Happy Birthday Jacques

[Sir Lawrence]

Jacques Marquette


Father Jacques Marquette S.J., sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. Wikipedia
Born: June 1, 1637, Laon
Died: May 18, 1675, Michigan

[bilsu]

He died very young. I would nver of guessed he only lived 38 years.

[Canadian Dimes]

often crazy to think how many people in history did so much in so little time.  Looking back at inventors, musicians, political leaders, academics, etc. that accomplished so much in so little time before the advent of 20th century medicine.