Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1896-08-14

Charlton county was organized by
the legislature in 1921 out OF the ter
rltory of Howard, and Charlton coun-
ty, in its original dimensions, extended
from the Charlton River to the eastern
boundary of Ray county, and north to
the Iowa line. You were part OF How
ard county, which was called then and
caged now, the mother OF counties.
The first white man who ever made
settlement in Charlton county was.
George Jackson, on the Missouri river.
Then we had the first county seat
OF course emitting a great deal that i
ought to say about John Hutchinson,
who came here in 1916, George Jack
son and John Hutchinson who settled
in Yellow Creek in 1916, and then
James Earickson-why recollect him
when Z boy-James Earickson settled
in old Charlton in 1877; he was after
wards state senator and state treasur-
er rs well, and Talton Turner and
others in that part of the county, and
Charlton, the old town of Charlton,
you have seen 1t, as a boy rccolleet
it when It had 200. There are peo-
pie here to-day who never heard of 1t.
and 1t was the drst county seat OF
Charlton county, for David Todd, In
February 1921. held the first circuit
court in Old Charlton, and it was the
county seat Of this county until James
Kcytc established Keytcsville, and
thea the county seat was moved there.
Now why was this called Charitonl
Why not have called your county
Shacklcford or Dockery or Swizler or
Merchant II would be just rs well
rs 10 have called II Charlton. Why
ChaTiton2 It was settled by = French.
man by the name OF Charlton who
settled upon the Charlton River and
who founded the town or Charlton.
That was bis rarr--Ckilsi.oas = n
kno% you VIII say, why it is called
Charlton because OF the Charlton riy-
CT. Wei, that is true. but why was
the river called Charlton! Because
It was Frcnchman by the name of
Charlton that settled upon Its banks,
the first Frcnchman that ever was
there. We'll, shall not GO into this
further than to say that until 1928
yo-r county seat was At Old Charlton
and then that town was abandoned for
various reasons and moved to- Glas-
gov, which wss founded by William
Glasgow, who died in St. Louis a few
years ago. This town was named
Keytesvil!c after an Engiishman, not 4
Frenchman-James Keyte, whom !
have seen. James Kcyte also estab-
iishcd Brunswick. Why call It Bruins
wickl Is anybody here from Bruns-
wick! Why YES, Merchant is here.
Why was Your town called Brunswickl
Why wasn't It called after General
Price there, 0r you might have called
the town SwizlcT, which would have
been ! very good name for It. B5uns-
wick was named Brunswick By James
Ney;e, who was IN Eng.isimaa, aud
Who lived in Eas.lnd 4; 4 village not far
from Manchester by the name OF
Brunswick. lie came from Bruins
wick IN England ard when hc es.ab- I
lishcd that town Of Brunswick down /
here on the Missouri river hc called It !
after the town "a winch be VAS horn.
Now. fll'ow citizens. I intended 70
speak OF GOOD many OF these cd I
citizens. Of Gc1--si Price. who died in I
s.. Lows on the 10Th of September, |
1907, not % years Ct aye. ? rzmcr,- |
Der seeing him 1t the old hotel here |
KEEP. by his father who came from 4
Prince Edward county, Va, and came /
20 Ec,tssyillc IN 1891. Old Pugh /
Price, / remember him well, lo5 was
1T his hotel once / wanted 90 SpSaL /
Of Price, OF what he did OH the field
and in the council but l have not tie
time. desired sl.o to speak OF John
i. Price and D1. Edwin Pscc, and 1
that notable character socially n tbs
county, Robert gugh Price. ~. The
anecdotes 7 could tel a5Su. Roh=s,