Bio: LaMotte, Joseph G. (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 212.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOSEPH G. LA MOTTE

JOSEPH G. LA MOTTE, saloon, Chippewa Falls; born in Prairie Du Chien, in 1837; son of Major General La Motte, G. A. R. From 1852 to 1855 was head pantry man on steamboats on Mississippi River. In 1856 opened a saloon at Prairie Du Chien and continued in that business for eleven years, and was also for one year of that time in the hardware business at Calmar, Iowa. Came to Chippewa Falls in 1868; began business in 1869 in partnership with O. B. Blatchfield, continued it for one year, and then opened the present business. Was Alderman of the Fourth Ward for 1879, and re-elected for 1881. Married at Prairie Du Chien, Dec. to, 1862, to Margaret Ozois, born in Prairie Du Chien. They have two children, Joseph V. B. and Mary.