Cleary, William

CLEARY

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/8/2008 at 13:47:58

William Cleary

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.199, Norwalk Twp.)
William Cleary, farmer, P. O. Downsville, was born at Shawbridge, Terre Bonne Co., Canada, December 28, 1859; he is the son of William and Ann Jane (Shaw) Cleary; his father was a farmer and was born in the northern part of Ireland in 1810; his mother was born in Shawbridge, Canada, in 1826. Her father, William Shaw, built a bridge over the North River, from which circumstance the place was named Shawbridge. Our subject's parents had seventeen children - nine sons and eight daughters. Of these, there are sixteen at present (1882) living. Our subject received a very limited education in the common schools of Canada. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-six years of age. In 1878, he came to Council Bluffs, and was engaged in teaming for two years. he then worked at the creamery of C. H. Wheeler for one year. In January, 1882, he bought eight acres of land in Norwalk Township, where he now resides. He was married, April 4, 1882, to Maggie A. Tindele, who was born at Shawbridge, Canada. Mr. Cleary is a member of the M. E. Church.