Biographical Sketch of John Angel, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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One who took an active and live interest in making St. Joseph what it
is today, is our subject.  He was born in Virginia, on January 24, 
1813, and when young removed with his parents to Surry County, North
Carolina, where his father, Nicholas, engaged in farming.  Here John
was raised, educated and resided until 1833, when he emigrated to
Tennessee, residing there a number of years; thence to Alabama, re-
maining one year, and from there he went to Texas, thence to Van Buren
County, Iowa, coming to St. Joseph in November, 1843.  He commenced
working at his trade, that of a carpenter, which he followed for a
number of years; many of the old-time landmarks, long since wiped out,
were the work of his hammer and saw.  From the time he came to the
village, up to the present, few men have been more closely identified
with a city than John Angel.  About thirty years ago he was a member
of the council a few terms; also was city assessor for one year.
During the Hannibal & St. Joseph project, in 1849, the first railway
in the state, he was on the survey corps.  In educational movements,
and all commendable enterprises for the advancement of St. Joseph,
he was to be found on the right side.  While in Iowa, he was a
messenger in the Legislature.  He was married on July 16, 1846, to
Miss Eugena Robidoux, a neice of Joseph Robidoux.  They had three
children, all deceased, Felix, Edmond and one unnamed.

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