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Family: CONNAUGHTON, Roger / GROGAN, Mary (F963)

m. 20 Sep 1861


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  • Father | Male
    CONNAUGHTON, Roger

    Born  15 Oct 1840  County Sligo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Dec 1924  Corson Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  26 Dec 1924  Flandreau Saints Simon & Jude Cemetery, Moody Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  20 Sep 1861  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  CONNAUGHTON, Patrick or maybe Thomas | F962 Group Sheet 
    Mother  KENNEDY, maybe Anne or Alice | F962 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    GROGAN, Mary

    Born  Abt 1842  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Mar 1899  probably South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Mar 1899  Flandreau Saints Simon & Jude Cemetery, Moody Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Female
    CONNAUGHTON, Alice A.

    Born  11 Oct 1866  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Jul 1947  Roberts Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  CLASS, Joel Frazier | F964 
    Married  1894   

    Child 2 | Female
    CONNAUGHTON, Mary (Mammie)

    Born  23 Jan 1868  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1965   
    Buried    Flandreau Saints Simon & Jude Cemetery, Moody Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  CLARK, Thomas Patrick | F979 
    Married  5 Jan 1892  Coldwater, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    CONNAUGHTON, Julia

    Born  1869  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  DOYLE, Charles | F1754 
    Married  8 Apr 1890  Coldwater, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    CONNAUGHTON, Ellen G.

    Born  3 Jul 1871  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Jul 1954  Roberts Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  CLASS, John William | F7407 
    Married  18 Nov 1896  Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    CONNAUGHTON, Patrick J.

    Born  12 Jan 1874  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Aug 1953  Brown Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Child 6 | Female
    CONNAUGHTON, Catherine Grace (Katie or Kitty)

    Born  12 Aug 1875  Dougherty Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jul 1952  Marshall Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Child 7 | Male
    CONNAUGHTON, Thomas

    Born  21 Jan 1877  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 8 | Male
    CONNAUGHTON, John James

    Born  9 Aug 1879  Iowa City, Wright Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 May 1959  Pocatello, Bannock Co., Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  BILYEU, Grace M. | F965 
    Married  Abt 1922   

    Child 9 | Female
    CONNAUGHTON, Anna May

    Born  29 May 1881  Dougherty Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Feb 1954  Seattle, King Co., Washington Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  DENTON, Christopher Goodbrake | F1724 
    Married  29 May 1907  Brown Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Male
    CONNAUGHTON, Martin

    Born  29 Jun 1884  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Oct 1976  Lemmon, Perkins Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  GORMAN, Ellen F. | F966 
    Married  20 Oct 1920  Lincoln Co., South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Roger Connaughton from Jack & Donna Huldie
      Sent : Tuesday, December 27, 2005

      from Castle Garden:
      Roger Connington arrived in New York City on August 7, 1851. He was a
      board the Eudocia, from Liverpool. He was ten years old. Travelling with him were Thomas (12), Martin (17), and Alice Connington (45).

      Pension Records:
      Roger was a sargeant in Company E, 55 Illinois Infantry. ?The regiment was on the way from Huntsville, Alabama, to Chatanooga, Tennessee, riding on top of freight cars and while the said Roger Connaughton was standing on the coupling between the cars either getting on to the top of the car or in the act of handing up arms to soldiers on top of the car by a sudden start of the train his foot was crushed so badly that he was unfitted for further duty, was sent to hospital and never agsin joined his company.? Accident was on or near June 7, 1864. He was with same unit he enlisted with.

      Roger was born October 15, 1840, in County Sligo, Ireland. His father was Patrick Connaughton, and his mother was Mary (Burke). During his enlistment, he was 5?7? and had grey or blue eyes. He was of light complexion and had light hair. He had been a farmer before enlisting.

      He enlisted in De Kalb, Illinois, on August 4, 1861, the same date and place as Thomas. He was discharged February 14, 1865, at St. Louis, Missouri.

      He was married to Mary Grogan on September 2, 1861, in Chicago. They were married by Father Walden, and the records were lost in a later church fire. Mary Grogan was dead by 1915.

      After his discharge, he lived in Belvidere, Illinois, until October, 1866. He lived in Rising Sun, Wisconsin, until 1869. He lived in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, until 1892. He lived in Moody County, Iowa, until 1902. He lived in Marshall County, South Dakota, until 1911. He lived in Morriston, Corson County, South Dakota, until his death.

      from Wisconsin Land Records:
      On April 4, 1859, he purchased 120 acres of land near Rising Sun, Crawford County, Wisconsin, from his father, Patrick Connaughton.

      from depositions taken in 1902:
      Roger was the half-sibling of John (1826), Patrick (1829), and Catherine (1827) Harrison.


      1870 Iowa Census:
      Roger was living in Mason City, Geneses Township. He was 29 years old and as a farmer. Living with him were his wife, Mary, and their three daughters - Alice, age 4; Mary, age 2; and Julie, age ten months. Alice and Mary had been born in Wisconsin, and Julie was born in Iowa. Roger owned land valued at $1,500 and had a personal estate of $500.

      from 1880 Iowa Census:
      Roger lived in Dougherty, Cerro Gordo, Iowa. He was a forty-year-old farmer. His wife Mary, 28, was housekeeper. They had both been born in Ireland. All the children were listed as scholars. Alice (13) and Mary (12) had been born in Wisconsin. Julia (10), Ellen (8), Patrick (6), Katie, (4), Tom (3), and John (10 months) were born in Iowa.

      from 1885 Iowa Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines:
      Roger, a former sargeant, is living in Coldwater, Iowa.

      1920 Federal Census:
      Roger was living in Sherman Township, Corson County, South Dakota. He was the head of the family and worked on a home farm. He had been naturalized in 1913. He was 79 years old, and living with him were his daughter Kathryn ( age 44 ) and his son Martin ( age 35 ). Both of these children were
      single. Roger had been born in Ireland, as had both his parents. Roger was able to read and write.
      Also living with Roger were two boarders, Conrad Class and Mary Denton. Conrad Class was evidently a farm laborer on the home farm. Mary Denton (age 12 ) is probably the granddaughter of Roger. Roger?s own daughter Anna, who had been born in Iowa, married Christopher Denton in South Dakota in 1907, and they had a daughter Mary.

      The last entry on the census sheet for Roger is for Patrick Connaughton, and the information given on the census matches the birth information of Roger?s son Patrick. Patrick was 46 years old, single, and had been born in Iowa. Both of his parents had been born in Ireland.

      Roger died of carcinoma rectum on December 22, 1924. He was buried in Flandreau, South Dakota, on December 26, 1924.

  • Sources 
    1. [S593] Census US 1880 Federal, (Series: T9), Iowa > Cerro Gordo > Other Townships (Dougherty)> District 46 > p 15 of 23 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S594] Census Iowa 1895, Cerro Gordo, Lincol n (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S589] Census US 1870 Federal, Dougherty,? Cerro Gordo,? Iowa; Roll ? 332; Family?History?Film:? 1254332; Page:? 310C; Enumeration?District:? 46; Image:? 0033. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S73] Iowa, Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties History - 1883, Dougherty Township By Thomas McManus (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S588] Census US 1900 Federal, (Series: T623), Jefferson,? Moody,? South Dakota; Roll ? T623_ 1553;?Page:? 6A; Enumeration?District:? 273. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S590] Census US 1910 Federal, (Series: T624), Miller,? Marshall,? South Dakota; Roll ? T624_1484; Page:? 15B; Enumeration?District:? 304; Image:? 332. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S516] Census US 1920 Federal, (Series: T625), Sherman,? Corson,? South Dakota; Roll ? T625_1716; Page:? 3A; Enumeration?District:? 23; Image:? 420. (Reliability: 3).