the State Historical Society of Missouri
Celia, the property of Robert Newsom, stood trial in Fulton, Missouri, in 1855 for the murder of her master, a…
Born on July 9, 1808, in Mason County, Kentucky, Alexander William Doniphan was the son of…
![Virginia Minor. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-95372]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Minor-v-Happersett.jpg?h=f72d155d&itok=2Ui1rElZ "Virginia Minor. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-95372]")
Decided in 1873 by the Supreme Court of Missouri and in 1874 by the US Supreme Court, …
![Homer G. Phillips. Painting by Vernon Smith. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 2016-058-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Homer-G.-Phillips.jpg?h=f2a75ae1&itok=Bgxael7W "Homer G. Phillips. Painting by Vernon Smith. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 2016-058-0001]")
Homer G. Phillips was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on April 1, 1880. He was raised by an aunt…
