Bio: Dessaint, Peter T. (1831 - ?)
Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Dessaint, Tebo, Juneau, Boldue, Berard

----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1205

PETER T. DESSAINT, proprietor of Grand Rapids House. Came to Grand Rapids in 1862. Is a painter by trade, and worked at it until 1880, when he rented the Grand Rapids House. He was born in St. Roche, in Lower Canada, Feb. 12, 1831. Left there in 1849, and came to Milwaukee; stayed there until 1860, then came to New Lisbon, where he enlisted, July, 1861, in Co. H, 10th Wis. V. At the battle of Chattanooga was ruptured and sent to the hospital at Louisville, and was discharged in April, 1862; was married, Oct. 18, 1850, to Miss Mary Tebo, of Milwaukee, a niece of Solomon Juneau. Have had ten children — Mary, now Mrs. Boldue; Magdalen, now Mrs. Berard; Louis, Andrew and John, all killed by lightning; Albert, Emery, J. B., Rosalie, and George William.

1880 Federal Census, Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin

Name: Peter Dessaint 
Birthdate: 1831
Birthplace: Canada
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Mary Dessaint
Spouse's Birthplace: Wisconsin, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 49 years
Occupation: Painter
Household Members
Peter Dessaint M 49
Spouse Mary Dessaint F 48
Child Rosa Dessaint F 7
Child Willie Dessaint M 4
Julia Whitrock F 19