James Dumass

Male 1804 - 1875  (71 years)


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  • Name James Dumass 
    Born 15 Jan 1804 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Apr 1875  Reedsville, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I503405  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2016 

    Family Mary Courvall,   b. cir 1830 
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F187777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Some of the earliest settlers in the village were James Dumas, a French-Canadian, and his Menominee Indian wife, who came from Green Bay and erected a log house which was boarded and whitewashed on the inside , on the lot where the residence of Mrs. William Busse now stands. Because Mr. Dumas had a “sixth sense” about finding his way through the forests, he was often engaged by the pioneer settlers as a scout.
      He was a good farmer in those days, for he owned a team of horses when most farmers had only a yoke of oven. He often carried home a hundred pounds of flour from Green Bay, stopping to rest at some Indian village along the way. He was jolly fellow and his “fiddling” was much sought after for the simple social occasions of those early days. James Dumas died in Reedsville in 1875 and his daughter, Mary the previous year.
      Both are buried on the St. Mary’s Cemetery in the village.
      From “Recall Early Day Settlers in Reedsville” Manitowoc Herald Times – June 3, 1939 – page 5