Evermore Genealogy

Main migration routes for some of the families are: for the McKenney line, Harrison, Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe counties Ohio, to Van Buren, Iowa, to Chautauqua County, Kansas and the neighboring Osage Reserve; the Crockett line went through Boone County, Missouri to Chautauqua County, Kansas; the Noyes lines went from the New England states to Michigan (the Alphadelphia Association) and hence to the freethought town of Liberal, Missouri; the Mitchell and Craig lines ended up in the Macon County, Missouri area. My husband's lines are as follows: the Kearns and Crabtree lines were in the Mobile County, Alabama area; and the Hennesy/Simmons/Everidge lines went through Georgia and southern Alabama to Pike County, Mississippi and Washington Parish, Louisiana.

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The Diaries of Ebenezer Sparhawk Jr., late 18th century, early 19th century

Anne Middleton Craig Mitchell's 1836 Travel Journal chronicling her journey from Abingdon, Virginia to Randolph Co., Missouri

The Alphadelphia Association Constitution 1844

Caroline Atwell Noyes' 1882 Diary of Trip from Anna, Illinois to Liberal, Missouri

O. E. Harmon's "The Story of Liberal, Missouri" 1925, on the history of the freethought community of Liberal

Dick and I, by Samuel Bartow McKenney, pre 1881, unpublished, freethought novella

1883 Travel Diary of Charity Alice McKenney Reynolds Barnes from Minnesota to Oregon

The Memoirs of Nona Strake concerning her childhood in late 19th century Oregon

Clark Braden's "A Dream and its Fulfillment, a muckracker's exposé on Liberal

"Two Years Among the Spirits in the Godless Town of Liberal, the Experience of the Famous Medium, Dr. J. B. Bouton," by Dr. J. B. Bouton, 1888

This Strange Town - Liberal, Missouri" by J. P. Moore