Family Collections

Title: Bachelor's Club of Albany, Missouri
Description: Interior view of a group of men taken in Albany, Missouri around 1885. Identified on the back of the photograph as the Bachelor's Club of Albany, Missouri. Picture is reprinted in a 1915 Albany, Missouri newspaper article with the photograph. The men are identified as: top row, left to right - G.G. Strock, H.C. Amos, Horace J. Peery, Dr. F.G. Smith, Ed Hubbard, J.W. Clement. Lower row, left to right - E.C. Amos, Geo. W. Hunter, Nash A. Peery, Reece W. Crockett.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gosset Family Brothers
Description: Family portrait of the six sons of Rev. J. D. Gossett. Written on the back in pencil: "Gossett Brothers; Claud Stone/Sept 30-1868; Edward Burnham/July 24-1865; Caleb Sanford/June 18-1847; Martin Ratliff/April 11-1857; Alfred Newton/Nov 13-1861; Matthias/July 4-1848." They are pictured on the front steps of the home of Martin Ratliff Gossett at 2430 Brooklyn in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1906~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William Peery's Wife and Family
Description: Family portrait identified as William Peery's wife Lucy Ann Forkner Peery with children and grandchildren. Sitting left to right: Woodson Peery - lawyer with Louise on his lap; Nannie Peery - unmarried; Lucy Ann Forkner Peery - mother; Ruby Peery - daughter of Samuel F. Peery; Samuel Forkner Peery - mercantile business; Grace Peery - daughter of Samuel. Standing left to right: Leora Trent Peery - wife of Woodson; Dr. Wm. O'Hara - dentist; Jua [Juriah] Peery O'Hara; Erastus Lynne Peery - unmarried, mercantile business; Pauline (Babe) Garvin Peery - wife of Samuel F.; Lucy Kavanaugh Peery - daughter of Samuel F.
Date: 1895~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gossett Family
Description: Portrait of the Gossett Family on Thanksgiving in front of the home of Martin Ratliff Gossett at 2430 Brooklyn in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1896~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Sedgewick
Description: John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, killed by a Confederate sharp-shooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unknown Civil War Lieutenant
Description: The relationship of this lieutenant to James J. Akard, captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War, is unknown. The handwritten name at the bottom of the photo is not legible.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: G. B. Shubert
Description: Photograph in Akard collection. His relationship to James J. Akard, captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War, is unknown. Handwritten on the front is, "Yours truly, G. B. Shubert." Printed on the back is "J. O. Jewett,/Photographer/Lebanon MO."
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Col. Brutsche
Description: John D. Brutsche served with Captain James J. Akard as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Charles Wakefield
Description: Photograph in Akard collection. His relationship to James J. Akard, captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War, is unknown. Handwritten on the front is, "Chas. Wakefield."
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William C. Haman
Description: Captain William C. Haman was in Company C of the Missouri State Militia, 8th Regiment Cavalry; Akard was captain of Company A. Front of the photograph is handwritten, "Capt. Haman." Printed on the back is "Avey & Scholten,/Photographers,/Springfield, Mo." Handwritten on the back is "Wm. C. Haman, Capt. Co. C/8th M.S.M. Cav."
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General George H. Thomas
Description: George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Burnside
Description: Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881) was commander of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Soldiers, Orphans, and Widows Home and Hospital
Description: At the bottom left in a box, "Soldiers Orphans and Widows/Home--and Hospital,/St. Joseph Missouri." On the righthand side at the bottom in the same type of box, "J. A. Storm and W. Angelo Powell/Architects and Superintendents/St. Joseph Missouri." Printed on the reverse is "From the/New York Gallery,/North Side Market Square,/St. Joseph, MO./L. A. Furlong & Co." A handwritten line is drawn through the Furlong name and handwritten below is "Crowther Bros." According to "The History of Buchanan County, Missouri," (1881) J. A. Storm, architect, was a long-time partner in "contracting and building with John C. Evans," but "in 1865, he sold out to DeClue & Shivel, and for one season, in company with W. Angelo Powell, conducted a real estate and architect's office" (p. 908).
Date: 1866~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lenore Peery and Edward Hughes
Description: Exterior view of Lenore Peery, daughter of Horace J. and Bola Peery, and Edward Hughes seated in a buggy. Location unknown. Edward Hughes is identified as a professor at the University of Chicago.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ladies' Wide-Awake Club
Description: Portrait of a group of women identified as the Ladies' Wide-Awake Club. The location is perhaps Albany, Missouri. A newspaper clipping with the photograph contains a reprint of the picture with identification as the following: Back row standing left to right - Callie Hunter, Lizzie Austin, Dora Twist, Woodie Garvin, Bernice Cranor, Nannie Perry, Delia Kier, Hattie Branham. Front row sitting, right to left - Lola Twist, Mary Curren, Bola Williams, Cassie Larmer, Florence Scarbrough, Nettie McIntosh, Laura Blakey, Lena Lyons, and Alice Howell.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dr. Archibald Peery Home
Description: Full, exterior view of home identified as home of Dr. Arch Peery, Edinburg, Missouri. Three individuals by the door are not identified but may have been Mrs. Archibald Peery (Elizabeth A.), and a daughter (perhaps Mary who lived with her) and a son.
Date: 1888-10-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carl Betz
Description: Portrait of Carl Betz. Identification on back of photograph reads: "Carl Betz Sr., My Father" and "Carl Betz (1854-1898), this is the way he looked during the years that he was in Kansas City. (1885-1898)"
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Horace J. Peery and John T. Peery
Description: View of Horace J. Peery and brother John T. Peery astride burros and beside a tent. Taken while traveling and camping out in Arizona. Both were the sons of Archibald and Elizabeth A. Peery and hoped that the Arizona climate would improve their health.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James J. Akard, Wife, and Daughters
Description: James J. Akard was born July 7, 1838, in Polk County, Missouri. He was captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the state legislature and held other important Polk County positions including sheriff, collector and clerk of the county court. He died in 1919. Akard's wife's name was Keziah Adeline (September 11, 1847-November 2, 1925). His daughters were Ella May, the eldest, and Della E. On the reverse is written in faded ink, "....& Mrs. J. J. Akard, Fair Play, Mo."
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James J. Akard
Description: Handwritten in ink on the back of what appears to be a postcard, "Capt. James J. Akard, about 1917."
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

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