Sketch of Timothy Flint, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Rev. Timothy Flint, a Presbyterian minister of Connecticut, settled in St. Charles in 1816. He was an educated man and devoted much of his time to literature. Several interesting works were written by him; but in many instances he allowed his vivid imagination to lead him aside from the facts of history, and his writings are not to be relied upon in regard to accuracy. A number of his imaginary sketch- es of Daniel Boone have been accepted as true, and copied into lead- ing histories of our country. One of these, representing a desperate hand to hand contest between Boone and two savages, in which the for- mer slays both of his antagonists, has been represented in marble, and adorns the Capitol at Washington City. But the incident origin- ated wholly in Mr. Flint's imagination. He was a poet, also, and he wrote some passable verses. He organized a church in St. Charles, and performed a great deal of laborious missionary service in differ- ent parts of Missouri and Illinois, supporting himself and family by teaching school, assisted by his wife, who was also an excellent teacher. he opened a farm on Marais Croche Lake, where he raised cotton, and made wine from wild grapes. He resided in St. Charles County for a number of years, and then went to the South for mission- ary service, where he died soon after. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================