Bio of McDonough, Thomas (b.1836) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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McDonough, Thomas, was born in County Galway, Ireland, sometime in the
month of December, 1836, and was the seventh child of Bartley and Maria
(Hurney) McDonough. When about seventeen he came to America in company
with his mother and two sisters. In 1854 or 1855 his father died of yellow
fever in Virginia, and his mother, soon after her arrival in America,
departed this life at Alexandria, Pennsylvania, in which place the family
had located. Thomas worked on public works near this place for a short
time and then became a steamboat hand on the river. He also worked on a
New Orleans cotton-press for awhile. During his sojourn in this latter
city he became acquainted with Mary Malloy, to whom he was married
December 27, 1857, this lady being, like himself, a native of Ireland, and
the daughter of Charles and Mary (Donlevy) Malloy. The following spring
they came to Wabasha county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres on
sections 12 and 13, in Highland township, which was the nucleus of his
present possessions, numbering four hundred and forty acres. Of their
family of five children four are still living: Mary, born February 21,
1859; Patrick, born February 20, 1862; Bartley, born August 16, 1863, now
a clerk in Belvidere, Minnesota; Anthony, born August 4, 1870. During the
rebellion Mr. McDonough worked on the government transports. In 1863 Gov.
Ramsey commissioned him as second lieutenant of the 8th Minn. Militia. He
is also a prominent member of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society
and of the Highland Catholic church. Is a democrat in politics, and has
been five times a member and chairman of the board of supervisors.