The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-01
The Late p. j. Callaehan.

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The Late p. j. Callaehan.
| In last week IS issue of the Unto y
orle1 mention was made of the death
OF Patrick J. Callaghan of Mime
apolls. he was we'll known and had
many friends in this vicinity. The
publisher of this paper never had a
truer, more unselfsh and more de-
voted friend than rugged, generous
hearted Pat Callaghan. To the Irish
Standard we are indebted for the
following particulars ooncerning this
line old Irish gentleman:
Patrick J. Callaghan, one of the
best known men in the city, died last
Monday at st. Mary's hospital after
a brief illness. Heart failure was the
Immediate cause of death. Deceased
was born in County Limerick, Ireland,
IN 1874, and came with his parents
to this country when about five years
OF age. In 1863 the subject of this
sketch came to Minnesota and for a.
while made his home in Faribault.
Rice county, from which CITY he
moved to Minneapolis along in 1864
and from that time on to the time of
his demise he had made this CITY his
home. He was married in 1869 to Miss
Eliza Hoy who died some years ago.
The children who survive him are
Mrs. j. E. Woolsey, % Seventh ST..
S. E., Mrs. J. r. Gillick, of Aber-
deem, S. D., the Misses Marjorie and
Annie and one son, Chas. P. Callagh-
an. A sister, Mrs. John Kennedy,
resides in Faribault.
In the early 70's Mr.. Callaghan
engaged in the grocery business on
Washington ave. and Sixth ave. S.,
taking as partner Jerry Fogarty
under the firm name of Fogarty &
Callaghan. The former retired from
the business after a short period, Cor.
nelius O'Connor filing his place.
Messrs. O'Connor and Callaghan con.
tinued until about 1885, when the firm
sold out to others. John M. Gleason.
the we'll known undertaken, then a
young man, and who had been in
Minneapolis but short period
worked for year or more for the firm
thus mentioned.
In:the field of politics it is fair to
say that no man had a larger per.
sonal acquaintance in the state than
P. j. Callaghan. Hezwas an uncom.
promising democrat and attended
nearly, if not all the conventions of
that party held in Hennepins county
during the past forty-fve years. In
1876 he was the democratic candidate
for sheriff against James Stoddart.
The county then as now was heavily
republican, and he lost in the strug-
gle by very narrow margin, running
far ahead of all other democrats on
the ticket. His memory Of; persons
was phenomenal and it would be hard
to-. find a man in. the northwest. who
had the faculty of remembering and
calling more men by their given names
than Patrick Callaghan. The funeral
of the deceased occurred from the home
of his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Woolsey,
Seventh St. IS. E., on Wednesday
morning. The remains we're taken to
St: Lawrence church, where services
were held at 8 O'Clock by the pastor,
Rev. Father Byrne, for the repose of
his soul. The pail bearers we're John
Fewer, Matthew Walsh, John Lally,
Steven Mcbride, j. V. Woolsey and e.
McCallum, all old friends of the de-
ceased. The attendance at the obse-
quies was very large, many of the
early settlers of the city, together
with the veterans of the volunteer fire
department of ST.. Anthony and Min
neapolis, being present. His remains
were laid at rest in St. Mary's cene-
terry.