Bio of Samuel RAICHE (b.1844), Wright Co., MN

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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.

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be some typos.

Samuel RAICHE

Samuel Raiche, an extensive land owner and leading citizen of Albion 
township, was born in Canada, October 26, 1844, son of Ameble and 
Adelaide (Jutra) Raiche. He was reared and educated in Canada, and 
at the age of twenty-one came to the United States and secured 
employment making railroad ties in St. Joseph, Mo. Then he did 
railroad work out of St. Paul for a year. In 1867 he came to this 
county and lived three years on a farm one mile and a half east of 
Buffalo. At the expiration of this period he bought forty acres in 
section 35, Albion township. He erected a log house, 16 by 20 feet, 
with a shingled roof and a board floor, and began to establish his 
fortunes. He worked hard early and late, he put his best energy and 
intelligence into his toil, from time to time he added to his 
possessions, and as his means permitted he erected modern buildings. 
He now owns 400 acres of as good land as is to be found in the township. 
The land is well tilled, the fences and buildings are well kept, 
the live stock is of good breeds, and everything about the place

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bespeaks the thrift, hard work and modern ideas of the owner. Mr. 
Raiche was married July 22, 1873, to Bridget Doherty, daughter of 
Patrick and Ellen (Flaherty) Doherty, of Minneapolis. Mrs. Raiche
died October 14, 1906, leaving seven children: John, born January 
17, 1876; Samuel J., born October 20, 1878; Francis, born June 8, 
1880; Mary, born March 12, 1882; Margaret, born October 19, 1883; 
Edwin, born October 30, 1885; Elizabeth, born December 15, 1887. 
The family worships at St. Charles Roman Catholic Church in Chatham 
township.