William T. Kealy

born: Dec 1867, near Center Grove, Clinton Co., Iowa
died: 14 Jan 1913, Jackson Twp,Crawford Co.,Iowa at the home of his mother
bur.: south of Vail,Crawford Co.,Iowa, at St. Ann's Cemetery

Pedigree Chart

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           |          |
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  |------John KEALY (1821, Ireland - 1870, Iowa)
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  |                   |
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William T. KEALY (1867, Iowa - 1913)
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  |                   |--------Phenton LAWLOR (Ireland - Ireland)
  |                   |
  |        |---------John LAWLOR (1803, Ireland - 1883, Iowa)
  |        |          |
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  |        |
  |------Bridget LAWLER (1842, Ireland - 1928, Iowa)
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           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Mary LALOR (1816, Ireland - 1860)
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                      |--------

The following story appears in the circa 1944 Lawler family history, while talking about the Lawler's time in Crawford County, Iowa:

One of the first wooden wheel threshing steam outfits was run by Will Kealy and Lew Kerigan, in company with a neighbor, Tom Brotherson, for 2 seasons. Kealy and Kerigan were Bridget Lawler's sons, and John Sr.'s grandsons. Then they got a modern outfit, a self feeder, a swinging stacker, and a 12 horse power steam engine with return flues, with the smoke stack on the back part. During the year 1902, they had 75 jobs. In the winter time, water was hauled with sled and barrels. On account of a lot of rain and snow, they threshed from September to March.

William is with his sister Mary and her husband John O'Donnell in the 1900 census.

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