John McEnelly
MCENELLY
Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 11/7/2022 at 23:23:14
John McEnelly
John McEnelly was born in Ireland in 1816. When eleven years of age he came with an uncle to the United States and stopped at Lynn, Mass., where he learned the shoemakers trade, and was married to Elvira B. Buel, born in New Hampshire in 1813. They afterwards moved to Vermont, where they lived until 1853, when they moved to Tamsville, Ohio, where they remain until 1862, when they came to Worth County and settled on section 32 in what is now Bristol Township, where they lived until 1870, when they sold out and moved to section 29, wehre they lived until their death - Mr. McEnelly, May 7, 1871, and Mrs. McEnelly, March 22, 1883. They had a family of four children, three living - George A., Mary E. and Charles A. Mr. McEnelly was formerly a democrat, but later a republican, and held local offices. Mrs. McEnelly was a member of the Congregational Church. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.753
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