CARTNEY, Patrick
Patrick CARTNEY, one of the self-made men
of La Prairie township, whose early home was on the other side
of the Atlantic, commenced life
without other capital than his strong hands and resolute
will and has attained to a fine position, socially and
financially, among his fellow-citizens. His homestead, one of
the most noticeable in the township, embraces a fertile tract of
four hundred acres of land under thorough cultivation. Both as a
business man and citizen, the proprietor stands well among the
men of his township and vicinity as having materially assisted
in the development of Marshall county.
Mr. CARTNEY was born in County Louth, Ireland, in March, 1824, was reared
to agricultural pursuits and became steward for a market
gardener. In 1860 he emigrated to the new world, coming at once
to Peoria, Illinois,
where he spent one month with C. CARROLL, and later worked by
the month on the farms of R. O. CALDWELL and O. S. SMITH, in all
about five years. At the end of that period he had about fifteen
hundred dollars to invest, so purchased seventy-two and a half
acres of his present farm, to which he has later added, until
the boundaries of his land include four hundred acres. He also
gives some attention to the raising of hogs and cattle besides
his general farm work. Six years ago he erected his present fine
residence.
Soon after the close of the civil war, in
July, 1865, Mr. CARTNEY was united in marriage with Miss Mary
MACKIN, who was born in the same parish in
County Louth,
Ireland, as her husband, and
after coming to the United States
worked for ten years for rich families in New York. She has been an industrious,
hardworking woman, and to her is due not a little of the success
which has come to them. To them have been born five children –
Jane, wife of William GREEN, of
Fairmont,
Nebraska; Katie, at home; Johnnie, who
assists his father in the operation of the home farm; Maggie,
wife of Frank COLGAN, a farmer residing near the CARTNEY
homestead, and Thomas, at home. The family are all devout
members of the Catholic church at Camp Grove. Although a
democrat in politics, Mr. CARNEY is not strictly partisan, and
at local elections casts his ballot for the man whom he thinks
will best fill the office. He has held the position of school
director, discharging its duties faithfully and well.
Extracted April 2011 by Norma Hass from
The Biographical Record of Bureau, Marshall and Putnam Counties, Illinois,
1896.
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