Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....McHugh, Barnard February 1826 - 
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BARNARD McHUGH, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Holmen; was born in Tyrone Co., Ireland, 
in February, 1826; he came to America in 1848; worked in New York about three 
months, then went to Ohio; worked on the railroad, and while at Springfield 
was in the blacksmith-shops five years, and then went on to the road. He then 
came to Wisconsin, in the year 1856, and worked two and a half years in the 
mills at Onalaska, then went to Holland town, and bought 80 acres, built the 
old cabin; now owns 430 acres in Holland and 300 in Onalaska; has a fine 
house, 18x24, with wing, 16x20, all two-stories; barn, 60x40, 16-foot posts; 
wind-mill and fine improvements, and has made all he has by his own industry. 
His wife, Isabell Mallon, born in Tyrone Co., Ireland, April, 1828; came to 
America in 1848; settled in Ohio. They were married Dec. 27, 1851; they have 
eleven children - William, Paul, James, John, Thomas, Cornelias, Mary, 
Margaret, Michael, Ellen, Ann (deceased). In politics, Democrat; religion, 
Catholic; has been Treasurer of District No. 3, and Clerk.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 840 - 841.

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