Biographies:  Peter Doyle, Altoona & Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Peter Doyle, who for two score years was prominent among the successful 
men of Eau Claire county, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1845.  As a boy 
he attended the common schools of his native place and was later variously 
employed, and while yet a young man, emigrated to the United States, thence 
to Wisconsin, and for a time resided at Portage City, Columbia county, 
coming to Eau Claire in the early sixties.  In those days the lumber business 
was the chief industry, and steamboats plied up and down the Chippewa river 
and on one of these Mr. Doyle found employment as pilot, a position he held 
for some time.  In 1884 he went to Altoona and for sixteen years conducted 
one of the principal hotels of that place.  In 1902 he retired from active 
business and returned to Eau Claire, where he died October 31, 1907, at the 
age of 62 years.  Mr. Doyle was characterized by his promptness, good judgment 
and conservatism, and all who came in contact with him, esteemed him for his 
honorable and upright methods and his passing away was mourned as that of a 
good man, a useful citizen and loyal friend.  He was prominently identified 
with the St. Patrick's Church, and was a charter member of the Catholic 
Foresters of Eau Claire.

In 1872 Mr. Doyle married Miss Belinda Harrington, daughter of Daniel and 
Margaret (Calahan) Harrington, and by this union four children were born as 
follows:  Angie A., Joseph A., Margaret M. and Francis L.

Daniel Harrington, father of Mrs. Doyle, was also a native of Ireland, and 
was born in 1834.  He, in early life, came to the United States, and was one 
of the early settlers of Eau Claire county.  He was an engineer of occupation, 
and for many years was in the employ of the Eau Claire Lumber Company.  He was 
a man of public spiritedness, clear foresight, sound and reliable, and always 
ready to do his part in furthering any project looking to the betterment of his 
city and county.  He married in Massachusetts, Miss Margaret Calahan, also of 
Ireland, a woman of rare domestic virtues, and to them eight children were 
born as follows:  John, Belinda, Timothy, Joseph, George, James, Francis and 
Loretta Harrington.  Daniel Harrington died May 19, 1885, his widow surviving 
until October 24, 1911, when she, too, passed away, honored and respected by 
all who knew her.  They were members of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of 
Eau Claire.

Joseph Harrington, son of Daniel, and brother of Mrs. Doyle married Artie 
Michand, of Bemidji, Minn.  John and James Harrington are deceased, the former 
having died January 30, 1884, and the latter March 9, 1900.  Mrs. Doyle, who 
died February 3, 1914, was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances.

-Transcribed from the "History of Eau Claire County Wisconsin, 1914, 
Past & Present," pages 699 & 700.

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