Name/Title
Cargill, George Washington, Photo, c. 1870Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.151Description
Cargill, George Washington, Photo, c. 1870. b/w. Photo oval, head/shoulder view of man in mid-life, with dark hair, full beard, mustache, wearing formal black suit jacket with flower on satin lapel. Handwritten at bottom "Geo. W. Cargill".
Cargill son of James Cargill and was later employed in the Cargill's Eagle Mills. A southern sympathizer, George was arrested for assisting Confederate Reuben Kay in his escape from Buchanan County, later left the area and lived the rest of his life in the South.
See Museum Graphic, Winter, 1956 for article about the Cargills.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01.Made/Created
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UnknownDate made
1870Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Cargill Family, Cargill Mills, Eagle MillsRelationships
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George Washington Cargill