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1. Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State Battles and Biographies of Missourians or the Civil War Period of Our State 1900 Chapter of the book about Confederate General John Sappington Marmaduke, or John Marmaduke (1833-1887), a Civil War leader born in Saline County, Missouri, and dying in Jefferson City, Missouri, while...
2. Dr. William Thompkins Dr. William Thompkins April 18, 1905 Biographical sketch of Dr. William Thompkins, a black Kansas City physician and former "recorder of deeds for the district of Columbia [Washington, D. C.]." Born about 1885 in Jefferson City, Missouri...
3. Felix Payne and William Thompkins Felix Payne and William Thompkins 2006 Book excerpt about Felix Payne, founder and publisher of the Kansas City American newspaper during its run from 1928 to 1941. Payne was a native of Marshall, Missouri coming to Kansas City around 1900...
4. Kansas City Women of Independent Minds Kansas City Women of Independent Minds 1992 Photo and bio of Mathilde Dallmeyer Shelden, or Mathilde Shelden (1885-1980), "a pioneer in the Missouri suffrage movement." Native of Jefferson City, Missouri coming to Kansas City in 1920 with residence...
5. Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development 1890 Photos and biographical sketches of Dr. John Langsdale and Hinton Noland of Kansas City. Description of Langsdale as a physician and "coroner-elect," born in Monroe County, Missouri, in 1856 and moving...
6. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work 1912 Photo and bio of James Houchin, "the foremost horse breeder in Missouri," born in Illinois in 1869 and moving to Jefferson City, Missouri, about 1892. Not a resident of Kansas City but connected with it...
7. Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary 1902 Photo and bio of James Ray Samuel, or James Samuel, county clerk of Jackson County. Born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1861 and coming to Kansas City in about the late 1880s.
8. Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present 1935 One paragraph of biography about James Houchin (1869-1933) former owner of the Madison Hotel in Jefferson City, Missouri, and unsuccessful candidate for governor, native to Illinois.
9. Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present 1935 One paragraph of biography about James McHenry (1836-1903), a judge and Missouri state official native to Jefferson City, Missouri, and coming to Kansas City in 1865.
10. Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present 1935 Biographical sketch of James Houchin (1869-1933), a native of Illinois and businessman in Jefferson City, Missouri, running multiple times for governor of Missouri unsuccessfully.
11. Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture 1928 Photos and captions about the 1845 and 1924 Capitol Buildings, the 1872 Executive Mansion, the 1842 Price Mansion, the 1926 First National Bank, and the 1925 First Baptist Church--all in Jefferson City,...
12. Missouri: Its Resources, People, and Institutions Missouri: Its Resources, People, and Institutions 1950 One paragraph about the architecture of the Missouri state Capitol building at Jefferson City, started in 1915, finished in 1923. It was designed by architects Tracy & Swartout.
13. Missouri: Special Limited Supplement Missouri: Special Limited Supplement 1930 Photo and bio of Jacob Moerschel (1848-1918), a native of Germany, a brewer in the Saint Louis area after the Civil War, and after 1907 a brewer and builder in Jefferson City, Missouri. Description of...
14. More Odd & Peculiar--Unusual Town Names in All Fifty States More Odd & Peculiar--Unusual Town Names in All Fifty States 1999 Two pages about the origin and history of the names of Jefferson City and its three capitol buildings, the state of Missouri and its "Show Me State" slogan, and small towns and ghost towns in Missouri,...
15. Political History of Jackson County: Biographical Sketches of Men Who Have Helped to Make It Political History of Jackson County: Biographical Sketches of Men Who Have Helped to Make It 1902 Photo and bio of J. Ray Samuel, former "chief clerk in the department of streets for Kansas City." Born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1861 and coming to Kansas City in 1885 as a realtor and in 1900 co-organizing...
16. Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission, 1917-1928 Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission, 1917-1928 1928 One paragraph on the selection of architects for the Missouri state Capitol Building in Jefferson City. Selected were Tracy & Swarthout of New York City.
17. Semi-Centennial Memorial, 1834-1884: Missouri Baptist General Association Semi-Centennial Memorial, 1834-1884: Missouri Baptist General Association //1885 Description of early Missouri newspapers in the 1830s, at the time published only in Saint Louis, Jefferson City ("Jeffersonian Republican"), and Fayette ("Boonslick Democrat").
18. The Book of Missourians The Book of Missourians 1906 Biographical sketch of Henry Dulle, "president of the G. H. Dulle Milling Company, and president of the First National Bank," born in Jefferson City in 1848 and becoming a local judge and inheritor of...
19. The Book of Missourians The Book of Missourians 1906 Biographical sketch of Henry Lamm, a Missouri State Supreme Court judge in Jefferson City, Missouri, born in Sedalia, Missouri, in 1846.
20. The Book of Missourians The Book of Missourians 1906 Biographical sketch of Ernest Simonsen, a "financier" of Jefferson City, Missouri and born in Sweden in 1858.