John McEnelly

MCENELLY

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Date: 3/2/2023 at 15:59:59

John McEnelly

Fertile Township – 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, Massachusetts 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 remained until 1862, when they came to Worth County [Iowa] and settled on section 32 in what is now Bristol Township, where they lived until 1870, when they sold out and moved to section 20, where 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.
George A., oldest son of John and Elvira B. McEnelly, was born April 6, 1845. He received a common school education. He came with his parents to Worth County. He learned the spinner and weaver’s trade, and during the war worked on a steamboat on the Mississippi River about one year. He was married Dec. 25, 1872 to Jane Booth, born in Grant County, Wisconsin, Nov. 14, 1850. They have four children – John A., Clara E., Elizabeth J., and Charles G. Mr. McEnelly is a Republican and is director of the school board. His farm contains 112 acres. History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.753-754