Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Daly, Peter June 16, 1838 - 
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PETER DALY, farmer, section 20, Denver Township, is a son of Thomas and 
Elizabeth (Agen) Daly, natives of 

Ireland and of Irish descent.  He was born in the town of Galloway, Ireland, 
June 16, 1838.  At the tender 

age of eight years, he and a younger sister came by themselves to America, 
landing at New York, June 28, 

1844.  Shortly afterward he went to Long Island to work on a farm for nine 
months, thence to Saratoga 

County for a year, thence to New York City, where he engaged himself as cabin 
boy on a steamer.  He 

remained here some time, and then, in company with his brother, came to 
Michigan and settled on a farm of 

timber land in what is now known as Climax Prairie, Kalamazoo County.  They 
succeded in cultivating a farm 

that took the first premium at the State fair for five consecutive years.  Mr. 
Daly then removed to Grand 

Rapids, where he was employed on the steamboat Empire, as steersman, on Grand 
River, until 1856, when he 

sailed on Lake Michigan one year.  While on the lake he was accidentally 
thrown overboard one midnight in 

November, and almost Miraculously rode the waves for 12 hours on a part of a 
bale of shingles, when he was 

finally picked up by a passing vessel.  After this he came to White Lake, 
Muskegon County, where he has 

since been engaged as pilot during the summer season, and winters engaged as 
foreman in the camps of the 

pineries of this and Oceana Counties.

In 1867 Mr. Daly purchased 80 acres of land in Denver Township, which he has 
partly improved, and has 

since bought 90 acres more, partly under cultivation.  Dec. 26, 1868, he was 
married, at Whitehall, to 

Miss Annie L. Rossiter, daughter of Jeremiah and Bridget (Fortune) Rossiter, 
natives of Wexford, Ireland, 

where Anna was born, March 4, 1850.  When 18 months old her parents emigrated 
to Lower Canada, and after 

three years came to Port Huron, Mich.  Here she received her education, and 
afterwards came to Denver 

Township, where she has since resided.  Mr. and Mrs. Daly are the parents of 
seven children:  Maggie, born 

April 25, 1869; Katie, June 30, 1871; Nellie, Sept. 17, 1873; Anna S., May 24, 
1876; John, April 11, 1878; 

Jennie, Aug. 15, 1881; Bessie M., born Jan. 20, 1868; died April 3, 1868.  
They are active members of the 

Roman Cathlic Church.  Mr. D. has held the office of School Director and 
Postmaster for 13 years, and in 

politics is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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