Stuart Sprague

Title: Kentuckians in Missouri: Including Many Who Migrated by Way of Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois
Author: Sprague, Stuart Seely. Professor of History Morehead State University [Kentucky]
Publishing Information: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983
General Statement: From Foreword: “Kentuckians in Missouri is intended to aid those genealogists looking for Missourians of Kentucky descent.”
“...record of over 4,000 persons who were born in Kentucky but who later migrated to Missouri, some by show more way of Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois.”
Review: Forward includes abbreviations used throughout the book.
Sources and Abbreviations section includes all sources [extensive] used to compile information along with the abbreviation used under each name.
Chapters:
 There is no Table of Contents. The book is arranged by Kentucky County name.
 Data columns include:
Birthdate
Name of Biographee
Parents/Birthplace/Birthdate
Source/Page
First Missouri County
Date
 Example #1 of one of the source books that can be found online:
o ‘The History of Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri...’ [abbreviation: HSTC] online at familysearch.org. film #007549537, item #3
Barren County, Kentucky (biography county)
Birthdate: 04 Aug 1840
Biographee: Isaac N Denham
Parents: Joseph M & Mary A(Parks) Ky/Ky
Source/Page: HSTC, 747
First Missouri County: Not listed, but biography notes Osage Township, Henry County.
Date: 1844
o 1850 US Federal Census lists:
Denham, Isaac N, age 10, born Kentucky, living
in 1850 with parents Joseph and Ann.
For a researcher hoping to locate the county of birth in
Kentucky this book could be very helpful. The biography
details where Isaac was born and gives additional
information on his life.
 Example #2
o ‘Past and present of Greene County, Missouri...’
[abbreviation: GREF] digital version online at
familysearch.org
Boyle County, Kentucky (biography county)
Birthdate: 13 Jul 1860
Biographee: L.W. Preston
Parents: Francis A & Marh (Sedore) KY32/Ky34
Source/Page: GREF, 1659
First Missouri County: biography lists Springfield,
Missouri
Date: not listed [biography notes 1880]
o 1900 US Federal Census lists:
Preston, Leslie W, age 39, born Kentucky
Note: Although using Ancestry.com and its algorithms and AI to suggest other records it may be possible
to locate the individual in the census records of birth, this is not always the case. This is a scenario where
this book might come in helpful.
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Dr. Sprague is Professor of History, Morehead State University.

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