BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
Historical Atlas
Paulding County, Ohio
ILLUSTRATED
Containing Maps of Paulding County, Townships, Towns and Villages,
Compiled by O. Morrow and F. W. Bashore
ALSO
Maps of the United States and State of Ohio.
Together with a Statement of the Settlement, Growth and Prosperity of the County,
Including a Personal and Family History of Many of its Prominent Citizens.
Illustrated
Madison, Wis.:
The Western Publishing Co.
1892

Auglaize Twp. - HUBERT NAVEAU, SR., is a farmer and dealer in general merchandise at Junction, Auglaize township.  He first saw the light in Monroe, Monroe county, Mich., May 4, 1826, the son of Joseph and Mary (Bohema) Naveau  Joseph Naveau and Mary Bohema were natives of France, born near Paris.  They came to this country in 1794 and landed in the town of Monroe, Mich., where they remained until the war of 1812, when Joseph Neveau enlisted as a private soldier, taking his family to Detroit, Michigan, while he served his country under Gen. Hull  He served until peace was declared, and saw Hull surrender to the British.  He then took his family back to Monroe, thence to Toledo, then to Maumee City, Ohio, where he died in June 1844, at the age of sixty-five.  His wife, Mary, survived him and drew a pension in her old age.  She died at the age of Ninety-three.  Their children numbered eleven, all deceased but the subject of our sketch and David of the entire state of Washington.  They were named Clarissa, Joseph, William, Francis, Richard, Mary Ann, Mitchell, Mary and Caroline.  Hubert Naveau, Sr., started in life a poor man.  He learned the baker's trade and worked at it for eleven years in Toledo, Cleveland, Perrysburg and Junction.  In 1848 he permanently located in Junction, Paulding county, Ohio.  He married Mary Ann Day in 1849.  Six children were the result of this union: Hubert, Jr., Emma (deceased), James L., Lillie V., Almeda and Harry S., all of whom are happily married as follows:  Hubert, Jr., to Jennie Shirley, daughter of Judge Robert Shirley, of Paulding; James L., to Rhoda Hostel; Lillie V., first to Daniel Boor (deceased), then to Stephen Rank of Sherwood; Almeda, to George A. Heatley recorder of Defiance county; Harry S., to Tracy Holley, of Defiance county.  Hubert N., Sr., has worked hard for all he has and his stock is of the best.  Consequently he is kept busy. Source:  Historical Atlas of Paulding Co., Ohio - Publ. 1892 - Page 38

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