Editing Kaskaskia, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[David J. Baker]] (1792&ndash;1869), United States senator
* [[David J. Baker Jr.]] (1834&ndash;1899), Chief Justice of the [[Illinois Supreme Court]]
* [[Shadrach Bond]] (1773&ndash;1832), the first [[Governor of Illinois]] from 1818 to 1822.
* [[John Duff (counterfeiter)|John Duff]], outlaw and Revolutionary War soldier; scout and sergeant under [[George Rogers Clark]]
* [[Thomas Duncan (general)|Thomas Duncan]], general during the American Civil War
* [[John Edgar (politician)|John Edgar]], businessman and legislator
* [[George Fisher (Illinois pioneer)|George Fisher]], pioneer, physician, and legislator<ref>'Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois,' vol. 1, Newton Bates-editor, Munsell Printing Company, p. 166</ref>
* [[William Gillis (businessman)]] (1788–1869), businessman, one of the founders of [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
* [[John Rice Jones]], jurist and politician
* [[Samuel Judy]], pioneer and legislator<ref>'Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois,' vol. 1 Newton Bateman-editor, Munsell Printing Company, p. 312</ref>
* [[Elias Kane]], first Illinois Secretary of State, United States senator
* [[Lucien Maxwell]], rancher
* [[John Willis Menard]], the first African American elected to the United States Congress
* [[James L. D. Morrison]], Mexican War officer, U.S. Representative, gubernatorial candidate
* [[John Doyle Lee]], Colleague of Brigham Young, leader of the [[Mountain Meadows Massacre]]
* [[Nance Legins-Costley]] (1813&ndash;1892), first slave freed by Abraham Lincoln in 1841.
* [[Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen]] (1801&ndash;1835), served as the first president of the Board of Trustees of the 'Town of [[Chicago]]' from 1833 to 1834. Began living in Kaskaskia in 1809 at age 8.
* [[Étienne de Boré]] (1741&ndash;1820), served as the first [[Mayor of New Orleans]] from December 20, 1803, to May 26, 1804.