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Edmond A. Bouer, prominent in business and social circles of Milwaukee for many' years end numbered among the valued residents of the city to the time of his demise, was born October 26, 1855, in Detroit, Michigan, and was a son of Auguste and Margaret Bouer, who came to Milwaukee in the early '80s from Alsace Lorraine, France, in which country Auguste Bouer was born. The son obtained his education in the schools of Detroit and was a youth in his teens at the time of the removal of the family to this city. On reaching Milwaukee he started out in the business world as a salesman with the Standard Paper Company, with which he remained for a few years. He was always identified with that line of business and his early experience brought to him a knowledge that well qualified him for the conduct of a similar enterprise on his own account. In 1893 he opened a wholesale paper house, which he conducted under the name of the E. A. Bouer Company to the time of his demise. His business was carefully systematized, his interests wisely directed and his diligence, industry and sagacity were the crowning features in the attainment of the substantial success which rewarded his labors.

In 1883 Mr. Bouer was united in marriage to Miss Adela J. Booth, a daughter of Cyrus D. and Sarah M. (Bacon) Booth, both of whom were natives of the state of New York. They came to Milwaukee about the year 1850 and the father was engaged for many years in the wholesale hat and cap business, developing one of the large mercantile enterprises of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Bouer became the parents of a daughter, Margaret, who is now the wife of Herbert P. Brumder, and they, too, are residents of Milwaukee.

Mr. Bouer was a Mason of high rank. He belonged to Kilbourn Lodge, No. 3, A. F. & A. M., also to the Wisconsin Commandery, in which he attained the Knight Templar degree, and the Wisconsin Consistory, in which he became a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. He likewise crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belonged to the Milwaukee Club, the City Club, the Chicago Athletic Club and the Town Club. In politics he was a republican, always loyal to the principles of the party. He was a member of the Immanuel Presbyterian church and died in that faith March 13, 1915. A self-made man, he had built up a substantial business without outside assistance and had one of the largest paper houses in the city. He occupied a most enviable position in both commercial and social circles and he ever found time to cooperate in those interests and measures which had to do with the intellectual and moral upbuilding of the community and the advancement of its civic standards.