Famous Settlers of St. Louis
•William Clark
•John O’Fallon
•The Mullanphy family
•The Lucas & Hunts
•Thomas Hart Benton
William Clark
• 5 of his brothers fought in the
Revolutionary War.
• Later joined the army and met
Meriwether Lewis.
• 1803 Jefferson chose Lewis and Clark
to lead an expedition to the west.
• In 1806 they returned
• He was later named superintendent of
Indian Affairs and general of militia for
the Louisiana Territory.
• 1820 he lost the gubernatorial election
to Alexander McNair ,
• A gray obelisk and bust of him was
dedicated to his grave site in 1904.
• It now faces the spot of the Missouri
and Mississippi Rivers where he and
Lewis started their expedition.
John O’Fallon
• Fought & wounded at
Tippecanoe
• Invited by Uncle William Clark
to live in St. Louis
• Later becomes President of
MO Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad
• Buys and develops large
amounts of real estate
• PHILANTHROPIST
• Gave land to St. Louis
University and Washington
University
John O’Fallon
• Built Pope Medical College
after son-in-law (later
becomes part of Wash. U.
School of Medicine)
• Gives away 60 acres to form
new park- FAIRGROUNDS
PARK
• When he died and widow
died, land was turned into
park- O’FALLON PARK
• Gave land away for
Bellefontaine & Calvary
cemeteries
Athlone- The O’Fallon Home
The Mullanphy Family
• John Mullanphy
• Bryan Mullanphy
John Mullanphy
• Came to St. Louis from Ireland
in 1804
• Made $ thru book store, real
estate, and cotton
• 1st millionaire in STL
• War of 1812 story
• Able to spend rest of life as
philanthropist
• Donated a house to be turned
into a hospital by Sisters of
Charity- ST. LOUIS
MULLANPHY HOSPITAL
• Built house for Sisters of
Charity
John Mullanphy
• Mullanphy gave house and land to
Sisters for 999 years
• Terms of the Contract: must take in
and educate 20 orphans a year; but
must be barefoot to remind them of
their lot in life
• Sisters still fulfill obligation today
• Had 15 children; only 7 daughters
and a son outlive parents
• Daniel Page Story
Bryan Mullanphy
• Eventually becomes:
1. Mayor of St. Louis
2. Federal Judge
• FOUNDER
1. St. Vincent de
Paul Society
2. Traveler’s Aid
Society
• Also becomes major
philanthropist
Bryan Mullanphy
• Bryan & the Cow
story
• Bryan & Houses story
• Father felt Bryan lived
so foolishly he cut him
out of the will
• Sisters split
inheritance anyway
after parents die
The Lucas & Hunts
• The Lucas
• Judge J.B.C. Lucas
• Charles Lucas
• Anne Lucas
• The Hunts
Theodore Hunt
• Wilson Price Hunt
Judge J.B.C. Lucas
• Born in France in
1758
• Elected to Penns.
House of Reps and
later U.S. House
• Named Federal judge
in the Louisiana
Territory by Jefferson,
moves to St. Louis
Judge J.B.C. Lucas
• Only 2 children outlive
Judge
• Son Charles was killed by
Thomas Hart Benton in
duel
• Later Judge lost to
Benton in MO first
Senate race
• Donated land, along with
Chouteau, for the Old
Courthouse
Ann Lucas Hunt
• Daughter of Judge Lucas
• Married Capt. Theodore
Hunt; lived off Gravois
Road in Affton; land later
sold to Frederick Dent who
gives land away to son-inlaw U.S. Grant; land today
known as Grant’s Farm
• Theodore later dies; marries
his cousin Wilson Price
Hunt
• Ann becomes philanthropist
• All 3 buried in same
mausoleum
Wilson Price Hunt
• Marries Ann Lucas in 1836
• He is Postmaster of St. Louis
• Judge Lucas gives them land
as wedding gift
• Land becomes known as
Normandy- after place where
Lucas family originated
from)
• Major street thru NormandyLUCAS & HUNT RD.
Manuel Lisa
• Moves to St. Louis and becomes
involved in fur trade
• Becomes explorer of Indian
territories looking for fur
• Builds Fort Lisa in Omaha
• 1808- Teams w/ Clark and
Chouteaus to form MO Fur
Company
• Married 3 times- 1st to Native
American. 3rd wife was Mary
Hempstead
• Traveled to Manchester, MO
to bath in Sulphur Springs
when he felt ill in 1820; did
not help and died same year
Thomas Hart Benton
• U.S. Senator 1821-51
• In 1815, he went to St.
Louis, where he became
editor of the Missouri
Enquirer
• He entered the U.S.
Senate on Missouri's
admission to the Union in
1821 and was four times
reelected.