Name/Title
McNeely, John D., Col. in World War I Uniform, Portrait Photos (2), c. 1918Entry/Object ID
P1994.1H.119Description
McNeely, John D., Col. in World War I Uniform, Portrait Photos (2), c. 1918. b/w. Two similar photos of Col John Dowd Eugene McNeely of 4th Missouri Infantry, National Guard, a St. Joseph native & resident. Son of James D McNeely. Shown here as young man, light hair with center part, clean shaven, seated in uniform, no hat, arms crossed at waist, holding a cigar. See Museum Graphic, Spring 1955.
McNeely was a St. Joseph lawyer, but served a distinguished military career, beginning with his graduation in 1897 from Missouri University where he was enrolled in the Cadet Corps. He entered service during the Spanish American War as officer. After he served as officer with the 4th Missouri Infantry, Missouri National Guard, called to service during the Mexican border disturbance in 1916 and then to World War I. He served after the War ended as Britain recovered. He received honors from both the British & French governments for this service and the Distinguished Service Medal from the United States. He continued to service in the Guard and the Auxiliary Service until his retirement from the latter at age 65 in 1939.
Prior to his education at Missouri University, he was a graduate of Christian Brothers College.
In St. Joseph he was at one time elected Prosecuting Attorney and serve a short term as Circuit Judge. He was a member of the Museum Board and helped to progress the Children's Museum to an Adult Museum in 1949 along with William Goetz, serving as an unpaid attorney for the group.
Original digital scan located on History CD 03Made/Created
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1918Place
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St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
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McNeely Family, World War I, World War I in St. JosephRelationships
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John D. McNeely