Bio of MOONEY, Myron C. (b.1855), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 698-699
MYRON C. MOONEY
Myron C. Mooney, who for almost thirty years was numbered among the business men
of Minneapolis, was born October 29, 1855, in what was then Newport, now Derby,
Vermont. His parents, Edward and Amanda (Smith) Mooney, were also natives of
that state and the family comes of Irish ancestry, the grandfather in the
paternal line having been a native of Ireland, whence he came to America in
early life and served his adopted country in the War of 1812. The ancestry of
the Smith family can be traced back to the Mayflower.
Reared in the Green Mountain state, Myron C. Mooney began his education at the
usual age in his native town and afterward learned his trade at Cambridge,
Massachu­setts, where the mother went with her children during the period of the
Civil war.
Myron C. Mooney continued to reside in New England until 1879, when at the age
of twenty-four years he sought the opportunities of the west, believing that in
this growing section of the country better advantages might be secured for rapid
business development. Accordingly, in 1879, he arrived in Minneapolis and in the
following year he instituted his business career by engaging in the meat trade,
being first located on Washington street, while later he conducted his store at
Nicollet avenue and Eighth street for many years. From the beginning his trade
developed and prospered and in the course of time he won a substantial measure
of success as the reward of his close application, indefatigable energy and
careful management.
In 1881 Mr. Mooney was united in marriage to Miss Cora L. Alien, a daughter of
George W. and Rhoda (Reynolds) Alien, who were natives of Maine and came to
Minneapolis in 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Mooney had one daughter, Alice Alien, who is
the wife of P. Otis Drayton, a resident of Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Mooney
died on the 12th of August, 1918, at the age of sixty-three years and he left
behind him many warm friends. He was not a member of any church but was always a
liberal sup­porter of religious work and ready to extend assistance in anything
pertaining to the upbuilding of Minneapolis. He held membership with the Masonic
fraternity, be­longing" to lodge, chapter, commandery and Mystic Shrine and in
his life he exempli­fied the beneficent spirit of the craft, which is based upon
a recognition of the brother­hood of man and the obligations thereby imposed.