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Missouri.
Cite as: Phillip McGuire Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1013
McGunnegle, George K., III.
McGunnegle family papers, 1862-1901. 1 box; 1 oversize folder
George K. McGunnegle, Sr. (1800-1878), came on horseback from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
to St. Louis in 1821 to work for his cousin Capt. James McGunnegle (1785-1829), who was U.S.
Army quartermaster for the area. George, Sr., formed a wholesale grocery business of
McGunnegle & Way with James C. Way, a venture that failed in the 1830s. He then became
active in the insurance business from 1837 to 1873, serving as president of the St. Louis
Insurance Company. Of his eight children, George K, McGunnegle, Jr. (1839-1918), was a
captain in the Civil War (Union) and served most as an aide to his brother-in-law Major General
John W. Davidson. Another son William S. McGunnegle served in the navy during the Civil War
and rose to the rank of lieutenant before retiring in the 1870s. George, Jr's., son George K.
McGunnegle, III (1874- ), worked in the paint industry in St. Louis.
Collection consists of the papers of George K. McGunnegle, Sr., Jr., and III. Includes Civil
War commissions (2nd lieutenant, 77th New York State Volunteers, and 1st lieutenant,
Company D, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry) and orders for George, Jr.; George, Sr's., will; and
newsclippings (mostly obituaries) from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. The
bulk of the collection relates to George K. McGunnegle, III, in part relating to the paint industry.
Some papers relate to a grievance he had with the Lehmann Machine Company and its president
Frank Niehaus; other papers relate to his efforts to publicize the accomplishments of his
grandfather, George, Sr.
Cite as: McGunnegle Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2736
Mackenzie Family.
Papers, 1813-1899. 1 box
Kenneth Mackenzie was born April 15, 1797, in Rosshire, Scotland. He emigrated to Quebec
in the 1810s, where he found employment as a clerk with the North West Company. He moved
to St. Louis in 1822, and eventually became president of the Columbia Fur Company and later
the Upper Missouri Outfit of the American Fur Company. On June 26, 1842, he married Mary
Marshall. He died April 26, 1861.
Papers consist primarily of business correspondence of Kenneth Mackenzie; correspondence
of Mackenzie with his wife, Mrs. Mary Marshall Mackenzie; and correspondence of Jane
Marshall with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Marshall Mackenzie.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Mackenzie Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0964
MacKenzie, Kenneth (1797-1861).
Papers, 1796-1918 (bulk 1833-1893). 4 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Fur trader and merchant. Born in Scotland, 1797, died 1861. Went to Canada, entered the
employ of the North West Co. In 1822, came to St. Louis, applied for citizenship. Organized the
Columbia Fur Co. with trade extending north to the headwaters of the Mississippi River, east to
the Great Lakes and west to the Missouri River. In 1827, MacKenzie's outfit merged with the
American Fur Company, Upper Missouri Outfit. He built Fort Union (1929) and in 1834 was