the State Historical Society of Missouri
Perry McCandless was a professor of history at the University of Central Missouri.
![The traditional illustration of David Barton. Some historians question the image’s authenticity. [Howard L. Conard, ed., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. 1 (St. Louis: Southern History Co., 1901)]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/1.%20David%20Barton.jpg?itok=Jn_q00l9 "The traditional illustration of David Barton. Some historians question the image’s authenticity. [Howard L. Conard, ed., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, vol. 1 (St. Louis: Southern History Co., 1901)]")
David Barton was born near Greenville, North Carolina, now in eastern Tennessee, on December 14, 1783. He was…
Articles Authored
![Lewis Bogy. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-cwpbh-00128]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-03/1-Lewis-Bogy.jpg?itok=XCob_nXz "Lewis Bogy. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-cwpbh-00128]")
Born in Ste. Genevieve on April 9, 1818, as a descendant of early French…
Although Alexander Buckner served in Missouri’s 1820 Constitutional Convention, the state…
![Daniel Dunklin. [State Historical Society of Missouri, P1042-018634]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Daniel_Dunklin_P1042-018634.jpg?itok=qH2FRHoq "Daniel Dunklin. [State Historical Society of Missouri, P1042-018634]")
Missouri’s fifth governor, Daniel Dunklin, was born on January 14, 1790, in the Greenville…
![James S. Green. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-26803]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-04/1.%20James%20S.%20Green.jpg?itok=pBwCCgZm "James S. Green. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-26803]")
James S. Green was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, on February 28, 1817, and settled in…