Biographical Sketch of Joseph Bardot, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Jospeh Bardot is a native of Upper Saone, France, born February 27, 1829, and is the fifth of nine children born to Joseph Athanase and Marie Elizabeth Bardot, natives of Upper Saone, France. Joseph A. Bardot served in the war of 1814 under Napoleon Bonaparte; he also served as mayor of his native town. He was a farmer by occupation, and a son of Andre Bardot, who married a Miss Marie Jaco. Mrs. Elizabeth Bardot was a daughter of John Peter Louis and Mary Anne Pequignot, natives also of Upper Saone, France, where they lived and died. Joseph Bardot was reared on the farm, which occupation he has always followed. He began doing for himself when nineteen years old, and by industry and good management now owns 863 acres of well im- proved land. He was married August 29, 1854, to Marie Thairaise, a native of Alsace, France and a daughter of George Voisine and Marie Thairaise. Mrs. Bardot came to the United States in 1853, and first settled in Shelby County, Ohio. Mr. Bardot also started to this county in 1853 (with only enough money to pay his passage), first located in Shelby County, Ohio and in 1859 settled on the farm where he now resides, in Franklin County, Mo. Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bardot, viz.: Louis L., Anthony, Joseph L., Josephine M., Peter C., Elizabeth, Julius, Julia T., John Baptiste, Augustus and Marie Josephine. The parents are members of the Catho- lic Church, and Mr. Bardot is a Democrat in politics. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================