Those who have grown up in and around the town of Elsberry have undoubtedly heard the name of Clarence Cannon. The renowned Representative Cannon, of Missouri’s Ninth Congressional District, was born, raised, and lived, until the day he died, in our…

When researching the Donley family, and also through the stories my family has told, it has become apparent that the Donley/Royster family kept in close contact with their former African-American slaves long after the end of the Civil War. In the…