Yes, I'm engaged in a series of articles about the so-called Kuklux movement in Reynolds County in 1872, which includes the whipping of Presbyterian preacher/school teacher Thomas Calahan, a native of Pennsylvania who during the war was a Union Army chaplain. Anything you might have concerning Calahan and his troubles I would certainly like to see. My information comes basically from what appeared in the New York Times (forwarded to same by Missouri Democrat). Col. William Lawson and his son Thomas are a part of the series, though they resided in Carter County at the time of the son's whipping.

By the way, do you know anything about Green Wilson, the fellow accused of burning the county's clerk's temporary office quarters in Centerville in 1867? According to family sources, he and two brothers had joined the ranks of the Union Army after their half-brother Jacob Wilson was slain while feeding his hogs in August of 1861, allegedly by Sam Hildebrand. Brother Riley Wilson joined the 68th enrolled militia, but I have no record of the wartime service of Green or his other brother, James Hasty Wilson. The Wilsons and a good many of the Copelands (as well as many others) came to Reynolds County from Wayne County, Tennessee, their home for several decades.

Many thanks.

Cletis