History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 166

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358

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President, Beverly Allen; Vicc-Presidents, Hon. William C. Carr, Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, Rev. A. Bullard, Rev. William M. Daily, Rev. W. S. Potts, Hon. William Carr Lane, Gen. Ranney, of Cape Girardeau ; Hon. D. Dunklin, Washing- ton County ; S. L. Hart, Jefferson City ; Hon. David Todd, Boone County ; Maj. W. Blakely, Marion County. Managers, H. R. Gamble, HI. S. Geyer, P. G. Camden, John C. Dinnies, Rev. Joseph Tabor, George K. Budd, Wayman Crow, Josiah Spald- ing; Treasurer, J. B. Camden; Secretary, Trusten Polk.

The Missouri State Colonization Society continued in existence for several years. Its annual meeting, held Nov. 14, 1844, in the Centenary Church, was addressed by Charles C. Whittlesey, Rev. R. S. Fin- ley, Artemas Bullard, I. T. Hinton, Joseph Boyle, J. H. Linn, Mr. Heath, and Dr. F. Knox. Gen. N. Ran- ney presided, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :

President, Hon. Edward Bates; Vice-Presidents, Hon. J. C. Edwards, Gen. N. Ranney, Rev. A. Bullard, I. T. Hinton, Wil- liam S. Potts, H. H. Johnson, Wesley Browning, - Good- rich, of Jefferson City ; Right Rev. C. S. Hawks, Hon. James Young, and Abiel Leonard, of Howard County ; Secretary, Rev. Robert S. Finley ; Treasurer, Charles C. Whittlesey ; Managers, Rev. James Boyle, H. HI. Field, William G. Eliot, Wyllys King, John Camden, Archibald Gamble, William Burd, Trusten Polk, William M. McPherson, Thomas Shore, John Whitehill, Wm. M. Campbell.

On Jan. 11, 1848, we find that at the mecting of the Young Men's Colonization Society, held at the Unitarian Church, John F. Darby was called to the chair, and William Glasgow, Jr., appointed secretary. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Finley, a committee of three was appointed to nominate officers for the en- suing year; whercupon the following nominations were made and confirmed : President, Rev. . William G. Eliot ; Treasurer, H. S. Woods ; Secretary, J. R. Barret ; Board of Managers, Rev. Mr. Finley, Josiah Dent, Barton Bates, R. F. Barret, John Henderson, Mr. Jamison, William Warder, and C. Carroll.

The Erin Benevolent Society .- About the 1st of February, 1818, " a meeting of Irishmen to form a benevolent society" was held at the house of Jer- emiah Conner, of which Thomas Brady was chair- man, and Thomas Hanly, secretary. A committee on organization was appointed, consisting of Jeremiah Conner, John Mullanphy, James McGunnegle, Alex- ander Blackwell, and Arthur Maginnis. From this on to Oct. 10, 1819, no progress appears to be made. On that date another meeting was called at the office of

Jeremiah Conner, who was called to the chair. James Nagle was chosen secretary. A committee of seven was appointed to draft a constitution for the " Erin Benevolent Society," for the "relief of those of our countrymen who may be in distress." The meeting then adjourned to the 15th, when the committee re- ported a constitution, which was adopted, and the following officers were elected :

President, Jeremiah Conner ; Vice-President, Thomas Hanly ; Treasurer, Hugh Rankin; Secretary, Lawrence Ryan ; Standing Committee, Robert H. Catherwood, Thomas English, Hugh O'Neil, Joseph Charless, Sr., and James Timon ; Visiting Committee, John Timon, Robert Rankin, and Franeis Rochford.

The French Benevolent Society was established about 1840, and after languishing until April, 1851, was reorganized with M. Cortambert as president. It now meets at 408 Washington Avenue.

The St. Andrew's Society .- A meeting of the natives of Scotland resident in St. Louis was held in the school-room of Mr. Brown on the night of Sept. 31, 1839, for the purpose of forming a benev- olent association. John S. Thompson presided, and T. T. Stewart was secretary, and on motion of T. S. Rutherford, an organization was effected under the title of "The St. Andrew's Society of St. Louis, the object of which will be not only to cherish and keep alive that kindly feeling which ought to subsist be- tween natives of the same country, but also to render aid to those whose circumstances require it "

Mechanics' Benevolent Society .- An associa- tion of this name was organized April 10, 1817, with Joseph Charless, president ; Abraham Keys, sec- retary.

The American Sunday-School Union, the main house of which is located at No. 1122 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, was first represented in St. Louis in 1867, when a branch house was established, with S. Paxson & Co. as agents. It was continued as the de- pository of the American Sunday-School Union until 1879, when a change was made in its management, and A. L. Paxson succeeded to the business as merely resident agent for the Union. Stephen Paxson, during his connection with the American Sunday-School Union for a period of thirty years, established thirteen hundred and fourteen Sunday-schools, containing eighty-one thousand teachers and scholars.

St. Louis Prison Discipline Society .- In 1848 a society of this name was organized, with the follow- ing officers : Hon. James B. Townsend, president ; David N. Hall, vice-president ; Charles H. Haven, corresponding secretary ; Spencer Smith, recording secretary ; Franklin Fisher, treasurer. It began its

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labors with a library of one hundred and fifty volumes in the county jail, and carried on a beneficial work among the prisoners.

The Catholic Orphan Association, of St. Louis, was founded Feb. 13, 1841, the founders being An- gela Hughes, Frances McEnnis, Prudentia Dorsey, Winnifred Mullen, Milonel Doyle, and Bibiana O'Mallcy. The board of managers included John B. Sarpy, Edward Walsh, Bryan Mullanphy, Ama- dee Vallé, Joseph Murphy, John Haverty, Thomas Gray, Thomas Flaherty, and Patrick J. Ryder. Under this management it was incorporated in 1849 as the Roman Catholic Male and Female Orphan Asylum of St. Louis. On Sept. 17, 1849, the managers assem- bled for the purpose of organizing. John B. Sarpy was elected president ; John Haverty, vice-president ; Anadee Vallé, treasurer ; and Thomas Flaherty, secretary. The first location of the asylum was on Walnut Street, near the Cathedral. The building was torn down in 1841, and a home for female or- phans was established shortly after on a lot donated by Mrs. Aun Biddle, at Tenth and Biddle Streets. A male department was established at Fifteenth Street and Clark Avenue, in a house built by the managers. St. Bridget's Half-Orphans' Asylum for Girls was es- tablished on Lucas Avenue and Beaumont Street in 1858. Sister Seraphine is the present Superior of the latter house. Half-orphans from five to twelve years old are placed here by the surviving parent. In connection with the asylum there is a Catholic protectorate at Glencoe, under the management of the orphan board. Orphans over nine years old are sent there from the city institutions, and are taught farm- ing and trades. The three asylums are under the management of the board, which meets on the second Thursday of each month. The present officers are Rev. P. J. Ryan, president; Rev. William Walsh, vice-president ; Rev. Philip P. Brady, secretary ; Jo- seph O'Neil, treasurer; Rev. James Henry, Rev. M. W. Tobin, Rev. John J. Hennessy, Rev. James McCaffrey, Rev. Andrew Eustace, Messrs. M. Dough- erty, Alexander J. P. Gareschè, Charles Slevin, J. B. C. Lucas, Patrick Fox, and John F. Gibbons, directors.

St. Vincent's Seminary, at Grand and Lucas Avenues, conducted by the Sisters of Charity, was established in 1843, at Tenth and St. Charles Strects, where it remained for many years. When the busi- ness portion of the city had spread beyond the semi- nary, and the number of pupils increased, the sisters sought another location, and the present site was chosen, and in November, 1875, the sisters moved into the extensive building which had been com-

pleted for them. Sister Olympia, who died in 1875, was the first Superior ; she was succeeded by Sister Lucina. The office was next filled by the present incumbent, Sister Mary Elizabeth. The seminary is managed by twelve sisters, and is self-sustaining. The old building on St. Charles Street is owned by the sisters, and leased as a glass-factory.

The Convent of the Good Shepherd is located at Seventeenth and Pine Streets. The Sisterhood of Our Lady of Charity, better known as Sisters of the Good Shepherd, was organized in France some two hundred and fifty years ago by a band of ladies belonging to the nobility, and its members are drawn from the very flower of Catholic maidenhood, and must be in independent circumstances, for the work brings no pay. The work of the order in St. Louis was begun in January, 1849. Its first location was on Decatur and Marion Streets; the corner-stone of the present convent was laid in 1852, and it was dedi- cated in 1854, having since been enlarged by succes- sive additions; the land on which it was built was donated by Mrs. L. Hunt. The objects of the insti- tution are the reformation of fallen women and the preservation of young girls in danger. Its inmates are divided into four classes, which are kept entirely separate in occupation, recreation, worship, and living, as follows : (1) the Industrial Class, or orphans of respectable parentage ; (2) the Class of Preservation, or young girls rescued from danger and the beginnings of evil; (3) the Penitents, or class of reformed women ; (4) the Magdalens, or such of the reformed as choose to remain in the institution, some of whom have been there twenty and some even thirty years. The order in St. Louis was chartered under the name of Sisters of the Good Shepherd in 1869. Rev. Mother Provincial, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart, has been in charge of the order since 1861; Sister Frances Patrick is her assistant. In the spring of 1882. they were divided as follows: inmates, First class, forty-two ; second class, one hundred and twenty-one; third class, one hundred and seventy- five; fourth class, sixty-six. In all these classes in- dustry, education, and religion are brought to bear.

The Convent of the Sisters of St. Mary was founded by Mother Odilia, who, with six sisters of the order of the Servants of the Divine Heart of Jesus, commonly called Sisters of St. Mary, arrived in St. Louis from Germany in November, 1872, and were chartered in 1873, under the corporate name of Servants of the Divine Heart of Jesus, Sisters Margaret Mary, Bernadine, Clara, Elizabeth, and others being the incorporators. The community is devoted to nursing and visiting the sick and poor in

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their own homes. The convent of the order is located at the corner of Third and Mulberry Streets ; it was built in 1873 on a lot of ground donated by Arch- bishop Kenrick. They have also a hospital on Papin Street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets, known as St. Mary's Infirmary, which was established in 1877. The first president of the community was Mother Odilia, who died Oet. 17, 1880, and was succeeded by Mother Seraphia. The pres- ent board of officers consists of Mother Seraphia, president ; Sister Margaret Mary, mother assistant and mistress of novices ; Sister Cecilia, secretary and treasurer.

The House of the Guardian Angel .- In 1859, Archbishop Kenrick gave the Sisters of Charity a small two-story building on the corner of Marion and Menard Streets. In this little house, with four rooms, the sisters opened a female protectorate. In a few years their work extended, and a larger building was ereeted on the same lot. In 1882 another ad- dition was made. There are about fifty children in the house. Sister Mary Rose is the Superior.

The Convent of Carmelite Nuns, at Second Ca- rondelet Avenue and Victor Street, was built in the year 1877. This community was declared incor- porated under the name and style of " The Carmel of St. Joseph" in the year 1873. The incorporators were Louise J. Roman, Jane B. Edwards, Mary J. Smith, Ella M. Boland, Elizabeth Dorsey, Mary Eliza Trémoulet, Anna M. Wise, and others. The corner-stone of the present building was laid in 1873. They had, previous to the year 1877, occupied the country residence of Archbishop Kenrick, west of Calvary Cemetery. They elect one of their own number as Prioress every three years. The present Mother Prioress is Mother Mary.

St. Vincent's German Orphan Asylum, on Twen- tieth Street, between O'Fallon Street and Cass Avenue, was organized June 13, 1851, and incorporated the same year. The incorporators werc John Mountel, F. L. Stuver, Franeis Sturwald, F. J. Heitkamp, J. H. Grefenkamp, Francis Saler, and S. F. Blattarr. The original officers were F. L. Stuver, president ; Charles F. Blattarr, secretary ; Francis Saler, treas- urer. Present chief officers : Fred. Arndes, president of socicty ; H. J. Spaunhorst, president of board of trus- tees. The corner-stone of the building was laid in September, 1850. The object of the asylum is to receive, maintain, and educate orphans of German parentage. The institution has one hundred and seventy-eight children, in charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who receive a small annual compensation from the society. The entire cxpense is borne by members

of the St. Vincent's Society of German Catholies, and by semi-annual collections in the German Catholie Churches. The improvements and grounds cost over sixty thousand dollars. The boys receive two hun- dred dollars when they become of age, and the girls fifty dollars.

Western Female Guardian Society .- In May, 1866, a number of ladies resolved to establish a society, the object of which should be to protect the unprotected, house the homeless, save the erring, and help the tempted and destitute women in obtaining an honest livelihood. The society was to consist of those persons who would annually contribute one hundred dollars to its treasury, or give five years' faithful ser- viee to its board of managers. It was some time be- fore a suitable location could be decided upon for such a home as was needed. In June the Weimar mansion, fronting on Brooklyn Street, near Twelfth, with a depth of one hundred and twenty-five feet and three stories high, was bought for the sum of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars, and nearly five thou- sand dollars more were spent upon it for repairs. Immediately after its opening the house was filled to its utmost capacity.

The Home of the Friendless, Carondelet road, south of Meramec Street, Mrs. Mary S. Burroughs, matron, had its origin in the circumstance of the death at the county poor-house of an elderly lady, who from a position of wealth and refinement had fallen into poverty. Thereupon Mrs. Joseph Charless undertook to establish a retreat for other ladics who might be similarly afflicted. She obtained from her husband five hundred dollars as a nucleus, and from Henry D. Bacon a subseription of one thou- sand dollars, conditioned on her seeuring a total sub- seription of ten thousand dollars. She did seeure sub- scriptions to the amount of thirteen thousand dollars, whereupon the Home was organized and incorporated by charter bearing date Feb. 3, 1853, and designating as the corporation " all such persons of the female sex as heretofore have, or hereafter may, become contrib- utors of peeuniary aid to said institution." As the managers are required to be corporators, the male sex is entirely excluded from active participation in the affairs of the Home. The first board of trustees con- sisted of Mary O. Darrah, first direetress ; Sarah B. Brant, second direetress; Amanda M. Park, treasurer; Helen C. Annan, secretary ; and Anna M. Perry, Mary S. Bennet, Julia A. Bacon, Mary H. Belcher, Sophia Gay, Charlotte T. Charless, Louisa Pratt, Angelica P. Lockwood, Minerva Blow, Rebecca M. Sire, Susan M. Simonds, Amelia J. Ranney, and Caro- line O'Fallon, managers. The charter authorized the

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city of St. Louis to give to the Home thirty thousand dollars in land or bonds, and the county to give twenty thousand dollars in bonds. The county court did give the amount so authorized, and the present site of the Home was bought for eighteen thousand dollars, soon after the issue of the charter. The house had been built for a Swiss Protestant College, but the enterprise fell through. Two years ago an addition of twenty rooms was made to the original building ; they were dedicated in December, 1880. They are largely the product of memorial offerings, and on the doors of many of them may be read the names of those who are thus memorialized.

The Home now contains sixty-four rooms for in- mates and six rooms for offices ; the grounds contain over seven acres, and are beautifully laid out. Every comfort, almost every luxury, of life is provided for the inmates, who now number fifty-five; the location of the Home and the views from its windows are truly delightful. The rules provide that no one under the age of fifty (except such as are disabled) shall become an inmate ; that all shall pay an admission fee of one hundred dollars, and shall further covenant to reimburse the Home for their maintenance in the case of their subsequently acquiring property. Since its establishment the Home has furnished shelter to six hundred old ladies ; its total income last year was ten thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty-three cents, of which five hundred and six dol- lars was from annual subscriptions of the corporators, seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents from cash donations, and the balance from vested funds, legacies, etc. The principal subscribers to the original fund for the establishment of the Home were as follows: Subscribers of $1000, Henry D. Bacon, Henry T. Blow, William H. Belcher, Pierre Chou- teau, John Gay, Wyllys King, William M. McPher- son ; subscribers of $500, Joseph Charless, Oliver Bennett, Edw. J. Gay, John Simonds, Bernard Pratte, William M. Morrison, Alfred Vinton, Ann M. Perry ; of $300, Andrew Christy, R. J. Lock- wood, D. A. January ; of $250, J. B. Brant ; of $200, Taylor Blow, W. H. Barksdale, Wayman Crow, O. D. Filley, James E. Yeatman, Loker, Renick & Co .; $150, George R. Robinson ; the rest being subscribed in amounts of $100 and less. Other bencfactions have been as follows : County of St. Louis, in September, 1853, bonds which sold at par $20,000, used in purchase of the Home ; and the following legacies : 1862, Mrs. Jane Wilgus, $2500 ; 1867, Asa Wilgus, $5000; 1869, Andrew Christy, $500; 1874-82, Maj. William H. Bell (one-eighth of estate), $16,500 ; 1875, Mrs. R. W. Oliphant,

$500; 1876, Hudson E. Bridge, $5000; 1876, Clara B. Ridgway, $6000; 1881, Mrs. Henrietta Jaccard, $1124.07. John O'Fallon and wife in 1858 gave to the Home fifteen arpens of land just west of the Fair Grounds, estimated value $15,000 to $20,000. The successive first directresses of the Home have been Mrs. Henry T. Darrah, February, 1853, to November, 1854; Mrs. Joseph Charless, to April, 1865 ; Mrs. George Partridge, to November, 1866 ; and Mrs. Charles Holmes, from November, 1866, to the present time. The second directresses have been Mrs. Sarah B. Brant, Mrs. George Par- tridge, Mrs. Rebecca M. Sire, Mrs. Charles Holmes, Mrs. George Partridge, Mrs. William Downing, Mrs. Henry T. Blow, Miss Martha Smith, Mrs. A. F. Shapleigh. Secretaries, Mrs. Helen C. Annan, Mrs. Henry T. Darrah, Mrs. George . Banker, Mrs. James Fiske, Mrs. L. N. Bonham, Miss Martha Smith, Mrs. J. G. Chapman (since 1873). Treasurers, Mrs. An- drew Park, 1853 to 1864 ; Mrs. Samuel Copp, 1864 to the present time. There now sixty-two inmates. The officers are-

Mrs. Charles Holmes, first directress ; Mrs. A. F. Shapleigh, second directress ; Mrs. J. Gilbert Chapman, secretary ; Mrs. Samuel Copp, treasurer; and Mrs. Henry Kennedy, Mrs. Wil- liam Stobie, Mrs. Thomas Howard, Mrs. Gerard B. Allen, Mrs. E. C. Copelin, Mrs. E. A. Hitchcock, Mrs. E. E. Webster, Mrs. John C. Vogel, Mrs. S. F. Humphreys, Mrs. G. Mattison, Mrs. J. C. Krafft, Mrs. D. C. Young, Mrs. John T. Davis, Mrs. Wil- liam H. Benton, Miss Jennie Glover, Mrs. L. M. Collier, Mrs. S. C. Cummins, board of trustees.

The Girls' Industrial Home .- In 1854 a number of the ladies of St. Louis established a charitable in- stitution called " The Industrial School and Temporary Home for Destitute Children," for the purpose of re- claiming and teaching habits of industry to and educating orphan children and the children of desti- tute parents. In 1855, Mrs. Mary B. Homes, Mrs. Mary Ann Ranlett, Mrs. Mary B. Murray, and Mrs. Caroline E. Kasson, as incorporators, obtained from the Legislature a charter under the name of " The Girls' Industrial Home," by which name it has since been known. The Home is now situated at the cor- ner of Nineteenth and Morgan Streets, to which place it was removed in 1867. Its first president was Mrs. Mary Ann Ranlett, but for the past twenty-five years Mrs. John S. Thomson has filled that position. Its present officers are-

Mrs. John S. Thomson, president; Mrs. Robert Anderson, first vice-president; Mrs. Jonathan Jones, second vice-presi- dent; Mrs. E. W. Clarke, recording secretary; Mrs. Ed- ward Morrison, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. W. A. Jones, treasurer. Managers, Mrs. Clara Barnard, Mrs. S. Cupples, Mrs. A. S. W. Goodwin, Mrs. J. M. Corbett, Miss M. P. Sim- mons, Mrs. E. A. Morse, Mrs. J. Arnot, Mrs. R. E. Briar, Mrs.

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George A. Madill, Mrs. M. C. Libby, Mrs. F. B. Chamberlain, Mrs. J. O. Talbot, Mrs. E. N. Leeds, Mrs. J. H. Alexander, Mrs. E. O. Stanard, Mrs. W. H. Gregg, Mrs. M. M. Buck, Miss Mary Ganse, Mrs. Charles H. Smith, Mrs. John A. Smithers, Mrs. S. Pepper, Mrs. H. D. Waterman, Mrs. William Mitchell, Mrs. W. F. Brinck, Mrs. E. G. Obear, Mrs. J. S. Dunham, Miss Anna Pulliam, Mrs. F. S. Waters, Mrs. G. L. Joy. Sewing Committee, Miss Ella Fairman, Miss Belle Anderson, Miss Laura Anderson, Miss Ewald. Advisory Committee, A. F. Shapleigh, S. Cupples, E. G. Obear, E. Morrison. Counsel, Henry Hitchcock, S. P. Galt. Physicians, J. F. Stevens, J. M. Stevens.

The Working Women's Home and Home for Blind Girls .- The Working Women's Home was or- ganized in 1875, under the direction of the Western Sanitary Commission, comprising George Partridge, C. S. Greeley, James E. Yeatman, and J. B. John- son. The object of this institution was to supply a home for working women and a day nursery. In connection with the Working Women's Home a Home for Blind Girls was established in 1879. The latter was founded because it was found that many of the girls on leaving the Missouri Institution for the Blind were left without a place of refuge. A society was organized among the blind girls of the institution, known as the Blind Girls' Band. 'At a meeting held by them for raising a fund the collections amounted to one dollar and sixty-two cents. The band went to work, and by their exertions, with a few donations, suc- cceded in raising a fund of six thousand five hundred dollars. The Western Sanitary Commission offered the band the use of a portion of the Working Wo- men's Home free of charge, and they established an Industrial Home for the benefit of poor blind girls. Mrs. M. A. Evans has long presided over the man- agement of the Home. The Home is on Twelfth Street, between Cass Avenue and O'Fallon Street. The buildings are owned by the Sanitary Fund.

The Worthy Woman's Aid, 1712 North Tenth Street, is a home institution, conducted by Mrs. Hariot for women who arc out of employment. Shelter is given them, and situations are sought for worthy ap- plicants. Mrs. Hariot conducts the Home, which has twenty inmates, without the aid of any organized charity.

The Methodist Orphans' Home .- In 1865, William H. Markham determined to establish an orphans' home. His object was to take care of the helpless orphan children of Methodist parents, and if able to receive and provide for any destitute orphans, without regard to the religion of the parents, to edu- cate them at the public schools so far as necessary for business, trades, etc. Mr. Markham proposed to bear the responsibility for all necessary expenses, but no one was prohibited from contributing to the enter-

prise. In 1866 a building known as the Chamburg House, on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Mon- roe Streets, was rented and furnished. It was soon found that this house was too small, and the Dobyn mansion being then for sale, it was purchased by Mr. Markham for about thirteen thousand dollars. The Home is located on the southwest corner of Twelfth and Brooklyn Streets, and both the house and the grounds are admirably adapted to its purpose. In 1867 the control of the Home was transferred to the keeping of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, by which it was reorganized, and went into operation with the following officers :

William H. Markham, president ; Levin H. Baker, first vice- president ; Hiram Shaw, second vice-president; Austin R. Moore, permanent secretary ; and Hon. Trusten Polk, Wil- liam T. Gay, Robert Baker, James Bissell, and John C. Bull, Mrs. William Finney, Mrs. J. G. Shelton, Mrs. William T. Gay, Mrs. C. C. Anderson, Mrs. Levin H. Baker, Mrs. P. H. Lockwood, Mrs. John O'Fallon, Mrs. Trusten Polk, Mrs. Sam- uel Cupples, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Jesse Arnot, Mrs. Dr. Bryant, Mrs. M. R. Collins, Mrs. Bissell, Mrs. Capt. Logan, Mrs. Jesse Boogher, Mrs. A. McCamant, Mrs. J. B. Coleman, Mrs. Nathan Coleman, Mrs. W. C. Goodwin, Mrs. Dr. William Johnston, Mrs. O. G. Rule, Mrs. James Merriman, Mrs. Barbee, Mrs. Mary Avis, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Jos. Patterson, Mrs. Gates, Mrs. W. L. Larimore, Mrs. Vandever, Mrs. T. F. Drake, Mrs. Smizer, Mrs. James Miller, Mrs. J. C. Bull, Mrs. McCausland, Mrs. Dr. Penn, directors.

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History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 166

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts Number of Pages: 1358

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358