Jean Baptiste Beaubien

Jean Baptiste Beaubien
Born(1787-09-05)September 5, 1787
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedJanuary 5, 1864(1864-01-05) (aged 76)
Naperville, Illinois, U.S.
Buried
Lisle, Illinois
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchIllinois Militia
RankCaptain, Colonel, Brigadier General
Known forEarly Chicago leader
Battles / warsBlackhawk War
Spouse(s)
  • Mah-naw-bun-no-quah
  • Josette LaFramboise
  • Louise Pinney
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Jean Baptiste Beaubien (September 5, 1787 - January 5, 1864),[1] a multi-lingual fur-trader born in Detroit, Michigan, became an early resident of what became Chicago, Illinois, as well as an early civic and militia leader in Cook County, Illinois during the Black Hawk War, before moving to Du Page County, Illinois in his final years.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ See note on talk page re various dates.
  2. ^ "Chicago in the Middle Ground". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved Feb 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Early Chicago". Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved Feb 13, 2019.
  4. ^ Ann Durkin Keating, Rising Up from Indian County: the Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago (University of Chicago Press 2012) pp. 67-68 ISBN 9780226428963