Louis Bostedo

Louis Bostedo (1798 - 1878) was an American businessman from Weyauwega, Wisconsin who spent a single term in 1856 as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from a district which encompassed the sparsely populated Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano and Waupaca counties.[1]

He was born in New Jersey and was a partner in a mill and dam. Bostedo came to Waupaca County in 1851, being one of the first settlers of Weyauwega.[2] In 1855 he was a member of the Waupaca County Board of Supervisors from Weyauwega. He was the first village president of Waupaca.[3]

  1. ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 30 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ F.A.M. "The Upper Wolf, Wis.; Waupaca and Weyauwega:Weyauwega:Pioneer Days" Semi-Weekly Wisconsin p. 1, col. 6
  3. ^ 'Weyauwega,' Kim J. Helter, Mary Werth, and Janis Dahlke, Arcada Publishing: 2013, Biographical Sketch of Louis Bostedo, pg. 19