Sketch of Pierre Pallardie, 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. ********************************************************************** Pierre Pallardie is probably the oldest native born citizen of St. Charles County. He was born in that county in 1800, and has lived continuously in the city and county ever since. His father came to St. Charles at an early date, and died on Peruque Creek, twenty five years ago. Mr. Pallardie has lived at his present residence on Fifth, between Lawrence and Lewis streets, for thirty nine years. In his boy- hood days that locality abounded in deer, wild turkeys, and other game, and a man could kill all he wanted, and more too, without exhausting the supply. After he began housekeeping he frequently had as many as two hundred smoked venison hams ahead of his immediate wants, and often fed them to the hogs in order to get them out of the way. The howl of the wolf broke the stillness of the woods at night, and sheep raising was a precarious business. They also had black tailed elk and a few bear. Their plows in those days were made entirely of wood, and the only vehicle which approximated a wagon was the French charrette, a two wheeled concern, with no tires on the wheels. Tar was unknown, and they greased the axles with fiante de vache, and at a later date with soft soap. Mr. Pallardie is still able to do a day's work in the har- vest field, and he possesses great activity for a man of his advanced age. His health has always been good, probably because he relied more upon nature to keep his system in tone than upon nostrums and medicines. He remembers the following physicians who practiced in St. Charles City and county during his younger days: Reynal, Millington, Wilson, Stod- dard, Graham, Twyman, Lay and Watson. The latter came to St. Charles in 1833. Mr. Pallardie has been married three times; first to Elizabeth Cornoyer; second to Eulalie Sarie, and third to Sarah Jane Cole. He has had twenty one children in all, only ten of whom are living. His first wife had two children, both of whom are dead. A son of one of these children resides in Montgomery County. By his second wife he had twelve children, four of whom are living: Francis L., August, Elizabeth and John. Francis L. has been in the Indian country for many years, and has made frequent visits to Washington with delegations of Indian Chiefs, as interpreter. When last heard from he was traveling toward the Black Hills. August is a broom maker, and lives with his father. Elizabeth married Louis McDonald, and lives in Livingston County. John resides at Colorado Springs. By his last wife Mr. Pallardie had seven children, five of whom are living, the other two having died in infancy. The names of the survivors are: Sophie, Alberteen, Michael, Mary E. and George. Sophie married Edward Deversia, and lives near Florissant, in St. Louis County. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================