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Menard was, until 2020, commemorated by a statue on the
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In 1792, Menard married Thérèse Godin, who died in 1804, leaving four children. Two years later, he married Angélique
Saucier, granddaughter of François Saucier, Engineer General in the French army and construction supervisor of nearby
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as a state in 1818, the population of the new state was divided between French-speaking and
English-speaking citizens. To balance the ticket, Menard became the state's
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raiding parties that killed several trappers and stole their pelts and traps. Menard left the upper
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After a short period of formal schooling in
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Along with his political career, Menard had a second career as a fur trader. In March 1809 he joined the
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commercial license in 1793 at the age of thirty, while already a respected entrepreneur.
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Economic forces, however, were already leading people inland from the
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Menard left office in 1822 and returned to private life.
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383:Fur trading
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243:Biography
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