Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....McCloskey, John P. 1860 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN P. McCLOSKEY.

   John P. McCloskey, farmer, Deer Creek, Washington township, Carroll county,
was born on May 21, 1860, in Hamilton county, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and
Mary (Boyer) McCloskey. He grew to young manhood on his father's farm, receiving
his education at the district schools. After his marriage, Mr. McCloskey moved
on his present farm of sixty-six and one-half acres, situated half a mile east
of the Michigan road, in Washington township, which has always been his home.
Politically, he has always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never taken an
active interest in politics, although thoroughly interested in the advancement
of his township. Mr. McCloskey and all his family are members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.

   Daniel McCloskey, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ohio, and
was a son of John McCloskey. He spent his youth on his father's farm, and was
united in marriage, in Hamilton county, Ohio, with Mary Boyer, and lived there
until 1866, when they came to the McCloskey homestead, where they bought eighty
acres, and remained here until his death, which occurred on September 18, 1900.
Mr. McCloskey always believed in making every move count, and the only result
that could return from such a basis, placed him in a class with the most
successful farmers of his time. His widow still survives him and is living on
the old home place.

   They were the parents of seven children, Sarah E.; John P.; James Andrew,
deceased; Charley W. lives in Cass county, Indiana; Margaret, died at the age of
one year; Judge David lives in Cass county, and Lewis H., who resides on the old
home place with his mother.

   John McCloskey, the paternal grandfather, was of Irish lineage, and his wife
was of German descent. They lived and died in Hamilton county, Ohio.

   John P. McCloskey was united in marriage on March 10, 1887, with Ella Blue,
daughter of Uriah Blue, of Cass county, this state. She was born on September
20, 1862, in Cass county, and was educated in the district schools. She died on
February 9, 1901. To Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey were born three children, Elsie, who
became the wife of Rollie Campbell; Daniel Ellis, who is married and living on a
farm in Jackson township; and Elda, a student at school.

   Mr. McCloskey is a man well liked and highly appreciated for his progressive
citizenship and his congenial fellowship.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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