HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY KENTUCKY, by Robert Peter, ed. by William H. 
Perrin, O. L. Baskin Co., Chicago, 1882.  Reprinted by Southern Historical 
Press, Easley, SC, 1979. Page 766

WILLIAM MONAGHAN, farmer, P. O. Lexington, is of that industrious class of 
immigrants to which America owes so much, and from which her rapid progress 
and stable prosperity has in a considerable degree been derived.

Those who leave the old lands across the sea for the new world are people 
of enterprise and courage.

They come not only to enjoy the free institutions of the greatest Republic 
the world has ever seen, but to better their social condition by increasing 
their worldly possessions.

To that end, they bend their energies of body and mind, and in working 
out their purpose, not only benefit themselves and their families, but 
also the communities into which their activity is brought, and thus help 
to build up the material strength of the nation, as well as exert a 
powerful moral influence on the people with whom they become commercially 
and politically identified.

Our subject is no exception to the general rule.

Born in Ireland, he did not leave his native "gem of the sea" till he had 
arrived at an age, thirty-six years, when he was able to deliberately make 
choice of the United States as the land which would yield a proper reward 
for the energies he felt within him.

This even has not belied his aspirations.

Landing in America in 1842, he found his way to the Blue Grass Region, and 
Fayette County two years later.

He began at the bottom of the ladder as a day laborer, and steadily worked 
his way upward.

After a few years, he entered into business in Lexington as a grocer, in 
which business he was engaged for twenty-four years, and finally, in 1878, 
retired to his farm, consisting of 175 acres, only a few miles from the city.

His possessions are the true reward of industry and economy, and his 
career is a good example of what may be attained by well-directed 
diligence.

In 1854, he married Rosa Millon, a daughter of that "Emerald Isle" from 
which he himself has sprung, and noted among the nations for its virtuous 
damsels.

The union has been blessed with six children: Hugh J., Hannah, Rosie, 
William, James and Edward.

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