BIOGRAPHIES:   Gilbert J. MIREAU, Doyle Township, Barron Co., WI

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Gilbert J. Mireau, a leading farmer of Doyle Township, was born in Oak
Grove Township, March 1, 1871, the son of Aristide and Sarah (La Brie)
Mireau. The father, who was known as Aristide Mero, was one of the best
liked citizens of the county, and after an active life as a pioneer, public
official and farmer, died at Rice Lake July 21, 1921. The mother is a
member of the first family to settle in Oak Grove Township. In the home of
these good people, the subject of this sketch was reared to sturdy boyhood.
He attended the district school in the neighborhood and learned farming
from his father. In 1895 he started farming for himself in Doyle Township.
In 1900 he purchased 120 acres in Section 19, the same township. The place
had been partly improved. These improvements he has continued, and in 1910
did some extensive building, including the erection of a good frame house,
a granary, chicken house, and machine sheds. He has a well tilled farm,
well fenced and well stocked, and successfully carries on general farming
and dairying. In his herd are nine full-blooded Durham cattle and a
full-blooded Durham sire. He is a stockholder in the Equity Exchange at
Campia. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of the World, and
of the Domestic Workers of the World. He has naturally taken the deepest
interest in the growth and development of the county which the members of
his family assisted in settling, and he has done his share as a good
citizen in everything that has been for the good of the neighborhood. He is
well liked by his associates, and is already well along the road to
success. For the past twelve years he has served as school treasurer and he
is also vice-president of the Equity Exchange at Campia. Mr. Mireau was
married at Dobie, in this county, July 15, 1895, to Angeline Ammans, who
was born in Stanfold Township on Oct. 11, 1879, the daughter of Charles and
Emily (Peltier) Ammans, the former of whom died Dec. 25, 1920, and the
latter, May 21, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Mireau have seven children: Philomene
was born March 21, 1896; Aristide C. was born Feb. 6, 1898; Grace M. was
born Dec. 18, 1899; Raymond A. was born June 17, 1901; Louise L. was born
April 13, 1903; Elsie A. was born Jan. 25, 1910; and Orvel Harry was born
June 25, 1917, and died the same day. The family faith is that of the Roman
Catholic Church.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 603-604.


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