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Guillet, Joseph Henri

lawyer, was born Jan. 11, 1853, in Marieville, Province of Quebec. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the famous regiment, the Pontifical Zouaves, Rome, and served during the campaigns of 1870 up to the fall of Rome, Sept. 20, 1870. He returned to America and entered journalism at Lowell, Mass.; subsequently taught school, and is now a prominent lawyer of that city. He was decorated by the Pope with a military medal; was created by Leo XIII. a knight commander of the Military Order of Saint Sylvester. He has been president of several associations.