the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Hancock Lee Jackson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Governors Portraits Collection, P1091-018866]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Hancock%20Lee%20Jackson.jpg?h=27de5bd5&itok=9JgOLUvD "Hancock Lee Jackson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Governors Portraits Collection, P1091-018866]")
Hancock Lee Jackson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on May 12, 1796. He married…
![William Jewell. [Walter Williams, ed., A History of Northeast Missouri (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-William-Jewell_0.jpg?h=38140c0f&itok=swOuvi2T "William Jewell. [Walter Williams, ed., A History of Northeast Missouri (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)]")
In some respects, William Jewell’s story is similar to those of thousands of others who…
![Scott Joplin. [New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, 1692841]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Scott_Joplin.jpg?h=edbf73d2&itok=TOkAbMii "Scott Joplin. [New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, 1692841]")
Known during his lifetime as the “King of Ragtime Writers,” Scott Joplin was an African…
![Frederick T. Kemper. [James Addison Quarles, The Life of Prof. F. T. Kemper A.M., a Christian Educator, 1884]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20Frederick%20T.%20Kemper.jpg?h=cfc62ba2&itok=UDCnnJbH "Frederick T. Kemper. [James Addison Quarles, The Life of Prof. F. T. Kemper A.M., a Christian Educator, 1884]")
Frederick Thomas Kemper was an educator and the founder of Kemper Military School and…
Abiel Leonard, a lawyer, jurist, and political leader, was born in Windsor, Vermont, on May…
![Nathaniel Leonard. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James M. Denny Photograph Collection (P0809)]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Nathaniel_Leonard.jpg?h=bf6d059c&itok=euwfBqtt "Nathaniel Leonard. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James M. Denny Photograph Collection (P0809)]")
A prominent farmer and stock raiser of Cooper County, Missouri, and the founder of…
![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…
![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…
![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…