Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Mrs. Grace Moon
Ferriss, 501 Clara Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on her family. Also
includes St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper clipping, September 23, 1971, regarding the
divorce of Mrs. Ann H. Ferriss and Judge Franklin Ferriss. (The Ferriss home was located at 217
Linden Ave., Clayton, St. Louis County, Missouri.)
Cite as: Mrs. Grace Moon Ferriss Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A2706
Ferriss, Marion Ford. (1921- ).
Papers, 1903-circa 1960s. 4 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Papers include biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by
Marion Ford Ferriss, 4610 Pershing, St. Louis, Missouri, February 11, [no year]; family history
sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Marion Ford Ferriss, circa 1960s; threepage
typescript titled “Memoranda of Genealogy of the Callaways, Especially the Branch of
Which Callaway Brown, Bedford City, Virginia, Is a Member,” compiled March 3, 1903; and
magazine clipping with portrait of Colonel William Callaway (1714-1792) of Bedford, Virginia.
Cite as: Marion Ford Ferriss Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0484
Fetter, William W.
Ledger, 1858-1859. 1 volume (200 pages)
Ledger of accounts of general store in Fieldon, Illinois. Daily entries of goods sold for cash
and goods sold on time at rear of volume.
Cite as: William W. Fetter Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0485
Fiala, John T. ( -1871).
Papers, 1860-1871. 1 folder (12 items)
Colonel John T. Fiala was a Hungarian by birth, but was educated in an Austrian military
school, and entered the Austrian service at an early period of his life. During the Hungarian
revolution he enlisted in the Hungarian Army, served with distinction, and was promoted by
Louis Kossuth to lieutenant colonel. After the collapse of the revolutionary cause he came to St.
Louis, where at the outbreak of the Civil War, he had a position in the surveyor-general's office.
He was one of the first to use his influence to organize the German-born residents of the city in
military units. He was elected lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Regiment, Home Guard, and was
present with this regiment at the capture of Camp Jackson. He died June 2, 1871, in St. Louis.
The collection consists of letters written to Colonel Fiala during the period 1861-1871. Most
of them were written by General Fremont, with one from his wife, Jessie Benton Fremont. While
the earlier letters in the group refer to minor administrative problems, they do include such items
as a report on the fortifications at Jefferson City, and other local affairs. After Fremont's removal
from command at St. Louis, the letters provide interesting information on the general's plans and
activities. Several letters concern Fremont's interest in the Union Pacific Railway, and one letter
is an introduction of Fiala as engineer of the railroad.
Cite as: John T. Fiala Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2707
Fick, Anne L., Mrs. (1922- ).