Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Edmund Delaney, Jr.

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Edmund Delaney, Jr., City Clerk; was born at Factoryville, Tioga Co., N.Y.,
Nov. 11, 1841; a son of Edmund Delany, who is now a resident of Fond du
Lac; came to Calumet, in the this county, in 1849, and to Fond du Lac,
where he has since resided, in 1853.  Mr. D. enlisted in Co. A, 14th
W.V.I., in October, 1861, as a private, but was elected Sergeant at the
organization of the company, and promoted, Aug. 9, 1862, to Second
Lieutenant of Co. I, 21st W.V.I.; he was in all the battles in which his
regiment participated; was mustered out March 29, 1863, after which, he was
clerk in the Provost Marshal's office until it was abolished in October,
1865; he studied engineering,and aided in preparing a map of the city of
Fond du Lac; in 1870, Mr. D. was chosen City Clerk, which position he has
continuously occupied.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 796.