Catherine O'Connor
OCONNOR, DAUGHERTY, CAMPBELL
Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 5/8/2010 at 18:42:06
History of Jackson County, Iowa, James W. Ellis, 1910
MRS. CATHERINE O'CONNOR.
Since 1897 Mrs. Catherine O'Connor has been a resident of Bellevue, where she owns some valuable town property, but for a long period she made her home in Richland township, this county. She was born in Scotland, June 27, 1830, a daughter of Patrick and Rosanna (Daugherty) Campbell. When she was nine years of age her parents crossed the Atlantic and settled in Massachusetts, coming to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1847. Shortly after her arrival in this state she gave her hand in marriage to Cornelius Daugherty, a son of Patrick and Mary (Tolen) Daugherty, natives of County Donegal, Ireland. They were reared and married on the Emerald isle, but after the birth of their first child emigrated to Canada, where six sons and two daughters were born to them. In 1839 they came to the United States and after spending the fall and winter in Galena, Illinois, in the spring of 1840 came to Jackson county, Iowa, settling upon a farm in the northeast corner of Perry township. Eight years later they removed to Bellevue township, where Mr. Daugherty secured half a section of land, unimproved at the time, but one which he, with the help of his sons, soon brought to a high
state of cultivation. His family included Patrick, who went to California in 1850 and died in that state; Cornelius, who is the deceased husband of Mrs. O'Connor; Edward, whose demise occurred in Colorado; Dennis, who went to California in 1849 and died in the west; John, who passed away in Perry township in 1846, shortly after the family came to Jackson county; Margaret, who became the wife of Hugh Campbell and died in Richland township; Daniel, who is residing in Bellevue; and James, who died in Prescott, Arizona. Cornelius Daugherty was reared in Canada and accompanied his parents upon their removal to Jackson county, Iowa. After coming to this state he engaged in farming, following that occupation with profit until his death, which occurred in 1860, when he was forty-six years of age. He was a man of great energy and perseverance, who met and surmounted the hardships attendant upon life during the early settlement of this section of Iowa. To him and his wife were born four children, namely: Cornelius, who died leaving a widow and three sons; James, who passed away at the age of twenty-one years; Dennis, who was four when he died; and Sarah, who is living with her mother.
After the death of Mr. Daugherty his widow wedded Michael O'Connor, who was born in Queens county, Ireland, in June, 1818. In 1858, accompanied by his brother Patrick, he emigrated to America and after landing upon our shores came direct to Jackson county, Iowa, where the remainder of his life was passed. He was engaged in farming in Richland township, where he owned and operated a fine tract of two hundred and eighty acres, until December, 1897, when he retired to Bellevue. His death occurred in this town in April, 1903, when he was eighty-five years of age. His union with Mrs. Daugherty which was celebrated in August, 1863, was blessed with six children, as follows: John, Rosanna and William, who are deceased; Anna, who is a teacher in the Bellevue high school; John, the second of that name, who is living in Nebraska; and Michael, who is a resident of Bellevue.
On the 8th of December, 1897, Mrs. O'Connor took up her residence in Bellevue, although she retained her connection with agricultural pursuits, owning a valuable farm in Richland township. About three years ago, however, she sold that property, owning now only the pleasant home she has in the town. She is a woman of great force of character, endowed with no slight business ability, and enjoys the high regard of a large circle of friends throughout the county, where so large a portion of her life has been passed.
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