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Pride, George Greenwood (1826- ).
Papers, 1850-1902. 4 folders (approximately 200 items)
George Greenwood Pride was born June 4, 1826, in New York. He moved to St. Louis in the
1850s and was involved in railroad construction. In 1862, he served as a volunteer aide-de-camp
to General Ulysses S. Grant and in November of that year was appointed Chief Engineer of
Military Railroads. In 1881, he moved to Huntington, Indiana, where he died December 11,
1906.
Collection contains mostly business correspondence, receipts, bills regarding the selling of
cotton and like materials to southern cities during the Civil War; also personal and business
papers regarding the taking of Vicksburg.
Cite as: George Greenwood Pride Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1254
Primm Family.
Papers, 1827-1896. 2 folders (approximately 75 items)
Papers include newsclippings, letters, etc. Body of letters consist of papers removed from a
scrapbook regarding Judge Wilson Primm's speeches before the Missouri Historical Society and
other similar institutions regarding early St. Louis history; genealogy of Primm family.
Cite as: Primm Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2290
Prior Family.
Papers, 1944-1945. 3 boxes
William King Prior was born December 2, 1905, in Marshall, Missouri, the second son of
Jerome and Agnes Prior. He attended Sion Academy in Marshall from 1913 to 1920, Marshall
High School from 1920 to 1924, Missouri Valley College in Marshall from 1924 to 1926, and
the University of Missouri in Columbia from 1926 to 1928. He enlisted in the Enlisted Reserve
Corps at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on October 2, 1942, and began Signal Corps School in
Kansas City, Missouri, on November 23, 1942. He married Helen Vogel (born November 22,
1911), the daughter of Felix and Theresa Vogel (nee Lock) on December 25, 1942. On February
4, 1943, he was sent to Camp Reynolds in Greenville, Pennsylvania. On August 23, 1943, he was
sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he stayed until September 1, 1943, when he was
transferred to Camp Kohler in Sacramento, California. On March 4, 1944, he was relocated again
to Fort Slocum in New Rochelle, New York. On March 13, Prior and his company began their
journey to Europe aboard the Acquatina, the sister ship of the Luisitania. On March 22, the ship
made port in Grennock, Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. The company then took a train to
England. On April 11, Prior and his company were sent to Qulten Park in Cheshire, England,
where he was a cadre in HQ Co. of the 86 th Replacement Battalion. On May 9, 1944, Prior’s
battalion was moved to Yoevil, England. On June 7, 1944, the day after the D-Day Invasion, his
battalion boarded the Arthur Sewall set for Normandy Beach in France. On July 1, the battalion
was moved to Cartigny-l’Epinay, and on July 12 to St. Clair sur l’Elle. After his time in France,
he was sent to Holland where he spent his nights at the home of a Dutch family. On December
25, 1944, he was sent to Germany. He was sent back to France on July 12, 1945. After the war,
he served as assistant superintendent for the Marshall State School and Hospital Complex.
William King Prior died in September 1984.
The collection consists mainly of correspondence between William King Prior and his wife,
Helen, while he was serving in World War II and she was home in Jefferson City, Missouri. Also
includes a history of the Prior family, several photographs, and programs. The collection also