Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

A2085
Block, David.
Collection, no date. 1 folder
Collection includes genealogical material from the family bible of David Block, who married
Rose W. Stone February 19, 1852. His second wife was Mary Ann Stone, who he married
November 20, 1858. Includes certificate of enrollment of Laura Block in the Domestic
Missionary Army of the Young Soldiers of Christ of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1867.
Cite as: David Block Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2088
Block Family.
Genealogy, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Genealogy chart and information pertaining to the Abraham Block family of Virginia.
Cite as: Block Family Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2089
Block, George.
Biographical Data Sheet, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by George Block, 18
Wydown Terrace, St. Louis.
Cite as: George Block Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2090
Block, Harry L. (1863-1934).
Papers, 1907-1923. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Harry L. Block was the president of the Missouri Portland Cement Company of St. Louis.
The collection consists of two items: a letter from H.L. Block to H.N. Davis, secretary of the
Commercial Club of St. Louis, and a wedding invitation for the marriage of Margaret Block to
John Dillon McDonald.
Cite as: H.L. Block Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2091
Blodgett, Wells H. (1839-1929).
Papers, 1865-1872; no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Wells H. Blodgett was born in Downer’s Grove, Illinois, the son of Israel and Avis (Dodge)
Blodgett. He attended Wheaton College and Mount Morris before studying law. He practiced
law before enlisting in the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War. Blodgett served first as
a private in Marsh’s Chicago Regiment but was commissioned a lieutenant in the Illinois
Volunteers by Illinois governor Yates in August 1861. He fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge and
received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery under fire at a skirmish at Newtonia,
Missouri. He later fought at the battles of Prairie Grove and Springfield. He was appointed judge
advocate of the Army of the Frontier by President Lincoln in 1863 and was promoted to
lieutenant colonel. After the war he served in both the Missouri House and Senate. He was an
attorney for several railroad companies, most notably the Wabash Railway Company.
The collection consists of correspondence relating to Blodgett’s legal practice, war claims,
and political career; and a printed historical sketch of the life of Wells H. Blodgett taken from
Walter B. Stevens’ Centennial History of Missouri.