Charles Blue Jacket
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Charles Blue Jacket was a 19th-Century Shawnee
chief in Kansas, as well as a Methodist minister.
Charles Blue Jacket was the grandson of the Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket
by his son George Blue Jacket. Charles' mother is not known, but believed to have been a Shawnee. His maternal grandmother was the daughter of a Shawnee lady and Jaques Dupéron Baby.
The younger Blue Jacket was born along the south banks of the Huron River
in Michigan in what is today Monroe County, Michigan
. However, a very short time after Blue Jacket's birth the family moved to Piqua, Ohio
.
Blue Jacket was educated in the Quaker School in Piqua and mission schools in Kansas. The Blue Jacket family moved to Kansas in 1833. He served as an interpreter for the United States governor and was a farmer and businessman in what is today Kansas City, Kansas
and its vicinity. He raised large numbers of hogs and cattle. Also in 1855 Blue Jacket and two of his brother opened a ferry in that area called Blue Jacket's crossing.
Blue Jacket served as chief of the Shawnee tribe from 1861-1864. Two of his sons served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of his daughters-in-law killed one of the raiders under William Quantrill
who had invaded her home.
Blue Jacket moved to Oklahoma with most of the other Shawnees in 1869. Blue Jacket, Oklahoma received its name because he settled nearby, and he served as post master there as well as the minister of the Methodist Church in that town.
Shawnee
The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...
chief in Kansas, as well as a Methodist minister.
Charles Blue Jacket was the grandson of the Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket or Weyapiersenwah was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country...
by his son George Blue Jacket. Charles' mother is not known, but believed to have been a Shawnee. His maternal grandmother was the daughter of a Shawnee lady and Jaques Dupéron Baby.
The younger Blue Jacket was born along the south banks of the Huron River
Huron River
Huron River may refer to:*Huron River in southeast Michigan that empties into Lake Erie*Huron River or Big Huron River in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan that empties into Lake Superior...
in Michigan in what is today Monroe County, Michigan
Monroe County, Michigan
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2010 population is 152,021. The largest city and county seat is Monroe. The U.S. Census Bureau defines all of Monroe County as conterminous with the Monroe Metropolitan Area...
. However, a very short time after Blue Jacket's birth the family moved to Piqua, Ohio
Piqua, Ohio
Piqua is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,738 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.Piqua was one of the cities that experienced severe flooding during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913....
.
Blue Jacket was educated in the Quaker School in Piqua and mission schools in Kansas. The Blue Jacket family moved to Kansas in 1833. He served as an interpreter for the United States governor and was a farmer and businessman in what is today Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
and its vicinity. He raised large numbers of hogs and cattle. Also in 1855 Blue Jacket and two of his brother opened a ferry in that area called Blue Jacket's crossing.
Blue Jacket served as chief of the Shawnee tribe from 1861-1864. Two of his sons served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of his daughters-in-law killed one of the raiders under William Quantrill
William Quantrill
William Clarke Quantrill was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War. After leading a Confederate bushwhacker unit along the Missouri-Kansas border in the early 1860s, which included the infamous raid and sacking of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863, Quantrill eventually ended up in...
who had invaded her home.
Blue Jacket moved to Oklahoma with most of the other Shawnees in 1869. Blue Jacket, Oklahoma received its name because he settled nearby, and he served as post master there as well as the minister of the Methodist Church in that town.