Troy, Edward

TROY, MULLADY

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Date: 7/30/2013 at 13:37:46

EDWARD TROY, farmer, Castle Grove Twp., Sec. 3; P.O. Grove Creek, Delaware Co.; was born in Kings Co., Ireland, about 1819; he left Dublin on the 22d of April, 1844, for Quebec, and arrived on the 27th of May; from Quebec he went to Montreal; engaged on canal work for about one and a half years; he then went to New York City; thence to Philadelphia; again to New York, where he enlisted; this was in 1846, at the breaking-out of the Mexican war; was soon after sent to New Orleans; was finally placed in Co. K, 6th U.S. Inf., afterward, was transferred to Co. I, of the same regiment; he served five years in the regular army, most of that time among the different tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory; he assisted in the building of Fort Kearney; was discharged October 18, 1850; located on the farm where he now lives about 1852. He was married to Hanora Mullady; her parents mere early settlers in Jones Co.; they have one daughter and six sons—Mary, Richard, Patrick, Edward, John, Michael and William; have lost six children. Mr. Troy has 320 acres of land. He and fami1y are members of the Catholic Church.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 701.