Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. signed by John. T. Michaud - 1904 dated Autographed Stock Certificate

Stock issued to and signed on back by John T. Michaud. Possibly a relative of the founders John Dwan and Henry S. Bryan.

When John T Michaud was born on 2 February 1865, in Saint-François, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Damase "Thomas" Michaud, was 25 and his mother, Clarisse Philomene Madore, was 25. He married Delina Labbe on 2 September 1889, in Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 22 October 1910, in Wallagrass, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Wallagrass, Aroostook, Maine, United States.

John Dwan, 3M Founder and first secretary; attorney in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Henry S. Bryan, 3M Founder and first president. Chief of Motive Power at the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad. The five founders of 3M financed the company to mine mineral for grinding wheel abrasives. Like many others in the early 1900’s, 3M’s Founders incorporated first and investigated later. In the face of failure, they persevered and turned an investment into a lucrative venture.