From: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, Page 364

Daniel Sheehan came to Mitchell County in 1856, and, in company with Mr. Tibbets and Samuel Coon, purchased a steam saw-mill, which they ran a few months, when it took fire and burned. They at once rebuilt. He then sold his interest and purchased his present farm, which contains 320 acres. He is largely engaged in raising blooded stock.

He was born in county Cork, Ireland, April 15, 1832. At six years of age he was left an orphan, and when sixteen came to the United States, settling in New York, working for one man six summers and attending school in the winter.

In 1856 he came to Iowa; he was married in 1853 to Bridget Beecher, a native of Ireland, by whom he had seven children: Jeremiah, Cornelius, Anna, Timothy, Ella, Katie and Julia. They are members of the Catholic Church.

He was the first man to haul wheat from Mitchell County to McGregor, a distance of 110 miles, for which he received fifty-four cents per bushel. This was September, 1859.

 

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, May 2004