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I'll work through the names that you listed in your message as time allows. One jumped out right away - if you fish at the Lake of the Ozarks, you're probably familiar with Purvis Beach. That's George Van Buren Purvis (not to be confused with George W. Purvis from Monroe County) and his descendants. His father James Purvis came to Montgomery County in 1834, then moved to Hickory Hill in Cole County by 1850. According to written articles, George "served with the Confederacy and spoke of being at a battle at Boonville and near Springfield. He told of going in to see General Lyon when he was mortally wounded. He was captured in the south and taken by steamboat to Rock Island Prison in Illinois." [Sounds like Missouri State Guard at Boonville and Wilson's Creek] After the war he homesteaded in Camden County, then at age 33 moved to Morgan County where he remained for the next 60 years. When the Lake of the Ozarks was formed, his family developed Purvis Beach. According to Fold 3 he was captured at Conway, Arkansas on October 13, 1863, while serving as a Private with Company A of Frost's Escort.

And one Hickory Hill connection - John and Benjamin Clark's uncle was Fountain McKenzie. Fountain McKenzie was an officer in Mosby Parson's unit in the Mexican War, and was the first Captain of the Clark Township Southern Guard.

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