Sullivan-Schuylkill County PA Archives Biographies.....Walsh, Alphonsus 1854 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  ALPHONSUS WALSH, one of the most prominent men and leading citizens of Sullivan
  county, was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1854, receiving his
  education in the public and private schools of Sullivan county, which he
  attended until sixteen years old, when he began teaching and followed that
  vocation for fourteen years. In 1878 he took up the study of law in the office
  of Thomson & Collins at Dushore, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1884.
  In the fall of 1886 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of
  prothonotary, register and recorder, and clerk of the court, holding office for
  nine consecutive years, during which time he was also burgess of Laporte
  borough. On retiring from these incumbencies he opened an office in Dushore,
  where he has built up a large and lucrative law practice. He is one of the
  leading Democrats in the county, was the party nominee for congress in 1896 and
  the county nominee for the same honor in 1898.He is a stockholder and director
  in the First National bank at Dushore, for which he is also attorney.
  
      Mr. Walsh was united in marriage June 10, 1893, to Miss Elizabeth Donahoe,
  daughter of Thomas Donahoe, of Cherry township, and to them has been born one
  daughter, Helen. The family are members of the Catholic church.
  
      John Walsh, father of our subject, was born in 1810, in county Kilkenny,
  Ireland, received a meager education in the public schools and earned a
  livelihood by tilling the soil. He emigrated to Canada in 1840 and a few years
  later came to the United States, locating in Albany, New York, whence, after a
  short sojourn, he removed to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and in the fall of 1856
  came to Sullivan county and purchased a farm in Cherry township, continuing to
  follow agricultural pursuits until his death, October 19, 1886. He married Miss
  Anna Burk, a native of his own country, and of this union were born nine
  children, as follows: Catherine, who became a Sister of Charity; Ella, Mary,
  James, Anna, Alphonsus, Teressa, Michael (who died on the eve of being ordained
  a priest), and Agnes. Alphonsus is the only living member of this family. John
  Walsh was an honest, hard-working farmer, respected by all who knew him. In his
  political principles he was a staunch Democrat and in religion a sincere member
  of the Catholic church. Mrs. Walsh was a woman of sterling qualities who devoted
  her married life to the welfare of her family and whose death occurred January
  11, 1894.
  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
          Extracted from: 
              
            History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
            by Thomas J. Ingham
              
         Compendium of Biography
              
               The Lewis Publishing Company
            Chicago: 1899
  
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