When one starts digging, what's unearthed can be quite amazing.
Below are biographies and newspaper accounts of participants in
the Battle of Lone Jack and the men and women who resided in the
Lone Jack area during the War of the Rebellion.
Dr. Edward Ragsdale
Dr Edward Ragsdale helped administer to
the wounded in the aftermath of the battle.
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell
Col. Vard Cockrell, Commander of the
Confederate Troops at Lone Jack.
Dr. Caleb Winfrey
Dr. Caleb Winfrey participated in the
Battle of Lone Jack and administered to
the wounded and dying at battle's end.
George Wesley Gibson
George W. Gibson carried a bullet, he
received during the Battle of Lone Jack, in
his head for thirty years.
 
  
   
   
   
Major Emory S. Foster
Biography of Union Major Emory S.
Foster, published in the Lee's Summit
Journal, 1903.
Isaac N. Denham
Biography published in the 1883 History
of Henry & St. Clair Counties,
Missouri.
William E. Dunn
Biography published in the 1919History
of Henry County, Missouri.
Albert Dunning
Biography published in the 1919History
of Henry County, Missouri.
Jasper M. Anderson
Biography published in the 1919History
of Henry County, Missouri.
Isaac N. Denham
Biography published in the 1883 History
of Henry & St. Clair Counties,
Missouri.
James H. Blackwell
Biography published in the 1883 History
of Henry & St. Clair Counties,
Missouri.
Samuel Calvert
Biography published in the 1883 History
of Henry & St. Clair Counties,
Missouri.
W.B. Calvert
Biography published in the 1919 History
of Henry County, Missouri.
Andrew F. McCray
Biography published in the 1919 History
of Henry County, Missouri.
   
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