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Embracing Local History: Part 225 – HISTORY OF THE SPENCER–SELBY HOUSE IN KIRKSVILLE – Chapter 2 - Kirksville Daily Express (opens the original)
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CUTLINE: The Spencer house at 316 N. Franklin St. in the early years before it was remodeled. Notice that Franklin Street was not yet paved and had a hitching rack along the side. Blacksmith John J. Spencer (1820-1895) completed his grand new Kirksville home at 316 N. Franklin St. in 1875. A daughter of a later owner of the house described it this way: “It was constructed of 12-inch brick walls, with one portion made of 12-inch oak joists. The house was constructed of brick with a rock foundatio
Embracing Local History: Part 223 – NEWTON ANDREW BAYLOR, KIRKSVILLE MERCHANT – Chapter 3 - Kirksville Daily Express (opens the original)
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Last week, we left Newton Baylor having sold his dry goods store in Kirksville and entering the coal mining business in northwest Adair County. But, this was short lived. In early February 1886, "The Kirksville Graphic" reported, "John Whitehead & Son of Pennsylvania purchased the Crebston coal mines owned by N. A. Baylor for $9,000 cash." The Crebston coal mines went on to produce a high quality of coal which commanded a good price in Adair County. In February 1887, the "Unionville Republican"
Embracing Local History: Part 220 – LT. REV. CLAUDE F. ACREE WRITES HOME FROM WWI – Chapter 2 - Kirksville Daily Express (opens the original)
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As we learned last week, Rev. Claude F. Acree (1885-1967), Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Kirksville, enlisted in WW I in 1918 as a chaplain and was sent to France after his basic training. He often wrote to his church congregation and to friends in Kirksville from France, and some of these letters were published in Kirksville newspapers. One of Rev. Acree's friends was Ralph Miller Pickell (1869-1954) who was a lawyer and police judge in Kirksville before he later started Pickell Abstrac
Embracing Local History: Part 219 – LT. REV. CLAUDE F. ACREE WRITES HOME FROM WW I – Chapter 1 - Kirksville Daily Express (opens the original)
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Rev. Claude F. Acree (1885-1967) was born on Christmas Day 1885 in Piney Township of Oregon County, Missouri. This county is on the southern border of Missouri adjoining Arkansas. His parents were James Ferdinand Acree (1856-1916) and Nancy (Paschall) Acree (1856-1920) who came from Arkansas to Missouri as farmers. Claude was the youngest of five siblings who grew up in the rugged Ozark hill country of southern Missouri. Early in life, he developed the ambition to become a minister of the Gospel
Embracing Local History: Part 218 – LIFE OF LONGTIME ADAIR COUNTY PHYSICIAN, DR. ABRAHAM PETER WILLIARD – CHAPTER 3 - Kirksville Daily Express (opens the original)
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After his harrowing experience during the Battle of Kirksville on August 6, 1862, Dr. A. P. Williard repaired his drug store and continued his medical practice as life returned to normal in Adair County. In December of that year, he married Mary Elizabeth Wilson (1843-1919) whose family lived in Salt River Township of Adair County near the village of Wilsontown. In 1866, their only child, daughter Nettie, was born in Kirksville. The Williard family would eventually own several properties and far
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