T. S. Eliot

Historical marker location:

6191 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard east of North Skinker Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1989

Born September 26, 1888

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.