Mulholland, James P. (1845-1927)

MULHOLLAND

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Date: 9/22/2019 at 19:48:23

James P. Mulholland
Aug 7, 1845 - Nov 21, 1927

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.396)
J.P. MULHOLLAND is the senior member of the firm of Mulholland and Nicholas, wholesale and retail dealers in Missouri River Ice; office, NO. 4 Pearl street. The business was established in 1861 by R. Guannella & Brother. The present firm succeeded D. F. EICHER in 1882. Their storage-house has a capacity of about 4,500 tons. Mr. MULHOLLAND was born in Independence, Missouri, August 7, 1845, the son of Samuel B. MULHOLLAND, of Irish ancestry. He was but one year old when his father ( the mother having died) removed to Iowa City. He afterward moved to Sioux City and then to Concord, Nebraska and later to South Dakota. In September, 1864 they came to Council Bluffs, where our present subject has since made his home. In 1879 he opened a feed store in this city. Eighteen months afterward he quit it and engaged in various occupations, but principally the ice business for Dan. F; Eicher nine years. He is a self-made man, starting out with but comparatively nothing; and by close application to business he has risen to his present position. Politically he is a non partisan. In society he is a member of lodge NO 146, A.O.U.W. He was married December 25, 1872, to Miss Lucinda SMITH, who was born in Jamestown, Ohio, in 1840, and they have two children, Mamie and James B.