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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Containing
A History of the County - its Cities, Towns, &c.; a Directory of its
Tax-Payers; War Record of its Volunteers in the late
Rebellion; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;
General and Local Statistics; Map of Livingston County
History of Illinois, Illustrated;
History of the Northwest Illustrated;
Constitution of the United States,
Miscellaneous Matters,
&c., &c.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Published Chicago:
Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 186 Dearborn Street
1878
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Amity
Twp. -
MORRIS FOLEY, farmer; P. O.
Cornell; was born in Ireland, 1827; he came to America in
1851, and his parents and their family came the year
following; he located in La Salle Co., Ill., staying there
for five years, and then removed to Livingston Co., and has
lived on his present farm for the past twelve years; he owns
252 acres of land in Amity Tp., valued at $40 per acre, and
eighty in Newtown, valued at $30. In 1858, he married
Bridget Whalen; she was born in Ireland in
1840; they have ten children living - Patrick H.,
born Mar. 22, 1859; Mary Ellen, born Dec. 17,
1860; Morris, born Oct. 22, 1862; John W.,
born May 26, 1864; Francis Jane, born Jan. 13,
1866; Dennis born Feb. 13, 1868; Thomas
Edward, born Oct. 1, 1870; Hannah, born Oct. 10,
1872; Philip C., born Mar. 31, 1875; Katie
Ann, born Dec. 14, 1876; also one child deceased -
Katie Agnes, born Sept. 11, 1874, died Aug. 10,
1875. He at present holds the office of School
Director.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 701 |
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