From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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ALEXANDER GENDRON
	Alexander Gendron was born at Colville on September 15, 1864,
being the son of Alexander and and Eliza E. Gendron, natives of 
Canada and Washington, respectively.  The father was in the employ of
the Hudson's Bay Company and settled in the Colville valley in  very
early days.  He died in 1891, but the mother still lives in the Colville 
valley.  They were the parents of fourteen children.  Our subject was
raised on the frontier and received very little education.  At the age
of eighteen, he commenced work for himself and having worked for wages 
for some time , he began freighting from Spokane to Colville and in
1892, came to the Curlew valley and located.  Since that time, he has
given his attention to stock raising and farming and now he and his wife
have a fine estate of four hundred and sixty acres about four miles 
east of republic.  Mr. Gendron, in addition to stock raising and general
farming, has a threshing outfit which he operates during part of the year.
He handles about one hundreda cres of hay and grain, using the balance of
the estate for pasture.  he has good buildingd, a fine orchard, and other
improvements.
	In 1887, Mr. Gendron married Miss Mattie, daughter of Moses and
Carolina (Scherette) Dupuis, natives of Canada and Washington, respectively.
They lived in Colville almost all of their days and there the mother died
many years since.  The father now lives with his daughter, Mrs. Gendron.
Mrs. gendron was born in Colville and there received a good education
from the public schools.  She is one of a family of eight children.  To
Mr. and Mrs. gendron five children have been born, Joseph, Alfred A., 
George, Melvina and Albert R.  Mr. and Mrs. Gendron are members of the
Catholic Church.
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