Bio: Jaques, Charles A. (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 211.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLES A. JAQUES

CHARLES A. JAQUES, machinist, Chippewa Lumber & Boom Co., Chippewa Falls, was born in Newburyport, Mass., July 1, 1848; learned his trade in Chicago, where he lived two years; went to Marseilles, Illinois, and remained two years; came to Wisconsin in 1869; located at Sheboygan, and was employed at his trade there for one year; then returned to State of Illinois, and was there up to 1876; afterwards at Milwaukee for six months; came to Chippewa Falls in 1879; remained a short time, then went to Eau Claire, and worked at trade three months, returning to Chippewa Falls in January, 1880, where he has been engaged in present capacity since. Married at Ottawa, Ill., in 1874, to Mary Watson, born in Ohio; have one child living, Mabel, aged six years, and one dead.