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- Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
- 1 2 "Mayor: The City of Perryville, Missouri" . Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "Perryville mayor wall list" . Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "Welcome to Perry County, Missouri: Part of Genealogy Trails" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ↑ City hall information states that his term ended in 1904 while congress.gov states that his term ended in 1902 as he was a state representatives from 1902 until 1908.
- ↑ "A Whole Lottes Dentists" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ↑ "Austin Harter, obituary". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. March 10, 1998.
- ↑ "Carl O. Peterson obituary" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ↑ "Larry H. Pryor obituary" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ↑ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 839.
- ↑ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 820.
- ↑ "Perryville Mayor Debbie Gahan committed to progress" . Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "Perryville Mayor: Ken Baer" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.