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Kucera, M. J.
Civic leader. Came to U. S. after 1860. Instrumental in organizing the first Polish society "Gmina Polska" in Chicago in 1866. At the first National Convention of P.N.A. was elected the first president of said organization. In 1885 elected treasurer of that organization. Later came to Milwaukee, Wis. Died on March 4,1904 in Milwaukee, Wis.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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