Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....O'Brien, M. G. September 1, 1846 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

O'Brien, M.G., Ilion, was born in Troy, N.Y., September 1, 1846, and after 
graduating at St. John's college, Fordham, N.Y., he entered the wholesale 
grocery house of Knapp & Walradt in Troy.  He afterwards was three years 
surveying for the Iron Mountain Railroad company in Missouri, Arkansas and 
Texas.  In 1874 he located at Ilion, and was connected with the Remington 
armory for twelve years.  In 1879 he established the insurance and real estate 
business, which he still successfully conducts.  Was elected justice of the 
peace in 1880 for four years, and elected police justice in 1892.  Mr. O'Brien 
is an earnest Republican in politics.  He is executor for several estates and 
has a high reputation.  In 1886 Mr. O'Brien married Miss Nellie H. Ryan, of 
Ilion.  They have two sons and one daughter.

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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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