Joseph Montfort Street | |
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| Born | October 18, 1782 Virginia, United States |
| Died | May 5, 1840 (aged 57) near Agency City, Iowa |
| Other names | Joseph Montford Street Joseph Monford Street Joseph Monfort Street |
| Occupation(s) | Pioneer, soldier, and businessman |
| Known for | Iowa pioneer and one of the earliest to settle in Prairie du Chien; U.S. Indian Agent to the Sauk and Fox after the Black Hawk War. |
| Spouse | Eliza Posey |
| Parent(s) | Anthony and Molly Street |
| Relatives | Thomas Posey, father-in-law Alexander Posey, brother-in-law |
General Joseph Montfort Street (October 18, 1782 – May 5, 1840) was a 19th-century American pioneer, trader and US Army officer. During the 1820s and 1830s, he was also a U.S. Indian Agent to the Winnebago and later to the Sauk and Fox tribes after the Black Hawk War.[1] His eldest son was Joseph H. D. Street, the first appointed registrar of the Council Bluffs Land Office in western Iowa.[2]
- ^ "The Papers Announce the Death of General Joseph M. Street ..." Milwaukee Sentinel. June 16, 1840. p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Keatley, John H. (1883). History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. pp. 104–105.
