Anthony Walsh 1826-1916

WALSH, CARROLL, MAHER, CARNEY, GALLAGHER, JUDGE

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28 August 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser page 1

A. WALSH IS DEAD IN THE WEST
STROKE ENDS LIFE OF PIONEER CLINTONIAN
WAS NINETY YEARS OF AGE
Passed Away Saturday Night in San Francisco--Body to be Brought to Clinton
Anthony Walsh, who suffered a stroke of apoplexy at San Francisco, Calif., Saturday morning while on the way to visit his old home in Iowa died in that city Saturday night, according to a telegram received by his sons in Clinton.

The body will be brought to Clinton for burial.

Anthony Walsh was an old resident of Clinton, having come to this city in 1860, where he raised to manhood six sons, prominent in the business and financial world of eastern Iowa and two daughters.

Mr. Walsh was born in Castlebar, Ireland, in November, 1826, and was ninety years old at the time of his death. When he was eleven years old he went to England, where he worked on an estate until he was 22 years old, and then came to Montreal, Canada, with his sister, and down the St. Lawrence to Chicago, where he obtained a position at the old Sherman House.

In the winter of 1849, Mr. Walsh came with a party of friends on a hunting trip to Iowa, and realizing the possibilities of a new country, he moved at once to Davenport. Here he was married in 1850 to Johanna Carroll of Pleasant Valley, and they came to a farm home near Low Moor in 1860, later moving to Clinton where Mr. Walsh was engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Third avenue and Fourth street for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Walsh celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in this city in 1907, and in 1912 they observed their fifty-fifth anniversary surrounded by children and grandchildren from Clinton, Davenport and Burlington and a big circle of friends. Just a few months after this memorable event, Mrs. Walsh passed away at their home on Third avenue.

The children are Mark A. and Edmund C., prominent attorneys of Clinton; James W., Alfred E. and Eugene W., Davenport; Charles H. of Burlington; Mrs. Charles Maher, Davenport, who was with her father when the end came and Mrs. R. P. Carney, formerly Miss Clara Walsh of this city. Twenty-two grandchildren also survive. Mrs. James Gallagher of Clinton and Mrs. Martin C. Judge of Scranton, Pa., have preceded their father in death.

The children were all educated in the public schools of Clinton, and are graduates of the Clinton High school. The six sons are all graduates of the Iowa State University.

30 August 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser page 6

The Walsh funeral party is expected to arrive in Clinton some time Friday by way of the interurban railway.

The party will reach Davenport at 2 o'clock Friday morning, according to present arrangements, and will come directly to Clinton with the body of Anthony Walsh, an old resident of Clinton, who passed away at San Francisco last Saturday night on his way home with his daughter and grandchildren to visit his children in Iowa.

1 September 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser page 7

The Walsh funeral party reached Clinton this morning by way of the interurban railway from Davenport where they arrived this morning at 4 o'clock with the body of Anthony Walsh, father of the Walsh Brothers of Clinton, Davenport and Burlington.

Anthony Walsh died in San Francisco, Calif., last Saturday night following a brief illness. The funeral service will be held at St. Mary's church Saturday morning at 11 o'clock with a requiem high mass by the Very Rev. E. J. McLaughlin, assisted by other Clinton priests. Donald Leslie will sing.

The funeral party was made up of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Walsh, Davenport; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Walsh, Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Walsh, Davenport; Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Carney, Davenport; Mrs. Charles Maher, son Elmer and daughter Florence; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Maher; Sister Salome of the Dominican Sisters of Kenosha, Wis.

2 September 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser page 3

Anthony Walsh was laid to rest this afternoon in St. Mary's cemetery, following a requiem high mass at St. Mary's church, said by Rev. E. J. McLaughlin, pastor, at 11 o'clock this morning. The church choir gave the special music. Assisting pastors were Father M. Cone of Davenport, and Father W. Lawler of Clinton.

Pallbearers were Judge P. B. Wolfe, Dr. J. C. Langan, John E. Mooney, Attorney W. J. Keefe, J. A. Kelly, J. P. Cainan.

Mr. Walsh passed away on his way home from Southern California where he had spent the last few years. He was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Mary Maher and her two children, Elmer and Florence and an other grandson Harold Gallagher, of Davenport. Mr. Gallagher had gone to California three weeks ago to bring his grandfather home. They had come as far as San Francisco, when Mr. Walsh was stricken with apoplexy.

Mr. Walsh had been spending most of the time in California for several years on the advice of his physicians. Although not in robust health, he had not been seriously ill at any time. When the party left San Diego he was feeling well and it was expected that he would be able to make the journey safely and return to California next winter.

A telegram announcing his illness was received Friday night. Immediately his son James W. Walsh and daughter Mrs. R. P. Carney of Davenport, left for San Francisco. They had reached Denver Sunday when news of their father's death was received. They proceeded on westward to Salt Lake City, and there began the return journey with the body, reaching Clinton Friday morning by way of Davenport.

Anthony J. Walsh was born in Castelbar Ireland in November, 1826. In 1847 he left his native home for England, where he remained several years, and in 1851 came to America. He landed in Montreal and remained there for a short time and then came west to Chicago, intending to make his home in that city. He engaged in business. Soon afterwards, however, he came to Iowa on a hunting trip with a party of friends. They crossed the river at Fulton, Ill., then went to DeWitt and the Wapsie river.

Stopping at Long Grove Mr. Walsh met some friends from his home town in Ireland, who induced him to remain there. Mr. Walsh read law for two years in the office of Thompson & Barner in Davenport and taught school in Pleasant Valley township.

He was married to Miss Carroll April 26, 1857 at St. Margaret's church in Davenport. Miss Carroll had come to Pleasant Valley two years before from the east. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh lived in Davenport for several years and in the spring of 1861 moved to a farm near Low Moor, Ia., where they remained until 1868, when they moved to Clinton in order to give their children better educational advantages.

Mr. and Mrs. Walsh celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in this city in 1907, and in 1912 they observed their fifty-fifth anniversary surrounded by children and grandchildren from Clinton, Davenport and Burlington and a big circle of friends, among them a number who had attended the wedding fifty years before. Just a few months after this memorable event, Mrs. Walsh passed away at their home on Third avenue.

Anthony Walsh was the father of six sons and four daughters. The sons are all lawyers and have been prominent in financial affairs in the middle west for many years. All were graduated from the Clinton High school and later from the State University of Iowa at Iowa City.

They have built and owned public utility companies and railroads and have been interested in coal mining and timber. In all their affairs, their father, himself a successful business man in his early years, has been their constant advisor and has taken a keen interest in their business affairs. It was largely due to his wise counsel and help that the family achieved the success which it has attained. He had many close and true friends, attracted by a sturdy, honest character.

Mr. Walsh never held any public office but was keenly interested in public affairs. He had educated himself carefully and was a man of broad culture. He had traveled extensively having visited every section of the United States and toured Europe several times. He had also visited Palestine and Egypt and Mexico.

The sons are Attorneys E. C. and M. A. Walsh, Clinton, Attorneys J. W., A. E. and E. J. Walsh, Davenport; Attorney Charles H. Walsh, Burlington. The daughters are Mrs. R. D. Carney and Mrs. Charles Maher, Davenport. Two daughters, Mrs. James Gallagher and Mrs. Martin Judge preceded their father. Twenty-two grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.