Obituary of Charles M. Dolan (b.1870 d.1937), Swift County, MN

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C. M. Dolan  Danvers Pioneer Merchant Dead

C.M. Dolan, pioneer, Danvers merchant and a resident of Swift County for sixty  
years, died at his home in Danvers at 9:30 o'clock Sunday evening, January 24,  
following an influenza attack/  He had been in poor health the last four years.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Visitacion, Danvers, at 10;00  
o'clock Wednesday morning, January 27.  Rev. F. M. Fairley will officiate.   
Burial with be made in the church cemetery.
Mr. Dolan moved to Danvers in 1904 after farming in West Bank township for many  
years and operated a meat market there until a few years ago.  He was active in  
the civic life of the village, serving as mayor and as councilman for several  
years, and as a member of the school board for the twelve year period from 1920-
1932.
Charles M. Dolan was born in Boston Mass. on March 10, 1870, the son of Thomas  
and Cecelia Dolan and was 66 years, ten months and fourteen days old at the time  
of his death.  His parents brought their family west in 1877 and homesteaded in  
West Bank township that fall.  Charles was married to Miss Mary Claire Gallagher  
at the Church of the Visitation, Danvers, on November 4, 1896.  They lived on  
the farm in West Bank until moving to Danvers in 1904.
Mr. Dolan is survived by his wife and eleven children, six daughters and five  
sons.
Mrs. G. E. (Laura) Quigley,  Mrs. D.L. (Clara) Connolly and J. C. (Margaret)  
Aylmer of Benson, C.T. Dolan of Willmar,  E. F. Dolan of DeGraff,  Miss  
Catherine M. Dolan of Olivia,  Miss Cecelia M. Dolan of Benson, Miss Rose C.,  
Vincent J. and Richard D. Dolan at home.  He is also survived by two brothers,  
Thomas R. and Frank E. Dolan, and one sister,  Miss Cecelia A. Dolan of West  
Bank.

Swift County News  1-26-1937