French fur trader and trapper. Son of Joseph Marie Papin and Marie Louise Chouteau.
From "Annals of St. Louis in its territorial days, from 1804 to 1821":
ALEXANDER LAFORCE PAPIN, the second son of J. M. P., born in St. Louis in 1782, married Julia Brazeau, daughter of Louis Brazeau, Sr., Aug’t 13, 1814. He died in July, 1849, and his wife previous to her husband.
Their children were:
Marguerite, Mrs. Henry Masure.
Fanny, Mrs. Larkin Deaver.
Henrietta, Mrs. Jeremiah Wilcox.
Alexander, Jr., killed in New Mexico.
From "The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion" By Jay Gitlin, p. 96
(In a letter to his brother Pierre Melicourt Papin) Theodore Dartigny Papin in 1833 described the ravages of a cholera epidemic, but quickly - since all had recovered - moved on to family news and gossip. Describing a recent visit by brother Laforce (Alexander Laforce Papin), who was a trader for the Chouteau company around Council Bluffs, Theodore observed: “Laforce left with some worries that his son caused before his departure. This young man, dear friend, I am afraid will cause him much anxiety. His disposition is that of a young man chained to dissipations. Unfortunately his father, because always absent, could not guide his early steps, and that his mother, like other mothers, was a little too weak towards him.” The son in question, Alexander, eventually died while serving as a captain during the Mexican War. The separation dictated by the business of the fur trade during this era clearly had a cost. Laforce, in the meantime, transferred some property to one of his sons-in-law. (Laforce and his Creole wife, Julie Brazeau, had three adult daughters and one son.) Another son-in-law, Dr. Henri Masuré, born in Belgium, was, according to Theodore, “still in Mexico (on business) and we are pleased to hear that he is doing well.” Laforce also had six children in Indian country with Pawnee, Otoe, and Omaha women but did not pay much attention to their futures."
From "Annals of St. Louis in its territorial days, from 1804 to 1821":
ALEXANDER LAFORCE PAPIN, the second son of J. M. P., born in St. Louis in 1782, married Julia Brazeau, daughter of Louis Brazeau, Sr., Aug’t 13, 1814. He died in July, 1849, and his wife previous to her husband.
Their children were:
Marguerite, Mrs. Henry Masure.
Fanny, Mrs. Larkin Deaver.
Henrietta, Mrs. Jeremiah Wilcox.
Alexander, Jr., killed in New Mexico.
From "The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion" By Jay Gitlin, p. 96
(In a letter to his brother Pierre Melicourt Papin) Theodore Dartigny Papin in 1833 described the ravages of a cholera epidemic, but quickly - since all had recovered - moved on to family news and gossip. Describing a recent visit by brother Laforce (Alexander Laforce Papin), who was a trader for the Chouteau company around Council Bluffs, Theodore observed: “Laforce left with some worries that his son caused before his departure. This young man, dear friend, I am afraid will cause him much anxiety. His disposition is that of a young man chained to dissipations. Unfortunately his father, because always absent, could not guide his early steps, and that his mother, like other mothers, was a little too weak towards him.” The son in question, Alexander, eventually died while serving as a captain during the Mexican War. The separation dictated by the business of the fur trade during this era clearly had a cost. Laforce, in the meantime, transferred some property to one of his sons-in-law. (Laforce and his Creole wife, Julie Brazeau, had three adult daughters and one son.) Another son-in-law, Dr. Henri Masuré, born in Belgium, was, according to Theodore, “still in Mexico (on business) and we are pleased to hear that he is doing well.” Laforce also had six children in Indian country with Pawnee, Otoe, and Omaha women but did not pay much attention to their futures."
French fur trader and trapper. Son of Joseph Marie Papin and Marie Louise Chouteau.
From "Annals of St. Louis in its territorial days, from 1804 to 1821":
ALEXANDER LAFORCE PAPIN, the second son of J. M. P., born in St. Louis in 1782, married Julia Brazeau, daughter of Louis Brazeau, Sr., Aug’t 13, 1814. He died in July, 1849, and his wife previous to her husband.
Their children were:
Marguerite, Mrs. Henry Masure.
Fanny, Mrs. Larkin Deaver.
Henrietta, Mrs. Jeremiah Wilcox.
Alexander, Jr., killed in New Mexico.
From "The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion" By Jay Gitlin, p. 96
(In a letter to his brother Pierre Melicourt Papin) Theodore Dartigny Papin in 1833 described the ravages of a cholera epidemic, but quickly - since all had recovered - moved on to family news and gossip. Describing a recent visit by brother Laforce (Alexander Laforce Papin), who was a trader for the Chouteau company around Council Bluffs, Theodore observed: “Laforce left with some worries that his son caused before his departure. This young man, dear friend, I am afraid will cause him much anxiety. His disposition is that of a young man chained to dissipations. Unfortunately his father, because always absent, could not guide his early steps, and that his mother, like other mothers, was a little too weak towards him.” The son in question, Alexander, eventually died while serving as a captain during the Mexican War. The separation dictated by the business of the fur trade during this era clearly had a cost. Laforce, in the meantime, transferred some property to one of his sons-in-law. (Laforce and his Creole wife, Julie Brazeau, had three adult daughters and one son.) Another son-in-law, Dr. Henri Masuré, born in Belgium, was, according to Theodore, “still in Mexico (on business) and we are pleased to hear that he is doing well.” Laforce also had six children in Indian country with Pawnee, Otoe, and Omaha women but did not pay much attention to their futures."
From "Annals of St. Louis in its territorial days, from 1804 to 1821":
ALEXANDER LAFORCE PAPIN, the second son of J. M. P., born in St. Louis in 1782, married Julia Brazeau, daughter of Louis Brazeau, Sr., Aug’t 13, 1814. He died in July, 1849, and his wife previous to her husband.
Their children were:
Marguerite, Mrs. Henry Masure.
Fanny, Mrs. Larkin Deaver.
Henrietta, Mrs. Jeremiah Wilcox.
Alexander, Jr., killed in New Mexico.
From "The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion" By Jay Gitlin, p. 96
(In a letter to his brother Pierre Melicourt Papin) Theodore Dartigny Papin in 1833 described the ravages of a cholera epidemic, but quickly - since all had recovered - moved on to family news and gossip. Describing a recent visit by brother Laforce (Alexander Laforce Papin), who was a trader for the Chouteau company around Council Bluffs, Theodore observed: “Laforce left with some worries that his son caused before his departure. This young man, dear friend, I am afraid will cause him much anxiety. His disposition is that of a young man chained to dissipations. Unfortunately his father, because always absent, could not guide his early steps, and that his mother, like other mothers, was a little too weak towards him.” The son in question, Alexander, eventually died while serving as a captain during the Mexican War. The separation dictated by the business of the fur trade during this era clearly had a cost. Laforce, in the meantime, transferred some property to one of his sons-in-law. (Laforce and his Creole wife, Julie Brazeau, had three adult daughters and one son.) Another son-in-law, Dr. Henri Masuré, born in Belgium, was, according to Theodore, “still in Mexico (on business) and we are pleased to hear that he is doing well.” Laforce also had six children in Indian country with Pawnee, Otoe, and Omaha women but did not pay much attention to their futures."
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