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- ↑ "Missouri Legislative Officers".
- ↑ Houck, Louis (1908). A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until the Admission of the State into the Union. R. R. Donnelley & sons Company. ISBN 9780722207383.
- ↑ Napton, William Barclay (1910). "Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri".
- ↑ "History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri: Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Clay and Platte Counties --their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens". 1885.
- ↑ "Dr. Reuben Shelby - Goodspeed".
- ↑ "Name: NEWLAND - Read the Book - View a page from a book".
- ↑ https://cooper.mogenweb.org/Biographical/1883_History_of_Howard_and_Cooper_Counties_Volume_IIc.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]