Martin McLeod
Martin McLeod (April 13, 1813 – November 20, 1860) was an American fur trader, pioneer, and territorial legislator in Minnesota.
McLeod was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and had Scottish ancestry. He worked as a clerk in Montreal and then traveled to Fort Snelling, Wisconsin Territory in 1837. He worked as a trader for the American Fur Company, overseeing trade with the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands. McLeod served in the Minnesota Territorial Council from 1849 to 1851 and from 1852 to 1853. McLeod served as president of the territorial council. He also served as chairman of the town of Bloomington, Minnesota Territory and as a commissioner for Hennepin County, Minnesota.[1][2][3][4]
Family
[edit]McLeod married Mary Elizabeth Ortley in 1837 or 1838. The couple had five children, Walter Scott (b. 1841), John (b. 1843), Mary Elizabeth (b. 1844), Janet (b. 1848), and Isabella (b. 1851).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Martin McLeod
- ^ Minnesota Historical Society-Martin McLeod
- ^ 'All Sorts of Paragraphs,' Death of Martin McLeod,' Janesville Daily Gazette, December 3, 1860, pg. 1
- ^ Minnesota Historical Society-Martin McLeod and the Minnesota Valley
- ^ The McLeods, an Anglo-Dakota Family in Early Minnesota, Minnesota History, Summer 2007
External links
[edit]- 1813 births
- 1860 deaths
- Emigrants from pre-Confederation Quebec to the United States
- People from Bloomington, Minnesota
- Politicians from Montreal
- Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature
- 19th-century American legislators
- American fur traders
- American Fur Company people
- 19th-century Minnesota politicians
- People from Wisconsin Territory