Finding Aid for the Lone Jack, MO History collection
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Lone Jack, MO History collection
- Description
- This collection contains Lone Jack, Missouri history collected by Irene Spainhour. This collection was donated by the family to the Lone Jack branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library. Contained within the collection are scrapbooks, local histories, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other ephemera. Also found within the collection are materials for genealogy research such as Jackson County, Missouri marriages and family stories from Lone Jack residents. These materials cover the settling of Lone Jack to current events. Many items within the collection pertain to local clubs and the Battle of Lone Jack.
- Subject
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Genealogy
Family history - Publisher
- Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
- Date
- 2016
- Rights
- Rights Information
- Format
- Portable Document File Format; 512 KB; 3 pages.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- lone jack, mo history collection.pdf
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Lone Jack, Missouri History collection
Collection Summary
Title
Lone Jack, Missouri History collection
Date
1950-2000s
Extent
5 archival boxes
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1132-LJHC
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2016; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016; Reboxed by Jolene
Clark, 2018.
Name of Creator
Spainhour, Irene
Biographical History
Mildred Irene Cooper was born December 9, 1918 in Owensville, Missouri. Her parents, Ira and Mary
Cooper, had five children total; an elder daughter, two younger sons, and one younger daughter. By
1930, the Cooper family had moved to Cass County, Missouri where Ira worked as a painter. After
attending high school, Irene worked as a maid in Cass County. She married Raymond Spainhour on June
5, 1948 and soon after the couple moved to Lone Jack, Missouri. Irene and Raymond had one daughter.
Irene was very active in local history organizations as well as local community clubs and the Lone Jack
Baptist Church. Raymond died on September 17, 1990 and Irene died on January 25, 2007.
Scope and Content
This collection contains Lone Jack, Missouri history collected by Irene Spainhour. This collection was
donated by the family to the Lone Jack branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library. Contained within the
collection are scrapbooks, local histories, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other ephemera.
Also found within the collection are materials for genealogy research such as Jackson County, Missouri
marriages and family stories from Lone Jack residents. These materials cover the settling of Lone Jack to
current events. Many items within the collection pertain to local clubs and the Battle of Lone Jack.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 4 series.
Box 1,
Series 1, Pleasant Vale Extension Club
Folder 1, History-1918-1970
Folder 2, History 1970-1980
Folder 3, History 1981-1989
Folder 4, History 1989-2005
Folder 5, Minutes, 1974-1980
Folder 6, Jackson County Council of Extension Clubs Standard of Achievement
Box 2,
Folder 7, Pleasant Vale Club Records 1951-1969
Folder 8, Missouri Extension Homemakers Association handbook 1974-1976
Series 2, Lone Jack Churches
Folder 1, Lone Jack Christian Church
Folder 2, Lone Jack Baptist Church
Series 3, Stories
Folder 1, Solomon Cox Stories
Folder 2, Family Stories
Box 3,
Series 4, History
Folder 1, Missouri Census
Folder 2, Lone Jack History, Number 1
Folder 3, Lone Jack History, Number 2
Folder 4, Lone Jack History, Number 3
Box 4,
Folder 5, Battle of Lone Jack
Folder 6, Pioneer Trails [Jackson County, MO periodical]
Folder 7, Lone Jack Schools
Folder 8, Newspaper clippings
Folder 9, Lone Picnics & Commemorations 1970-1999
Folder 10, Lone Jack Picnics & Commemorations 2000-2003
Box 5,
Folder 11, Marriage Records from Jackson County, Missouri
Folder 12, Marriages
Folder 13, Cemeteries
Folder 14, Lions & Lioness Club of Lone Jack
Folder 15, Stories of Lone Jack Massacre [complied by Larry G. Sullivan]
Folder 16, Miscellaneous papers
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center by the Lone Jack branch of Mid-Continent
Public Library.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Related Materials
Books in the Midwest Genealogy Center:
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Collection of Obituaries and Deaths from Lone Jack, Missouri
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Lone Jack Baptist Church, Lone Jack, MO
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Lone Jack Cemetery
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Lone Jack Christian Church
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Lone Jack Civil War Commemorations and Newspaper Clippings
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Lone Jack History
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Lone Jack Museum and History
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Pleasant Vale Extension Club, Lone Jack, Missouri, Minutes 1974-1983
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Pleasant Vale Community Club, Lone Jack, Missouri
Spainhour, Mildred Irene Cooper, Scrapbooks, Lone Jack Lions Club, Lone Jack Lioness Club
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1920; Census
Place: Canaan, Gasconade, Missouri; Roll: T625_904; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 86;
Image: 966
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri;
Roll: 1181; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0021; Image: 1035.0; FHL microfilm: 2340916
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Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri;
Roll: T627_2095; Page: 15B; Enumeration District:19-22
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
FindAGrave.com. “Mildred Irene Cooper Spainhour.” Accessed September 25, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17726182&ref=acom
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