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The five windows mounted in the light boxes on the north wall of the St. Margaret's Chapel, plus the Kate Window at the front door, formed the windows on each side of the sanctuary of the 1882 church. The original windows on either side of the church were narrow Gothic windows, pivoted to allow ventilation and frosted, with a red, blue and gold border of paper. Over the years these were replaced by the stained glass windows windows shown here, either privately donated or by the parish. The center window of the the group is the Lord as Shepherd theme. This window has the word MALCOLM inset in the bottom of the windows and is dedicated to the Malcolm family. The Andrew Malcolm family lived in Rolla from the town's beginning, 1860. Andrew Malcolm, a native of Scotland, part of the contractors "Malcolm & Lynch," started constructing the Phelps County Courthouse that year. Andrew died in 1878. His wife, Jane (Whitely) Malcolm, died in 1885. While living, Andrew became a successful business man and banker. He helped found the Rolla National Bank and he owned town-down real estate. Along the way he served on the first Rolla City Council of 1861. In 1871-72 he was a member of the local school board. David Malcolm was the son of Andrew and Jane Malcolm and was 53 years old in 1898 when he died. David was the president of Rolla National Bank/National Bank of Rolla. He had recently built a new home at 6th and Main. David Malcolm's funeral was held at the Malcolm residence and was conducted by Reverend Weddell of Christ Church. It is not know when the window was dedicated. The window to the left of the Malcolm window has a dedication pane “In Memory of Minnie Seay Carhart, who died in Bonn, Germany, September 18, 1903. Minnie was one of the nine children of Edward Austin Seay and Gracia (Pomeroy) Seay. She lived in Rolla in the 1870s. Her parents moved to Salem, Missouri in 1880, but she retained friends in Rolla. Edward Austin Seay, her father, was born in 1834 in Virginia. The next year his parents moved to Franklin County, Missouri. He became a lawyer. In the 1870s he practiced law in Rolla and he became involved in business interests. In 1874 he was elected to the Missouri Senate. Minnie G. Seay married Paul Worthington Carhart in Dent County in 1899. By 1903 the couple were living in Germany, while Paul conducted research for Webster's Dictionary. The Rolla Herald Democrat of September 24, 1903 announced the death of Minnie. She had died at Bonn, Germany, either of sudden sickness or an injury. The window to the right of the center window has a depiction of the Lamb of God and Cross. The extreme end windows are identical and represent a common design of the period. Who donated these three windows and when is not known.
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