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DANIEL HALLAHAN, an able, energetic and practical agriculturist of extended experience, has prosperously won his way upward to assured success, and manages one of the model farms of Iowa. Beginning some thirty-three years ago upon eighty acres of wild prairie land he now owns a magnificent homestead of three hundred and sixty acres, two hundred of which are located on sections 4 and 9, Prairie Creek Township, Dubuque County, Iowa. The land, brought up to a high state of cultivation, is finely improved with substantial structures, a comfortable and commodious residence, barns and outbuildings. An earnest and intelligent man of upright character, Mr. Hallahan has worthily occupied the official position of Township Trustee, and commands the full esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Our subject was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1822. His parents, John and Julia Hallahan, were both natives of County Cork, and were reared, married and died in their early home. The father was an excellent Irish farmer and thoroughly understood the tilling of the soil. He and his good wife lived to serene old age and were highly respected by all who knew them, They were Roman Catholics, and brought up their family of three sons and four daughters in the faith of their forefathers,

Of the seven children of the parental family, but two are now living. Two sons came to America, John, who settled in Lincoln, Neb., where he died August 27, 1891, and our subject, Daniel, who began to follow the plow when he was only eight years of age. He was thirty-two years old before he finally determined to leave his native land and try his fortune in America. During his boyhood he enjoyed the advantages of instruction in the common schools, attending when he could be spared from farming duties. In 1854 Mr. Hallahan sailed from Liverpool, bound for the land of promise beyond the broad Atlantic. Leaving the Old Country April 1, he was six weeks upon the Atlantic, encountering terrible storms, and landing safely in New York, speeded by cars to Dubuque, Iowa, reaching his destination May 20. Immediately receiving employment, he worked steadily for five years upon a farm, and in 1859 bought eighty acres of his present extensive homestead and began life for himself upon the unbroken land purchased with his hard-earned money. His first care was to build a habitable shelter, and then began the patient cultivation of the fertile soil, which well repaid its culture. Neighbors were few and far between in those early days, and our subject being a single man experienced loneliness until his marriage in 1865 with Miss Margaret Ragan; she was born in Florida, but was reared in Jackson County, Iowa.

The parents of Mrs. Hallahan were Dennis and Mary (Desmond) Ragan, natives of County Cork, Ireland, but early settlers of Florida, and later well known residents of Iowa. Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of eight children, who are in the order of their birth as follows: John, Daniel, Jeremiah, Dennis, Michael, Pat, Julia and Maggie. The father, mother and children are valued members of the Catholic Church and are ever ready to aid in any worthy enterprise or good works. They enjoy an extended acquaintance, and are highly respected and esteemed by a large circle of old-time friends.

Mr. Hallahan, aside from the profitable culture of the soil, has made a pronounced success of stock-raising, and upon his extensive farm some of the best cattle, horses and hogs in this part of the country are bred. His financial prosperity was wrought by his own self-reliant efforts and unflagging industry, rewarded in these later years by a comfortable competence and annual returns for all investment of time and money expended.Politically, our subject is a sturdy Democrat and an ardent advocate of the "party of the people." As Township Trustee he has materially aided in the progress of local improvements, and is actively identified with the best interests of Dubuque County, with whose upward growth and rapid development he became associated more than a score and a-half of years ago.