- In a letter written by Jack to his family, he wrote, "I don't suppose you boys will think I did very well, when I tell you I have a full-blood Alaska Indian wife (I named her Kate), but I never expected to see a white woman again, so I took the best the country afforded, and we have a large family of bright children whom I dearly love." Katherine was among the very first Athabascans to marry an Ammerican, and as the wife of the senior trader, she played an important role in integrating the white and Native cultures. Many of the Native women who married white men were scorned as were some of the white men they married. These men were called "squaw men," a rude term which has persisted into the 1990's.
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| Children |
| | 1. Albert McQuesten, b. 21 Jun 1879, Alaska  , d. 15 Sep 1889, Alaska (Age 10 years) |
| | 2. Richard McQuesten, b. 5 Apr 1881, Alaska , d. 7 Aug 1883, Alaska (Age 2 years) |
| | 3. William McQuesten, b. 10 Apr 1883, Alaska , d. 7 Aug 1883 (Age 0 years) |
| | 4. Mary Louise McQuesten, b. 20 Aug 1884, Eagle, Alaska , d. 21 Feb 1916, St. Helena, California (Age 31 years) |
| | 5. Charles McQuesten, b. 15 Sep 1886, Alaska , d. 7 Aug 1888, Alaska (Age 1 years) |
| | 6. Henry McQuesten, b. 19 May 1890, Alaska , d. 24 Feb 1958, Alameda, California (Age 67 years) |
| | 7. Crystal McQuesten, b. 21 Jun 1891 |
| | 8. Julia McQuesten, b. 26 Jun 1895, Alaska , d. 13 Feb 1959, Alameda, California (Age 63 years) |
| | 9. Elizabeth G. McQuesten, b. 27 Mar 1896 |
| | 10. Leroy Napoleon McQuesten, Jr., b. 24 Dec 1897, Alaska , d. 24 Jun 1939, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Age 41 years) |
| | 11. Walter McQuesten, b. 26 May 1900, Berkeley, California , d. 23 Dec 1965, Martinez, California (Age 65 years) |
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1836 - 1909 (73 years)
