Fabian Joseph “Saginaw Joe” Fournier

Birth: 1846
Canada
Death: 7 Nov 1875 (aged 28–29)
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown
Memorial ID: 157643234 View Source

American Folk Figure and Michigan Folk Hero Lumberjack Murder Victim and The main model for the Paul Bunyan legend was this unassuming French-Canadian lumberjack Fabian "Saginaw Joe" Fournier, pictured at about age 18 in 1865 just after emigrating Bay City MI from Quebec.

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Created by: sideshow
Added: 30 Jan 2016
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 157643234
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