Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Karns, Thomas 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Karns, Thomas – Too much cannot be said in praise of the enterprising Grundy 
County farmers who have brought their calling up to its present high standing 
and developed to an almost perfect condition, the property they own.  One of 
these progressive agriculturists is Thomas Kearns(sic) of Highland Township, 
born in County Wexford, Ireland, August 26, 1865, a son of Michael and Mary 
(Dugan) Karns, both of whom passed away in Ireland where they had been born 
and reared.

In 1888 Thomas Karns came to Grundy County and began working as a farm hand, 
thus continuing for three years.  For the next twelve years he rented land, 
but in 1904 was able to buy 120 acres in Highland Township, to which he has 
since added eighty acres so that he now has 200 acres all of which he operates 
with very desirable results.  Mr. Karns married Bridget Kelley, born in County 
Wexford, Ireland, who came to the United States in girlhood.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Karns became the parents of three children:  George, who is at home; Leo, who 
is of Bloomington, Ill., and Ella.  Mrs. Karns died January 7, 1904, having 
been a faithful wife and mother.  Mr. Karns is a Catholic.  Politically he is 
a Democrat, but has never sought office, being too much occupied with his own 
affairs.

page 845

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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