BIOGRAPHIES:  Edward McCARTHY, Sr., Sand Creek, Dunn County, WI

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Edward McCarthy, Sr., farmer, P. O. Sand Creek, Dunn county, was born in 
county Galway, Ireland, September 29, 1826.  At the age of twenty-one he 
immigrated to America and first cast his lot in Hoosac Falls, N. Y., where 
he married Margaret Seery, April 22, 1852.  They afterward came to Wisconsin 
and settled in Sauk City, Sauk county, where he farmed for about twelve years, 
then disposed of his farm and settled on section thirty-six of Sand Creek 
township, Dunn county.  He homesteaded 160 acres of land and has it all 
improved, but as his health has been impaired of late years, he gave his son, 
Edward Jr., eighty acres of it.  Politically he is a stanch democrat, and 
has held some town office ever since his residence here.  He was appointed the 
first pathmaster of the town, which was then the only office for ten townships.  
All the bridges across the different creeks were built by him.  He was the first 
chairman, pro tem., when the town of Sand Creek was organized; and has been 
justice of the peace for twenty years, which office he now holds.  He is the 
father of eight children living:  Mary, married to August Berg and lives in 
Chippewa county; John, married Alvira Donaldson, living in Washburn county, 
Catherine, married to John Miller, also living in Washburn county; Margaret, 
married to Chauncy Dean and lives in Grant township, Dunn county; Ellen, married 
to Lorenzo Jump and lives in Washburn county; Theresa, married to Angus McDonnott
now living in Shell Lake, Wis.; Elizabeth, married to Herbert Du Bois and lives 
at home, and Edward C., at home.  All the children were born in Wisconsin.  
Mr. McCarty is a Roman Catholic.

--Taken from "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin" Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records of Leading Families; Biographies of Representative 
Citizens, Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by
George Forrester.  Chicago, Illinois: A. Warner, Publisher.  1891-92
Page 942