BeyoncÃ© Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Celestine Tina Knowles (nÃ©e BeyincÃ©), a hairdresser and salon owner, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager. BeyoncÃ©'s name is a tribute to her mother's maiden name. BeyoncÃ©'s younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former back up dancer for Destiny's Child.
Cooper County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,601. Its county seat is Boonville. The county was organized December 17, 1818 and named for Sarshell Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Native Americans near Arrow Rock in 1814.
The first Monett library was established in 1926 and was located in a small upstairs room in the City Hall with 1,061 volumes available for borrowers. The library merged into the county system in 1961. In 1973, the Barry-Lawrence Regional Library became the first consolidated library district in the State of Missouri.