Hutchinson Point

Deputy Marshals in Indian Territory: Identified as (left to right) Amos Maytubby (Choctaw light-horseman) and African-American deputy marshals Zek Miller, Neely Factor, Bob L. Fortune. Image one, black and white with no text is from the Denver Public Library Special Collections. Date for photo is given as 1880-1910.       Image 2 with tape and handwriting is from the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives, Jimmy Stewart Collection. ************************     Unidentified Union Soldier, Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri (1863-65)     ************************   Portraits of 15 soldiers and sailors who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War. All 15 men are African-American. The man in the top-most middle photograph is Milton Holland, shown also below. The names of the men are: Sergeant John Denny, Co. B, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (second row, first photo); ...

  Jean-Baptiste Barbeau (Image Source: Access Genealogy, artist not yet known)   Jean-Baptist Barbeau may have been born 27 Sep 1726/27/28. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, District of New France (now New Orleans, Louisiana, USA). His parents were Jean-Baptiste Barbeau dit Poitevin*, a master joiner born in France, and Sylvie Le Moine. Jean-Baptiste was known as "the Younger", not after his father, but after his brother of the same name who was known as "the Elder". Jean-Baptiste, the Younger, was, for a time, a captain in the militia at Prairie du Roche. He married  Marie-Jeanne LeGras 29 Oct 1748 at Fort de Chartres, Kaskaskia (now Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, USA) on 29 Oct 1748. The couple had seven known children (a son and then six daughters): Jean-Baptiste (1755-1798, Marie Jeanne (1760-1842), Rene Julia (1763-1814), Suzanne (1766-1835), Marie Louise (1769-1796), Constance (1772-1820), and Ursulla (1744-1820). Most sources say Jean-Baptiste passed away...