JOHN O. CARMODY was born in county Clare, Ireland, in 1835, his parents being John and Honora (O'Brien" Carmody, both natives of the same country, the former having died about 1845, in Ireland, and the latter in this township, in 1883. She came to this country to maker her home with her son, John O., who came to America in 1852, landing at New Orleans. From there he went to Alton, Ill., where for two years he worked as a laborer, and then came to Greene county and rented a farm one year. He then entered 40 acres of land on section 19, Wrights township, on which he resided 15 years, and then moved three-quarters of a mile south, on the same section, where he still lives. He commenced life a poor boy, and by industry and economy has succeeded in getting 240 acres of improved land, which will have a tendency to make his declining years more pleasant. John O. Carmody and Ellen Griffin, a native of county Clare, Ireland, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, in 1856. Their union has been blessed with six children - James, of Carrollton; Daniel, John, Thomas, William and Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Carmody and family are members of the Catholic church.