Bio of REGAN, Joseph M. (b.1861), 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 826
JOSEPH M. REGAN
Joseph M. Regan, member of the Regan Brothers Company of Minneapolis, was born
in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 12, 1861, the son of Michael and Mary
(Gallagher) Regan. After completing the course given in the public schools of
Cincinnati, Joseph Regan attended the Hughes high school of that city and St.
Xavier College. In 1884, at the age of twenty-three, he came to Minneapolis to
become associated with his two older brothers, William M. and John J. Regan, who
were engaged in the bakery business. He is now secretary and treasurer of the
Regan Brothers Company, one of the substantial business concerns of the city, of
which an extended account appears on another page of this work. In the nearly
forty years that he has been connected with this industry he has borne his share
of the responsibility for its successful management and development and been an
important factor in the promotion of its prosperity.
On the 4th of June, 1901, Mr. Regan was married to Miss Margaret Flaherty, and
they have a family of five children: Joseph F., Margaret, Louis J., Barbara A.,
and Vincent Paul. The oldest son, Joseph, was educated at St. Thomas College,
St. Paul, where he took the course in military training. He was only sixteen
years old in 1917, when the United States entered the World war, but he was
determined to enlist in the army. He was, of course, immediately barred out
because of extreme youth. However, he succeeded in getting into an officers'
training camp and passed the examination for a commission, but here again his
lack of years counted against him and he was denied a commission. In its stead
he was given a diploma entitling him to be an instructor in military matters in
any military academy or school in this country.
Mr. Regan is a member of the Lafayette, Automobile, Minneapolis Athletic and
Manufacturers clubs of this city and takes a deep interest in the development of
this phase of Minneapolis life. Fraternally he has attained the fourth degree in
the Knights of Columbus order. An officer in one of the old established and
thriving industries of the city, he is regarded as one of the representative
business men and substantial citizens of Minneapolis, as are all the Regan
brothers.