John Drum

DRUM, LEARY

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 19:45:16

John Drum was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, in the year of our Lord, 1822. He came to America in 1849, and lived in the city of Detroit, Michigan, during the first winter after his arrival. He then moved to Genoa, Illinois, where he remained eight years. At the expiration of this time, he came to Iowa and settled in Butler county, on section 25, of Shell Rock township, where he now resides, and owns 120 acres of land. Mr. Drum has held the office of school director and school treasurer. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Bridget Leary, who is, also, a native of Ireland. They are the parents of three children – Mary, Margaret, and Rose.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 697