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'''Jean-Baptiste Faribault''' (October 19, 1775 |
[[File:Jean-Baptiste Faribault by Rosch, c1860.jpg|thumb|Faribault circa 1860]] |
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'''Jean-Baptiste Faribault''' (October 19, 1775 – August 20, 1860) was a trader with the [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]] and early settler in [[Minnesota]]. |
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His father, Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of [[Paris, France]], settled in Canada towards the middle of the 18th century and served as military secretary to the [[France|French]] army in Canada. After the occupation of the country by the English, he retired to private life in Berthier and he held the office of notary public. |
His father, Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of [[Paris, France]], settled in Canada towards the middle of the 18th century and served as military secretary to the [[France|French]] army in Canada. After the occupation of the country by the English, he retired to private life in Berthier and he held the office of notary public. |
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Faribault was born in [[Berthier, Quebec|Berthier]], [[Lower Canada]], and received a good school education; after several years of mercantile employment in [[Quebec]], he entered the [[fur trade]], most probably in the employ of Parker, Gerrard, and Ogilvy. In May 1798, he went with others to the island of [[Michilimackinac]] or Mackinac, one of the depots of this company. For over ten years, he traded with the [[Pottowatomic]] |
Faribault was born in [[Berthier, Quebec|Berthier]], [[Lower Canada]], and received a good school education; after several years of mercantile employment in [[Quebec]], he entered the [[fur trade]], most probably in the employ of Parker, Gerrard, and Ogilvy. In May 1798, he went with others to the island of [[Michilimackinac]] or Mackinac, one of the depots of this company. For over ten years, he traded with the [[Pottowatomic]] Natives at [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]], with the Dakota or the [[Sioux]], Natives at Redwood, on the [[Des Moines river]], and at Little Rapids, on the [[Minnesota River]] just upstream of present-day [[Carver, Minnesota]], on behalf of the [[Northwest Fur Company]].<ref name=CHSpdf>[http://www.cityofcarver.com/vertical/Sites/%7BF5D0C336-35D5-4069-816C-62C658FA0FFA%7D/uploads/%7B74B1AEAA-33BA-45CA-B4D8-04686177078E%7D.PDF Carver Historic District - 2008 MINNESOTA SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITION]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, City of Carver, 2008, Accessed July 20, 2009.</ref> |
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During his residence at Little Rapids, in 1805, he was married to Elizabeth Pelagie Ainse, a half-Dakota daughter of Joseph-Louis Ainse, a British superintendent at Mackinac. In 1809, he settled in the small village of [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin]], and commenced trading, on his own account, with the Indians of the [[Ho-Chunk|Winnebago]], Fox, and Sioux tribes. In addition to that, he conducted an exchange of lead with [[Julien Dubuque]], at the point now occupied by the city of that name. |
During his residence at Little Rapids, in 1805, he was married to Elizabeth Pelagie Ainse, a half-Dakota daughter of Joseph-Louis Ainse, a British superintendent at Mackinac. In 1809, he settled in the small village of [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin]], and commenced trading, on his own account, with the Indians of the [[Ho-Chunk|Winnebago]], Fox, and Sioux tribes. In addition to that, he conducted an exchange of lead with [[Julien Dubuque]], at the point now occupied by the city of that name. |
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[[File:Faribaults1850.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ambrotype]] (c. 1850) of "George and Euphrasine Faribault's wedding portrait. Left to right, top: Alexander Faribault, Augustin Ravoux. Left to right, bottom: George Faribult, Euphrasine St. Antoine Faribault, Jean-Baptiste Faribault."]] |
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During the [[War of 1812]], Faribault refused to enlist in the |
During the [[War of 1812]], Faribault refused to enlist in the British army, and suffered imprisonment and the loss of all his goods in consequence. After the conclusion of the war, in 1815, he became a citizen of the [[United States]], and recommenced his trade at Prairie du Chien. In 1819, he removed to [[Pike Island]] in the [[Mississippi River]], which his wife received ownership of under an 1820 treaty,<ref>{{cite news|title=Settlement of Pike Island Claim Asked by Pierz Heir|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24764694/pike_island_mn/|newspaper=The St. Cloud Daily Times |date=May 3, 1930|page=11|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = October 23, 2018 }} {{Open access}}</ref> and in 1826 to ''St. Peter'' ([[Mendota, Minnesota]]), opposite the military post of [[Fort Snelling]]. There he remained until the last years of his life, which were spent with his children in the town of [[Faribault, Minnesota]], which is named for his eldest son. [[Faribault County, Minnesota|Faribault County]] in southern Minnesota was named after Jean-Baptiste.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n202 183]}}</ref> |
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He was much attached to the [[Roman Catholic]] faith of his childhood and presented a house for a chapel to [[Lucien Galtier]], the first resident missionary in Minnesota (1840). He died at Faribault, Minnesota, on August 20, 1860. |
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*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3907 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] |
*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3907 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] |
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Latest revision as of 01:57, 12 February 2024
Jean-Baptiste Faribault (October 19, 1775 – August 20, 1860) was a trader with the Indians and early settler in Minnesota.
His father, Barthélemy Faribault, a lawyer of Paris, France, settled in Canada towards the middle of the 18th century and served as military secretary to the French army in Canada. After the occupation of the country by the English, he retired to private life in Berthier and he held the office of notary public.
Faribault was born in Berthier, Lower Canada, and received a good school education; after several years of mercantile employment in Quebec, he entered the fur trade, most probably in the employ of Parker, Gerrard, and Ogilvy. In May 1798, he went with others to the island of Michilimackinac or Mackinac, one of the depots of this company. For over ten years, he traded with the Pottowatomic Natives at Kankakee, with the Dakota or the Sioux, Natives at Redwood, on the Des Moines river, and at Little Rapids, on the Minnesota River just upstream of present-day Carver, Minnesota, on behalf of the Northwest Fur Company.[1]
During his residence at Little Rapids, in 1805, he was married to Elizabeth Pelagie Ainse, a half-Dakota daughter of Joseph-Louis Ainse, a British superintendent at Mackinac. In 1809, he settled in the small village of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and commenced trading, on his own account, with the Indians of the Winnebago, Fox, and Sioux tribes. In addition to that, he conducted an exchange of lead with Julien Dubuque, at the point now occupied by the city of that name.
During the War of 1812, Faribault refused to enlist in the British army, and suffered imprisonment and the loss of all his goods in consequence. After the conclusion of the war, in 1815, he became a citizen of the United States, and recommenced his trade at Prairie du Chien. In 1819, he removed to Pike Island in the Mississippi River, which his wife received ownership of under an 1820 treaty,[2] and in 1826 to St. Peter (Mendota, Minnesota), opposite the military post of Fort Snelling. There he remained until the last years of his life, which were spent with his children in the town of Faribault, Minnesota, which is named for his eldest son. Faribault County in southern Minnesota was named after Jean-Baptiste.[3]
He was much attached to the Roman Catholic faith of his childhood and presented a house for a chapel to Lucien Galtier, the first resident missionary in Minnesota (1840). He died at Faribault, Minnesota, on August 20, 1860.
References[edit]
- ^ Carver Historic District - 2008 MINNESOTA SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITION[permanent dead link], City of Carver, 2008, Accessed July 20, 2009.
- ^ "Settlement of Pike Island Claim Asked by Pierz Heir". The St. Cloud Daily Times. May 3, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved October 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 183.
External links[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jean-Baptiste Faribault". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.