John E. Mulvihill Biography


	This biography appears on pages 660-661 in "History of Dakota 
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				JOHN E. MULVIHILL.  

	The farming interests of Lake county find a worthy representative 
in John E. Mulvihill, who resides on section 8, Farmington township. 
The county has drawn a considerable portion of its population from 
Fillmore county, Minnesota, and among those who have come from that 
district is John E. Mulvihill, who was born in Fillmore county on the 
9th of October, 1858, his parents being John and Margaret (Cox) 
Mulvihill. The father went to Minnesota during the period of pioneer 
development in Fillmore county and there entered a claim which he 
developed, sharing in the hardships and privations of frontier life 
while converting his land from wild prairie into richly cultivated 
fields. His wife has now passed away.  

	In the district schools John E. Mulvihill mastered the branches 
of learning that constituted the curriculum and afterward gave 
undivided attention to the farm work, assisting his father in 
cultivating and developing the fields until 1880, when he left home and 
came to Dakota territory, taking up his abode on section 8, Farmington 
township, and also securing a tree claim on section 7. He came to the 
county imbued with the determination to Will success. He knew that 
opportunity is open to all and that industry and energy will ultimately 
win. Unfalteringly he performed the arduous task incident to the 
development and cultivation of a new farm and as time went on he added 
to his original holdings until he is now the owner of five hundred and 
sixty acres of valuable and productive land in Farmington township, 
Lake county. He is also the owner of a ranch in Texas, is a stockholder 
in the Farmers Elevator at Ramona and in the Morley twine plant at 
Sioux City, Iowa. In addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted 
to soil and climate he makes a specialty of stock raising upon his farm 
and now has twenty-five head of Percheron horses and thirty-five head 
of shorthorn cattle. His place is also splendidly equipped with all 
modern farm machinery to facilitate the work of the fields and good 
barns and outbuildings furnish ample shelter for both grain and stock.  

	Mr. Mulvihill has been twice married. In 1887 he wedded Miss Mary 
Scanlan, who died in the fall of the same year, and on the 5th of May, 
1896, he was again married, his second union being with Miss Margaret 
Ryan, a daughter of William Ryan. They are the parents of the following 
children: John, Regina, William and Melvin Thomas.  

	The religious belief of the family is that of the Catholic church 
and in his political views Mr. Mulvihill is a democrat. He has 
membership relations with the Woodmen and the Knights of Columbus of 
Sioux Falls, and as a public-spirted citizen he manifests a helpful 
interest in everything relating to the welfare and upbuilding of town, 
county and state. He carefully formulates his plans and is then prompt 
and resolute in their execution. In his vocabulary there is nob such 
word as fail and he has ever recognized that industry is the key which 
will unlock the portals of success.