Bio: LeMere, Michael (1881)
Contact: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: LeMere, Plumer, Zastrow

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 563

MICHAEL LEMERE, saloon, Wausau, was born in Montreal, Canada, Feb. 26, 1841. He settled on the Eau Claire River, three miles below Wausau, in the Spring of 1858, and worked there six years in a saw mill. He came to Wausau, in October, 1864, and worked in the McIndoe & Steward’s mill, in the capacity of mill-man. In 1870, he worked for B. G. Plumer, in the same capacity, for two years, when he met with an accident, breaking one of his limbs. He then built his present place of business. He was married, April 19, 1863, to Caroline Zastrow, who was born in Germany, in 1844. They have five children – Frank, Louis, Alice, Clara and Michael Jr.