 He had married the daughter of a Potawatomi chief and through her had acquired land.After the Potowatomi ceded their lands to the federal government with the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, Daniel G. Garnsey obtained the permission of U.S. President Andrew Jackson and the consent of Mrs. Bertrand to locate a village on her land.Alonzo Bennett platted the village of Bertrand in 1833 and became its first postmaster on June 9, 1834.