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Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, on September 11, 1833, to Quaker parents the Reverend William and Mary Adams Hatch, William Henry Hatch attended public schools in Lexington, Kentucky, and read law in an office at Richmond.

Christian Hawken, a respected gunsmith of Hagerstown, Maryland, taught his six sons and several grandsons the craft of rifle making.

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.

Born on July 9, 1808, in Mason County, Kentucky, Alexander William Doniphan was the son of Joseph and Anne Smith Doniphan, both from Virginia.

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.