GEORGE M. HEALY - Biography

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This biography appears on page 662 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

GEORGE M. HEALY, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Rochester; born in the town of
Mansfield, Windham Co., Conn., April 7, 1833, was the son of Jedediah
and Abigail Healy, who came to Wisconsin in January, 1841, located at
Rochester, and bought eighty acres in Sections 7 and 8, and afterward
twenty acres of meadow; his son, George, who now has the old homestead,
has added thirteen acres. The old gentleman died Oct. 5, 1874; his wife
followed him Nov. 5, one month later. This farm is located on the road
which was formerly the old Indian trail fnan Weatherford to Delavan. The
farm is one of the best in the country, and produces fine crops; Mr.
Healy raises fine, domestic stock, cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses and
mules. He married Miss Sarah. daughter of Joseph and Lucina Kelley, of
Caledonia, Wis.; they have five children- Charles J., born Feb. 18,
1861; William, Jan. 1, 1865; Elton C., March 18, 1870; David M., May 16,
1871; Armenia J. Sept. 26, 1874. Mr. Healy is an Odd Fellow and a
Republican. His family attend the Baptist Church.