Notes:

FHC film #1026606: Vincennes (Ouabache) 1749-1850 per Tina Gerard

MARGARITE married BARADA ANTOINE on 23 Oct 1759 in Vincennes, Indiana. ANTOINE (son of BARADA JEAN and DUPINE JEANNE) was born in 1739 in Astoffort (or St. Flour), Gascogne, France; died in Oct 1780 in St. Louis City, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

LOUIS married BECQUET MARIE in 1781 in St. Louis, Mo.. (daughter of BECQUET JEAN and DODIER MARIE) [Group Sheet]

MARIE married POURCELLY JEAN PIERRE on 31 Jan 1780 in St. Louis, Mo.. JEAN was born in in Marseilles, France; died before 1795. [Group Sheet]

MARIE married FLANDRIN AUGUSTE ANTOINE FRANCOIS on 6 Aug 1795 in St. Louis, Mo.. AUGUSTE (son of FLANDRIN FRANCOIS and CLEMONT MARIE) was born about 1751 in Nantes, France; died on 8 Mar 1822 in St. Louis City, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

ELIZABETH married ORTES JEAN BAPTISTE on 20 Aug 1782 in St. Louis, Louisiana Territory. JEAN (son of ORTES PIERRE and FOURIER MARIANNE) was born in 1738 in Province of Bearne, France; dob may be 1737; died about 1814 in St. Louis, Louisiana Territory. [Group Sheet]

FLORENCE married PHILIBERT JOSEPH, I on 7 Jun 1803 in Catholic Cathedral, St. Louis (Old Cathedral). JOSEPH (son of PHILIBERT JEAN-BAPTISTE and TRUDEL MARIE-FELICITE) was born on 25 Dec 1769 in St. Joseph, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1866 in St. Louis, Louisiana Territory, Calvary Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

MARIE married LAPRISE Joseph on 2 Feb 1802 in Missouri. [Group Sheet]

FELICITY married LEGUERRIER Charles William. Charles was born in 1784; died on 28 Mar 1870 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DELAWARE TOWN AND THE SWAN TRADING POST 1822 - 1831 by Senator Emory Melton, Cassville, Missouri, printed by Litho Printers, Cassville, Missouri, is copied and stored in microsoft word as Delaware.doc.

Joseph was first married to an Indian Chieftains daughter. Choutau's were his kinsmen. Another source says it was the Delawares.
Grandson Littleberry Dotson says he was born in 1800.

JOSEPH PHILIBERT AND PERNINA YOACHUM

According to the old St. Louis Church records, Joseph was born February 13, and baptised February 14, 1804. The History of Greene County published in 1883 says Joseph Phillabert (pronounced Fillabare) and William Gilles were traders with the Indians. This was back in the days when the Delaware Indians were there, then Phillabert remained in Greene County when the Indians emigrated to Indian Territory. In a speech about pioneers of Greene County in 1876 he was the oldest of SW Missouri at that time. The Reminiscent History of the Ozarks say Joe Philibert settled at old Delaware Town, Greene Co. in 1822, ten years before a store was opened at Springfield, Missouri.

Greene Co. marriages list Joseph Philibert and Peniniah Yoachum on February 26, 1833. In 1837 Taney County was formed from Greene and in 1851 Stone County was formed from Taney. The 1850 census was the first to list members of the household by name, age, where born. Children of this marriage, as deciphered from the census were:

Augustus M Born 1835 in Missouri
Mary Eliza F Born 1836 in Missouri m Elives Horn
Sarah Elizabeth F Born 1839 in Missouri m Thomas Dotson
John Jacob M Born 1841 in Missou
Charles Edward M Born 1844 in Missouri
Josephine M Born 1851 in Missouri m William White
William Adolphus M Born 1852 in Missouri

Joseph died February 4, 1884. The Probate Court of Stone Co. has heirs:

Eliza Mobley, Sarah Dotson, Charles E. Philibert, Josephine White, John Philibert, all residing in Stone Co. and Adolphus Philibert who resides in Nolan Co., Texas.

As Inventory: a total of 327 acres of land, 6 cows, 4 heifers, 2 calves, 5 steers, 2 horses, 1 lot shop tools, 1 grind stone, 1 maddox, 1 umbrella, 1 saddle rider, 1 two-horse wagon complete, 1 set harness, 4 plows, 1 lot of corn (60 bushels, more or less), cash on hand $392.50.

The administrators of the estate were listed as William White and Thomas Dotson.

When the government built Table Rock Dam, thereby inundating this land, they moved a cemetery found there to higher ground and named it the Philibert Cemetary. This is located 18 miles south of Galena, in the area once known as Radical. One of the headstones is inscribed:

Joseph Philibert 2-11-1802 - 2-4-1884
Perninia Philibert 1816 - 8- - 1852


INTERVIEW WITH LITTLEBERRY DOTSON, REEDS SPRINGS, MISSOURI, CONCERNING HIS GRANDFATHER, JOSEPH PHILIBERT, JULY 11, 1954.

Mr. Dotson, 77 years of age, states the following:

Joseph Philibert was born in the year 1800 in St. Louis, Missouri, of French parents, who came to the New World in the 1700's from France. When Joseph Philibert was 15 years of age his father attempted to get him to become a Roman Catholic priest, but Joseph Philibert objected so strongly that his father bound him out until he was twenty-one years old. However, about the time Joseph Philibert was 16 years old, he ran away from the man he was bound to and went to live with the Indians, believed to be the Delaware. A year or so later, Joseph Philibert came to the mouth of James River with a group of Indians who established a camp on the bottom land now embraced by the Lester Loftin farm. Joseph Philibert was the first white man to come to what is now Stone County, Missouri. About 1818 James Yoachum came up White River from the mouth of Little North Fork River and landed at the mouth of James River to establish his ome. Joseph Philibert helped Yoachum unload his boats and family and assisted him in erecting a one-room log cabin on the right bank of James River at the point where James enters White River. While Philibert was unloading Yoachum's boat he was attracted to one of Yoachum's daughters, and made the statement to Yoachum, "Someday I'll marry that girl."

A short time later, probably around 1819 or 1820, Joseph Philibert established contact with St. Louis and started an Indian trading post at the mouth of James River. He erected three log buildings; two were due south of the present Philibert cemetery and are where the barn of the Lester Loftin farm is now located. The trading post building was due east of the Philibert cemetery on a terrace between the cemetery and James River. In later years, this trading post building was used as a large smokehouse. At the time Yoachum arrived at the mouth of James River, Philibert was living with an Indian woman and raised a son. However, this woman and her son left with the Indians when they moved to Kansas about 1830. In February 26, 1833, Joseph Philibert married Peninah Yoachum. This marriage was performed by Thomas Henson, a Baptist minister, and was the fifth marriage performed in Greene County, Missouri. Greene County at that time embraced all of Christian, Taney, Stone, Lawrence and part of Barry County. Peninah Yoachum was the daughter of James Yoachum wo had attracted the interest of Philibert a few years earlier. Joseph Philibert and his wife, Peninah, raised seven children, four sons and three daughters, as follows:

Sons: Jacob Philibert Daughters: Elisa Philibert
Augustus Philibert Elizabeth Sarah Philibert
Edward Philibert Josephine Philibert
Adolphus Philibert

Elisa Philibert was first married to Elivus Horn, he died and she married John Mobley, who died while in the Union Army at St. Louis.

Elisabeth Sarah married John Horn, who died, and later married Tom Dotson.

Josephine Philibert married a Mr. Van Hook.

Mr. Dotson has no information as to who the Philibert sons married.

After the Indians left the mouth of James River, James Yoachum entered the land from the government, and Joseph Philibert purchased land from him. Philibert later purchased what is known as the Fossett farm at White Rock Bluff on White River between the mouth of Schooner Creek and White's Branch. Philibert also owned the trading post, he freighted in ox wagons and canoes from Springfield, Rolla and St. Louis. Philibert is described as medium in size with black hair and black eyes. He was very gracious to his neighbors, and is said to have killed 30-40 head of hogs and one beef each winter and helped feed his neighbors in adverse conditions. Dotson has no information about the Yoachum Dollar, but recalls his aunt, Elisa Philibert Mobley, stating in later years that she knew what the molds were that the Yoachum Dollars were cast in.

Littleberry Dotson is a tall angular man with curly greying black hair and dark eyes.
Marvin E. Tong, Jr. 7/15/54

From the files of Barbara Moore Deakins:
Among the white men amidst the Indians were two who arrived about the time of the big influx of the Delawares. They were fur traders licensed by the government to serve the Indians living along the water courses of upper White Rivers. One was a Frenchman named Joseph Philibert. The trading post of Philibert and Gilliss was established near the confluence of the James and White Rivers. Early accounts fail to mention it's name, but it may have been called Saline, a result of being an important salt market. Saline appears on early crude maps. Joseph Philibert remained in the upper White River region after the Delawares departed for their new lands in Kansas. He took an active part in the social and political affairs in Greene, Stone and Taney Counties. He served the cause of the Union in the War of Rebellion and the people of Stone County as one of their first judges of the County Court (white River Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2. No.2, p.7. He reportedly married a lady of Indian descent and lived his life out in Stone County. He was buried in an old cemetery on the banks of White River near his old trading post. His body was exhumed about 1958 and reburied in a new cemetery as a result of the creation of Table Rock Lake.
....from the article "Indians of the Ozark Plateau" by Ingenthron

JOSEPH married SCHELL STAR. (daughter of SCHELL CASPER S., JR and SCHOOL MARY) [Group Sheet]

JOSEPH married YOCUM PENINAH (PERNEMIA) (YOCKUM) on 26 Feb 1833 in Green Co., MO; dom may be 1835; m. by Thomas Henson, a Baptist minister.. PENINAH (daughter of YOCUM SOLOMON and UNKNOWN UNKNOWN) was born in 1817 in Arkansas; dob may be 1815; second spouse to Joseph Philibert II; died in Aug 1852 in Missouri; was buried in Philibert Cemetery, Kimberly. [Group Sheet]

ELIZABETH married GUELBRETH AUGUSTUS on 8 Apr 1826 in St. Louis County, St. Louis, MO. [Group Sheet]

AUGUSTIN married HALL MARY on 14 Feb 1836 in St. Louis County, St. Louis, MO. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

June 4, 1892
At a meeting of the directors of the Philibert and Johanning Manufacturing Company held at their office, No. 1502 Market Street, on the first day of June, 1892, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted relative to the death of the late Mrs. Julia M. Philibert.
Whereas, it had pleased Almighty God in the course of His divine providence to remove from our midst Mrs. Julia M. Philibert, widow of the late Benjamin Philibert, the founder of this ibnstitution, and who by his energy, devotion and business foresight so largely contributed to the uniform success of this company, and,
Whereas, we recognize in Mrs. Julia M. Philibert many of those characteristics possessed by her grandfather, John B. Ortes, the associate of the eminent Liguet (one of the original founders of the city of St. Louis), and who in the relations of life as daughter, wife and mother furnished an example worthy of imitation,
Be it resolved, that in the death of Mrs. Julia M. Philibert we humbly bow to the will of our Heavenly Father, in whom she so faithfully trusted during three score and eleven years of her useful life, representing four generations, given uplargely to acts of benevolence, piety and unostentatious charity, and,
That in her death we have sustained an irreparable loss commensurate with her many virtues, clear judgment and noble example, and,
That our sympathy be extended to her bereaved family, and,
That a copy of these resolutions be furnished them and spread on the minutes of this meeting, and,
That we attend the funeral in a body.

Philibert & Johanning Mfg. Co.
John H. Kaiser, President
Wm. G. Frye, Secretary

Benjamin was baptized Pierre, but was accused by his brothers of being their father's favorite, hence he was called Benjamin from the Bible story of Joseph and his brothers.

Obituaries:
St. Louis Post Dispatch, December 22, 1881
One of the morning papers tell about a citizen of St. Louis, named Philibert, who died last Friday, worth $300,000, who had never been outside the city - never had ridden a steamboat nor a railroad train in his life. We desire to say that this gentleman was not a typical citizen, the opinion of theChicago press to the contrary notwithstanding. The majority of St. Louis men take a ride by steamboat and railroad occassionally and they seem to be all the better for it. Still the success of Mr. Philibert shows what a man can accomplish here by staying strictly at home and attending to his own affairs.

St. Louis Globe Democrat, December 18, 1881
This is a notable day with some of the undertakers, and there are a nunmber of funerals of more than ordinary importance. Mr. Lynch of Olive Street, has four affairs in charge and says it is one of the most remarkable coincident days in all of his experience. The remains of Major Turner, Mrs. Ulriet and Mrs. Ma-ura are to be interred, and also those of Mr. Benjamin Philibert, who died at the age of 66 and was a member of the firm of Philibert and Johanning, planing-mill proprietors. The latter gentleman was one of the oldest of St. Louis citizens, and Mr. Lnch says he remembers visiting him as a boy at the old famikly residence at the corner of Main and Walnut streets, a full half century ago. All of the deceased were connected with the old French families and were more or less identified with the earlier history of the city.

St. Louis Globe Democrat - December 19, 1881
EARTH TO EARTH
Ceremonies attending the interment of remains of Benjamin Philibert and Mrs. Ulriet.
The obsequies of the late Benjamin Philibert took place yesterday morning and were of an imposing and impressive character. At an early hour the family residence, 2705 Clark Avenue, was thronged by the numerous relatives of the deceased and many prominent citizens who came to pay their last tribute of respect and friendship to the departed. The casket was almost covered with a profusion of floral offerings. A beautiful pillow, with the inscription "Our Father" covered the head of the casket, and was the tribute of Mr. Philibert's children; a wreath with the words "Our Grandpa", from the grandchildren, and another large wreath having on it in handsome letters "Our Uncle Ben", from the nieces and nephews.
At 10:00 o'clock the coffin was placed in the hearse, and the funeral procession moved to St. Malaobt's Church, Summit and Clark Avenues. The edifice was completely crowded by the attendants at the funeral and members of the church. Requiem high mass was celebrated, Father Zeigler acting as celebrant, assisted by Father Brennan and another priest.
After mass Father Zeigler preached a short but eloquent sermon, eulogizing the deceased and alluding to his manly traits and sterling virtues, his well-known benevolence and loveable disposition as a kind father and loving husband.
The musical services were excellent and elaborate; consisting of Gregorian chants, several trios, and the "Ave Maria" impressively rendered. The choir was under the direction of Mr. J. B. Grant. (The names were listed but difficult to make out due to a tear in the original it was copied from.)
At the conclusion of the services, the pall-bearers Messrs. Aug. Legg, George Ulrich, Hl. Romer, Frank T. Barada, Mr. Longneinare and the four sons of the deceased, took up the casket adn bore it to the hearse. The cortege then moved off to Calvary Cemetery, where the remains were interred.
Among those in attendance were the Papin, Longueinare, Barada and Boutz families, all family connections and descendants of Mme. Ortez, the gbrandmother of Mr. Philibert; Capt. Joseph LaBarge, C. H. Peek, Richard Dowling, Dr. Aug. Fisher, J. W. Booth, D. Berthold, Ms. Webster, and other well-known citizens.

St. Louis Globe Democrat - December 20, 1881
Sixty-three years a resident of St. Louis, and not once out of the city.
A man who died worth $300,00 and never rode on a steamboat or a steam road.
The death of Mr. Benjamin Philibert, on Friday last, removed from the business andsocial community an active and much-esteemed citizen. Though quiet and uneventful, his career revives some of the earliest recollections of St. Louis, with the history and growth of which he was closely identified. His family going back only two generations, was among the pioneer settlers who founded St. Louis with Pierre Laclede and Pierre Chouteau. Mr. Philibert's maternal grandmother was the famous Madame Ortex, the first white woman who came to the then insignificant French settlement, but important Indian trading post, and who died not many years ago at the age of 103 years. Madame Ortez with whose history every old citizen is familiar, ahd three daughters, the youngest of whom married Joseph Philibert, the father of the subject of this brief sketch. Joseph Philibert was an adventurous and hardy Canadian, who cast his fortunes with the first settlers. He was one of the most prominent and enterprising of the energetic men who first planted civilization on the western bank of the Mississippi.
In the pursuit of fur trading he amassed what in those times was a large fortune, which, at his death, he left to his widow and children: Benjamin, the eldest of the children, was born October 21, 1818. The family residence at that time was on Maln and Washington Avenue, the aristocratic residence portion of the Village. Six blocks further west was a complete wilderness, and in his youthful days Mr. Philibert often hunted game with his companions where today stand some of the large and most extensive business establishments of the city.
The Early Manhood of Mr. Philibert, like the most of his life, was devoid of any eventful incident. At an early age he entered the Jesuit Colege and received a good education, both secular and religious. His parents were devout Catholics, and his piet and belief in that religion was as ardent. he was not of an adventurous spirit, but naturally modest and retiring in disposition, and inherited the marked and perculiar characteristics of his ancestors and of the people of his time. While he did not disapprove of worldly pleasures, he studiously avoided them. Neither grasping nro mercenary, he was entirely wrapped up in his business and domestic affairs. In 1840 he was married to a cousin, Miss Lequere who survives him after forty years of wedded life. About the time of his marriage, or soon after, he embarked in business and started a largeplaning mill on thirteenth and Chestnut streets. So successful was he that several years later, to meet the increase of business, he was obliged to remove to the present location on Fifteenth and Market. Mr. Branconier, an old and worthy citizen, was his partner until a few years ago. On Mr. Branconier's retirement, Mr. Johanning, the surviving partner who had been chief book-keeper of the firm for over thirteen years, was given a fifth interest in the establishment, which today is one of the largest and most extensive of the kind in the city. Mr. Philibert always avoided notoriety of any kind, and disliked ostentatious display. So highly esteemed and regarded was he that the office of Mayor was offered him at one time by leading citizens and business men, but he firmly declined the position, saying that he was wedded to his business and his family. This assertion of his was true in every respect. Commanding as he did a great influence in the community, both socially and in business, and as the bend of an esxtensive manufacturing enterprise, it is a remarkable fact that from the day of his birth and during his existence of 63 yrs, Mr. Philibert was never out of the city.
Still more remarkable is it that althoughengaged in an important mechanical pursuit and interested in everything that pertained to it, he never traveled on a steamboat or rode on a railroad car. Indeed, it was asserted by one of his most intimate friends that he did not ride on a street car until several years after that now indispensable system of transit was intoduced here. By careful attention to business affairs, Mr. Philibert ammased a considerable fortune, estimated at over $300,000.
Hundreds can testify to his generous and liberal philanthropy, and he never turned a deam ear to any appeal of the distressed. He gave quickly without ostentation, and all that went from his purse in charity during his lifetime would figure up a handsome little fortune. His wiwfe and eight children - four sons and four daughters - all grown, survive him.

BENJAMIN married LEGUERRIER JULIA (Julie) Marie. JULIA (daughter of LEGUERRIER Charles William and ORTES FELICITY) was born on 25 Sept 1820 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died on 29 May 1892 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. [Group Sheet]

MARIE married NADEAU MARCISSUS. [Group Sheet]

MARGARET married BARADA ANDREW S. in 1849. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

June 2, 1892
Laid to rest with befitting ceremonies.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Julia M. Philibert occurred this morning from the fammily residence in Benton. In accordance with the desire expressed by the deceased the services over her remains were conducted at St. Malachy's Church, Ewing and Clark Avenues, solemn requiem mass was sung and a pretty eulogy was pronounced by Rev. Father Ziegler, the rector of the parish. The funeral was largely attended, the deceased having made scores of friends by her kindly disposition and manifold charities. Eight grown children and fourteen grandchildren were present, and the officers of the Philibert and Johanninz Co. attended in a body. That establishent was founded by Benjamin Philibert, the husband of the deceased, who died some years ago. Following the services the cortege proceeded to Calvary where the remains were interred in the family lot.
Mrs. Philibert, who was in her 71st year at the time of her demise, was a granddaughter of John B. Ortes, the friend and associate of Pierre Liguest, one of the original founders of St. Louis.

Died:
71 yrs., St. Malachy's Church - funeral 6/2/92, thurs., 10:00 a.m.

JULIA married PHILIBERT BENJAMIN PIERRE. BENJAMIN (son of PHILIBERT JOSEPH, I and ORTES FLORENCE) was born in 28 Apr 1818 or 4 Oct 1817 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died on 15 Dec 1881 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. [Group Sheet]