dr. Kenneth E. Byrd of Indianapolis, IN. As always, we welcome
these submissions and hope that other members will consider submitting their stories as well.

Robert Payne Byrd
by Kenneth E. Byrd, Ph.D.
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During the 1850 Federal census taken for District No. 8, Stewart County, TN, Robert Payne Byrd was still living at home
with his parents and sisters. His older brother, William Carroll Byrd, had left for Wayne County, MO by that time.
Sometime between the 1850 census and his marriage to Mary Catherine Callaway in Arcadia, Iron County, MO
on September 25, 1857, Robert Payne Byrd had moved to Missouri. His older brother, William Carroll, lived close-by,
near Brunot in Wayne (later Iron) County.
Sometime after his marriage, Robert Payne Byrd moved to Fredericktown, in Liberty Township of Madison County, MO;
he and his wife Catherine were listed as living here in the Federal census taken on June 14, 1860 (page 55, dwelling #400,
family #400). Interestingly, he apparently gave his place of birth as Kentucky rather than the correct Tennessee. His
older brother William Carroll Byrd, living near Brunot in now Iron County, MO also gave his place of birth as Kentucky
in the 1860 census -- perhaps a reflection of the increasing tensions between the Federal government and traditional slave
states during this time?
Tensions increased as war broke out between North and South; Missouri became the focus of both Confederate and
Federal efforts to consolidate their respective territories. An early battle in Missouri occurred at Fredericktown, in
Madison County, MO on October 21, 1861 between Missouri State Guards forces led by Brigadier General M. Jeff
Thompson and Federal soldiers directed by Colonel Joseph B. Plummer (under overall command of new Brigadier
General Ulysses S. Grant stationed in Cairo, Illinois). After the battle, Federal soldiers -- led by the 1st Indiana Cavalry --
angry at not having been warned by locals in Fredericktown about the ambush successfully executed against them that
day, took out their anger on the civilian populace and burned about 12 houses. In addition, all stores in Fredericktown
were looted and damaged by rampaging Federal soldiers. Local blacks, both slave and freemen, were taken away by the
vindictive Yankees. What actual impact all of this had on Robert Payne and Catherine Byrd is currently not known; they
were undoubtedly aware that Payne's older brother, William Carroll Byrd, had lost all of his livestock to foraging Federal
soldiers sent to Brunot during August, 1861 by then Colonel U.S. Grant in order to punish Southern sympathizers.
Another critical factor in Payne deciding to join the Confederate Army may have been the implementation of a series of
General Orders by the Federal commanders in Missouri: in June of 1862, General John M. Schofield ordered that a fine of
$5,000 be levied on Southern sympathizers for every Federal soldier or pro-Union citizen killed in their vicinity. Then,
on July 22, 1862, General Schofield issued General Order No. 19 which ordered all able-bodied Missourians to report for
service in the Federal army within six days -- thus effectively forcing any neutral Missourians to choose between the
Union and the Confederacy. All the above were possible influences on Robert Payne Byrd and his subsequent actions
described below.
Apparently Robert Payne and Catherine Byrd owned property in the town of Ironton, Iron County, MO as indicated by an
Iron County land deed dated July 14, 1862. As recorded in this deed, Payne and Catherine Byrd sold lot No. 5 in block
No. 38 of Ironton to a certain Jacob Howel (sic) for the amount of $50. Shortly after that, Robert Payne Byrd traveled
south from Ironton to Oregon County, MO where, according to his CSA service records, he was enlisted in Company
(Co.) F of Colonel James White's 3rd (later 9th) Missouri Infantry, CSA on August 2, 1862 by T.H. Turner. This

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Ken is an Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, [email protected], Dept.
of Anatomy, MS-5035, Indiana School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120.

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enlistment may have taken place at CSA Camp Brewer in Oregon County under the aegis of the following members of
Co. F: Captain Thomas Lashley, 1st Lieutenant Daniel Lorenius (Lanius?), 2nd Lieutenant John M Pease, and 3rd
Lieutenant Abner Hancock -- this info from the CSA pension of Pvt. Richard Callison described below.
According to Jerry Ponder, the author of “The 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.” and the “12th Missouri Infantry
Regiment, C.S.A.” (1996), recruitment likely occurred at headquarters established at Fort Current view on the Missouri -
Arkansas border at Pitman Ferry. Again according to Jerry Ponder, a confusing situation arose when Lieutenant-Colonel
Willis M. Ponder resigned from White's 3rd/9th Missouri Infantry during March, 1862 and formed another regiment of his
own during July of 1862 -- it appears likely that Robert Payne Byrd was in this unit, also called the 9th Missouri Infantry,
commanded by Willis M. Ponder. Active training and drills took place at Camp Shaver, near Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Arkansas. Ponder's 9th Missouri Infantry then moved to Izard County, Arkansas during September, 1862 for
additional training. During reorganization at Yellville, Arkansas on November 14, 1862, Ponder's 9th Missouri Infantry
was redesignated the 12th Missouri Infantry, C.S.A. A composite muster roll for this unit given by Jerry Ponder (1996)
lists Private R.P. Byrd in Co. F, Ponder's 12th Missouri Infantry; in the same company is listed Captain D.J. Lanius and
Privates Richardson Collison (sic) and Jacob Howell -- probably the same person who bought the lot in Ironton from
Payne and Catherine Byrd.
Pvt. Robert Payne Byrd, Co. F, White's 9th and/or Ponder's 12th Missouri Infantry may have participated in the bloody
Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas on December 7, 1862 -- his Confederate service records are not clear on this account. It
is known, however, that one of the men listed as belonging to his Company F, Pvt. Richard Callison, was badly wounded
on that day according to his Missouri State Confederate Pension documents: "I received a gunshot wound in the battle of
Prairie Grove, Ark......in my left arm between the wrist and elbow, which fractured one of the bones of my forearm." Don
Montgomery's history of the Battle of Prairie Grove (1996) describes Lieutenant-Colonel Willis Ponder's 9th Missouri
Infantry as part of Parson's Brigade in Major-General Thomas C. Hindman's Army of the Trans-Mississippi. Brigadier
General Mosby M. Parson's brigade was within the 3rd Division of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, commanded by
Brigadier General Daniel M. Frost. On December 7, 1862, Ponder’s 9th Missouri Infantry had approximately 476 men,
armed with an assortment of different rifled and smooth-bore muskets.
Parson's Brigade was deployed between Roane's and Shaver's Brigades on the western end of the Prairie Grove battlefield
to counter the attack of Federal Brigadier General James G. Blunt; this onslaught began at approximately 3:00 p.m. in the
vicinity of the Morton House. The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Missouri Infantries in Parson's Brigade met the Federals head-
on and not only stopped their advance, but pushed them down the hill into the hayfield below. Federal artillery support
proved the difference as the shattered Rebel lines withdrew back to the wooded hill crest they came from. Wounded men
from both sides who had crawled inside haystacks were burnt alive by shells that had been fired into them. Michael
Banasik, in his book Embattled Arkansas, the Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862 (1996), describes Ponder's 9th Missouri
Infantry, along with Steen's and Pindall's men, charging across Morton's hayfield towards the Yankee artillery thusly:
"....twelve guns, double shotted with grape and canister, swept great holes through the Rebel column. Parsons' men
staggered back like drunken men, then rallied and pushed on again. The Federal cannons fired. They belched forth death
and destruction to their compact ranks a second time. Again they wavered, but only for a moment. Men mad with
powdered whiskey and the sight of blood filled the depleted ranks and came on again. Again the command "Fire!" Steen's
men would not stop, but Ponder's command faltered."
Not only was Pvt. Robert Payne Byrd's comrade, Pvt. Richard Callison, likely wounded at this time, but also Co. F's
Captain Thomas Lashley; Captain Lashley later died of his wounds at Little Rock, AR on January 20, 1863. Confederate
casualties at the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862 have been estimated at 204 killed, 872 wounded, and 407
missing (total of 1,483); Federal casualties were 175 killed, 808 wounded, and 250 missing (total of 1,233). Both sides
described hungry pigs devouring the dead and not-yet dead/wounded on the battlefield after the guns ceased firing. If
actually present that day, Pvt. Robert Payne Byrd was one of the fortunate participants.
To be Continued…

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Social Welfare in Missouri and the Iron County
Poor Farm (Part 2 of 3)
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By John M. Abney
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The contract or lease system was one of two main
methods for the operation of almshouses or poor
farms in Missouri, with the direct management by
county officials through the hiring of a
superintendent being the other method.
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Iron
County managed what would become known as the
“county farm” through the lease system, with
Thomas Boarer (or Braver) being selected as the
first superintendant on 15 January 1889. A
complete list of superintendents is shown in Table 1
below:

Iron County Farm Superintendents 1889 -
1945
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Name Date Appointed
Thomas Boarer 15 January 1889
Eli DePew 9 March 1893
Thomas Talley 8 January 1894
William DePew 8 January 1895
R. C. Love 10 March 1898
P. M. Anderson 7 November 1903
W. T. Keathley 1 March 1912
W. W. Keathley 1 March 1938
Fred A. Moyer 1 March 1944
A. W. Moyer 1 March 1945
Table 1

Under the lease system, the almshouse or poor farm

was leased to an operator or superintendent who
took care of the farm and furnished full
maintenance for all the inmates for a stipulated
amount per inmate per month. Another method
was to lease the farm at an annual rate to the
highest bidder. The lessee agreed to furnish
board for the inmates at a stated figure per
month, and was allowed to keep any surplus
produce which he produced. Other items of
maintenance were furnished by the county….
The chief qualification considered by the

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Continued from Winter 2014 edition which is now available
on the Iron County Historical Society’s Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/IronCountyHistoricalSocietyMO
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[email protected], 3792Highway F, Annapolis, MO 63620
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Clarence R. Keathley, The Almshouse as a System of Public
Welfare with Special Reference to Iron County (file 71-6, n.d.,
Iron County Historical Society) 2.
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Ibid., 5.
County Court in the selection of the
superintendent was his ability as a farmer. Less
emphasis was placed on professional training
and experience of the superintendent.

Management of the County Almshouse in
Missouri was primarily a family affair. The
family of the superintendent, in most instances,
constituted the administrative staff and
responsibility for the operation of the farm and
the care of the inmates became the duty of the
superintendent and his wife. In a number of
instances the superintendent’s children also
assisted with the work, but did not receive
compensation from the county.
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The longest serving superintendent at the Iron
County Farm was William T. Keathley who served
in that position from 1912 through his retirement in
1937.
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His son, Clarence R. Keathley, provided a
fascinating description of not only the farm itself
and its amenities, but also of the people who lived
and, in some cases, died there. When his father
William T. Keathley first leased the County Farm:

He paid $165 annual rent on the farm and
received $8.95 for each inmate per month to
feed, clothe and care for them…. When we
lived on the County Farm, the buildings
included a two-story frame house for the
superintendent’s family, later replaced by a
cobblestone house; a two-story frame house for
the inmates with four rooms on the first floor
and five rooms on the second floor, including
one smaller room for mental inmates….

Other amenities included a spring house,
smokehouse, chicken house, barn, an outside
toilet for the superintendent’s family and outside
toilets for the inmates…. We had a wall
telephone and were on a party line. There was
no electricity, radio, television, inside plumbing
or running water….

During the 25 years our father was
superintendent, 100 inmates were sent to the

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Ibid., 3 – 4.
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Clarence R. Keathley, When There Really was a “Poor
House,” The Ozarks Mountaineer, March – April 1991, 42.
The retirement date may have been 1938 as shown in Table 1,
also provided by Mr. Keathley.

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county farm by the Iron County Court. The
general reasons shown for sending them to the
county farm were: lack of income, old age and
misfortune. They could care for themselves no
longer and had no relative to care for them.
Twenty-three were classed as feeble-minded
and 29 were classed as insane. Some of these
were transferred to the county farm from State
Hospital No. 4 at Farmington, Mo., (mental
hospital) when it was deemed that they needed
custodial care only….

All but two of the inmates were white. Sixty-
three were male and 37 were female…. During
the 25 year period there were 37 deaths. Almost
all of them were buried in the cemetery on the
county farm. The superintendent and sons dug
the graves and buried the inmates in caskets
provided by the Iron County Court. Sometimes
neighbors would help with the burials. No
markers or headstones were placed at the graves
except possibly a native stone.
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Ibid., 42 – 43.

Inmates’ residence at the Iron County Poor Farm.
The little boy in the foreground is Allen Ray
Keathley, son of Clarence R. Keathley. Picture
courtesy of the Iron County Historical Society.

Mr. Keathley went on to describe life on the farm:

Our mother and her daughters cooked all the
food for the inmates as well as for our family,



















Map of the Iron County Poor Farm
drawn by Clarence R. Keathley in 1985

Map courtesy of the Iron County
Historical Society

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and the menus were essentially the same for
everyone. There were usually 12 to 14 inmates
in residence at the county farm at all times and
our own large family of 13 people meant that
large amounts of food were prepared three
times a day. Cooking was done on a big cast
iron stove. The evening meal was usually
cornbread, rice, or mush with milk and
butter….

The weekly laundry was another family
activity. Laundry was done for both our family
and the inmates, but it was my brothers and
sisters and I who carried buckets of water about
50 yards from the well attached to the front
porch to the black wash kettle over a fire in the
back yard. The boiled clothing was then
transferred to several large wash tubs, scrubbed
down on wash boards using homemade lye
soap and P&G soap bought at the store.
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While the conditions at the Iron County Poor Farm
were reported as good, it’s not known how these
conditions compared to those of other county poor
farms and almshouses in the state. What is readily
apparent, however, is that, “The superintendents of
the almshouses and their families were called upon
to perform an impossible task when they were
expected to look after a farm and to provide
satisfactory living conditions for a group which
might include insane, feebleminded, aged, sick and
other individuals who need special care.”
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Without
state regulation, nonexistent at the time, it’s no
wonder that as late as 1900, “cases were cited of the
insane in chains, handcuffs, tied with ropes, and
kept in dark and unsanitary cells. In one almshouse,
one insane person had been in chains for fifteen
years, one for seven, and one for three years.”
10


Through the first half of the 19
th
century, counties
were largely responsible for administering and
financing the poor laws mainly through the use of
outdoor (direct relief), though by the middle of the
century this had begun to change.
11
As with the
almshouses, where the counties were shifting from

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Ibid.
9
Fern Boan, A History of Poor Relief Legislation and
Administration in Missouri (Chicago: The University of
Chicago Press, 1941), 86.
10
Ibid., 84
11
Ibid., 95.
outdoor to indoor (institutional) relief, the state was
moving in that direction as well.
12


The first group to benefit from this change was the
insane. Missouri’s first state hospital for the insane
was opened in Fulton in 1847. Eventually three
more would be added, (St. Joseph in 1874, Nevada
in 1887, and Farmington in 1903).
13
Initially called
lunatic asylums, the name was changed in 1901 to
State Hospitals for the Insane and finally the word
“insane” was dropped from their titles in 1903.
14

While the care of some patients in these facilities
were paid for by the federal government (e.g.,
soldiers), some by the state (e.g., state prisoners),
and some by private means, the vast majority of the
patients in these facilities were “county patients”
and it was the counties that paid for their care.
15

Besides state prisoners, the state’s financial
responsibility was limited to the construction and
management of the facilities as well as paying the
salaries of their employees.

The next groups to benefit from institutionalized
care were deaf children when the Missouri School
for the Deaf was opened in Fulton in 1851 and blind
children when the Missouri School for the Blind
opened in St. Louis in 1855.
16
Unlike the insane,
however, the state bore much of the costs associated
with both groups of these students.
17
“It is not
clear just what expenses the county was to pay, but
it was evidently not maintenance, for as late as
1893, the statement was made that the [deaf] school
was the most expensive charity maintained by the
state and that there was no reason why the counties
should not pay for maintenance as they did in the
case of the insane.”
18
In the case of the poor from
both groups, the county could only be billed a small
amount, essentially just enough to cover costs
associated with suitable clothing and
transportation.
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12
Ibid.
13
Ibid., 95 – 96.
14
Ibid., 96.
15
Ibid., 96-97.
16
Ibid., 106.
17
Ibid., 107.
18
Ibid.
19
Ibid
To be continued…

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IRON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650
(order from above address)

Title / Author Publication Details / Cost
A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook (Reprint of Centennial
Cookbook with additional materials and photographs)
Soft cover, coil bound.
192 pgs. $15.00 plus $4.00 S&H
CENTENNI AL: I ronton, Missouri, May 30 – J une 2, 1957

Reprint, soft cover, comb bound.
58 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H
Dorothy Reese: Ironton/Arcadia Valley’s Cheerleader, Historical, Civic
Leader, And Teacher: A Tribute, by Randall Cox
Soft cover, comb bound. 19 pgs.
$2.00 plus $1.50 S & H
Early History of Arcadia Valley, by C. S. Russell, edited by Robert Pollock Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.
$5.00 plus $2.50 S & H
History of the 33
rd
Regiment I llinois Veteran Volunteer I nfantry in the Civil
War
Excerpts, 21 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.00
S & H
I n the Arcadia Valley

Reprint from Iron County Register
Supp ;/1800s. 50 pgs $10.00 plus
$2.50 S & H
I ron County Family, Business, and Organization Stories: A Supplement to
Past and Present
Soft cover, comb bound, photos,
195 pgs. $20.00 plus $3.50 S & H
I ron County, Missouri, Year By Year, by Clarence R. Keathley Soft cover, comb bound, maps,
photos, Ca 1984. 16 pgs. $3.00
plus $1.50 S & H
J ohn Albert Undertaking Business, 1878 – 1921

Manuscript, indexed, comb bound.
76 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H
My Perfect Life, by Robert Pollock Indexed. 147 pgs. $10.00 plus
$3.50 S & H
Past and Present – A History of I ron County 1857 – 1994
Topical/biographical history of Iron County, Missouri

Hard Bound, indexed. 434 pgs.
$49.95 plus $4.50 media rate or
$10 1
st
class priority S & H
Perpetual Diary of Capt. P. Ake Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, I ronton, MO
(A Civil War Diary covering the year 1865)
7 pgs. $2.00 plus $1.00 S & H
Readin’, ‘Ritin’ and ‘Rithmetic, A History of Schools in Iron County, MO.,
1840 – 1981, by Clarence R. Keathley
Soft cover, photos, etc. Ca. 1981.
136 pgs. $8.00 each or 2/$10.00
plus $3.50 S & H
Russell Cemetery Association Soft cover, comb bound. 33 pgs.
$5.00 plus $2.00 S & H
United States Post Offices in I ron County, Missouri, Then and Now,
by Clarence R. Keathley
Soft cover, photos, maps, Ca. 1984.
17 pgs. $3.00 plus $1.50 S & H
W. J . Hinchey Diaries, Portrait of a community during the Civil War, edited
by John and Elizabeth Holloman
Soft cover, comb bound. 73 pgs.
$10.00 plus $2.50 S & H
White Funeral Home Register, Caledonia, Missouri, 1907 – 1934

Manuscript, comb bound, indexed.
34 pgs. $6.00 plus $2.50 S & H
Witnesses to History - Stories from Park View Cemetery, by John Abney Comb bound. 101 pgs. $10.00 plus
$3.00 S & H

OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ITEMS FOR SALE
(Same address as above)
Educational Civil War Playing Cards $10.00 per deck plus S/ H if mailed
Explore Missouri Playing Cards $5.00 per deck plus S /H if mailed
150
th
Anniversary – Battle of Pilot Knob Coffee Cup $6.00 per cup plus S /H if mailed








Answers to last issue’s Who, What, Where: Who: Franz Dinger; What: Gramophone; Where: Fort Hill Church, Arcadia, MO.


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Iron County Historical Society
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Please complete form and return with membership dues of $10.00 to: Iron County Historical
Society, P.O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650. For information please call (573) 546-3513

Iron County Trivia Contest – A New twist

Time to test your Iron County trivia knowledge. If you would like play, mail your answers (with a postmark no later than
April 30th) to:
Iron County Historical Society Trivia, P. O. Box 183, Ironton, MO 63650

We will randomly draw a winner from all entries that have correctly answered ALL the questions. Your prize will be a
copy of: A Celebration Worth Remembering Cookbook - Reprint of Centennial Cookbook with additional materials and
photographs. Here are this quarter’s questions. Good luck to each of you!

Note that most, but not all answers are within the pages of Past and Present – A History of Iron County 1857 – 1994







1. On what day, month and year was the
cornerstone of the Iron County courthouse laid?
2. What rank was Ulysses S. Grant when he
arrived in Iron County in 1861?
3. What Union fort was located on Fort Hill in
Arcadia? (either name is OK)
4. What / who is the town of Vulcan named after?
5. Who was the first presiding judge of the Iron
County Court?
6. Who was the founder of the Arcadia High
School?
7. Shaverville was included as part of what new
Iron County town?
8. How did the town of Enough get its name?
9. Dr. J. C. Mincher is credited with naming this
Iron County town, which town is it?
10. Who was the first U.S. president elected after
the completion of the Iron County
courthouse?