Bio of BERTHIAUME, James F. (b.1867), Wright Co., MN
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375   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

James F. Berthiaume, an influential farmer of Chatham township, was born 
in Marysville township, this county, July 19, 1867, son of Francis and 
Mary (Crosby) Berthiaume, grandson of Francis and Osite (Faver) Berthiaume, 
and great-grandson of that Francis Berthiaume who came from France to 
Canada and founded one of the American branches of the family. James F. 
was reared by his distinguished uncle, Lieutenant James E. Cochrane, 
whose homestead he now occupies. He received a good education and as a 
young man went to the Dakotas, where he herded cattle. Afterward he took 
a claim of 160 acres in Stevens county, Minnesota. In 1893 he sold out 
his interests there and returned to the Cochrane homestead, which he rented 
for a while and then purchased. He has built up a splendid farm, and is a 
very successful man. His popularity is shown by the fact that he has been 
school officer seventeen years and town 

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assessor three years, and is now serving as town treasurer. Mr. Berthiaume 
is a thorough believer in the brotherhood of mankind and is a great lover 
of good fellowship. He delights in extending a friendly hand to all. 
Fraternally he is associated with the lodge and the encampment of the 
I. 0. 0. P. Mr. Berthianme married Emily Martie, and they have two children: 
Endora and Lilibelle. Emily Martie Berthiaume is the daughter of Gottlieb 
and Elizabeth (Beuchart) Martie, natives of Switzerland. They came to 
America, found their way to Minnesota, and lived at St. Anthony until 
after the war, when they came to Wright county and settled in Silver 
Creek, where the daughter Emily was born. In their declining years they 
spent their time with Mr. and Mrs. James F. Berthiaume, until their death.  
Mr. Martie died in 1898 at the age of seventy-four. Mrs. Martie died in 1891 
at the age of sixty-eight.