DANIEL F. HENNESSEY
For more than two decades Daniel F. Hennessey
has been successfully engaged in the livery business, conducting an enterprise
of that character at Manchester. His birth occurred in
Linn county, Iowa, on the 16th of August, 1871,
his parents being Thomas and Mary (Sweeney) Hennessey, both of whom were natives of Ireland. The father, an
agriculturist by occupation, passed away in Linn county,
Iowa, while the mother died in Manchester, about 1905. They had
eleven children, as follows: James, who resides on a farm in Delaware county;
Edward, a resident of Dubuque, Iowa; Ella, the widow of Timothy Sullivan; Mary,
who is the widow of Patrick Kelly; Maggie, who gave her hand in marriage to Dan Sullivan; Thomas, who is deceased;
Maurice, residing in Manchester, who is now serving as sheriff; Daniel F., of
this review; Lizzie, a resident of Ryan, this county; and two who passed
away in early childhood.
Daniel F. Hennessey acquired his education in
the common schools of his native county and after putting aside his text-books
was engaged in farming until he had attained his majority. At the age of
twenty-one years he embarked in the livery business in Manchester, buying out A. A. Morse
at that time, and in this connection he has since built up and maintained an
excellent and gratifying patronage. He
has a fine automobile and his other facilities are sufficient to meet
every demand.
On the 14th of November,
1900, Mr. Hennessey was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Rhuby, a native of Dubuque county
and a daughter of John Rhuby, who is now living
retired. Our subject and his wife have
one daughter, Marie, who is in school
Mr. Hennessey gives his political allegiance to the democracy
and is identified
fraternally with the Modern
Woodmen of America, while in
religious faith he is a Catholic. He
has always taken an interest in all that pertains to the upbuilding
or development of the community and gladly gives his support to every measure
the adoption of which he feels would promote the general welfare.
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