The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-09-11
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Dennis Kaliher.

MS kallher, one of the oldest settlers
in this section, passed away at the age
OF Lightweight years. For some time
he had been in very feeble health, the
result of the in6rmities of old age.
With his wife he had been living with
his son Michael, who has been running
the old homestead on which Mr..
kal1her settled in 1868. The funeral
was held last Tuesday forenoon at 10
O'Clock at the Princeton Catholic
church, Rev. FIR. Levings officiating.
1t was attended by a large number of
friends and relatives of the family and
the interment was at Oak Knoll GENE
terry.
The pail bearers were all grand child
rem OF the deceased, and were Eugene
and Earl, sons of Dennis A. Kaliher,
Charles and Edward, sons of John Ka-
liner, Fred Dugan and Arnold, sons of
the daughters, Mrs. Dugan and Mrs.
Buck.
Dennis Kaliher was born in Cork.
Ireland in 1914. At the age of thirty
years he emigrated to this country and
landed at Boston. He worked for
some time in the cotton mills of Lowell
and later moved by emigrant wagon to
Springfield, Ills, where he remained
some time and then moved to Indiana.
In 1858 he moved to Minnesota, locat-
ing for time at Elk River, and in the
year 1868 he took up homestead in
the township of Blue Hill on which
farm he resided until his death. In
1858 he was married to Julia Dannahy.
Nine children were born to them, six
OF whom are now living. Three of the
children died in infancy. The chill
dren now living are John, Dennis A.,
Michael and William, and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. James Dugan and Mrs. O.
h. Buck. There are thirty-ive grand
children and eight great grand chill
dren living. The eight great grand
children are the grand children of
John Kaliher, who married one of the
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Chad
bourne, who are the great grand par
ents on the Chadbourne side of the
family.
The wife of Dennis Kaliher survives
him. Time was most indulgent and
considerate with this aged couple who
lived together fifty-four long years and
reared family of good sturdy children
who with their children and children's
children live near to the old home
stead.
Mr.. Kaliher was type of those hon.
est, enterprising and sturdy emigrants
who came to this country years ago,
penniless and with no resources nor
learning other than what. Nature had
bestowed upon them. It was these
early pioneers who joined with the
people of New England and the east
ern states and moved into the rich en-.
pire of the west where they settled
and made homes of their own and be-
came industrious citizens, and in so
doing aided in building up and de-
veloping a great country that they
have had reason to be proud of.
Dennis Kaliher lived long and
useful life of hard and honest toll,
He was blessed with large family
that grew up around him whose sue
cess in life he beheld with much pleas
ure in his later years, for their sue
cess was but a reflection of his own.
He had learned his lessons in the
school of experience and profted
thereby. With hard and patient toll
came many blessings. Truly there
was for him no cause for complaint.
He had lived long and journeyed far
across the plains of this life into the
valley of Old Age where life and death
so often seem to touch unconsciouslv.