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Stories Behind the Portraits: Judge Priestly H. McBride

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Patricia Moss

Judge Priestly McBride was known as a fair judge. He was a staunch Democrat but refrained from politics while he on the bench. He was also known as “an earnest man of strong convictions, strong prejudices and strong attachments, jovial in his disposition, and of undoubted personal integrity.” Continue reading →

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The Most Popular Item…

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Patricia Moss

The most popular item in the exhibition, George Caleb Bingham: Witness to History, at the Jackson County Art Museum in the Truman Courthouse in Independence, Missouri, was the original brooch worn by Mary Snell (Mrs. Priestly Haggin McBride.)  The brooch is … Continue reading →

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