Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....McCool, Michael September 18, 1821 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

MICHAEL McCOOL, farmer, section 5, Garfield Township, was born in County 
Donegal, Ireland, Sept. 18, 1821, 

and is a son of Bernard and Ann (Cleary) McCool, natives of the Emerald Isle.
In 1848 he came to the United States, accompanied by his sister Margaret, who 
now resides at Glens Falls, 

Warren Co., N.Y., where Mr. McCool lived seven years.  In 1854 he went to 
South Carolina, and afte a stay 

of one year in the vicinity of Charleston he came to Newaygo, arriving in 
August, 1855.  He entered the 

employ of the Newaygo Company and worked as a lumberman eight years, operating 
a large proportion of the 

time as a saw-mill assistant.  After the failure of the company, by which he 
ost a considerable sum, he 

went to New Orleans, and a year later returned to Newaygo.  In 1858 he 
invested his savings in 80 acres of 

land, on which he settled and where he has since resided.  He has increased 
his estate to 160 acres, and 

has placed 70 acres in a first-class state of cultivation.  He has cleared all 
the land by his own efforts 

and erected a comfortable and convenient residence.

Mr. McCool was married in Newaygo, Nov. 5, 1864, to Elizabeth, daughter of 
Martin and Mary Cavaney, who 

was born March 17, 1840, in Canada.  Five children have been born to them:  
Mary A., Edward, Catherine, 

Frank and Michael.  The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

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

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