MULVANEY, Charles N. - 1914

MULVANEY, SAVAGE, CHRISTOPHER, FITZGERALD

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

CHARLES N. MULVANEY.

One of the extensive landowners and prosperous farmers of Pilot township is Charles N. Mulvaney, who owns and operates a farm of four hundred and twenty acres, which is constantly increasing in value because of the care and labor he bestows upon it. He was born in Princeton, Illinois, April 14, 1870, and is a son of Patrick and Ellen (Savage) Mulvaney, natives of Ireland, of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this work.

Charles N. Mulvaney acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and Iowa, dividing his time in his childhood between his studies and work upon his fathers farm. When he was twentyone years of age he assumed management of the homestead and continued to cultivate it until he was forty. In 1910 he purchased his present property of four hundred and twenty acres in Pilot township and here engages in general farming, his success being the result of his long experience, practical methods and well directed labor.

On the 26th of April, 1896, Mr. Mulvaney married Miss Grace M. Christopher, who was born in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, November 27, 1871, a daughter of John and Ellen (Fitzgerald) Christopher. The parents were born in Ireland and after coming to the United States located at Shullsburg, Wisconsin. They afterward moved to Illinois and then returned to Shullsburg, where the father engaged in farming until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Mulvaney became the parents of seven children: Grace; Charles L.; Joseph F.; John C.; Ellen, who has passed away; Mark; and Agnes.

Mr. Mulvaney is a member of the Roman Catholic church and is connected fraternally with the Catholic Order of Foresters. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and is interested in public affairs, although not active as an office seeker. He is one of the able and progressive farmers of Pilot township and enjoys in an unusual degree the confidence and goodwill of the community.