Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume X (1888)

              mrs adele p gratiot's narrative adele maria antoinette gratiot nee da perdreauville was born oct 25 1802 in la maillerage near rouen prance she was the daugh ter of rene alphonse de david de perdreauville her interesting narra tive with what hon e b washburne says of her gives the reader a good idea of this most estimable lady — a worthy pioneer of western wis consin she died in washington arkansas december 4 1873 her husband jean pierre bugnion gratiot — often referred to as bion gratiot — was born in st louis february 18 1799 he was well educated and a man of enterprise and generous impulses as early as 1824 he spent a year in new mexico in search of gold mines without finding the prec ious metal in sufficient quantities for profitable mining in 1825 with his brother henry gratiot he located in the lead region of south western wisconsin and was long engaged in lead mining during the black hawk war he raised a party of men principally his own employes did good service and received the thanks of gen atkinson these services are referred to in the illustrated hist of lafayette co wis p 472 and by col d m parkinson wis his colls ii 338 in 1841 he removed to the lead region of missouri and located in wash ington county which he frequently represented in the legislature of that state he was a member at the time of his death which occurred while temporarily at st louis april 7 1871 in his seventy-third year he was a man of much enterprise and usefulness in his day of fine intelligence and proverbial for his kindness and hospitality l c d mrs gratiot's narrative the residents of galena says the galena gazette may 2 1879 and the upper mississippi lead mines prior to 1841 will remember john p b gratiot one of the prominent early settlers he was the brother of the late col henry gratiot so well and honorably known in the north west mr j p b gratiot died several years since while a member of the legislature of missouri his wife was a miss perdreauville a french lady of noble family and highly educated and accomplished her father filled several high positions under the first napoleon and was thrown on the