![]() ![]() In the spring of 1829, Sibley entered into an apprenticeship as a clerk and storekeeper for the American Fur Company in Mackinac (then known as Michilimackinac). Indian agent who later became a well-known ethnologist of Native American tribes in the United States. Johnston, also known as Ozhaguscodaywayquay (Woman of the Green Glade), was the daughter of Ojibwe warrior and chief Waubojeeg mother of three daughters including Native American literary writer Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and mother-in-law of Henry Schoolcraft, a U.S. After a few months, he agreed to work as an agent for Susan Johnston, the widow of John Johnston, a Scots-Irish fur trader who had died that year. 5th Infantry Regiment, which were garrisoned there. His first job was as a clerk working for John Hulbert, whose sutler's store supplied four companies of the U.S. Marie, a prominent fur trading center on both the United States and Canadian sides. On June 20, 1828, at the age of seventeen, Henry H. Entry into fur trade American Fur Company store in Mackinac After two years, Henry confessed to his father that he found the study of law "irksome" and that he "longed for a more active and stirring life." His parents finally agreed to allow Henry to pursue a career of his own choosing. : 333 Around the age of sixteen, Henry started studying law, because Judge Sibley had hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps. : 10Īs a boy, Henry Sibley was educated at the Academy of Detroit, after which he was tutored privately in Latin and Greek for two years by Reverend Richard Fish Cadle, an Episcopal clergyman and classics scholar. General William Henry Harrison and his defeat of the British in the Battle of the Thames. : 10 The family then left their home with only a few belongings, traveling "by a dim trail through the forests from Detroit to Marietta, camping out most of the way." They returned to Detroit one year later after its recapture by U.S. ![]() After American General William Hull surrendered and Detroit was occupied by the British, Solomon Sibley secured permission to leave. Sibley was found holding baby Henry in her arms "while with her busy hands she was making cartridges for the soldiers," and four officers, including her cousin, were killed by a cannonball in the adjoining room. According to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sarah Sibley and her children had been placed inside the fort for safety with other families, while Solomon was out in the field commanding a company of militia. During the War of 1812, when Henry was just 18 months old, Fort Detroit was surrounded by forces led by British Major General Isaac Brock and Shawnee chief Tecumseh. Henry was the fourth of eight children and second son of Solomon and Sarah Sibley. She married Solomon Sibley in Marietta in 1802 at the age of twenty, after which she moved to Detroit. : 40–41 Sarah was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and attended boarding schools in Bethlehem and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both Sproat and Whipple had received land grants after they lost their fortunes in the American Revolutionary War and were early pioneers in Marietta, Ohio. Henry's mother, born Sarah Whipple Sproat, was the only daughter of Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, a distinguished officer in the Continental Army, and the granddaughter of Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy. Judge Sibley was a close associate of Governor Lewis Cass, and served as territorial auditor and treaty commissioner, co-signing the 1821 Treaty of Chicago with representatives of the Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi tribes. He was also appointed the first United States Attorney for the Michigan Territory by President James Madison, and later served as Chief Justice of the Michigan Territorial Supreme Court. He served as the first mayor of Detroit and as a territorial delegate to the United States Congress. Solomon Sibley was a prominent politician as well as a respected jurist. : 20 Solomon had moved to Detroit from Marietta, Ohio, in 1798. His father, Solomon Sibley (1769–1846), was a native of Sutton, Massachusetts, and a direct descendant of John Sibley, who had immigrated from England to America in 1629. Henry Hastings Sibley was born in Detroit, Michigan Territory. Numerous places are named after him, including Sibley County, Minnesota Sibley, North Dakota Sibley, Iowa Hastings, Minnesota Sibley Memorial Highway and Sibley State Park.Įarly life and education Judge Solomon Sibley, Henry's father ![]() military leader in the Dakota War of 1862 and a subsequent expedition into Dakota Territory in 1863. Congressional representative for Minnesota Territory, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, and a U.S. Henry Hastings Sibley (Febru– February 18, 1891) was a fur trader with the American Fur Company, the first U.S. ![]()
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