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Owen was born on January 29, 1850, in St. Joseph, Missouri.Her grandparents, Agnes Gilmore Crookes Cargill and James Cargill, were early settlers of the town in 1843 and her grandfather built a gristmill in the town, becoming a successful businessman.
Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas. As of the 2020 census , St. Joseph had a total population of 72,473, making it the 8th most populous city in the state, and the 3rd most populous ...
This is a list of notable people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of St. Joseph, Missouri. Don Alt (1916–1988), Iowa state representative and businessman; born in St. Joseph. [1] Charles S. L. Baker (1859–1926), African American businessman and inventor, lived in St. Joseph.
Father De Smet. Joseph Robidoux settled the area that is now the city of St. Joseph in 1826. The Rev. Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ was the first priest to visit the area in 1838. He met with Robidoux and expressed his desire to establish a chapel in his settlement. [2]
Joseph Robidoux IV (1783–1868), was an American fur trader credited as the founder of St. Joseph, Missouri, which developed around his Blacksnake Hills Trading Post. [1] His buildings in St. Joseph, known as Robidoux Row, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
By the spring of 1882 Jesse James had moved with his family to a house in St. Joseph, Missouri, and invited the Fords to live there with him. He recruited Bob and Charley to help with a planned robbery of another bank in nearby Platte City, Missouri . [ 5 ]
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Other notable buildings include the Ballinger Building (1889), Commerce Building (1889, 1941), First National Bank of St. Joseph (1902, 1963), Lehman's, Plymouth Building (1908), and the United Building (1917-1918) by the architecture firm of Eckel & Aldrich. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]