Cyprien-Prudent St. Amant; he was the son of Philippe-Isaac St. Amant and Rosalie Clouatre and born in 1833 at St-Valentin de Napierville, Quebec; he married Marie-Phebe (Phoebe) Remillard (Alexandre Remillard & Josephte Goyette) on 12 June 1866 at Farnham, Quebec. Prudent and Phoebe came to Minnesota about 1868 where they first settled at a village called Wheatland in Erin Township, Rice County. The 1880 US census shows that they had 13 acres of improved land and 67 acres of woodland in Erin Township valued at $500. The St. Amant family owned one cow, two oxen and four pigs valued at $175. He was engaged in the milling business operating a grist mill at Wheatland until it was destroyed by fire during the 1880's. The loss was a substantial financial setback for Prudent and he was unable or unwilling to rebuild the facility. In 1883, he became interested in an area called Eagle Valley in Todd County, Minnesota near Clarissa. He purchased land there and encouraged other French-Canadian families to join him however he soon found that clearing heavy timber from the land was beyond his strength and his health began to fail rapidly. He later moved to Minneapolis where he died in February 1896.

Children of Phoebe Remillard and Prudent St. Amant:

1) Alma St. Amant; b. 1868; married Napoleon Gingras;

2). Joseph St. Amant; b. 1869;

3). Anna St. Amant; b. 1872;
4). Praexed St. Amant; b. 1876;

5). Wilbrod St. Amant; born 5 October 1877 at Clarissa; died 15 November 1959 at Minneapolis; married Nelly Mary LeDuc;