Harty, T. F.

HARTY, WOHLERS, SHANNON, MILLER, BURK, DONAHUE

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/21/2006 at 22:32:59

HARTY, T.F.

T.F. Hart purchased the leading livery business of Larchwood on January 1, 1903, a business previously in the hands of A.C. Barnes, and conducted an extensive establishment, making many friends by his genial spirit and close attention to all the details of his business. In 1904 Mr. Harty sold out the livery business and rented two hundred and sixty-four acres of land on section 14, Sioux township, where he now lives.

Mr. Harty was born on a farm in Illinois, in 1869, and was reared to manhood under the parental roof tree. When he became of age he had already accumulated enough to begin for himself as a farmer. He bought and sold land with marked profits until he came to Larchwood.

The wife of the subject of this narration, Mrs. T.F. Harty, was born Amanda Wohlers. She is the mother of two children: Emmett and Hilda, Mr. Harty and his family are connected with the Catholic church, and he is an active member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Mr. Harty is the son of Timothy Harty, a native of Ireland, and for long years a steady workman at railroading and farming. He had reached the advanced age of eighty-five when he died in Mrach, 1903. Bridget Harty, his widow, and the mother of T.F., still survives at the age of seventy-three. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom only the following survive: Philip V., a farmer; Mike S., a blacksmith; Maggie (Mrs. Shannon); Kate (Mrs. Miller); Mary Ann (Mrs. Dick Burk); Bridget (Mrs. J. Donahue). Mr. Harty is a Democrat, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

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