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Born 1859
From History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909), History of Dakota and Goodhue counties, Minnesota / (1910)
Thomas W. Lally, who, with John McXamara. is owner, proprietor and manager of the Lally & McXamara hardware store, in the village of Goodhue, was born in Red Wing October 9, 1859. and spent his boyhood in Belle Creek township, where he received his early education and remained until 1890, when he entered the employ of X. K. Simmons, of Red Wing, as a grain buyer, being located in Clay Bank and Goodhue. In 1901 he engaged in the hardware business with Charles E. Perkins and Andrew Chalmers, continuing this partnership until February, 1905. when the Perkins and Chalmers interests were purchased by John McXamara. since which time the present partnership has continued. The firm carries;i full line of hardware, building material, farming implements and wagons and carriages. The partners also conduct a tinning ami plumbing department in connection with their business..Mr. Lally. who is an independent voter, served as assessor of Belle Creek seven years and has been assessor of Goodhue ten years. Being a man of sociable instincts, he belongs both to the United Workmen and the Commercial Club. On February 1890, he was married to Agnes M. Doyle, daughter of John and.Mary (Lyons) Doyle, who located in Belle Creek among the first settlers. Her father was killed by lightning in 1872, and her mother died in September, 1897. Eight children have blessed the Lally home. John "William, born February 22, 1891, is in the store with his father. Thomas Y\Talter, Jr., born January 16, 1893, is taking a course in the college at Prairie du Chien. The others, all of whom are at home, are: Mabel Ann, born January 13, 1895; Marie Agnes, born December 5, 1897; Gertrude Louise, born February 11, 1900; Florence Madeline, born January 6, 1902; Dorris Genevieve, born May 30, 1904, and Helen Luceil. born September 3, 1906. The family faith is that of the Catholic church. The parents of Thomas W7. Lally were John and Anna (Maloy) Lally, the former of whom, after coming to America from Ireland in 1846, lived in New York and Ohio for a time, and then located in Red Wing in 1856, working on a lime kiln until 1860, when he purchased eighty acres of land in Belle Creek and carried on general farming operations very successfully until his death, December
23, 1868. His wife died November 16, 1879. In the family were six children: John H., born May 31, 1853, died at the age of five years; Frank, born February 22, 1857, died at the age of ten years; Thomas is the subject of this sketch; Daniel, born February 11, 1861, lives at Belle Creek; Mary, born February 16, 1863, died April 17, 1898; Susan, bom October 3, 1867, married John McNam&ra, who is Mr. Lally's partner in the hardware business.
As printed in History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Thomas W. Lally, who, with John. McNamara, is owner, proprietor and manager of the Lally & McNamara hardware store, in the village of Goodhue, was born in Red AVing October 9, 1859, and spent his boyhood in Belle Creek township, where he received his early education and remained until 1890, when he entered the employ of N. K. Simmons, of Red AYing, as a grain buyer, being located in Clay Bank and Goodhue. In 1901 he engaged in the hardware business with Charles E. Perkins and Andrew Chalmers, continuing this partnership until February, 1905, when the Perkins and Chalmers interests were purchased by John McNamara, since which time the present partnership has continued. The firm carries a full line of hardware, building material, farming implements and wagons and carriages. The partners also conduct a tinning and plumbing department in connection with their business. Mr. Lally, who is an independent voter, served as assessor of Belle Creek seven years and has been assessor of Goodhue ten years. Being a man of sociable instincts, he belongs both to the United Workmen and the Commercial Club. On February 3, 1890, he was married to Agnes M. Doyle, daughter of John and Mary (Lyons) Doyle, who located in Belle Creek among the first settlers. Her father was killed by lightning in 1872, and her mother died in September, 1897. Eight children have blessed the Lally home. John AVilliam, born February 22, 1891, is in the store with his father. Thomas Walter, Jr., born January 16, 1893, is taking a course in the college at Prairie du Cliien. The others, all of whom are at home, are: Mabel Ann, born January 13, 1895; Marie Agnes, born December 5, 1897; Gertrude Louise, born February 11, 1900; Florence Madeline, born January 6, 1902; Dorris Genevieve, born May 30, 1904, and [name withheld], born September 3, 1906. The family faith is that of the Catholic church. The parents of Thomas W. Lally were John and Anna (Maloy) Lally, the former of whom, after coming to America from Ireland in 1846, lived in New York and Ohio for a time, and then located in Red Wing in 1856, working on a lime kiln until 1860, when he purchased eighty acres of land in Belle Creek and carried on general farming operations very successfully until his death, December
23, 1868. His wife died November 16, 1879. In the family were six children: -John H., born May 31, 1853, died at the age of five years; Frank, born February 22, 1857, died at the age of ten years; Thomas is the subject of this sketch; Daniel, born February 14, 1861, lives at Belle Creek; Mary, born February 16, 1863, died April 17, 1898; Susan, born October 3, 1867, married John McNamara, who is Mr. Daily’s partner in the hardware business.
As printed in History of Dakota and Goodhue counties, Minnesota / (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: John H. (b. 1852) John McNamara (b. 1862)
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