Men Who Made St. Joseph The City Worth While

Name/Title

Men Who Made St. Joseph "The City Worth While"

Entry/Object ID

L9999.319.12885

Description

Men Who Made St. Joseph "The City Worth While" is a large, leather-bound book which starts with a history of St. Joseph, then includes pictures and biographies of more than 125 prominent St. Joseph men. The biographies include various bits of information about the men, including names of parents and their original towns or countries of residence, their accomplishments in the history of St. Joseph, political party, religion, names of wives and in-laws, and names of children. W. P. Tracey compiled and published this book here in St. Joseph, MO. See 76.37.1 for selected photos attached from History CD 12. (See Photos scanned\Citizens, Notable\Citizens, Notable, St. Joe) Men Included Are: Albrecht, William, Western Tablet & Stationery Company Founder Allen, Thomas Buford, Judge: Established St. Joseph Law School Aniser, Joseph Anton, Aniser Mercantile Company, mail order business Banes, Artileus, Dr. Barkley, John Ozbert, Missouri Pacific Railroad Gen. Manager, St. Joseph Stockyards Gen. Manager Bartlett, Herschel, Bartlett Bros. Investment Company, Real Estate Battreall, Charles August, Battreall Whittinghill Shoe Company Beasley, Edgar R. Nuway Laundry Company, Pearl Steam Laundry Company Bernstein, Louis, Rabbi: Temple Adath Joseph Berry, Charles, Roser, Chicago Great Western Railroad Gen. S.W. Agent Bodenhausen, William A, Derge-Bodenhausen Clothing Company Boder, Frank A., Missouri Valley Trust Company, President Brittain, John S., Jr., Brittain Dry Goods Company Brown, Robert A., Attorney Brunswig, A. J., Grain Exchange Burgher, Arthur Ernest, Dr. Burnes, Calvin C, Burnes National Bank Campbell, Robert Lee, Tootle Campbell Dry Goods Company Campbell, William Muse, Dr. Castle, Fred R., Richardson Dry Goods Company, VP & Gen. Manager Combs, James E., First National Bank, Cashier Connett, Wesley L., Commerce Club Commissioner Conser, Herbert W., Conser Laundry Company, President Corby, Joseph A., Col: St. Joseph Gazette owner, built Frederick Avenue Street Car line/1st Telephone Ex hange in St. Joseph/1st telephone line west of Buffalo,NY connecting two cities-St. Joseph & Atchison, KS. Cox, James Estil, Jr., RL. McDonald Manufacturing Company Craighill, Samuel, J., Leader Department Stores Company Cronkite, Frederick Pearce, Dr., Dentist Davis, F. Claude, Real Estate Davis, Randolph M., R.T. Davis Milling Company Derge, Fred H., Derge-Bodenhausen Clothing Company Dobyns, William Ray, Rev., First Presbyterian Church Dolman, John E., Attorney, Stephen S. Brown & Dolman Eckel, Edmond J., Architect Enright, Charles Frederick, Missouri Valley Trust Company Ernst, Frederick Edmond, Union Depot Company, Insurance Eshelman, Walter Lowry, Eshelman Music Shop Farmer, Samuel, R., Farmer Automotive Company Farnham, Hiram Everett, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance agent Faust, Charles L., Attorney Forbes, Richard Tasker, First National Bank, President Ford, Frazer L., First National Bank, Vice President Freymann, Pierre Paul, Rohwedder-Freymann Jewlery Company Fritz, Rupert J., St. Joseph Optical Company Fulkerson, Walter Perry, Bank of Buchanan County, President Gabbert, Lewis Cass, Attorney Geiger, Jacob, Dr. Gist, Carl Rudolph, Portrait Artist Goetz, William L., Goetz Brewery, Artesian Ice & Cold Storage Company Golding, Louis T., St. Joseph News Press, Publisher Geunther, William Henry, Artcraft Engraving Company Hamilton, L.C., St. Joseph Paper Box Company; Empire Trust Company Hardman, Longley, St. Joseph Steam Plumbing Company Hartwell, M.L., Dr., Osteopathic Hirsch, Sol and Morris, Hirsch Bros. Dry Goods Company Holme, Edward Dunville, Dr., Osteopathic Holtman, John W., Holtman & Sons Commission Company Hotchkiss, Samuel S., Carpenter trade Hunt, James Edward, Hunt Bros. Fruit Company Johnson, George Mitchell, Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company, Vice President Jones, Minetry, Turner-Frazer Mercantile Company-grocers Keller, Fred M., Mueller-Keller Candy Company Kimball, W.F, Dr. Optometrist Knight, Owen B., Knight-Reed Mercantile Company, milliners Krug, Henry, Jr., Krug Packing Company; American National Bank Krumme, Herbert F., Professor; Musician Lacy, Graham Gordon, Tootle-Lacy National Bank Ladd, T. Spencer, Battreall Shoe Company Laubach, Walter H., St. Joseph Tent & Awning Company Lawhon, Ernst Henry, St. Joseph Construction Company, Leaper, George Franklin, Geo. F. Leaper Hardware Company Lehr, James Wesley, Lehr Construction Company Lemmon, Francis Marion, Deputy Surveyor Lindsay, Ernest M., Banking, Real Estate Lisenby, Ben W., St. Joseph Paper Box Company McCord, James H., Col., Nave-McCord Grocery; Burnes National Bank McDonald, Rufus, Lee, R.L. McDonald Mercantile Company McDonald, Rice, Citizens & Interstate Telephone Company; Empire Trust Company McInnich, George E., Combe Printing Company Madison, Claude, Scottish Rite Masons of Valley of St. Joseph Mayer, Moe E., Plymouth Clothing Company Meierhoffer, Walter, Meierhoffer Undertaking Company Melick, Bradford W., Letts-Spencer Grocery Company Miller, Hugo F., Combe Printing Company Mitchell, Orestes, Attorney Moloney, Charles H., Rev., Christ Episcopal Church, rector Moore, Frank Albert, Combe Printing Company Morgan, Jenkins Gower, Dr., Dentist Nelson, Martin Scott, Nelson-Hanne Printing Company Neudorff, Frederick, Neudorff-Fink Hardware Company Nold, Charles Henry, C.H. Nold Lumber Company Norton, Thomas F., McCord-Donovan Shoe Company O'Brien, James B., Holland & O'Brien Shoe Compant Parrott, Philip E., Battrealll-Whittinghill Shoe Company Patt, John Walter, Tailor Philley, Clarence U., Philley System & St. Joseph Poster Advertising Pike, Vinton, Attorney Pimbley, Herbert James, Pimbley Paint & Glass Company Platt, Edward L., American Electric Company; Education Platt, Emory M, Professor, Platt Commercial College Polk, Paul Harris, Automobile Dealer Porter, George Edwin, Ford & Porter Investments Securities Ridge, Ransom N., First Trust Company Rosenblatt, Julius, St. Joseph Band Sager, James C., Livestock Commission Schenecker, Charles J., Nave-McCord Mercantile Company Schneider, John George, Real Estate Loans & Insurance Schuske, Frank J.M., Seaman & Schuske Roofing & Sheet Metal Seaman, William Ralph, Seaman & Schuske Roofing & Sheet Metal Shultz, William Franklin, Photographer Simmons, Adelbert, St. Joseph Viscosity Oil Company Stubbs, Lewis S., Citizens Bank Stuppy, Francis X., Stuppy Floral Company Tootle, Milton, Jr., Tootle-Hosea & Co. Dry Goods Townsend, Robert E., Townsend & Wyatt Dry Goods Company Trenery, Jesse Thomas, First Trust Company; First National Bank Utz, William Henry, Judge, Attorney Vant, Irving A., Swift & Company Vories, Lawrence Archer, Judge, Attorney Waddles, Charles, New York Life Insurance Walker, Frank Perry, Dr. Wall, Thomas R., Townsend, Wyatt & Wall Dry Goods Company Webster, Benjamin Albert, Webster Bros. Tea & Coffee Store Weed, Oscar Gildbert, Dr. Werner, Frederick William, Robinson Shoe Company Wheeler, W.W., Sr. Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Company Wing, Jerome Guy, Retail Furniture; Missouri Valley Trust Company Wyeth, Huston, Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company 400/Hardbound/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

St. Joseph Citizens, Biography, St. Joseph History

Book Details

Author

W. P. Tracy, Compiler

Place Published

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

1920

Call No.

StJoArea TR

Notes

Copy No.: 3

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Albrecht

Person or Organization

Judge Thomas Buford Allen

Person or Organization

Joseph Anton Aniser

Person or Organization

Dr. Artileus Banes

Person or Organization

John Ozbert Barkley

Person or Organization

Herschel Bartlett, Bartlett Bros. Investment Company, Real Estate

Person or Organization

Charles August Battreall, Battreall Whittinghill Shoe Company

Person or Organization

Edgar R. Beasley

Person or Organization

Rabbi Louis Bernstein

Person or Organization

Charles Roser Berry, Chicago Great Western Railroad Gen. S.W. Agent

Person or Organization

William A. Bodenhausen, Derge-Bodenhausen Clothing Company

Person or Organization

President Frank A. Boder, Missouri Valley Trust Company

Person or Organization

John S. Brittain, Jr., Brittain Dry Goods Company

Person or Organization

Robert A. Brown, Attorney

Person or Organization

A. J. Brunswig, Grain Exchange

Person or Organization

Dr. Arthur Ernest Burgher

Person or Organization

Calvin C. Burnes, Burnes National Bank

Person or Organization

Robert Lee Campbell, Tootle Campbell Dry Goods Company

Person or Organization

Dr. William Muse Campbell

Person or Organization

Fred R. Castle, Richardson Dry Goods Company, VP & Gen. Manager

Person or Organization

James E. Combs, First National Bank, Cashier

Person or Organization

Wesley L. Connett, Commerce Club Commissioner

Person or Organization

Herbert W. Conser, Conser Laundry Company, President

Person or Organization

Joseph A. Corby

Person or Organization

Telephone Ex hange in St. Joseph/1st telephone line west of Buffalo,NY connecting two cities-St.

Person or Organization

Joseph & Atchison, KS.

Person or Organization

James Estil Cox, Jr., RL. McDonald Manufacturing Company

Person or Organization

Samuel J. Craighill, Leader Department Stores Company

Person or Organization

Dr. Frederick Pearce Cronkite, Dr., Dentist

Person or Organization

F. Claude Davis

Person or Organization

Randolph M. Davis, R.T. Davis Milling Company

Person or Organization

Fred H. Derge, Derge-Bodenhausen Clothing Company

Person or Organization

Rev. William Ray Dobyns, First Presbyterian Church

Person or Organization

Attorney John E. Dolman, Stephen S. Brown & Dolman

Person or Organization

Edmond Jacques Eckel

Person or Organization

Charles Frederick Enright, Missouri Valley Trust Company

Person or Organization

Frederick Edmond Ernst

Person or Organization

Walter Lowry Eshelman, Eshelman Music Shop

Person or Organization

Samuel R. Farmer, Farmer Automotive Company

Person or Organization

Farnham, Hiram Everett, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance agent

Person or Organization

Attorney Charles L. Faust

Person or Organization

Richard Tasker Forbes, First National Bank, President

Person or Organization

Frazer L. Ford, First National Bank, Vice President

Person or Organization

Pierre Paul Freymann

Person or Organization

Rupert J. Fritz, St. Joseph Optical Company

Person or Organization

Walter Perry Fulkerson, Bank of Buchanan County, President

Person or Organization

Lewis C. Gabbert

Person or Organization

Dr. Jacob Geiger

Person or Organization

Carl Rudolph Gist

Person or Organization

William L. Goetz

Person or Organization

Louis T. Golding, St. Joseph News Press, Publisher

Person or Organization

William Henry Geunther

Person or Organization

L. C. Hamilton, St. Joseph Paper Box Company; Empire Trust Company

Person or Organization

Longley Hardman, St. Joseph Steam Plumbing Company

Person or Organization

Dr. M. L. Hartwell, Osteopathic

Person or Organization

Sol and Morris Hirsch, Hirsch Bros. Dry Goods Company

Person or Organization

Dr. Edward Dunville Holme, Osteopathic

Person or Organization

John W. Holtman

Person or Organization

Samuel S. Hotchkiss, Carpenter trade

Person or Organization

James Edward Hunt, Hunt Bros. Fruit Company

Person or Organization

George Mitchell Johnson

Person or Organization

Minetry Jones

Person or Organization

FREDERICK W. KELLER

Person or Organization

Dr. W. F. Kimball, Optometrist

Person or Organization

Owen B. Knight, Knight-Reed Mercantile Company, milliners

Person or Organization

Henry Krug, Jr.

Person or Organization

Professor Herbert F. Krumme, Musician

Person or Organization

Graham Gordon Lacy, Tootle-Lacy National Bank

Person or Organization

T. Spencer Ladd

Person or Organization

Walter H. Laubach, St. Joseph Tent & Awning Company

Person or Organization

Ernst Henry Lawhon, St. Joseph Construction Company,

Person or Organization

George Franklin Leaper, Geo. F. Leaper Hardware Company

Person or Organization

Jim Lehr

Person or Organization

Francis Marion Lemmon, Deputy Surveyor

Person or Organization

Ernest M. Lindsay, Banking, Real Estate

Person or Organization

Ben W. Lisenby, St. Joseph Paper Box Company

Person or Organization

Col. James H. McCord, Nave-McCord Grocery; Burnes National Bank

Person or Organization

Rufus Lee McDonald, R.L. McDonald Mercantile Company

Person or Organization

Rice McDonald, Citizens & Interstate Telephone Company; Empire Trust Company

Person or Organization

George E. McInnich, Combe Printing Company

Person or Organization

Claude Madison

Person or Organization

Moe E. Mayer

Person or Organization

Walter Meierhoffer, Meierhoffer Undertaking Company

Person or Organization

Bradford W. Melick

Person or Organization

Hugo F. Miller, Combe Printing Company

Person or Organization

Orestes Mitchell, Attorney

Person or Organization

Rev. Charles H. Moloney, Christ Episcopal Church, rector

Person or Organization

Frank Albert Moore, Combe Printing Company

Person or Organization

Dr. Jenkins Gower Morgan, Dentist

Person or Organization

Martin Scott Nelson

Person or Organization

Frederick Neudorff, Neudorff-Fink Hardware Company

Person or Organization

Charles Henry Nold, C.H. Nold Lumber Company

Person or Organization

Thomas F. Norton, McCord-Donovan Shoe Company

Person or Organization

James B. O'Brien, Holland & O'Brien Shoe Compant

Person or Organization

Philip E. Parrott

Person or Organization

Tailor john Walter Patt

Person or Organization

Clarence U. Philley, Philley System & St. Joseph Poster Advertising

Person or Organization

Vinton Pike, Attorney

Person or Organization

Herbert James Pimbley, Pimbley Paint & Glass Company

Person or Organization

Edward L. Platt, American Electric Company; Education

Person or Organization

Professor Emory M. Platt, Platt Commercial College

Person or Organization

Paul Harris Polk, Automobile Dealer

Person or Organization

George Edwin Porter, Ford & Porter Investments Securities

Person or Organization

Ransom N. Ridge, First Trust Company

Person or Organization

Julius Rosenblatt, St. Joseph Band

Person or Organization

James C. Sager, Livestock Commission

Person or Organization

Charles J. Schenecker, Nave-McCord Mercantile Company

Person or Organization

John George Schneider

Person or Organization

Frank J.M. Schuske, Seaman & Schuske Roofing & Sheet Metal

Person or Organization

William Ralph Seaman

Person or Organization

William Franklin Shultz, Photographer

Person or Organization

Adelbert Simmons

Person or Organization

Lewis S. Stubbs

Person or Organization

Francis X. Stuppy, Stuppy Floral Company

Person or Organization

Milton Tootle, Jr., Tootle-Hosea & Co. Dry Goods

Person or Organization

Robert E. Townsend, Townsend & Wyatt Dry Goods Company

Person or Organization

Trenery, Jesse Thomas, First Trust Company; First National Bank

Person or Organization

Judge William Henry Utz, Attorney

Person or Organization

Irving A Vant, Swift & Company

Person or Organization

Lawrence Archer Vories, Judge, Attorney

Person or Organization

Charles Waddles

Person or Organization

Dr. Frank Perry Walker

Person or Organization

Townsend Thomas R. Wall, Wyatt & Wall Dry Goods Company

Person or Organization

Benjamin Albert Webster, Webster Bros. Tea & Coffee Store

Person or Organization

Weed, Oscar Gildbert, Dr.

Person or Organization

Frederick William Werner, Robinson Shoe Company

Person or Organization

Wheeler, W.W., Sr. Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Company

Person or Organization

Wing, Jerome Guy, Retail Furniture; Missouri Valley Trust Company

Person or Organization

Huston Wyeth, Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company