Michael Molony 1844-1915

MOLONY, FARRELLY, AYRES, SMITH, CHAMPION, MARSHALL, LANGMADE, CARROLL, MULLEN, MCCARTHY, MAHONEY

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 10/19/2018 at 11:36:30

Denison review, Wednesday, Oct 20, 1915, Denison, IA, Page: 10

MIKE MOLONY
BURIED THURSDAY

Michael Molony Was Born
in Ireland, Oct. 29, 1844, and
Came to This Country at the
Age of Four

WAS VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR

Pioneer Resident of Crawford County,
Locating Here at the Close of War
– Father of Eleven Children

On last Thursday morning at 10 o’clock at St. Rose of Lima Church, funeral services of Mr. Michael Molony, who met his death in a terrible catastrophe of Tuesday of last week, were held, The Rev. Father Farrelly officiating. The body was laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery near Denison.

Mr. Mike Molony was born Oct. 29, 1844 in Queen’s County, Ireland. When four years of age he came with his parents to America, first locating in Indiana, where the family resided for a few years, later removing to the state of Illinois. It was while living in Illinois that the War of the Rebellion broke out and Mr. Molony joined one of the volunteer companies that were organized in that state. He served throughout the war and was finally honorably discharges from service. After his discharge he came to Denison, where he has since resided. Mr. Molony was one of the pioneer residents of Denison, locating here before the railroad had been built, and for some time he drove on the stage line that was in operation between Boone and Council Bluffs. He never tired of telling his experiences during the pioneer days and how it was necessary to drive to Council Bluffs for groceries and in fact all supplies. When the Northwestern road was built, Mr. Molony secured a position in the construction work. He was married at Vail on the 1st day of November, 1873, to Miss Bridget Elizabeth Ayres, who departed this life Feb. 1, 1914 after a prolonged illness. Since the death of his wife he has been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Norman Smith and Mrs. John Champion, but spent some of his time in a room he had fitted up on the second floor of the Wright-Kinney building, where he was when the terrible calamity occurred.

Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Molony, seven of them survive to mourn the untimely death of their father, they being: John A. and Will E., residents of Vail: Dan, Paul and Michael, Mrs. Norman Smith and Mrs. John Champion, all of whom are living in Denison. He also leaves two brothers, Andrew and Patrick Molony, who reside at Council Bluffs, and four sisters, Mrs. Marshall, of Chicago, Mrs. Charles Langmade and Mrs. T. C. Carroll of Council Bluffs; and Mrs. Patrick Mullen, of Creston.

Those from a distance at the funeral were: P. P. Molony, and son, William, of Council Bluffs; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Langmade, of Council Bluffs; Mrs. M. J. McCarthy, of Albright; Iowa; Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Molony, of Fonda, Iowa; Mrs. T. C. Carroll of Council Bluffs; Mrs. J. H. Mahoney, of Des Moines; Mrs. Molony, his stepmother, who lives at Council Bluffs, were also here for the funeral.