Genesee-Livingston-Shiawassee County MI Archives Biographies.....McCarthy, Dennis J. 1847 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

DENNIS J. McCARTHY. The genial member of the firm of D. J. McCarthy & Co.,
dealers in lumber, lath, shingles, sewer pipe, etc., is he whose name appears
above. He is a man of whose success it is not at all surprising to learn, for
his personality is distinguished by the rare magnetism that adds power to his
fine appearance. He has been very successful and in financial circles is one of
the most substantial men of Fenton, Genesee County. Mr. McCarthy was born in
Livingston County, this State, April 13, 1847. He is a son of Dennis J. and
Catherine (Callaghan) McCarthy, both natives of Ireland. Our subject's father
came to this country, when quite young. He located in New York and later removed
to Canada. He was first employed as a deck hand on a Lake Erie steamer and was
on the water for about fourteen years, during which time he was advanced to the
position of second mate. After leaving the lakes he located on a farm in
Deerfield Township, Livingston County, and there died in 1851 at the age of
thirty-six years. Our subject's mother died in 1863. They were the parents of
five children, four of whom are still living.

  Mr. McCarthy is the youngest member of his family. He was reared on his
father's farm in Livingston County and received his first knowledge of books in
a little log house in the district he attended. He supplemented his school work
by his study in the evenings by the light of the tallow candle or by the hickory
fire that blazed and sparkled on the hearth. He began working on the farm when
eleven years old, learning to drive two yoke of oxen, for which he received ten
cents a day. He continued to work until twenty-three years of age. At the age of
eighteen he began to learn the carpenter's trade and worked at that until he was
married, when he devoted his time to farming in Tyrone Township, where he had
procured a tract of land and continued on it for about ten years.

  In 1881 Mr. McCarthy removed to Fenton and two years later he became
interested in the lumber business, to which he has since devoted himself. Our
subject was married June 21, 1871, to Miss Catherine Strickland, who was born in
Deerfield Township, Livingston County. One child has been at once the comfort
and care of his devoted parents. He is named Jesse and was born June 29, 1879.

  He of whom we write affiliates with the Democrats. While a resident of Tyrone
he held various positions, having been Highway Commissioner and Justice of the
Peace for three years; he was also Supervisor for two years. His party have
delegated him to conventions many times and he has been actively interested in
local politics. Mr. McCarthy is the owner of one hundred acres of land on
section 19, Tyrone Township, Livingston County. The firm with which he is at
present connected does an extensive business.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties, Michigan,
Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the 
Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892

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