the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Virginia Minor. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-95372]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Minor_Virginia.jpg?h=79938f3b&itok=RFp3JtMd "Virginia Minor. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-95372]")
Virginia Louisa Minor was born on March 27, 1824, in Caroline County, Virginia, the second…
![Louis Monsees seated on one of his Missouri mules. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Melvin Bradley Papers, C3026]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Louis_Monsees.jpg?h=36a221a1&itok=wqrk3W1a "Louis Monsees seated on one of his Missouri mules. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Melvin Bradley Papers, C3026]")
Louis M. Monsees, a livestock breeder, is recognized for his contributions to the breeding…
![Walthall Moore Sr. [Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1929–1930]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-10/1.-walthall-moore-sr.jpg?h=50d821bc&itok=bmMSf1Gl "Walthall Moore Sr. [Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1929–1930]")
Walthall Moore Sr. was born on May 1, 1886, in Marion, Alabama, the son of John and Sarah…
![Luella St. Clair Moss. [The College Widow, Christian College, 1918]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Luella-St.-Clair-Moss.jpg?h=c9bfe508&itok=3dlVYFIq "Luella St. Clair Moss. [The College Widow, Christian College, 1918]")
Luella St. Clair Moss, an educator and community activist, was born in Virden, Illinois, to…
![Friedrich Muench. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Warren County Photograph Collection (P1141), 014066]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Friedrich-Muench.jpg?h=edea59cd&itok=6vvFtQ7G "Friedrich Muench. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Warren County Photograph Collection (P1141), 014066]")
Friedrich Muench was born on June 25, 1799, the son of a Lutheran pastor in Niedergemuenden in the German…
![John Mullanphy. [William Hyde and Howard L. Conard, eds., Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, vol. 3 (1899)]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-John_Mullanphy.jpg?h=5986835a&itok=Fo6mCsCS "John Mullanphy. [William Hyde and Howard L. Conard, eds., Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, vol. 3 (1899)]")
John Mullanphy, a merchant and philanthropist, was born in 1758 in northern Ireland near…
![Carry Nation. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-05640]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Carry-Nation.jpg?h=1ca7a6de&itok=1hVmh7KW "Carry Nation. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-05640]")
Carry Amelia Moore Nation, an internationally known temperance crusader, was born on…
![William Rockhill Nelson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Press Portraits Collection, P1196-014545]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-William-Rockhill-Nelson.jpg?h=8a606310&itok=rezhFlPS "William Rockhill Nelson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Press Portraits Collection, P1196-014545]")
Of British, Quaker, and Huguenot heritage, William Rockhill Nelson was born five miles west…
![Howard Nemerov. [Washington University Libraries, Special Collections, Howard Nemerov Papers]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Howard_Nemerov.jpg?h=17b87167&itok=5aRtdbee "Howard Nemerov. [Washington University Libraries, Special Collections, Howard Nemerov Papers]")
Howard Nemerov was born on February 29, 1920, in New York City, and died on July 5, 1991,…
![Frank O’Hare as a young man. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-09/1.%20Francis%20Peter%20OHare.jpg?h=4f4df08b&itok=VCeFjcgi "Frank O’Hare as a young man. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis]")
Francis Peter “Frank” O’Hare was born in New Hampton, Iowa, on April 23, 1877, to Peter…