MRS. MARY QUINN,
came to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1868, direct from Ireland, with her
mother, her father having died three years before. After
living in Mansfield ten years she was married to Bartholomew
Flannery, a prominent and influential citizen of Mansfield.
That he was also a popular citizen was attested by the fact of
his being elected sheriff of the county in 1885 and again in
1887, serving two terms in that office. He was a life-long
Democrat, and died in 1893. Mrs. Quinn was married
to her present husband, Mr. R. C. Quinn, Sept. 5, 1899,
and has lived at her present home, No. 236 North Main Street,
for the past thirty-five years. Her mother, Mrs. Mary
Hogan, died Sept. 15, 1897, at the home of Mrs. Quinn
where she had been living for fifteen years.
R. C. Quinn is a prominent
farmer of Richland county and is an ex-soldier of the Civil war,
having served in the Union army from 1862 to 1865. Mrs.
Quinn has had the care of fourteen children, several of them
being the children of her brother. Her nephew,
Bartholomew Flannery is living in Mansfield. He is
thirty-one years of age and is a well educated young man, having
attended college after getting through with his common-school
course. Mrs. Quinn, like all the rest of her
family, is a devout Catholic, and well remembers the burning of
old St. Peter's church during the second term of Mr. Flannery
as sheriff. Mrs. Quinn has two sisters and two
brothers. Mrs. Catherine Agan, one of the sisters
is a widow, living on East Sixth street. She has eleven
boys, seven of whom are still living. Mrs. Annie Burk,
the other sister, is living on Diamond street, Mansfield.
She also is a widow, and has one boy, eighteen years of age, and
one daughter, twelve years of age. The brothers,
Patrick and Cornelius Hogan, also live in Mansfield.
Mrs. Quinn is enjoying the best of health and is one of
the most useful communicants of St. Peter's church. She is
an excellent woman in every way and has a host of friends.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Richland Co., Ohio
- Publ: Mansfield by A. A., Graham & Co. - 1901 - Page 494 |
