Name/Title
Donnell, R.W., St. Joseph Banker, Portrait Photo, 1886Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.215Description
Donnell, R.W., St. Joseph Banker, Portrait Photo, 1886. b/w. Photo enlargement from original, copy perhaps by SJM staff member Roy Coy. Head shot of older man with white hair, receding, clean shaven, wearing dark suit jacket, high white collar, knotted, dot tie. Used in Museum Graphic Fall, 1954, pg. 4
Handwritten on back: "R.W. Donnell, July 10, 1886, Banker.
Donnell helped establish one of the first banks in St. Joseph, a branch of the State Bank of Missouri. He was one of those who in 1861 voted to in the Missouri constitutional convention against seceding from the Union. He had business and banking interests in New York, early Montana, including the first claim to a vein of gold known as the Missoula Lode. In 1859 he began erection of the banking building known in 2020 as the Missouri Valley Trust at 4th & Felix. He died c. 1892.
The Donnell Court Building on north side of 500 block of Francis Street remains in 2020. Originally owned by his sister, Sarah Donnell McDonald, wife of Dr. Silas McDonald, and named for their family.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01Made/Created
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R.W. Donnell