Campbell, Cecelia Margaret ¹

   Another name for Cecelia was Celia.⁴

  General Notes:

Mr. Stay was married in 1880 to Mrs. Celia Charron, who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, October 10, 1848. Mrs. Stay moved to Nicollet county in 1851, where her people lived until the Sioux were removed to Lower Sioux agency, where they lived at the time of the outbreak, August 18, 1862, Her father was United States interpreter for the Sioux tribe. In 1855 her father's family moved to the Lower Sioux agency, where they lived until 1862, when on August 18, they were all taken prisoners by the Indians, and retained in captivity seven weeks. During the last few years Mrs. Stay has written several articles on the Indian outbreak that have proved extremely interesting as well as valuable. Mr. and Mrs. Stay have a family of ten children: Fred, Nettie, Lizzie, Phemie, John, Frank, Unazime, Phronie, Mary and Joseph. Fred was born at St. Peters, Minnesota, the next three at Fort Ridgley, and the rest on the farm in Lac-qui-parle county. Fred is a widower, having lost his wife (Rachel Tousley) June 1, 1897. They had two children: Cora and Harold. The oldest daughter, Nettie, married Joseph Barret November 26, 1898 and they have two children: Raymond and Mary. Phemie married John C. Wertz, a conductor on the C., M. & St. P. R. R., in May, 1896, and they have three children, John, May and Clinton Lloyd.

Mr. Stay is a Republican, while all his wife's people have been Democrats. He owns a good and well cultivated farm of some two hundred acres, in a good state of cultivation, and provided with fine farm buildings. He is one of the oldest settlers of the county, and is full of incidents and anecdotes of the early days.

In writing of her nationality and ancestry Mrs. Stay said: "I am an American, full blooded. My back-bone tingles with the essence of Americanism. Father (A. J. Campbell) was of Scotch descent on his father's side. He it was [sic] got one hundred and seven prisoners from Little Crow's warriors as a mark of friendship, love and esteem they had always felt for him only during the few weeks in which they applied tomahawk, fire and desolation to our fair border."

From: Compendium of History and Biography of Central and Northern Minnesota (Chicago, Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1904), pages 334-35.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mn/county/wilkin/bios/1904-s3.htm#94

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Traverse des Sioux, Bet 1851 and 1855.

• Residence: Redwood Agency, Bet 1855 and 1862.

• Residence: Camp Release as captives, Sep 1862.

Cecelia married Joseph Charron in Oct 1866 in St Peter, Nicollet, MN. (Joseph Charron was born in Mar 1838 ⁵ and died on 4 Dec 1879 in Camp Release Township, Lac qui Parle County, MN ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

They had 5 children, he died and she had 5 more with Francis Stay

Cecelia next married Francois Jette, son of Unknown and Unknown, on 28 Apr 1880 in De Graff, Swift, MN. (Francois Jette was born on 26 Jun 1837 in St Paul's District, Québec, Canada,⁷ died on 1 Sep 1926 in Lac Qui Parle County, MN ⁸ and was buried in St Joseph Cemetery, Montevideo, Chippewa, MN ⁷.)