Son of Jean Baptiste Faribault, a well-known French-Canadian fur trader with the Northwest and American Fur Companies, and Elizabeth Pelagie Kinzie Haines. His mother was the daughter of a French voyageur and a Wahpeton or Mdewakanton mother; her name is also sometimes given as Pelagie Haines-Kinie. His older brother was Alexander Faribault. He was christened on April 30, 1817 at St. Gabriel, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
In 1826, his father settled at Mendota, Minnesota and traded with the Dakota. Although he was friends with the Dakota, pioneer life on the frontier was dangerous. When he was only 14 years of age, Oliver had to defend his father's life when he was attacked by a Dakota:
On one occasion for a trivial matter an Indian plunged a knife into [Jean Baptiste] Faribault's back, but his vigorous constitution and temperate habits carried him through. The Indian, however, was summarily shot by one of Faribault's sons, Oliver, a boy of fourteen. (History of Rice And Steele Counties, Minnesota)
In 1843, he built one of the first houses in the area at Faribault Springs, Scott County, Minnesota. He built his home on the west side of the springs. The original structure was a small cabin built with taramarack logs. On Feb. 11, 1844, he married Henriette Menegre/Menary at the St. Francois Xavier Sioux Mission, located at Little Prairie on the St. Pierre River. Together, they had nine children.
Eventually, the logs of the original house built by Oliver were covered with wood frame siding. The house was lived in by the Faribault family until the 1950's and was moved to Murphy's Landing during the 1970's. Now a historic site, the house is used to interpret the fur trading era. Oliver Faribault's descendants continue to live on the original property and in the Scott County area.
(c) Copyright 2009 Cindy K. Coffin
In 1826, his father settled at Mendota, Minnesota and traded with the Dakota. Although he was friends with the Dakota, pioneer life on the frontier was dangerous. When he was only 14 years of age, Oliver had to defend his father's life when he was attacked by a Dakota:
On one occasion for a trivial matter an Indian plunged a knife into [Jean Baptiste] Faribault's back, but his vigorous constitution and temperate habits carried him through. The Indian, however, was summarily shot by one of Faribault's sons, Oliver, a boy of fourteen. (History of Rice And Steele Counties, Minnesota)
In 1843, he built one of the first houses in the area at Faribault Springs, Scott County, Minnesota. He built his home on the west side of the springs. The original structure was a small cabin built with taramarack logs. On Feb. 11, 1844, he married Henriette Menegre/Menary at the St. Francois Xavier Sioux Mission, located at Little Prairie on the St. Pierre River. Together, they had nine children.
Eventually, the logs of the original house built by Oliver were covered with wood frame siding. The house was lived in by the Faribault family until the 1950's and was moved to Murphy's Landing during the 1970's. Now a historic site, the house is used to interpret the fur trading era. Oliver Faribault's descendants continue to live on the original property and in the Scott County area.
(c) Copyright 2009 Cindy K. Coffin
Son of Jean Baptiste Faribault, a well-known French-Canadian fur trader with the Northwest and American Fur Companies, and Elizabeth Pelagie Kinzie Haines. His mother was the daughter of a French voyageur and a Wahpeton or Mdewakanton mother; her name is also sometimes given as Pelagie Haines-Kinie. His older brother was Alexander Faribault. He was christened on April 30, 1817 at St. Gabriel, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
In 1826, his father settled at Mendota, Minnesota and traded with the Dakota. Although he was friends with the Dakota, pioneer life on the frontier was dangerous. When he was only 14 years of age, Oliver had to defend his father's life when he was attacked by a Dakota:
On one occasion for a trivial matter an Indian plunged a knife into [Jean Baptiste] Faribault's back, but his vigorous constitution and temperate habits carried him through. The Indian, however, was summarily shot by one of Faribault's sons, Oliver, a boy of fourteen. (History of Rice And Steele Counties, Minnesota)
In 1843, he built one of the first houses in the area at Faribault Springs, Scott County, Minnesota. He built his home on the west side of the springs. The original structure was a small cabin built with taramarack logs. On Feb. 11, 1844, he married Henriette Menegre/Menary at the St. Francois Xavier Sioux Mission, located at Little Prairie on the St. Pierre River. Together, they had nine children.
Eventually, the logs of the original house built by Oliver were covered with wood frame siding. The house was lived in by the Faribault family until the 1950's and was moved to Murphy's Landing during the 1970's. Now a historic site, the house is used to interpret the fur trading era. Oliver Faribault's descendants continue to live on the original property and in the Scott County area.
(c) Copyright 2009 Cindy K. Coffin
In 1826, his father settled at Mendota, Minnesota and traded with the Dakota. Although he was friends with the Dakota, pioneer life on the frontier was dangerous. When he was only 14 years of age, Oliver had to defend his father's life when he was attacked by a Dakota:
On one occasion for a trivial matter an Indian plunged a knife into [Jean Baptiste] Faribault's back, but his vigorous constitution and temperate habits carried him through. The Indian, however, was summarily shot by one of Faribault's sons, Oliver, a boy of fourteen. (History of Rice And Steele Counties, Minnesota)
In 1843, he built one of the first houses in the area at Faribault Springs, Scott County, Minnesota. He built his home on the west side of the springs. The original structure was a small cabin built with taramarack logs. On Feb. 11, 1844, he married Henriette Menegre/Menary at the St. Francois Xavier Sioux Mission, located at Little Prairie on the St. Pierre River. Together, they had nine children.
Eventually, the logs of the original house built by Oliver were covered with wood frame siding. The house was lived in by the Faribault family until the 1950's and was moved to Murphy's Landing during the 1970's. Now a historic site, the house is used to interpret the fur trading era. Oliver Faribault's descendants continue to live on the original property and in the Scott County area.
(c) Copyright 2009 Cindy K. Coffin
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