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Moissinac, Eugene H., p. o. Darien Center, son of Baptiste and Marie Jeanne (Vollard)
Moissinac, was born in the city of Paris, France, July 30, 1846. In 1853 his parents emigrated to this country
and settled in Buffalo, N. Y., where he attended the public schools until he was twelve years old, when his mother
died, his father having died three years previous, breaking up the family home and turning him upon the world to
fight life's battles. When yet a boy he secured a clerkship in the office of Farnham & Hodge, coal dealers
in Buffalo, in whose employ he remained for nine years; then he accepted a position with the firm of G. R. Wilson
& Co., taking charge of their retail coal department. After a service of about five years he accepted a position
in the capacity of bookkeeper for D. C. Welch & Co., lumber dealers, where he remained about three years, when
he again took the management of G. R. Wilson & Co's. retail coal department, and there remained tour years
longer. His health failing him, he gathered together his worldly wealth, which by hard work and strict economy
he had accumulated to a sufficient sum to enable him to buy his present farm, where he has since lived and enjoyed
his country life. Mr. Moissinac has taken some interest in town affairs, was appointed justice of the peace to
fill the vacancy made by J. J. Ellis resigning May 20, 1896; in 1897 was elected for balance of term; and in March,
1898, was again re-elected for a full term of four years. In March, 1872, Mr. Moissinac married Caroline F. K.
Powell of Buffalo, and they have two sons: Eugene E., born July 4, 1874, and Percy P., born March 23, 1883. Mr.
Moissinac and his family are active members of the Baptist church and are one of the respected families of the
county.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890
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