Arthur, Judith Ann, Clay County, Biographical Sketch, 1824-1910
Entry/Object ID
L2017.1.4
Description
Arthur, Judith Ann, Clay County, Biographical Sketch, 1824-1910. Short profile of life of Judith Arthur with photo. She came as a one-year old with her family to Clay County, MO. Her father was a slave owner but paid his slaves. After the Civil War he gave some of his slaves land. Her father, Michael, had also owned the Arthur House Hotel on the square in Liberty, MO. He built a 30 room mansion on 1000 acres southwest of Liberty.
Judith married Madison Miller, a Liberty businessman, who later caught gold fever and left for California. He returned at planted a tree from California in his front yard on Gallatin street where it stands in 2016.
4/Letter & report/Photograph.