Bio of John A. RAICHE (b.1855), Wright Co., MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Glen Pettit Transcribed by: Glen Pettit This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II, Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge. Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html Under HISTORY. NOTE: This file was scanned and changed to text so there may be some typos. John A. RAICHE John A. Raiche, an enterprising farmer of Albion township, was born in Canada November 2, 1855, son of Ameble and Adelaide (Jutra) Raiche. At the age of sixteen John A. came to Concord, N. H., and started work in a brick yard. It was in 1872 that he came to Wright county. The following year he purchased forty acres in section 35, Albion township, but at once went north to the pine country and for seven years was engaged in the timber woods winters, and on the river, rafting, during the summers. Then he returned to Albion township, sold his farm to his brother, Samuel, and bought 120 acres in section 23, Albion township. His father died in March, 1879, and John A. went to Canada and got his mother, who spent the remainder of her life with him and died at his home, July 8, 1903, at the age of eighty-four. When Mr. Raiche purchased the place in section 23, it was covered with timber. He erected a house of hewed logs, set upright, with a shingle roof and a board floor. He owned a stove, but most of the furniture was made on the place. With this beginning he has become a prosperous farmer. He has a well-improved place, with good buildings, and an excellent equipment, and successfully carries on general farming and stock raising. Mr. Raiche was married April 12, 1882, to Mary A. Archambault, daughter of Joseph and Julia (O'Shea) Archambault. Mary A. Archamubault was the oldest of ten~ children. Her father came to Wright county during the Civil war, and located on section 13, Albion township, where he died in November, 1909. Her mother now lives in Maple Lake village. Mr. and Mrs. Raiche have had eleven children. Joseph A. was born March 11, 1883, was married October 3, 1904, to Catherine Mona-han, and has two children: Michael, born August 15, 1905, and Victor A., born November 22, 1908. Adelaide was born October 28, 1884, and died January 21, 1887. John was born May 14, 1886, and lives at home. Annie was born April 6, 1888, was married September 14, 1910, to Oscar Werneke, and has one child, Edna, born June 22, 1911. Francis B. was born March 2, 1890; Auzebe A. was born January 22, 1892; Julia was born January 22, 1894; Le Roy was born July 29, 1898; Walter was born July 3, 1900; Loretta M. was born October 3, 1903; and Sidney L. was born January 13, 1911. Mr. Raiche has served as director of Page 275 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY school district 72 for eight years. The family are communicants of the St. Timothy's Catholic Church at Maple Lake.