CARRIGAN, Charles Sr. 1828 - 1924

CARRIGAN, BREEN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:22:52

"The Burlington Hawk-Eye"
Sunday Morning, March 30, 1924
Part One--Page 3, Columns 1 and 2

CHARLES CARRIGAN 95, OF FAIRFIELD, SUCCUMBS HERE
Pioneer Resident Was Native of Ireland; Formerly Lived in Burlington

Charles CARRIGAN, 95 years old, of Fairfield, Iowa, died at 9:20 o'clock yesterday morning in Mercy hospital, where he had been a patient for nearly three months.

A native of Ireland, Mr. CARRIGAN was born on December 29, 1828, and came to this country in 1854. He lived for about a year in Philadelphia and them came to Burlington, where he was a resident until moving to Fairfield in 1881, to take up farming.

He is survived by two sons, William CARRIGAN, of Albia, Iowa, and Charles CARRIGAN of Fairfield, a daughter, Sister Florentina of Washington, Ia., and a brother, John CARRIGAN, of Maine. His wife and one daughter receded (sic) him in death.

Funeral services will be held from St. Paul's Catholic church in Burlington, onday (sic) morning at 9 o'clock, the cortege leaving Prugh's chapel at 8:30. Afterwards the body will be taken to Fairfield for burial.

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"The Burlington Hawk-Eye"
Friday Morning, April 4, 1924
Page 2, Column 3

BECKWITH

... Charles CARRIGAN, Jr., of near Beckwith, was called to Burlington by the illness and death of his father.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot 3rd.024. His wife was Mary BREEN CARRIGAN who died in 1918, and is buried with him.