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Cargill, James, as Young Man, Oil Painting, Photo, c. 1830Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.148Description
Cargill, James, as Young Man, Oil Painting, Photo, c. 1830. b/w. Photo of framed oil painting of young man in dark suit/vest, dark hair, clean shaven. Thought to be that of James Cargill.
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.
Handwritten on back" "James Cargill"
Also: John P. Cargill, Associated Press, Kansas City, MO."
John P. Cargill is great-grandson of James Cargill. His father, Jesse, was son of John Colby Cargill.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01.Made/Created
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Photo of oil painting