Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: James L. Crowley

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James L. Crowley, grocer, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1831, where
he lived till he was 16 years of age, when he came to America and located
in the State of Maryland, where he stayed for one year; he them moved to
West Virginia and resided there for two years; from there he went to Ohio
where he lived three years; thence to Pennsylvania for nine months; thence
to Ohio again for a few  months, and from there he came to the state of
Wisconsin and settled at Fond du Lac in 1855. He was married to Miss Julia
Fitzgerald, of the town of Empire, Wis., in 1856; after his marriage he
settled on a farm near Empire, where he lived until 1873, when he moved to
Fond du Lac and began the grocery business,m which he has since followed.
His wife died in May, 1872, leaving nine children, as follows: John and
Bridget (twins), born in 1857, Margaret, born in 1859; Mary, born in 1861;
James, born in 1863; Catharine, born in 1865; Julia, born in 1867; Edmond,
born in 1870, and Honora, born in 1872.  Mr. Crowley and family are members
of the Catholic Church, and he has at different times been a Trustee of the
same.  He is now a member of the Catholic Benevolent Society of Fond du
Lac.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 792