Scott County Genealogy & Historical Society

Welcome

noreply@blogger.com (Your Writer) — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 02:25:00 +0000

Welcome to the Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society Web Page. The Society’s mission is to promote an understanding of the history of Scott County, Missouri, by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting that history and its relationship to the region, State, Nation and beyond to audiences of all ages and interests.

The Society has a research room in the Benton Riverside Regional Library located on U.S. Highway 61 one block north of the Scott County Courthouse.

We invite you to visit and use this resource center. It is open on Tuesday and Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and by appointment only on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. For an appointment, please email scottcomohistory@gmail.com.

Join us for one of our regular meetings. Meeting dates, times, and locations can be found here.

Please see our membership information, books for sale, research available at the library, organization information, and newsletter information. Visit our index of Cities in Scott County or links.

Also, visit Scott County, Missouri. Scott County was founded in 1821 when Missouri became a State. It was named after John Scott the first representative from the area. Benton, its county seat, was named after Thomas Hart Benton, the first senator of Missouri.

Within our County you can enjoy the General Watkins Conservation Area, the City of Chaffee and Commerce Historical Museums, and Sikeston and Miner with their Sikeston Depot Cultural Museum.

2012 Meetings

noreply@blogger.com (Scott County Historical) — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:09:00 +0000

May 17th 2012 Meeting
Dr. William Shell of Sikeston, MO,will speak to us on the 8th Cavalry Confederate Regiment from Southeast Missouri May 17th 2012 at the Benton Riverside Regional Library at 7:30 p.m. A Business Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. Everyone one Welcome. Bring a Friend

2012 Meetings

noreply@blogger.com (Scott County Historical) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:15:00 +0000

TUESDAY NIGHT APRIL 17, 2012

BUSINESS MEETING – 7:00 P.M.

SPEAKER – 7:30 P.M.

MR. JEFFERY JAMITO

CIVIL WAR ARTIFACT EXCAVATOR

DETECTED & EXCAVATED CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS FROM

ALL OVER SE MISSOURI & THEIR ORIGINAL PURPOSE

RIVERSIDE REGIONAL LIBRARY

BENTON, MO

Everyone WELCOME

Bring a friend

2012 Meetings

noreply@blogger.com (Scott County Historical) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:29:00 +0000

The March 2012 Speaker Glen Bishop has had to cancel due to a scheduling problem.
Rick Justice from Sikeston, Mo, who is a Civil War Reenactor and Sikeston High School History Teacher will speak to us instead . See you at the Benton Riverside Regional Library at 7:00 Thursday night March 15th.

Programs for 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Scott County Historical) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:01:00 +0000

March 15th 2012
The Scott County Historical & Genealogy Society
Will host a program about the Civil War
Glen Bishop will be the speaker
Bishop has been a Civil war researcher and Lecturer for over ten years
He will speak on all sides of the effects politically, militarily and personally
on the soldiers and Families of Scott County, Mo
Everyone Welcome to Attend Bring a Friend

Library Hours

noreply@blogger.com (Scott County Historical) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000

New Hours for the Scott County Historical Society Library
will begin March 1st, 2012.
Tuesday from 1- 6 p.m.
Friday from 1-6 p.m.
Anyone wanting to make an appointment to do research contact us at scottcomohistory@gmail.com

Scott County Historical & Genealogy Society Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Scott County Historical) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000

The Scott County Historical and Geneolgy Society will hold their monthly meeting Febuary `16th 2012, Thursday at 7:00 p. m. at the Riverside Regional Library in Benton Mo. Everybody welcome and we hope to see you there.

Christmas Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:33:00 +0000

The Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society will have Chritmas get together at Ryans in Cape Girardeau on December 15th at 5:30 See President Gary Ziegler when you enter.

100th Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:05:00 +0000

The year 2012 will be the 100th Anniversary of the Scott County Courthouse.

October 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:56:00 +0000

The Scott County Historical Society
Invites you to
Join us

October 15th 2011
At the
Benton Cemetery

For the Program

“Spirits of Benton”
Introducing you to some of the founders of Benton, Scott Co., MO

Located: two blocks south of the
Courthouse on the right. Look for the Old Highway 61 sign, Follow the signs

Marshall Arnold
Prosecuting Attorney
State Representative & United State Representative

________

Maj. James Parrot
8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, C.S.A.

William Hunter
Missouri State Senator

Elizabeth Johnson Hunter - Crow
Wife of Joseph Hunter, owner of the home located behind the

December 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:45:00 +0000

The Scott County Historical Society will hold its Christmas Party at Ryans in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on December 15th at 5:30 p.m. See President Ziegler when you arrive.

December 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:32:00 +0000

Getting Ready for "Spirits of Benton" 1

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:10:00 +0000

Getting Ready for "Spirits of Benton" 2

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:53:00 +0000

"Spirits of Benton" 5

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:38:00 +0000

"Spirits of Benton" 4

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:35:00 +0000

"Spirits of Benton" 3

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:33:00 +0000

"Spirits of Benton" 2

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:30:00 +0000

"Spirits of Benton" 1

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:27:00 +0000

September 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:02:00 +0000

September 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:08:00 +0000

Scott County Historical & Genealogy Society meeting on Thursday, September 15th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Riverside Regional Library in Benton, MO.
The guest speaker will be Lonnie Thiele, author of the book, “That Son Of A Gun Had Sense-Mule Stories from
the Bootheel Area During the 1930’s and 1940’s Era.” Mr. Thiele is from Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
He changed careers at age 45 from finance to journalism. He worked at the Linn County News, a weekly newspaper at Pleasanton, Kansas, from 1989 to 1994 as editor. From there he went to the Holden-Image Progress at Holden, MO for a year as city editor. In October 1995, he accepted a job as a general assignment reporter at the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff. While there, he also covered the agriculture beat and in 1998 he wrote a four-part series on farming with mules, and the series helped him win his first Missouri Press Association annual award. In his nine years at the DAR he won three MPA awards and two Associated Press awards, plus many of his stories were picked up by the AP for regional coverage.

After doing the series on mules he realized then there was a lot of interest in mule stories, and in January 2007 he started interviewing people throughout the Bootheel area for their mule stories. I chose the Bootheel area because in the 1930s and 1940s this area led the state in the number of mules. In 1935 there were more than 26,000 mules in the three Bootheel counties of New Madrid, Dunklin and Pemiscot combined.

After six months into the research he decided to set two parameters, (1) to only interview people who actually farmed with mules and (2) to only interview people who farmed in or within 30 miles of the boundaries of New Madrid, Dunklin and Pemiscot counties. He interviewed 84 people for about 90 stories. The stories are told in narrative form. he ends each story with a short bio and mug shot of the person telling the story. There are stories from 11 different counties in the Bootheel area, plus five stories from Northeast Arkansas. The first printing came out in November 2010, and a 2nd printing is due out this month (September). He has added three mule stories in the 2nd printing, one of these came out of Scott County.
Everyone welcome.

Website and Meetings

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:00 +0000

View our Website: @
WWW.genalogy.org
To look at the Pictures of all our Towns and Cities located in Scott County, MO.

How to become a member!

View the List of Research Material

Email us:
scottcomohistory@gmail.com

To Locate an Ancestor

Set an appointment
to do research on your family

Ask questions about
Scott County, MO

Meetings

Are held
The Third Thursday

Of each Month
At the
Benton Riverside Regional Library
{across from St Denis Church & School}

November Business Meeting
Will be
Thursday
17th November 2011
Benton Riverside Regional Library

December Meeting
Christmas Party
Date & location to be set

President – Gary Ziegler
Vice-President – Margaret Heuring
Secretary – Judy Stewart
Treasurer – Lois Spalding
Corresponding Secretary – Newsletter Editor - Deborah Gunter

The Scott County Historical Society
Invites you to
Join us

October 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:30:00 +0000

The Scott County Historical Society
Will present
The Spirits of Benton
October 15, 2011
At the
Old Benton Cemetery
Located
South out of Benton on highway 61 look for the “Old Highway 61” sign just as you leave town, turn right and right again and follow the path back to the cemetery. Here lies some of the oldest grave in Scott County.
Come out July 12th at the Benton Riverside Regional Library at 6: p.m. for a meet and greet meeting.
Meet a Character from Benton’s past who played an important role in the history of our town and see this performance on October 15th.

July 2011 Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:28:00 +0000

Hello Members of the Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society,

On Thursday July 21, 2011 we are touring the Oliver House in Jackson, Mo. The Oliver House is located at 224 East Adams St. in Jackson, Mo 63755. The phone number to the Oliver House is is 573-243-0533. The Oliver House was built in about 1848 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.For more information about the Oliver House you may go to www.jacksonmo.com/orgs/jha/oliverhouse.html or you may call me at 573-576-6451 cell or 573-264-2884 home. Or you may call Margaret Heuring at 573-545-3606. For those who want to car pool we will meet at the library in Benton,Mo at 9:00 AM on Thursday July 21. If you do not want to car pool you may meet us at the Oliver House at 10:00 AM on July 21st. The tour starts at 10:00 AM and lasts about an hour to an hour and 15 minutes--depending on how many questions we ask.There is a $5.00 donation requested by the Oliver House.

After the tour (about 11:30 or noon) we will go to Delmonicos Steak House and Buffet for lunch (I call it dinner). Delmonicos is located at 2951 Old Orchard Road, Jackson, Mo. Their phone number is 573-243-7740. Here you can order from the menu or choose from the buffet. Very good food!! Very reasonably priced!! Old Orchard road is located just off hwy 61 less than a mile west off Interstate 55 at exit 99.

After our meal we will have a short business meeting.
This will be a fun and interesting day. Hope you can join us for all or even just part of the day. Bring a friend. Everyone welcome. If you know a member (or friend) who doesn't have e-mail, tell them about the tour.

For more information you may call me at 573-576-6451 cell or 573-264-2884 home. Or you may call Margaret Heuring at 573-545-3606.

Gary Ziegler, president
Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society

Halloween Party

noreply@blogger.com (Conrad) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:20:00 +0000

..

Judith Ann Stewart
I know it is only June, but you have to plan ahead for these things, just wanted to let everyone know that the Scott County Historical Society is planning a fun event for the Halloween season, on October 15th 2011, we are going to have a tour of the old Benton Cemetery, we are going to have people to portray the important people that ...helped to make Benton the town that it is today, there are alot of people buried out there that had a important position in the forming of Benton. Also, i will be having a haunted house tour of my home, for those of you who arnt familiar with the house, it is the big two story house behind the courthouse, it is the oldest house in Benton, and was built by Joseph Hunter lll he was originally from New Madrid, but moved to Benton Mo in 1830 and built this house, Josephs wife Elizabeth and one of his daughters are also buried in the old Benton cemetery. It should be a really fun night, so if anyone has any cool ideals or would like to help out with the event just let me know, keep your calender marked for October 15, 2011. I will keep you posted with more info at a later date.