Burial Site of Josette Beaubien
County: Cook
Location: River Road and King Avenue, Franklin ParkErected:
21/05/06 Erected by:
Village of Franklin Park and the Illinois State Historical Society
Josette Beaubien, a survivor of the Fort Dearborn Massacre, was buried here in
1845. She was married to Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of Chicago's first
settlers. Her brother was Claude LaFramboise, a chief of the Potawatomie
Indians. Chief Alexander Robinson and Claude LaFramboise, local Native
Americans, were rewarded with large tracts of land after the War of 1812. These
properties composed much of Franklin Park and Schiller Park. Eventually this
site was sold to the Schultz family. The original plot survey details this
burial site. It is approximately twenty-feet square and additional graves are
present.
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