Delanty, Mary

DELANTY

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/13/2007 at 22:18:38

Mary Delanty

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.269, York Twp.)
Mary Delanty, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born at Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wis., February 29, 1848. She is the daughter of John and Ellen (Mahanoy) Bowe. Her father was bornn in County Kilkenny, Irland, about 1797. He was a farmer, and was also engaged in railroading. He came to Wisconsin when there was but one house in Milwaukee. Was in the United States Army five years, and served in the Florida war against the Seminole Indians. He has crossed the ocean four times, and is still living in Wisconsin. Our subject's mother was born in County Cork, Ireland, about 1827; she is also living. Our subject was married at the age of fourteen, in Wisconsin, April 14, 1863, to John Delanty, born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about 1835, and died September 29, 1881. After her marriage, our subject, with her husband, lived a short time in Minnesota. They came to this county about 1874. Mrs. Delanty has lived on her present farm about three years; she has had twelve children, of whom nine are living - William, born December 4, 1864; Mary Clarissa, born September 9, 1867; John, born March 17, 1869; Michael, born May 1, 1871; James, born April 25, 1873; Edward, born May 25, 1875; Thomas, born September 22, 1878; Mark, born September 29, 1879 and Catharine Agnes, born July 9, 1880. Mrs. Delanty is a member of the Catholic Church.