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1. Edward Graves Edward Graves 1908 Photo and bio of Edward Graves, "a real-estate dealer and builder" born in Virginia in 1824 and moving to Missouri about 1834 and then to Kansas City about 1871. Description of his renovation and construction...
2. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Photo and autobiography of William Whitehead Taylor, or William Taylor, a retired brickmaker and building contractor. Born in England in 1844 and raised in Kansas City during the border warfare and Civil...
3. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Edward Groves, "serving as alderman of Kansas City from the second ward" of the City Council, born in England in 1849 and emigrating to Kansas City in 1880 as a general contractor,...
4. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Charles Milburn, a real estate developer and chemical company founder. Born in Maryland in 1852 and coming to Kansas City in 1888 as a broom manufacturer with his brother Thomas...
5. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Oliver Massie, a retired "railroad contractor" with residence at 2315 East 13th Street. Born in Saint Joseph in 1844 and serving the Union in the Civil War before coming to Kansas...
6. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of George Evans, "president of the Evans-Smith Drug Company, one of Kansas City's largest wholesale drug houses." He was born in Kentucky in 1865 and settled in Kansas City in 1885,...
7. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of William Hoelzel, a real estate developer, livestock holder, and former Santa Fe trader, born in Germany in 1829 and emigrating to Kansas City in the mid-19th century, starting out...
8. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Horace Havelock Anderson, or Horace Anderson, "president of the Kansas City Transfer Company," entering Kansas City in 1887 as a traveling salesman, connecting with the Commercial...
9. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Will Corbin, "a speculative builder" born in Iowa in 1867 and coming to Kansas City in 1891 as a realtor, describing his various properties and developments in the Kansas City area...
10. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Edward Austin, a banker and Scottish-born "capitalist to whom Kansas City owes not a little of her improvement in architectural lines," starting in 1886 with loans for and management...
11. Leo Leslie Leo Leslie 1908 Biographical sketch of Leo Leslie, "one of the foremost builders and owners of handsome residences and fine business property in Kansas City," born in Massachusetts in 1856 and coming to Kansas City in...
12. Louis Grieb Louis Grieb 1908 Biographical sketch of Louis Grieb, "a stone contractor and builder," who was born in Germany in 1858 and emigrated to Kansas City in 1888. He "superintend[ed] the construction of such buildings as the...