Rev. W. J. Connaughton Biography


	This biography appears on page 1158 in "History of Dakota 
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				REV. W. J. CONNAUGHTON. 

	Rev. W. J. Connaughton, pastor of the Sacred Heart church at 
Burke, was born in August, 1880, at Rochester, New York, a son of Peter 
and Mary Connaughton. The father has passed away, but the mother is now 
living at Rochester, New York. The son pursued his early education in 
the parochial schools of Rochester and, having determined to become a 
representative of the priesthood, continued his education in the 
College of The Fathers of the Holy Cross at Montreal, where he pursued 
his philosophical and theological studies and was then ordained, taking 
holy orders in December, 1912. His first mission was at Hot Springs, 
South Dakota, and later he was transferred to Lead as assistant priest, 
there continuing until October, 1913, when he was appointed to the 
Sacred Heart church at Burke. He also has charge of the Catholic 
congregations at Herrick, Paxton and Carlock, numbering altogether 
about seventy-five families. 

	Rev. Connaughton holds membership with the Black Hills Council of 
the Knights of Columbus. He enjoys outdoor exercise and finds in this 
needed recreation after his arduous work in behalf of the church. He is 
devoted to the interests of his congregation and has promoted its 
spiritual and material growth to a marked degree since his transferal 
to Burke.