Cedar County Historical Society Meet

by Connie Maupin
Members of the Cedar County Historical Society held their monthly meeting Aug. 29, in the Cedar County Museum at Stockton. Those present were: President Judy Nichols, Vice President Judith Cain, Secretary Connie Maupin, Treasurer Anna Hopkins, Luella Phipps, Sharyl Henry, Ellis Benham, Bob Phillips, Bob Foster, Virginia Barber, and Chris Barber.
Bob Phillips shared an article about Emil S. Liston who was born in Stockton and eventually was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Hall of Fame. Bob will share more information about the Liston family at the next meeting in September.
Longtime member and avid genealogist, Alma Floyd, passed away in San Antonio, TX, on July 4, just three weeks shy of her 95th birthday.
The landowner of the Hudson Cemetery on 1450 Road contacted the society. He is working on clean-up of the cemetery and wanted some history on the graves there. There are only two marked stones, one being Henry Hudson. The one, very small stone, is broken into three pieces and he plans on repairing it. Research on the family indicated that Henry and Sallie Ann Hudson, along with five children, lived on the land in the 1850’s until Henry’s death in 1872. The land was passed-on to their sons. A few years after Henry’s death, the cemetery was no longer used. Between the late 1850’s and 1900, eight members of the Hudson families of Cedar County had died of consumption (tuberculosis), including Sallie Ann and a twelve year old son, Jodie. Sallie and the neighboring Hudson families are all buried at Lindley Prairie Cemetery. Another son, Charles Henry “Muck” Hudson, survived and remained in the Bear Creek neighborhood until his death in 1951.
Nine copies of the El Dorado Springs Lyceum books have been printed. Members voted to order 10 copies of the 1908 Platt book.
Judy is still working on an information request from a member of the William Edson Barber family who owned land at Gum Springs. The lady anonymously donated a large amount of information on the family to the museum research library..
Luella Phipps’ society friendship quilt is now on display in the museum.
Mary Jane Hoff, widow of Frank Hoff, formerly of Stockton, called to discuss the Hoff Family album in the research library. She donated more photos for the album.
The CCHS annual registration report for nonprofit corporations has been filed with the Missouri Secretary of State.
Black Walnut Festival News:
CCHS member, Bob Phillips, along with his Stockton High School class of 1967, will be riding on a float in the parade and they will tour the museum afterward.
The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24. They will hold their “White Elephant Sale” at the museum, again this year. Touring the museum is “Free.”
The Society will also have a booth in the Stockton City Park this year.
A gift basket, with over $200 worth of CCHS publications and other items, will be raffled. Tickets may be purchased at the booth or the museum.
Donations: Hoff family photos from Mary Jane Hoff – Metal loaf pan, Ponds hand-cream bottle, glass Westinghouse loaf pan, two crockery bowls and a 1939 hymnal from Darrel and Judy Nichols. Items belonged to Darrel’s mother, Mary Cooksey Nichols – Hamilton family genealogy from Connie Maupin – a copy of “Cedar County, Missouri History and Families” by Chris and Virginia Barber to be included in the raffle basket. – Memories, from Claude Hoffman.
The museum will be open from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. Admission is Free. The next meeting will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 26, in the Cedar County Museum in Stockton, at 106 W. Davis Street. Meetings are open to the public. For information, appointments or to purchase publications call 417-276-1142, by email at cedarcomohistsoc@gmail.com, visit our Facebook page at “Cedar County Mo Historical Society” or by mail at P.O. Box 111, Stockton, Missouri 65785.