the State Historical Society of Missouri
![John Mullanphy. [William Hyde and Howard L. Conard, eds., Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, vol. 3 (1899)]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-John_Mullanphy.jpg?itok=hoUCBDCl "John Mullanphy. [William Hyde and Howard L. Conard, eds., Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, vol. 3 (1899)]")
John Mullanphy (1758–1833)
John Mullanphy, a merchant and philanthropist, was born in 1758 in northern Ireland near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh. His mother died at a young age, and after his father’s second marriage, he moved in with his uncle.
Dennis Northcott
Dennis Northcott is associate archivist at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.
![Louis Monsees seated on one of his Missouri mules. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Melvin Bradley Papers, C3026]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Louis_Monsees.jpg?itok=mK2dHb4U "Louis Monsees seated on one of his Missouri mules. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Melvin Bradley Papers, C3026]")
Louis M. Monsees (1858–1947)
Louis M. Monsees, a livestock breeder, is recognized for his contributions to the breeding of Missouri mules. He was born on November 20, 1858, the son of John H.
Rhonda Chalfant
Rhonda Chalfant, a writer and historical consultant in Sedalia, Missouri, holds a PhD in history from the University of Missouri in Columbia and is the author of Show Me the Fair: A History of the Missouri State Fair.
![Virginia Minor. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-95372]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Minor_Virginia.jpg?itok=_R-5MuCh "Virginia Minor. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-95372]")
Virginia Louisa Minor (1824–1894)
Virginia Louisa Minor was born on March 27, 1824, in Caroline County, Virginia, the second of seven children of Warner and Maria Timberlake Minor. She was descended from a long line of distinguished Virginia planters.
LeeAnn Whites
LeeAnn Whites is professor emerita in history at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
![John B. C. Lucas. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N29998]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-02/1.-john-b.-c.-lucas.jpg?itok=RTAxrWD8 "John B. C. Lucas. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N29998]")
John B. C. Lucas (1758–1842)
When John B. C. Lucas died in St.
Regis Loisel (1773?–1804)
Regis (Registre) Loisel was born near Montreal, Canada, in about 1773, and at an early age he entered the fur trade.
![Isidor Loeb. [State Historical Society of Missouri Photographs, 1896–2010, P0137-12873]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Isidor_Loeb.jpg?itok=NhaoGtyS "Isidor Loeb. [State Historical Society of Missouri Photographs, 1896–2010, P0137-12873]")
Isidor Loeb (1868–1954)
Isidor Loeb, a longtime Missouri educator and authority on state government and taxation, was born on November 5, 1868, in the Howard County, Missouri, village of Roanoke.
![Theodore Link, circa 1890. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N27617]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Theodore_Carl_Link.jpg?itok=xsCLLFj2 "Theodore Link, circa 1890. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N27617]")
Theodore Carl Link (1850–1923)
Theodore Carl Link is best known as the architect of St. Louis’s Union Station, but if he had never worked on the massive structure, he would still have been a major Missouri architect.