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Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon

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        Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm was born December 6, 1815, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of Thomas and Mary Cannon. At age 21 in 1836, Jane married James Swisshelm.

        Swisshelm became involved with the abolitionist and feminist movements, founding a newspaper called Saturday Visitor in Pittsburgh in 1847. In 1857, after divorcing her husband, Swisshelm moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota and established another newspaper, St. Cloud Visiter. Located on the banks of the Mississippi River near the future site of St. Cloud State University, the newspaper became a focal point in local politics, especially local St. Cloud politician Sylvanus B. Lowery. Later, the Visiter printing press was destroyed by a mob. Soon after, Swisshelm founded another paper in St. Cloud, St. Cloud Democrat.

        Despite writing articles advocating more freedom for some, Swisshelm also pushed for the complete extermination of Minnesota’s Dakota Indian population. During the Civil War, the federal government fought the Dakota in Minnesota, commonly known as the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. Defeated, the Dakota were expelled from Minnesota the next year.

        In December 1862, Swisshelm moved to Washington, D.C., leaving her nephew, William B. Mitchell, to run the Democrat.

        In September 1863, Swisshelm sold the Democrat to Mitchell, and then served as a nurse for the Union army for the remainder of the Civil War. Swisshelm died in Swissvale, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1884.

        In 1852, Jane and James had a daughter, Mary Henrietta, who was called Zo or Nettie.

        Swisshelm's sister Elizabeth married Henry Z. Mitchell, who were the parents of William B. Mitchell.

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