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Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman in the United States to serve as a state governor and also the first woman appointed as director of the US Mint. She was born on November 29, 1876, near St.

Born in Independence, Missouri, on November 9, 1885, Charles G. Ross attended his town’s public schools and graduated with the high school class of 1901, first among forty-one seniors including Harry S.

Elected in 1840, Thomas Reynolds became the seventh Missouri governor. There are few records to document his early life. He was born in Bracken County, Kentucky, on March 12, 1796.

Vincent Price, a versatile actor of stage, screen, and television, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 27, 1911.

Thomas Lawson Price was born on January 19, 1809, near Danville, Virginia. Although he was the son of a wealthy plantation owner, he received only a rudimentary education.

Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on September 11, 1809, Sterling Price was the son of a tobacco planter of middling status who provided a comfortable home and a good education for his five children.

Bernard Pratte’s father, Jean Baptiste, settled first on the east bank of the Mississippi. When France ceded that territory to England, he moved across the river to Ste.