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James S. McDonnel

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="James S. McDonnell 1899–1980 Engineer" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1629763032968{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629763135999{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]A former Army Air Corps pilot and later an engineer, James S. McDonnell opened a small aircraft factory in St. Louis in 1939. He turned…...

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Milliken Mausoleum

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Milliken Mausoleum" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632752630442{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632752648853{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]John T. Milliken and May Patrick Milliken are interred in this beautiful memorial based on the design of a classic Greek temple. Note the graceful Doric columns such…...

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Virginia L. Minor

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Virginia L. Minor 1824–1894 Suffragist" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1711410105219{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711410447412{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Little is known of Virginia’s early life. In 1843 she married Francis Minor, a distant cousin and a lawyer, and they settled in St. Louis…...

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Colonel John R. O’Fallon

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Colonel John R. O'Fallon 1791–1865 Benefactor" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632838725795{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632838740771{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]A descendant of a long line of Irish kings on one side and the exploring Clarks on the other, he was a much-loved benefactor.…...

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