JOHN BAPTISTE FLEMMOND
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Ohio History Connection
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JOHN BAPTISTE FLEMMOND
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JOHN BAPTISTE FLEMMONDJohn Baptiste Flemmond (1770–1827), a French Canadian trader, was one of the earliest Euro-American settlers in what became Erie County. In 1805, he established a trading post at “Flemmond’s Cove” on the east side of the Huron River about two miles from its mouth. Flemmond spoke French, English and several American Indian dialects, often serving as an intermediary between new settlers and indigenous peoples. Flemmond wed Elizabeth Pollock in 1811, in what is believed to be the first settler marriage in the Firelands. In the War of 1812, he served in the Northwest Army as a guide and interpreter.
THE ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION
2016
