George Croghan

George Croghan

male, deceased (1782)
George Croghan (c. 1720 - August 31, 1782) was a prominent American colonist and early advocate of westward expansion. He was an experienced Indian...

John Todd

male, deceased (1782)
John Todd (March 27, 1750-August 18, 1782) was a frontier military officer during the American Revolutionary War and the first administrator of the...
Chief Pontiac

Chief Pontiac

male, deceased (1769)
Pontiac or Obwandiyag, was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle ag...
Shadrach Bond

Shadrach Bond

male, deceased (1832)
Shadrach Bond (November 24, 1773-April 12, 1832) was a representative from Illinois Territory to the United States Congress. In 1818, he was...
Pierre Menard

Pierre Menard

male, deceased (1844)
Pierre Menard (1766-1844) was a fur trader and U.S. political figure. Menard was a member of the Indiana territorial legislature, 1803-1809, and a...
Edward Coles

Edward Coles

male, deceased (1868)
Edward Coles was governor of Illinois, serving from 1822 to 1826. He was born in 1786 in Albermarle County, Virginia and died in 1868 in...

Joseph Bowman

male, deceased (1779)
Joseph Bowman was a Virginia militia officer during the American Revolutionary War. He was second-in-command during George Rogers Clark's famous...
Charles Gratiot

Charles Gratiot

male, deceased (1845)
Charles Gratiot, Jr. (August 29, 1786 - May 18, 1855) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Charles Gratiot, Sr., a fur trader in the...
Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand

Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand

male
Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand was a Canadian who commanded several areas in North America colonized by France in the early 18th Century, rising to b...

Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave

male, deceased (1802)
Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave was a soldier, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was sometimes referred to as the C...