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Description
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Like many men of European heritage in nineteenth century St. Louis, Christian Morschel (1834-1901) involved himself with several business ventures to expand his wealth. Morschel specialized in the mining industry. He may have been interested in the land along the Meramec for the purpose of sand and gravel mining. By 1870 he was living in Bonhomme Township with his family and co-owned land with Philip Kais in what is today Tyson Research Center that bordered a stretch of the Meramec according to 1878 and 1893 plat maps. Although records indicate that Morschell died in 1901, a 1909 plat map names Morschell owning land with J. B. Hollman.
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Bio
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Coming soon
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Birth Date
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1834
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Death Date
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1901
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Enslaver
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No records of relation to enslavement yet identified.
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Dates of Tyson Land Ownership
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1878
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1893
