Life History

Notes

• Louis B Dumont was born in Grondines, Québec, according to variousfamily genealogies.  Louis' middle name may be Bernard.  It appears hemoved down the Mississippi River in New France, until he was in thefort town of Arkansas Post, where he married Félicité on 20 May 1810.
  
  One genealogy comments that he immigrated from Canada to the USA, butthat is not historically accurate.  He never left New France.Arkansas Post, in fact, was established as a French fort in 1686 by alieutenant of René-Robert Cavelier, sieur (Lord) de La Salle.
  
  New France at that time included all the land from Québec down thecenter of North America west of the Mississippi River.  That portionnow in the USA was called Louisiana Territory.  Louisiana was ceded toSpain 1762, after Spain defeated France in the Seven Years' War.  Mostof the rest of its North American possessions France ceded to GreatBritain in 1763.  But when Napoleon restored the French Empire, heregained New France from King Charles IV of Spain on 1 October 1800.
  
  In 1803, the whole Louisiana Territory was sold to the USA.  Thus theland where Dumont lived changed sovereignty.  By the time he andFélicité married in 1810, the location of Arkansas Post was part ofthe US territory of Louisiana.  It became Arkansas Territory in 1819,and the State of Arkansas was established in 1836.
  
  Louis died before the 1840 census, when I find the family matchingFélicité and the children, under the listing of Lewis Dumont, a malebetween the ages of 20 and 30.
  
  Félicité is listed as a head of household in 1850 (Felicity Dumond)and 1860 (Felicita Dumond), with 4 children in 1850 and 1 child in1860.  She and the children are living next door to her son Caliste,with wife Desira (Desirée) and 11-month-old daughter Mary.  Seedetails under Notes for Félicité.
  
  There is a family on the previous page, 4 houses earlier in thelisting, with two children named Dumond.  This is Mary Pinot, thewidow of Pierre Dumond, with their children John and Elizabeth nowremarried to a man named Stokes.
  
  John Stokes 30 Farmer  Born Tennessee
  Mary Stokes 28  born Arkansas
  John Dumond 4  born Arkansas
  Elizabeth Dumond 2  born Arkansas
  
  An article in the Grand Prairie Historical Society Bulletin in October1980:  "Some Descendants of Marie Messager."  Before including thefull text of the estate settlement for Félicité, one line of thearticle reports on Louis' death:
  
  "LOUIS DUMONT died in Arkansas County, AR 1833-34."
  
  Thanks to Ralph Dumond for posting this excerpt with the full text ofFélicité's estate settlement (based on Louis' will)  on the RootsWebDumont Discussion list.  Found 29 April 2008.
  
  Here is the posting with the entire excerpt from the article:
  
  From: <RADUMONDaol.com>
  Subject: [DUMONT-L] Arkansas County, AR Dumont(d)
  Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:11:30 EDT
  
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  The following is from the article, "Some Descendants of MarieMessager," published in the October 1980 issue of the Grand PrairieHistorical Society Bulletin:
  
  FELICITE CAILLOT (b. 27 June 1791 bpt. Ste. Genevieve, MO, 29 Mar 1791d. in Desha Co. 1860-62) signed marriage contract before Andre Fagotat Arkansas Post, AR on 20 May 1810 with LOUIS DUMONT, son of JeanPierre Dumont and Genevieve Lecuyer.
  
  The migratory route of Louis Dumont has not been established. HisFrench-Canadian background is confirmed by Roland J. Auger, Archivistof the Genealogical Section, National Archives of Quebec, in a 1973report to GPHS.
  
  Msgr. Tanguay's Dictionnaire des Familles Canadiennes (Vol III, page537, 2nd column, middle of the page) mentions the couple PIERRE DUMONT& GENEVIEVE LECUYER, and Auger found the baptism record for two oftheir children at Grondines, Quebec, a town on the north shore of theSt. Lawrence River, about half way between Quebec City and ThreeRivers, namely:
  1. Pierre Dumont, born & baptized at Grondines Sep. 3, 1775 ?
  2. Louis Dumont, born & baptized at Grondines, Oct. 15, 1777
  
  The Dumonts and the Lecuyers were from Batiscan, a town nearGrondines, Que. Pierre Dumont is presumably the son of Charles IIDumont and Genevieve Baribaut, who were married at Batiscan, on Feb.13, 1736; his wife, Genevieve Lucuyer, seems to be the daughter ofAntoine Lecuyer and Madeleine Lafontaine, and she was born & baptizedat Grondines, Que. In 1750.
  
  LOUIS DUMONT died in Arkansas County, AR 1833-34. Because, under theterms of their 1810 marriage contract, all property acquired by themarriage community "will remain intact for the one who will survive",there was no probate at the time of the death of Louis to assist inidentifying issue. No records were generated until after Felicite'sdeath almost 30 years later.
  
  MARCH TERM 1862 - Felicity Dumond Estate Petition for Partition: "Onthis day was presented the petition of Caliste Dumond and Isaac Loveas administrators of the Estate of Felicity Dumond representing to thecourt that the proceeds of the personal estate is fully sufficient topay all the debts thereof, and that it is the wish of all the heirs ofsaid Felicity Dumond that the slaves should be partitioned betweenthem ?.. all of whom (slaves) are in Desha County, Arkansas. That theHeirs of said Felicity Dumond are as follows to wit:
  
  TERRESA HARE, FRANCIS PERTUIS wife of John Pertuis, ISRAEL DUMOND,CALISTE DUMOND, VIRGINIA LOVE wife of Isaac Love, MARY HAINES, JOHN L.DUMOND, the last two represented by their guardian Isaac Love, and allof whom are entitled to an equal distributive share is said slaves,and John and Elizabeth Dumond, who are together entitled to oneshare?, making in all eight equal shares ?."
  (Desha Co., AR PROBATE RECORD BK D-1, p 261)
  
  Suggested issue from above, census records and court records in Ark.,Jeff., and Desha counties:
  JEAN BAPTISTE DUMOND b. 1810-15 (first taxed for poll in 1837) d.after 19 Mar 1838 when he witnessed the will of Michael Petersel inArk. Co. No record of marriage or issue.
  
  FELICITE DUMOND b. 1810-1815, living 18 Jan 1848 when an agreementbetween Felicity Dumond and Reyes and Israel Dumond identifiesFelicite Brinsback and Virginia Dumond as sisters of parties of the2nd part and the party of the 1st parts as mother of FeliciteBrinsback and Virginia Dumond d. before 1862 partition m. _____Brinsbac. "Francis Pertius wife of John Pertuis" entitled to one fullshare in partition petition appears to be only surviving issue.
  
  LOUIS DUMOND b. 1815-1820 d. 23 Oct. 1848, aged 32 years, buried SwanLake m. in Ark. Co. 29 Apr 1841 THERESE DESRUISSEAUX, daughter ofFrancois Xavier DesRuisseaux and Marie Chatigny. Had issue.Represented in partition by widow Therese who remarried in Ark Co 9Aug 1860 W.D. Hair (Hare).
  
  PETER DUMOND b. 1820-1825 d. ca 1848 m. in Ark Co. 15 Jan 1844 MARYPINOT. His widow m. again before 1850 John W. Stokes. Issue "togetherentitled to one share" - JOHN and (MARY) ELIZABETH DUMOND.
  
  CALISTE DUMOND b. 1820-1825 d. in Ark. Co. 29 Apr 1863 m. 1st DESIREPINOT (issue MARY FRANCIS DUMOND m. 1st John Wells m. 2nd John White;THERESE ANN DUMOND m. ___ Harris) m. 2nd in Ark Co 8 May 1859 SARAHHAGA (issue EDWARD CALISTE DUMOND, SOLOMON LEWIS DUMOND & ISABELLADUMOND). Sarah Haga, widow of Caliste Dumond, m. in Ark Co. 1 Mar 1866William P. DeBolt.
  
  REGES (ROGER) DUMOND b. 1825-1830 (age 21 in 1850 census) d. before1862 partition.
  
  JOHN L. DUMOND, minor, "entitled to one full share", may be issue. Nomarriage record located.
  
  MANETT DUMOND b. 1825-1830 d. before 1850 m. in Ark Co 2 Oct 1845 D.B.HAINES. Issue MARY HAINES entitled one full share in partition.
  
  VIRGINIA DUMOND b. 1825-1830 living at time o f1862 partition m.before 1850 ISAAC LOVE. Had issue.
  
  ISRAEL DUMOND b. ca 1832 living at time of partition m. 1st Ark Co 25Sept 1865 SARAH E. FRAZIER. Had issue.
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  END Excerpt from article

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Brian Demoe, Demoe/Dumont Family Tree,
• 2. Some Descendants of Marie Messager
  • Name: Name: Grand Prairie Historical Society Bulletin, October 1980;;
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Provoncha Family Tree,
• 4. RootsWeb -- Mary Jo Freeman, Dumont Family
  • http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=merrygo&id=
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Patrick Noonan,
• 6. 1860 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 3-4 September, Old River Township, PO Swan Lake, page 96, Hse #757,
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 1 November, Chester Township, page 71 (141), Hse/Fam #268
• 8. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 2 August, Chester Township, PO Redfork, page 13 (65), Hse/Fam #96
• 9. 1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 11 August, Chester Township, PO Chester, page 5 (477), Hse/Fam #48
• 10. Arkansas Marriages to 1850