Bio: Sullivan, John (History - 1832)
Poster: Janet Schwarze
----Surnames: SULLIVAN COBOURN MORRISSEY FITZPATRICK
----Source: 1819 History of Clark and Jackson County, Wisconsin, by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge
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John L. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan was born in Scotland in 1849, but came to this country and to Jackson county, Wis., with his parents when quite young, where he lived until 1885. He was a member of the county board in Jackson county, and the town of Sullivan, in that County, was named in his honor. Since 1885 he has resided in the town of Sherwood Forest, in Clark County, Wisconsin, where he has been engaged in lumbering and farming. He is now serving his second term as chairman of that town. Mr. Sullivan denies being of kin to our national sluggar bearing the same name. He served in Co. F-5th Wisconsin, Infantry during the war. Is a member of the G. A. R., also of the Kof P. and I. O. O. F. |
JOHN SULLIVAN, a successful farmer of Jackson County, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in May, 1832, the son of Jeremiah Sullivan, a native of the same county. The latter came to the United States in 1842, and located in Baltimore, where he subsequently died. In Ireland his occupation was that of farmer, but after coming to this country he was occupied principally in working on railroads. Our subject's mother, nee Mary Cobourn, was born in Ireland, where she died. Our subject, their sixth child, was reared on a farm and educated in Cumberland, Maryland. In 1846 he went to work for a railroad contractor, and continued with him until about 1849, when he went to St. Louis, and then came to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, where he followed various pursuits. In 1856 he came to Jackson County, Wisconsin, and located in Albion Township, where he now resides. He owns eighty acres of land on section 9, where he carries on general farming. He also owns some town property. Politically he is a Democrat, and has held several minor offices. He is a member of the Catholic Church.
Mr. Sullivan was married June 30, 1878, to Mary C. Morrissey, who was born in Montgomery County, New York, February 26, 1848, the daughter of James and Katharine (Fitzpatrick) Morrissey, who came from Ireland to this country in early life, and
subsequently came to Irving Township, Jackson County, Wisconsin. They are both members of the Catholic Church, and the father is a Democrat politically. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have had five children, namely: Mary E., John, Ursella, Frank and Katherine, all of whom are living but Ursella, who died at the age of eight months.
SULLIVAN COBOURN MORRISSEY FITZPATRICK