Anatole F. Labrie Biography


	This biography appears on pages 6-7 in "History of Dakota 
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				ANATOLE F. LABRIE.  

	Anatole F. Labrie is a member of the Spink County Abstract 
Company conducting business at Redfield. South Dakota has numbered him 
among her citizens since September, 1880, in which year he came from 
Kankakee county, Illinois. He was born in that county, June 8, 1857, a 
son of Joseph E. and Marie L. (Brosseau) Labrie. The family is of 
French lineage and was established in Canada during the reign of Louis 
XIV of France. Joseph E. Labrie went from Canada to Illinois in 1847 
and for twenty-five years was postmaster of Manteno and also served as 
justice of the peace. He was a well known and popular citizen there, 
having located in Kankakee county during pioneer times and being an 
active and valued factor in its public affairs. He died at Momence, 
Illinois, in 1903, when he was eighty years of age. His wife died in 
1900 at the age of seventy-five years and they were laid to rest in the 
cemetery at Manteno. They had come to Spink county, South Dakota, in 
1882 and settled on a homestead, but in 1895 returned to Illinois.  

	Anatole F. Labrie acquired his education in the public schools of 
his native county and in St. Viateur's College at Kankakee, in which he 
pursued his studies to the age off fourteen years. He then became 
assistant postmaster at Manteno under his father, remaining in that 
position for nine years. On removing to South Dakota in September, 
1880, he filed upon a homestead and in 1882 he engaged in the land 
business in connection with his brother, A. C. Labrie, at Frankfort. 
After five years there spent he remover to Doland, South Dakota, where 
he engaged in business with his brother, Joseph E. Labrie, for two 
years. In 1889 he was appointed clerk of the court and occupied that 
position for five years. On his retirement from the office, in 1894, he 
purchased an abstract business, which he conducted for four years. He 
then returned to the real-estate business in partnership with S. E. 
Wightman and H. A. Babcock and was thus engaged until 1903, when he 
removed to St. Paul and became interested in the piano trade in 
connection with J. Kalcheuer. There he remained until he again entered 
business circles in Redfield as proprietor of the Spink County Abstract 
Company. He has a splendid set of abstracts and is conducting a good 
business. He is also agent for various prominent fire insurance 
companies, writing many policies annually.  

	On the 7th of April, 1885, Mr. Labrie was married in Frankfort, 
South Dakota, to Miss Regina A. Blain, a daughter of Nazaire and Marie 
L. (Brosseau) Blain. Her father was one of the pioneer farmers of Spink 
county, South Dakota, and now resides in Los Angeles, California. His 
wife passed away in 1908 and was laid to rest in Kankakee, Illinois. 
Mr. and Mrs. Labrie have four daughters and a son: Marie L., the wife 
of Leon A. Dunton, residing at St. Paul, Minnesota; Corinne, the wife 
of Paul R. Bohen, living at St. Paul, Minnesota; Irene, who is 
connected with St. Joseph's Hospital at St. Paul; Leila, at home; and 
Paul B., who is assisting his father.  

	The family are Catholics in religious faith and Mr. Labrie 
assisted materially in the building of St. Bernard's Catholic church. 
He also belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks. His political endorsement is given the 
republican party and he has filled the office of deputy United States 
marshal. The various changes in his business career have usually meant 
a step in advance. He is now well established at the head of a growing 
business in Redfield and is numbered among the representative and 
worthy citizens of Spink county.