James S. Rollins
American politician (1812-1888) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 75
James Sidney Rollins was a 19th-century Missouri politician and lawyer. He helped establish the University of Missouri at Columbia, and led the successful effort to get it located in Boone County, and gained funding for the proposed state university with the passage of a series of legislative acts in the General...
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Portrait / painting of James S. Rollins (1812-1888), at age 22, three years before his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Hickman (1820-1907), c.1834, by noted Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879)
Mary Elizabeth Hickman Rollins (1820-1907), wife since 1837 of James S. Rollins (1812-1888)
Mural painting of standing James S. Rollins (1812-1888), by Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879). The mural was originally located in the old Academic Hall, U.of M. main building (1843-1892, designed by architect Stephen Hills (1771-1844), who also did the old second Missouri State Capitol (1840-1911), in Jefferson City), on the University of Missouri at Columbia campus.
Gravesite of James Sydney Rollins (1812-1888), in the Rollins Family Plot, at Columbia Cemetery, in Columbia, (Boone County), Missouri, U.S.A.About this person
He helped establish the University of Missouri at Columbia, and led the successful effort to get it located in Boone County, and gained funding for the proposed state university with the passage of a series of legislative acts in the General Assembly of Missouri at the Missouri State Capitol in the state capital town of Jefferson City. For his efforts, he was named "Father of the University of Missouri".
