By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Pub. 1889, Reprinted 2018; 652 pages, New Index, Soft Cover, ISBN #089308-875-7 The original book was divided into two main sections, The first being the histories of the various counties while the second section concentrated it efforts onto the biographical sketches of the families of these counties. Our reprint only includes the biographical section with a New 107 page Index. This book conatins more than 794 biographical sketches, including some 4,300 additional family members. Also found in this book are the names of some 12,000 other persons prominent in the early history of these nine counties.

This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the western States and Territories during the Civil War. The seventh volume in a series documenting Union army colonels, this book details the lives of officers who did not advance beyond that rank. Included for each colonel are brief biographical excerpts and any available photographs, many of them published for the first time.