Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-06

was in OHIO. He joined General Har-
rison in October, at Franklinton, OPP
posite Columbus, and was at once
appointed to his staff. He had the entire
eonfidence of his distinguished chief,
and was with him 1T the siege of Fo~t.
Meigs, May, 1913, and afterward at the
assault and capture of British battery,
on which occasion he was highly com
plimented for his chivalrous behavior
by his commanding general. In the
autumn of 1913 he was ut the memoir
able battle of the river Thames, still
Iserving as aid-decamp, and performing
the duties of Deputy Adjutant General,
and remained with General Harrison
until that Generals resignation In May.
1914 At the close of the war, in 1915,
Colonel O'Fallon was the cOmmandant
of Fort Maiden, in Canada, opposite
the mouth of the Detroit river. In Au-
gust, 1878, he resigned his commission
in the army, there being no field to
invite his military aspirations, and since
THAT time has turned his attention to
the more solid business avocations of
life, and always resided either in st.
Louis or its vicinity. In 1921 he was
lengaged as contractor of the army. and
traded extensively with the Indians. =
He was elected to the Legislature In
the same year, and served with honor
and usefulness in that body for four
years, the last two years being mem
Der OF the Senate. While at jefferson
City he took an active part In the pas
sage OF the celebrated Loan bill.
| In ISL Colonel O'Fallon was married
to Miss Stokes, sister of William Stokes,
who owned nearly million dollars OF
landed estate in st. Louis. He was
again married March 10, 1927, to Miss
Caroline Sheetz, who came with her
parents from the State of Maryland 10
1924. By this marriage there are five
children now living. Caroline lnow Mrs.
DIR. Pope,) James OFallon, married to
Miss Mamie Harris, of Kentucky,
nd-daughter of the late General
Taylor; Benjamin O'Fallon, married to
Miss Sallie Carter, doughter of Walker
r. Carter, ESQ.,, of ot. Louis; Henry A.
O'Fallon and John J. O'Fallon.
When the United States Bank was in
existence Colonel O'Fallon was among
the most pre- minent of its supporters in
the West. He was president of the
branch bank ut st. Louis, and succeeded
III winning III up OIL IHe ueSGruCGou vi
the mother bank, with loss of only one
hundred and twenty-five dollarsl
When Colonel OFallOn first saw st.
Louis it was but little more than a
village of log houses, containing but a
few thousand inhabitants. Its COM
merce consisted only of the furs and
peltries which were brought by the
hunter aud trader from the Missouri,
the Mississippi and the Illinois; and on
their waters a few canoes and fiatbOats
we've sufficient to carry all of the requir-
ell trade. Colonel OFallon has seen
the Mound City through its progressive
stages of advancement, from its first
advent in 1912, to the present time,
aud has contributed more literally to
To all public and private enterprises
ihan any man now living. He has won
the respect and love of every class of
society, and in 1S49, when the great
fire threatened to reduce the whole city
30 ashes, such was his popularity. and
such his claim on public gratitude that
the firemen knowing that some property
must be destroyed, encircled his, and
saved it on many occasions from the
devouring elements.