An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 447

	HON. AUGUST F. TOUSSAINT, Justice of the Peace of Vancouver, was born in
Germany, August 21, 1847, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Kohler) Toussaint.
August F., the sixth in a family of twelve children, attended school between the
ages of six and fourteen years, and at the age of fifteen years came, to the
United States, landing in New York. In 1863, in that city, he enlisted for
service in the late war, entering Company F, Sixty-eighth New York Regiment, and
was mustered out of the army in 1865. Mr. Toussaint was then a resident of San
Antonio, Texas, until 187-, when he enlisted in the Tenth regular United States
Infantry, served a few months in the ranks, then on detached duty on the staff
of General Reynolds, and held the office of Sergeant and Chief Clerk of the
department until 187-. In that year he came to Vancouver, where he again joined
the army, entering the Twenty-first United States Infantry, and was on detached
duty until the expiration of his term of service in 1878, being Sergeant Major
in the Nez Perce campaign of 1877, and Quartermaster Sergeant in the Bannack
campaign of 1878. During his years of service Mr. Toussaint had become a
proficient law student, and in 1884 was elected Justice of the Peace of
Vancouver. Since that time he has constantly filled the duties of that office
with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the community. He is a
Democrat in his political views, and socially affiliates with the G.A.R.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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