Francois Gessau Chouteau (1797 - 1838)

Born 7 Feb 1797 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Ancestors

Husband of Berenice Theresa (Menard) Chouteau — married 12 Jul 1819 in St. Louis,Missouri

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1838 at age 41 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

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Biography

François Gesseau Chouteau is the son of Jean Pierre Chouteau and Brigite (Saucier) Chouteau. The son of fur trader and a member of one of the earlier settlers of St. Louis, François learned his father's trade in his youth. Traveling up the Missouri River from St. Louis, he set up a trading post in what is present day Kansas City, Missiouri.

On July 12, 1819, François married Berenice (aka Bernice) Menard, who was born, in 1801 across the Mississippi River from his family, in Kaskaskia, Ilinois, the daughter of Pierre and Therese (Godin).

Find A Grave Memorial# 51549956 states: "The father of nine children, it is believe that Francois died of a heart attack at the age of forty-one on 18 Apr 1838, leaving his widow who survived him by fifty years."

Wikipedia lists ten children of François and Berenice: [[1]]

• Edmond François Chouteau, b. 1821 in St. Louis–d. 1853 in Jackson County, Missouri

• Pierre Menard Chouteau, b. 1822 in St. Louis–d. 1885 in Jackson County, Missouri; married Marie Anne Polk

• Louis Amédée Chouteau, b. 1825 in St. Louis–d. 1827 in St. Louis

• Louis Sylvestre Chouteau, b. 1827 in St. Louis–d. 1829 in St. Louis

• Benjamin Chouteau, b. 1828 in St. Louis–d. 1871 in St. Louis; married Anne E. Toler

• Frederick D. Chouteau, b. 1831 in Independence, Missouri–d. after 1870; married Adèle Gregoire

• Benedict Pharamond Chouteau, b. 1833 in Jackson County, Missouri–d. 1834 in St. Louis

• Mary Brigite Chouteau, b. 1835 in Jackson County, Missouri–d. 1864 in St. Louis; married Ashley C. Hopkins

• Thérèse Odile Chouteau, b. 1837 in Jackson County, Missouri–d. 1837 in Jackson County

• James G. Chouteau, b. before 1825; Note: He was identified by name to receive 640 acres (one section) of land reserved for "half-breeds" according to a provision in Article 5 of the 1825 Osage Treaty.

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