| 1750 |
Pierre Laclede and Auguste
Chouteau arrive in St. Louis. |
| 1764 |
John Pierre Chouteau, brother
of Auguste, arrives in St. Louis in September at
the age of six years. |
| 1765 |
Jean B.
Ortes of Bearn, France, comes to St. Louis where
he is a joiner and becomes a partner of Jean B.
Cambas. |
| 1768 |
The family
of Antoine Barada arrives in St. Louis from
Vincennes. |
| 1771 |
Jean B.
Ortes is contracted to build a home for Joseph
Robidoux, a shoemaker from Montreal, for five
hundred livres of beaver or deerskin and three
pairs of shoes. |
| 1774 |
Antoine
Berard purchases the quarter block at the
northwest corner of Main and Locust, with a small
house of posts divided into four small rooms, his
store, bed room, kitchen and stove room, nearly
double the usual number of that day |
| 1776 |
Antoine
Berard dies on October 13th at the age of 36
years, at the house of Alexis P. Marie |
| 1778 |
Pierre Laclede dies. |
| 1781 |
Early in
this year Charles Gratiot, Sr. comes to St. Louis
and becomes a Spanish subject to enable him to
participate in the Indian trade of both the
Spanish and English sides of the country, which
he could not do as an English subject. |
| 1782 |
Jean
Baptiste Ortes marries Elizabeth Barada, a native
of Vincennes and daughter of Antoine. |
| 26 Jul
1783 |
John Pierre Choteau marries
Pelagie Kiersereau. |
| 27 Jul
1786 |
Auguste Chouteau marries
Therese Cerré, daughter of Gabriel who is a fur
merchant. |
| 21 Oct
1792 |
Augustus Aristide Chouteau,
eldest son of Auguste and Therese is born. |
| 09 Feb
1793 |
Pelagie (Kiersereau)
Chouteau, wife of John Pierre, dies at the age of
twenty-six, leaving three sons and one daughter. |
| 14 Feb
1794 |
John Pierre Chouteau takes
for his second wife, Miss Brigitte Saucier of
Cahokia. |
| 31 Dec
1794 |
Gabriel Sylvestre Chouteau,
the second son of Auguste and Therese is born. |
| 1797 |
Doctor
Antoine Saugrain, a native of Paris, arrives in
St. Louis where he becomes the principal
physician of the village. |
| 1798 |
First appearing above water,
"Bloody Island" becomes densely wooded
and a rendezvous for duelists because it is
considered "neutral" and not under
Missouri or Illinois control. |
| 17 Dec
1803 |
Bernard Pratte is born and is
said to be the first child, born in St. Louis
after the ratification by the United States
Senate of the treaty with France. |
| 1804 |
Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark head west from St. Louis at the order of
President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana
Territory. |
| 1804 |
Thomas F. Riddick, who is
about twenty-three years of age and son of Thomas
and Fanny (Fiveash), comes to St. Louis from
Suffolk, Nanesmond Co., Virginia. |
| 31 Mar
1804 |
William C. Carr, son of
Walter, arrives in St. Louis from Albermarle Co.,
Virginia. |
| 1805 |
Charles Lucas, at age
thirteen, came with his parents Jean B.C. Lucas
& Ann (Sebin) from Philadelphia to St. Louis. |
| 1805 |
Edward Hempstead, at about
age twenty-five arrives in St. Louis from St.
Charles. |
| 1806 |
Jean P.
Cabanné arrives in St. Louis and engages in the
fur trade. |
| 1807 |
Manuel Lisa, an explorer and
trader of Spanish parents, arrives in St. Louis
from New Orleans. |
| 1807 |
In the spring, Manuel Lisa
and George Drouillard, who had crossed the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific with Lewis and Clark,
embark in the Upper Missouri River fur trade with
the Indians, with an outfit of $16,000. They
build a post at the mouth of the Bighorn. |
| 17 Nov
1807 |
Judge William C. Carr marries
Anna Maria Elliott, daughter of Doctor Aaron
Elliott of Connecticut. |
| 1808 |
General Clark commences the
building of Fort Osage and holds a treaty with
the Osage. |
| 15 Jul
1808 |
Stephen Hempstead, brother of
Edward (sons of Stephen), arrives in St. Louis |
| Aug 1808 |
Governor Lewis holds a
council in St. Louis with the Sacs, Foxes, and
Iowas of the Upper Mississippi. They cede a
three-mile tract of land to the U.S. at the head
of the lower rapids where Fort Madison is built
and commanded by Lieut. Kingsley. |
| 1808 |
Stephen Hempstead, Jr.
arrives in St. Louis where his brother Edward has
gone before him. |
| 1809 |
Early this year, William
Clark, Manuel Lisa and Silvestre Labadie form a
co-partnership under the title of the American
Fur Company with a capital of $27,000 ($9,000
each) to trade with the Indians in the Upper
Missouri to the mountains. |
| 1809 |
Bartholomew Berthold comes to
St. Louis with Rene Paul and engages in the
mercantile business. |
| 1809 |
John Dougherty of Nelson Co.,
Kentucky arrives in St. Louis. |
| 1809 |
St. Louis is incorporated as
a town. |
| 26 May
1809 |
Doctor Saugrain gives notice
of the first vaccine brought to St. Louis.
"Indigent persons vaccinated
gratuitously." |
| 16 Nov
1809 |
John N. Maclot, having
completed his Shot Tower at Herculaneum gives
notice he will manufacture drop-shot on
reasonable terms. |
| 1810 |
Whole numbers of Indians in
the territory: Sacs, Foxes, Shawnees, Delawares,
Cherokees and Choctaws, about 3,000 warriors -
15,000 souls. Osages of the Arkansas and Osage
Rivers, 1,500 warriors - 5,000 souls. |
| 1810 |
Population of Carondolet 218
souls; Florissant 270; Hurculaneum 200 souls; |
| 1810 |
Early this year, Moses
Austin, of Mine á Breton, erects a second Shot
Tower at Herculaneum. |
| 10 Jun
1810 |
Agusutus A. Chouteau, son of
Augsute & Therese, marries Miss Constance
Sanguinet, daughter of Charles, Sr. |
| 10 Jan
1811 |
Pelagie Chouteau, only
daughter of Major Pierre Chouteau, Sr., marries
the merchant, Bartholomew Berthold. |
| 1811 |
At age nineteen, Charles
Lucas returns from Philadelphia where he had
attended college five years, and reads law in
Colonel Easton's office. |
| 1811 |
Augustus Rene', son of
Augustus A. and Constance (Sanguinet), is born in
St. Louis. |
| 1811 |
Henry Von
Phul, a native of Philadelphia removes from
Lexington where he has been clerking for Thomas
Hunt, Jr. and arrives in St. Louis. |
| 11 Mar
1811 |
Wilson P. Hunt leaves St.
Louis with seventy men in barges on his
expedition to the Columbia where he is to meet
New York Fur Company's ship which is on its
voyage around the pacific with botanists. |
| 12 Jun
1811 |
Captain Stephen Hempstead of
New London, Connecticut, arrives in St. Louis
with a large portion of his family. |
| 02 Aug
1811 |
H. M. Breckenridge has
returned a few days since from a trip to the
Mandan villages which he had accompanied Manuel
Lisa for the purpose of researching the natural
history of that area. |
| 1812 |
Colonel Riddick proceeds to
Washington and introduces a bill which is passed
in Congress conveying all unclaimed lots in St.
Louis and adjacent villages to the common
schools. |
| 1812 |
In the Organization of the
first Legislature of the Territory, Colonel
Riddick acts as clerk pro tem of the House, and
is appointed by President Monroe as a member of
the legislative council of the Territory. |
| 19 Jun
1812 |
Congress declares war against
England. |
| 1812 |
George H. Kennerly, son of
Samuel and Mary (Hancock), arrives in St. Louis
at the commencement of the war of 1812 and is
appointed a lieutenant in the Regular Army,
accompanying Governor Clark in his expedition to
Praire du Chien. |
| 1813 |
William Clark is appointed
governor of the Missouri Territory. |
| 08 May
1813 |
Robert Steurat, Ramsey
Crooks, Joseph Miller and Robert McClelland and
three hunters arrive a few days ago from the
mouth of the Columbia river. |
| 21 Aug
1813 |
Act of Legislature
incorporate the Bank of St. Louis. Auguste
Chouteau, J.B.C. Lucas, Clement B. Penrose, Moses
Austin, Bernard Pratte, Manuel Lisa, Thomas
Brady, Batholomew Berthold, Samuel Hammond, Rufus
Easton, Robert Simpson, Christian Wilt and Risdon
H. Price, appointed commissioners to open the
books for subcriptions. |
| Oct 1813 |
James Kennerly, son of Samuel
and Mary (Hancock), arrives in St. Louis in
partnership with John O'Fallon in a cargo
Kentucky produce, "Pickled Pork, Beef,
Flour, &c." |
| 1814 |
Charles Lucas is admitted to
the bar and elected to the Legislature. |
| 1814 |
Jean B.
Ortes, husband of Elizabeth Barada, dies. |
| 1814 |
Joshua Pilcher arrives in St.
Louis and enters a partnership with N.S. Anderson
known as Anderson & Pilcher. They sell dry
goods and rent warehouse space to other
merchants. |
| 26 Dec
1814 |
Edward A., son of Augustus A.
and Constance (Sanguinet), is born. |
| 1815 |
Judge William C. Carr builds
the fifth brick house in St. Louis located at the
South east corner of Main and Spruce streets. |
| 1816 |
N.S. Anderson dies and Joshua
enters into a partnership with Thomas F. Riddick,
opening a downtown auction house. |
| 1816 |
James Kennerly opens a store
in Clark's new brick house on Main Street. |
| 16 Jun
1816 |
Virginia C., daughter of
Augustus A. and Constance (Sanguinet), is born. |
| 1816 |
David Barton is appointed by
President Madison jusdge of the St. Louis Circuit
Court. |
| 1816 |
George H. Kennerly is wounded
in the knee during a duel with Captain Geyer at
Bloody Island. They later become good friends and
respectable old men. |
| 30 Nov
1816 |
Riddick & Pilcher,
auctioners, open their new frame warehouse on
South Main for business/ |
| 12 Dec
1816 |
The Bank of St. Louis
commences business this year in the rear portion
of Riddick and Pilcher's store. |
| 1817 |
Thomas Hempstead married
Cornelia Vanderburg, daughter of Judge Henry of
Vincennes, Indiana. |
| 1817 |
Charles
Gratiot dies of paralysis on April 20th at the
age of sixty-five years |
| 10 Jun
1817 |
James Kennerly marries Eliza
Maria Saugrain, daughter of Doctor Antoine
Saugrain. |
| 01 Jul
1817 |
Manuel Lisa writes Governor
Clark to resign his commission as sub-agent for
all the Missouri tribes above the Kansas. |
| 07 Aug
1817 |
The Bank of St. Louis
purchases the old stone house east side of Main,
between Elm and Myrtle. They tear down the old
stone front and replace it with brick. |
| 12 Aug
1817 |
Thomas H. Benton and Charles
Lucas duel with Luke E. Lawless and Benton's
second, and Joshua Pilcher as second to Lucas.
Benton receives a slight contusion below the
right knee while Lucas is more seriously shot in
the neck. |
| 23 Sep
1817 |
Benton sends Lucas a second
challenge citing that friends of Lucas had
circulated derogatory statements about him.
Returning from town on the 26th, Lucas accepts
the challenge and the following day they fire
shots. Benton hits Lucas in the right arm and the
ball penetrates through the body toward the
heart. Lucas dies within a half hour at the age
of twenty-five years and three days. |
| 27 Sep
1817 |
"The infernal practice
of dueling has taken off this morning one of the
first characters in our country, Charles Lucas,
Esq., attorney at law. His death has left a blank
in society not easily filled up." - Gazette
Editorial. |
| Oct 1817 |
Illinois Town, opposite St.
Louis was laid out by John McKnight and Thomas
Brady. |
| Nov 1818 |
Charles Billon, Sr., with his
wife and family leaves Philadelphia and arrives
in St. Louis. Billon is the second son of Jean
David and Marguerite (Robert) of Switzerland. |
| 1818 |
Thomas F. Riddick builds a
home at 617 South Fourth Street in St. Louis
where he will reside until 1827. |
| 1818 Sep
04 |
Edward Tracy, "Just from
New York with New Goods, at the store of Dent
& Rearick." |
| 1818 |
David Barton is elected a
delegate to the Territorial Legislature of
Missouir and is made speaker of the House. |
| 1819 |
Thomas Hempstead was
appointed U. S. Military Storekeeper for St.
Louis, and Paymaster of the Missouri Militia. |
| 19 Sep
1819 |
The "Western
Engineer" arrives at Manuel Lisa's trading
post five miles south of Council Bluffs. |
| 1819 |
The Bank of St. Louis, which
had been in the basement of Col. Chouteau's
residence on Main Street, built a Banking house
at No. 6, north main and on ts completion,
occupied it that same year. |
| 29 Dec
1819 |
A volunteer of Light Infantry
is formed in St. Louis, denomiated "St.
Louis Guards." |
| 1820 |
Colonel Riddick is a member
of the convention which frames the Constitution
under which Missouri is admitted into the Union.
He also serves the city for some years as
alderman and justice of the peace. |
| 27 Jun
1820 |
Julia (Hancock) Clark,
daughter of George and Margaret (Strother) and
first wife of William Clark, the explorer dies.
She is also the granddaughter of George Strother
and Mary (Kennerly). |
| 1820 |
David Barton is chosen
delegate to form a constitution for the State of
Missouri and frames the most important provisions
of the instrument adopted by that body. It passes
into history to be known as the "Barton
Constitution." He is unanimously elected
U.S. Senator with Thomas H. Benton as his
colleague. |
| 1820 |
The Missouri Fur Company is
organized this year, composing as Manuel Lisa as
President; Thomas Hempstead, Joshua Pilcher,
Joseph Perkins, Andrew Woods, Moses B. Carson,
John B. Zenoni, Andrew Drips, and Robert Jones.
Joshua thus begins fur trading on the Upper
Missouri River. |
| 1821 |
Missouri becomes the 24th
state and enters the Union as a slave state. |
| 1821 |
In April Colonel Riddick
assists in the organization of the Grand Lodge of
Missouri, and is elected its first grand master. |
| 03 Dec
1821 |
Missouri is admitted into the
Union by proclamation of President Monroe. |
| 1822 |
The American Fur Company
opens a branch in St. Louis. The company,
founded by German immigrant John Jacob Astor, was
strong in the Great Lakes area and had crossed
into the Oregon Country prior to the War of 1812. |
| 1822 |
William Clark is appointed
Superintendent of Indian Affairs by President
Monroe. He will hold this office until his death
at which time he is succeeded by Joshua Pilcher. |
| 08 Sep
1822 |
Charles Billon, Sr. dies in
St. Louis at the age of fifty-six years and eight
months. |
| 1822 |
Andrew Henry and William H.
Ashley (under contract as free trappers setting
their own beaver traps), lead a trapping party to
the Yellowstone and battle Jones & Immell of
the Missouri Fur Company for the Crow-Blackfoot
trade. |
| 1822 |
Ramsay Crooks, right hand man
to John Jacob Astor, offers Joshua Pilcher and
Thomas Hempstead an opportunity to extend his
Great lakes fur empire as far as the Missouri
River and desert the Missouri Fur Company but
both decline. |
| 30 June
1823 |
Joshua Barton, brother of
Senator David Barton, is killed in a duel fought
with Thomas C. Rector on Bloody Island. |
| 1823 |
Immell and Jones of the
Missouri Fur Company are ambushed by the Arikara
and killed along with five others, four wounded
and their traps, pack horses and pelts stolen.
Charles Keemle leads the survivors back to the
Mandan villages to meet William Gordon, another
survivor who had carried the news to Joshua
Pilcher at Fort Vanderburgh. |
| 1823 |
The settlement of St. Louis
incorporates as a city and elects William Carr
Lane, a doctor from Pennsylvania, as its first
mayor. |
| 1823 |
Paul B. Gratiot, son of
Charles, Sr., after being employed as a clerk in
the house of Berthold & Choteau, enters into
an engagement with the American Fur Company
acting as a clerk of the company in the fur trade
of the upper Missouri. |
| 1825 |
Thomas Hempstead suddenly
leaves St. Louis and never returns. His brother
William, having cause to believe him dead,
applies to administer his probate in 1841. |
| 27 Dec
1825 |
Captain George H. Kennerly
marries Alzire Menard, daughter of Colonel Peter
Menard of Kaskaskia, Illinois. |
| 1826 |
Construction begins on the
first court house in St. Louis and on Jefferson
Barracks, a federal installation on the
Mississippi River ten miles south of St. Louis. |
| 1826 |
Judge William C. Carr is
appointed by Governor John Miller, to the office
of Circuit Judge of the St. Louis Circuit,
succeeding Alexander Stuart. |
| 11 Jun
1826 |
John Edmund Liggett, son of
Joseph & Elizabeth (Foulks) and husband of
Elizabeth (Calbreath) is born in St. Louis. |
| 11 Aug
1826 |
Anna M. (Elliott) Carr, wife
of Judge Carr, dies at the age of thirty-eight. |
| 1827 |
Riddick moves from St. Louis
to Sulphur Springs, Jefferson Co., Missouri. |
| 1827 |
William Glasgow, Sr. moves to
St.Louis where he engages in business with the
firm Ross & Glasgow. |
| 02 Jul
1827 |
John J. Anderson, son of
Reuben and Margaret (Byron), arrives in St. Louis
from Cahokia, Illinois. |
| 31 Jan
1828 |
Captain George H. Kennerly,
who had been in partnership with is brother James
in St. Louis, moved to Jefferson Barracks the
year prior and on this date became its
Postmaster, putting on a line of two horse stages
for the public accomodation. |
| 1828 |
The federal government
establishes Jefferson Barracks as the main
military post of the western United States. |
| 24 Feb
1829 |
Auguste Chouteau dies at the
age of 78 years and 5 months. |
| 18 May
1829 |
Brigitte (Saucier) Chouteau,
2nd wife of John Pierre Chouteau, dies after
thirty-five years of married life, leaving five
sons. |
| 12 Apr
1829 |
Joseph Liggett, husband of
Elizabeth (Foulks) dies in St. Loui. His final
place of rest is in Bellefontaine Cemetery. |
| 10 Dec
1829 |
Judge Carr marries (2) Dorcas
Bent, daughter of Silas Bent, Sr. |
| 15 Jan
1830 |
Colonel Thomas F. Riddick
dies in Sulphur Springs, Jefferson county. |
| 16 Nov
1830 |
Hiram Shaw, who was born in
Vermont in 1806, marries Elizabeth (Foulks),
widow of John E. Liggett. A tobacco manufacturer,
he owns Hiram Shaw & Co., which later becomes
Liggett & Myers. |
| 03 Oct
1831 |
Captain Stephen Hempstead,
Sr. dies in St. Louis at the age of seventy-seven
years and five months. |
| 1832 |
Augustin Kennerly is
sub-Agent for the Senecas. |
| 1832 |
The U. S. government
imprisons Chief Black Hawk at Jefferson
Barracks. Lt. Jefferson Davis escorts Black
Hawk to the Barracks where the Chief is
interviewed by writer Washington Irving and
painted by George Catlin. |
| 1832-1833 |
During the summer of 1832,
cholera strikes the city of St. Louis whose
population - including those who had fled - was
6,918. The cholera was killing about thirty
persons daily and in two weeks about twenty
daily. It disappeared and then returned the end
of 1833. |
| 1833 Feb |
An effort, politically
prompted, to impeach Circuit Judge William C.
Carr begins, but both houses of legislature
acquit him of the allegations that he is
unqualified for this position. |
| 1833 |
Cholera comes to Council
Bluffs in the summer and during July and August
Joshua travels back and forth between Bellvue and
his post nursing the sick and dying, and escaping
the epidemic with only a slight infection. John
Dougherty, however, was in very bad health and
was attended to by Pilcher. |
| Sep 1833 |
Empire builder, Nathaniel J.
Wyeth, stops by Cabanné's Post on his way to St.
Louis from Indian country where he visits with
Joshua who has re-planted corn, cleaned up, and
given order to the post. He stated that he
enjoyed "utmost hospitality" and a
"good assortment of vegetables" from
Joshua's storeroom. |
| 25 Dec
1833 |
A half-blood hunter, Louis
Penault, deliberately shoots Louis Blay
"through the heart with a rifle without any
provacation" while drunk and celebrating the
holiday. |
| 1834 |
Early this year Joshua's
"wife", Poporine Barada, half-blood
daughter of French trader Michel Barada, gives
birth to Joshua's son whom they name John
Pilcher. Dying of cholera, the infant boy is
taken and raised by Big Elk, the Omaha chief. |
| 1834 |
John J. Anderson becomes the
partner of Richard Ropier in the store of which
he was clerk. When Ropier retired two years
later, Anderson would purchase the whole
business. |
| May 1834 |
Joshua Pilcher recommends
Joseph LaBarge, who has wintered with him at the
post, for a clerkship on the upper Missouri. |
| May 1834 |
Prince Maximilian received
"a very cordial reception" from
Joshua's at Cabanné's Post where he is
accompanied by his companion and artist, Bodmer
who painted two of the most repsentative Indians
amongst the Otoes, Missourias, Omahas and Iowas
at the post. |
| 1833-1834 |
Augustus A. Chouteau, dies at
the Indian Trading Post of his cousin, Augustus
P. Chouteau, on the Verdigris branch of the
Arkansas River, about five miles from Fort
Gibson, aged about 41 years. |
| 1834 |
David Barton is elected to
the State Senate. |
| 1834 Dec |
Daughters of Thomas F.
Riddick & Eliza (Carr) are married in a
double ceremony. Virginia marries Edward Brooks,
and Frances marries Charles Billon. |
| Mar 1835 |
Either on the 4th or 5th
Joshua is appointed sub-agent for a "portion
of the Sioux high up the Missouri" at an
annual salary of $750. His sub-agency is located
at Fort Lookout, just below the Big Bend on the
Missouri River, near the site of old Fort
Recovery. Joshua complains to Clark that the
location stood at an inconvenient point, but
advised the Indian Office not to move it until
"the policy of the government is more fully
developed respecting the removal of Indians from
the east and the effect of the location made by
those Indians [is] ascertained." |
| 23 Apr
1835 |
John J. Anderson, son of
Reuben and Margaret (Byron), marries Antoinette
"Theresa" Billon, daughter of Charles
F. Billon. |
| 1836 |
Therese Chouteau, widow of
Auguste, builds herself a residence on the hill
and covers the block with thirty-two three story
brick business houses, which she divides amongst
her children and grandchildren. |
| 08 Mar
1836 |
Virginia C., daughter of
Augustus A. and Constance (Sanguinet), marries
Joseph C. Barlow. |
| 23 Nov
1836 |
Augustus Rene', son of
Augustus A. and Constance (Sanguinet), marries
Rebecca Sefton. |
| 28 Sep
1837 |
David Barton, former state
senator, dies "insane." |
| 01 Sep
1838 |
William Clark, the explorer
and Superintendent of Indian Affairs dies. |
| 1838 |
Joshua is appointed to office
of Superindent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis by
President Van Buren, succeeding William Clark who
had died. |
| 26 Aug
1840 |
James Kennerly dies at his
stone residence at Cote Brilliante at the age of
forty-eight years and three weeks. He was first
cousin of Julia Hancock, wife of William Clark. |
| 03 Mar
1841 |
George Rogers Hancock Clark,
son of William & Julia (Hancock), married
Eleanor Ann Glasgow, daughter of William &
Sarah (Mitchell). |
| 14 Aug
1842 |
Therese (Cerré) Chouteau,
widow of Auguste, dies at the age of 72 years,
8˝ months - two months after the death of her
third and last daughter, Mrs. Major Thos. F.
Smith. |
| 1843 |
John J. Anderson is appointed
clerk of the City Council. |
| 05 Jun
1843 |
Joshua Pilcher dies at the
age of fifty-three years, two months and
twenty-one days. |
| 1844 |
A major flood sweeps through
St. Louis. At places, water flows from the
Missouri River five miles east to the Illinois
bluffs. |
| 1847 |
Gas lighting is introduced in
streets and homes in St. Louis. |
| 1847 |
Augustus Rene', son of
Augustus A. and Constance (Sanguinet), dies
without issue in the latter part of this year -
aged 36. |
| 1848 |
The first telegraph line is
built to St. Louis from the East greatly
expediting communication. |
| 28 Dec
1848 |
The steamboat Amaranth
arrives in St. Louis from New Orleans with thirty
persons afflicted with cholera. |
| 10 Jul
1849 |
John Pierre Chouteau dies at
the age of 90 years and nine months. |
| 08 Aug
1849 |
Edward A., son of Augustus A.
and Constance (Sanguinet), marries Elizabeth I.
Christy. |
| 1850 |
Eugene Field is born.
Field, whose father was the attorney who
represented Dred Scott in his celebrated court
case, later becomes known as the
“Children’s Poet” for his stories
and poems which include “Little Boy
Blue” and “Wynken, Blynken and
Nod.” Field also writes for the St.
Louis Evening Journal and the Chicago Morning
News introducing the “personal column”
to American journalism |
| 31 Mar
1851 |
Judge William C. Carr dies at
the age of sixty-eight years. |
| 21 Dec
1851 |
John E. Liggett, son of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Foulks), marries Elizabeth
Jane Calbreath. |
| 1853 |
Samuel Clemens, an
18-year-old from Hannibal, Missouri, lands in St.
Louis where he works for a time before heading
East. |
| 11 Aug
1855 |
Virginia C., daughter of
Augustus A. and Constance (Sanguinet), dies at
age thirty-nine. |
| 26 Oct
1856 |
Harriet Clark Kennerly,
daughter of James and Eliza (Sagrauin), marries
Edward J. Glasgow, son of William and Sarah
(Mitchell). |
| 1858 |
Clarissa Pilcher, daughter of
Ezekiel Pilcher & Louisa (Ballard) and great
niece of Joshua Pilcher, arrives with her widowed
mother and four of her older siblings. Born in
Springfield, Illinois her family was well
acquainted with the Lincolns. |
| 1859 |
Thomas Anderson Moore, son of
James U. Moore & Rebecca (Cook) arrives in
St. Louis, presumably from Collinsville, Illinois
with his mother and younger brother Joseph. With
the unrest of the nation his parents are divided
on the war - he in favor of the South and she the
North. Refusing to live under the same roof, she
and her sons come to St. Louis where Thomas , at
about the age twenty, begins to support his
mother working as an ice dealer. |
| 1861 |
The last slave auction is
held on the steps of the Old Courthouse. |
| 07 Oct
1862 |
Clarissa Pilcher, grand niece
of Joshua, marries Thomas A. Moore who has
recently joined with the Union, serving with Co.
K of the 33rd Missouri. |
| 01 Jan
1864 |
Edward A., son of Augustus A.
and Constance (Sanguinet), dies at age 59 leaving
a son and two daughters. |
| 1866 |
The Missouri Historical
Society is founded. |
| 25 Jan
1867 |
Captain George H. Kennerly
dies at the age of seventy-seven years. |
| 30 Apr
1869 |
Hiram Shaw of Hiram Shaw
& Co., dies in St. Louis and is laid to rest
at Bellefontaine cemetery in the Liggett/Shaw
mausoleum. His company later becomes the
well-known Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. |
| 15 Jan
1871 |
Elizabeth (Foulks) Liggett,
daughter of tobacco manufacturer Christopher
Foulks and Margaret (Grndy), dies in St. Louis.
She was twice widowed, first husband Joseph
Liggett, 2nd Hiram Shaw. Final place of rest at
Bellefontaine Cemetery. |
| 09 Nov
1873 |
James H.
Lucas, son of Jean L.B.C. Lucas, lawyer, banker
and philanthropist, dies in St. Louis. |
| 1874 |
St. Louis branch of Deere
& Mansur is opened to distribute John Deere
goods and general agricultural implements.
Founders are Charles Deere and Alvah Mansur. |
| 1874 |
Forest Park is
established. At more than 1,200 acres, it
is 530 acres larger than New York City’s
Central Park. |
| 1876 |
St. Louis County separates
from the city, and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
begins publication. |
| 1877 |
The first telephone system is
set up in St. Louis. |
| 1878 |
Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian
immigrant, buys the St. Louis Dispatch and the
Evening Post on the steps of the Old
Courthouse. He later merges them into the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch beginning a powerful
newspaper empire. The Pulitzer Prize,
journalism’s highest award, carries his
name. |
| 1878 |
John E. Liggett and George H.
Myers form a partnership to incorporate the
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company which becomes
the world’s largest manufacturer of plug
tobacco. |
| 1880 |
The first electric lights are
installed in St. Louis. |
| 1886 |
The St. Louis Browns baseball
club wins the American Association Pennant and
the World Series. |
| 1887 |
Electric street cars are
introduced. |
| 18 Jun
1887 |
Gabriel Sylvestre Chouteau,
the second son of Auguste and Therese, dies at
the age of 92 years and six months. He leaves the
bulk of his large landed estate to the children
of his brothers and sisters. |
| 1888 |
T. S. Eliot is born in St.
Louis |
| 1889 |
The first electrical railway
cars begin operation. |
| 1891 |
Civil War Gen. William
Tecumseh Sherman is buried in Calvary
Cemetery. Sherman’s capture of Atlanta
in 1864 and his famous “March to the
Sea” helped the Union win the war. |
| 1896 |
A tornado rips through the
city causing major damage in Lafayette Square and
damage to the Eads Bridge. The twister
kills 138 and injures 92. |
| 23 Nov
1897 |
Tobacconist John Edmund
Liggett, son of Joseph & Elizabeth (Foulks)
and husband of Elizabeth (Calbreath) dies in St.
Louis and is laid to rest at Bellefontaine in the
Liggett/Shaw Mausoleum. |
| 19 Nov
1909 |
Mrs. John
Fowler (Cora Liggett Fowler) offers the St. Louis
Children's Hospital a generous donation of
$125,000 to finance a new building to be named in
honor of her mother, Elizabeth J. Liggett. |
| 07 May
1909 |
Elizabeth J. (Calbreath),
widow of millionaire tobacco manufacturer John E.
Liggett, dies of heart disease at the home of her
daughter, Elizabeth Wiggins. She is laid to rest
at the Liggett/Shaw mausoleum in Bellefontaine
Cemetery. |
| 07 Dec
1918 |
Claude Kilpatrick, son of
Thomas and Mary (Gibbins) and husband of Dolly
Liggett, dies in St. Louis. He is laid to rest at
the Liggett/Shaw mausoleum in Bellefontaine
Cemetery. |
