John Connolly
was born in Ireland in 1817, and came to America in 1839.
He landed at New York, and from there came to Galena,
Ill., where he remained four years, then came to Clayton
County, Ia., and settled on section 31, Buena Vista
Township. He has 600 acres of land well improved. He was
married to Ann McGuire in Ireland in 1843, he having came
to America, and then went back and took to himself a
wife. She was bon in Ireland in the year 1817. From this
union there are seven children -- James A., Jonathan,
Mary Ann, Francis, Terance A., Charles M., Joseph J. The
family are member of the Catholic church, and in politics
Mr. Connolly is a Democrat. He is classed with the
prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Buena Vista
Township. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 679 |