Richard "Dick" A. Weber

Historical marker location:

801 Rue St Francois, Florissant, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Rue Saint Francois and Clark Street, on the right when traveling west on Rue Saint Francois.)

Marker installed: 2014

23 December 1929 - 14 February 2005.

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.