Moniteau County, Missouri Genealogy Trails

Newspaper Articles

A little son of a Mr. Williams, residing near C_hardsburg, Moniteau county, was accidently drowned in the Moreau while fishing, a few days since.
The Quincy Whig Republican, Saturday, June 13, 1868, Page 2, [transcribed by Debbie Gibson]

Two Deaths at once from Electrical Sympathy

A few days ago, Mrs. Herman Getch, of Jamestown, Moniteau county, after lifting a kettle of hot water from the stove, had her attention called to an infant, in another part of the room, and going to it she took it in her arms to soothe and quiet. She had scarcely held the babe a moment, says the Journal, when she heard a scream, and turning, saw that another of her children, about four years old, had fallen into the kettle of hot water.

The agonized and shocked mother, quickly putting the babe in the cradle, rushed to the poor little one that had fallen in the kettle, she was too late, it had almost immediately ceased to breathe, having been burned severely inwardly.

Now comes the strange part; who will account for it? Turning to her babe again, she found it dead also! Was it the electrical sympathy of the little one's heart, along whose delicate nerves passed the subtle thrill that rent the mother's bosom, the cause that produced its death? We know not, but this seems to open a nice question to those fond of metaphysical speculations. - Hannibal (Mo.) Courier
The Quincy Daily Whig, Wednesday, March 10, 1869, Page 2[transcribed by Debbie Gibson]

Moniteau county claims to possess the largest coal bank in the world.
The Quincy Whig, Saturday, June 26, 1869, Page1, [transcribed by Debbie Gibson]