This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DONOVAN SWEENY CALLAHAN O'BRIEN DWYER GLEASON CAREY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/695 Message Board Post: edited to include his grandchildren's name's, this is my ggg-gf John Donovan's obit. Please email me if this is a match @ 115104.2031@compuserve.com THE HARVARD HERALD MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JANUARY 28, 1904 DEATH OF A PIONEER JOHN DONOVAN OF DUNHAM TOWNSHIP, IL., CALLED TO HIS REWARD LIVED TO THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 88 YEARS 60 OF WHICH WERE PASSED ON HIS FARM IN DUNHAM TOWNSHIP, IL (McHenry County, IL). JOHN DONOVAN ONE OF DUNHAM’S OLDEST PIONEERS, DIED AT HIS HOME IN THE TOWNSHIP MONDAY AGE 88 YEARS. DEATH CAME AS A RESULT OF EXTREME AGE. THE DEMISE OF THIS VENERABLE OLD MAN CLOSES THE EARTHLY CAREER OF ONE OF THE COUNTY’S FIST SETTLERS AS MR. DONOVAN WAS A RESIDENT OF DUNHAM FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. HE WAS BORN IN IRELAND AND WHEN A YOUNG MAN CAME TO THE UNITED STATES LOCATING AT BUFFALO WHERE HE MARRIED. A FEW YEARS AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE AND HIS WIFE LEFT FOR THE FAR WEST LOCATING ON A FARM ON THE TOWNSHIP LINE OF DUNHAM AND MARENGO, IL., HIS HOME UNTIL HIS DEATH, HIS WIFE HANARAH “HANNAH” (SWEENEY), HAVING PASSED TO THE WORLD BEYOND 13 YEARS AGO. HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL FARMER AND SOON BECAME THE OWNER OF 200 ACRES OF VALUABLE LAND. HE WAS THE FATHER OF NINE CHILDREN, TWO OF WHOM ARE DEAD. THE LIVING CHILDREN ARE: MICHAEL FRANCIS DONOVAN (WIFE: CATHERINE GLEASON DONOVAN) OF ALDEN TWSHP, MRS. CATHERINE O’BRIEN (WIFE OF JOHN G. O’BRIEN) OF DUNHAM TWSHP, JOHN DONOVAN (WIFE: JANE CAREY DONOVAN) OF MOTLEY, MINNESOTA, MRS. EDITH DWYER (WIFE OF MICHAEL DWYER) OF CHICAGO, HANNAH DONOVAN, FANNIE DONOVAN & PATRICK DONOVAN RESIDING AT HOME. THE DECEASED MEMBERS WERE: MRS. MARGARET O’BRIEN (WIFE OF MICHAEL O’BRIEN) OF DUNHAM, AND MRS. MARY ANN CALLAHAN (WIFE OF JOHN CALLAHAN) WHO DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT WASCEA, MINNESOTA. MR. DONOVAN WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM. HE WAS AN HONEST CITIZEN, A GENEROUS NEIGHBOR AND A KIND FATHER. THE FACT THAT HE BEGAN HIS HUMBLE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MANAGED THRU HONEST TOIL TO BECOME THE OWNER OF A WELL IMPROVED FARM SHOWS THAT HE WAS INDUSTRIOUS AND AMBITIOUS. THE ARMY OF PIONEERS OF MCHENRY COUNTY ARE BEING RAPIDLY THINNED AND BUT FEW OF THEM REMAIN WHO SAW THE VIRGIN SOIL BEFORE IT WAS CONVERTED TO A STATE OF USEFULNESS. MR. DONOVAN BELONGED TO THAT BAND OF HARDY MEN WHO ENDURED THE FATIGUE AND PRIVATIONS OF PIONEER DAYS IN MCHENRY COUNTY. HIS LIFE’S WORK IS DONE AND HE HAS LEFT BEHIND A GOOD NAME AND UNBLEMISHED CHARACTER. BESIDES HIS CHILDREN HE LEAVES BEHIND MANY GRANDCHILDREN, AMONG THE LIST: "Al" Alfonse Michael Donovan, John Frances Donovan, Timothy V Donovan, "Frank" Francis Daniel Donovan, Benedict "Benjamin" Donovan, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, "Willie" William H Donovan, Raymond Donovan, Margaret "Ruth" Donovan, Herbert "James" Donovan, Gilbert "Joseph" Donovan, Matthew Sylvester Donovan (CHILDREN OF SON MICHAEL & CATHERINE DONOVAN OF ALDEN TWSHP, IL), Everett O'Brien, Margaret O'Brien, John O'Brien, Henry O'Brien, Martha O'Brien, Cornelus O'Brien (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER CATHERINE AND JOHN G. O’BRIEN OF DUNHAM TWSHP, IL), John Dwyer, James Dwyer (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER EDITH & MICHAEL F. DWYER OF CHICAGO, IL), Edith Donovan, Harold "Harry" Donovan, Jennie May Donovan, John Francis Donovan (CHILDREN OF SON JOHN & JANE DONOVAN OF MOTLEY, MINNESOTA), John J O'Brien, Albert W. O'Brien, William Alphouse O'Brien, Margaret J. O'Brien, Honora Isabelle O'Brien, Catherine Dorothy O'Brien, Francis Cornelius O'Brien, Henry Michael O'Brien (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER MARGARET & MICHAEL O’BRIEN OF DUNHAM TWSHP, IL), John Henry Callahan, Arthur D. Callahan, William J. Callahan, Joseph Callahan, Mabel Mary Callahan, Ann Callahan (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER MARY ANN & JOHN F. CALLAHAN OF WASCEA, MINNESOTA)

Do you know anything about his siblings? My ggfather, Denis, came to this country with 3 brothers, names unknown, before 1840. We think he lived briefly in Illinois in about 1860. About the four boys, we think that two of them stayed up east and two came west. My ggfather settled in St. Louis. He was a carpenter. Leo Donovan ----- Original Message ----- From: <115104.2031@compuserve.com> To: <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:36 PM Subject: [DONOVAN-L] John Donovan obit 1904 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: DONOVAN SWEENY CALLAHAN O'BRIEN DWYER GLEASON CAREY > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wJT.2ACEB/695 > > Message Board Post: > > edited to include his grandchildren's name's, this is my > ggg-gf John Donovan's obit. Please email me if this is a match @ 115104.2031@compuserve.com > > > THE HARVARD HERALD > MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS > JANUARY 28, 1904 > > DEATH OF A PIONEER > > JOHN DONOVAN OF DUNHAM TOWNSHIP, IL., CALLED TO HIS REWARD LIVED TO THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 88 YEARS 60 OF WHICH WERE PASSED ON HIS FARM IN DUNHAM TOWNSHIP, IL (McHenry County, IL). > > JOHN DONOVAN ONE OF DUNHAM’S OLDEST PIONEERS, DIED AT HIS HOME IN THE TOWNSHIP MONDAY AGE 88 YEARS. DEATH CAME AS A RESULT OF EXTREME AGE. THE DEMISE OF THIS VENERABLE OLD MAN CLOSES THE EARTHLY CAREER OF ONE OF THE COUNTY’S FIST SETTLERS AS MR. DONOVAN WAS A RESIDENT OF DUNHAM FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. > > HE WAS BORN IN IRELAND AND WHEN A YOUNG MAN CAME TO THE UNITED STATES LOCATING AT BUFFALO WHERE HE MARRIED. A FEW YEARS AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE AND HIS WIFE LEFT FOR THE FAR WEST LOCATING ON A FARM ON THE TOWNSHIP LINE OF DUNHAM AND MARENGO, IL., HIS HOME UNTIL HIS DEATH, HIS WIFE HANARAH “HANNAH” (SWEENEY), HAVING PASSED TO THE WORLD BEYOND 13 YEARS AGO. HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL FARMER AND SOON BECAME THE OWNER OF 200 ACRES OF VALUABLE LAND. HE WAS THE FATHER OF NINE CHILDREN, TWO OF WHOM ARE DEAD. THE LIVING CHILDREN ARE: MICHAEL FRANCIS DONOVAN (WIFE: CATHERINE GLEASON DONOVAN) OF ALDEN TWSHP, > MRS. CATHERINE O’BRIEN (WIFE OF JOHN G. O’BRIEN) OF DUNHAM TWSHP, > JOHN DONOVAN (WIFE: JANE CAREY DONOVAN) OF MOTLEY, MINNESOTA, > MRS. EDITH DWYER (WIFE OF MICHAEL DWYER) OF CHICAGO, > HANNAH DONOVAN, FANNIE DONOVAN & > PATRICK DONOVAN RESIDING AT HOME. > > THE DECEASED MEMBERS WERE: MRS. MARGARET O’BRIEN (WIFE OF MICHAEL O’BRIEN) OF DUNHAM, AND MRS. MARY ANN CALLAHAN (WIFE OF JOHN CALLAHAN) WHO DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT WASCEA, MINNESOTA. > > MR. DONOVAN WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM. HE WAS AN HONEST CITIZEN, A GENEROUS NEIGHBOR AND A KIND FATHER. THE FACT THAT HE BEGAN HIS HUMBLE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MANAGED THRU HONEST TOIL TO BECOME THE OWNER OF A WELL IMPROVED FARM SHOWS THAT HE WAS INDUSTRIOUS AND AMBITIOUS. THE ARMY OF PIONEERS OF MCHENRY COUNTY ARE BEING RAPIDLY THINNED AND BUT FEW OF THEM REMAIN WHO SAW THE VIRGIN SOIL BEFORE IT WAS CONVERTED TO A STATE OF USEFULNESS. > > MR. DONOVAN BELONGED TO THAT BAND OF HARDY MEN WHO ENDURED THE FATIGUE AND PRIVATIONS OF PIONEER DAYS IN MCHENRY COUNTY. HIS LIFE’S WORK IS DONE AND HE HAS LEFT BEHIND A GOOD NAME AND UNBLEMISHED CHARACTER. > > BESIDES HIS CHILDREN HE LEAVES BEHIND MANY GRANDCHILDREN, AMONG THE LIST: > > "Al" Alfonse Michael Donovan, John Frances Donovan, Timothy V Donovan, "Frank" Francis Daniel Donovan, Benedict "Benjamin" Donovan, Mary Elizabeth Donovan, "Willie" William H Donovan, Raymond Donovan, Margaret "Ruth" Donovan, Herbert "James" Donovan, Gilbert "Joseph" Donovan, Matthew Sylvester Donovan (CHILDREN OF SON MICHAEL & CATHERINE DONOVAN OF ALDEN TWSHP, IL), > > Everett O'Brien, Margaret O'Brien, John O'Brien, Henry O'Brien, Martha O'Brien, Cornelus O'Brien (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER CATHERINE AND JOHN G. O’ BRIEN OF DUNHAM TWSHP, IL), > > John Dwyer, James Dwyer (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER EDITH & MICHAEL F. DWYER OF CHICAGO, IL), > > Edith Donovan, Harold "Harry" Donovan, Jennie May Donovan, John Francis Donovan (CHILDREN OF SON JOHN & JANE DONOVAN OF MOTLEY, MINNESOTA), > > John J O'Brien, Albert W. O'Brien, William Alphouse O'Brien, Margaret J. O'Brien, Honora Isabelle O'Brien, Catherine Dorothy O'Brien, Francis Cornelius O'Brien, Henry Michael O'Brien (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER MARGARET & MICHAEL O’BRIEN OF DUNHAM TWSHP, IL), > > John Henry Callahan, Arthur D. Callahan, William J. Callahan, Joseph Callahan, Mabel Mary Callahan, Ann Callahan (CHILDREN OF DAUGHTER MARY ANN & JOHN F. CALLAHAN OF WASCEA, MINNESOTA) > > > > > > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== > The Donovan Home Page is temporarily unavailable...once it is back, I'll let you know! > The Donovan Threaded Archives can be found at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/DONOVAN-L > >