Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Finding aid available
Cite as: Estates Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1843
Estes, Ambrose W., and Carroll D. Wood.
Mineral certificate, 1901. 1 item
General Land Office mineral certificate of placer mining claim in Marion County, Arkansas,
granted to Ambrose W. Estes and Carroll D. Wood, April 20, 1901.
Cite as: Ambrose W. Estes and Carroll D. Wood Mineral Certificate, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A2691
Evans, Alexander Edward, Sr. (1907- ).
Biographical Data Sheets, 1969 Apr. 2 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet and family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society regarding
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Edward Evans, Sr., 655 Colebrook Drive, Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Missouri. Mrs. Evans’ maiden name was Ruth Wilson.
Cite as: Alexander Edward Evans, Sr., Biographical Data Sheets, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A0461
Evans, Augustus H. (circa 1789-1863).
Papers, 1818-1874. 5 folders; 2 oversize folders
Augustus H. Evans was born circa 1789 in Virginia, and became a successful and wealthy
merchant in St. Louis. He died June 5, 1863, in St. Louis.
The collection consists primarily of business correspondence of George E. Walker, James Y.
Sanger, David Sanger, and Lucian P. Sanger of Ottawa, Illinois, to Augustus H. Evans, and
various legal papers mostly relating to land in St. Louis.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Augustus H. Evans Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0462
Evans, David Gwynne ( -1916).
Papers, 1875-1918. 1 box
David G. Evans was born in South Wales. He was with the J.G. Flint Co. in Milwaukee, and
came to St. Louis in 1858 to begin operation of the Flint-Evans Co., which later became the
David G. Evans Co., dealers in tea, coffee, and spices. He married Julia Durkee (died 1897),
daughter of Dwight Durkee, and later Mary Archer O'Reilly.
Papers relate primarily to the estate of David G. Evans (died 1916). These estate papers
include his will and an inventory of the estate (filed 1914-1916). Also includes insurance papers,
stock certificates, and bonds of St. Louis companies; the wills of Dwight Durkee and his
daughter Julia Durkee Evans (Mrs. David G. Evans) and papers relating to their estates (filed
1899); an antenuptial (prenuptial) agreement between David G. Evans and his second wife, Mary
Archer O'Reilly (filed June 12, 1906); and a bankbook of Gwynne Evans (1917-1925), the son of
David G. Evans.
Cite as: David Gwynne Evans Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2329