Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 538
REV. W. J. MCCORMICK

Rev. W. J. MCCORMICK, pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Dunlap, forms the subject of this notice. He succeeded Father M. LYNCH, in August, 1886. He was born February 13, 1860, in Boston, Mass., and when a small child, movedwith his parents to Mineral Point, Wis., where his early youth was spent. After receiving a common-school education at home, he took a collegiate course in St. Mary's Academy at Baltimore, Md., from which institution he graduated in 1884. He was ordained by Bishop COSGROVE, of Davenport, Iowa. His first charge over a congregation was at Magnolia, Modale and Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. After one year and one-half, he was made pastor of the church at Dunlap.

He is the son of John and Bridget MCCORMICK, who were born and reared in Ireland, and in 1835, they came to America, at which time they had two children. They located in Boston, where they remained until 1860, and then removed to Wisconsin, where the father died in 1882. The mother still survives, and is a resident of Mineral Point. Our subject has four brothers and two sisters.

Father MCCORMICK is a well-educated man and has labored energetically, for the upbuilding of his church, and the general welfare of his congregation, in consequence of which, he is beloved by all.

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