the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Samuel Hawken. [Missouri Historical Society, Prints and Photographs Division, N38641]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-06/William-Henry-Hatch.jpg?itok=3NoK7LPV "Samuel Hawken. [Missouri Historical Society, Prints and Photographs Division, N38641]")
Jacob Hawken (1786–1849) and Samuel Hawken (1792–1884)
Christian Hawken, a respected gunsmith of Hagerstown, Maryland, taught his six sons and several grandsons the craft of rifle making.
Mary Ellen Rowe
Mary Ellen Rowe is a retired professor of history at the University of Central Missouri.
![Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-06/Francis-White-Cloud.jpg?itok=T49fjLnV "Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]")
The Ioways
The Ioways did not live in what is now Missouri for much of the historical era. However, their Oneota ancestors lived along the Missouri River in the northern half of the state during prehistoric times.
Alexander W. Doniphan (1808–1887)
Born on July 9, 1808, in Mason County, Kentucky, Alexander William Doniphan was the son of Joseph and Anne Smith Doniphan, both from Virginia.
Roger D. Launius
Roger D. Launius is a former associate director for collections and curatorial affairs at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and former chief historian for NASA.
Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852)
Rose Philippine Duchesne, a French pioneer missionary on the American frontier, was born on August 29, 1769, in Grenoble, France. She was the eldest of five children.
Catherine M. Mooney
Catherine M. Mooney is associate professor of Church History in the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College.
Daniel Marsh Frost (1823–1900)
Daniel Marsh Frost, a Confederate army officer, was born on August 9, 1823, in Mariaville, in Schenectady County, New York.
Christopher Phillips
Christopher Phillips is the John and Dorothy Hermanies Professor of American History at the University of Cincinnati.