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BELLEFONTAINE
CEMETERY
4947 W. Florissant
Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63115 |
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appreciation to Jeanie Stephens for her time,
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Joshua Pilcher
15 Mar 1790 - 05 Jun 1843
Son of Joshua & Nancy
Hatter, Fur Trader & Superintendant of Indian
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| Born in Culpeper
Co., Virginia and moved with his family to
Lexington, Kentucky in 1793. While in Lexington,
Joshua was apprenticed to his sister Margaret's
husband, Hiram Shaw, who ran a hatter's shop
situated on the corner of Main and Broadway, and
there he learned the hatter's trade. After hs
father's death in 1810, Joshua went to Nashville
where he stayed three years and was affiliated
with the merchant John Lowry. While his brothers engaged
in the war, Joshua went to St. Louis and became
involved in the mercantile business first with
N.S. Anderson and then with Colonel Thomas
Riddick. He became involed in the Missouri Fur
Company which engaged in fur trade in the upper
Missouri River area and after the death of Manuel
Lisa took over the company which after five years
became bankrupt. He received appointments as
agent and sub-agent to the Indians and after the
death of General William Clark in 1838, Joshua
was appointed by President Van Buren to succeed
him in the office of Superintendent of Indian
Affairs in St. Louis. Joshua was laid to rest in
St. Louis in June of 1843, and almost fifty years
later, a handful of interesting articles appeared
in two St. Louis newspapers concerning him and a
casket that was found.
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| Note: Also buried
in this cemetery relative to the Pilcher family
is William Clark, the explorer and Superintendent
of Indian Affairs; Lewis Bates Tebbetts, owner of
Tebbetts & Mansur implement company and
father of Rebecca who married Thomas Anthony
Moore; and Alvah Mansur who was partner to
Charles H. Deere, son of John Deere who formed
the Deere & Mansur Company in Moline.
Information on these can be found at
Find-A-Grave.com |
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Brief Biographical
Sketch of Joshua Pilcher |
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Bellefontaine
Headstone of Thomas F. Riddick (1781-1830) |
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Moore - Descendants
of Eli & Deborah (Updgraph) |
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Pilchers of
Culpeper County, Virginia |
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Cemetery Index |
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Bellefontaine
Interments @ Find-A-Grave.com (Outside Link) |
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