Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....HENNESSY, Martin I. 1868 - living in 1899
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  MARTIN I. HENNESSY. Prominent among the influential and enterprising business
  men of the town of Bloomsburg, is the gentleman whose name heads this narrative,
  who is proprietor of the Bloomsburg Bottling Works. He was born in Centralia,
  Columbia County, Pa., September 17, 1868, and is a son of John and Catherine
  (Larkin) Hennessy.
  
    John Hennessy was a native of County Galway, Ireland, and at the age of
  twenty-one years he left his native country, came to the United States and
  engaged in mining until his death. His latter days were spent in Centralia,
  Columbia County. Mr. Hennessy was united in the bonds of wedlock to Catherine
  Larkin and a family of five children was born to them, namely: Martin I., the
  subject of this personal history; John; Mary; Thomas; and Catherine. His widow
  now resides in Bloomsburg.
  
    Our subject received his intellectual training in the public schools of
  Centralia and at the age of nine years he began work in the breakers of that
  town; at the age of sixteen years he went with his father and engaged in mining
  for four years. He then learned the trade of a plasterer and bricklayer, which
  occupation he followed five years. At the age of twenty-five years he purchased
  the Bloomsburg Bottling Works, which was established by Mr. O'Blosser who was
  succeeded by his wife, she by Peter Gross and he upon his death by E. P.
  Cameron, who was succeeded by our subject in 1894. When Mr. Hennessy took
  possession of the establishment it had a small trade, but by the closest
  attention and honest dealings he has succeeded in building up a large and paying
  patronage. He handles over 2,000 barrels of beer and various kinds of carbonated
  drinks and has an extensive patronage in Bloomsburg and the surrounding villages.
  
    Mr. Hennessy formed a matrimonial alliance with Clara Gross, a daughter of
  Peter and Philopina (Young) Gross. Peter Gross was born in Swarton, Rheinpfalz,
  Bavaria, Germany, June 20, 1825, and during his youthful days he learned the
  trade of a stone-mason. In 1860 he came with his family to the United States and
  located in Kingston, Pa., and later moved to Danville, Pa., where he followed
  the puddlers trade. In 1871 he migrated to Bloomsburg and purchased the
  O'Blosser Bottling Works, which he rebuilt and enlarged, carrying on the
  business until his death, November 21, 1890. He wedded Philopina Young and they
  reared a large family of children, namely: Jacob, deceased; Philip, deceased;
  David; Margaret, the wife of Charles Ball; Lena, who married John Denniker;
  Daniel, deceased; William, a resident of Bloomsburg; Clara, the wife of our
  subject; Peter; Elizabeth; and John.
  
    To our subject and wife were born two children: John, born in Bloomsburg, June
  22, 1894; and Frances Clara, born in Bloomsburg, November 26, 1897. Mrs.
  Hennessy departed this life January 3, 1899. Our subject is interested in local
  and general matters and politically votes the straight Democratic ticket. He is
  a valued member of the community and by his upright dealings and habits of
  thrift and industry has secured the confidence and esteem of his neighbors.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
  
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