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St. Louis Time Portal
Antique Postcards of St. Louis, MO
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Undated postcard of Mardis-Gras Night, Cave Dancing Academy, St. Louis, Mo. Ahern & Albers, Owners. Published by the Simplicity Co. Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI. This is probably circa 1910.
St. Louis Churches: St. Peter's German Evangelical; St. Peters Episcopal; the Old Cathedral; the New Cathedral; Church of the Messiah (Unitarian); Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) Brick building; Grand Ave. Baptist Church; First Presbyterian Church; St. Alphonsus Ligouri "Rock" (Catholic) Church; First Church of Christ Scientist.
6th Street Looking North from Olive, St. Louis, Mo. Majestic No. 540, not postmarked. Circa 1910
1907 Postcard of old Union Market in foreground at left. Behind it, Famous Department Store.
Levee near Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Mo. Unloading peanuts from a steamer. Following the Civil War, newly freed slaves took over a niche dominated by the Irish before 1861-1865. (However black rivermen have always worked the river as far back as colonial times.)
Tony Faust Restaurant, corner of Elm and Broadway. At this location the first "Arc Lamps" in the city went into operation in 1878. Arrow Postcard Co., St. Louis, Mo. Postmarked 1910. Note: real image is much more clearer than this.
St. Louis Aviation:
Union Station Switch Yards, St. Louis, Mo., circa 1910. No. 1058, V.O. Hammon Pub. Co., Chicago.
University City looking North (probably from Delmar). One Cent postage. Divided back. Handwritten note dated 1909.
Jefferson Barracks Artillery unit (probably Battery A, 128th Reg't). One Cent Postmarked smudged. Divided back, no publisher listed. Before 1910's, before 1917.
St. Charles and Warren County, Missouri Postcards:
St Charles and Warren County, Missouri Postcards
Second street of Alton, Illinois, looking from Market Street toward the grain elevators. Dark building at left is the courthouse. Barth's Drug Store is on right. Arrow on image was annotated by sender as the direction of the main business section. Taken in the 1910's by H.H. Bregstone of St. Louis.
St. Louis Fire Department battling a winter fire using some new technology, a "water tower in action". Unknown location in city. Postmarked 1908.
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Books on St. Louis History A list of recommended St. Louis history related books, not comprehensive.
While growing up
in Ferguson, north St. Louis County, Missouri my favorite past-time was searching for fossils and Indian artifacts (mostly pottery and
stone implements) that would wash up after every "gulley-washer".) And if it was
not something prehistoric, it was historic, like an old bottle, or even a rusty
World War I land mine (a disarmed one that my grandfather had thrown out, after
using it for years as a counter-balance on a chicken feeder.) My maternal
grandparents had a strong interest in genealogy. My grandmother was instructed
by her grandmother to record (and commit to memory), her entire maternal line
back to her ancestors that fought in the American Revolution. My grandfather was
born in a rustic log cabin in the Freedom Hills of northwest Alabama, and
showered me with his fascinating accounts of his growing up from poverty to
traveling the world in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Part of my family history goes back to Joshua Wynne (1665-1715), who along with his brother, served as Indian Interpreters for the (Nottoway, Meherrin, Pamunkey and Chickahominy) Indians of Virginia. It was like reading "Last of the Mohicans", when I found one of Wynne's adventures entailed traveling great distances by canoe to retrieve a local chief that was taken hostage by Iroquois raiders. Then there was ancestor, Margaret Wood (d. 1719), the adopted daughter of Maj. Gen. Abraham Wood, commander of Ft. Henry, who initiated the English fur trade with the Cherokees. So this expanded my interest into native American Indian history. Although I have no certain proof of any aboriginal American ancestry, the family history is entwined in a common heritage. Thus I was hooked on history and have been so ever since.
While in high school, this fascination motivated me into temporarily living in a Cheyenne-style tipi for the late fall through winter and into spring (6 months) that was located in my parent's backyard.)
Today I live in Florissant, collect antique postcards, read books, and dabble in genealogy. (No, I don't live in a tipi--that was an experience that I can say, "been there and done that" and remember it fondly.)
The O'Neal's, My Earliest Known Missouri Ancestors:
Margaret O'Neal (1849-1930), gg grandmother of author. Margaret was a daughter of Charlie O'Neal and Martha Patsy Hillhouse. Margaret married Royal Luce. I also have another photo of Margaret wearing a buffalo robe during a visit of my grandfather, James O. Williams, before he left for France in World War I.
My earliest Missouri ancestor was John "Spencer" O'Neal, formerly of Frankfort Kentucky (previously of Muhlenberg Co., KY). Born about 1775, he was the son of Thomas O'Neal, b. abt. 1741 in Virginia. Spencer O'Neal first came to Missouri in 1805, then went back to Kentucky where he served in the War of 1812, with a company of "mounted spies" and later in Capt. Lewis Kincheloe's company of Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia. He was mustered out with the rank of Sergeant. By 1815 his wife, Huldah Butler O'Neal died. It was at this time he mad his second trip Missouri, this time bringing along his sons, Jesse, John, and Charlie. On May 15, 1818, he married Nancy Woolsey in Washington County, Mo. Although they seemed to have moved around a lot in the early 1820's, by the end of that decade, they settled along the Osage river, near Lebanon in Laclede County, Mo. Spencer later moved to Greene County, Mo and resided there until 1836. In 1837 he moved to the Yocum Creek area of Osage township, Carroll County Arkansas. Spencer died in late 1840 to early 1841. His wife Nancy passed away by 1844. At least two children, a son and daughter were born to his second marriage, only one is known by name, Susannah, b. 10 Nov 1826.
When the Civil War broke out the O'Neal's were a divided bunch, some serving the Confederacy and others for the Union. Spencer's son Charlie* made sure all his boys stayed on the Union side-- serving in the 1st Arkansas Cavalry (US). Regardless which side they served, they were independently minded frontiersmen, native southerners but not ones that developed the high-flaunt lifestyle of having mansions and slaves. The first battle was one actually fought on the O'Neal farm. Charlie had dug a cellar large enough for the horses and family, which they used as the bullets whizzed overhead. Three or four of his sons were in that battle, fought there along Yocum Creek. Eventually Charlie took the non-combatant part of the family to the Springfield, Missouri area where they waited out the war as refugees. Charlie himself, never enlisted due to his age. He nearly lost his life when some Confederates were going to hang him, but an officer for unknown reason stopped the execution and set him free. Charlie did shoulder a rifle during the war. An impending Confederate raid on Springfield, required a makeshift militia to man the fortification around the town. They took part in successfully repulsing the Confederates at the 2nd Battle of Springfield, as the engagement has been called. [*Charlie married Martha Patsy Hillhouse in Laclede Co., Mo., they had 13 children, 12 living to adulthood. Their daughter, Margaret, was my gg grandmother, married Royal Luce in Greene county, Missouri.]
Even in religion, the O'Neals were some of the most independent thinkers. Back in Ireland they were certainly Catholic, but being Catholic on the American frontier was not possible. For whatever reason, they attached themselves to the independent "primitive Baptists" and later some became adherents to the non-denominational, "Christian Church".
The O' Neal lineage began with Spencer's grandfather, John O'Neal who was banished by the English king and arrived in chains to the Virginia colony. In 1747 he was living in the frontier western region of the colony, Augusta County, Virginia. By 1751 he and his son, Thomas are charged with larceny. In 1755, John reports to the sheriff that he was assaulted by two men, yet the county will not arrest them. According to a court case, "King vs. O'Neal", a group of colonists signed a petition against John O'Neal, saying, he "...threatens to shoot us if he see any of us out of our own plantations, that he will do us all the damage he can by killing our horses, cattle, &c...". What was the true story behind these charges is not known. They may have been trumped up as two of the petitioners (Patrick Cain, and Robert Patterson) denied they ever signed the document. Another, Gawen Black says he was "over-persuaded" to sign the document. During the trial for the case (Feb 14, 1756) it is stated that John was tried for "speaking treasonable words, acquitted, but committed for abusing the Government and cursing the Bible" (O'Neal was Irish, most likely Catholic, so he may have justified himself by not subscribing to the King James' Bible.)
On Nov. 18, 1756, his wife, Mary, is listed as a widow. On Nov 25, 1756, he son, Thomas O'Neal age 16, chose a guardian. In June 1757, Thomas, age 16 and 6 months, agrees to serve as an apprentice to Henry Murray. During the American Revolution, Thomas O'Neal enlisted in the Virginia militia fighting against English forces. After the war, the family settled in Kentucky where John Spencer O'Neal was born. It is not known at this time what siblings he may have had.
If your from this O'Neal lineage, I would appreciate hearing from you and the details of your line. Reportedly a photograph of Charlie O'Neal is known to exist with descendants in the Springfield, Mo area. I would appreciate a copy of this image if anyone knows of its whereabouts. I will pay whatever costs necessary for duplication--Scott Williams, showmemule"at"earthlink.net (replace "at" with @)
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