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CALIFF, HENRY - Born in 1823 in New Brunswick. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850. [MN50]
CALIFF, PETER - Born in 1819 in New Brunswick. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850. [MN50]
CALLIS, JOHN B. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CAMPBELL, BAPTISTE - Baptiste, son of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling in 1838/41. Little is known of his life, but he appears to have returned to his mother's Indian roots, and was among the Native Americans hanged in the infamous mass execution of Native Americans in Mankato, MN, on the 28th of December, 1862. [WM134, MN50]
CAMPBELL, HARRIET JENNIE/JANE - Known as Jane in the 1850 census, she was the daughter of Duncan Campbell. She married Oliver Cratte, of Lake Pepin. [LR459, MN50, Keith Rockwood]
CAMPBELL, HENRIETTA - Known as Harriet, she was the daughter of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling in 1824. She married in 1848, to Benjamin A. D. Young, of Mendota.[LR459, MN50, Keith Rockwood]
CAMPBELL, HYPOLITE - Hypolite, son of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling in 1828. He, like his brother, Baptiste, returned to his mother's people, and with his brother, was also involved in the events that led up to the mass execution. Hypolite, however, managed to escape from the authorities and fled to Manitoba where he spent the remainder of his life. [WM134]
CAMPBELL, JAMES - Born in 1825 in Scotland. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
CAMPBELL, JOHN - John, son of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling in 1834. He was a scoundrel with few redeeming qualities, and led a vicious and abandoned life. He was cruel, revengeful, intemperate, and licentious, and is said to have committed, or been involved in, several murders while a young man. In 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Brackett's Batallion, and served nearly three years with them, but his officers had much trouble with him, and he was charged with several crimes while serving. In 1864, while home on furlough, he deserted and cast his lot with the outlawed Sioux. While engaged in a raid with them in 1865, they murdered the Jewett family near Mankato. Campbell was captured a few weeks later, wearing some of the clothes of the murdered man. He was tried by a lynch court, and after confessing his involvement, was hanged from a tree. [WM135]
CAMPBELL, JOSEPH - Joseph, eldest son of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling in about 1823. He was at Yellow Medicine when the outbreak that led to the Mankato executions of 1862 occurred, and was forced by the Indians against his will to accompany them. In a later trial, Joseph Campbell was adjudged innocent of any complicity in the killings, and, in fact, by his kindnesses and aid to prisoners, actually was deserving of praise. He also wrote the letters from Little Crow to General Sibley which led to the negotiations by which the white prisoners were released. Joseph lived his life quietly in St. Paul. Joseph and his wife Mary Ann (1828 IN) had at least two children: Amelia (1846 MN), and Cecelia M. (1848 MN).[WM134-5, MN50]
CAMPBELL, NANCY - Nancy, daughter of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling. She first married in, to a Mr. Hudson, then married secondly, two days after her sister, Henriette, to Louis Rock, of Lake Pepin. [LR459]
CAMPBELL, SCOTT - He was born Antoine Scott Campbell at Prairie du Chien in 1790, the son of Colin Campbell, a very well known Northern Irish trader who traveled throughout the west in the early 1800's. His mother was an unknown Native American woman. Scott Campbell acted as interpreter for Fort Snelling for 25 years, and was at various times in the employ of many of the prominant traders and businessmen of St. Paul during that period. After resigning from the Indian Agency at the Fort in 1843, he purchased a small claim from Denis Cherrier that ran from what is today Wabasha to St. Peter, and back two or three blocks. He erected a dwelling on the claim, but sold the property to William Hartshorn, and moved to a small claim on St. Anthony Road just beyond Narcisse Denoyer's property. He was a farmer in 1850. Campbell was said to have been a man of some ability, but his intemperate habits caused him to lead a relatively unhappy life. He was a man of unusual physical beauty and power, with long, curly black hair, dark expressive eyes, and a finely proportioned figure. He married Margaret Menager, and had a number of children: Baptiste, John, Marguerite (1837 MN), Marier (1838 MN), Hypolite, Joseph, Mathias, Scott Jr., Henrietta, Nancy, and Alexander. When his sons were young boys, they were known as good-natured and well-disposed lads, but some of them afterwards turned out very badly. Campbell died in 1851 in St. Paul. [WM134-5, LR459, MN50]
CAMPBELL, SCOTT JR. - Antoine Joseph Scott Campbell Jr., son of Scott Campbell of St. Paul, was born at Fort Snelling in 1826. He was said to have been a quiet and inoffensive man, unlike his brothers. He married Mary Ann Dalton in St. Paul in 1845, and they had at least one daughter, Cecilia. Campbell appears to have had mental problems later in life, and he died in a mental hospital in 1870. [WM134, LR459]
CANNON, CHARLES - Born in 1834 in Ohio. A clerk in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CANON, HANNAH - Born in 1829 in Ireland. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
CARAN, THOMAS - Born in 1808 in England. A tailor in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $350 in 1850. [MN50]
CARDINAL, PIERRE - Born in Canada in 1827. A St. Paul resident in 1850. He and his wife Sophie (1831 MN) had at least two children: Pierre (1848 MN), and Eloize (Jul 1850 MN). [MN50]
CARLTON, JOHN J. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CAROFIL, ANTOINE - Born in 1825 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CARON, LOUIS - Born in 1828 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CAPROTE, JANIE - Born in 1831 in France. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
CARTER, WILLIAM GIBSON - Better known as "Gib", he was a cousin of Henry Jackson. He was born in 1822 in Virginia. After he arrived in St. Paul in 1845, he lived for two years on the claim that Edward Phelan sold to Jackson on "Prospect Hill". In 1848, he was a member of the Stillwater Convention. It was also in that year that another cousin and houseguest, William Renfro, died of exposure when he wandered away from the house in a drunken state. In 1850 he and his family were living in Little Canada where he engaged in farming. Carter subsequently made a claim, or at least owned a piece of, the Fort Road, where he died about 1852. He and his wife Elizabeth (1829 VA) had at least two children: George W. (1846 VA), and Mary E. (1849 MN).[WM150,177, MN50]
CARVER'S CAVE - A great cave located under Dayton's Bluff. Its Indian name was "Wakan-Teebe", which means "The Dwelling of the Great Spirit". Jonathan Carver came upon it during his 1766 explorations, and described it as follows. The entrance was about 10 feet wide, and its height about 5 feet, with a 15 foot arch that is about 30 feet broad within. Its bottom was of fine, clear sand, with a crystal clear lake that began about 20 feet from the entrance. The walls contained many Indian hieroglyphics, and nearby was a sacred Naudowessie burial ground. Zebulon Pike tried to find the cave in 1806, but it was stopped up. Major Stephen Long located it and gained entrance in 1817, but George Featherstonehough reported it again closed up with debris in 1835. Joseph Nicollet gained entry to it two years later, and reported that it was still in the same state as Carver described it eighty years before. In 1839, the murdered body of John Hays washed ashore. In 1866, the Minnesota Historical Society explored it by boat and candles in commemoration of Carver's Voyage.[WM29-31,91, KZ58]
CASTNER, JOHN M. - Born in 1818 in Maine. He ran a boardinghouse in St. Paul with John S. Hinckley. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. [MN50]
CAVE, CHARLES S. - Born in 1826 in Maryland. A grocer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. A notice that was printed concerning the death of a neighbor: "We cannot refrain from noticing here, the kindness and liberality to the deceased, Dyer Divine, of our townsman, Charles Cave, who has cheerfully borne the burdon of expense of the sickness and burial of the deceased, through the voluntary impulses of his benevolent soul."[MN50, MPv2#35]
CAVENDER, ABRAM H. - Born in Hancock, NH, in 1815, where he worked for 11 years in a machine shop and cotton factory where he had charge of a weaving loom. He married Elmira Hopkins (1818 NH), in 1840, a daughter of Daniel Hopkins, and moved to Ohio where he lived for 5 years. In May of 1848, he followed the lead of his father-in-law and settled in St. Paul, where he commenced blacksmithing and wagonmaking on Robert Street. That business later expanded to the establishment of Quinby & Hallowell. He served for a
while as superintendent of the Sunday School in St. Paul, and was a charter member of the Sons of Temperence in 1849, and was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for City Marshall in 1854. His real estate holdings were valued at $700 in 1850. He and Elmire had at least two children: Sarah (1843 NH), and Charles (1846 OH). [WH196, MN50]
CAVALIER, ALEXANDER - Born in about 1851/3, he was the son of Charles Cavalier and Marguerite Descoteaux dit Baton. [Jan Hintz woundedwing@email.msn.com]
CAVALIER, CHARLES - Born in 1818 in Springfield, OH, the son of Charles Cavalier and Rachel Trease. In the summer of 1841, a Methodist mission was established at Red Rock. Along with the Rev. B. F. Kavenaugh and his family came William R. Brown, Cavalier, and two schoolteachers. Brown erected the mission buildings, and he and Cavalier established a store and a farm in 1842. In 1845, Cavalier moved to St. Paul where he took up his original trade as a saddler, occupying a small building on the levee, then moving in 1847 to what was once called Charles Street. In 1848, he went into the drug business with Dr. John Dewey. He also served for a few months as Territorial Librarian. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. In 1851, went to Pembina where he served over 25 years as Postmaster.
He was married in 1856 to Isabella Murray, and had children: William, Albert, Edward, Sarah, and LuLu Bell. Sarah died at birth, and none of the remaining 4 children married. Charles, Isabella, and their 5 children are buried in the Pembina City Cemetary.
Charles also had a son, Alexander, whose mother was Marguerite Descoteaux dit Baton; a daughter, Rachel, whose mother was a Sauteuse indian; and a daughter, Julia Isabelle, whose mother is unknown. [WM115-6,151,MN50, Jan Hintz woundedwing@email.msn.com]
CAVALIER, JULIA ISABELLA - Born about 1857, she was the daughter of Charles Cavalier and an unknown mother. Because she is not shown on the family tombstone with the Children of Charles and Isabella, she is not considered to be Isabella's child, although some records attribute her to them. [Jan Hintz woundedwing@email.msn.com]
CAVALIER, RACHEL - Born before 1855, she was the daughter of Charles Cavalier and a woman of the Sauteaux tribe. Rachel married Cuthbert Gladu. [Jan Hintz woundedwing@email.msn.com]
CAWOOD, HIRAM - A St. Paul wheelwright in 1849. [WM246]
CAZEAU, FREEMAN [FIRMIN?] - Born in 1812 in Canada. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $200 in 1850. He and his wife Eliza (1822 Canada), had at least five children: Caroline (1839 NY), Francis (1842 MO), Lewis (1845 IL), Delvina (1847 IL), Clement (1848 MO). [MN50]
CENTRAL HOUSE - A famous St. Paul Hotel. It began as a small square log building, one story high, built in 1844 by Alexander McLeod. The following year, he added a second story and attic, then weather-boarded the whole structure. The next year, a wing was added. In this way, the building was constructed over several years. In 1849-51, it was used for the Legislature and Territorial Officers. [WM136]
CHACE, EMILY - Born in 1829 in Illinois. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CHANSSEE, ANTOINE - Born in 1818 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. Living with him in 1850 was Adeline (1833 MO) presumed to be his wife. [MN50]
CHAPDELAIN, PETER - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CHAPMAN, WARREN H. - Born in 1819 in New York. A constable in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Mary A. (1822 PA) had at least one child: Elizabeth (Mar 1850 MN). [MN50]
CHAPPELL, JOSEPHINE - Born in 1826 in Canada, she was the wife of Timothy Lareau
CHASE - A St. Paul carpenter in 1849. [WM246]
CHATMAN, WYMAN - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 2 males and 1 female. [MN49]
CHAWER, GEORGE W. - Born in 1822 in Pennsylvania. He was a clerk in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CHENEVERT, BERNOT [BRUNO?] - Born in 1823 in Canada. A carpenter living in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CHENEVERT, FRANÇOIS - Clerk to Louis Robert. He was born in Prairie du Chien, and came to St. Paul in 1845. The next year, he purchased the Baptist Hill claim of Pierre Bottineau in partnership with David Benoit. Chenevert was unmarried and lived at St. Paul until he died in 1865. In 1850, he served on the first grand jury to be seated in Ramsey County, [WM150-1, 259]
CHERRIER, DENIS - Cherrier was born in 1816 at Prairie du Chien. Late in 1839, he started for Pig's Eye with a load of trade goods on a steamer, but the river had already closed with ice at the head of Lake Pepin, and the steamer could proceed no further. Cherrier piled his goods into a canoe and paddled the rest of the way. He sold his goods that fall and returned to Prairie, but he was back the next year, this time for good. He was especially known in early St. Paul for his music. He was a fiddler, and officiated at the dances, celebrations and entertainments in those early days.
In 1850 he ran a grocery store in St. Paul. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. Cherrier's wife's name was Emily (1819 MN), and they had at least three children: Timothy (1845 MN), Emily (1848 MN) and Madeleine (Aug 1850 MN). [WM88, LR571, MN50]
CHESEFIELD, GABRIEL - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CHEVER, GEORGE - Born in 1828 in Kentucky. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CHEVEER, W.A. - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 6 males and 1 female. [MN49]
CHEVEREUX, PAUL - Born in 1815 in Canada. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Marie (1810 MN) had at least 2 children: George (1846 MN), and Rose (1848 MN). [MN50]
CHISEL, GEORGE - Born in 1823 in Tennessee. A wheelwright in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CHRISTMAS, JOHN - Born in 1833 in Ohio. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CHRONICLE & REGISTER - On August 25, 1849, the first issue of the Chronicle & Register newspaper was
published in St. Paul by McLean & Owens. It was the result of a consolidation between the Minnesota Register
founded on April 29, 1849, and the Minnesota Chronicle, founded that same summer. Its founders were
Nathaniel McLean, John P. Owens, and S. A. Quay, though Mr. Quay withdrew after a few weeks. The paper became the Whig organ, and soon had good patronage from that party.
In 1851, a serious subject of controversy was the election of State printer. James M. Goodhue of the
Minnesota Pioneer, was the regular Democratic candidate, but Daniel Robertson of the Minnesota Democrat and Charles J. Henniss of Henniss ∧ Vincent, publishers of the Chronicle & Register expected to gain votes enough between them to secure the printing. When the ballot was taken, however, Mr. Goodhue prevailed. This proved a death-blow to the moribund Chronicle ∧ Register which closed. It was replaced as Whig newspaper in September of 1851 by the Weekly Minnesotan. [WM230, 234, 287]
CLARK, ROBERT - Born in 1820 in Pennsylvania. A farmer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Mary (1823 PA) had at least two children: Alpheus (1844 PA), and Mary (1849 PA). [MN50]
CLARK, SARAH A. - In 1860, she was married to Nelson Robert of St. Paul. LR2680]
CLARKSON, MARY C. - Born in 1825 in New Jersey, the daughter of Joel Clarkson of Rahway, she was the wife of St. Paul trader Augustus J. Freeman. [MPv1#14, MN50]
CLEWETT, JAMES REUBEN - Born in England in 1810, he came to America in 1829, lived in Canada for a couple
of years, then in 1831, he was hired by Gabriel Franchere of the American Fur Company, to come to Minnesota as voyageur and clerk. Speaking not a word of French, and nobody around him speaking any English, he was soon compelled to learn both French and Sioux. He was, however, the only person who could read or write, he maintained all the journals and books for the company at many of the trading posts in the Minnesota area.
In 1839, he moved to St. Paul, living with Abraham Perry, and marrying Perry's daughter, Rose Anne, in the first Christian marriage in St. Paul. Soon afterward, he purchased the claim of the mysterious "Johnson" at lower landing, then selling it to Norman Kittson and purchasing the property of Joseph Labisiniere on Jackson Street Hill, where they lived until 1851, when they moved to White Bear, MN. [WM89]
CLONEY, JAMES - Born in 1828 in Ireland. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CLOSE, SIMEON P. - Born in 1827 in New York. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CLOSE, SOLOMON T. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CLOUTIER, ALEXIS - Cloutier came to St. Paul together with Antoine Pepin and Joseph Gobin in the late 1830's from Red River. The three men and their families settled near Joseph Rondo, and made claims near the swamp on the Lake Como Road. Cloutier and his family were living in St. Anthony by 1850. He had at least four children, Bernard (1845 Canada), Eloysel (1847 Canada), Harriet L. (1849 Canada), Alexis jr. (MN), and Marie. [WM137, LR604, MN50]
CLOUTIER, AUGUSTE - Born in 1834 in Minnesota. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He was living with Francois Cloutier who is beleived to be his brother. Both are beleived to be sons of Francois (1794). [MN50]
CLOUTIER, FRANCOIS - Born in 1794 in Canada. He was a teamster in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife had at least five children: Angelique (1838 MN), Antoine (1840 MN), Genevieve (1842 MN), Rosalie (1846 MN), and Catherine (1848 MN). Auguste Cloutier (1834) and Francois Cloutier (1826 MN) are also likely their children. [MN50]
CLOUTIER, FRANCOIS - Born in 1826 in Minnesota. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He was living with Auguste Cloutier who is believed to be his brother. Both are believed to be sons of Francois Cloutier (1794). [MN50]
COIT - A St. Paul carpenter in 1849. [WM246]
COLD SPRING - A small cluster of settlers just to the north of Fort Snelling in the early and middle 1830's. It was vacated in 1837 when all settlers were removed from the Reserve.
COLTER, CHARLES - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
COLTER, WILLIAM - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CONOLLY, ALEXANDER - Born in 1892 in Tennessee. A farmer living in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850. He and his wife Delyla (1802 PA) had at least one child: Russell (1834 IL) who farmed with his father. [MN50]
CONAVER, SARAH - Born in 1820/30 in New Jersey. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
CONDIN [CONDON], JOHN - Born in 1818 in Ireland. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. He was married at Galena on 7 Oct 1850 to to Miss Johanna Power of Galena. [MN50, MPv2#26]
CONSTANCE, PHILIP - Born in 1831 in France. A barkeeper in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CONSTANCE, WILLIAM - Born in 1829 in France. A grocer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CONWAY, CHARLES R. - Born in 1822 in Indiana. A printer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $150 in 1850. He was married to Jane (1829 NY). [MN50]
COOK, JOHN - Born in 1834 in Minnesota. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
COOPER, DAVID - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CORBITT, WILLIAM F. - Born in 1810 in Pennsylvania. A resident of St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CORNOYER, GEORGE - Born in 1809 in Minnesota. A laborer residing at Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He and his wife Sophie (1827 MN) had at least five children: Edward (1840 MN), Margaret (1842 MN), Peter (1843 MN), Sophie (1847 MN), and a son Thephin (1849 MN). [MN50]
CORNOYER, JOHN BAPTISTE - Born about 1824 in Canada, he was part of the Red River settlement, then moved to St. Paul where he was a laborer. His family resided at Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He was married in Mendota, 1842, to Josephine Perry (1830 MN), and had at least three children: Delaycide (1843 MN), Georges (1844 MN), and Marie Rose (1848 MN). [LR662, MN50]
CORNOYER, JOSEPH - Born in 1808 in Canada. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CORY, A. B. - The second wife of William Forbes. She was from Cooperstown, NY, and they married in 1854. [WM56]
COTY, JOHN BAPTISTE - Born Jean Baptiste Cote in 1819 in Canada. He worked as a carpenter in St. Paul from about 1849-52. He was actually a proprietor on the first recorded plat of St. Paul in 1847, but he appears to have been living in Wisconsin at the time. He served on the first Ramsey County grand jury, and he was a charter member of the St. Paul Odd Fellows Lodge, but was ordered to resign by the priest who married him. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. His wife's name was Julia (1832 MN), and they had at least one son, Joseph, who was born about 1847 in Wisconsin. He returned to Canada in about 1852-3. [WM171, 246, 258, 263, LR653, MN50]
COULTER [COLTER], CHARLES - Born in 1820 in Ireland. He was a butcher in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Mary Ann (1823 New Brunswick) had at least two children: Jonsen (1847 New Brunswick), and James (1849 ME). [MN50]
COURNOYER, CLAUDE - Witness at the marriage of Louis Forcier and Mary Martin on 27 Aug of 1850. [Francis J. Lavacot, franklav@usit.net]
COURNOYER, THEOTISTE - She was the daughter of Gregoire Cournoyer and Theotiste Caplette. She married first to Louis Forcier. [Francis J. Lavacot, franklav@usit.net]
COURTEMANCHE, OLIVIER - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
COUTURE, F. - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
COUTURIER, MARCEL - Lived in St. Paul in 1850. [WM200]
COWDEN, S. JR. - In 1845, Matilda Rumsey established a small school for children, a log building on the bottom near the upper levee. This was the first school in St. Paul. There were only a handful of students, however, and the school closed within a few months. Although there is disagreement among historians, the school may have reopened in the fall of that same year under the teaching of S. Cowden Jr. It is not known for how long the school persisted, but it does not appear to have been very long. He was a young man who had previously worked for Henry Jackson. He came from Prairie du Chien, and was married to a woman of Winnebago ancestry. After his death, she moved back to the Winnebago agency in Blue Earth County. [WM152]
COY, ANSEL B. - A business partner of John Irvine in Prairie du Chien, who accompanied him to St. Paul in 1843. Like Christopher Blanchard, another partner, Coy found St. Paul disagreeable, and soon returned to Prairie. [WM130]
CRATTE, OLIVER - Cratte was an early settler in the Lake Pepin area, and a skilled blacksmith and gunsmith. In 1843, he was appointed by Major Taliaferro as official blacksmith for the Sioux, replacing Antoine Pepin, who served in that position for the previous 5 years, but who did not have the required gunsmithing skills. In 1846, he married at Lake Pepin to Henrietta Campbell. [WM137, LR459]
CRATTE, PETER - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 3 males and 3 females. [MN49]
CRAWFORD, WENONA - Born in 1808 in Minnesota. Living with her were Francois (1839 MN), and Narcisse (1841 MN). [MN50]
CREEK, CHARLES - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CRESSEY, JOHN - Born in 1815 in New York. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CRETIN, JOSEPH - Fr. Cretin was recruited in France during the 1838 visit to that country of then Bishop Loras, who persuaded him along with Lucian Galtier, Augustin Ravoux, and Joseph Pelamourgues to follow him into the wilds of western America. Once in America, he worked directly with Bishop Loras in Dubuque, IA, and at one point served as his Vicar General. When Ravoux asked for help with the growing St. Paul congregation, it led to the establishment of a bishopric in St. Paul, and Fr. Cretin was appointed to the charge.
Cretin left immediately for Europe to be consecrated. He was quite undecided as to whether or not to accept the position, but after discussing the matter with church officials in France, he accepted, and was consecrated a bishop in January of 1851. He then spent three or four months in Europe seeking additional help and resources for his new diocese. Within 5 months of his return to America, and his arrival in St. Paul, Cretin had begun construction of the 2nd Cathedral of St. Paul, a brick building 84 feet long by 44 feet wide, and 3½ stories high including the basement. Bishop Cretin died in St. Paul on 22 Feb 1857. [WM312-3]
CREVIER, PIERRE - Born about 1819 in Canada, he resided in St. Paul until at least 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850. He was married to Sophia Perry (1814 Switzerland) by Fr. Ravoux in St. Paul on 3 Sep 1847. [LR690, MN50]
CROW, THE - Sioux Chieftan. Leader of the Sioux Uprising, and instrumental in saving the lives of the daughter and grandchildren of Ft. Snelling Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro, whom he respected.
CROSBY, JOHN N. - Born in 1815 in New York. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CROW, MARTIN - Born in 1820 in Illinois. A farmer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CRUK, CHARLES - Born in 1793 in Ireland. He was a merchant in St. Paul in 1850. Living with him was William who is presumed to be his son. [MN50]
CRUK, WILLIAM - Born in 1836 in Ireland. He was a clerk in St. Paul in 1850. He was living with Charles who is presumed to be his father. [MN50]
CRUTTENDEN, JOEL DOUGLAS. - Born in 1834 in the the District of Columbia, he came to St. Paul as a very
young man in 1846, stayed for a year or two, and moved to St. Anthony where he was a merchant and owned real estate valued at $150. Some time after 1850 he moved on to Crow Wing County, where he later was a member of the State Legislature. [WM159, MN50]
CULVER, GEORGE - A St. Paul resident in 1850. [WM267]
CUMMINS, JOHN - Born in 1820 in New York. He was a carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CURSANT, WILLIAM - Born in 1815 in Ireland. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
CURTIS, JOHN - A merchant who came to St. Paul in 1849 and founded Fullerton & Curtis Dry Goods with
Joseph Fullerton. He later got into the hotel business and the hardware trade. He died in 1872 at Waterford, PA. [WM442]
CURTS, EMELINE - Born in 1830, the daughter of William Curts of Prairie du Chien, she was the first wife of St. Paul surveyor Simeon P. Folsom. She died 20 Aug 1849, probably in St. Paul. [MN50, RCM]
CUTINEAU, KIN KEN [KINCADE?] - Born in 1821 in Canada. He was a farmer in St. Paul in 1850 with real estate holdings valued at $500. He and his wife Terese (1817 Canada) had at least five children: Abraham (1839 Canada), Pierre (1841 Canada), Joseph (1845 Canada), Edward (1847 Canada), and Paul (1849 MN). [MN50]
CYPHERS, JOHN - Born in 1819 in Virginia. He was a clerk in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
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