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This photo of Dr. J.C. Hearne in his later years was added to his Findagrave digital file by Pat McArron. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In 1882,...

Alexander Bertier's family lived on North Main Street, Hannibal, from 1865 until the houses were torn down circa 1930 to make way for the...

Griswold’s Furniture warehouse utilized the building at 309 S. Fourth St., in December 1960. In 1923, the building housed the C.F. Bishop...

“Palmyra Boy” was owned by Capt. R.L. Bowles of Marion County, Mo., until February 1899. The June 4, 1899 edition of the Inter Ocean of...

This photo, taken circa 1969, shows the newly revamped U.S. 61 north of Hannibal. If you zoom in on this photo, you will notice that many...

This portrait of Dr. M. Augusta Fairchild is included in: A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches edited...

Elinor Vere Tomlinson is pictured for her passport in 1918. Ancestry.com MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In April 1919, Elinor Vere Tomlinson’s...

This newspaper clipping shows Dr. and Mrs. J.N. Baskett on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary in 1938. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY...

The sloping hillside offering a spectacular view of the Mississippi River in Riverside Cemetery has long been the resting place for two...

Taken circa 1913, Nick Booth, on the right, is pictured at the L.C. Hendren farm, rural Marion County, Mo. Photo contributed by Linda...