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Title:  History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio
Authors:  Aldrich, Lewis Cass.
City of Publication:  Syracuse, N.Y. :
Publisher:  D. Mason & Co.,
Publication Date:  1888

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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CONNOLLY, James, Washington, Liberty Center p.o., one of the leading
farmers of Northwest Ohio, was born in Greene county, N.Y., in June, 1833,
and settled in Washington township in 1841.  He was married October 21,
1853, to Elizabeth Gamble, of Franklin, Wis.  They have had six sons:
Francis E., James M., William H., Michael, George Van, Robert B.  Three of
the sons, Francis E., James M. and William H., are graduates of the
commercial college, and were fitted for teachers.  Mr. Connolly served as
county commissioner for two terms.  In early life he became engaged in
farming, and now owns 500 acres.  He was a son of Michael and Ellen
(Duffy) Connolly, who were born and married in Ireland; he in 1791 and his
wife in 1796.  They were married in 1825, and emigrated to America in
1827.  They first settled in N.Y. State, in Greene county, where they
remained until 1835, when they went to New York city where they remained
until 1837, when they came to Ohio, and in 1838 settled in Henry county,
and in the year 1841 they came to Washington township, where they died.
He in 1875, and his wife in 1868.  They had four sons, two of whom are now
living, Michael jr., and James.  Paul and William are deceased.  The
family came from New York by the Erie Canal, and crossed Lake Erie on the
steamer Robert Fulton, in 1813.

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