Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Donahue, Constantine G 1857 - 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

Constantine G. Donahue

Constantine G. Donahue, son-in-law of the gentleman whose sketch precedes 
this, Madison G. Haymond, is a hardware merchant of Morris, and one of the 
enterprising business men of the town.

Mr. Donahue, as the name suggests, is of Irish descent. His father, Patrick 
Donahue, was born on the Emerald Isle in 1821, and was first married in his 
native land, the marriage resulting in the birth of three children, - Mary, 
Jennie and Annie, - whom, he brought with him to the United States in 1851, 
his wife having died in Ireland previous to that date. They settled in Utica, 
New York, where he was subsequently married to Miss Ellen Gilna, a native of 
the same county in which he was born, - Longford.  She survives him and now 
resides with her son in Chicago, her age at this writing being seventy-seven 
years. After a short residence in Utica, Patrick Donahue removed with his 
family to Bennington, Vermont, where he worked at the potter’s trade, which he 
had learned in Ireland. They remained at Bennington until about 1859, when 
they came to Grundy county, Illinois.  Subsequently they lived two years in 
Michigan, but returned to Grundy county and located in Vienna township, where 
he died in 1868.  The children of his second marriage are as follows: John T., 
a lawyer of Chicago; Constantine G., whose name introduces this sketch; Peter, 
on the home farm in Vienna township, Grundy county; Rose, who is married and 
is a resident of Chicago; Tillie, residing in Chicago with her brother, John 
T.; and Michael, deceased.

Constantine G. Donahue was born in Bennington, Vermont, June 24, 1857, was 
eleven years old when his father died, and for ten years thereafter worked on 
a farm by the month, and after he reached his majority was for six or seven 
years engaged in farming on rented land. He spent one season in Nebraska and 
Dakota. In 1887 he engaged in the farming implement business in the town of 
Wauponsee, Grundy county, where he remained until November, 1898. That year he 
closed out his business there and with Albert Newport bought out Jacob Geisen, 
of Morris, and under the firm name of Donahue & Newport has since conducted a 
hardware and agricultural implement business at this place.

Mr. Donahue was married in January, 1897, to Miss Katie Haymond, who is 
referred to in the above sketch. Fraternally Mr. Donahue is a Knight of 
Pythias.

Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy Counties 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, pages 477-478

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