The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-09-21
PETER J. V|EAU IS DEAD
Milwaukee's First Son Suocumbs
to Paralysis.
HE WAS SO YEARS OLD.
His Father Was First Trader in This
Section and Solomon Juneau
Was His Clerk

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. IA
Peter j. Vieau, Milwaukee's first son
born Of French-American parentage, died
at o'clock Wednesday evening, at his
home ut Muskego Center, Waukesha
county. aged So years. The funeral will
be held from the Nieau home Saturday
morning at II o'clock. to the Catholic
church in the town of k'ranklin. Inter
ment will he at the old cemetery there.
Nearly a week ago, Mr.. Nieau was
found III an unconscious condition at Lls
home, where he had been living alone
for wears \ neighbor. i'll passing the
place. discovered the old resident, and
medical attendance was Immediately
summoned. Mr.. Nicau was suffering
from a stroke of paralysis, and just now
many hours he had lain alone ana IN
conscious could not be determined. From
that time he continued to sink slowly
until the end. Mr.. Nieau had lived
alone from choice. and his sons, resi-
dents of Milwaukee until a few months
ago. had made frequent efforts 70 nave
him return to this city and reside with
them. For more than a quarter ot a
century a resident of the dense forests
Of the early days of this part of the
country. HtlhIt w tStNl4aNIll hN'ttiilH tN'iA
Il territory. he preferred to live aonr
after the death Of his wife, at his little
home at MuS6cgo Center. rather lH"A
move to Milwaukee.
Last Link to Pioneer Days.
In the death of Potter j. Nieau the last
IS,, LA T,,Iion occ,,rants of tLn soil
ieii'u anu ,., i''' ~ Wi.napsim and tLeir
q ,,. III - .rcco..ors covering n
A A'aii f.[,r III "ar,,. Iovs If ma Nine
period from ,nt euIiS u"E rS,yontioth
leCI..n oei.."'' ~" '''v l,ilaroJ WHOM tbn
ctuluIA' HaS uocu ~, ,ho fre+
Itclui 49, 80 l,'+ of >tiivoni,an
80, ~ ..d;i IA faiIn,yed liz fathers"
sVoh 'nc - 80 Nv, ,,.,useJ nnf
NJ ''-e -. ;,,+oroeting ut,iuue and
T Ia,, ro,iroso,,+ati,sa Ce Tho DAYS when
..y'.'N ;ttii..;D s J,y,nod olnu,r thr
Wiz ciN . ,i it,' W. lSo son,.-
ST",'rs ,,rlI'Io "l,rnctor man elm
"'.,'j tn,.','I ls foil"v,s .f Tho carly
v ,,ar. - ia Vi,,ntoontL ccnturv and one
PC ~ a,.u ,miiost t,'nos Of rho I'rnncL-
"a VIZ .t,.;., GINA, fnrmad III
,ii,n tior IN ms port
90 .t's' Anlt.,,. '''' -
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~ ola,.o,,+l, 81, &c
:, e.eI . 'ca" ~ t.9,,,,nr an5 nm ogent
Ihe gleat pioneer ni"lp'' -o '''i' ,nr,n v'as
Jacques leau !" nU2c ot - I'D Co.,
s si 7r,' ~ did accord
w., ~ - :. "t iInr tau,,nn, thn French.
HI ~ i4I pd,on Grst helnid Ia rrbt nf
id ne SON. ~ = fa,har,S onn-storv lnT int
nay ,,'r;o, ocli,n;od sita nt Tho ION of tIe
Io ,'aT'' l,noIl whora is today tLe crossiu..
"f 7L,liridn etraet aud Seventonuth ave-
~ ',,o ~ ~ .0'i MN ho;ne on January 10
800 Tho father blilt Ills little lor hut
there in 1IgJ,
He was Younger brother of Mrs.
solomon Juneau. who was the eldest
daughter Of Jacoues Nieau. When but
& wears of are The boy was taught to
read bv clerk in his fathers log fur
house. at the foot of the knoll, and at
the edge of a swampy marsh into which
the Indians pushed their canoes When
transporting furs TO the great dealer. y
Tie clerk was Michael lie pellieaur, a
young French-Canadian. When years
of age Peter was sent to the mission
school at Green Bay, presided over by
John V. Suydam, who later started the
Green Say lnteingencrr' sat Saiu 10 De rb hue
;s now, Wisconsin
Eo,,o,. Dx:-.
becomes al EACelleAt Filn'ei'
After attending school there for three
years and half, Peter entered the
printing Office under Mr.. Suydam rs
devil" There he became an expert
typesetter aud all-around printer, and
he remained in the office until 1856
when Albert q. Ellis sold the paper tt
{. Latham Sholes. later the inventor OF
the typewriter and for some years edl
tor of the lntcligencer Peter then On
tered the service of merchant al
Green Bay, and during the subsequent
three years clcrked for several business
men at "Shanty Town" leaving Greel
Bay in 1880 and returning TO Milwau
kce Here he clerked for several mer
chants in tie hamlet. among them Mon
roe a Page and David George, con
tinuing in that service until lS4l.
In that year he returned TO Greer
Bay. where he took charge of his faith
er'S store, remaining there until 1900
after which he moved to Theresa
Dodge county. to work for his brother
in-law, solomon Juneau one yea
!atGr; OF III l9oo, ne moved i'i 10 MusEego
MINED until lis don't, doth '''' ''N'''' '''''
Holds PubNc Uihces.
In 1877 Mr.. Nienu was anpointc,
deputy sheriff of Waukcsha county b,
Sheriff Israel Castle. an office he hel,
for about three years. when he wa
elected town clerk of Muskego in 1864
This Office he held until 1850. when h,
was elected a Justice of the peace. NJ
office which he continued to hold up t,
the time of his death
In aIl his varied dnolinrs with his fol
low mon ma win = rnrord of mor
than q quarter If a century nc = rosi
dent of thc wflIs of Wisconsin Nr
Nioau lived and died man of th
strictcet nroLitv Durinr lie ontiro n
he onioyed mo confidence ana ostann
of thn AnrIo-S ovon residents who can,