IN 1794 FRANCOIS IN WIFE CECIL REMOVED TO LITTLE PRAIRIE BUT AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKES OF 1811-12 THEY RETURNED TO NEW MADRID AND LOCATED AT THE OF
POINT PLEASANT ABOUT A MILE ABOVE THE PRESENT VILLAGE OF THAT NAME. THE WAS
MARRIED THREE TIMES. A NEPHEW OF FRANCOIS AND JOSEPH LESSIEUR, RAPHAEL
LESIEUR, CAME TO NEW MADRID IN 1798 AND LIVED TO BE SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD.
HE MARRIED FRANCES GUIBEAULT AND HAD A LARGE FAMILY.
Music by
Barry Taylor, Victoria, B.C, Canada
