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Born 1858
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
LOUIS N. REGNIER (1883), a well-to-do farmer of Grandview township, was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, August 15, 185S. He was brought up on the Illinois farm and in 1883 he accompanied his brother George to L5ron county. Louis bought 160 acres of railroad land on section 23, Grandview, and started farming. He improved the farm and in 1902 he bought the southwest quarter of section 24 in the same township, which is known as the James English tree claim. Mr. Regnier has done well since coming to the county and now farms 280 acres of his own and 185 acres, which he rents. He is ably assisted in the farm work by his sons.
The parents of our subject were Isaac and Mary (Tonscheke) Regnier, natives of Canada. They were early settlers of Kankakee county, Illinois, locating there at a time when Chicago was a mere hamlet. Coming to Lyon county in 1SS4, they located in Grandview township, where Mr. Regnier died in 1896. Mrs. Regnier is living with her daughter, Mrs. Gus Durrenberger, in Marshall. Besides the subject of this sketch the elder Regniers were the parents of the following children: Joseph, of Marshall; Mary (Mrs. Patrick Grant), of Kankakee; Florence (Mrs. Aime Bennett), of Kankakee; Emma (Mrs. O. Letournan), of Chicago: George, of Grandview; John, of Cottonwood; Ambrose, Harry and Louise (Mrs. Gus Durrenberger), all of Marshall.
On February 20, 1884, occurred the marriage of our subject to Elizabeth Caron, a native of Kankakee. She is a daughter of Theodore Caron, one of the early settlers of the county. To this union have been born Archie, Jerry, Philip, Eugenia, Zephyre, Robert. John, Henry and Sarah, the two last named being twins.
Mr. Regnier has been a member of the school board of district No. 21 for about twenty years and is road overseer. He is a member of the Catholic church.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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