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[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Robert A. Barnes 1808–1892 Grocer, Philanthrope" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632838357019{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632838387747{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Barnes was born in Washington, D.C. and came to St. Louis in 1830 where he began his career in the grocery business. He established…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Dr. William Beaumont 1785–1853 Doctor" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632835311036{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632835329029{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Beaumont gained international recognition for his studies of the process of digestion observed through an open wound sustained by a Canadian fur trapper, Alexis St.…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Thomas Hart Benton 1782–1858 Senator" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632491074614{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632491117947{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]When Missouri entered the Union as a state in 1821, Benton became its first Senator, serving in that capacity for thirty years. A devoted follower…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Henry T. Blow 1817–1875 Minister" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632750610574{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632750632808{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Henry Blow was the minister to Brazil during the first term of President Grant. His daughter, Susan Blow, founded the first public kindergarten in the…...