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JABOT, JOSEPH - Born in 1820 in Canada. A laborer residing at either Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He and his wife Angelique (1828 MN) had at least one child: Isabelle (Mar 1850 MN).[MN50]
JACKSON, HENRY - He was born in Abingdon, VA, in 1811. He acquired only a limited education as a youth, but ultimately became a good penman and accountant through diligent self-study. Of a somewhat roving nature, he went off to serve as an orderly sergeant in the Texas "Patriot War" of 1836-7, then returned to Buffalo, NY, where he married Angelina Bivins (1814 NY) in 1838. Soon
after, they emigrated to Green Bay, WI, then to Galena, IL.
When his business failed in 1842, the family moved to St. Paul, where they rented a cabin from Pierre Parrant where the family lived temporarily. Jackson purchased 3 acres of land from Benjamin Gervais which was located in the area later bounded by Jackson, Robert, Bench, and 3rd Streets, which was then a high bank overlooking the lower levee. On this property, he built a log or pole cabin, and opened a small stock of goods suitable for the Indian trade. He soon did a prosperous business, and shortly became a community leader.
During his residence in St. Paul, he held several important offices. In 1843, he was appointed the first Justice of the Peace in St. Paul. In 1846, he was appointed as the first Postmaster, and in 1847, he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly. He was later a member of the first Territorial Legislature of Minnesota, and was a member of the first St. Paul Town Council.
In 1853, he and his family moved to Mankato, MN, where he died in 1857. Jackson Street in St. Paul, and Jackson County, MN, were named for him. His
real estate holdings were valued at $8,000 in 1850. He and Angeline had at least one child: William C. (1847 MN). [WM117-8, MN49, MN50]
JACKSON, JESSEE - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 3 males and 2 females. MN49]
JACKSON STREET LANDING - See Lambert's Landing.
JACQUES, LOUIS - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268]
JACQUIN, ANNE CLAUDE - Anne was born in France at Bournois at Marvelise, L'Isle-sur-Doubs. She
married Nicholas Lavocat about 1828 and in 1845 with seven children she and her husband departed from
France and landed in New Orleans. After an extended trip up the Mississippi River and the death of two of her children on the way they stopped in Stillwater where her husband Nicholas took ill and died. She with her five children proceeded on to St. Paul and stayed with Louis Robierre and later at Jaur's mill in Little Canada. She subsequently moved to Mendota and married Louis Martin about 1847. Anne died in 1887 and is buried in St.
Peter's Cemetery in Mendota, Minnesota. [Francis J. Lavacot, franklav@usit.net]
JACOBS, FRANCES - Born in Virginia in 1827, she was living in Stillwater when she married George Douglas, the St. Paul merchant. [MPv2#11, MN50]
JARVIS [GERVAIS], WILLIAM H. - Born in 1801 in New York. A physician in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Sarah (1813 MD) had at least one child: Henry (1842 MD). [MN50]
JEBB, WILLIAM - Born in 1832 in Ireland. A cook in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
JEFFRIES, NANCY - Born in 1829 in Minnesota. The wife of Alexander McLeod. She was the daughter of a well-known trader in this part of the country, and moved to West St. Paul, MN, after McLeod died during the Civil War. [WM136]
JENKINS, MARY - Born in 1820 in Virginia. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
JOHNSON - Sometime during 1838, a stranger turned up and built a cabin on the bank of the river where Lindeke's Mill was later to stand. Where he came from, his past life, and why he decided to settle in St. Paul were all a profound mystery to those living around him. A woman, presumably his wife, and a small child were living with him, and it was obvious to the plain & simple inhabitants that he had previously moved in a higher bracket of society. Their manners were refined and elegant, their clothes fashionable and expensive. In fact, it was not their reserved manner, but their fine clothes that drew suspicion.
One cold and stormy evening, a resident who had presumably been spending the evening at Pig's Eye's place, walked by their cabin, and asked for shelter for the night, as the weather was so bad. Surprisingly, the request was denied. This incident further convinced his neighbors that he was some sort of criminal on the run, and they requested that the military at Fort Snelling investigate and arrest him.
The outcry because sufficiently loud, and with the threat of arrest hanging over him, Johnson hastily sold his claim and cabin to James Clewett, and set out down river, never to be heard from again. [WM73-4]
JOHNSON [JONSON], FREDERICK - Born in 1819 in Germany. A cabinetmaker in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
JOHNSON [JONSON], JOHN N. - Born in 1804 in Maryland. A merchant in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
JOHNSON, JOHN W. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM268]
JOHNSON [JONSON], MANUEL - Born in 1825 in Massachusetts. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
JOHNSON, PARSONS K. - Born in Brandon, VT, in 1816, his mother was a granddaughter of explorer, Jonathan Carver. As a lad, he was a schoolmate of Stephen A. Douglas. Early on, Johnson entered the tailoring business, and in 1847, he moved to St. Paul, the first tailor in that city. He was involved with Harriett Bishop in the establishment of St. Paul's first school, and was elected a member of the first territorial legislature. In 1850, he was married to Laura Bivins (1822 NY), sister of the wife of Henry Jackson. They removed to Mankato in 1852, with Jackson, at which place he served as Postmaster, member of the Legislature (1855-56), and Justice of the Peace. In the 1850 census Parsons is listed as 30 years old and born in New York. [WM167, MPv2#3, RCM, MN50]
JOHNSON [JONSON], R. W. - Born about 1810 in Vermont. He was a farmer at either Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Jane (1813 RI) had at least 2 children: Josephine (1841 MA), and Ellen (1847 MN). Also living with them was Elizabeth Jonson (1820 VT) believed to be the sister of R.W. [MN50]
JONES, D. H. - Born in 1823 in New York. He was a clerk in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
JONES, MICHEL - Born in 1815 in Missouri. He was a St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
JONES, PHILIP - Born in 1827 in Kentucky. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
JONSON, FRANCIS - Born in 1825 in Virginia. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
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