Re: RICHMOND, ON, & PETERSVILLE, IA, PIONEER FAMILIES
SHEA, GORMLEY, OMEARA, MCGINN, MCCABE, HANRAHAN, SPAIN, TIERNEY, WATTERS, MURPHY, COSTELLO, QUINLAN, KELLY, MEARS, DUNN, GRADY, BRADY, BRADLEY
Posted By: Chuck Seyfert (email) In Response To: Re: RICHMOND, ON, & PETERSVILLE, IA, PIONEER FAMILIES (Jack Fatchett)
Date: 11/15/2008 at 12:47:43
From "Portrait & Biographical Album, Clinton County, Iowa" Chapman Bros. 1886.
MICHAEL F QUIGLEY, a member of the Board of Supervisors of Clinton County and a resident on section 30, Waterford Township, is the subject of this history. He is highly esteemed as a citizen and is always responsive to the call of duty. Mr. Quigley was born in Ottawa, Canada, April 26, 1849. His father, John Quigley, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1802, where he married Bridget Riordan. About 1832, he left Ireland with his wife and four children and came to America, locating in New York City, where he was employed in the grocery trade for a few years. He then moved to Buffalo, NY, thence to Ottawa, where he engaged in the grocery trade and also conducted a hotel. In 1849 he went to Cattaraugus County, NY. The New York and Erie Railroad was in process of construction at the time and he undertook contracts to build various portions of the same. He completed his labors in New York in the fall of 1853, and in December started West, coming as far as Chicago, where he left his family until he could secure a location. Coming to Clinton County he selected a claim and took up land which now lies in Washington Township. He then walked to Iowa City and entered the land, 240 acres, at the government office. His family came West soon afterward, coming by railroad to Freeport, which at that time was the Western terminus. He built a house on his land and lived there one year, then bought a claim on section 30, Waterford Township. There was a log house on the place and 20 acres broken. The family moved into the log house and the father commenced to improve his land. At this he continued up to the time of his death, March 11, 1882. He had in the meantime brought the land to a good state of cultivation and erected some frame houses upon it. Mrs. Quigley, who still survives, has reached the advanced age of 82 years, and is the mother of 10 children, 2 of whom were lost by death. John lives at DeWitt; Ellen is the wife of Barney Reynolds and lives in Bloomfield Township; Thomas and Edward reside at DeWitt; Bridget is the wife of John Spain, who lives in Welton Township; Mary lives at DeWitt; Catherine, wife of John O'Farrel, lives in Waterford Township; and each and all have been prosperous in their life work. The first four mentioned were born in Ireland. The remainder, with the exception of our subject, were born in New York. Michael F Quigley was the youngest child of his parents, and was in his fifth year when he came to this county. He grew to manhood on the farm and was educated in the public schools. He was also allowed the oppurtunity of attending Bryant & Stratton's Business College, at Davenport, Iowa. He has almost continually been employed at farming. He was married, in July, 1876, to Bridget A Conwell, born in Kenosha, Wis., and the daughter of Daniel and Winnifred Conwell, both natives of County Caven, Ireland. They belong to the Church of the Immaculate Conception and ardently and ably assist in its support. Mr. Quigley is a staunch Democrat. He was elected to his present office in the fall of 1884. He is eminently fitted for a position involving both courtesy and political ability. Clinton County takes pride in its good and worthy citizens, and Mr. Quigley has no peer among them. Mr. Quigley inherited the home place from his father. It comprises 170 acres. Also located on the farm is the village of Quigley on the Northwestern Railroad, founded by the family, and the post-office which bears the same name.
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