Augustin Grignon Jr. (1805 - 1871)

Born 1805 in Green Bay, St. Clair, Indiana Territory (Wisconsin), United States

Ancestors

Died Jul 1871 at about age 66 in Keshena, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Birth

Augustin Grignon "had 'natural' children by at least one Menominee consort, including a son who was given the name Augustin Grignon, Jr."^[1]

Death

From the Shawano County Journal, 22 June 1871 : (Transcribed by Cathe Ziereis & Editor Jim Glasheen)

Mr. Augustin Grignon, and old resident of this county, residing near Keshena, was stabbed last evening at his home by Ah-qua-no-mie, the head chief of the Menominee Tribe of Indians. He was stabbed in the bowels, near the naval with a common pocket knife. and we learn from Dr. LaCount, that there is little hopes of his recovery. The chief stopped at Grignon's house yesterday on his way to Keshena, somewhat in liquor, and Mr. Grignon had made preparations for his staying all night. What the trouble was we did not learn. Sheriff Robinson arrested him this morning and confined him in jail.

From the Shawano County Journal, 6 July 1871 : (Transcribed by Cathe Ziereis & Editor Jim Glasheen) Ah-qua-no-mie, the Indian Chief who stabbed Mr. Grignon, was released from confinement last Monday, on bail. Mr. Grignon remains in about the same condition, quite comfortable, but helpless. N.B. - Since writing the above we learn that Mr. Grignon died last evening. Funeral takes place today.

From the Shawano County Reporter ; 17 Jun 1872 : (Transcribed by Cathe Ziereis & Editor Jim Glasheen)

Circuit Court

The June term of the Circuit Court fro the county commenced it's session last Tuesday, Judge E. H. Ellis presiding with his usual urbanity and prompt disposition of business. Among the legal gentlemen in attendance from abroad we notice Charles W Felker and James Freeman, Esq.'s of Oshkosh. Several minor cases being disposed of, the trial of Aquanomie, Head Chief of the Menominee tribe of Indians, for the alleged murder of Augustin Grignon last June, was taken up on Wednesday morning. It was with much difficulty that an impartial jury could be empanelled to try the case. As we go to press we learn the jury have returned a verdict against the prisoner of manslaughter in the third degree, and the judge has sentenced him to three years imprisonment at hard labor.

Sources

1. ↑ Crane, Virginia Glenn. "History and Family Values, A Good Wife's Tale: Mary Elizabeth Meade Grignon of Kaukauna, 1837-1898," Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 80, No. 3 (Spring, 1997), p. 183.

• 1840 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, Wisconsin Territory, Winnebago County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), M704, roll 580, p. 128, image 273, line 25, Augustin Grignon Jr. household, accessed 8 Dec 2011. (Reliability: 3), 8 Dec 2011.

• 1860 U.S. Census, Richmond, Ancestry.com, Shawano, Wisconsin population schedule; digital images, ((http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653), Augustin Grignon household, town of Richmond, post office Shawano, M653_1429, page 921, sheet 5, dwelling 32, family 32 (Reliability: 3).

• 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Richmond, Shawano, Wisconsin population schedule; digital images, ((http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593), Augustin Grignon household; Richmond Twp; Roll: M593_1739; Page: 350; Image: 704; dwelling 1, family 1 (Reliability: 3).

• 1871 Shawano County Journal ; Murder & Trail ; June 22, 1871 - June 27, 1872 : LINK

• Pedigree Chart for Marvin Russell Stephan Grignon.", Paulson, Bruce. Supplied by compiler Gilett, Wisconsin. 2010. (Reliability: 3), 11 Oct 2010.

• Wisconsin's Early French Habitants, Jo Bartels Alderson and Kate Alderson Rennert, (Westminster, Maryland: Hertiage Books, 2007.), 143. (Reliability: 3).

• The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin : LINK