Scope and Contents Approximately 130 documents from the Biswell family of Randolph and Linn Counties in Missouri. It includes letters, financial documents, and military papers from the early 1800s, and newspapers containing family obituaries. Of particular interest are the letters written by brothers Jonathan and Norvell Biswell on their way to, and while in, the California gold fields, 1850-1852. Of the six series, the Gold Rush letters, Series 1, are the most frequently used as they convey the story of a...

Scope and Contents Archives of Corporal Dix Post No 22, Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1934 and of its Auxiliaries: Corporal Dix Post Number 14, Woman's Relief Corps, Kirksville Camp Number 119, Sons of Veterans and Captain T. C. Harris Camp Number 41, Sons of Veterans. The collection contains the Grand Army of the Republic membership applications, and miscellaneous (for example, G.A.R. annual encampments from 1883-1925), but by no means comprehensive, records for all four organizations; also some member...

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Personal military and pension records and documents created by John M. Davis as Company Commander, Company H, 63rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Bi-monthly muster rolls contain enrollment, discharge, promotions and other status changes for all company members December 1861 through December 1863.

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Records of Adair County's Militia units: Muster Roll, Provisional Detailed Company, 86th Regiment of Enrolled Militia of Missouri, July-August 1864; Pay Records for 86th Regiment, Organized Missouri Militia, April-May 1874; Pay Records for 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia, May 1874; Pay Records for Simler's Company, Adair Co Militia, April-May 1874.

Scope and Contents Enlistment forms completed by the United States Army Recruiting Officer from information provided by prospective soldiers who enrolled at the Kirksville Recruiting Station during World War I. There are two types of forms included in this collection, an enlistment record and what appears to be the record of the recruit's physical exam; neither form is labeled and there are different versions of each. None of the versions asks for exactly the same set of personal information, but common to all...