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Leary, Dennis G


BORN IN: Ireland
DIED: 1/31/1903
AGED: 66
CAUSE OF DEATH: HeartFailure
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City

OCCUPATION: Painter

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CURRENT EVENTS:
  • 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
  • 1846 Mexican-American War
  • 1849 California Gold Rush
  • 1850 California became the 31st State
  • 1860 The Pony Express
  • 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • 1861 American Civil War
  • 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
  • 1866 Ku Klux Klan
  • 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
  • 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
  • 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
  • 1876 Baseball's National League
  • 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
  • 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
  • 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
  • 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
From the public domain book: History of San Mateo County, California , published in 1883

D. G. Leary

Was born in Ireland in 1840, and came to the United States in 1848, settling at Waltham, Massachusetts. He came to this coast via Panama in 1861, landing in San Francisco on November 27th of that year. In 1862 he came to Redwood City for the purpose of painting the American House, and was so well pleased with the surroundings that he concluded to settle here. He has since remained, pursuing the occupation of a painter.

He married Kate Kelley. Their children are George H., William and Ella Emma.


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