Bio of BERTHIAUME, Francis (son), Wright Co., MN
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375   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

Francis Barthiaume, son of the Francis Berthiaume whose sketch precedes this, 
and grandson of Francis Berthiaume, one of the founders of the family in 
America, was born in lower Canada, and came with the family to Michigan in 
1849, to St. Paul in 1856, and to Chatham township, Wright county, in 1858. 
At the age of sixteen he ran away from home and enlisted in Company E, 
Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry. He accompanied 
the battalion against the Indians, and later against the Confederates. 
He was mustered out at the close of the war, and in 1865 married Mary Crosby. 
About this time they took a claim of eighty acres in Marysville township. 
The tract was covered with woods, and no roads led to it. He erected a log 
cabin, and with the help of a yoke of oxen began to clear the land. He 
developed the place into a good farm, and in 1879 sold to his brother. 
He was a prominent man and held various school offices and town offices. 
He also helped to build the Catholic church at Waverly. In his latter years 
he joined the John Cochrane Post, G. A. R., at Buffalo, and delighted in 
his association with his old comrades. He died in 1912 at the age of sixty-
six. His wife, who was the daughter of Robert Crosby, is still living.