Joseph M. Street
Joseph Montfort Street | |
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| Born | October 18, 1782 Virginia, United States |
| Died | May 5, 1840 (aged 57) near Agency, Iowa |
| Other names | Joseph Montford Street Joseph Monford Street Joseph Monfort Street |
| Occupations | Pioneer, soldier, and businessman |
| Known for | Iowa pioneer and one of the earliest to settle in Prairie du Chien; U.S. Indian Agent to the Sauk and Meskwaki after the Black Hawk War. |
| Spouse | Eliza Posey |
| Parent(s) | Anthony and Molly Street |
| Relatives | Thomas Posey, father-in-law Alexander Posey, brother-in-law |
General Joseph Montfort Street (October 18, 1782 – May 5, 1840) was a 19th-century American pioneer, trader and US Army officer. During the 1820s and 1830s, he was also a U.S. Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk and later to the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes after the Black Hawk War. His eldest son was Joseph H. D. Street, the first appointed registrar of the Council Bluffs Land Office in western Iowa.