Bio: Brazeau, Frank S. (1923)

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Surnames: Brazeau, Brady, Freeman, Doherty

----Source: History of Wood County, Wis. (1923) pages 565-566

Frank S. Brazeau, postmaster of the the village of Port Edwards, was born in Chicago, June 2, 1857, son of Stephen and Margaret (Brady) Brazeau. He attended school in Chicago, and in 1868, when 11 years old, came to Wood County, Wis., with his parents, the journey from New Lisbon to Grand Rapids being made by stage. The family made their home in Grand Rapids (now Wis. Rapids), where the father followed the trade of barber. There also Frank S. finished his schooling. After that he worked for ten years in sawmills and then entered mercantile business as clerk for J. W. Freeman. He next worked in a store at Harley, Wis., and after that spent five years in Green Lake County, this state. 'Then returning to Wood County he for two years conducted a store at Arpin for the John Arpin Lumber Co. After that he returned to Grand Rapids and was clerk in a store for awhile. His next move was to engage in business for himself in partnership with his brothers James and William, they buying the Nekoosa store, which they conducted for three years. At the end of that time Frank S. traded his interests in the Nekoosa business to his brother George and conducted a store at Port Edward until the fall of 1903, when he sold out and has since been postmaster of the village.

A Catholic in religion, he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Equitable Fraternal Union and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Brazeau was married in Green Lake County, in 1894, to Anna Doherty, daughter of James and Bridget Doherty, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Brazeau have one daughter, Dorothy, who was born March 4, 1895, and who resides with her parents.