Cape Girardeau County, located in the southeastern portion of the state on the Mississippi River, is one of the older counties in the state. The brief history of the area is given followed by a longer collection of biographical sketches of the early families. These sketches were submitted by the families themselves, therefore, they are more accurate than other sources.

 

Example

“Henry Heise, a prosperous farmer of Randol Township, Cape Girardeau County, was born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, June 26, 1834. He is a son of John Henry and Luretta Heise, both natives of the Province of Hanover.” etc...etc...

 

Surnames Included in This Publication

ABEL, ABERNATHY, ABLE, ACRE, ADAMS, AHRENS, AIDINGER, ALBERT, ALDERSON, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ALLERT, ALTENTHAL, ALTON, ANCEL, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, ANTHONY, ARMESTO, ARMOUR, ARMSTRONG, ARNFELD, ARRELL, ASHABRANNER, ASHLEY, ASTHOLZ, AUSTIN, AWALT

BACON, BADER, BAHN, BAILIE, BAKER, BALDRIDGE, BALDWIN, BALLEW, BANISH, BARKLEY, BARKS, BARKSDALE, BARR, BARROLL, BAST, BATES, BEAL, BEAN, BEATTIE, BECKLEY, BELL, BELLAMY, BENNETT, BERGMANN, BERTHIAUME, BERTLING, BETTEN, BIERWIRTH, BIEULEIN, BIRD, BIRNER, BISHOFF, BLACK, BLAIR, BLATTER, BLATTNER, BLECKWENDT, BLEDSOE, BLOUNT, BOCK, BOHANNON, BOLLINGER, BONER, BONNER, BONNEY, BOONE, BOREN, BOSS, BOUGANVILLE, BOWDEN, BOWERS, BOWLIN, BOWMAN, BOYD, BRADLEY, BRANDES, BRANT, BRECKENRIDGE, BREMMERMAN, BRENNEKE, BREVARD, BRIDGEFORTH, BROOKS, BROWN, BRUHL, BRUIHL, BRUMMIT, BUCKNER, BUEHRMAN, BUEHRMANN, BUFORD, BULL, BURFORD, BURGESS, BURNS, BURROUGH, BURROWS, BUSCHE, BUTEAU, BUTLER, BUYS, BYERS, BYRD, BYRNE

CAIN, CALDWELL, CAMP, CAMPBELL, CAMSTER, CANNON, CARITHER, CARLETON, CARRINGTON, CARROLL, CARUTHERS, CASEBOLT, CASSILLY, CAUVEY, CAVENDER, CHANDLER, CHENEY, CHEVALIER, CLARK, CLARKE, CLARKSON, CLINGINGSMITH, CLIPPARD, CLODFELTER, CLULEY, COBB, COBBLE, COCHRAN, COERVER, COKER, COLE, COLLINS, COLYER, CONNELLY, COOK, COOPER, CORNELIUS, COTNER, COURTWAY, COUSIN, COWAN, COX, CRACRAFT, CRAFTON, CRAIG, CRAMER, CREATH, CRESSELL, CRIDDLE, CRITES, CROSS, CRUMP, CRYTS, CUPPLES, CURRIN, CURVER

DANIEL, DANIELS, DAUGHERTY, DAUGHTERY, DAVENPORT, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAWSON, DAY, DE LASHMUTT, DE LASSUS, DEANE, DECK, DELAP, DEMOSS, DEMPSEY, DENNISON, DEVENPORT, DEVORE, DICKERSON, DITLINGER, DITTLINGER, DIXON, D'LASHMUTT, DOBBINS, DODD, DOLLE, DORMEYER, DORSEY, DOUGLAS, DOWNEY, DOWTY, DOYL, DOYLE, DRUM, DRYBREAD, DUNHAM, DUNKLIN, DUNN, DuPONT, DUTCH, DUTCHER, DYAL

EARLS, ECKHARDT, ECKHART, EDINGER, EDWARDS, EGGIMANN, EHLEBE, ELLIS, ELLISON, ENGELMAN, ENGELMANN, ENGLISH, ERMERTZ, ERVIN, ESSICK, ESTES, ETHERIDGE, EUSTACHE, EVANS, EVERSOLE, EWING

FALLENASH, FANNAKALD, FARRAR, FAUST, FENIMORE, FENWICK, FERGUSON, FEUERHAHN, FICHAFER, FINDLEY, FINLEY, FINNANTG, FINNEY, FLENTGE, FLETCHER, FLINN, FLINT, FORD, FOREMAN, FOSTER, FRANCIS, FRANK, FRANKLIN, FRANKS, FREDERICHS, FREEMAN, FRIEDRICHS, FRIEND, FRIER, FRIESE, FRISSELL, FRITZ, FRIZEL, FUERTH, FULBRIGHT, FULENWIDER, FULKERSON, FULLENWIDER, FYGHT, FYLENWIDER

GALE, GANTT, GARAGHTY, GARDINER, GARRETT, GAWRONSKI, GAYLE, GEISER, GESSNER, GIBBS, GIBLER, GIBONEY, GIBSON, GILLESPIE, GILLILAND, GILLISPIE, GIRARDOT, GITT, GLASCOCK, GLASSCOCK, GLENN, GODAIR, GOODCHILD, GOODE, GOODMAN, GOODSON, GOODWIN, GORDON, GRAHAM, GRATZ, GRAVE, GRAY, GREBE, GREEN, GREENE, GREGORY, GRILL, GROSSHEIDER, GROTEHEN, GROUNT, GROVE, GRUELLE, GUETHING, GUIBONY, GUILD

HADEN, HAGER, HAHSLER, HAILE, HALE, HALL, HAMILTON, HAMPTON, HAND, HANDY, HANLEY, HANNAH, HANSEL, HAPPEL, HARBISON, HARDELL, HARENBERG, HARGROVE, HARKELRODE, HARP, HARPER, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HARTLE, HARWELL, HATFIELD, HATLER, HAUENSCHILD, HAUPT, HAWKINS, HAYDEN, HAYDOCK, HAYS, HECTOR, HEEB, HEIFNER, HEISA, HEISE, HELD, HEMPSTEAD, HENDERSON, HENDRICKS, HENECKE, HENRY, HENSLEY, HERR, HEUER, HEWARD, HILL, HILLE, HIMSTEDT, HINES, HINK, HINKLE, HINTON, HIRSCH, HITT, HOBBS, HOFFMAN, HOFFMEISTER, HOGAN, HOIN, HOLCOMBE, HONEY, HOPE, HOPFER, HORN, HORRELL, HORSTON, HOSS, HOUCH, HOUCK, HOUTS, HOWARD, HOYER, HUBBLE, HUDSON, HUFFMAN, HUGHEY, HULL, HULSE, HUNT, HUNTER, HURLEY, HUSTON, HUTCHISON, HUTERS

INGRAM, ISBELL, IVERS

JACKSON, JACOBS, JEFFERS, JEFFREY, JENKINS, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORDAN, JOYCE, JUDEN

KAGE, KARAU, KEELING, KELLER, KELLEY, KELLY, KELSO, KENNISON, KENYON, KERSTNER, KIES, KIMMEL, KIMMELL, KINDER, KING, KINNINGER, KIPPING, KITCHEN, KLAGUS, KLEMME, KLOSTERMAN, KLOSTERMANN, KNEIBERT, KNOX, KOEHLER, KOERBER, KOPPER, KREHBEAL, KROMANN, KUMMERLE, KURRE

LACEY, LAFFERTY, LAIL, LAKEMAN, LANDAU, LANDIS, LANE, LANG, LANGE, LANPHER, LANSMANN, LAPE, LAPIERRE, LASSLEY, LATHAM, LATHEM, LAUGHERTY, LAWTON, LEAGER, LEE, LEECH, LEETCH, LEHNER, LEHR, LEMMON, LENO, LESSLEY, LEWIS, LIEBLE, LIGHTNER, LILES, LILLY, LIMBAUGH, LIMBETH, LINK, LITTERER, LITTLE, LITTON, LITZELFELNER, LOCKHART, LOGAN, LONG, LOOS, LORAMIE, LORANCE, LORIMIER, LORMIER, LORR, LOSEKAM, LOSTA, LOTTES, LOVES, LOWES, LOYD, LUCAS, LUDWIG, LUPKES, LUTTIKE

McANALLY, McBRYDE, McCAIN, McCARTY, McCLEAN, McCLOUD, McCOMBS, McCONE, McDONALD, McDOWELL, McFARLAND, McFERON, McFERRON, McGHEE, McGUIRE, MACKLE, McKEE, McKENNA, McKENZIE, McKNIGHT, McLAIN, McLANE, McLARD, McLEARY, McMILLEN, McMULTRIE, McNEELY, MADISON, MAGEE, MAHNICKE, MAINTZ, MALONE, MANNING, MAPLE, MARCKLEY, MARQUIS, MARTENS, MARTIN, MASON, MASSEY, MASSIE, MASTERS, MASTERSON, MATLOCK, MATTESON, MAYFIELD, MEDLEY, MEHAFFEE, MEISNER, MEISTER, MENIE, MEREDITH, MEYER, MEYERS, MEYSTED, MICHELE, MILES, MILLER, MILLIKEN, MILLSTER, MINTON, MITCHELL, MITCHIM, MOGLER, MONTEITH, MOON, MOONEY, MOORE, MOOSE (OR MEUS), MORELAND, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORTON, MOSS, MOTHERSHEAD, MUELLER, MURPHY

NEAL, NEALE, NEELY, NEUENHAHN, NEWKIRK, NIBLACK, NICHOLS, NIEDNER, NIENSTEDT, NOENINGER, NORRIS, NORTON, NUSSBAUM, NYSWONGER

O'BANNON, OBERMILLER, ODIN, OGLE, O'HOGAN, OLAR, OLIVER, OLLAR, O'MELVENY, O'NEAL, O'REGAN, OURTH

PAAR, PACE, PAINTER, PARISH, PARKER, PATTERSON, PAUCH, PEIRONNET, PENN, PENNEY, PENNY, PENTZEL, PEPPER, PETERMAN, PEW, PHILLIPS, PHILLIPSON, PICKER, PIERREPONT, POE, POINSETT, POSEY, POTT, POWELL, POWERS, PRATT, PRESLEY, PRICE, PRICKETT, PRIEST, PRIM, PRINCE, PROBST, PROFFER, PROVINES, PRUENTE, PULLIAM, PURYEAR

QUERY, QUIMBY

RAMSAY, RAMSEY, RANDOL, RANNEY, RAY, REACHARS, RECK, RECORDER, REEVES, REID, REILY, REINECKE, RENFROE, RENNEY, REUTZEL, REYNOLDS, RHODUS, RICE, RICHARDSON, RIDER, RIEMANN, RIGBY, RILEY, RISHER, ROBB, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, RODGERS, RODNER, RODNEY, ROEHL, ROGERS, ROSE, ROSS, ROTH, ROWE, ROWLAND, ROZIER, RUDDELL, RUESELER, RUFF, RUMFELT, RUNNELS, RUPPEL, RUSSELL, RUSSKAMP

SACHSE, SADLER, ST. AVIT, SAMS, SANDER, SANDERS, SANDS, SANFORD, SAVERS, SAWYER, SCHAEFER, SCHATTE, SCHEICH, SCHEIFER, SCHENIMANN, SCHERER, SCHERMANN, SCHILLING, SCHLIMME, SCHLUETER, SCHMIDT, SCHMUKE, SCHNEIDER, SCHOEN, SCHOLTZ, SCHREINER, SCHRODER, SCHULTZ, SCHULZ, SCHUPPMANN, SCHWAB, SCHWEPKER, SCOTT, SCRIPPS, SEABAUGH, SEARCH, SEAVERS, SEAWELL, SEBASTIAN, SEELY, SEIBERT, SENN, SERRELL, SEWELL, SEXTON, SHACKELFORD, SHANER, SHARADIN, SHARP, SHELBY, SHELL, SHEPHERD, SHEPPARD, SHEPPERD, SHERIDAN, SHOOT, SHORT, SHOULTS, SHUFORD, SIEMERS, SIMPSON, SLACK, SLAUGHTER, SLINKARD, SLINKER, SLOAN, SMITH, SNIDER, SPARLING, SPILLMAN, SPRADLING, STAINHOFF, STATHAM, STATHEM, STATLER, STEARNS, STEEL, STEELE, STEINBACH, STEINBACK, STEINBECK, STEPHENSON, STERNBERG, STEVENSON, STEWART, STILL, STODDARD, STOKES, STORY, STOTLER, STOUT, STRANGE, STRATMAN, STRODER, STRONG, STROTHER, STURDIVANT, SUBLETT, SUMMERS, SURRELL, SYLVIUS

TACKE, TACKEY, TALLEY, TANT, TARLETON, TARLTON, TAYLOR, TEMPLETON, TENNILLE, THIESSEN, THILENIUS, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THORN, TIEDEMAN, TIEDEMANN, TIMON, TIPTON, TIRMENSTEIN, TOBLER, TOOKE, TORRENCE, TRADEAU, TRASK, TRAVIS, TRAYLOR, TRENT, TRIBELHORN, TUCKER, TURNBAUGH, TURNER, TUSCHHOFF

UELEKE, UHL, ULRICH, UNDERWOOD, UNTERREINER

VAN AMBURGH, VAN FRANK, VANDERVEST, VANGILDER, VANHORN, VANSANT, VELEKE, VENTRES, VOGEL

WACHTER, WAGNER, WAGONER, WALKER, WALL, WALLACE, WALLER, WALTERS, WAPLES, WARD, WAROSKY, WATERS, WATHEN, WATKINS, WATSON, WAUGH, WEAVER, WEIBERG (OR WHYBARK), WEIDT, WEIGEL, WEIL, WEISS, WELCH, WELKER, WELLBORN, WELLING, WELTY, WESSAL, WESSEL, WEST, WETHERFORD, WHEELER, WHITAKER, WHITE, WHITELAW, WHITLEDGE, WHITMORE, WHITNEY, WHITSON, WHITTENBERG, WHITTENBURG, WIGGINGTON, WILFORD, WILHELM, WILKERSON, WILKES, WILKINSON, WILLER, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILLIE, WILLS, WILSON, WIMMER, WINKLER, WINN, WISE, WITTAKER, WOELEKE, WOLVERTON, WOOD, WOODEN, WOODS, WOOLSEY, WORTHINGTON, WRIGHT, WYLIE

YEAGER, YOUNG, YOUNT

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