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The Hehmeyer family is pictured in front of their house, which is located on what was once known as Lot 45 of the Hehmeyer Subdivision....

Bob Noll – as a 9 year old - collected Amelia Earhart’s autograph during her last visit to their mutual hometown of Atchison, Kan., on...

Zims Bakery, photo taken in 1952 by Otis Howell of the Hannibal Courier-Post. Steve Chou collection. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY As Ancestry.com...

Ona Weedman Beadle operated a barber shop at 2221 Market Street, Hannibal, Mo., for more than 20 years. His grandson, Dan Bledsoe, of Las...

Just under two acres of land for the original section of Holy Family Cemetery (first known as Immaculate Conception, and later renamed...

Courier-Post photographer, Otis Howell, took this 1953 photo of J.R. Kelly’s Drug Store, located at 1928 Market in Hannibal, Mo. The...

I came across the following death notices during my research for the Robinson Cemetery story, posted at www.maryloumontgomery.com June...

This is the original plat map of Robinson Cemetery, drawn in 1921. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Moses Gentry was about 27 years old circa...

Sadie Withers poses in front of her house at Withers Mill. Photo used for illustration in this story. Taxpayers in South River township,...

Photo used for illustration; Rigney family photo collection. Miller Township acreage 1901 Reprinted from the Palmyra Spectator May 8,...