The death year is 1873 on his tombstone but research and the published obituaries agrees with 1871.
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THE LATE PETER LONGLOIS; Peter Longlois, who died day before yesterday, was born on the farm on which he died, which was part of an Indian reservation. At the time of his death he was upwards of seventy years of age. He had no means of determining his exact age, but at the Battle of Tippecanoe he was old enough to be present and to be entrusted with the management of a horse. At about his twenty-first year, he experienced religion, and was baptized by Elder Isaac McCoy, then a missionary among the Indians, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Soon after his union with the church he entered Hamilton, now Madison University, New York, where he spent two years in study. At the close of his academic course he received from his Professors testimonials of a high character to his diligence and progress in study, and to his consistent piety. It was the hope of his brethren that he would give his life to the Christian ministry, but for some reason that hope was not realized. A large and valuable landed estate fell into his hands, the care of which took up all his time and thought. But the early literary advantages, which he enjoyed, had a marked influence upon his life. He was always well informed in reference to the important events of the day, and always conversed with interest and with discrimination in reference to any movement then in progress. Mr. Longlois was thrice married. A widow and four children survive him. His last illness was long, extending through several years. In its severity it sometimes deprived him of self-control. For the moment his patience gave way, but never without regret afterwards. He maintained his hope of a blessed immortality, through the great atoning sacrifice, unshaken to the end. In the absence of the pastor of the Baptist church, his funeral will be attended today at 2 o'clock p.m. at his late residence by Dr Rice and Bailey.
Published: Lafayette Daily Journal, Wednesday, October 18, 1871.
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Contributed
The French trader named Pierre (Peter) Longlois Sr. married Moaque/Moquah a full-blooded Miami woman. Who died in Cass Co. They became parents of a daughter, Elizabeth (Elizette) and Peter Jr.
The mother died when the children were young. Pierre Sr. married her Miami sister known as "Tap-e-nong-kong." They had son Paul.
Pierre's sons were born in the early 1800s at their father's trading post on Wildcat Creek northeast of what is now Springvale Cemetery.
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Peter Jr., married Elizabeth Plummer in Cass County on 21 Feb 1831
He married Susan Hill in Tippecanoe County on 24 Dec 1843
He married Miriam Freeman in Tippecanoe County on 8 Feb 1865
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THE LATE PETER LONGLOIS; Peter Longlois, who died day before yesterday, was born on the farm on which he died, which was part of an Indian reservation. At the time of his death he was upwards of seventy years of age. He had no means of determining his exact age, but at the Battle of Tippecanoe he was old enough to be present and to be entrusted with the management of a horse. At about his twenty-first year, he experienced religion, and was baptized by Elder Isaac McCoy, then a missionary among the Indians, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Soon after his union with the church he entered Hamilton, now Madison University, New York, where he spent two years in study. At the close of his academic course he received from his Professors testimonials of a high character to his diligence and progress in study, and to his consistent piety. It was the hope of his brethren that he would give his life to the Christian ministry, but for some reason that hope was not realized. A large and valuable landed estate fell into his hands, the care of which took up all his time and thought. But the early literary advantages, which he enjoyed, had a marked influence upon his life. He was always well informed in reference to the important events of the day, and always conversed with interest and with discrimination in reference to any movement then in progress. Mr. Longlois was thrice married. A widow and four children survive him. His last illness was long, extending through several years. In its severity it sometimes deprived him of self-control. For the moment his patience gave way, but never without regret afterwards. He maintained his hope of a blessed immortality, through the great atoning sacrifice, unshaken to the end. In the absence of the pastor of the Baptist church, his funeral will be attended today at 2 o'clock p.m. at his late residence by Dr Rice and Bailey.
Published: Lafayette Daily Journal, Wednesday, October 18, 1871.
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Contributed
The French trader named Pierre (Peter) Longlois Sr. married Moaque/Moquah a full-blooded Miami woman. Who died in Cass Co. They became parents of a daughter, Elizabeth (Elizette) and Peter Jr.
The mother died when the children were young. Pierre Sr. married her Miami sister known as "Tap-e-nong-kong." They had son Paul.
Pierre's sons were born in the early 1800s at their father's trading post on Wildcat Creek northeast of what is now Springvale Cemetery.
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Peter Jr., married Elizabeth Plummer in Cass County on 21 Feb 1831
He married Susan Hill in Tippecanoe County on 24 Dec 1843
He married Miriam Freeman in Tippecanoe County on 8 Feb 1865
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The death year is 1873 on his tombstone but research and the published obituaries agrees with 1871.
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THE LATE PETER LONGLOIS; Peter Longlois, who died day before yesterday, was born on the farm on which he died, which was part of an Indian reservation. At the time of his death he was upwards of seventy years of age. He had no means of determining his exact age, but at the Battle of Tippecanoe he was old enough to be present and to be entrusted with the management of a horse. At about his twenty-first year, he experienced religion, and was baptized by Elder Isaac McCoy, then a missionary among the Indians, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Soon after his union with the church he entered Hamilton, now Madison University, New York, where he spent two years in study. At the close of his academic course he received from his Professors testimonials of a high character to his diligence and progress in study, and to his consistent piety. It was the hope of his brethren that he would give his life to the Christian ministry, but for some reason that hope was not realized. A large and valuable landed estate fell into his hands, the care of which took up all his time and thought. But the early literary advantages, which he enjoyed, had a marked influence upon his life. He was always well informed in reference to the important events of the day, and always conversed with interest and with discrimination in reference to any movement then in progress. Mr. Longlois was thrice married. A widow and four children survive him. His last illness was long, extending through several years. In its severity it sometimes deprived him of self-control. For the moment his patience gave way, but never without regret afterwards. He maintained his hope of a blessed immortality, through the great atoning sacrifice, unshaken to the end. In the absence of the pastor of the Baptist church, his funeral will be attended today at 2 o'clock p.m. at his late residence by Dr Rice and Bailey.
Published: Lafayette Daily Journal, Wednesday, October 18, 1871.
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Contributed
The French trader named Pierre (Peter) Longlois Sr. married Moaque/Moquah a full-blooded Miami woman. Who died in Cass Co. They became parents of a daughter, Elizabeth (Elizette) and Peter Jr.
The mother died when the children were young. Pierre Sr. married her Miami sister known as "Tap-e-nong-kong." They had son Paul.
Pierre's sons were born in the early 1800s at their father's trading post on Wildcat Creek northeast of what is now Springvale Cemetery.
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Peter Jr., married Elizabeth Plummer in Cass County on 21 Feb 1831
He married Susan Hill in Tippecanoe County on 24 Dec 1843
He married Miriam Freeman in Tippecanoe County on 8 Feb 1865
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THE LATE PETER LONGLOIS; Peter Longlois, who died day before yesterday, was born on the farm on which he died, which was part of an Indian reservation. At the time of his death he was upwards of seventy years of age. He had no means of determining his exact age, but at the Battle of Tippecanoe he was old enough to be present and to be entrusted with the management of a horse. At about his twenty-first year, he experienced religion, and was baptized by Elder Isaac McCoy, then a missionary among the Indians, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Soon after his union with the church he entered Hamilton, now Madison University, New York, where he spent two years in study. At the close of his academic course he received from his Professors testimonials of a high character to his diligence and progress in study, and to his consistent piety. It was the hope of his brethren that he would give his life to the Christian ministry, but for some reason that hope was not realized. A large and valuable landed estate fell into his hands, the care of which took up all his time and thought. But the early literary advantages, which he enjoyed, had a marked influence upon his life. He was always well informed in reference to the important events of the day, and always conversed with interest and with discrimination in reference to any movement then in progress. Mr. Longlois was thrice married. A widow and four children survive him. His last illness was long, extending through several years. In its severity it sometimes deprived him of self-control. For the moment his patience gave way, but never without regret afterwards. He maintained his hope of a blessed immortality, through the great atoning sacrifice, unshaken to the end. In the absence of the pastor of the Baptist church, his funeral will be attended today at 2 o'clock p.m. at his late residence by Dr Rice and Bailey.
Published: Lafayette Daily Journal, Wednesday, October 18, 1871.
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Contributed
The French trader named Pierre (Peter) Longlois Sr. married Moaque/Moquah a full-blooded Miami woman. Who died in Cass Co. They became parents of a daughter, Elizabeth (Elizette) and Peter Jr.
The mother died when the children were young. Pierre Sr. married her Miami sister known as "Tap-e-nong-kong." They had son Paul.
Pierre's sons were born in the early 1800s at their father's trading post on Wildcat Creek northeast of what is now Springvale Cemetery.
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Peter Jr., married Elizabeth Plummer in Cass County on 21 Feb 1831
He married Susan Hill in Tippecanoe County on 24 Dec 1843
He married Miriam Freeman in Tippecanoe County on 8 Feb 1865
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Gravesite Details
age 73. Lived 2-1/2 miles N.E. from the City of Lafayette. Member of the Miama Tribe of Indians. Former owner of land on which Spring Vale Cemetery is located. Lot owner, Frank M. Langlois.
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