Google led me to Earl Fischer's Database of St. Louis names at http://www.stlgs.org/efdb/d231.htm Enjoy! Ellen Jims505@aol.com wrote: >The Grand Marshal of STL street names has not yet been found but we can give >credit to Georgia for pointing me at this.----Jim >------------------------------------------------------- >After swearing off his attempts at being an entrepreneur in Europe, Gratiot >returned to St. Louis, where he accumulated large amounts of real estate, and >also had interests in milling, salt making, farming, distilling, tanning and >mining. His daughters married into the Chouteau family and formed other >important alliances with the leading families of the town, including the Labbadies and >Cabannes. His daughter Louise was known as the most beautiful woman in St. >Louis; she married Jules De Mun in 1813. Gratiot's son, Charles Gratiot, Jr., >was one of the earliest graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, >served during the War of 1812, and eventually became a brigadier general in the >Army Corps of Engineers. > >Note: >Ladies, take heart, I have never seen an ugly woman in ST Louis, but some of >the guys are a little marginal.----Jim > >Charles Gratiot hosted William Clark when he made an official visit to St. >Louis in 1795 for the U.S. Army. Gratiot also assisted Meriwether Lewis in >1803-04 as a translator and witness in his dealings with the Spanish Governor, >Charles Dehault Delassus. On March 9-10, 1804, Gratiot signed the transfer >document which delivered Upper Louisiana from Spain to the United States as an >official witness (see Block 6). He also rode with Meriwether Lewis overland to link >up with the Corps of Discovery at St. Charles on May 20, 1804. After the >American takeover of the province Gratiot was appointed as judge of the court of >common pleas, justice of the peace and clerk of the board of land commissioners. >He died of a stroke in St. Louis on April 20, 1817, leaving vast amounts of >real estate to his widow and eight surviving children. Victoire Chouteau >Gratiot died in 1825. > > > > > > >==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this list, email MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L-request@rootsweb.com; in the subject line, put only the word UNSUBSCRIBE with nothing in the message body. You can contact Michelle or Laura at MO-STLOUIS-METRO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.