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Did you already have this biography for Thomas McCleary? Did you know the names of Margaret McCleary's parents?
Mrs. Margaret Sheridan, daughter of Mr. McCleary's uncle, Patrick McCleary, is Mr. McCleary's housekeeper. Her mother was Ellen McCleary, a native of County Mead, Ireland.
McCLEARY, THOMAS; farmer; Point Pleasant Township, (postoffice Swan Creek); is an Irishman by birth and has inherited sterling traits of character from long lines of ancestors on all branches of his family tree. His parents were James and Mary (Riley) McCleary; his grandparents Anthony McCleary and Felix Riley, and his grandmother on the maternal side was Ellen Given. Mr. McCleary received a good common school education and was reared in the faith of the Catholic church in 1851, while he was yet a small boy, he came too New York on board a sailing. vessel which consumed six weeks and three days in making the voyage. On the way over he was looked after by Julia Haley, a member of a neighboring family in Ireland. His mother had died some years before and his father had come over in 1848. For some years the boy made his headquarters at Mauch Chunk, Penn., his first employment in America having been as a driver of horses on the Lehigh canal at five dollars a month. In June, 1861, he and his father arrived in Point Pleasant Township, where they found work by the month among farmers. In 1868, Thomas McCleary bought eighty acres of land of Mr. Harding, which he has improved and on which he has prospered as a farmer and stockraiser. His father died in 1865 and about that time Mr. McCleary's brothers, Anthony and Patrick, and his sister, Bessie, came too the township, whence they removed eventually too Henderson County. Anthony married Johanna Browick, Patrick married Miss L. Kelly and Bessie married James Donovan, who is dead. Mrs. Margaret Sheridan, daughter of Mr. McCleary's uncle, Patrick McCleary, is Mr. McCleary's housekeeper. Her mother was Ellen McCleary, a native of County Mead, Ireland. Mr. McCleary is a Democrat.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/county/warren/1903_his_7_war.htm#CHAPTER_XLVII
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thos. MC CLEARY Self S Male W 43 IRE Farmer IRE IRE
Marg. SHARIDAN Cousin W Female W 28 WALES Housekeeper IRE IRE
John MC CLEARY Nephew S Male W 6 PA IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Point Pleasant, Warren, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254256
NA Film Number T9-0256
Page Number 270A
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