335:
343:
256:
331:, had founded the first newspaper west of the Mississippi. The Charless family helped Henry after the death of his father and Henry began working as a clerk at their wholesale drug and paint company. When Joseph Charles Sr. retired in 1836, Henry was made a partner in the business. In 1838, the business was renamed Charless, Blow, and Company. Only a few years later, in 1844, the partnership was dissolved. Charless retained ownership of the drugstore and Blow kept the manufacturing firm, which was later known as Collier White Lead and Oil Company. The Collier Company was one of the largest factories in St. Louis.
968:
424:, became a noted nineteenth-century educator who started the nation's first all-district kindergarten. In 1849, after the family's house had burned down and a cholera epidemic was sweeping St. Louis, Blow moved his family to Carondelet, which was a separate city at that time. Colonel Thornton had given the family seventeen acres there. Blow built a Victorian mansion on the land that held a library with elaborate paneling and stained glass windows that were later installed at the Missouri History Museum.
917:
360:
freedom since he had lived in free states. Both men contributed money to finance the case, which made its way through the legal system, all the way to the
Supreme Court. Scott later lost his bid for freedom. The court ruled that a slave is property and not a citizen. Dred Scott did eventually gain his freedom after Dr. Emerson's widow gave him to Taylor Blow, who freed Scott permanently.
927:
447:. Blow's death came just three months after Minerva's death. The two were married for 35 years. Blow's funeral service lasted two hours and a special train was commissioned to take mourners from St. Louis to his home in Carondelet. The funeral procession was a mile long and spanned 25 miles to his final resting place. He was interred in
33:
359:
Despite being raised in the south, Blow was an abolitionist. Henry's parents had owned a slave, Dred Scott, who was sold to Dr. Emerson, who took Scott to
Illinois and Wisconsin, which were both free territories. When Scott returned to St. Louis, Henry Taylor Blow encouraged Scott to sue for his
350:
Charless, Blow, and
Company was not the only business that Blow would lead. Henry and his brother, Peter, created the Granby Mining and Smelting Company. Henry also served as president of the Iron Mountain Railroad for a time and helped to establish a furnace for the iron industry in Carondelet.
326:
and started apprenticing in a law office, but was forced by the deaths of his parents to become a clerk in his brother-in-law
Charless' business, selling paint and oil. Peter Blow had left his estate to his two unmarried daughters and Henry's younger brothers, Taylor and William. Henry was only
1318:
1328:
327:
fifteen when his father died, but that was old enough to be seen as a man able to survive on his own. Henry's married sister, Charlotte Taylor Blow, also did not receive an inheritance. She married Joseph
Charless, Jr. in 1831. Charless' father,
458:
Blow helped establish many organizations in St. Louis including a
Presbyterian church, the Philosophical Society, the St. Louis Philharmonic Society, the Twentieth Century Club, the Western Academy of Art, and a Carondelet public school.
381:, and served until the following year. In this position Blow worked to improve trade between Venezuela and the Mississippi Valley. Blow did not retain this post for long. He returned to the United States to support the Union during the
1373:
883:
405:. In 1874, Blow was appointed to the board of commissioners assigned to reorganize the government of the District of Columbia. He resigned, "for personal considerations," only 6 months after taking office.
389:
as an
Unconditional Unionist. Blow was elected in 1862 and 1864 and served until 1867. Blow wanted to return to his businesses in St. Louis and declined to run for reelection in 1867. Blow served on the
319:, where Peter Blow opened a boarding house, and hired out his slaves, including Dred Scott, who worked as a roustabout. Henry's mother died in 1831, followed by his father the next year.
391:
334:
395:
1353:
765:
474:
342:
1368:
799:
921:
905:
1333:
1313:
473:
was named for him. It was later merged with
Franklin Pierce Elementary School to create Blow-Pierce Elementary. More recently it was changed to a charter school called
255:
1343:
687:
1383:
1378:
1363:
967:
1323:
367:
that year and served from 1854 to 1858. In 1860, Blow served as the
Missouri delegate at the Chicago convention where they nominated Abraham Lincoln.
773:
1338:
805:
98:
1358:
898:
782:
386:
88:
838:
371:
1348:
865:
44:
891:
210:
1024:
375:
947:
729:
432:
300:
181:
363:
Blow joined the
Republican Party in 1854 because of their views towards slavery. Henry Taylor Blow was elected to the
1222:
463:
1212:
1044:
1282:
984:
957:
632:
417:
Thornton and Susan (Stark) Grimsley, by whom he had nine children. Henry and Minerva were married in 1840.
304:
1069:
448:
323:
1262:
1177:
364:
831:
1308:
1303:
1014:
1227:
1207:
1197:
1182:
1117:
760:
452:
316:
312:
272:
79:
420:
Henry encouraged his daughters to get an education, which was unusual for that time. One of them,
1242:
1187:
1152:
1079:
1039:
875:
584:
444:
382:
198:
1257:
1247:
1137:
1127:
1102:
1084:
1019:
1009:
1004:
989:
952:
858:
848:
816:
134:
1319:
Unconditional Union Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
1272:
1202:
1162:
1142:
1112:
1107:
1059:
1054:
1049:
791:
402:
122:
1277:
1237:
1217:
1192:
1172:
1157:
1147:
1074:
1064:
428:
401:
Blow returned to politics in 1869 when he was appointed ambassador to Brazil by President
378:
328:
280:
142:
688:"Why are Dred and Harriet Scott buried in different cemeteries? Curious Louis finds out"
1267:
1167:
1132:
1122:
470:
1297:
994:
1329:
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
589:
History of Saint Louis City and County: From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day
413:
Blow married Minerva Grimsley (1821–1875), daughter of wealthy saddle manufacturer,
942:
315:, where his father unsuccessfully tried farming. In 1830 the family moved again to
717:
Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery
675:
Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery
495:
733:
421:
308:
999:
284:
276:
94:
572:
Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine
414:
926:
307:
Peter and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow, owners of the famous enslaved man
288:
620:
St. Louis: An Informal History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865
529:
St. Louis: An Informal History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865
311:. Blow was the eighth of ten children. He moved with his parents to
1374:
Members of the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia
341:
333:
32:
887:
346:
Blow & Kennett, Granby, Missouri, Collier White Lead Co.
338:
Chouteau's Pond, Collier's White Lead factory in background
396:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
431:, and was responsible for Dred Scott being buried at
766:
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
271:(July 15, 1817 – September 11, 1875) was a two-term
1093:
975:
935:
730:"St. Louis Public Library: Premier Library Sources"
591:, Volume 1, (Louis H. Everts & Co., 1883), 608.
250:
242:
216:
205:
188:
168:
163:
140:
128:
116:
85:
73:
61:
43:
23:
531:, (Missouri Historical Society Press, 1991), 406.
497:Origin and Government of the District of Columbia
462:Blow Street, which passes through several south
574:. St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri History Museum.
523:
521:
519:
517:
515:
664:, Vol. 1, (SAGE Publications Inc., 2010), 109.
662:Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent
500:. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 210
899:
601:
599:
597:
8:
1354:People of Missouri in the American Civil War
800:U.S. House of Representatives
677:, (Missouri History Museum Press, 2008), 34.
443:Henry Taylor Blow died in 1875 at age 58 in
455:, and was survived by six of his children.
1369:Ambassadors of the United States to Brazil
906:
892:
884:
778:
711:
709:
20:
89:U.S. House of Representatives
57:July 1, 1874 – December 31, 1874
1334:Republican Party Missouri state senators
1314:People from Southampton County, Virginia
475:Friendship Blow Pierce Elementary School
45:Commissioner of the District of Columbia
774:Henry Taylor Blow at Famous Missourians
486:
660:Susan E. Blow, Kathleen G. Winterman,
633:"The Resignation of Commissioner Blow"
387:United States House of Representatives
806:Missouri's 2nd congressional district
565:
563:
561:
559:
557:
7:
1344:19th-century American businesspeople
555:
553:
551:
549:
547:
545:
543:
541:
539:
537:
922:United States Ambassadors to Brazil
870:August 28, 1869 – November 6, 1870
839:United States Minister to Venezuela
14:
1384:19th-century Missouri politicians
1379:19th-century American legislators
1364:Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery
843:June 8, 1861 – February 22, 1862
761:"Henry Taylor Blow (id: B000572)"
609:, (Applewood Books, 2007), 10-11.
392:Joint Committee on Reconstruction
1324:Missouri Unconditional Unionists
966:
925:
915:
866:United States Minister to Brazil
254:
31:
1339:19th-century American diplomats
570:Shepley, Carol Ferring (2008).
232:
16:American politician (1817–1875)
811:March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
1:
1359:Saint Louis University alumni
798:Member of the
783:U.S. House of Representatives
385:. He was then elected to the
112:March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
978:and Minister Plenipotentiary
464:St. Louis city neighborhoods
301:Southampton County, Virginia
182:Southampton County, Virginia
1400:
1349:Politicians from St. Louis
322:Henry Blow graduated from
964:
872:
863:
855:
845:
836:
828:
823:
813:
796:
788:
781:
494:Tindall, William (1903).
262:
159:
148:
105:
50:
39:
30:
1094:Ambassador Extraordinary
759:United States Congress.
618:Charles Van Ravenswaay,
527:Charles Van Ravenswaay,
469:The H.T. Blow School in
209:Unconditional Unionist,
715:Carol Ferring Shepley,
673:Carol Ferring Shepley,
246:Politician, businessman
449:Bellefontaine Cemetery
427:Blow was a convert to
347:
339:
324:Saint Louis University
466:, is named for Blow.
372:Minister to Venezuela
345:
337:
222:Minerva Grimsley Blow
976:Envoy Extraordinary
422:Susan Elizabeth Blow
394:, which drafted the
1250:(Chargé d'Affaires
1230:(Chargé d'Affaires
1096:and Plenipotentiary
1027:(Chargé d'Affaires
736:on November 5, 2013
607:They Have No Rights
453:St. Louis, Missouri
370:Blow was appointed
317:St. Louis, Missouri
313:Huntsville, Alabama
273:U.S. Representative
80:Seth Ledyard Phelps
876:James R. Partridge
694:. December 2, 2016
585:John Thomas Scharf
445:Saratoga, New York
348:
340:
299:Henry was born in
199:Saratoga, New York
192:September 11, 1875
68:Office established
1291:
1290:
936:Chargé d'Affaires
882:
881:
873:Succeeded by
849:Erastus D. Culver
846:Succeeded by
824:Diplomatic posts
817:Carman A. Newcomb
814:Succeeded by
642:. January 5, 1875
269:Henry Taylor Blow
266:
265:
135:Carman A. Newcomb
25:Henry Taylor Blow
1391:
970:
930:
929:
920:
919:
918:
908:
901:
894:
885:
856:Preceded by
832:Edward A. Turpin
829:Preceded by
808:
792:James S. Rollins
789:Preceded by
779:
770:
746:
745:
743:
741:
732:. Archived from
726:
720:
713:
704:
703:
701:
699:
684:
678:
671:
665:
658:
652:
651:
649:
647:
640:The Evening Star
637:
629:
623:
616:
610:
605:Walter Ehrlich,
603:
592:
582:
576:
575:
567:
532:
525:
510:
509:
507:
505:
491:
439:Death and legacy
433:Calvary Cemetery
403:Ulysses S. Grant
258:
236:
234:
195:
178:
176:
164:Personal details
153:
131:
123:James S. Rollins
119:
110:
91:
76:
64:
55:
35:
21:
1399:
1398:
1394:
1393:
1392:
1390:
1389:
1388:
1294:
1293:
1292:
1287:
1095:
1089:
977:
971:
962:
931:
924:
916:
914:
912:
878:
869:
861:
851:
842:
834:
819:
810:
804:
802:
794:
758:
755:
750:
749:
739:
737:
728:
727:
723:
714:
707:
697:
695:
686:
685:
681:
672:
668:
659:
655:
645:
643:
635:
631:
630:
626:
617:
613:
604:
595:
583:
579:
569:
568:
535:
526:
513:
503:
501:
493:
492:
488:
483:
441:
411:
379:Abraham Lincoln
365:Missouri Senate
357:
329:Joseph Charless
297:
238:
235: 1840)
230:
226:
223:
206:Political party
197:
193:
180:
174:
172:
154:
149:
143:Missouri Senate
129:
117:
111:
106:
92:
87:
74:
62:
56:
51:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1397:
1395:
1387:
1386:
1381:
1376:
1371:
1366:
1361:
1356:
1351:
1346:
1341:
1336:
1331:
1326:
1321:
1316:
1311:
1306:
1296:
1295:
1289:
1288:
1286:
1285:
1280:
1275:
1270:
1265:
1260:
1255:
1245:
1240:
1235:
1225:
1220:
1215:
1210:
1205:
1200:
1195:
1190:
1185:
1180:
1175:
1170:
1165:
1160:
1155:
1150:
1145:
1140:
1135:
1130:
1125:
1120:
1115:
1110:
1105:
1099:
1097:
1091:
1090:
1088:
1087:
1082:
1077:
1072:
1067:
1062:
1057:
1052:
1047:
1042:
1037:
1032:
1022:
1017:
1012:
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
981:
979:
973:
972:
965:
963:
961:
960:
955:
950:
945:
939:
937:
933:
932:
913:
911:
910:
903:
896:
888:
880:
879:
874:
871:
862:
857:
853:
852:
847:
844:
835:
830:
826:
825:
821:
820:
815:
812:
795:
790:
786:
785:
777:
776:
771:
754:
753:External links
751:
748:
747:
721:
705:
679:
666:
653:
624:
611:
593:
577:
533:
511:
485:
484:
482:
479:
471:Washington, DC
440:
437:
435:in St. Louis.
410:
407:
356:
355:Political life
353:
296:
293:
264:
263:
260:
259:
252:
248:
247:
244:
240:
239:
228:
224:
221:
220:
218:
214:
213:
207:
203:
202:
196:(aged 58)
190:
186:
185:
170:
166:
165:
161:
160:
157:
156:
146:
145:
141:Member of the
138:
137:
132:
126:
125:
120:
114:
113:
103:
102:
86:Member of the
83:
82:
77:
71:
70:
65:
59:
58:
48:
47:
41:
40:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1396:
1385:
1382:
1380:
1377:
1375:
1372:
1370:
1367:
1365:
1362:
1360:
1357:
1355:
1352:
1350:
1347:
1345:
1342:
1340:
1337:
1335:
1332:
1330:
1327:
1325:
1322:
1320:
1317:
1315:
1312:
1310:
1307:
1305:
1302:
1301:
1299:
1284:
1281:
1279:
1276:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1266:
1264:
1261:
1259:
1256:
1253:
1249:
1246:
1244:
1241:
1239:
1236:
1233:
1229:
1226:
1224:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1211:
1209:
1206:
1204:
1201:
1199:
1196:
1194:
1191:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1179:
1176:
1174:
1171:
1169:
1166:
1164:
1161:
1159:
1156:
1154:
1151:
1149:
1146:
1144:
1141:
1139:
1136:
1134:
1131:
1129:
1126:
1124:
1121:
1119:
1116:
1114:
1111:
1109:
1106:
1104:
1101:
1100:
1098:
1092:
1086:
1083:
1081:
1078:
1076:
1073:
1071:
1068:
1066:
1063:
1061:
1058:
1056:
1053:
1051:
1048:
1046:
1043:
1041:
1038:
1036:
1033:
1030:
1026:
1023:
1021:
1018:
1016:
1013:
1011:
1008:
1006:
1003:
1001:
998:
996:
993:
991:
988:
986:
983:
982:
980:
974:
969:
959:
956:
954:
951:
949:
946:
944:
941:
940:
938:
934:
928:
923:
909:
904:
902:
897:
895:
890:
889:
886:
877:
868:
867:
860:
859:James W. Webb
854:
850:
841:
840:
833:
827:
822:
818:
809:
807:
801:
793:
787:
784:
780:
775:
772:
768:
767:
762:
757:
756:
752:
735:
731:
725:
722:
718:
712:
710:
706:
693:
689:
683:
680:
676:
670:
667:
663:
657:
654:
641:
634:
628:
625:
621:
615:
612:
608:
602:
600:
598:
594:
590:
586:
581:
578:
573:
566:
564:
562:
560:
558:
556:
554:
552:
550:
548:
546:
544:
542:
540:
538:
534:
530:
524:
522:
520:
518:
516:
512:
499:
498:
490:
487:
480:
478:
476:
472:
467:
465:
460:
456:
454:
450:
446:
438:
436:
434:
430:
425:
423:
418:
416:
409:Personal life
408:
406:
404:
399:
397:
393:
388:
384:
380:
377:
373:
368:
366:
361:
354:
352:
344:
336:
332:
330:
325:
320:
318:
314:
310:
306:
302:
294:
292:
290:
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
261:
257:
253:
249:
245:
241:
219:
215:
212:
208:
204:
200:
191:
187:
183:
179:July 15, 1817
171:
167:
162:
158:
152:
147:
144:
139:
136:
133:
127:
124:
121:
115:
109:
104:
100:
96:
90:
84:
81:
78:
72:
69:
66:
60:
54:
49:
46:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
1251:
1231:
1034:
1028:
864:
837:
797:
764:
738:. Retrieved
734:the original
724:
716:
696:. Retrieved
691:
682:
674:
669:
661:
656:
644:. Retrieved
639:
627:
619:
614:
606:
588:
580:
571:
528:
502:. Retrieved
496:
489:
468:
461:
457:
442:
426:
419:
412:
400:
369:
362:
358:
349:
321:
298:
268:
267:
194:(1875-09-11)
150:
130:Succeeded by
107:
75:Succeeded by
67:
52:
18:
1309:1875 deaths
1304:1817 births
1103:D. Thompson
1085:D. Thompson
1070:T. Thompson
740:January 31,
429:Catholicism
374:in 1861 by
118:Preceded by
63:Preceded by
1298:Categories
1252:ad interim
1243:Danilovich
1232:ad interim
1223:Harrington
1029:ad interim
504:January 1,
481:References
309:Dred Scott
295:Early life
281:ambassador
243:Profession
211:Republican
175:1817-07-15
1208:Shlaudman
1040:Partridge
1010:Trousdale
383:Civil War
376:President
285:Venezuela
251:Signature
155:1854-1858
151:In office
108:In office
53:In office
1273:McKinley
1218:Levitsky
1188:Crimmins
1183:Rountree
1045:Hilliard
698:June 26,
646:June 30,
283:to both
277:Missouri
101:district
95:Missouri
1278:Chapman
1263:Shannon
1248:Chicola
1203:Asencio
1178:Elbrick
1173:Tuthill
1143:Johnson
1128:Caffery
1108:Griscom
1005:Schenck
990:Proffit
415:Colonel
305:Captain
279:and an
237:
229:
225:
1283:Bagley
1268:Ayalde
1238:Hrinak
1228:Orozco
1213:Melton
1198:Motley
1168:Gordon
1158:Briggs
1148:Kemper
1138:Pawley
1123:Gibson
1118:Morgan
1113:Dudley
1075:Conger
1065:Conger
1055:Jarvis
1050:Osborn
1025:Monroe
985:Hunter
958:Hunter
943:Raguet
803:from
622:, 411.
289:Brazil
217:Spouse
201:, U.S.
184:, U.S.
1258:Sobel
1193:Sayre
1163:Cabot
1133:Berle
1080:Bryan
1060:Adams
1015:Meade
953:Brown
948:Tudor
719:, 37.
692:STLPR
636:(PDF)
303:, to
275:from
231:(
227:
93:from
1153:Dunn
1035:Blow
1020:Webb
995:Wise
742:2014
700:2024
648:2017
506:2021
287:and
189:Died
169:Born
1000:Tod
451:in
99:2nd
97:'s
1300::
763:.
708:^
690:.
638:.
596:^
587:,
536:^
514:^
477:.
398:.
291:.
233:m.
1254:)
1234:)
1031:)
907:e
900:t
893:v
769:.
744:.
702:.
650:.
508:.
177:)
173:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
