McLAUGHLIN, REV. E. J.

MCLAUGHLIN

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 09:08:24

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

REV. E. J. McLAUGHLIN, Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church; is a native of Ireland, and came with his parents, in infancy, to America; they came to Dubuque, Iowa; he was brought up and received part of his education there, then went East and entered the seminary of "Our Lady of Angels," at Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls; he then entered Notre Dame University, at South Bend, Ind., and graduated, taking the degree of A. B.; he completed his theological studies at St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, Wis; he was ordained Priest by Bishop Hennessey, at the Cathedral in Dubuque, May 26, 1878; his first charge was at Sigourney, where he remained only a short time, and upon the death of his brother, Rev. P. V. McLaughlin, he was appointed to succeed him in the Pastorate of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clinton, Jan. 17, 1879.