The Irish standard., 1908-02-08


on mines and mining, and g. member
of the finance and other important
committees. After serving his party
faithfully for a. year or moro he re-
signed his official position and devoted
his attention almost exclusively to his
enormous business.
The Importance and size OF the an.
tablishnent continued IT'S growth until
1t way found necessary to have much
larger quarters prepared for 1t. The
present imposing slx-story structure
at Main and Granite streets, known az
the Hennessy building, was erected In
october. 1898, and a. greatly enlarged
stock was installed in il The store AZ
once assumed rank with tho largest
and most complete in the west. Mr.,
Hennessy last year built Il largo annex
to the splendid six-story structure.
thereby doubling the capacity Of the
store. The annex is located on East
Granite street. aud it ho,lses ono Of thas
finest grocery stores In the northwest,
Mr.. Hennessy had every reason to feel
proud Of the vast business he had built
up. In size, equipment and arrange
mcnt and stock, 1t is the equal of any
noted department store west Of Chi
cago.
Besides the main store Mr.. Hcnncssy
conducted a large department store in
Anaconda and another big store iii Gen.
terville
OF all his immense business, Mr..
Hennessy was the presiding genius,
and the manner in which no conducted
It and the uniform success which he
achieved were strong proofs. of his
wonderful endowment for mercantile
affairs.
Mr.. Hcnnessy married Miss Mary e.
Furlong in 1897. who numbers her
friends by tho hundreds. Their mar
ried life was most happy. Three chit
dren, Margaret. aged 8 years and 3
months: Daniel j., aged years, and
Paul Kirby, 4 years old, are left to
mourn the loss of loving father
Mrs. J. Nj. White, wife of ]. M.
White, advertising manager of the
Hennessy Mercantile company; Mrs.
James A. Berry, wife of James A. Ber-
ry of tho Butte Inter Mountain staff;
Mrs. Joseph Peters Of Anaconda; Mrs.
Harry 3. Mason, wife Of the editor Of
the Philadelphia Inquirer: Mrs .. J.
Donahue OF Missoula, and Mrs. c.
Fred Sully of Seattle, were sisters Of
Mr.. Hennessy. A brother, jeremiah J,
Hennessy, resides at Long Beach, Cal.
Mr.. Hennessy occupied a high posi-
ton in the social as wen as the busi-
ness lifo OF the state. He delighted in
entertaining his friends, and, together
with Mrs. Hennessy gave a number Of
brilliant functions during the past year
at his beautiful new mansion, West
Park and Excelsior streets.
Mr.. Hennessy was identified with the
Ancient Order of Hibernians for thIr-
ty years, giving much time to aiding
in the upbuilding Of the organization
in the city, county and state. He took
particular interest in the building OF
the A. o. H. hall in Centerville. He
held every office in the gift of the or
division president, county
president and state president, and UNI
til last year was national director.
At the last national convention of the
order, held at Saratoga, N. r, the DEL
egations from every state in the union
asked Mr.. Hennessy to allow his name
to go before the convention for the
national presidency. but he refused. f
During his residence in Montana he
was one Of the ablest, most earnest and
active members of the Irish race in
the state. His charity was not con-
fined to any one particular race or re-
ligion, but he gave freely to those or
any race or creed when it came TO
aiding fellow townsmen. Ministers Of