Toussaint Dubois

Toussaint Dubois

Toussaint Dubois (b. ca. 1764 - d. May 10, 1816) was a Montreal born Frenchman and American soldier who joined with Lafayette to fight for American independence in Revolutionary War.

Biography

Toussaint DuBois was born circa 1764 to Claude Charles and Cecile (Couvret) Quintin dit DuBois in Montreal. DuBois fought along side of Lafayette in 1777. After the war ended, he settled near Vincennes, Indiana, becoming a fur trader. He married twice: first to Anne Jeannette Boneau, by whom he had 4 sons and a daughter. Jeannette Bonneau was born in 1770 in Vincennes, Indiana, and died in 1800. Their four children were: Suzanne (born 1789), Charles (born 1795), Francois (b. 1794) and Henry (b. 1792). They were married on October 6, 1788, in Indiana. After the early death of Jeannette, Toussaint DuBois married Jane Baird in 1805. Jane Baird was born in 1781 in Pennsylvania. The three sons born to Jane Baird Dubois and Toussaint Dubois were: Thomas Baird (b. 1806 in Illinois), Jesse Kilgore (b. 1811 in Illinois) and James (born circa 1810 in Illinois).

As a captain, DuBois commanded the Company of Spies and Guides of the Indiana militia at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe. He also served in the War of 1812.

DuBois drowned in 1816 while crossing the Little Wabash River in Illinois, when he was returning from business in St. Louis, Missouri. He was buried in Vincennes.

Toussaint Dubois's residence in Lawrenceville, Illinois, served as the seat of government after the formation of Lawrence County, Illinois in 1821.

Place names

Several places were named in Dubois's honor:

*Dubois County, Indiana
*Dubois, Illinois

External links

* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/cardinal/messages/396.html/ Genealogy of Toussaint Dubois] .
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/tippecanoe/chapter11.html/ Battle of Tippecanoe] .
* [http://www.lawrencecountyillinois.com/history.html/ Early History of Lawrence County, Illinois.]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~inknox/brucefam.htm Statement of William Bruce, 1851]


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