People

• Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau
  Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau
  Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau is the matriarch of the Chouteau fur trading family which established communities throughout the Midwest....
  
   (1733-1814), matriarch of the family

children of Marie-Therèse Bourgeois Chouteau and René Auguste Chouteau, Sr.

• René Auguste Chouteau
  René Auguste Chouteau
  Rene Auguste Chouteau , also known as Auguste Chouteau, was founder of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician. He and his partner had a monopoly for many years of fur trade with the large Osage tribe on the Missouri River...
  
   (1750-1829), founder of St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
  
  

• Auguste Aristide Chouteau (1792-1833), fur trader
• Henry Chouteau (1805-1855), railroad executive, killed in Gasconade Bridge train disaster
  Gasconade Bridge train disaster
  The Gasconade Bridge train disaster was a rail accident at Gasconade, Missouri on November 1, 1855.At the time of the disaster, the Pacific Railroad was being built west from St. Louis toward the Pacific Ocean...
  
  
• Edward Chouteau (1807-1846), trader
• Gabriel Chouteau (1794-1887), served in War of 1812
  War of 1812
  The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
  
  
• Eulalie Chouteau (1799-1835), married René Paul (1783-1851), first surveyor of St. Louis

• Gabriel René Paul
  Gabriel Rene Paul
  Gabriel René Paul was a career officer in the United States Army most noted for his service as a Union Army general in the American Civil War.-Birth and early years:...
  
   (1813-1886), Union Army
  Union Army
  The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
  
   general in the American Civil War
  American Civil War
  The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
  
  

• Louise Chouteau, married Gabriel Paul, French chevalier
  Chevalier
  Chevalier is a class of membership in a French Order of Chivalry or order of merit.* a member of the Ordre National du Mérite* a rank in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres* a rank in the Legion d'honneur* a member of the Order of Palmes académiques...
  
  
• Emilie Chouteau, married Thomas Floyd, officer in the Black Hawk War
  Black Hawk War
  The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the "British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the U.S....
  
  

children of Marie-Therèse Bourgeois Chouteau and Pierre Laclède

Pierre Laclède

Pierre Laclède or Pierre Laclède Liguest was a French fur trader who, with his young assistant and "stepson" Auguste Chouteau, founded St...

 (also founder of St. Louis, Missouri):

• Victoire Chouteau, (1760-1825), wife of Charles Gratiot, Sr.
  Charles Gratiot, Sr.
  Charles Gratiot was a merchant trader in the American Midwest during the American Revolution. He financed George Rogers Clark with $8,000 for his Illinois campaign, which was never reimbursed....
  
  , financier of the Illinois campaign during the American Revolutionary War
  American Revolutionary War
  The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
  
  

• Charles Gratiot
  Charles Gratiot
  Charles Gratiot, Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Charles Gratiot, Sr., a fur trader in the Illinois country during the American Revolution, and Victoire Chouteau, who was from an important mercantile family. His father became a wealthy merchant during the early years of St....
  
  , (1786-1855), builder of Fort Meigs
  Fort Meigs
  Fort Meigs was a fortification along the Maumee River in Ohio during the War of 1812. It is named in honor of Ohio governor Return J. Meigs, Jr., for his support in providing General William Henry Harrison with militia and supplies for the line of forts along the Old Northwest...
  
   and Fort Monroe
  Fort Monroe
  Fort Monroe was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula...
  
   and participant in Battle of Mackinac Island
  Battle of Mackinac Island
  The Battle of Mackinac Island was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron...
  
  
• Henry Gratiot (1789-1856), soldier in the Black Hawk War

• Adèle Gratiot (1826-1887), wife of Elihu B. Washburne
  Elihu B. Washburne
  Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party...
  
   (1816-1887), U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to France

• Jean Pierre Chouteau
  Jean Pierre Chouteau
  Jean Pierre Chouteau was a French-Canadian fur trader, merchant, politician and slaveholder. An early settler of St. Louis, Missouri, he became one its most prominent citizens. He and his brother Auguste Chouteau, known as the "river barons", negotiated the many political changes as the city...
  
   (1758-1849)

• Auguste Pierre Chouteau
  Auguste Pierre Chouteau
  August Pierre Chouteau was a member of the Chouteau fur trading family who established posts in Oklahoma....
  
   (1786-1838), founder of posts in Oklahoma and Chouteau, Oklahoma
  Chouteau, Oklahoma
  Chouteau is the second-largest town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2010 census, compared to 1,931 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chouteau is located at ....
  
  

• Emilie Sophie Chouteau (1813-1874), wife of Nicolas DeMenil and owner of Chatillon-DeMenil House
  Chatillon-DeMenil House
  The Chatillon-DeMenil House, located at 3325 DeMenil Place in Soulard, St. Louis, Missouri, was begun in 1848 for the pioneer Henry Chatillon, then enlarged to its present form by prominent St. Louis businessman Nicolas DeMenil from 1855 to 1863...
  
  

• Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
  Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
  Pierre Chouteau, Jr. , also referred to as Pierre Cadet Chouteau, was an American merchant and a member of the wealthy Chouteau fur-trading family of St. Louis, Missouri.-Early life and education:...
  
   (1789-1865), founder of posts on Upper Missouri River, including Fort Pierre and Chouteau County, Montana
  Chouteau County, Montana
  -National protected areas:* Lewis and Clark National Forest * Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument -Economy:Chouteau County is the largest winter wheat producer for the state of Montana...
  
  
• François Chouteau
  Francois Chouteau
  François Gesseau Chouteau was an American pioneer fur trader, businessman and community leader known as the "Founder" or "Father" of Kansas City, Missouri....
  
  , first official European settler of Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
  
  

• Yvonne Chouteau
  Yvonne Chouteau
  Myra Yvonne Chouteau is one of the "Five Moons" or Native prima ballerinas of Oklahoma. In 1962 she and her husband founded the first fully accredited university dance program in the United States, at the University of Oklahoma. A member of the Shawnee Tribe, she is also of ethnic French...
  
  , 20th-century Shawnee
  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...
  
   classical ballerina, one of the "Five Moons
  Five Moons
  The Five Moons are five Native American ballerinas from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who achieved international prominence during the 20th century. They are Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, Moscelyne Larkin, and sisters Maria Tallchief and Marjorie Tallchief...
  
  " of Oklahoma; 5th-generation descendant of Jean Pierre Chouteau

Places

• Chouteau County, Montana
  Chouteau County, Montana
  -National protected areas:* Lewis and Clark National Forest * Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument -Economy:Chouteau County is the largest winter wheat producer for the state of Montana...
  
  
• Chouteau, Oklahoma
  Chouteau, Oklahoma
  Chouteau is the second-largest town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,097 at the 2010 census, compared to 1,931 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chouteau is located at ....
  
  
• Chouteau Bridge
  Chouteau Bridge
  The Chouteau Bridge is a four-lane girder bridge on Route 269 across the Missouri River between Jackson County, Missouri and Clay County, Missouri. The bridge is named for Francois Chouteau who was a member of the Chouteau fur trapping family and is considered the first permanent settler in Kansas...
  
  across the Missouri River in Kansas City

External links

• "The Chouteau Family", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture