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MacDONALD, DONALD - Born in Canada in 1803 of Scottish parents, he left Canada at the age of 15 with Captain Miles
Montgomery, and went to Hudson's Bay where he travelled, for many years, with the American Fur Company throughout the
Northwest. He built a house and tavern on the east side of the Mississippi on the property later known as Half Way House. He later sold his land to Narcisse Denoyer, and moved to Crow Wing, MN, where he married and raised a large family. [WM63].
MACON, CHARLES - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 3 males and 3 females. [MN49]
MAH-SAH-BUSCA - The Sioux name for Ft. Snelling Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro.
MALLORY, ASA - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269]
MANN, JOHN - Born in 1814 in Ireland. He was a laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MARION, LOUISE - She was the wife of St. Paul trader Norman Kittson. [LR1570]
MARLEY, JAMES - Born in 1811 in Pennsylvania. He was a millwright in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MAR-PI-YA-MASE, ROSALIE - Born in 1830 in Missouri, of Indian parentage. On 18 Jan 1848, Fr. Ravoux married her to St. Paul laborer, Frederick Lacroix. [LR2043]
MARSH, JOHN - John Marsh was never in the military, but he came to Fort Snelling to teach the children of Col. Snelling. The fort was then called Fort St. Anthony. He carried with him a hard won Harvard degree. He was a member of the Harvard Class of 1823, known for its GREAT REBELLION. He carried on a famous feud with Taliaferro that had to be mediated in the end by the people in Washington DC. The only definitive biography of Marsh is "John Marsh, Pioneer" by George D. Lyman,Scribner's, 1930.
Marsh would be the best known pioneer in California history if he hadn't been murdered in 1856 leaving others to write the history books. He was the first American to settle in Contra Costa County. Marsh left Minnesota about 1834 under a shadow that claimed he had illegally sold guns to the Indians, and accusing him of causing the Black Hawk War, a spurious charge not to be taken seriously by anyone who has done a few hours of reading about the Sioux, Fox, and Sauk problems. He was a signer of the treaty which ended the conflict, a close friend of Lewis Cass.
It was to Cass he sent a very famous letter urging him to encourage people to come to California. So astute and well educated was he that his description of
the Northern California potential was absolutely perfect. And all that he described has come to pass. He wanted to see California join the United States and believed that this could be done peacefully if he could persuade enough settlers to move in, ala Texas. Thus the very first wagon train to come to California with settlers, now called the Bidwell-Bartleson Party, made its way to his rancho, using only his written description of a route he himself had never taken. So Brentwood, Contra Costa County, CA is the first terminus of the California Trail. For more information, see the John Marsh Home Page. [Kathleen Mero, Contra Costa County (CA) Historical Society]
MARTIN, J. COLE - Born in 1828 in Iowa. A sportsman in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269, MN50]
MARTIN, ELIZABETH - Born in 1821 in Ohio. A St. Paul resident in 1850. Also living with her in 1850 was Emily (1838 Ohio). [MN50]
MARTIN, HIPPOLYTE - Witness at the marriage of Louis Forcier and Mary Martin on 27 Aug of 1850. [Francis J. Lavacot, f.lavacot@worldnet.att.net]
MARTIN, JULIA - Daughter of Louis Martin and Zoe Winona, she was found listed in the "Roll of Sioux Mixed Bloods, 1855-56, as cited on page 608 of the Minnesota Genealogical Journal. [Francis J. Lavacot, f.lavacot@worldnet.att.net]
MARTIN, LOUIS - Louis Martin was born 11 Feb. 1803 in Canada. He entered the United States in 1822 at Lewiston, Maine. He came to Minnesota and the Mendota area in the 1820's where he married Zoe Winona, a Midiwankanton Sioux. It was reported in "The Lavocat Family in America" by Matilda Baillif that they had seven children. Five children were listed in the 1850 census and the year of birth for each is derived from that census data. Another child, Julia Martin, was found listed in the "Roll of Sioux Mixed Bloods, 1855-56" cited on page 608 of the Minnesota Genealogical Journal. Louis, after the death of his wife Zoe, married the widow of Nicolas Lavocat, Anne Claude Jacquin, in about 1847. Anne had five children at the time of this marriage. She had three more children with Louis Martin. Louis and Zoe Winona's daughter, Mary Martin, married Louis Forcier in August of 1850. Louis Martin was accidentally killed in 1858 when a horse rolled over on him while riding. The former Lavocat-Martin farm is now a part of the Somerset golf course near Wentworth Avenue in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. [Francis J. Lavacot, f.lavacot@worldnet.att.net]
MARTIN, MARY - Daughter of Louis Martin and Zoe Winona, Mary Martin married Louis Forcier on 27 August of 1850. She was born in either 1835 or 1836 making her a very young bride indeed. The Sept. 1850 census lists her as fourteen years of age. Due to the date of the census, September (probably when submitted) which still lists her as living "at home" and the date of her marriage (August) she could have been 15 years of age when married. Data from the "Roll of Mixed Bloods, 1855-56 also support this possibility as the report of her age at that time was 20. Her first born, a son was probably born in 1851 and died a year or so later. Mary died probably in either 1858 or 1859. [Francis J. Lavacot, ]f.lavacot@worldnet.att.net
MASTERSON, HENRY F. - Born in 1824 in New York state, he was an attorney in Elmira. He joined up with Orlando Simons in 1849, and founded Masterson and Simons, which continued as a firm until 1875, at the time, the oldest law firm in the state. In 1862, Masterson was listed as the attorney for the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. [WM282, 406, MN50]
MATHEWS, LINAS - Born in 1825 in Connecticut. A blacksmith in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $300 in 1850. He and his wife Sarah (1828 CT) had at least one child: Buford (1849 IL). Also living in this household were Permele (1800 CT) and Ira (1828 CT) a
wagonmaker in 1850. [MN50}
MATHEWS, WILLIAM - Born in 1826 in Ohio. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MATHIAS, THORNTON - Born in 1827 in Ohio. A farmer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MAURAN, HELENA - Born in 1828 in France. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
MAXWELL, ELIZABETH - Born in 1803 in Nova Scotia. She was married in Canada to Sergeant Richard Mortimer of St. Paul. [MN50]
MAYER, PATRICK - Born in 1816 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Ann (1821 Ireland) had at least one child: James O. (Jul 1850 MN) [MN50]
MAYNARD, H. - Born in 1824 in New York. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MA-ZA-SA-GIA - See IRON SWORD
McBOAL, JIMMY - See BOAL, JAMES McCLELLAN.
McCANN, HUGH - Born in 1813 in Pennsylvania. A St. Paul shoemaker who arrived in 1848. In 1851, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Ramsey County Representative. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Sarah Ann (1815 DE) had at least six children: Eliza Jane (1836 PA), Amelia (1838 PA), John C. (1840 OH), Matilda (1842 OH), Wm. Henry (1844 OH), Hugh L. (1846 OH). [WM200, 246, 269, 317, MN50]
McCARRON, CHARLES - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269]
McCLOUD, JOHN JR. - Born in 1825 in Pennsylvania. He was a merchant in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
McCLOUD, R. WEST - Born in 1828 in Pennsylvania. He was a merchant in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269, MN50]
McCRAY, DUNCAN - Died on 17 November 1850, at the residence of Lott Moffat, in the 25th year of his age. He left St. Louis on the 15th of October, in the employ of Mr. Wm. B. Dodd, and was taken ill of a bilious fever, which after several relapses, proved fatal. His parents live in Canada. [MPv2#32]
McCULLOUGH, VENICE B. - Born in 1825 in Pennsylvania. He was a baker in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
McCUMBER, JOHN - Born in 1829 in Ohio. A baker in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
McDONALD, HUGH - Born in 1835 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
McFARLANE, MARGARET - Born in 1828 in Illinois. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
McGIRK, BRUNETTE - Born in 1820 in Kentucky. She was a St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
McGREGOR, JOHN P. - Born in 1814 in Scotland. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850.He and his wife Mary Ann (1820 England) had at least 3 children: Henry J. (1845 MN), David W. (1847 MN), and Mary Ann (1849 MN). [MN49, MN50]
McGREGOR, OLIVER - Born in 1832 in Minnesota. A farmer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
McGUIRE, GEORGE - A St. Paul gunsmith in 1849. [WM246]
McKEE, JOHN - Born in 1822 in Pennsylvania. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
McLAGAN, EDWARD - Born in 1828 in Louisiana. A merchant in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Alice (1831 PA) had at least one child: Richard (1850 IL). [MN50]
McLAGAN, R. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269]
McLAUGHLIN, DENNIS - Born in 1815 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. Living with William who is probably his brother. [MN50]
McLAUGHLIN, WILLIAM - Born in 1822 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. Living with Dennis who is probably his brother. [MN50]
McLEAN, NATHANIEL - Nathaniel was born in Morris Co., NJ, in 1787, and was a brother of the Hon. John McLean of the U.S. Supreme Court. Their father removed to Ohio in 1789, settling Morris Co., OH. Nathaniel learned the printing business in Cincinnati, and as early as 1807, he published a newspaper at Lebanon. In 1810, he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature, serving two or three sessions, and was an officer in the War of 1812.
In the Spring of 1849, he decided to remove to St. Paul and embark on the newspaper business at the age of 60, although remarkably strong and active. He purchased the interest of Dr. A. Randall in the Minnesota Register, and organized McLean & Owens, with John Phillip Owens. Soon after his arrival, James Hughes sold his interest in the Minnesota Chronicle, and his foreman,S. A. Quay, took a partnership interest in McLean & Owens, and the company published the Chronicle & Register.
In 1849, he was appointed Sioux Agent at Fort Snelling, and in the fall of 1855, he was elected a Ramsey County Commissioner. He died of cancer in 1872.
[WM209-10, 229-30]
McLEOD, ALEXANDER R. - McLeod's birth in 1817 and parentage is questionable. Some sources have him as the son of an officer in the Hudson's Bay Company, possibly with a Metis mother. Alexander came to St. Paul in 1843. He had probably been in Minnesota since 1838 or 1839 as an employee of the American Fur Company.
He was a man of extraordinary physical power, physique, and endurance. A story is told of his having walked 60 miles in snowshoes in one day, then dancing all night at a social event. A few months after his arrival, he married Nancy Jeffries (1829 MN) of Pig's Eye. In 1844, he purchased land from Benjamin Gervais on which he erected a square log building, which he later improved by adding a second story and attic, then a wing, and little by little it grew into a structure known as "Central House", an important hotel. After living in the building for three years, McLeod rented it, and moved to a claim on Phelan's Creek near the Stillwater Road. He lived there for four years, then, in 1862, enlisted in Company A, 6th MN Regiment, and died of disease at Jefferson Barracks, MO, in 1864. [WM136, MN49, MN50]
McLEOD'S CREEK - See PHELAN'S CREEK.
McMELLAN, ISAIAH "SLARKEY" - "A boy about 13 years old, indicted as a murderer, for shooting his school mate, Heman Snow, last fall [1849] in St. Paul, was tried last week in Stillwater, and found guilty of manslaughter." [MPv1#21, MPv1#44]
McSHANE, JOHN - Born in 1820 in Missouri. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MEAGHER, PATRICK - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269]
MEANES, W. - Born in 1815 in New York. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MEGE, ALEXANDER - Born in France, he was living in Prairie du Chien in 1843, when he decided to move to St. Paul with his
employer, John Irvine. He purchased the property of Ansel Coy, another Irvine employee who decided not to stay in St. Paul. He subsequently split with Irvine, and started his own store that was located on the Richard Mortimer claim. In 1845, he was married to Matilda Rumsey, and in 1847, the couple moved to Montrose, IA. [WM130, LR2115]
MEHECAN, TIMOTHY - Born in 1816 in Ireland. A tailor in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Mary (1830 Ireland) had at least 2 children: Mary (1846 NY) and Ann Eliza (1848 IL). [MN50]
MEILY, J. B. - Born in 1828 in England. A barkeeper in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MELAND, PATRICK - Born in 1829 in Ireland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. Living with him in 1850 was Bridgette (1828 Ireland) who is presumed to be his wife or sister. [MN50]
MENAGER, MARGUERITE - Born in 1807, she is described by some sources as being a Menominee Indian, and by
others as a Sioux. She was the wife of Scott Campbell Sr.. [WM134]
MERCHANT'S HOTEL - See the ST. PAUL HOUSE.
MERRICK, REV. J. A. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269]
MERRICK, M. - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 3 males and 3 females. [MN49]
MESSNER, DAGOBERT - Born in 1826 in Wisconsin. A mechanic in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
METIVIER, MARGUERITE - Born in 1829 in Mendota, MN, of mixed French and Sioux ancestry, she married there in 1848 to Andre Godfrey. [LR2137]
MICHEE [MICHIER, MICHAUD], ABRAHAM - Born in 1800 in Canada. A laborer in St.Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MILLER, B. - Operated Miller's Boarding House in St. Paul in 1849. [WM246]
MILLER, JOHN P. - Born in 1810 in Pennsylvania. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. He and his wife Catharine (1823 PA) had at least three children: Charles (1845 PA) and Lucretia H. (1846 OH). Also living in their household was Eliza(beth] Ann (1836 PA) believed to be his daughter by an earlier marriage. [MN50]
MINI, ARMADI - Born in 1825 in Switzerland. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. He was married to Mary (1828 WI). [MN50]
MINNESOTA CHRONICLE - First published on June 1, 1849 in St. Paul by Colonel James Hughes, it was consolidated with the Minnesota Register soon after, and the resulting paper, the Chronicle & Register was first published on August 25 of that same year. [WM215, 230]
MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT - On December 10, 1850, the first issue of the Minnesota Democrat was published by Daniel A. Robertson. Robertson sold the paper in 1853 to David Olmsted, who edited it until September of the next year. The paper was discontinued on October 31, 1855, and merged with the Minnesota Pioneer. [WM190,283,360]
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC PARTY - The first erection of the Democratic Party standard in Minnesota occurred at a "Democratic Mass Convention" which met at the American House (the old Rice House) on October 20, 1849. Suitable resolutions were reported and adopted, and the Minnesota Pioneer was declared the organ of the party. [WM236]
MINNESOTA PIONEER - Although the Minnesota Register, published one day before the first issue of the Minnesota Pioneer, was actually the first Minnesota newspaper, that first issue was actually published in Cincinnati, so the Minnesota Pioneer was actually the first newspaper published IN Minnesota. It was established by James M. Goodhue, whose initial proposal suggested that it be called "The Epistle of St. Paul"! Succumbing to those who objected to the irreligious tone of that title, the Pioneer was born. His description of the newspaper's building of that day, "We print and issue this number of the Pioneer in a building through which out-of-doors is visible by more than 500 apertures."
Despite its humble beginnings, under the leadership of the popular Goodhue and, after his death in 1852, Joseph R. Brown, the newspaper prospered, and is indeed the surviving newspaper in St. Paul today. In 1853, the printing plant was moved into the "Minnesota Outfit" building.
The Minnesota Democratic Party was founded in 1849, and the Pioneer was immediately declared to be the party organ, a designation that the paper took seriously. Its outspoken stand on political issues began the history of political involvement and controversy in Minnesota. In February of 1854, the paper was sold to Earle S. Goodrich, another dynamic leader. In May of that year, the Pioneer began publishing on a daily basis, with the other papers soon following suit. The Minnesota Democrat merged with the Pioneer in 1855, and the name was changed to the "Pioneer and Democrat" for six years, when it regained its old name. [WM209-11, 236, 282,350-2]
MINNESOTA REGISTER - The Stillwater Convention had called for a survey of the region, and Dr. A. Randall, of Cincinnati, OH, was hired for the task. The Convention had also suggested to the mind of Dr. Randall the need for a newspaper in the territory, and in August of 1848, Randall went to Cincinnati to procure a printing press and other equipment and supplies needed to publish a paper. Winter had set in especially early that year, and he couldn't get back, and at the same time, there had been political delays in the passage of the Territorial Organization bill in Congress, so Randall set up his press in Cincinnati, and in partnership with John Owens, a young printer with an interest in the new territory, and printed the first issue of the "Minnesota Register", and dated it two weeks later than the current date, to allow for transport. Henry H. Sibley and Henry Rice had passed through Cincinnati on their way home from Washington, and both contributed valuable articles to this issue. Thus, the Minnesota Register became (by one day) the first Minnesota newspaper, but the Minnesota Pioneer became the first newspaper printed in Minnesota! And on the day the printing press and supplies eventually arrived in St. Paul, another arrived with Colonel James Hughes, and by June 1st, he had published the Minnesota Chronicle, St. Paul's third newspaper.
Randall, however, was of a roving nature, and soon had caught the "California fever", and sold his interest in the paper to Nathaniel McLean who had decided to migrate to St. Paul. The new company, McLean & Owens, published 5 or 6 issues, when it became obvious that there were too many newspapers in town. Hughes sold his interest in the Chronicle to S. A. Quay, his foreman, and Quay joined with McLean & Owens to form a combined paper, the Chronicle & Register. [MN209, 215, 229]
MITCHELL, ALEXANDER M. - Born in 1810 in North Carolina. He was a U.S. Marshal in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MOFFET, LOT - An early St. Paul innkeeper, he was born in 1803 in Montgomery County, NY. He came to St. Paul in 1848, and was for some years the proprietor of Temperance House, also known to the early settlers as "Moffet's Castle". He was a scrupulously honest man, and very benevolent, and was the charter president of the Sons of Temperance Lodge, as well as a charter member of the Masonic Lodge. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Justice of the Peace in 1850, but was elected as Supervisor of Roads in that same year without opposition. The next year, he was unsuccessful in his try for Ramsey Country Treasurer. In 1852, he was elected to the St. Paul City Council. He was of striking appearance as he usually wore a patriarchal beard. He died in 1870. [WM198, MN49]
MOFFET'S CASTLE - See TEMPERANCE HOUSE.
MONTAIGNE, ALEXIS F. - Born in 1795 in Canada. A grocer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $250 in 1850. [MN50]
MONTI, FERDINAND - Born in 1826 in Switzerland. A merchant in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $700 in 1850. [MN50]
MONTOUR, JOSEPH - Born in 1811 in Quebec, he lived in Wisconsin at least as early as 1841, and moved to St. Paul in 1849, where he set up shop as one of the first blacksmiths. He and his wife, Angelique (1823 WI), had at least 5 children: Joseph (1841 WI), Emilie (1843 WI), Sylvan (1844 WI), Marie L. (1848 WI), and Charles (1849 WI). [LR2190, WM160, MN50]
MONTS, HIRAM - Born in 1828 in New York. A saddler in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MOODY, PHEMA - Born in 1827 in New Hampshire. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
MOORE, GEORGE W. - Born in 1824 in Pennsylvania. A printer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MORAY, ELIZABETH - Born in 1830 in New York. He was a painter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MORAY, ELY - Born in 1825 in New York. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MORET, FRANCIS - Resided in St. Paul in 1843. [WM199]
MORIN, AMABLE - Born in 1810. A laborer residing at either Pig's Eye or Red Rock in 1850. He and his Indian wife Marie (1828 MN) were married by Fr. Ravoux in 1849, and had at least one child: Marie (1848 MN). [MN49, MN50, LR2208]
MORIN [MURRAN, MERCER], JOSEPH - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 6 males and 3 females. [MN49]
MORISSETTE, AURELIE - Daughter of Jean Baptiste Joseph Morissette, who came to Vadnais Heights in 1847, she first married in 1848 in St. Paul to Pierre Theroux, then married secondly, the next year, to Charles Perry. She had 14 children with her 2nd husband. [LR2215, 2455]
MORRISON, WILSON C. - Born at Whitehall, NY, in 1815, he resided at Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Galena, Dubuque, and other places while still young. He came to St. Paul in 1848, where he became a successful carpenter and businessman. He was a charter member of the Sons of Temperance. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. He and his wife Mary (1820 Ireland) had at least five children: Daniel (1843 WI), Annette (1844 WI), Alice (1846 WI), Francis (1848 WI), and Mary Ann (1850 MN). [WM198, MN50]
MORSE, WILLIAM H. - A clerk for William Hartshorn in Stillwater, Morse moved to St. Paul in 1845, and had moved on by 1850. [WM132]
MORTIMER, FANNY A. - The daughter of Richard Mortimer, she married Aaron Foster, and died in Minneapolis in September of 1875. [WM168, MN50]
MORTIMER, LILY - A daughter of Richard Mortimer, she married Robert Clinger of Philadelphia, PA. [WM120]
MORTIMER, RICHARD - Sergeant Mortimer, as he was usually known, was born in Leeds, England, about 1800. His family had some wealth, and Richard was educated at Eton. At the age of 19, he and his brother ran away from home. The brother soon returned, but Richard was too proud to do so, and was disinherited. He procured an appointment in the Signal Service of the British Army, where he remained for several years. He then emigrated to the USA, and was appointed Commissary and Quartermaster Sergeant in the US Army. He arrived at Fort Snelling in 1835, and served at the fort until 1842, except for a short foray during the Florida War. He was married in Canada to Elizabeth Maxwell (1803 Nova Scotia), and had 5 children, including Fanny A. (1833 PA), William (1836 MN), Mary Jane (1841 MN) and Lily.
In 1842, Mortimer became tired of Army life, and purchased 80 acres of land from Joseph Rondo, fronting on the river, and bounded on the east by St. Peter Street, and on the west by Washington Street. The property already had a sturdy house on it, with what might have been the first shingle roofs in St. Paul. Mortimer made several improvements to it, and opened a store.
Sadly, Mortimer was not as suited for civilian life as he had hoped. Trade was slow, and the people were poor. Soon his carefully hoarded savings from his military career were gone. He was a very patriotic and public spirited citizen, and donated the first flag and flagpole to be flown in St. Paul. But the "less desirable" attitudes of his neighbors infuriated him. His business problems affected his health. He died of a hemorrhage after an injury in 1843 at the age of 43. [WM118-20, MN50]
MOSlE [MOSES], ROSANA - Born in 1821 in Indiana. A resident of St. Paul in 1850. Living with her was Martha Ann Moses (1840 IN). [MN50]
MOSHIER, JOSEPH - Born in 1819 in Pennsylvania. A bookkeeper in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Cornelia (1823 PA) had at least one child: George (1847 MO). [MN50]
MOUSSEAU, CHARLES - Born in 1807 in Canada, he came to Minnesota in 1827 as a voyageur with the
American Fur Company. In 1827, he was married at Fort Snelling to Fanny Perry,
and in the fall of 1838, he staked a claim on Dayton's Bluff in St. Paul. In 1848, he sold that claim to Eben Weld, and
moved to Hennepin County where he resided until his death. Charles and Fanny had 12 children, among them: Charles (1834), Henri (1836), David (1838), Antoine (1840), Michel (1846), Marie Anne (1842), Sophie (1848), and Bernard (1854). [WM88]
MULLEN, JOHN - Born in 1826 in Ireland. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MULLER [MULLIN], PETER Born in 1815 in Illinois. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MURPHY, ALFRED - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM269]
MURPHY, ELLEN - Born in 1820 in Ireland. She was a St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
MURPHY, LUKE - Born in 1818 in Ireland. A drayman in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $375 in 1850. He and his wife Catharine (1822 Ireland) had at least two children: Ella (1848 NY), and John (1850 MN). [MN50]
MURRAY, D. C. - Born in 1805 in Pennsylvania. A grocer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. Residents in his household in 1850 were: Hanna[h] (1822 Canada), Clinton (1831 IL), Susana (1833 IL), Melvina (1837 PA), Orsen (1845 IL), Harriet (1842 OH), Jane (1848 IL), Charles (Jun 1850 MN), and Elijah. [MN49, MN50]
MURRAY, ELIJAH - Born in 1797 in Pennsylvania. A grocer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
MURRAY, ISABELLA - Wife of St. Paul saddler and druggist Charles Cavalier. She was the daughter of Selkirk Colony settlers, and married Cavalier in 1856.[Jan Hintz, woundedwing@email.msn.com]
MURRAY, WILLIAM P. - Born in 1826 in Ohio. A lawyer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850 [MN50]
MYRICK, NATHAN - Born in 1822 in Westford, NY, he travelled to Wisconsin at the age of 18, and founded the town of
LaCrosse which he laid out in 1842 when he was 20 years old! From 1841-48, he engaged in lumbering on the Black River, and in the latter year, moved
his residence to St. Paul where he lived the rest of his life. His primary occupation was that of supplier of goods to the various Indian tribes of the area, and
he was very involved as an advisor to the Winnebago removal in 1846. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Rebecca E. (1825 NY) had at least three children: Lavina A. (1848 WI), Louisa A. (1848 WI), and Matilda M. (Feb 1850 MN). [WM195, MN50]
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