Capt. Alexander C. Kissee, Taney County,MO Pioneer ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** File transcribed and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by "Bonnie Muench" USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Unauthorized use for commercial ventures expressly prohibited. All information submitted to this project remains - to the extent the law allows - the property of the submitter who, by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** Here is Effie S "Cardwell". Davidson's latest history lesson. She's 98, born in Kissee Mills, taught school at the old Helphrey school and keeps in contact with Edith Kissee and some of the other pioneers. Kissee Mills, Missouri Capt. Alexander C. Kissee Capt. Kissee fought in the civil war, and when it was over he was looking for a new place to homestead. He came back to Taney County and homesteaded a large track of land on Beaver Creek. It was said that he had fathered 24 children, some say 27, but there was only 13 that I knew. He started a grist mill to grind wheat and flour, importing the stone burr from France. He planted a large orchard, and built a very large beautiful home there. There was a unusual cold artesian well on the property, which he built a distillery over. There was a board walk over to the distillery, but he did not allow drinking on the property. The sprits were sold for home consumption only. He started a school, store/post office, cemetery, and others followed to start a small thriving village of Kissee Mills. One of his son's Benjamin married Minnie Cardwell, Effie's sister and one of his daughters Gladys married her brother-in-law Burr Davidson.