Future looked bright for Reichmann family until …
Dr. Philip J. Reichmann and Mary Katherine Hefel were married on April 20, 1904. Mrs. Reichmann died in December 1915, at the age of 35....
Comedy: ’My Aunt’s Heiress’ draws audience raves in 1877
Eliza Drane participated in a comedy at Covent Hall, St. Joseph’s Academy, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 1877. When she was 23, she married J....
Neva Howard Griffen shares courtship story
Neva Howard Griffen poses in the wedding gown made by her mother, Maggie Boyd Howard, in 1916. Shared by Lynne McGee Tutor. MARY LOU...
Child’s grave a reminder of family’s Civil War presence
A small tombstone among the oaks and pines at Hannibal’s Mount Olivet Cemetery carves out the details of a life cut too short, on the...
Contractor by trade, Wm. V. Evans took a turn at teaching penmanship
William V. Evans, photo originally submitted to ancestry.com by Stephen Evans in May 2013. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Long before there was...
Rough and tumble Hannibal boy transforms into a national hero
Lieut. Andrew M. Ramsey, as published in the Cincinnati Post Dec. 12, 1917. Newspapers.com. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In January 1923, Lieut....
Night-blooming flower draws attention during river voyage
A night-blooming cereus in full bloom. Wikipedia. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Bettie (Williams Doxey) Whisler boarded one of the two Quincy,...
Main St., flames spark fire department’s birth
Shown above is one of Hannibal’s early fire fighting crews, circa 1877-79. They are, front row, left to right, Oliver Beach, J.C....
Annie Hall Gosnell’s legacy lingers on Lindell, Market
Pete Hall, at left, stands with his young daughter, Geraldine Hall, circa 1908. The man in the doorway is William Hall, and the man in...
Long-time Market St. butcher became bank president in 1890
This undated sketch of the American Trust Company bank at 135 Market Street is taken from a matchbook cover in Steve Chou’s collection....