Excerpt from History of Dunklin County, Mo;, 1845-1895: Embracing an Historical Account of the Towns and Post-Villages of Clarkton, Cotton Plant, Cardwell, Caruth, Campbell, Gibson, Halcomb, Hornersville, Kennett, Lulu, Malden, Nesbit, Senath, Valley Ridge, Vincent, White Oak and Wrightville; Including a Depar This little volume has been prepared to preserve the past history of Dunklin County, Mo., perpetuate the names of its pioneers, keep the time and manner of settlement, record the names of its officials, and preserve much other matter that would otherwise, in a few years, be entirely lost. Also realizing the many untrue and detrimental things which have been spoken of her native county, the author desires to bring it before its sister counties and the world as it now exists, and to this end has personally visited every locality of the county, and more than fifty of the oldest and best informed citizens, 111 search of information, and in every instance using that which proved to be the most reliable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.