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Cargill, James, as Older Man, Photo, c. 1855Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.150Description
Cargill, James, as Older Man, Photo, c. 1855. b/w. Photo oval of older man, with full beard, mustache, pince nez eyeglasses. Head/shoulders view. Handwritten at bottom: "Jas. Cargill" undated but Cargill died in 1858.
Cargill was early business man in St. Joseph, arriving in 1843 with his wife Agnes Gilmore, sons and daughter Agnes. This daughter Agnes would later marry James Owen and was the mother of the famed Owen Sisters. Cargill operated a mill, variously known as Cargill Mill, Eagle Mills. This is the precedessor of Aunt Jemima Mills and later Quaker Oats in St. Joseph.
See Museum Graphic, Winter, 1956 for article about the Cargills.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01.Made/Created
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Photo of oil painting