PATRICK O'CONNOR, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Bloomington; was born in 1829 in Sligo Co., Ireland; is a son of John and Catherine O'Connor, with whom he lived until he was 21 years of age, when he emigrated to England, where he resided for ten years, when he went to Scotland, where he lived for one year, then to England for a short period, then emigrated to America in 1863; he located in Ohio for one year, thence to New York, but soon wended his way to Boston, Mass., where he lived for two years, where he was also married, in 1865, to Catherine Nangle, a daughter of Thomas Nangle; then he removed to Grant Co.; in 1866, settled in Patch Grove for a short period, then to Little Grant, where he has since lived. Has eight children, all of whom are living - Mary, Catherine, John, Elizabeth, Mathethis, Thomas, Annie, Peter. He has 194 acres of land. Politics, Greenbacker, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.