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WABSHEEDAH - "The Dancer". The Sioux whose sons found and reported the body of the murdered John Hays in Carver's Cave. [WM91]
WADELL, CHARLES - Born in 1813 in Kentucky. A laborer in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WAIT, L. B. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM270]
WAIT, W. S. - Born in 1824 in New York. A clerk in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WAKEFIELD, ELIZA J. - Born in 1831 in Illinois, she was the daughter of John A. Wakefield and his wife, Eliza. She was married at the "Fremont House," on 8 Nov 1850, to George H. Snyder of St. Paul. [MN50, MPv2#30]
WAKEFIELD, JOHN A. - Born in 1797 in Sourth Carolina. A former member of the Illinois Legislature, he came to St. Paul in 1849, where he was proprietor of the Tremont House, frequently lectured on temperance, and was elected a Justice of the Peace. He resigned the latter position the next year, and removed to Iowa, and finally to Kansas where he died. His real estate holdings were valued at $2.500 in 1850. He and his wife Eliza (1799 KY) had at least five children: Martha Ann (1826 IL), Eliza J. (1831 IL), William
Harrison T. (1834 IL) a teamster, John A. (1836 IL), and Thomas Jeff (1838 IL). [WM282, MN49, MN50]
WAKEFIELD, JOSEPH - An attorney from Providence, RI, who came to St. Paul in 1849 and set up a law practice. He appears to have stayed only a very short time, and returned to Providence where he died in 1855. [WM361]
WAKINYANTONKA - See BIG THUNDER.
WAYMAN, MARY ANN - Born in 1828 in Iowa. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
WELCH, LUCY - Born in 1839 in Minnesota. A St. Paul resident in 1850. [MN50]
WELD, EBEN - In 1848, Weld purchased the claim of Charles Mousseau on Dayton's Bluff. In 1849, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Representative. In 1850, he served on the first grand jury ever drawn for Ramsey County, and in that same year, he and Edward Phelan, in company with others from the Dayton's Bluff area, left St. Paul headed for California. [WM88,146,200,258, MN49]
WELLINGTON, HENRY - Born in 1824 in Ohio. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WELLES, GEORGE - Born in 1816 in New York. A drayman in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $800 in 1850. He and his wife Catharine (1825 NY) had at least one child: George (1844 NY). [MN50]
WELLS, MARTIN - Born in 1826 in New York. A plasterer in St. Paul in 1850. He married Virginia (1831 WI). Also living in his household in 1850 was Jane (1832 NY) believed to be his sister. [MN50]
WENTALL, E. G. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM270]
WEST, EDWARD - Born in 1829 in New York, An employee of William Hartshorn who came to St. Paul from New York in 1846. Sometime later he moved west into Indian Territory. [WM157-8]
WHEELOCK, JOHN A. - Born in 1823 in New Brunswick. A merchant in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WHITALL, ELLIS - An attorney, he moved to St. Paul in 1849 and was soon in partnership with
Edmund Rice and George Becker. Whitall withdrew from the firm the next year, and was replaced by William Hollinshead. [WM250, MN50]
WHITALL, MATILDA - Born in New York in 1827. Wife of Henry Rice. They were married in Richmond, VA, on 29 March 1849. [WM189]
WHITE, HARLEY D. - Born in Connecticut, White came west about 1841, and first appears as a partner or employee of Daniel Hopkins at Red Rock (an Indian mission in Washington County). White came to St. Paul in 1846, where he was employed by Henry Jackson as a trader among the Sioux. In 1849, he married a Miss Tainter at Point Douglas, then removed to a farm in Red Wing where he ran unsuccessfully for the Legislature. After his loss, and the death of his wife, he returned to his native Connecticut. [WM159]
WHITE, WALLACE B. - Born in 1824 in Massachusetts. An attorney who came to St. Paul in 1849, but primarily worked as deputy postmaster of St. Paul, and was subsequently Territorial Librarian. He moved to Washington before 1875. [WM232]
WHITNEY, JOEL E. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM270]
WILCOXSON, REV. T. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. [WM270]
WILD HUNTER HOTEL. - A large house on Jackson Street, built in 1847 by Auguste Larpenteur as his own residence. [WM133]
WILKIN, ALEXANDER - Born in 1821 in New York. A lawyer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $700 in 1850. [MN50]
WILKINSON, MORTON S. - Born in 1819 in New York. A lawyer in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Sarah N. (1825 NY) had at least one child: Mary (1844 IL). [MN50]
WILLARD, HIRAM - A resident in St. Paul in 1849. Living in his household are listed 2 males and 1 female. [MN49]
WILLEY, H. - A St. Paul carpenter in 1849. [WM246]
WILLIAMS, ELI - Born in 1825 in Virginia. A cook in St. Paul in 1850. Living in his household in 1850 were L. [a female] (1827 VA), and Mary (1829 VA). [MN50]
WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH - A woman of mixed ancestry who grew up and was educated at the Red Rock mission, she married Thomas Odell. As a witness to the affair, she was instrumental in providing much of what we know about the fighting between the Sioux and Chippewa at the Battle of Kaposia, and the events that led up to it. [WM123]
WILLIAMS, PATRICK - Born in 1827 in New York. A saddler in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL - Born in 1826 in Massachusetts. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WILLOUGHBY, AMHERST - Born in 1811 in Vermont, Willoughby was an old stage driver and manager who had gone to Chicago in 1828 and drove in that region for 20 years. In the fall of 1848, he came to St. Paul to see if there was a business opportunity here. He went back to Galena, and in the Spring of 1850, he returned with his partner, Sime Powers, a nice span of horses, and a two-seated open wagon, and not much else. They commenced to run the wagon twice daily between St. Anthony and St. Paul. By September, their business had increased enough that they purchased a four-horse open spring wagon that could carry 14 passengers, and ran the route until winter set in. They then ran a longer distance line for four winters between St. Paul and Prairie du Chien, connecting Stillwater, Hudson, Menomonie, Black River Falls, Sparta, and many other communities. In 1851, they brought the first Concord Coach to St. Paul.
In 1851, another stage line, the "Yellow Line", went into furious competition with Willoughby & Powers, known as the "Red Line", resulting in a very furious "price war" that nearly bankrupted both companies, although they continued to grow with the need for transportation. In 1854, the two competing companies reached a compromise, with the Yellow Line taking the St. Paul to St. Anthony run, and the Red Line concentrating on the St. Paul to Stillwater run. The next year, Willoughby and Powers split their assets, with Willoughby retaining the livery part, and Powers the stage line. He and his wife Seraphine (1825 France) had at least two children: Mary (1848 IL), and John (1849 MN).[WM295-7, MN50]
WILSON, ELIZABETH - Born in 1821 in Virginia. A St. Paul resident in 1850. Living with her in 1850 was James (1842 IL), and Allen (1844 IL). [MN50]
WINNE, GEORGE - Died at St Paul 17 June 1849, son of J. Winne, of Albany, New York. [MPv1#9, MPv1#43]
WINONA, ZOE - A Midiwankanton Sioux. She married Louis Martin of Mendota. 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. [Francis J. Lavacot, franklav@usit.net]
WISEGARBER, GEORGE - Born in 1823 in Pennsylvania. A butcher in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 in 1850. [MN50]
WOODBURY, SIMEON - Born in 1820 in New York. A resident of St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $500 in 1850. He and his wife Mary (1827 MN) had at least one child: Horner (1849 MN). [A published 1850 census says Simeon & Warren are the same man.] WM270, MN50]
WOODBURY, WARREN - A St. Paul carpenter in 1849, he was elected a constable in 1850. It is possible, in fact, likely that he was the husband of Mary L. Taliaferro, daughter of Ft. Snelling Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro. If that is true, the Taliaferro papers indicate that he was originally a soldier at Ft. Snelling, and was killed in the Civil War. [A published 1850 census says Simeon & Warren are the same man.] [WM246, 278, MN49, MN50]
WOODEN-LEGGED JIM - See ONE-LEGGED JIM.
WORTH, CHARLES - born in 1829 in Missouri. A cigar maker in St. Paul in 1850. [MN50]
WOUNDED MAN - See TA-OPI.
WRIGHT, ISAAC P. - Born in 1823 in Kentucky. A carpenter in St. Paul in 1850. He was married at Salem, Indiana, on 22 Nov 1850, to Miss Addie Bliss, of Salem. [MPv2#38]
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