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P. A. EGAN,
county coroner, was born in Ireland,
Prairie county, on September 14,
1830. He is of a family of
thirteen, the children of John
and Bridget Egan, who died - the
mother on Sept. 24, 1851, and the
father on Oct. 24, 1852. The
gentleman whose life is briefly
sketched in the following lines,
acquired his education in his native
country. On Jan. 16, 1850, he,
in company with his two sisters,
Mary and Johanna, left
his home for America, that land
whose flag guarantees protection and
equal rights to all, and on the
sixteenth day of the following
March, he landed in New York, with
but two dollars and fifty cents in
his pocket, and a stranger in a
great city. His prospects were
not particularly flattering, but he
was not of those who turn back, and
soon found work for himself and
sisters, in Washington county, New
York. The subsequent fall, he
secured a situation in the foundry,
in Boston Massachusetts. On
May 9, 1852, he arrived in Columbus,
Ohio, and soon obtained employment
with Huntington Fitch, esq.
This he continued until fall, when
he secured a situation at the
Columbus Asylum for the Insane, and
in this he remained until the spring
of 1855, when he took his departure
for California. He remained in
the "land of gold" four years,
returning Columbus on Dec. 28, 1859.
The next spring he purchased two
carriages, and went into business.
This he continued until Oct. 15,
1865, when he engaged in the livery
and undertaking business.
Mr. Egan is one of the those
unassuming gentlemen, who, though
modest, is energetic and tireless in
his devotion to business.
Courteous and obliging, he has built
up for himself a trade and a
reputation which are flattering to
his business attainments. His
prosperity and success, which are
due to his untiring industry, are
especially gratifying to his
numerous friends, who have
association with him here for the
past quarter of a century. He
has the largest establishment of its
kind in the city, employing
twenty-seven horses.
Mr. Egan was elected coroner of Franklin county
in the fall of 1869, and has held
the office continuously until the
present time, than which no better
proof of his capability can be
adduced.
On Oct. 21, 1861, he was united in marriage to Mary,
daughter of Timothy and Nancy A.
Ryen. Of the eight
children born of this union, seven
are now living: Johanna,
Mary, Maggie, John, Joseph, Alice,
and Kate. Mrs. Eagan
died on twenty-first day of October,
1879.
Page 587 - Source:
History of Franklin & Pickaway
Counties, Ohio - Published by
Williams Bros. - 1880 |
