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- JACQUOT, John, was born in Outagamie County in 1860 (son, Elmer R. Jacquot was born in the same county in 1861 and died in 1898.) John Jacquot settled in Greenville on Section 18, T. 22. R.16 in 1849, where he cleared a farm and established a home where he reisided until his death. His family now occupies the homestead. Taken from The Outagamie Pioneer Record.
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- JOHN L. JACQUOT, one of Appleton's substantial business men, who is engaged extensively in the manufacture of and wholesale dealing in cheese, is a son of Louis Jacquot, and was born July 15, 1830, in Outagamie county, Wisconsin. Mr. Jacquot received a common school education, and his early business training was secured in a mercantile establishment at Merrill, Wisconsin, with which he was connected two years, after which he formed a partnership with John McMurdo, Jr., and bought the sash and door factory of W. K. Rideout at Hortonville. Here Mr. Jacquot also operated a lumber yard and sawmill for five years, when he went into the lumber and log business in Northern Wisconsin, with Robert McMurdo, and in 1894 came to Appleton, where, during the following year he first engaged in the wholesale cheese business. He continued to follow this business in Appleton until 1901, and in that year went to Neenah, purchasing an interest in the Neenah Cold Storage Company, but after managing that concern for six years sold his holdings, and in May, 1903, returned to Appleton, where he has since devoted his attention to the business in which he is now engaged. Mr. Jacquot has had much experience in this line, and his product is of a very excellent quality, finding a ready sale in the markets throughout the United States, while his business ability has evidenced itself in the manner in which his business has grown. Mr. Jacquot was married in 1881 to Elma R. Whitman, who was born in Hortonville, Wisconsin, a daughter of Frank and Amelia Whitman, a pioneer couple of Outagamie county. Mrs. Jacquot died in 1898, leaving a son and a daughter, and Mr. Jacquot was married (second) in 1900 to Emma Kurasch, of Appleton, daughter of Henry Kurasch. Mr. Jacquot is prominent fraternally, belonging to the Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Elks and the Eastern Star.
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- See Image JACQUOT, APPLETON BUILDING AND LOAN PRESIDENT, IS DEAD Appleton. Wis. - (UP.) - Funeral arrangements were being completed here today for J. L. Jacquot 77, who died here yesterday.
Jacquot was president of the Appleton Building and Loan associating. He was reputed to have built a fortune in the manufacture and sale of cheese.
THE OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938
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1860 - 1938 (77 years)
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