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[[Image:greg.png|left|thumb| | [[Image:greg.png|left|thumb|750px|Agreement between Gregoire and the City. Originally printed in the [[MINERS' EXPRESS (THE)]] NOV. 19, 1851. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]GREGOIRE, Charles H. (St. Genevieve Co., MO, June 10, 1821--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 11, 1902). Gregoire's parents came to Wisconsin in 1835 and after a few years returned to Missouri. He began [[LEAD MINING]] when only seventeen years of age and came to Dubuque in 1853. | ||
Gregoire had charge of the first steam ferryboat on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] at Dubuque after the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]] reached Galena. He operated the ferry until 1864 when he sold out to the railroad to manage large real estate holdings in Iowa and two hundred eighty-nine acres of [[MINING]] property in Missouri. | Gregoire had charge of the first steam ferryboat on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] at Dubuque after the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]] reached Galena. He operated the ferry until 1864 when he sold out to the railroad to manage large real estate holdings in Iowa and two hundred eighty-nine acres of [[MINING]] property in Missouri. | ||
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Family History:
GREGOIRE, Charles H. (St. Genevieve Co., MO, June 10, 1821--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 11, 1902). Gregoire's parents came to Wisconsin in 1835 and after a few years returned to Missouri. He began LEAD MINING when only seventeen years of age and came to Dubuque in 1853.
Gregoire had charge of the first steam ferryboat on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER at Dubuque after the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD reached Galena. He operated the ferry until 1864 when he sold out to the railroad to manage large real estate holdings in Iowa and two hundred eighty-nine acres of MINING property in Missouri.
Gregoire was involved in the famous FANNING V. GREGOIRE lawsuit.
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Source:
Oldt, Franklin T., The History of Dubuque County, Iowa, Chicago: Western Historical Company 1880, p. 796
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1894, p. 163