William Gass

Historical marker location:

6632 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri

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

Marker installed: 1998

Born July 30, 1924.

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.