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Francis Hector Clergue (August 28, 1856 – January 19, 1939) was an American businessman who became the leading industrialist of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, at the turn of the 20th century.
May 28, 2008 · Francis Clergue. Francis Hector Clergue, financier and industrial promoter (b at Brewer, Maine 28 May 1856; d at Montréal 19 Sept 1939). Born of Huguenot parents, Clergue studied law at Maine State College.
In 1894 Francis H. Clergue arrived in the Sault. For the 38 year old Clergue, the city’s transportation infrastructure, hydroelectric generation potential and financial woes offered a great opportunity. Clergue was a serial entrepreneur and a remarkable visionary.
Clergue was a man of thought and vision; for him, to think was to act. The financial implications of his actions were of only fleeting interest to him. His first and only early success was the construction in 1880 of an electric street railway in Bangor while Clergue was the Town Counsel.
CLERGUE, FRANCIS HECTOR, industrialist; b. 28 May 1856 in Bangor, Maine, eldest son of Joseph Hector Clergue, a barber, and Frances Clarissa Lombard; d. unmarried 19 Jan. 1939 in Montreal and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor.
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