Biographies:  Joseph C. DEMARS, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI 

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Joseph C. Demars, proprietor of a flourishing boat livery at Rice Lake, is 
one of the well known men of the city and is liked both by residents and by
strangers who have dealings with him. He is of genial personality, affable 
and kindly in manner, just the type of man to deal with the public in his own
particular line of business.  He has some excellent boats, in the best of
condition, and knows the lake thoroughly, so that those who come to his place
seeking either recreation or pleasure, are well satisfied with the results
they receive. He was born in the Province of Quebec, May 11, 1853, the son of
Louis and Ghuchite Demars, both of whom spent the span of their years in
Canada. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools, and 
as a youth started lumbering along the St. Lawrence River, both as a grader 
and a loader. Aug. 8, 1884, he arrived in Rice Lake, and became identified 
with the lumbering interests here, driving teams and working in the woods, 
in sawmills, and in a stave factory.  In 1910 he took up his present line of 
business. Mr. Demars was married in Canada, Sept. 25, 1873, to Elmira Gagne, 
the daughter of Joseph and Theresa (Fournier) Gagne. This union has been 
blessed with seven children, the oldest five having been born in Canada, and 
the other two in the United States. Archie was born March 11, 1876; Alice 
was born June 12, 1879; Laura was born March 11, 1880; Arthur was born March 
1, 1881; Anna was born March 1, 1883; Arson J. was born Oct. 16, 1885, and 
Viola was born Jan. 31, 1895 and died Jan. 26, 1918.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 216