Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Delaney, Michael July 28, 1828 - 
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MICHAEL DELANEY, a prosperous and industrious farmer of Ellsworth township, residing
upon section 16, came to Meeker county in 1877, and located on the place where his
home now is. He had purchased the land some time previous to this, but he has made
nearly all, if not all, the improvements here, and he has now a magnificent property
consisting of 342 acres lying in this and Greenleaf townships, He is giving a large
share of his attention to stock-raising, principally to half and three-quarter-bred
Durham, Holstein and Jersey cattle. His home is one of the most beautiful in the
township, and attracts the attention of even the most casual observer.

Mr. Delaney is a native of Ireland, born in County Leitrim, July 28, 1828, and is
the son of Bernard and Catherine (McWeeny) Delaney, both of whom died in that “ever
verdant isle,” the mother in 1863, the father in 1873, at the age of ninety years.
Bernard Delaney was a farmer and followed that business as best hie could in that
oppressed land. He was the parent of but two children, Bernard and Michael.

The latter, the subject of this biography, was reared among the beautiful scenery of
the West of Ireland, but on attaining manhood felt that he must seek in other
countries the freedom from the Saxon’s yoke that has oppressed that island for seven
centuries, and accordingly, in 1852, emigrated to the United States, landing in New
York. From there, after stopping a short time in New Haven, Conn., he went to the
State of Virginia, where he was engaged in railroad construction for four years. His
next move was to Minneapolis, where he arrived in 1856, and made his home until
1877, except a year spent in Kentucky and Tennessee. At the date last mentioned he
moved to Meeker county.

Mr. Delaney was united in marriage in June, 1858, with Miss Mary Garvey, a native
County Mayo, Ireland, who had come to the United States a short time before. The
ceremony took place in St. Anthony, now Minneapolis. By this union they have had
seven children, six of whom survive: Mary, who is a teacher in the St. Paul schools;
John, teaching in Swift County, this State; Kate, who is teaching the school in
District 68, Litchfield township; Hannah, who is teaching in District 66, Ellsworth;
Nellie and Anthony William.


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Extracted from:
ALBUM OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF Meeker County, Minnesota,
CHICAGO: Alden Ogle & Company, 1888.




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