List of people from Sedalia, Missouri
The following is a list of people who were born in, have lived in, or are otherwise associated with American city of Sedalia, Missouri; they are known as Sedalians.
In addition to what follows, a list of more than fifty Sedalia "Old Timers", who had met at the Sedalia Courthouse on the previous evening, was published in the December 12, 1893, issue of the Sedalia Bazoo; the list indicated when they had arrived in Sedalia, and from whence they had come.[1]
Arts[change | change source]
Acting[change | change source]
- Dorothy Dwan (1906–1981) – film actress
- Lucille McVey (1890–1925) – film screenwriter and silent film actress; married to Sidney Drew in 1914; often credited under married name of Mrs. Sidney Drew; through marriage, aunt to John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore[2]
- Jack Oakie, born Lewis Delaney Offield (1903–1978) – film, stage, radio, and television actor[2]
Art[change | change source]
- Russell M. Glenn (born 1951) – artist and designer
- LeRoy Daniel MacMorris (1893–1981) – portrait painter, muralist, illustrator, decorator and designer[3]
Comedy[change | change source]
- Will Franken (born 1973) - comedian
Literature[change | change source]
- Joel Townsley Rogers (1896–1984) – short-story writer; mystery novelist
- June Rae Wood (born 1946) – children's and young adult's author[4]
Music[change | change source]
- Andrew Berenyi (born 1963) – musician and glam-rock composer
- Bill Booth – musician, former member of The Airmen of Note, principal trombone in the Los Angeles Opera Company, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and the Pasadena Symphony; adjunct associate professor (trombone), University of California, Los Angeles[5]
- Scott Hayden (1882–1915) – composer of ragtime music
- George Thomas Ireland (1866–1963) – ragtime clarinet player; journalist in Sedalia for almost 50 years[6]
- Scott Joplin (1867/1868–1917) – musician and composer of ragtime music
- Arthur Marshall (1881–1968) – composer and performer of ragtime music
- Etilmon Justus Stark (1868–1962) – ragtime composer and arranger
- John Stillwell Stark (1841–1927) – piano dealer; publisher of ragtime music; promoter of Scott Joplin
- Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born 1929) – country music performer; wrote "The Auctioneer" and recorded "Walk on By"; recorded over 500 songs
Photography[change | change source]
- Wilson L. Hicks (1897–1970) – photographer; picture editor, Kansas City Star; photographic editor Life magazine (1937–1950); professor of photojournalism at the University of Miami (1955–1970)[7]
Business[change | change source]
- T. B. Anderson – founder of the Sedalia Telephone Company in 1880[8]
- William E. Franklin – president of Weyerhaeuser Far East, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, International Timber Company of Indonesia, and Kenneday Bay Timber Company (Malaysia)
- Allen Percival Green (1875–1956) – engineer; founder, A. P. Green Fire Brick Company; philanthropist (donated A. P. Green Chapel to the University of Missouri)[2]
- John W. Hicks, Jr. (1888–1945) – president, Paramount International Films; vice-president, Paramount Pictures[9]
- Cyrus N. Johns – president, American Chain and Cable Company[2]
- E. Virgil Neal (1868–1949) – manufacturer[2][10]
- Samuel Lee Stedman (1916–1961) – MBA Harvard Business School (1937); New York merchant banker, Wall Street financial analyst[11]
Education[change | change source]
- Winona Cargile Alexander (1893–1894) – founder, Delta Sigma Theta sorority; high-school teacher; social worker
- James V. Mehl PhD (1941–1998) – historian; professor of humanities, Missouri Western State College[12]
Sedalia School Superintendents[change | change source]
- 1867–1872: George O. Brown[13]
- 1872–1876 – G. W. Ready[13]
- 1876–1884 – D. R. Cully[13]
- 1884–1888 – William Richardson[13]
- 1888–1893 – A. J. Smith[13]
- 1893–1908 – G. V. Buchanan[13]
- 1908–1920 – John P. Gass[13]
- 1920–1924 – C. A. Greene[13]
- 1924–1927 – John N. Crocker[13]
- 1927–1958 – Heber U. Hunt (1897- )[13][14]
- 1958–1973 – T. J. Norris[13][15]
- 1973–1974 – A Henningson[15]
Engineering[change | change source]
- Daniel C. Jackling (1869–1956) – mining and metallurgical engineer; founder, Utah Copper Company; known as "the father of open-pit mining"[2]
- Walter Rautenstrauch (1880–1951) – mechanical engineer; first chairman of Columbia University's Department of Industrial Engineering; adviser to the Mexican Government; co-founder of Committee on Technocracy (1932)[2]
Historical figures[change | change source]
- Clay Allison (1840–1887) – gunfighter, American Old West
Journalism[change | change source]
- Raymond Peter Brandt (1896–1974) – Rhodes Scholar; O.I.C. Office of Finances, American Relief Administration, Vienna, Austria, 1920; District Supervisor, American Relief Administration, Vitebsk, Russia, (1922–1923); reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1917–1919), and Washington, D.C. correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923–1967)[16]
- Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove (1878–1975), journalist; writer; poet[17]
- Elizabeth Jane Dugan (?1848–1911) – also known as "Rosa Pearle"; poet; journalist (started with the Sedalia Bazoo; founder and editor of the Saturday-evening society weekly Rosa Pearle's Paper (1894–1911)[18]
- Mary Frances "Murry" Engle (1930–2005) – journalist, Sedalia Democrat (1950–1966), Boeing News and Boeing Magazine (1967–1970); Honolulu Star-Bulletin (1970–1993)[19]
- Charles Grandison Finney (1905–1984) – journalist; writer; part-time night club owner; author, The Circus of Dr. Lao, which adapted as the film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
- J. West Goodwin – editor of Sedalia Bazoo; president of Missouri Press Association (1891); organizer of the Sedalia Citizen’s Alliance (1902)
- Hazel Norinne Lang (1903–1996) – journalist, reporter and feature writer with the Sedalia Democrat (1925–1970); poet; historian (author of Only Human; Poems of Everyday Life, Exposition Press, (New York), 1955, and the 1,112-page Life in Pettis County, 1815–1873, published in Sedalia, in 1975)[20]
- Casper Salathiel Yost (1863–1941) – editor of St. Louis Globe-Democrat; founder of American Society of Newspaper Editors (1922)
Medicine[change | change source]
- Walter Edward Dandy (1886–1946) – scientist and neurosurgeon[2]
- Willis P. King – president, Missouri State Medical Association (1881)[21]
- Thomas J. Montgomery – vice-president, Missouri State Medical Association (1874)[21]
- John W. Trader – president, Missouri State Medical Association (1876)[21]
Military[change | change source]
United States Army[change | change source]
- Richard D. Dean (born 1929) – United States Army Brigadier General and Deputy Director of the Army National Guard
- Rufus Estes Longan (1879–1936) – Brigadier General, United States Army[2][22]
- John C. McLaughlin (1903–1967) – Major General, United States Army, 35th Infantry Division[2][23]
- John Henry Parker – Brigadier General, United States Army; West Point Graduate; war hero; first to recognize the tactical advantages of machine guns to continuously support advancing infantry and protect artillery trains (carriages pulled by draft animals); awarded the Distinguished Service Cross four times, for valor displayed on four separate occasions, during 1918[2][24]
- Edgar Frank Thelen (born 1906) – University of Missouri graduate; associate of Harry S. Truman in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (1930–1940); US Army officer (1942–1961); staff member, University of Missouri[25]
- William S. Triplet (1900–1994) – Colonel United States Army; professional soldier; West Point graduate (1924); served in both World War I and World War II[26]
[change | change source]
- Floyd Ewing Hall (1920–1945) – naval aviator shot down over the island of Chichi Jima in the Pacific theater of World War II on February 18, 1945; after a month spent captured on the island, was executed and cannibalized by Japanese commanders; his capture and execution is one of the subjects of James Bradley's 2003 novel Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
- John James Housel (1911–1941) – SK1c USN; killed in action on December 7, 1941, on the U.S.S. Arizona in the first wave of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
United States Air Force[change | change source]
- James Phillip Fleming (born 1943) – United States Air Force pilot in the Vietnam War; awarded Medal of Honor for bravery
- Arthur G. Salisbury (1916–2005) – Major General, USAF[2][27]
- George Allison Whiteman – first USAF airman killed in World War II; killed when attempting to get his plane off the ground at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; in 1955, Sedalia Air Force Base was renamed Whiteman Air Force Base in his honor[28]
Other[change | change source]
- David Thomson (1775–1861) – General, third-division Kentucky militia (1814); politician; father-in-law of General George R. Smith; thought by many to be the killer of Tecumseh[29]
- William Gentry (1818–1890) – Major in the 40th Enrolled Missouri Militia; livestock farmer; railroad executive; candidate for Governor (1874)[30]
Politics and government[change | change source]
Heads of state and heads of government[change | change source]
- Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866–1954) – journalist; politician; Governor of Puerto Rico (1921–1923)
- Charles Emmett Yeater (1861–1943) – graduate of the University of Missouri; acting Governor-General of the Philippines (March 5, 1921 – October 14, 1921)[2]
Diplomats[change | change source]
- John Flournoy Montgomery (1878–1954) – U.S Ambassador to Hungary (1933–1941)[2][31]
Politicians[change | change source]
- John Homer Bothwell (1849–1929) – lawyer; politician; member of the 35th and 38th General Assemblies of the Missouri legislature (1889 and 1895)[32]
- John Morgan Evans (1863–1946) – U.S. Congressman (1913–1921; 1923–1933)
- Thomas Jefferson Halsey (1863–1951) – teacher; businessman; U.S. Congressman (1929–1931)
- Judith K. Moriarty (born 1942) – politician; Missouri Secretary of State (1993–1994)
- John William Palmer (1866–1958) – physician; lawyer; U.S. Congressman (1929–1931)
- John Berchmans Sullivan (1897–1951) – lawyer; politician; U.S. Congressman (1941–1943; 1945–1947; 1949–1951)
- George Graham Vest (1830–1904) – orator; lawyer; politician; at his death, the last living Confederate States Senator; known for his "Eulogy on the Dog"[2]
- Xenophon Pierce Wilfley (1871–1931) – teacher; lawyer; U.S. Senator (1918); president, Missouri Bar Association (1925)
Judiciary[change | change source]
- Walter Henry Bohling (1888–1968) – Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1934–1963)[2]
- Brown Harris (1876–1948) – Jackson County circuit court judge for 24 years
- Henry Lamm (1846–1926) – lawyer; jurist; poet; Associate and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (1905–1916)[2][33][34]
- Hazel Palmer – first female assistant prosecuting attorney in Sedalia, the first female county collector, and the first female magistrate judge of Pettis County; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1958; president, National Federation of Business and Professional Women (1956–1958)[2][35]
- John Finis Philips (1834–1919) – lawyer; politician; colonel 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry; president, Missouri Press Association (1891); US Congressman; federal judge[2]
Mayors of Sedalia[change | change source]
The following have been mayors of Sedalia:
- 1864 – George Rappeen Smith (1804–1879)[36]
- 1865 – E.W. Warsburn (resigned)[37]
- 1865 – F.L. Parker[37]
- 1866 – John Finis Philips (1834–1919)[37]
- 1867 – Henry Suess (1837–1891)[38]
- 1868 – General Bacon Montgomery (1840–1888)[39]
- 1869 – Albert Parker[37]
- 1870 – William P. Jackson[37]
- 1871 – Thomas J. Montgomery[37]
- 1872 – George W. Cummings[37]
- 1873 – Dr. R. T. Miller[37]
- 1874 – William H. H. Hill[40]
- 1875 – Norman Maltby (1841–1876)[37]
- 1876 – David Blocher[37]
- 1877 – Logan Clark[37]
- 1878–1879 – George L. Faulgaber (1838-)[37]
- 1880 – E. C. Evans[37]
- 1881 – Frank Cravcroft[37]
- 1882–1883 – Charles E.Messerly[37]
- 1884–1885 – John B. Rickman[37]
- 1886–1887 – E. W.Stevens[37]
- 1888–1889 – John D. Crawford[37]
- 1890–1893 – E. W.Stevens[37]
- 1894–1898 – Pleasant Dawson Hastain (1854-)[37]
- 1898–1899 – W. C. Overstreet[37]
- 1900–1901 – Samuel K. Crawford[37]
- 1902–1905 – J. L. Babcock (?–1935)[37]
- 1906–1907 – John A. Collins[37]
- 1908–1910 – J. L. Babcock (?–1935)[37]
- 1910–1911 – J. W. Mellor[37]
- 1912–1913 – F. L. Ludemann[37]
- 1914–1917 – J. L. Babcock (?–1935)
- 1918–1919 – A. L. Baumgartner[37]
- 1920–1923 – Frank F. Hatton[37]
- 1924–1927 – J. L. Babcock (?–1935)[37]
- 1928–1929 – O. B. Poundstone[41]
- 1930–1931 – S. B. Kennon[37]
- 1932–1933 – Wilmer Steeples[37] (1891–1946)[42]
- 1934–1935: O. B. Poundstone;[37] Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)[37]
- 1936–1941 – Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)[37]
- 1942–1945 – Alonzo H. Wilks[37]
- 1946–1949 – Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)[37]
- 1950–1953 – Herbert E. Studer[37]
- 1954–1957 – Julian H. Bagby (1899–1990)[37]
- 1958–1961 – Abe Silverman (1899–1990)[37]
- 1970–1976 – Jerry N. Jones
- 1976–1982 – Allen L. Hawkins
- 1982–1989 – Larry Foster
- 1989–1992 – Steven J. Dust
- 1994–2001 – Jane Gray
- 2002–2009 – Bob Wasson (1933–2009)
- since 2009 – Elaine Horn
Sport[change | change source]
Baseball[change | change source]
- Allen Howard "Red" Conkwright (1896–1991) – fourth cousin of Oakland Raiders' coach Red Conkright; pitcher with the Detroit Tigers in the 1920 season[43]
- Bill Drake (1895–1977) – pitcher in various Negro league baseball teams (1914–1927)
- John Tillman "Bud" Thomas (born 1929) – baseballer; infielder for the St. Louis Browns for the 1951 season[44]
- Clarence LeRoy "Roy" Vaughn (born 1911) – baseballer; pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics for the 1934 season[45]
Basketball[change | change source]
- Kim Anderson (born 1955) – basketball player and coach
Billiards[change | change source]
- Johnny Layton (1896–1956) – billiards champion; known as the "Diamond King"; won National Three-Cushion Championship 12 times (1919–1925); world champion (1928–1930); member of the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame (inducted 1974)[46]
Football[change | change source]
- Richard William "Dick" Barker, Jr. (1897-) – American footballer; attended Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; played in the American Professional Football Association; played two games for the Chicago Staleys and two games for the Rock Island Independents in 1921[47]
- Douglas Claydon Van Horn (born 1944) – football offensive lineman in the National Football League (1966–1979)
Softball[change | change source]
- Joey Rich (born 1956) – softballer, softball umpire, Amateur Softball Association Commissioner for the state of Missouri; president, American Amateur Softball Association (since 2007[48]
Wrestling[change | change source]
- Douglas A. "Ox" Baker (born 1934) – professional wrestler
Miscellaneous[change | change source]
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- Bernard Adolphus McFadden (later Macfadden) (1868–1955) – promoter of physical culture; advocate of fasting[2]
- Francis Asbury Sampson (1842–1918) – author; Missouriana collector[2][49]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Sedalia OLD TIMERS in 1893 (Sedalia Bazoo, December 12, 1893)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 Appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118.
- ↑ Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City Biography: (Leroy) Daniel MacMorris (1893–1981) Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Penguin Group (USA) Author Biography: June Rae Wood Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Music Biography: Bill Booth Archived 2004-10-30 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Obituary: The New York Times, (September 1, 1963), p. 56.
- ↑ Obituary: The New York Times, (July 7, 1970), p. 38. Also appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118.
- ↑ Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 43.
- ↑ Obituary: The New York Times, (June 2, 1945), p. 15. Also appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118.
- ↑ Conroy, M.S., The Cosmetics Baron You've Never Heard Of: E. Virgil Neal and Tokalon, Altus History LLC, (Englewood), 2009. ISBN 0-615-27278-9.
- ↑ Obituary: The New York Times, (September 3, 1961), p. 61.
- ↑ Obituary: Nauert, C.G., "James V. Mehl (1941–1998)", Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol.29, No.4, (Winter 1998), p. 1,086.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 Appears on the list of "Sedalia School Superintendents" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 120.
- ↑ Scotten, (1974), p. 142.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Scotten, (1974), p. 136.
- ↑ Harry S. Library & Museum: Oral History Interview with Raymond P. Brandt on 28 September 1970 Appears in a list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118.
- ↑ Elizabeth Williams Cosgrove, Muskogee Writer and Poet Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Chalfant, R., "Dugan, Elizabeth Jane (Rosa Pearle) (1848?–1911)", pp. 263–264 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0.
- ↑ "Obituary: Murry Engle (1930–2005); Isle journalist had a love for adventurous reporting"[permanent dead link]. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. June 10, 2005.
- ↑ Imhauser, (2007), p. 29.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 41.
- ↑ "State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia: Longan, Rufus E. ( –1936)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ Find a Grave Memorial: John C. McLaughlin, III.
- ↑ Full Text Citations For Award of The Distinguished Service Cross, World War I, To Members of the U.S. Army (N-P) Archived 2006-08-29 at the Wayback Machine The list of twenty-six of "Sedalia's Famous Sons" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 118 refers to him as "'Gatling Gun Parker', inventor of machine gun".
- ↑ Harry S. Library & Museum: Oral History Interview with Col. Edward F. Thelen on 6 June 1968.
- ↑ Triplet, W.S. (Ferrell, R.H. ed.), A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917–1918, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 2000. ISBN 0-8262-1290-5; Triplet, W.S. (Ferrell, R.H. ed.), A Colonel in the Armored Divisions: A Memoir, 1941–1945, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 2001. ISBN 0-8262-1312-X; Triplet, W.S. (Ferrell, R.H. ed.), In the Philippines and Okinawa: A Memoir, 1945–1948, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 2001. ISBN 0-8262-1335-9.
- ↑ Air Force Link Biography: Major General Arthur G. Salisbury
- ↑ "Sedalia Heroes Biography: George Whiteman". Archived from the original on January 1, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ Biography: General David Thomson[permanent dead link].
- ↑ Claycomb, W.B., "Gentry, William (1818–1890)", pp. 334–335 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0.
- ↑ Notable Names Database: US Ambassador to Hungary (List).
- ↑ Chalfant, R., "Bothwell, John Homer (1848–1929)", pp. 106–107 in Christensen, L.O. (ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0.
- ↑ List of judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
- ↑ Lawyers and Poetry: Henry Lamm (1846–1926) Missouri Archived 2010-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Hazel Palmer – Business and Professional Women". Archived from the original on June 2, 2006. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ↑ Cassity, M., " Smith, George Rappeen (1804–1879)", p. 702 in Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0 Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ 37.00 37.01 37.02 37.03 37.04 37.05 37.06 37.07 37.08 37.09 37.10 37.11 37.12 37.13 37.14 37.15 37.16 37.17 37.18 37.19 37.20 37.21 37.22 37.23 37.24 37.25 37.26 37.27 37.28 37.29 37.30 37.31 37.32 37.33 37.34 37.35 37.36 37.37 37.38 37.39 Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ Mardos Memorial Library Biography: Hon. Henry Suess Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ [1] Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Archie Clement#Death Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ Missouri State Archives: Certificate of Election: (14/A/6/1, 2, 3, 1876: Certificates of Election: Judge of 6th Circuit Court (William H. H. Hill) Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Potterton to Powel Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ certificate of Wilmer Steeples Appears in a list of "Mayors of Sedalia" at Ihrig, B.B. et al. (1960), p. 119.
- ↑ Baseball Almanac: 1920 Detroit Tigers Roster.
- ↑ Baseball Almanac: 1951 St. Louis Browns Roster.
- ↑ Baseball Almanac: 1934 Philadelphia Athletics Roster.
- ↑ Billiard Congress of America: Hall of Fame Inductees: 1969–1976 Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ databaseFootball.com Statistics: Dick Barker Archived 2010-02-19 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Anon, "Missouri's Joey Rich Elected President-Elect", The Inside Pitch: The Official Newsletter of the Amateur Softball Association, Vol.8, No.11, (December 2005), p. 1.
- ↑ Francis Asbury Sampson Collection Inventory: includes Biography of Francis Asbury Sampson (1842–1918) Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading[change | change source]
- Christensen, L.O.(ed), Dictionary of Missouri Biography, University of Missouri Press, (Columbia), 1999. ISBN 0-8262-1222-0
- Ihrig, B.B. et al. (eds), The First One Hundred Years, A History of the City of Sedalia, Missouri, 1860–1960, Centennial History Committee, Sedalia, 1960.
- Imhauser, R.C., Images of America: Sedalia, Arcadia Publishing, (Charleston), 2007. ISBN 0-7385-5087-6
- Scotten, F.C., History of the Schools of Pettis County, Missouri, 1974; Prepared under the Direction of C. F. Scotten, C.F. Scotton, (Sedalia) 1974.
- Bird, Kenneth L. "Rail to The Osage" The story of the Sedalia Warsaw & Southern Railroad, Menwith Publications,(Lincoln, Mo), 2009. ISBN 978-1-61584-215-5