IMPORTANT!
» The cemetery pages will not be updated, but will not be removed. Footers will be updated over time.
» While the site is being updated, links on the new pages (all have the headers) will have this pale yellow background.
» All links NOT YET MOVED on the ORIGINAL GRUNDY SITE" will work as they did previously. If a page has been redone, the page will display in the website's new look.
I am Grundy County's Coordinator and also serve as Assistant State Coordinator for MOGenWeb. The Grundy site is near and dear to my heart. I grew up in this county, my father was born in this county. This website and Larry Flesher were so helpful when I started my genealogy journey in 1998. Larry's grandpa knew my grandpa. So, please email me if you have any suggestions or contributions you would like to make. I am unable to do additional research on your family, but I have ancestors here and will update the site with information I find. The first goal, still in progress, is to move current content into the new format.
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Information contained on all of the pages within the Grundy portion of the MOGenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Any and all donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Grundy County, Missouri was organized January 2, 1841 from part of Livingston County. The county is named for Felix GRUNDY, U.S. Attorney General under President Van Buren. The County Seat is Trenton, Missouri, with a population of 5,584 (2021).
Before white men settled in Grundy County, it was occupied as a hunting ground by tribes of Sac, Sioux, and Pottawottomie Indians. The Iowas tribe occupied what is now Grundy, Mercer, and Harrison counties.
No obtainable record or tradition exists of a permanent settlement being made until 1833, when General W. P. THOMPSON settled near the Grand River. Among the first settlers in the vicinity of the present site of Trenton were: James R. MERRILL, Samuel BENSON, John THRAILKILL, Levi MOORE, William COCHRAN, Jewett NORRIS, John SCOTT, and Daniel DeVAUL, plus the PERRY, GRUBB, and METCALF families.
I hope you find this website helpful in your research of Grundy County roots. I am unable to do local research on the county as do not live in Missouri and do not have direct access to records.
The page was last modified on : 2 May 2:24pm CDT
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Laredo Grist Mill circa 190
Located east side of Medicine Creek
Dunlap Baptist Church
Church no longer standing
Coca-Cola Company
circa 1920s
Grand River College
1850 - 1853
If you have questions, contributions, or problems with this site, email:
Grundy County Coordinator:
Lynda Coffman Peach
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
ASC: Timothy Stowell
ASC & Tech Advisor: Lynda Coffman Peach
If you have questions or problems with this site, email the County Coordinator. Please do not ask for specific research on your family. I am unable to do your personal research. I do not live in Missouri and do not have access to additional records. Members of The MOGenWeb Project team are listed to the left.
There aren't enough words to properly thank Larry Flesher who established this website. Larry has stepped down after years of service. Larry started this website in 1996. In fact, he was part of the team that envisioned what USgenWeb.org could be.