Please note that I am not related... No. 8165-Recorded Feb 20, 1896 Halligan, Patrick J, age 70y 3m 19d, male, white, married Died: Dec 19, 1895, 1:40 a.m. at 725 Perry St., Davenport, Iowa Cause of death: Congestion of Lungs Born: Co. Meath, Ireland. Resided in U.S. 42 yrs Buried: St. Marguerite's Cemetery on Dec 20, 1895 Obit: Daily Times, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, Dec 19, 1895 HALLIGAN Patrick J Halligan, who has been a resident of Davenport for the past forty-two years, passed away at the family residence, 725 Perry street, at 1:40 this morning. His death resulted from pneumonia, which developed from an accident of which he was the victim and which occurred last Saturday afternoon. While crossing the street on Harrison and Fourth, he was run down by a buggy driven by an unknown woman and severely hurt. He was thrown upon the pavement with such force as to inflict an ugly gash over his right eye and crush his right lung, from which pneumonia resulted. Mr. Halligan was a native of Ireland and was seventy years of age. He came to the United States in 1850 and to Davenport in 1853, residing here continually since that time. For about thirty years he held the position of general foreman for the Davenport Gas company, retiring from that occupation several years ago. He is survived by his wife and six children-John, James, Thomas, William, Joseph and Mary-all resident of this city. The funeral will be held from the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, interment to be made in St. Marguerite's cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "From Vol 2 History of Davenport and Scott County" by Harry E. Downer - S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago http://www.rootsweb.com/~iascott/halligan.htm Photo of Thomas Halligan Davenport, the commercial center of Iowa and the home of many extensive wholesale houses, finds one of its prominent representatives in Thomas F. Halligan, president of the Halligan Coffee Company, an enterprise of large and extensive proportions, in the development of which he has been a most important factor. In commercial affairs he displays marked ability in discriminating between the essential and non-essential and bringing into close harmony the varied forces that constitute the interests of the enterprise with which he has been associated. He is one of the city's native sons, born October 25, 1855. His father, Patrick Joseph Halligan, was a native of Ireland, born in Summerhill, County Meath, August 31, 1825. He came to the United States as a young man of twenty-four years, settling in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1849. He there resided for two years, during which time he was married, on the 27th of October, 1850 to Miss Ellen McNally, a native of Clonard, County Kildare, Ireland, who came to the United States in 1850 and died in 1897. In 1851 Patrick J. Halligan and his young wife removed from Paterson, New Jersey, to Peru, Illinois, where for two years he was connected with the gas business. On the 17th of August, 1853, he arrived in Davenport and was superintendent of the gas company here from 1858 until 1888, or for a period of thirty years, at the end of which time he retired. He enjoyed in unqualified measure the confidence and trust of those whom he represented and gave to them an efficient and valuable service, which was indicated in his long connection with the company. He injoyed, moreover, the unwqualified good will and esteem of all with whom he came in contact outside of business relation. He had a strong love for the land of his birth and was a member of the Sarsfield Guards when in Ireland, but was ever a most loyal American, in full sympathy with the republican form of government and the liberal principles for which this country stands. He died in 1893. Thomas F. Halligan was the third in a family of six children, all of whom were born in Davenport with the exception of the eldest son, John. In St. Marguerite's parochial school Thomas F. Halligan pursued his studies until fifteen years of age, when he accepted a position in a flour and feed store, where he continued for a year. He then became delivery clerk in the grocery store of Morrison & Glaspell and thus obtained his initial knowledge of the business, with which he has been more or less intimately associated since that time. He remained with the firm and their successors for five years and in June, 1875, accepted a position with Milton J. Gaspell. On the 1st of January, 1884, he entered into partnership with Mr. Glaspell in the grocery business at No. 16 East Third street under the firm name of Glaspell & Halligan. They were very successful, the firm enjoying a growing trade until 1887, when Mr. Halligan sold his interest and with G. J. Washburn organized the Washburn-Halligan Coffee Company, carrying a large line of teas, coffees and spices. This undertaking also proved profitable from its inception and after five years at their original location the firm in 1892 removed from Third street to larger quarters at No. 215 East Second street. On two occasions they suffered losses through fire but with resolute purpose they conducted their interests, the business continuing to prosper and grow until there was a pressing demand for still more commodious quarters. In 1907 the present magnificent building was erected and the business is now carried on extensively on East Fourth street. This is one of the most complete and attractive wholesale buildings in Davenport, where the wholesale trade of this section of the country largely centers. Mr. Washburn retired in 1896 and the business was then reorganized under the name of the Halligan Coffee Company, with Thomas F. Halligan as president, R. F. Miller, vice president, William Lillis, secretary, and Joseph E. Halligan, treasurer. The trade today extends largely over Iowa, Missouri, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Illinois. The house sustains an unassailable reputaion for the reliability of its business methods, and the spirit of enterprise and industry which dominates every department constitutes the basic element in the development of what is today one of the largest and most important wholesale concerns of the city. On the 17th of August, 1886, Mr. Halligan was married to Miss Mary, a daughter of John and Bridget Lillis. Mrs. Halligan was born in Davenport and by her marriage has become the mother of six children: Gilbert L., Eugene J., Grace, Camilla, Thomas, Francis and Angela. Mr. Halligan's social nature finds expression in his membership with the Commercial Club, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Columbus, and his standing in business circles is indicated in the fact that he has been elected to the presidency of the Jobbers & Manufacturers Association. He is active in every project concerning the welfare of the city and is a loyal son of Davenport, doing everything in his power to promote her welfare along the lines of substantilal and permanent growth and improvement. He is recognized by friends and business associates as a man of high character and sterling qualities and his life record exemplifies many traits of character which are well worthy of emulation. Cathy Labath Irish of Scott County, IA http://www.rootsweb.com/~iascott/scott.htm