“HON. N. BOUTIN, of the firm of N. & F. Boutin, fish dealers, Bayfield, was born in Canada East, Aug. 17, 1831. With the family he moved to Detroit in 1837, where he lived eleven years, and then moved to Mackinaw, and soon afterward to Manitowoc Co., Wis. While there he was in the mercantile business. He moved then to Kewaunee County, and while there was sent to the Legislature. He then returned to Manitowoc, where he engaged in fishing up to the year 1870, when he moved to Bayfield and established the firm as it now stands. He has been a politician more or less, holding the position of sheriff for years, and in 1880 was elected county treasurer. In 1848 he married, then being only seventeen years of age, Miss Conture of Detroit. They have had four children, Mary, now Mrs. Mahan, being the only one living.” (1881) ®5728 “Narciss changed his name to Nelson. He was in the State Legislature during the Civil War.” ®7375On 1 June 1880 Nelson was a 48 year old dry goods merchant who lived in Bayfield, Wisconsin with his wife Lucy, 47, and adopted daughter, Eva, 5. ®7374 On 1 June 1900 Nelson was a 68 year old widower who boarded at the McCarthy home on First Street in Bayfield. He was a fish dealer who had emigrated in 1837. ®7408