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List of Linn County Records Available at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, Columbia

Information about the collection is available here

Center Presbyterian Church, Linn County, Missouri, Records, 1891-1914 (C1348)
Brief history of the church, session minutes, rolls of elders and deacons, roll of members, and roll of children baptized.
Cornett Family, Papers, 1847-1981 (C3808)
5.1 linear feet
Papers of the Cornett family of rural Linn County, MO, including William and Martha; their children, Bracy, Winifred, Jo Lee; and Carl; and Martha's family, the Moores and Roots. The family correspondence, farm records, photographs, and records of the Moore School document the social, cultural, and agricultural life of a northern Missouri family and the teaching careers of two of their daughters.

Moffett Family Papers, c. 1880s-1985 (C3846)

5 folders

INTRODUCTION

Papers of the Moffett family of Linn County, Missouri, farmers and merchants who migrated from Kentucky and Illinois around 1840. The papers consist of some correspondence relating to family genealogy, family photographs, wedding invitations, and a typescript family genealogy written in 1985.

Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Missouri, C. G. Harker Post No. 88, Meadville, Missouri, Records, 1883-1907 (C2469)

INTRODUCTION

Membership record book of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Meadville, Missouri.

DONOR INFORMATION

The G.A.R., C. G. Harker Post No. 88 Records were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Larry Dunphy on 21 April 1964 (SHS Accession No. 52).

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The membership record book of the C. G. Harker Post No. 88 of the Grand Army of the Republic at Meadville, Missouri, lists name, age, birthplace, residence, occupation, brief service record, and membership status of members of the Linn County, Missouri, post for the period 1883-1907.

Marceline Coordinated Welfare Council, Marceline, Missouri, Records (SUNP2848)
Record books of the Council, 1950-1980, include minutes of meetings, financial records, correspondence, and newspaper clippings; and a 1952 scrapbook documenting activities of Council organizations.
Brookfield College Advertisement, 1897 (C2845)
1 folder(s)
Broadside advertising Brookfield College at Brookfield, MO. Board $2 per week. Piano or organ lessons and bookkeeping, free to all students. H.M. Reaser, president.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Lodge No. 634, Records, 1916-1932 (C0885)
2 folder(s)
The recording secretary's books for Lodge 634 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in Brookfield, MO.