Hugh G. Scallon

SCALLON, KENEFICK

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/22/2004 at 20:55:09

Hugh G. Scallon, secretary of the school board, was born in Province of Quebec, Canada, August 16, 1840, where he was raised to agricultural pursuits. In 1855 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Waushara county, Wisconsin. He made his home there until 1869, when he came to Washington township, and settled on section 20, on land that he had bought the year before. He has improved the land, and in 1879, he built a barn 48x80, with stone basement. In 1869 he built a frame house, to which he made an addition in 1876. He married, February 15, 1876, Miss Elizabeth Kenefick. They have four children – Hubert W., Mary M., Mary J., and John J.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 731