Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Whelan, John 1870 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  JOHN WHELAN owns and farms 200 acres of land in Summit Lake township, his home

place being on the southeast quarter of section 12. He is a native of Kings

county, Ireland, and was born Aug. 3, 1870. His father was a gardener, William

Whelan by name. He died in his native land in January, 1876, at the age of 55

years. The mother of our subject is Bessie (Coolohan) Whelan, who is now eighty

years of age and who makes her home with her son.



  In the fall of 1883, accompanied by his mother and two sisters, John Whelan

came to America. For eight years the family lived in Benton county, Iowa, and

then moved to Nobles county. It was in the spring of 1892 that Mr. Whelan came

to the county and bought of Peter Thompson, of Worthington, the farm upon which

he has ever since resided.



  Mr. Whelan was married in Summit Lake township May 22, 1901, to Minnie Mohr,

daughter of Fred Mohr, of Elk township. Mr. Whelan is a member of the Catholic

church and of the Odd Fellows lodge of Worthington.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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