Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....La Croix, William 1787 - 1860
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Author: E. O. Jameson (1886)

WILLIAM LA CROIX, ESQ.

WILLIAM LA CROIX, son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Cobb) La Croix, was born May,
1787, in Wrentham, Mass. His father came to this country in 1775, from the
island of Gaudaloupe. [sic] The immediate occasion of his immigration was an
insurrection of the slaves on the island. While here he married and after a few
years returned to Gaudaloupe [sic] with his family, but soon died very suddenly.
Mrs. La Croix then embarked for this country, and on the passage gave birth to a
son, whom she named Frederick for her lamented husband. William La Croix went
with his parents to Gaudaloupe [sic] and returned to Wrentham, Mass., with his
mother. When a young man he learned the trade of carriage making, and
established himself in business in Dedham, Mass. He married 1815, Lois Bullard,
daughter of Adam and Lois (Richardson) Bullard, of East Medway, to which place
he removed in 1818, and settled on the place of his father-in-law, Mr. Bullard.
The house stood near the site of the residence of the Rev. Mr. Bucknam, the old
minister. Mrs. Lois La Croix died February, 1825. Mr. La Croix married an elder
sister, Jemima Bullard, and continued to carry on the farm, now known as the La
Croix Fruit Farm, also doing something at his trade. Mrs. Jemima La Croix died
February, 1857, and Mr. La Croix survived but a few years, and died suddenly,
February, 1860. He was a man of generous impulses, and his life was upright and
useful. Mr. La Croix possessed in combination an amiable and cheerful
disposition, the sturdy virtues of a true New Englander, and the sprightly
qualities of the French. He was an exemplary citizen, and his death was
universally lamented.


Additional Comments:
From:

HE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS,
AND
The Genealogical Records
OF
MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES
IN
MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.
Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
BY
E. O. JAMESON,
THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC.
MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

Copyright, 1886.
E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.
All Rights Reserved.

J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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