BIOGRAPHIES:   Owen McGEOUGH, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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Owen McGeough, one of the early settlers of Oak Grove Township, was born in
Ireland, and came to Upper Canada as a young man. Here he received a taste of
pioneer life as he helped to clear two different farms for farmers there. He
reached the States May 22, 1871, and shortly afterward took a homestead of 120
acres in section 10, Oak Grove Township. His previous experience stood him in
good stead in breaking this farm. Like the other pioneers he underwent many
hardships and had much to contend with. Farming among the stumps was not
profitable, and for some time did not even produce a living for his family, so
he was forced to work on farms and in the woods for others in order to get a
little cash for immediate needs. But he and his family persevered in spite of
hardships. He died June 8, 1885, and his wife, Bridget Kennedy, a native of
Canada, was left to carry on his unfinished work with the aid of the children.
After a long and useful life she died May 18, 1900. In the family there were
ten children, namely: John, Mary, Margaret, Michael, Peter, Bernard, Bridget,
Patrick, James and Thomas, of whom the six: first mentioned, as well as
Thomas, are now deceased.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 354.