Sullivan, Margaret 1827-1903

SULLIVAN, ENRIGHT

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 10/12/2016 at 12:53:13

Elkader Register, Thur., 17 Sept. 1903. Littleport column.

Mrs. Margaret Sullivan was called to her final rest Sept. 10th, 1903, after a short illness caused by heart trouble. She had survived her allotted time and more, being 78 years of age. She had always been a very rugged, energetic, patient, and kind woman, in fact a mother to the entire community, ever ready to extend the helping hand in the hour of affliction. She had been a widow many years, her husband having died 38 years ago. She was the mother of eight children, only two of whom are alive, James at home, and Mrs. Nellie Enright, of Dubuque. She was one of the old pioneers, having come to Clayton county in 1859,, and resided here ever since. The funeral was held Saturday, Rev. _. F. Minogue officiating at the Catholic church, of which she had been a lifelong member. A good woman has gone to her eternal rest and the large number present at the funeral most fervently attests the high esteem in which she was held.

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Note: A second obituary in the same paper and column from another correspondent gives the following information:

Margaret Sullivan was born in Cork county, Ireland in 1827, and came to this country in 1834, settling in Cox Creek in the year 1838.

Her husband died April 1st, 1865. She was the mother of seven children, only two of which are living, Mrs. Enright of Dubuque and James of this place. She was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery.

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