Thomas Foley (b. 1820)

FOLEY, DEMPSEY

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Date: 7/22/2005 at 22:59:12

FOLEY, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lima; born in Ireland Nov. 10, 1820; emigrated to the United States in 1848; spent several years in the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, etc. Was married in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1851, to Margaret Dempsey; she was born in Ireland in 1824; have six children living - Mary, Edmund (now in Dakota), Margaret, Ellen, Kate and Bartholomew; lost three - Thomas, Michael and Thomas. They came to this county in 1856. Own 120 acres of land. Family belong to the Catholic Church.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Westfield Twp.
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