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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of Patrick McCabe
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 19:46:12 -0500


Surnames: McCabe, Dempsey, Condon, Fitz, Brennan

The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa...by Robert E. Flickinger.
Fonda: G. Sanborn, 1904.

McCabe, Patrick, an early pioneer that in 1856 located on sec. 24, was a
native of Ireland. He improved and enlarged his pre-emption to 160 acres. He
occupied it until his death and it is still in the possession of his wife
(Dempsey) and family. He was an honest and upright man, and enjoyed the
confidence of his fellow-citizens. He was one of the first trustees of the
township, and in 1862, becoming a member of the second board, served four
years as a county supervisor.
His family consisted of seven children:
Annie married John Condon, a farmer, who owns a large farm in Webster
county, and has raised a large family.
Kate is in a Sisters' school at Dubuque.
Alice married Thomas Fitz, and lives on a farm in Jackson township.
Peter, owner of 160 acres, lives with his mother at the old home.
Margaret married Michael Fitz and located on a farm in Humboldt county,
where she died about 1890.
James J. married a daughter of Thomas Brennan, owns a farm of 80 acres on
sec. 24 and has three children.
Elizabeth married John Condon and lives in Wisconsin.


Cathy Joynt Labath
The Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm


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