GROGAN, Mary b. Abt 1842 Ireland d. 15 Mar 1899 probably South Dakota: CoTyroneIreland.com Family Trees

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Name	GROGAN, Mary
Born	Abt 1842	Ireland
Gender	Female
Buried	Mar 1899	Flandreau Saints Simon & Jude Cemetery, Moody Co., South Dakota
Buried	Lot 20 Block 2
Died	15 Mar 1899	probably South Dakota
Person ID	I2975	Reich
Last Modified	31 Oct 2016

Family CONNAUGHTON, Roger, b. 15 Oct 1840, County Sligo, Ireland , d. 22 Dec 1924, Corson Co., South Dakota (Age 84 years)

Married 20 Sep 1861 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

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.

Children

	1. CONNAUGHTON, Alice A., b. 11 Oct 1866, Wisconsin , d. 9 Jul 1947, Roberts Co., South Dakota (Age 80 years)
	2. CONNAUGHTON, Mary (Mammie), b. 23 Jan 1868, Wisconsin , d. 1965 (Age 96 years)
	3. CONNAUGHTON, Julia, b. 1869, Iowa , d. Yes, date unknown
	4. CONNAUGHTON, Ellen G., b. 3 Jul 1871, Iowa , d. 1 Jul 1954, Roberts Co., South Dakota (Age 82 years)
	5. CONNAUGHTON, Patrick J., b. 12 Jan 1874, Iowa , d. 25 Aug 1953, Brown Co., South Dakota (Age 79 years)
	6. CONNAUGHTON, Catherine Grace (Katie or Kitty), b. 12 Aug 1875, Dougherty Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa , d. 16 Jul 1952, Marshall Co., South Dakota (Age 76 years)
	7. CONNAUGHTON, Thomas, b. 21 Jan 1877, Iowa , d. Yes, date unknown
	8. CONNAUGHTON, John James, b. 9 Aug 1879, Iowa City, Wright Co., Iowa , d. 8 May 1959, Pocatello, Bannock Co., Idaho (Age 79 years)
	9. CONNAUGHTON, Anna May, b. 29 May 1881, Dougherty Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa , d. 17 Feb 1954, Seattle, King Co., Washington (Age 72 years)
	10. CONNAUGHTON, Martin, b. 29 Jun 1884, Iowa , d. Oct 1976, Lemmon, Perkins Co., South Dakota (Age 92 years)

Last Modified 2 Apr 2012

Family ID F963 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S593] Census US 1880 Federal, (Series: T9), Iowa > Cerro Gordo > Other Townships (Dougherty)> District 46 > p 15 of 23 (Reliability: 3).
[S594] Census Iowa 1895, Cerro Gordo, Lincol n (Reliability: 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).
[S73] Iowa, Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties History - 1883, Dougherty Township By Thomas McManus (Reliability: 3).
[S588] Census US 1900 Federal, (Series: T623), Jefferson,? Moody,? South Dakota; Roll ? T623_ 1553;?Page:? 6A; Enumeration?District:? 273. (Reliability: 3).
[S590] Census US 1910 Federal, (Series: T624), Miller,? Marshall,? South Dakota; Roll ? T624_1484; Page:? 15B; Enumeration?District:? 304; Image:? 332. (Reliability: 3).
[S516] Census US 1920 Federal, (Series: T625), Sherman,? Corson,? South Dakota; Roll ? T625_1716; Page:? 3A; Enumeration?District:? 23; Image:? 420. (Reliability: 3).