Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
James Henry Pickrell
PICKRELL, JAMES HENRY (1834–1901), inducted by 1915
The first president of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, and from 1884–1900, its secretary, J. Henry Pickrell was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. He strengthened the herds on his Harristown farm with stock purchased in Kentucky. In 1877, Pickrell partnered with J. H. Kissinger, to establish herds in Harristown and in Clarksville, Missouri, and in the 1880s, he formed a partnership with Thomas and Smith of Kentucky. Pickrell acquired the registration records to strengthen the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Herd Book and was a popular livestock columnist for Country Gentleman and other publications.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 157