| Submitted by member: Bill Patterson This is Bill's maternal grandfather. He was born 8 Oct 1857 in Tompkins Cove, Rockland, New York, one of the 10 children of Patrick & Mary (Keenan) Deegan who were Irish immigrants. Married to Ruth Rose Roach of Brooklyn, Kings, New York in 1881, he served as a City of Brooklyn, New York patrolman from 1891-1912. After retiring he returned to Tompkins Cove, his birthplace until his death in July of 1942. | 
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