Samuel Ashmun Jr.: (b.1799, Champlain, N.Y.-d.1866,
Sault Ste.Mare)
Samuel was the son of Samuel Sr. & Parthenia Raymond of Champlain,
New York. He arrived in the Lake Superior region as a clerk for American
Fur Co. in 1818, joining (for 5 years) the company in Montreal with John
H. Fairbanks (1798-1880) who was also from Champlain. They both began their
employment with AFC in William Morrison's (1785-1866) Fond du Lac Dept.,
wintering at Leech Lake. Samuel married Nancy (Keneesequa) at Sault Ste.Marie
in 1827, she was the daughter of Brooken Tooth (Kadowanbeda/de Breche)
(abt.1750-1828) who was the Ojibwe Chief at Sandy Lake at that time. The
marriage gave him family ties to Hole-in-the Day, Loon's Foot (Mongozid),
Kahnindumawinso & Charles Oakes Ermitinger. Samuel & Nancy had
seven children together, living in the Fond du Lac, Folle Avoine
& Lac du Flambeau Departments of AFC. By 1851 he was at Sault Ste.
Marie.
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