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Creation Date
1880
Description
Shown in the photograph is Mrs. Anna Maria Boswell Shelby Gratz (1808-1892). She was the second wife of Benjamin Gratz (1792-1884). They married in 1843. Her first husband was Orville Shelby (1803-1935) She is the mother of Gen. Joseph Orville Shelby, the Morgan of Missouri. Gen. Shelby (1830-1897) was a Major General for the Confederate Calvary from Missouri. Benjamin Gratz bought the house in 1824 for him and his first wife, Maria, who died in 1841.
Photo circa 1880s.