Sidney Neal Owens was born on December 29, 1836, in Washington County, Kentucky, to Samuel Owens and Margaret M. Ellis, who was just 16 years old when she gave birth. Sidney was the second of five daughters born to Samuel and Margaret. She came to Clay County, Missouri when she was quite young and made her home for several years with her aunt. In young womanhood, she married John Arthur Beauchamp in 1862 in Kentucky. They had five children in 14 years, Lee, Margaret, Mariett

This recipe is from the recreated 1903 Economy Cookbook put out by the Ladies of the Presbyterian Church in Liberty and is typed exactly as it was in 1903 so some of the elements we would like to have today are missing such as times and temperatures. Here it is as it was originally written and then I will include a more detailed, easier to follow version that I have adapted and found delightful. Cream Puffs (Original Recipe) The following makes a couple of dozen of small pu

Please enjoy one of the biographies and recipes from our book, Stirring Up History! Katherine Riley was born on June 15, 1873 in Liberty Missouri. Her parents, James T. Riley and Mary R. “Molly” Stone were from old pioneering families here in Clay County, Missouri. She was the oldest of four sisters, Louise, Nannie, and Mary Ross, and the family lived together in their home on Kansas Street. Katherine's father, a Confederate Civil War veteran, was a furniture dealer here i