Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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THOMAS DUHIG

Thomas DUHIG came to Harrison County in April, 1854, and engaged at work in a saw mill with Thomas Dennis for three years. He entered 200 acres on section 13, then sold after a couple of years to a Mr. MOTZ, and then purchased 120 acres on section 13 of Clay Township.

He was born in County Limerick in 1830, the son of David and Henora (O'BRIEN) DUHIG. When he was 14 years old his father died, and in 1846 he came with his mother and two brothers to America and located in Kentucky. In 1852 the mother and Thomas moved North spending time in Missouri and in Illinois before coming to Harrison County.

Thomas married Miss Ann ESLEY on August 29, 1859 and had six children: Mary and Henora (deceased before 1891); David, Ella, Ellen and Thomas. Ann ESLEY was born in Ohio and accompanied her parents to Harrison County. Thomas DUHIG's family was Roman Catholic and belonged to the Modale Catholic Church.

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