Bio: Bruneau, Jeremiah R. (1881)

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Surnames: Bruneau, Smith, Dessert

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin, Marathon County, Wis. (1881) page 557

Jermiah R. Bruneau, Wausau, was born in Maskinonge, Lower Canada, May 20, 1838, and came to Grand Rapids, Wis., Sept. 15, 1856, where he lived until May 21, 1857, when he came to Mosinee, Marathon Co., residing there until the Fall of 1878. He was elected County Treasurer, and re-elected in 1880. At Mosinee he was salesman and then book-keeper for Joseph Dessert, from 1857 to 1866. From 1866 to 1870, he was engaged in mercantile business, and since then in lumbering. He was Town Treasurer for thirteen years. Mr. Bruneau was married at Mosinee, July 3, 1874, to Ellen M. Smith, who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a member of the A.F. & A. M.