Name/Title
Kay, Reuben in Mid-Life Portrait Photo, c. 1860Entry/Object ID
P1993.1H.117Description
Kay, Reuben in Mid-Life Portrait Photo, c. 1860s. sepia. Original portrait photo of Kay, head/shoulders view. A mature man with dark hair, longish in back, and mustache, otherwise clean shaven. He is wearing dark suit jacket and bow tie. Label glued on back "Reuben Kay".
93.1H.119 = original photo
93.1H.118 = copy of the original photo made by Don Reynolds, SJM staff photographer, in 1966. Handwritten on one copy " Reuben Kay after the Was as a prosperous merchant in Frankfort, KY. 40 years old"
93.1H.117 = copy of the original photo in its frame.
Kay was important in St. Joseph's Confederate effort, a one-time prisoner of war of Union Army camps including Johnson's Island. SJM has letter Kay wrote home in its collection. (94.23.9)
St. Joseph, Missouri resident Reuben Kay was an aide to Colonel John Taylor Hughes, 1st Infantry, 4th Division, Missouri State Guard (Confederate) and fought at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861.
Kay was a graduate of the Kentucky Military Institute. Later in the war, Kay served as adjutant of the 7th Missouri Cavalry and became assistant adjutant general on the staff of General M. Jeff Thompson.
In August 1863 he was captured in Randolph County, Arkansas and was sent to prison camps in Alton, Illinois, St. Louis, and Johnson's Island, Ohio, before being paroled in early 1865. After the war he returned to St. Joseph, but finding it changed, he moved to Frankfort, Tennessee, and went into the dry goods business. Reuben Kay died of pneumonia on December 18, 1883 at the age of 44.
Original digital scan located on History CD 03Made/Created
Date made
1860Place
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FrankfortState/Province
KentuckyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Kay FamilyDimensions
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10 inDimension Notes
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Reuben KayRelated Entries
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66.24.1 A, 66.24.1 B, 66.24.2 A, 66.24.2 B, 66.24.3 A-B, 66.24.4, AM1966.024.00008, AM1966.024.00009, AM1994.023.00008, AM1994.023.00009, P1993.01H.00115, P1993.01H.00116, P1993.01H.00122