History of Pike County, Missouri: an Encyclopedia of Useful Information, And a Compendium of Actual Facts (1883). "It contains a condensed history of the state of Missouri and its chief city, St. Louis, and an abstract of the laws of Missouri, a reliable history of Pike County, its legal, political, official, and war history, a sketch of the bench and bar, the medical fraternity, the old ladies of Pike county, schools, churches, the Press, material progress and general resource, biographical sketches, incidents, etc., etc." --title page<br><br>
