Obit of John KIERNAN (d.1908), Sibley Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Dwight Grabitske ========================================================================= Arlington Enterprise Thursday 13 August 1908 John Kiernan Dead Last Friday afternoon a shadow of gloom was cast over this community when the sudden death of Mr. John Kiernan was announced. It was hard to realize that he had gone to his heavenly home for he was only a few hours before the same as usual. The cause of his death being heart failure. Mr. John Kiernean was born in County Cavin, Ireland, Sept. 8, 1829. Came to America in 1848 landing in Johnstown, Pa., where he conducted a blacksmith shop for the miners. A year later he was married, and three children were born to them. In the year 1860 he imigrated to Washington Lake township where he took up a claim and built a log house, in which he opened up a blacksmith shop. In 1865 he was again married to Margaret O’Brien and three children were born to them, viz; Kathryn and Michael of this place, and Mrs. R. C. Winnipeg. In the year 1884 he moved his blacksmith shop into this village and conducted the business until several years ago when he retired.