Bonduel Juneau, son of Solomon Juneau, founder of Milwaukee, die in Oakland, Kansas at the age of 70 Years. The deceased went to the west in 1873, first settling in Topeka, Kansas, where he was the Police Chief. He was born in 1845 in Milwaukee and lived there until 1852.

At the home of Mrs. John Perry Husting in Mayville, the sad news arrived from Oakland, Kansas, that her brother Bonduel Juneau died at age 70. He was born in Milwaukee, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Juneau in 1845, where he lived until 1852, when he moved to Theresa with his family. After the death of his parents, he made his home with his sister, Harriet Fox in Shannon, Illinois, until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he moved back to Theresa. November 7, 1862 he joined Company C of the 17th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a drummer boy and was discharged July 14, 1865. He returned to Shannon, where he made his home until 1870, when he married Adelaide Dougherty, from which marriage five children were born.

In 1873 he moved west, settling in Topeka, Kansas, where his brother lived and was active in the police force for several years.

Mr. Juneau, who was sickly for many years, spent his final years on a small farm near Oakwood. He leaves behind one daughter Mrs. Harriett Juneau in Kansas City, Missouri, and one son William Juneau in Montana, one brother Louis Juneau in Holly Springs and a sister Mrs. John Perry Husting of Mayville.

Dodge County Pioneer March 12, 1915 (Translated from the German)

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The bio of Bonduel was taken from: EIGHT GENERATIONS IN KANSAS, BY Joanie Hrenchir --JH

Bonduel Fleurimont Juneau was named for the Rev. Fleurimont Bonduel, a pioneer priest and devoted friend of the Juneau family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bonduel was the second-youngest of 16 children of Solomon and Josette Vieux Juneau. Bonduel was born May 25, 1844, and educated in Milwaukee, until his parents moved to Theresa, Wisconsin, a town named by his father for his grandmother, Theresa Galarnau. His father, Solomon, founded and was first mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.
At the age of 18, Bonduel had black hair, dark complexion and was nearly six feet tall when he enlisted at Theresa as a drummer boy in Co. "C," 17th Regiment, Wis. Vol. Inf. He saw action at Vicksburg and Atlanta and was hospitalized for a while at Marietta, Ga. before he received his discharge at Louisville, Ky., in 1865.
He went to Shannon, Ill., where he met and married Adelaide Dougherty in 1866. They moved to Riley, County, Kansas, near Manhattan, in 1869, where he farmed.
Their chidren were:
Katie, b. 4-7-1867
Hattie, b. 11-7-1871
Paul, b. 8-17-1876
William, b. 9-17-1876
Bernard, b. 3-30-1879

After his wife died, Bonduel moved to Topeka and married Addie Lovin on April 19, 1911. He was 65 years old and Addie was 45. Before that Bonduel had been a Shawnee County Sheriff's deputy.
The Juneaus lived at 111 Oakland, Topeka, and at Route 6, Tecumseh, Kansas.

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Mrs. J. P. Husting of this city has received word of the death at Oakland, Kansas of her brother, Bonduel Juneau, aged 70 years. He was a son of Solomon and Josette Vieaux Juneau, and was born in Milwaukee in 1845, where he resided until 1852, when he removed with his parents to Theresa, Wis. After the death of his parents he resided with his sister, Harriet Fox, in Shannon, Ill., until the breakout of the civil war, when he returned to Theresa and enlisted on Nov. 7, 1862, as a drummer boy in company C, Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, and was mustered out on July 14, 1865. He returned to Shannon, where he made his home until 1870, when he was married to Adelaide Dougherty of Shannon, by whom he had five children.

In 1873 Mr. Juneau went west, locating in Topeka, Kas., where his brother, Narcisse, lived. He served as chief on the Topeka police force for a number of years.

Mr. Juneau, who has been in poor health for some time, had spent his declining years on a small farm near Oakland. He is survived by a daughter, Miss Harriet Juneau of Kansas City, Mo., and a son, William, in Montana. His brother, Louis Juneau, youngest son of Solomon Juneau, lives in Holly Springs, Miss.

The latter and Mrs. Husting of this city are the sole survivors of the Juneau family, excepting, of course, the larger, younger generation.

Mayville News March 11, 1915

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