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Biographies
Source:
Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago.
1909
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REV. THOMAS
FRANCIS QUINN is pastor of St. Mary's Church at Clyde,
Ohio, where he has been located since 1904. He is an
enthusiast in the work in which he is consecrated, and has
accomplished glorious results in this parish.
Father Quinn was born at Ballindine, County
Mayo, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1875, and is a son of Thomas and
Juria Gibbons (McKrager) Quinn. His parents were born
in Ireland and always lived in County Mayo, where Thomas
Quinn followed farming. They were parents of eight
children: Rev. James J. Quinn, pastor of St. Catherine's
Church at Cleveland; Rev. John S. Quinn of Ontario,
Canada; Catherine (McMahon), whose husband is a captain
in the English Army; William of Cleveland; Peter,
who remained in Ireland; Sister Juliana, a member of the
Ursuline Community at Cleveland; Patrick, who also lives
in Ireland; and Rev. Thomas Francis Quinn.
Rev. Thomas F. Quinn spent his early boyhood on
the home farm and until he was thirteen years old attended the
common schools. At that age he came to the United States
and for a period of five years was enrolled at St. Charles
College at Baltimore, Maryland. At the end of that time he
returned to Ireland and pursued a philosophical course at
Waterford, South Ireland. He was thee ordained a priest
and in 1899 returned to America. He was assistant pastor
of ht church of the Immaculate Conception at Cleveland for two
years, after which he was for two years stationed at
Summitville, Columbiana County, Ohio, and for seven months at
Medina, Ohio, prior to his removal to Clyde, Ohio, in 1904.
In that year he succeeded Rev. Father Powers as pastor of
St. Mary's Church. He is a member of the Knights of
Columbus and of the P. T. A. L.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio -
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago - 1909 -
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