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P ATRICK MAHON, who resides at No. 35 Ketchum street, Indianapolis, is one of the early members of St. Anthony parish and also one of its most faithful parishioners. He was born in county Galway, Ireland, in the year 1847, and is the son of William and Mary Mahon, both of whom lived and died in their native isle. William Mahon was an agriculturist and he taught his children the art of husbandry, to which the subject of this sketch gave his attention as long as he remained on his native heath. Thinking to better his condition, Patrick Mahon resolved to go to America; accordingly he set sail, and on the 5th of April, 1881, landed in New York, and from there came at once to Indian- apolis, which city has since been his home. For the greater part of the time since locating in the Capital city, Mr. Mahon has been employed in a packing house, and he is working in that capacity at the present.
Mr. Mahon's marriage to Miss Mary Tully, also a native of county Galway, Ireland, was solemnized February 19, 1883; Mrs. Mahon's parents came to the United States in the year 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Mahon have one child, Mary, whose birth occurred November 14, 1888. Mr. Mahon early learned the lessons of industry and has always been a sober, hard-working man. He is a useful citizen and an earnest church man, contributing as liber- ally as his circumstances will permit toward all worthy charitable and religious objects.
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REV. WM. MAHER.
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF INDIANA.
REV. WILLIAM A. MAHER, assistant rector at St. Patrick's church, Indianapolis, and eminent as an educator in former years, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, September 29, 1860. Rev. Father Maher received his elementary education in the Christian Brothers' parochial school at Thurles, in his native county, and his classical education in St. Patrick's college, in the same town; the latter was supplemented by a course of four years at the Black Rock branch of the University of Ireland, and his philosoph- ical and final preparation for the priesthood was in the seminary of the Holy Ghost at Chevilly, near Paris, France, and here he was ordained July 14, 1889, by Bishop Dubois. He was at once dis- patched to Trinidad, British West Indies, where he had already passed nearly six years, prior to ordination, as a professor in St. Mary's college, Port of Spain, Trinidad, this institution being affiliated with the university of Cambridge. His second visit thither was in the capacity of clergyman, but his health became impaired, and his retirement became necessary within a few months. From 1890 until 1894, he was a professor in the institu- tion de Mesnieres, near Dieppe, France, and in the last-named year he came to the United States and took charge of a sophomore class in the Catholic college at Pittsburg, Pa., until the end of the scholastic year, 1895, when he entered upon his duties as assistant rector of St. Patrick's-his first work, exclusively, in the church ministry, all his previous labors having been performed in the capacity of educator, in which he reached an eminence, honorable and enviable. As pious as learned, Father Maher has become greatly endeared to his flock, and his services, it is gratifying to add, are fully appreciated by his superior.
JOHN J. MAHONEY, paymaster of the Citizens' Railway com- J pany of Indianapolis, was born in this city March 19, 1867, in a frame house, the site of which is now occupied by St. John's church, the frame structure having been removed to make room , for the church foundation when the infant John J., now a man of family, was but two months old.
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William and Anna (Smith) Mahoney, the parents of John J. Mahoney, were born in Ireland, the former in the county of Limer- ick, and the later in county Tyrone. They came to America when single and were married in Indianapolis May 10, 1866, in the old St. John's church, by Rev. Father Fitzpatrick. Of the children born to this union John J., the subject of this record, is the eldest; Jeremiah A., who was born April 12, 1870, is a stenographer for the L. E. & W. railway company, and is married to Mary Tretton, a native of Indianapolis, to which union one child has been born; William, at the age of thirteen years, met his death by drowning, June 26, 1881. William Mahoney, the father of this family, has for thirty- four years been employed in different capacities for the street rail- way company, and has a most pleasant home at No. 1112 South Capitol avenue.
John J. Mahoney received an excellent education at St. John's academy, Indianapolis, and was confirmed in that church May 6, 1877. He began his business life as an office boy in the office of the Citizens' Railway company, and his diligence and intelligence gained him promotion in clerical work, advancing him by degrees to his present position, to which he was appointed in 1891.
June 27, 1888, Mr. Mahoney was united in the holy bonds of matrimony, by Rev. Father Gavisk, to Miss Elizabeth G. Tretton, a sister of Mrs. Jeremiah A. Mahoney, and daughter of James and Margaret (Kennedy) Tretton, natives of county Kerry, Ireland, and parents of five children, viz: Elizabeth G., Mary, Maggie, James and Katie. The membership of both families is with St. John's church, in which the subject and his brother, Jeremiah, served as altar boys, in youth, under the pastorate of Father O'Donaghue, Jeremiah for some years being master of ceremonies for pontifical high mass. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mahoney have been born six children, viz: Margaret, born November 17, 1889, died February 16, 1890; William, born Sep- tember 12, 1890; Anna, born February 27, 1892; Lois Mary, boru December 12, 1893; Leo, born September 8, 1895, and John R., who was born October 8, 1897, and died November 25, of the sanie year.
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REV. EBERHARD STADLER.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH OF INDIANA.
connected with any of the church sodalities, is a young man of irreproachable character and of most exemplary habits, and is a great favorite with all who know him.
R EV. EBERHARD STADLER, O. S. B. (deceased), the jubilee priest of the congregation of Ferdinand. Ind., was born at Welfensberg, in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, February I, 1830, and died June 28, 1898.
Joseph Anton Stadler, as Father Eberhard was called before entering into the order of the Benedictines, finished his studies in the suppressed Cloister of Fishingen within four years. Then he began to study in the convent called Mary of Pilgrims (Einsiedeln). where, September 25, 1853, he took the vows, receiving the name of Eberhard. He was ordained priest March 28, 1857, and read his first mass in the church of this monastery, May 17, 1857, on the patron feast of St. Joseph. Father Eberhard was then the teacher and subarchive in this convent until Father Martin Marty won him for the American missions.
In November, 1869, Father Eberhard left the convent, which , was to him his home, and arrived at St. Meinrad, Spencer county, Ind., on the fourth Sunday in Advent. The first mass Father Eberhard celebrated in this region was read at Fulda. Soon after his arrival he undertook the care of the congregation at St. Anthony. The day when the church at Ferdinand was consecrated by Bishop Luers, of Fort Wayne, Father Eberhard remained the only ruler at the cloister of St. Meinrad. November 17, 1871, he entered Ferdinand, quietly and alone, and was noticed by no one. The place where he tied the animal that he rode can still be seen. From November 13, 1873, until August 1, 1874, he took care of the St. Mary's congregation in Indianapolis; during this time Father Maurus took care of Father Eberhard's congregation. When Father Eberhard undertook the care of the congregation of Ferdi- nand, there was a debt of $26,000, but of which there remains only $400 to be paid. In 1873 a residence for the teacher was erected. This teacher was John B. Miller, who had been there
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since 1870. The churches built under Ulrich and Bede were reno- vated at a cost of $16,000. Humbert decorated the church in 1891. All plain windows were substituted by fine painted glass ones; new pews, lights, monstrances and flags were placed in the church, and, furthermore, a tower clock and a bell from St. Louis. In 1894 an apparatus for heating was put in, costing $2, 100, The chapel of the Sorrowful Mother was built in 1876 and 1877 by Prior Fintan (blessed March 23, 1877), at a cost of $5,000. The corner stone of the chapel was laid by Abbot Martin Marty June 3, 1876. The cemetery was made larger and more beautiful, also a beautiful stone cross erected, which was decorated, and had a way for the processions around it; and an extra chapel for festivals was also built.
The cloister of the Benedictines was begun in 1883 and finished in 1887. In 1896 a building for heating was erected, the cost of which was $7,300, which is all paid.
Father Eberhard drew the plans for the Sisters' St. Joseph's home for old people. In 1896 work was begun on the erection of the new priest's home, which the congregation were building for Ferdinand in remembrance of the silver jubilee. For the building the following amounts of money were received: From the older men, $133.80; from the younger men, $92.25; from the women, $146.70; from the young women, $141.75; from the Catholic Knights, $30, and from the school children, $26.30. The mosaic floor was given by the carpenters and people of the mill. Beside the outward, the inner life of the congregation should be presented. The feasts of the church are given as ceremoniously as can be, par- ticularly during Holy week, Easter, Corpus Christi, and the forty- hour devotion. With these come also the ordination of the abbot, Martin Marty, to the office of bishop, the silver jubilee of P. Eber- hard, the golden jubilee of the congregation, December 3, 1891, the prime feasts of P. Martin Hoppenjaus, O. S. B., and Martin Miller; also K. Wagner, in the chapel of the cloister. In 1880 P. Weninger gave a sacred mission; in 1890 the Jesuit Fathers, Schnitzler and Newbrand. In 1880 the Brotherhood of the Blessed Sacrament was established. The schools are under the authority of a worldly teacher and three Benedictine Sisters. Out-
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side of the town there are several district schools which have Catholic teachers.
The congregation of Ferdinand has 310 families, all Germans. During the last year 1,625 baptisms were given; 500 marriages performed and 750 burials held. May God bless Father Eber- hard and his faithful congregation. His work has been faith- fully and well done, and will ever be cherished in the memory of all good Catholics.
Among the early pastors of St. Ferdinand's may be enumer- ated: Very Rev. Joseph Kundert; Revs. Charles Opperman, Meickmann, F. T. Fisher, Doyle, T. Contin, Peter, and Staph, prior to 1853; then the Benedictine Fathers, Ulrich Christen, Isidore Hobi, Wolfgang Schlumpf and Chrysostome Fuffa, who built the tower. When Father Kundert said his first mass at Ferdi- nand, April 22, 1840, eleven families formed the congregation. The first altar boy was a Master Edele, now living at St. Henry's, Ind. In 1840, also, the then newly-ordained priest (now Right Rev. Mgr. ) Bessonies said mass at Ferdinand, in the house of a Mr. Wagner, on the Troy road.
M ICHAEL FRANCIS MAHONEY, a leading attorney-at-law, of Logansport, Ind., is a native of the state and was born in Delphi, Carroll county, January 1, 1865, a son of Michael and Catherine (Ryan) Mahoney, natives of county Limerick, Ireland, but who were single when they came to the United States were married in Delphi, and now reside in Logansport.
David Mahoney, paternal grandfather of Michael F., having been bereft of his wife by death in Ireland, came to America with his family of three sons and two daughters, and settled in Delphi, where he passed the remainder of his life. Of the children, beside Michael, the father of subject, Daniel resides in LaFayette, Ind. ; David died in Delphi; Ellen is also a resident of LaFayette; and Hanora, wife of William Clary, resides in the same city. The maternal grandparents, Patrick and Ellen Ryan, also lived in Del- phi, and died near that city, the grandfather at the patriarchal age
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of ninety-eight years and the oldest man in Carroll county. Of the eight Ryan children, Thomas died in Carroll county, leaving several children; William is a carriagemaker in Danville, Ill .; Patrick and Edward both passed away in Carroll county, Ind .; John is still living in Delphi; Hanora was married to Timothy Hogan, but is now deceased; Mary is the widow of David Mahoney, alluded to above, and Catherine is the mother of Michael F. Mahoney, the subject of this notice.
Michael F. Mahoney was reared in Delphi until ten years of age, and then for some time lived on his father's farm near that city. He was primarily educated in the public schools, later attended the State university at Bloomington for two years, and then, for two years, attended Georgetown college, D. C. He taught school in Carroll county one year, and in 1887 came to Logansport, read law with Michael D. Fansler, and was admitted to the bar in September of the same year before Judge Maurice Winfield, having passed his examination under the statute. He remained with his preceptor after his admission to the bar, Mr. Fansler being then prosecuting attorney, and for four years was his deputy, and for the four years following was deputy under John W. McGreevy, who succeeded Mr. Fansler as prosecuting attorney. At the expiration of the latter's term of office, Michael D. Fansler and Michael F. Mahoney formed a partnership under the firm name of Fansler & Mahoney, and did a most successful law business until the death of Mr. Fansler in May, 1896, Mr. Mahoney, in the mean- time, serving as county attorney in 1895. In October of the same year (1896), Mr. Mahoney united with Judge M. B. Lairy, under the style of Lairy & Mahoney, which firm now stands at the head of the legal firms of Logansport.
Mr. Mahoney was united in marriage, June 20, 1894, with Miss Catherine Farrell, a native of Logansport and a daughter of William and Mary Farrell, and this union has been blessed with one child-Madeline. Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney are members of St. Vincent de Paul church, to the support of which they freely contrib- ute. Mr. Mahoney is also a member of the Catholic Knights of America, and at the organization of the uniform rank of that order became its first lieutenant, and was likewise a lieutenant of the
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Logan Grays during the existence of that military organization. He is a member of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, of which he was for three years secretary. Mr. Mahoney also holds membership with the Pottawattomie club, and for some time was a member of the board of house governors of that society.
As a democrat, Mr. Mahoney has always been active in for- warding the party's interests. '1888 he was secretary of the demo- eratic central committee, has addressed numerous assemblages during all the intervening campaigns, and in 1896 was a member of the board of election canvassers. As a lawyer, he is a strong pleader, and few men of his age can bring a jury closer in sympathy with a client than he, and but few attorneys are more successful in conducting a suit. He has made his way through the world by his individual exertions, owns a fine residence at No. 2101 Broad- way, and after the destruction by fire of the Murdock hotel, in 1897, he associated himself with A. G. Jenkines, purchased the property, reconstructed the edifice, christened it the New Murdock, and is now one of the owners of the leading hotels in the city, the management of which, of course, is entrusted to lessees. Socially Mr. Mahoney is as prominent as he is professionally, and but few residents of the city have warmer or more numerous friends.
T' THOMAS MALEY, a respected and retired business man of Shelbyville, Ind., was born in county Mayo, Ireland, in Decem- ber, 1839, and in 1849 was brought to America by his parents, Michael and Bridget (Kilrick) Maley, who first located in Harrison county, Ohio, where the father was engaged in farming until 1852, when he brought his family to Shelby county, Ind., and here resumed agricultural pursuits, which he followed until his death, which occurred January 28, 1879. He was in comfortable circum- stances, and was greatly respected for his integrity and devout adherence to the church of his ancestors-the Roman Catholic. He left, to mourn his loss, a widow and five children, viz: Thomas, subject of this memoir; Matthew, a stonemason of Shelbyville; Martin, a blacksmith; Michael, of Indianapolis, and Mary A., at home with her mother.
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Thomas Maley received a good common-school education and made his home with his parents until 1861, when he went to Mad- ison, Wis., and enlisted, in May, in company G, Sixth Wisconsin volunteer infantry, for three years, but was honorably discharged in December, 1863, on account of disability incurred at the second battle of Bull Run. On his return from the field he engaged in merchandizing, which he successfully followed until his retirement, a year or more ago.
The marriage of Mr. Maley was solemnized in Shelbyville, in May, 1867, by Father H. Peters, with Miss Julia Duggan, who was born in county Mayo, Ireland, in May, 1844, a daughter of John and Catherine Duggan, the result of the marriage being nine chil- dren, viz: Anna Marie, deceased; Luella, at home; Thomas F., a telegrapher of Indianapolis; Catherine; John; William; Gertrude; Michael Edwin and Grace, the last named being deceased. Mr. Maley resides on South Central avenue, and owns one of the finest mansions in Shelbyville. He is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic and also of the Catholic Knights of America. As a partial recompense for his sufferings and wounds received during his war service, he now receives a pension of $14 per month. He is honored for his integrity and straightforward walk through life, and counts his friends by the hundred.
M ICHAEL MALONEY, a well-known Catholic pioneer of Bainbridge, Putnam county, Ind., was born in 1825, in parish Doonass, county Clare, Ireland, not far from the city of Limerick, the " unconquerable," on the opposite side of the river Shannon, in Limerick county.
At the early age of six years Michael Maloney lost his father, whose name was also Michael. In June, 1848, the widow, whose maiden name was Ann Buckley, brought her family to America- this family then consisting of herself, five unmarried sons and two unmarried daughters, and the widow and child of her son, Patrick. The family landed in New York city, from which city the sons soon afterward took their departure for the purpose of making homes for
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themselves elsewhere, but never neglected in aiding their mother in her declining years.
The mother continued her residence in New York until her decease, at the home of one of her daughters; her other daughter is still single and resides at the port of debarkation of the family in America-the Empire City; James, the eldest son, came to Indi- ana, where he has been favorably known as a foreman in the con- struction of railroads; John is living in New York city; Patrick is a retired farmer, living in Chicago, Ill .; Thomas, the youngest of the brothers, learned plastering and located in Chicago in 1850, waxed wealthy, but was never heard from, even by his brother Patrick, who had so long lived near that city, until 1896-forty-six years later --- when Michael, the subject of this sketch, received a letter from a young lady, who, it appears, was a daughter of the long- lost brother, who died in Missouri, but had furnished the names to his daughter of his relatives in New York, and through correspond- ence with them came the letter from the daughter, announcing his sad fate.
Michael Maloney, now one of the most respected residents of Bainbridge, was taught the hatter's trade in New York city, but the business was not conducive to his health. He therefore came west, located in Bainbridge in 1854, and the greater part of the time since has been engaged in railroad work, although he has passed some of the time in other parts of the country, as, for instance, six years in Texas, besides making several trips to New York, on business.
Mr. Maloney has been twice married: First, in the city of New York, to Bridget Shaughnessy, who died in Bainbridge in 1861; his second marriage was to Jane O'Connor, who died in Indiana in 1893. To this first marriage were born four children, viz: Michael, a prominent lumber dealer of Bainbridge; Patrick, a farmer; Kate, wife of Albert Taylor, and Susan, unmarried. To the second marriage were born two children: Susan and Ignatius, both in school in Cincinnati. Mr. Maloney and family are greatly respected as useful and moral citizens and consistent Catholics, ever ready to lend a helping hand toward all good work, whether religious or secular.
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OHN F. MANNING, city license inspector, of Indianapolis, J was born in Chicago, Ill., February 4. 1865, a son of James and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Manning, the former a native of the city of Dublin, and the latter of county Wicklow, Ireland; both came to America when young, and were married in the city of New York.
James Manning was for a number of years a dairyman in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., and later became a dealer in real-estate, and had also served in the Mexican war. Some time prior to 1865 he located in Chicago, Ill., and subsequently came to Indianapolis, Ind., and was actively engaged in business until about four years prior to his death, when he was seized with a peculiar disorder which deprived him of his power of speech, but not of hearing nor consciousness, his death finally taking place December 20, 1895, at the age of eighty-four years; his widow is still a resident of this city and makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. John Trenck, and is, as her husband was, a sincere Catholic. The children born to. Mr. and Mrs. Manning were six in number, viz: Katherine, who died in infancy; Mary, wife of William McCullough, a hotel-keeper in Dayton, Ohio; Katherine, now Mrs. Edward Williams, of Indi- anapolis; Elizabeth, married to John Trenck, also of this city; John F., our subject, and James, who is engaged in business in Indianapolis.
John F. Manning was educated at St. Mary's academy, LaFayette, Ind., and his first business venture was in the grocery trade; for the past nine years he has been connected with the police force of Indianapolis-seven years as a patrolman and two years as license inspector-and to the latter office was re-appointed Novem- ber 1, 1897. He was married in St. Bridget's church, by Rev. Father Curran, April 24, 1895, to Miss Margaret McDermott, a native of Madison, Ind., and a daughter of Jeremiah and Ella McDermott, natives of Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. Manning have been born two children, viz: Francis Joseph, born February 17, 1896, and James Anthony, born February 24, 1897, but who was called away July 5, of the same year, sinking under the intense heat of the summer.
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to which he liberally contributes from his income and willingly aids in all its work of charity. In politics he has always been an ear- nest worker in behalf of the democratic party, and has always been a good and useful citizen.
JOHN M. MANNING, deceased, formerly a well-known Catholic resident of St. Patrick's parish, Indianapolis, was a native of the city of Galway, Ireland, and was born May 27. 1847. He was but two years old when his father died, and when yet a boy he was apprenticed to the trade of tailor, and at the age of seventeen years came to the United States with his mother and her family- the Civil war being then near its close. For a time he worked at his trade in New York city, going thence to Ann Arbor, Mich., to fill the position of cutter in a tailoring establishment there. In 1867 he enlisted in company B, Fifth United States cavalry, was in several engagements with the Indians, and was honorably dis- charged at the close of his term of five years. At Ann Arbor he was married to Miss Alice J. Corrigan, daughter of John and Mary Corrigan, pioneers of that city and natives of county Monaghan, Ireland, who came to the United States in early life, and who have long since passed away.
Mr. and Mrs. Manning lived in Ann Arbor but two years after their marriage, removing then to the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., which city was their home for five years, when they removed to Kendallville, Ind. Seven years later they settled in Indianapolis, the time of their arrival being in June, 1887. Mr. Manning con- tinued to work at his trade until his death, which occurred Decem- ber 16, 1896, after an illness of but eighteen days. He was a man of ability, and of good education, and wide reading, but was retired in his habits, preferring the society of his family, when not engaged in business, to public places of amusement or entertain- ment. In religion he was a devout Catholic, and a member of St. Patrick's branch, No. 563, Catholic Knights of America, and also of the Men's sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At his death he left his wife and six children, all sons, as follows: M. Frank,
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