Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Dunleavy, John F 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 25, 2006, 11:16 pm Author: History Grundy County 1882 John F. Dunleavy, farmer, P. O. Coal City, was born November 22, 1845, in England; is a son of Michael and Sarah Dunleavy, natives of Ireland and the parents of seven children - Martin, Michael, William, Daniel, Mary, John F. and Ann. The parents emigrated to Wisconsin in 1846, and in 1855 to Illinois, settling where our subject now lives, where they died, the father in 1874 and the mother in 1876; they were Catholics. Our subject obtained a fair education; enlisted in Company B, Fourth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, on January 1, 1864, and remained until its close; was never married; has a family keeping house for him; owns 160 acres of fine land. He is raising the Holstein cattle, Poland-China hogs and Clydesdale horses. He votes the Greenback ticket. He lost his health to some extent in the war. Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/dunleavy334nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb