Jeanette Forchet
Free African-American
About Jeanette Forchet
Jeanette Forchet, or Fourchet (also referred to as Flore, Jeannette Flore, and Susan Jeannette) was one of few free African-Americans in what would become St. Louis, Missouri in the 18th-century. Forchet was born around 1736, most likely in Illinois country.
Biography Pierre Laclede gave her a town lot in St. Louis, Missouri in 1765. Augustin died not longer after his mother. Jean Baptiste never married and dabbled in real estate. Susanne later married a well to do Frenchman named Jean Baptist Irbour. They had a daughter, Julie.
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free African-American (c. 1736 – 1803)
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