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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of John Timmerman, "secretary of the St. Louis Iron & Machine Works," born in Saint Louis in 1849.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Thomas Pullis, Jr., "president of the Iron & Steel Works" of Saint Louis, born there in 1851.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Josiah Joplin Williams, or Josiah Williams, a lawyer born in Illinois in 1858 and coming to Kansas City in 1881 with office in the "Water Works building."
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Ludwig Frederick Hammer, or Ludwig Hammer, a Saint Louis photograph manufacturer born in Germany in 1834 and emigrating to Missouri in 1856, starting about 1862 "in the art of making daguerreotypes and photographs, then in the infancy of its existence," and founding the photography shop of Hammer Dry Plate Works.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Phillip Chappel, "president of the Kansas City Safe Deposit Company." He was born in Callaway County, Missouri, in 1837 and became mayor of Jefferson City, Missouri and Missouri state treasurer before coming to Kansas City in 1885 as president "of the Citizens' National Bank," becoming "a member of the first board of public works of Kansas City, Mo."
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Thomas Gallagher, a manufacturer in Saint Louis who was born in New Orleans in 1840 and moved to Missouri in 1855 as a machinist, becoming the superintendent of the gas and water works company in Saint Louis.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Walton Holmes
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Walton Holmes, a pioneer street railway manager in Kansas City. He was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1861 and started work on the street railways about 1876, "made vice-president of the Kansas City & Westport Horse Railway" about 1878, going on in 1886 to become "the first in the United States to demonstrate, in a practical way, the overhead trolley electric system," co-organizing the consolidation of the Grand Avenue Cable Company, Kansas City Cable Company, and Metropolitan Street Railway through the 1890s. Description of his later career, aiding in the building of the park and boulevard system and Convention Hall, "elected president of the American Street Railway Association" in 1900 and co-organizing the Pioneer Trust Company in 1902.
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Date
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1905-03-20
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Forrest Snow, manager of the Saint Louis branch of the Capewell Horse Nail Company, born in Ohio in 1850.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of William Georgia, "[p]resident and general manager of the Georgia-Stimson Furniture & Carpet Company" in Saint Louis, born in New York in 1876 and working in Kansas City for three years "with Martin & Orrison & Co.," before moving to Saint Louis.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Ira Hedrick, "civil engineer," born in Illinois in 1868 and coming to Kansas City in 1892 as a railroad and bridge engineer, doing bridge work in Missouri and around North America.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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John Felt, Architect
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Description
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Biographical sketch of John Felt, president of the J. H. Felt & Company, architects, of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Felt was born in Indiana in 1867 and starting work as an architect in his hometown before moving to St. Joseph in 1898.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Rudolph Heim, "a well-known architect of St. Joseph," who was born in Germany in 1874 and emigrated to Saint Joseph, Missouri, in 1888. He became an architect in 1897, with his work being "mainly the making of plans for residences, flats and business houses."
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
