Felix St. Vrain

Felix St. Vrain
The grave of Felix St. Vrain. St. Vrain, was a United States Indian Agent and was killed, in an Indian attack, later known as the St. Vrain Massacre, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, the last Indian war in Illinois.
Born	Felix August Antoine St. Vrain March 23, 1799 St. Louis, Spanish Upper Louisiana Territory, present-day St. Louis, Missouri
Died	May 24, 1832 (aged 33) Stephenson County, Illinois, near present-day Pearl City, Stephenson County, Illinois
Cause of death	gunshot wound in Indian attack
Resting place	Kellogg's Grove Cemetery, Kellogg's Grove, Stephenson County, Illinois
Nationality	American
Occupation	saw mill owner, sawyer, Indian agent
Employer	U.S. Government
Known for	Being a United States Indian Agent to the Sauk and Fox Tribes, who was killed in the Black Hawk War and was the brother of St. Louis fur trader, Ceran St. Vrain, who was the trading partner, of the Bent Brothers of, Bent's Fort, now present-day La Junta, Otero County, Colorado
Spouse(s)	Marie Pauline Gregoire
Parent(s)	Jacques Marcellin Ceran de Hault de Lassus St. Vrain and Marie Felicite Dubreuil St. Vrain
Relatives	Ceran St. Vrain (brother), Savinien St. Vrain (brother), Marcellin St. Vrain (brother) Charles Emanuel St. Vrain (brother), Domitille St Vrain (brother), Emma De Hault Vrain (sister)

Felix St. Vrain, born Felix August Antoine St. Vrain (March 23, 1799–May 24, 1832), was the brother of St. Louis fur trader, Ceran St. Vrain, who was the trading partner, of the Bent Brothers of, Bent's Fort, now present-day La Junta, Otero County, Colorado and a United States Indian agent who was killed during the Black Hawk War. St. Vrain died along with three companions while on a mission to deliver dispatches from Dixon's Ferry, Illinois to Fort Armstrong. The incident has become known as the St. Vrain massacre.

Felix St. Vrain was born in St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Jacques DeHault Delassus de St. Vrain. He married Marie Pauline Gregoire in 1822, and eight years later settled in Kaskaskia, Illinois. A sawmill operator in Kaskaskia, St. Vrain was 31 years old when he was appointed to replace Thomas Forsyth as an Indian agent.

St. Vrain started working for the United States government as an Indian Agent in 1830. He was assigned to the Sauk and Fox nations around Rock Island during William Clark's tenure as superintendent of the St. Louis Indian Agency. St. Vrain's appointment came amidst Forsyth's ongoing criticism of William Clark. St. Vrain had almost no experience dealing with Indians but being a member of a politically important St. Louis-French family he had connections to U.S. Senator Elias Kent Kane. Kane was a close acquaintance of William Clark and recommended St. Vrain for the appointment.