Warren County KyArchives Biographies.....Donnelly, John  1847 - not given
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Author: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886
JOHN DONNELLY, one of the leading builders and
contractors of Bowling  Green, was born in Ireland in 1847, is a son of
Hugh and Ellen (Mahon) Donnelly, both natives of the Emerald Isle.  The
father was a carpenter 
at sea, and served thirty years at that occupation.  John Donnelly was in
infancy brought by his parents to Canada, where he remained until 1862,
when he came to Kentucky.  While in Canada, Mr. Donnelly served a three
years' apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, and this has been his life
work.  In 1881 he came to Bowling Green, where he has since resided.  For
two years he as the superintendent of the Bowling Green Planing-mill, for
Forbes Bros., of this city.  In January 1885, he formed a partnership with
Drewry B. Dearing, in the contracting and building business.  The marriage
of Mr. Donnelly occurred, in 1875, with Mary Rose, of Covington, Tenn.
Politically he is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church.  Mrs.
Donnelly is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  Mr. Donnelly
is a man of untiring energy and enterprising spirit.



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