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surgeon. In 1865, his wife and children were banished from St. Louis and joined Dr. McPheeters
in Arkansas. Following the war, the McPheeters family returned to St. Louis, where Dr.
McPheeters died March 15, 1905.
Civil War diary of William M. McPheeters, dated June 1863 to June 1865. Scrapbook of
Civil War clippings, family correspondence, testimony concerning treatment of Mrs. McPheeters
by Union army, statement of reasons why Dr. McPheeters joined the Confederate army. Records
of Missouri Southern Relief Association, with letter and receipt from Varina Davis for funds sent
to aid Davis after the war. (Diary is published in Cynthia Dehaven Pitcock and Bill J. Gurley,
editors, I Acted from Principle: The Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate
Surgeon in the Trans-Mississippi, Fayetteville, Arkansas, University of Arkansas Press, 2002.)
List of manuscripts at beginning of collection.
Cite as: William M. McPheeters Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1021
McQuie, R.E., Rev.
The Rev. R.E. McQuie memorial collection, 1861-1935. 51 volumes
Rev. Robert E. McQuie (1848-1936), Rev. Robert S. Duncan (1832-1909).
Contains 51 bound volumes of marriage records, sermons, notes, receipts, etc. from United
Baptist of Christ Church in Montgomery City, Missouri, foreign missions, and other area
churches, including Bear Creek, Indian Creek, and Good Templar Lodge. Most belonged to Rev.
Robert S. Duncan; others belonged to Rev. R.E. McQuie.
Cite as: The Rev. R.E. McQuie Memorial Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A1022
McRee Family.
Papers, 1819-1928. 1 folder (approximately 15 items)
Appointment of William McRee on surveyor of public lands in Illinois and Missouri, 1824,
1825, 1828; several military commissions given to Samuel McRee, 1832-1849; some family and
personal correspondence; license of Ferguson McRee, 1861, to practice law in Missouri; sketch
of the life of James Fergus McRee as it appeared in News and Observer (Raleigh, North
Carolina), 1928.
Cite as: McRee Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1839
McWilliams, Nancy and Kate.
Papers, 1863-1866. 4 items
Nancy and Kate McWilliams resided in Olney, Illinois, in the 1860s.
Collection contains the following four letters addressed to Nancy and/or Kate McWilliams:
letter signed Herbert Reed of the 8th Illinois Infantry, dated Vicksburg, Mississippi, September
4, 1863; two letters signed by Union soldier Rollie, dated Etowah River [near Cartersville,
Georgia], July 16, 1864, and Cartersville, September 11, 1864, which contain mentions of food
and prayer meetings in camp; and letter signed Miss Ama Ohm, dated Etna, Illinois, February 3,
1866.
Cite as: Nancy and Kate McWilliams Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0966
Madison County, Missouri.