JOHN DOLAN, farmer and stock-raiser; resides in Sec. 12; P.O. Charlotte; born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1816. He married Catharine Murphy, native of same county; he came to the United States in 1848; he lived one and a half years in Rutland Co., Vt.; then removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he lived about three years; he then went to Illinois; remained one year, and came to Clinton Co. in 1854; purchased part of his present farm in 1855; has eleven children -- Martin, Thomas, Kate, Mary F., Ann I., Sarah E., Michael, Eliza, Theresa, James and Eva Alicelis; has lost three sons and two daughters. Mr. Dolan owns about seven hundred acres of land; he is one of the most successful farmers of Clinton Co.; he came to the county twenty-five years ago, a poor man; has now several fine farms, well stocked and improved.
DOLANFrom the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)
JOHN DOLAN, farmer and stock-raiser; resides in Sec. 12; P.O. Charlotte; born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1816. He married Catharine Murphy, native of same county; he came to the United States in 1848; he lived one and a half years in Rutland Co., Vt.; then removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he lived about three years; he then went to Illinois; remained one year, and came to Clinton Co. in 1854; purchased part of his present farm in 1855; has eleven children -- Martin, Thomas, Kate, Mary F., Ann I., Sarah E., Michael, Eliza, Theresa, James and Eva Alicelis; has lost three sons and two daughters. Mr. Dolan owns about seven hundred acres of land; he is one of the most successful farmers of Clinton Co.; he came to the county twenty-five years ago, a poor man; has now several fine farms, well stocked and improved.
DOLAN BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF CLINTON RESIDENTS (Pgs 669-697) From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)
MARTIN DOLAN, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Bryant; he was born in 1812, in Ireland. In 1847, he came to Quebec ; in 1853, he came to Clinton County. He owns 600 acres of land. Married Bridget Ruddy in 1842 ; she was born in Ireland. Have ten children-Margaret, Ann, Patrick and Michael (twins), Kate, James, Ellen, ,John, Mary and Martin. Patrick enlisted in 1863, in Co. K, 26th Iowa V. I., and served to the end of the war.
DOLANWolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa; Vol 2; B.F. Bowen & Co; Indianapolis, Indiana: 1911
A descendant of an honored and prominent pioneer family of Clinton county and a man of great influence in local financial and industrial circles is Martin Dolan, vice-president of the Charlotte Savings Bank, a man in whom there is a union of such commendable attributes that it is safe to say he would wrest success from whatever line of endeavor to which he might turn his attention. Like other leaders of our citizenship here, Mr. Dolan comes to us from the old Empire state, having been born at Utica, New York, November 1, 1852.
He was reared to farm pursuits and received a good exemplary education in the district schools.
He started his place with the usual difficulties incident to life in a new country, but he developed an excellent farm from the raw prairie, being a hard worker and a good manager, and he always kept a large acreage in a high state of cultivation, making elaborate and substantial improvements, having one of the largest and best improved farms in the county, finally reaching the goal of his ambitions in the farming line. He took a great interest in educating his children. In later life he relaxed somewhat from the hard toil of his earlier years.
He was always an extensive stock raiser and often bought stock to make up car loads and would feed them out for the market and ship them to Chicago. As soon as his son, Martin, was old enough he gave him charge of the stock shipping, and he assisted his father, in fact, in all branches of his extensive operations.
When John Dolan first came to this county he found a wild country, sparsely settled, where much game abounded. His nearest trading point was Lyons, that being before the days of Clinton. He also did much of his trading at Camanche. There were but a few houses between his place and Lyons and he felt the lack of good roads and many other things such as we of today enjoy, but he was a man of sterling characteristics and nothing daunted him, and he became prominent as a farmer and stock man, being influential and highly respected throughout the locality.
He liked to relate reminiscences of the early days when he did his milling at the old historic mill at Hauntown on the Elk river. Wheat often sold as low as forty cents per bushel, pork three dollars per one hundred pounds; later he received as high as thirteen dollars and fifty cents per one hundred pounds for his pork. He was a keen observer and kept well posted. He was a highly educated man, having attended good schools in his native land, and he could read and write the Gaelic language.
He was a business man of more than ordinary ability and he did a noble work in starting the physical and moral development of the county and in laying the foundations for good government, and no man is worthier of a place in the history of Clinton county than he.
Politically, Mr. Dolan was a strong Democrat and he never failed to vote; he always endeavored to use his influence to get good men on the ticket, but never aspired to political office himself. He was a good mixer and had a host of friends. He was charitable to the needy and a good friend of the afflicted and homeless. His integrity and honor were above reproach.
He was a loyal member of the Catholic church and he brought up his children in that faith and they are devoted to the mother church, three daughters having become sisters and are devoting their lives to the church. Patrick Murphy, father of Catherine Murphy, wife of John Dolan, was for the market. He was a plain, quiet home man, a worthy member of the Catholic church. [He was a] native of Ireland, where he married and from which country he emigrated to Clinton county, Iowa, in 1853, where he brought raw land and improved a good farm, becoming prominent as a general farmer and stock raiser, feeding cattle. He spent the rest of his life in this county. In his family were six children, the mother of Martin Dolan, of this review, being the second in order of birth.
Thirteen children were born to Mr and Mrs John Dolan, eleven of whom grew to maturity, namely: Martin, of this review; Thomas, Catherine; Mary, Sister Genivieve, of Washington, D.C.; Ann, Sister Angelica of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin; Sarah, Sister Josepha, at Rockwell, Iowa; Eliza, Michael, Jane, Theresa, and Eva. The mother of these children, a woman of beautiful traits, passed to her rest in 1889 and the father in 1897. Martin Dolan, the son, was a small child when he was brought to this county by his parents. He remained under his parental roof, assisting with the general work about the place and attending the district schools until his marriage, when he took up farming for himself and engaged in general farming and stock raising, carrying forward the work inaugurated by his father. He bought, fed and shipped large numbers of catle, hogs, and other live stock at all seasons, continuing to give his attention almost exclusively to general farming, stock raising, and shipping and has been very successful and ranks with the leading business men and citizens of his community. At the late re organizing of the Charlotte Savings Bank he bought stock and was made vice-president at the meeting of the first directory, having assisted in the organization; he is also a director in this institution and he has continued to hold these positions, discharging his duties in a manner that reflects much credit upon his ability and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He is president of the Woodmen Association, which is working for the general advancement of the town of Charlotte. They have erected a substantial brick house, the lower floor being occupied by the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank and the upper floor by the Woodmen lodge. Mr. Dolan is a member of the Woodmen of America and the Knights of Columbia. He was reared in the Catholic church and has adhered to that faith tenaciously. Politically, he is loyal to the Democratic party, and he has filled the office of county supervisor by appointment; in fact, he has filled all township offices and for the past twenty-three years he has been treasurer of the school board, which office he yet holds. He is a strong worker in the party and all the positions of trust he had been called upon to fill he has discharged in a most faithful manner, reflecting credit upon himself and giving general satisfaction. He keeps well advised on all current matters. He has been very successful in all relations with the business world and is an excellent financier, by nature an organizer and promoter, a man of sound judgment and scrupulously honest. Martin Dolan was married to Ellen Burk, who was born in Clinton county, Iowa, September 17, 1860, the daughter of a prominent and highly respected family and she herself a lady of refinement and many strong characteristics. She is the daughter of Patrick Burk, a native of Ireland, and an early settler in Clinton county, where he improved a good farm and carried on general farming and stock raising and became prominent in his community. He was a Democrat, but led a quiet life, never aspiring to public office. He was a worthy member of the Catholic church, and in his family were eleven children, Ellen, wife of the subject, being the fourth in order of birth.
There were eighteen children born to Mr and Mrs Dolan, thirteen of whom are still living, all educated and well established in life. They are, Gertrude, a school teacher; John is farming in Cavour, South Dakota; Regina, a Sister is located at Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jerome is farming in this county; Oswald is farming in Washington township, Iowa; Benaditti and Martin are at home; Patrick is attending school in Dubuque, Iowa; Thomas is also living in Dubuque; Theresa is at home; Justin, Benita and Cyrella are all at home. Martin Dolan started on a tour of Europe in the spring of 1910, visiting England and Ireland, the land of his ancestors, making a thorough tour of that country, her places of historic interest and renown, old churches, the tombs of many of her famous early leaders, great monuments, beautiful lakes, the homesteads of his forebears, his trip not only resulting in a great deal of pleasure, but profit in an intellectual way also, and his diary, which he kept all during his sojourn abroad, is very interesting and instructive. Mr. Dolan is planning to retire from the farm to Charlotte, where he erected in 1910 a modernly equipped, commodious, attractive, and in fact, one of the finest residences in this part of the county. This is one of the best known and most highly respected families in Clinton county and its several members are in every way deserving of the high esteem in which they have always been held.
DOLAN Hanah 1830 1894 Greenwood Cedar Falls twp. Orig. blk.11 DOLAN John 1833 1895 Greenwood Cedar Falls twp. blk.11 DOLAN John 1850 1915 Calvary Waterloo twp. blk.1, lot 125 DOLAN Martin - - - 4-17-1926 Fairview E.Waterloo twp. blk.18, lot 167 (Ia. headquarters troop 86th div.) DOLAN Thomas 1820 1910 Calvary Waterloo twp. blk.2 lot 98
Re: John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s, IowaPosted by: RoxanneDate: January 16, 2000 at 11:09:10 In Reply to: John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s, Iowa by Robert Dolan of 2848 Robert, I am unsure if there is a connection, but my ggg grandmother Malvina Dolan was born in 1834 to James Dolan and Nancy? in Waterford, OH. After Nancy died, the family moved to Cedar Cty, IA where James remarried to a Mrs. Amanda Stratton. The reason I question a connection is because I know my Malvina corresponded with a woman in Willipia, WA who was some sort of family member. Perhaps cousin? I have a letter where whe she listed her children and said her name was now Mary E. Hart....could that be your Mary Ellen? Let me know what you think.
Re: John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s, IowaPosted by: Nancy SmithDate: June 06, 2000 at 19:36:39 In Reply to: Re: John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s, Iowa by Roxanne of 2848 The Mary E. Hart mentioned was Harley Dolan's wife. He was a brother to Malvina Dolan Peacock. Harley Dolan died in South Bend, WA in 1881. Mary then remarried to John Hart and lived out her life in Willipa, WA. Another brother to Malvina, Josiah Dolan was my 2 GG.
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Calvary Cemetery Listing
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Black Hawk County, Iowa
Thomas Dolan and Mary Costello, Black Hawk County, Iowa Change to Thread View Sort Oldest FirstNewest First Thomas Dolan and Mary Costello, Black Hawk County, Iowa DavidMcGuire91 (View posts) Posted: 30 Mar 2004 11:10AM GMT Classification: Query Surnames: Dolan, McGuire, Costello Thomas Dolan: (1830-1910) born in Ireland, d. Iowa Mary Costello: (1840-1920) daughter of John and Ellen Costello, born in Ireland. Thomas and Mary had eight children: 1. Margaret Elizabeth Dolan, (b. 1867 in Iowa, d. 1937 in MN) married: 1891 to William Francis McGuire, (1867-1923) 2. Mary E. Dolan, (b. 1869 - d. 1951) married: 1892 to George Francis McGuire, (1856-1931) (brother of William) 3. Ellen Dolan, (b. 1870) married: Charles Ruby 4. Agnes Dolan, (b.1872) married: Jack Kelly 5. John Dolan, (b. 1875) No Information 6. Anna Dolan, (b. 1877) No Information 7. Catherine Dolan, (b.1879) No Information 8. Martin Dolan, (b.1883) No Information, except that he had a daughter: Mary Marjorie Dolan who married John I. H. Paul in Cedar Falls, Iowa, September 25, 1946 at St. Patrick's Church.Thomas Dolan and Mary Costello, Black Hawk County, Iowa edwardcostello_1 (View posts) Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:21PM GMT Classification: Query Surnames: Costello, Reilly David: I am seeking more information on the parents of Mary Costello (1840-1920). One if my ancestors was John Costello (+/-1805-1875) who mmigrated from Ireland to Peterborough, Canada about 1844. He was married to a Johanna Reilly in Ireland, but she died there, and John arrived with four children: Patrick, Ellen, Hanorah and Edward (Ned). In a family tree submitted by Nutter on Ancestor.com, it is reported that John had a second wife (Ellen Burns) and that one of thier children was Mary Ellen Costello (1840-1920). Do you know if Mary Ellen Costello is the same person as the Mary Costello listed in your post? Thanks in advance for your help.
60. John Dolan was born Jun 1816 in County Mayo, Ireland, and died 2 Apr 1902 in Charlotte, Clinton Co, IOWA. He was the son of 120. Patrick Dolan and 121. Bridget "Mamio" McNamee. 61. Catherine Murphy was born Apr 1830 in County Mayo, Ireland, and died 15 Aug 1892 in Washington Twp., Clinton Co, IA. She was the daughter of 122. Patrick Murphy and 123. Sarah McDermott. Children of Catherine Murphy and John Dolan are: i. Patrick Dolan was born 1850 in Utica, NY, and died 10 Jun 1852 in near Charlotte, Clinton Co, IA. 30. ii. Martin Dolan was born 12 Nov 1852 in Utica, NY, and died 10 Sep 1928 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA. He married Ellen Claire Burke in Clinton Co, Iowa, daughter of Patrick Burke. She was born 1 Sep 1860 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 18 Feb 1931. iii. Thomas Cyril Dolan was born Nov 1854 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 1923. He married Mary Ellen "Mariah" Mooney 1885. She was born Sep 1858 in Ireland, and died 1942. iv. Catherine Dolan was born 1856/1857 in Iowa, and died 1935. She married Mike McKenna. v. Mary Dolan SR.GENEVIEVE CF. was born 1859 in Iowa, and died 1937 in Iowa. vi. Anne Dolan SR.ANGELICA CF. was born 1860 in Iowa, and died 1947. vii. Sarah Dolan SR. JOSEPHA was born 1862 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 1939. viii. Margaret Dolan was born 1863 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 1864 in Charlotte, Clinton Co, IA. ix. Michael Dolan was born 1865 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 1899. x. Elizabeth Dolan SR.M. SENITA was born 1866 in Iowa, and died 1897. xi. Peter J. Dolan was born 1867 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 1867 in age 3 mo., Clinton Co, IA. xii. Jane Dolan was born 1867 in Clinton Co, Iowa. xiii. Teresa "Tessie" Dolan was born 1868 in Iowa, and died 1947. xiv. John Dolan was born May 1870 in Clinton Co, Iowa, and died 1871 in ,Charlotte, iowa. xv. James Dolan was born 1872, and died 1952. xvi. Evarildas "Evie" Dolan was born 1875 in Iowa, and died 1953.
John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s,
Margaret Elizabeth Dolan Thomas was from County Cork
Re: John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s, IowaPosted by: David McGuireDate: October 09, 2001 at 23:44:40 In Reply to: Re: John Aloyisius Dolan, 1850s-1890s, Iowa by Roxanne of 2848 My Great Grandmother was Margaret Elizabeth Dolan, she married William Francis McGuire, they lived on a farm in Black Hawk County, Iowa, near Cedar Falls, inherited from William's father. Margaret was born Sept. 15, 1867, in Black Hawk County, her parents were Thomas Dolan and Mary Costello. Thomas was from County Cork, Mary was from Wisconsin. Their other children: John, Agnes (Dolan) Ruby, Mary (Dolan) McGuire, (married William's brother George)Ellen, Martin. Thomas Dolan: b. 1821 in Ireland, d. 1910. Waterloo, IA Mary Dolan: b. 1821 in Wisconsin, d. 1920, Waterloo, IA all buried in Calvary Cemetery. I wonder if there might be a connection.
By 1867 they have moved to Warrington, Lancashire
Family Surnames: Kavanagh, Kinvara, Galway John Dolan and Ellen Flaherty - (County Galway, Gaillimh, GAL (Province of Connaught, Connacht) - County Galway) I am researching information on JOHN DOLAN (born between 1836 and 1852) and ELLEN FLAHERTY (born between (1841 and 1850). John was a farm labourer. John and Ellen were born in Galway Ireland. By 1867 they have moved to Warrington, Lancashire. I believe they got married before their first child. The children were, Mary (1867), Margaret (1869) Michael (1871), Stephen (1874) Patrick (1875, Catherine (1876), Ellen (1879), john (1880) and James (1882). John died in Warrington in 1914 and Ellen died in 1907. Family Surnames: Dolan Flaherty