Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Bender, Averam Burton.
Biographical Data Sheet, 1956. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Averam Burton
Bender, 6319 Clemens Ave., University City, Mo.
Cite as: Averam Burton Bender Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A2330
Benedict, A.E.
Letter to Mr. J.C. Bailey, 1845 July 1. 1 item
Letter signed A.E. Benedict, Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, to Mr. J.C. Bailey [Auditor
General, Detroit, Michigan?]. Encloses $5 and asks Bailey to send him property tax receipts for
1844.
Cite as: A.E. Benedict Letter to Mr. J.C. Bailey, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0109
Bennett Mercantile Company (Salem, Missouri).
Ledger, 1902. 1 volume (600 pages)
Indexed ledger of accounts of a general store in Salem, Missouri, dated May 1 to September
17, 1902.
Cite as: Bennett Mercantile Company Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2023
Bennett, Tom W.
Genealogical Data Sheet, no date. 1 folder [formerly Alphabetical File]
Cite as: Tom W. Bennett Genealogical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0110
Benoist Family.
Benoist-Charleville family papers, 1793-1949. 1 box; 1 volume
Francois Marie Benoist came to St. Louis from Canada in 1790. He was engaged in the fur
and Indian trades. In 1802 he partnered with Manuel Lisa to form Manuel Lisa-Benoit &
Company. He married Catherine Sanguinet in 1798. Among their seven children was Louis
Benoist who opened the Benoist Bank in 1832. Benoist became a successful banker with
branches in St. Louis and New Orleans. Joseph Chauvin Charleville settled in Kaskaskia around
1770. When he died in 1787, his widow Francoise Brazeau Charleville moved her children to St.
Louis where the family became established thereafter.
Collection includes a volume of handwritten abstracts of land deeds of Louis A. Benoist and
Theodore Benoist in present-day south St. Louis. These land deeds, which include Spanish grants
and surveys, are dated 1793-1892. Additional material on the Benoist family includes
commissions of the king of France to Antoine Gabriel Francois Benoist for his military service in
Canada; a certified copy of his military record from 1735 through 1759; and 31 photostat
manuscripts pertaining to the Benoist family, including a family tree and documents pertaining to
Antoine Gabriel Francois Benoist. The material concerning the Charleville family includes
various deeds of sale; marriage contracts; a document of the first divorce in Missouri; and wills,
etc.
Some French.