Category Archives: Persis Skimmer Dentan

Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part VI

Posted on October 10, 2016 by lois

When Jane Williamson arrived at the new mission at Kaposia, she found herself living in a unique community. Although white settlement was not legally permitted on the west side of the Mississippi River in 1846, the land on the east … Continue reading →

Posted in Alfred Brunson, Andrew Robertson, Dakota Mission, Harriet Bishop, Jane Anderson Robertson, Jane Smith Williamson, Martha Ann Cunningham, Moses Newton Adams, Persis Skimmer Dentan, Sylvester Cook, Women in Minnesota | Leave a comment

The Story of Persis Skimmer Dentan

Posted on April 17, 2013 by lois

I have tried to tell the stories of the women of the Dakota Mission chronologically in the order in which they arrived in Minnesota or, in the case of the Dakota women, the day they became members of the mission … Continue reading →

Posted in Cordelia Eggleston Pond, Dakota Mission, Kaposia Village, Lucy Cornelia Stevens Gavin, Persis Skimmer Dentan, Sarah Poage Pond, Women in Minnesota | 4 Comments