Edmond Dwyer

DWYER, MCSWEENEY

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/4/2002 at 14:00:39

Dwyer, Edmond (deceased); born in County Cork, Ireland; came to this country in 1847. Married Miss Ellen McSweeney Feb. 7, 1853, in Belvidere, Illinois; she was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1823. Mrs. Dwyer's late husband died very suddenly on the 28th of Oct., 1858, from the effects of injuries received on the railroad, while in the employ of the Chicago & Galena RR, at Belvidere, Illinois. In the year following the death of her husband (1859), Mrs. Dwyer, with her three children, moved on the farm where she now lives, Section 29 (Fremont township); PO Mill. Mrs. D. has had four children --- Mary, born May 6, 1824* (probably 1854), died on 29th August, same year; John, born November 11, 1855, the only son and support of his aged mother, injured his spinal column while driving a span of fractious horses, from the effects of which he departed this life, greatly bereaved by all who knew him, on the 7th of October, 1876; Margaret and Mary, twins born Feb. 20, 1858, reside at home. They are ex-school teachers and very intelligent.

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