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[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Roswell Martin Field 1807–1869 Lawyer" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1629726230290{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629726438993{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]  In 1853 Roswell served as the attorney for the slaves Dred and Harriet Scott and their daughters, Eliza and Lizzy, when they brought action…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="John J. Mitchell 1813–1903 Transportation Leader" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1628180492917{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1628180530935{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Mitchell engaged extensively in the field of transportation. He was a steamboat captain, a promoter of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and later, the…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Kate Brewington Bennett 1818–1855 St. Louis Beauty" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1628179306391{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1628179358462{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Regarded as the most beautiful woman in St. Louis, she died suddenly at the age of 37. Her very white complexion had been…...