McCARTHY, Daniel - 1914

MCCARTHY, CASEY, SULLIVAN, MAHONEY, MULVANEY, GUYNN

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Date: 7/6/2009 at 04:52:43

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

Daniel Mccarthy.

When Daniel McCarthy passed away on the 20th of May, 1904, Cherokee county lost a man who for more than a quarter of a century had been closely connected with agricultural interests and had made many substantial contributions to development and growth. He was born in County Limerick, Ireland, and was a son of Dennis McCarthy. After acquiring his education in the public schools of his native country, Daniel McCarthy came to the United States, locating in Winamac, Indiana, where he engaged in farming. About the year 1876 he came to Cherokee county and purchased a farm in Afton township. Upon this

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property he carried on agricultural pursuits with gratifying success, for he followed always the most practical methods in his farming operations and conformed to the highest standards of integrity in his business relations. In the course of years he accumulated a comfortable competency and in 1902, feeling that he had earned a period of rest and leisure, he retired from active life. He died on May 20, 1904, and his death was widely and deeply regretted by the many friends to whom his sterling qualities of mind and character had so greatly endeared him.

Mr. McCarthy married Miss Honora Casey, a daughter of James and Mary (Sullivan) Casey of Winamac, Indiana. The parents were natives of County Kerry, Ireland, and the father followed farming there and in Indiana. He died in Winamac, where his wife also passed away. He was a stanch democrat in his political beliefs and a member of the Roman Catholic church. His daughter, the widow of the subject of this review, was born in Ireland, October 9, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy became the parents of nine children: Catherine, the wife of John Mahoney, of Colorado; Patrick, who has passed away; Mary, the widow of James Mulvaney, of Colorado; Dennis, a resident of Oregon; John, who makes his home in Cherokee; Michael, of Osceola, Iowa; Frank, who has passed away; Julia, the wife of Charles Guynn, of Marcus, Iowa; and Daniel, at home.

Mr. McCarthy was a democrat in his political beliefs and a faithful member of the Catholic church. His life conformed at all times to the highest principles of honorable and upright manhood and his death deprived Cherokee county of one of its most valued and representative citizens.