Elijah Lazarus Tahamont

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Elijah Lazarus Tahamont

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Birthplace: St. Francis Indian Village, Saint François Du Lac, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada
Death: 1869 (44-45)
St. Francis Indian Village, Odanak, Yamaska , Quebec, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Laurent Pierre Tahamont and Marie Agathe Tahamont
Husband of Marguerite "Margaret" Tahamont Benedict
Father of Elijah "Chief Dark Cloud" Tahamont
Brother of Joachim Laurent Tahamont

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About Elijah Lazarus Tahamont

Abenaki Indian

The Abenaki of Moor's Charity School & Dartmouth College
Chronological List of Students - with Notes "1843-1848 Elijah Tahamont- President Lord did not consider him to be college material. "Worthy but unintelligent." https://www.nedoba.org/ne-do-ba/odn_ed02.html

"Tahamont's father, also named Elijah Tahamont, had studied at Moor's Charity School and Dartmouth College, where Native American education had been funded by a gift of £12,000 in 1767 from a Native American, Presbyterian Rev. Samson Occom.Moor's School had been established for "civilizing the wild, wandering Tribes of Indians in North America, and ... for promoting religion, virtue, and literature among people of all denominations."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Cloud_%28actor%29

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Elijah Lazarus Tahamont's Timeline

1824
April 1824
St. Francis Indian Village, Saint François Du Lac, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada
1855
September 20, 1855
St. Francis Indian Village, Odanak, Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
1869
1869
Age 44
St. Francis Indian Village, Odanak, Yamaska , Quebec, Canada