John Aloysious Lanigan

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John Aloysious Lanigan

Birth
County Kerry, Ireland
Death
Feb 1876 (aged 51–52)
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
18 B
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920 928 Pershing Ottumwa Iowa Lot Book L, Page 15 Dated February 7, 1876 Filed February 7, 1876 Warranty Deed - John L. Lanagan to Mary Lanagan (spelled ...
This is my great grandfather~~JOHN LANIGAN NIGHT WATCH R.R. C.B.&Q.R.R. 1876 RES: N 3 MAIN CASS
Marriage: From 1850 - 1857
ALL MY JOHN LANIGAN FAMILY ARE BURIED IN SAME LOCATION AROUND MY GRANDPA JAMES ALOYSIOUS LANIGAN AND ANNA PHILLIPS LANIGAN STONE AS PICTURED.
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
WILL: In consideration of love and affection for my wife Mary Lanigan.
920 & 928 Pershing Ottumwa Iowa*Lot Book L, Page 15
Dated February 7, 1876
Filed February 7, 1876
Warranty Deed - John L. Lanagan to Mary Lanagan (spelled this way)
Lot 9 in Gillaspie's Subdivision of Out Lot #18
Consideration: "In consideration of love and affection for my wife Mary Lanagan (My great grandmother Mary Burns Lanigan)
"Posted By: "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" [email protected]
Date: 12/30/2015 at 12:32:18
Came to America in 1857.
County mining town
Coalport, Jefferson County Iowa was where he lived first in Iowa.Coalport was an early thriving little community a short distance west of Lockridge, was exactly what its name indicates. It was the central point for shipping coal from the numerous mines that dotted the landscape north and west of Lockridge.
Reports also state it was one of the major coaling stations for the railroad. All engines used coal and were steam operated at that time.
An item which appeared in the Fairfield Ledger September 23, 1923, with the headline "Coalport As It Was In 1875" related many pertinent facts concerning the early history of the little community.
It states the settlement began in 1856 or 1857 as early settlers began to move west across the state. A few settled where Coalport was finally established.

PROBATE RECORDS
United States Census, 1860 for Sarah Larrigin
Name: Sarah Larrigin
Residence: , Jefferson, Iowa
Ward: Lockridge Township
Age: 2 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1858
Birthplace: New York
Gender: Female
Page: 90
Family Number: 601
Film Number: 803328
DGS Number: 4218136
Image Number: 00098
NARA Number: M653
Whalen Sarah 22 OCT 1917 0066-00333
Whalen Thomas 11 FEB 1890 0022-00111
Wife of Tom Whalen, daughter of John Lanigan and Mary Burns; both born in Ireland.

Married April 24, 1882. Had a child named Jerimiah Charles born Feb. 3, 1883 at Ottumwa. God parents were James Healy & Julia Lanigan; sister of Sarah. Baptism was officiated by Father John Kreckel of St. Mary's. St. Mary's records also have spelling of Lannigan & Whealan.

Also had a daughter Mary Elizabeth born Jan 18, 1875 and baptised Jan 13, 1885 at St. Mary's. God parents were Timothy Lanigan; brother to Sarah and Margaret "Maggie" Lanigan Jones; sisters of Sarah.

Death book 1915-1919
Sarah L. Whalen born June 5, 1857 NY died Oct 18, 1917 pg 90

1900 Census says her mother Mary Burns came to USA in 1857.

*Other information in the record of Sarah Lanigan Whalen
from Iowa, County Death Records

Name Sarah Lanigan Whalen
Event Type Death
Event Date 18 Oct 1917
Event Place Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States
Age 60
Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
Father's Name John Lanagan
Mother's Name Mary Lanagan
Certificate Number 129
Page 103
Citing this Record

"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-XZ56 : accessed 30 December 2015), John Lanagan in entry for Sarah Lanigan Whalen, 18 Oct 1917; citing Death, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States, page 103, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,954,524.

Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992
GS Film Number 001954524
Digital Folder Number 007590284
Image Number 00282Last name spelled LARRIGIN in 1860 census of Jefferson County Iowa.

He died after the 1870 census as he is not in the 1880 census and my great grandma is listed as a widow.

CIVIL WAR REGISTRATION

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Draft, Enlistment and Service

Record information.
Name
John Lanigan
Birth
abt 1824 Ireland
Residence
1 Jul abt 1863 Jefferson County , Iowa
Name

James Lanigan was his brother and signed up on the same day in Jefferson county Iowa at Lockridge
Birth
abt 1831 Ireland
Residence
1 Jul abt 1863 Jefferson, Iowa

Buried near his brother James. I could not find a stone but it could be buried.

1870 has him as being born in 1828. Not sure of this.

Marriage Place:
New York

I think he died in about 1876 at Ottumwa.
Helped with his brother James to build the first railroad into Fairfield Iowa. James and his family are buried here too.

The first train to arrive in Fairfield (1858) was from Burlington, Iowa, on the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Track construction was completed to Omaha, Nebraska, sometime after the Civil War ended.Ottumwa FACTS
The first railroad came to Ottumwa on September 1, 1859. Ottumwa was soon to become a center for the railroads as well as manufacturing and wholesale center. In 1860
Ottumwa has a population of 1,632 that grew
to more than 5,000 people by 1870.
At one time, there were 57 passenger trains on
seven lines crossing Wapello County every
day. In its heyday, the Burlington Railroad
alone handled 40,360 freight cars each month
through its Ottumwa terminal. Sept. 1,1859.

Civil War. CO 1 17th INF Iowa
Mustered out at Jefferson County Iowa 1863
He and my family are in Ottumwa 1870 Census.

Died 1870~1880
He is in the 1870 census but not the 1880 census.

1860 Jefferson County IA LOCKRIDGE census
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John Larrigin, "United States Census, 1860"
Name: John Larrigin
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Lockridge Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Birthplace: Ireland
Page: 90
Household ID: 601
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803328
Digital Folder Number: 004218136
Image Number: 00098
Household Gender Age Birthplace
*John Larrigin M 32 Ireland
Mary Larrigin F 24 Ireland
Sarah Larrigin F 2 New York
920 928 Pershing Ottumwa Iowa Lot Book L, Page 15 Dated February 7, 1876 Filed February 7, 1876 Warranty Deed - John L. Lanagan to Mary Lanagan (spelled ...
This is my great grandfather~~JOHN LANIGAN NIGHT WATCH R.R. C.B.&Q.R.R. 1876 RES: N 3 MAIN CASS
Marriage: From 1850 - 1857
ALL MY JOHN LANIGAN FAMILY ARE BURIED IN SAME LOCATION AROUND MY GRANDPA JAMES ALOYSIOUS LANIGAN AND ANNA PHILLIPS LANIGAN STONE AS PICTURED.
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
WILL: In consideration of love and affection for my wife Mary Lanigan.
920 & 928 Pershing Ottumwa Iowa*Lot Book L, Page 15
Dated February 7, 1876
Filed February 7, 1876
Warranty Deed - John L. Lanagan to Mary Lanagan (spelled this way)
Lot 9 in Gillaspie's Subdivision of Out Lot #18
Consideration: "In consideration of love and affection for my wife Mary Lanagan (My great grandmother Mary Burns Lanigan)
"Posted By: "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" [email protected]
Date: 12/30/2015 at 12:32:18
Came to America in 1857.
County mining town
Coalport, Jefferson County Iowa was where he lived first in Iowa.Coalport was an early thriving little community a short distance west of Lockridge, was exactly what its name indicates. It was the central point for shipping coal from the numerous mines that dotted the landscape north and west of Lockridge.
Reports also state it was one of the major coaling stations for the railroad. All engines used coal and were steam operated at that time.
An item which appeared in the Fairfield Ledger September 23, 1923, with the headline "Coalport As It Was In 1875" related many pertinent facts concerning the early history of the little community.
It states the settlement began in 1856 or 1857 as early settlers began to move west across the state. A few settled where Coalport was finally established.

PROBATE RECORDS
United States Census, 1860 for Sarah Larrigin
Name: Sarah Larrigin
Residence: , Jefferson, Iowa
Ward: Lockridge Township
Age: 2 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1858
Birthplace: New York
Gender: Female
Page: 90
Family Number: 601
Film Number: 803328
DGS Number: 4218136
Image Number: 00098
NARA Number: M653
Whalen Sarah 22 OCT 1917 0066-00333
Whalen Thomas 11 FEB 1890 0022-00111
Wife of Tom Whalen, daughter of John Lanigan and Mary Burns; both born in Ireland.

Married April 24, 1882. Had a child named Jerimiah Charles born Feb. 3, 1883 at Ottumwa. God parents were James Healy & Julia Lanigan; sister of Sarah. Baptism was officiated by Father John Kreckel of St. Mary's. St. Mary's records also have spelling of Lannigan & Whealan.

Also had a daughter Mary Elizabeth born Jan 18, 1875 and baptised Jan 13, 1885 at St. Mary's. God parents were Timothy Lanigan; brother to Sarah and Margaret "Maggie" Lanigan Jones; sisters of Sarah.

Death book 1915-1919
Sarah L. Whalen born June 5, 1857 NY died Oct 18, 1917 pg 90

1900 Census says her mother Mary Burns came to USA in 1857.

*Other information in the record of Sarah Lanigan Whalen
from Iowa, County Death Records

Name Sarah Lanigan Whalen
Event Type Death
Event Date 18 Oct 1917
Event Place Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States
Age 60
Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
Father's Name John Lanagan
Mother's Name Mary Lanagan
Certificate Number 129
Page 103
Citing this Record

"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-XZ56 : accessed 30 December 2015), John Lanagan in entry for Sarah Lanigan Whalen, 18 Oct 1917; citing Death, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States, page 103, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,954,524.

Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992
GS Film Number 001954524
Digital Folder Number 007590284
Image Number 00282Last name spelled LARRIGIN in 1860 census of Jefferson County Iowa.

He died after the 1870 census as he is not in the 1880 census and my great grandma is listed as a widow.

CIVIL WAR REGISTRATION

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Draft, Enlistment and Service

Record information.
Name
John Lanigan
Birth
abt 1824 Ireland
Residence
1 Jul abt 1863 Jefferson County , Iowa
Name

James Lanigan was his brother and signed up on the same day in Jefferson county Iowa at Lockridge
Birth
abt 1831 Ireland
Residence
1 Jul abt 1863 Jefferson, Iowa

Buried near his brother James. I could not find a stone but it could be buried.

1870 has him as being born in 1828. Not sure of this.

Marriage Place:
New York

I think he died in about 1876 at Ottumwa.
Helped with his brother James to build the first railroad into Fairfield Iowa. James and his family are buried here too.

The first train to arrive in Fairfield (1858) was from Burlington, Iowa, on the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Track construction was completed to Omaha, Nebraska, sometime after the Civil War ended.Ottumwa FACTS
The first railroad came to Ottumwa on September 1, 1859. Ottumwa was soon to become a center for the railroads as well as manufacturing and wholesale center. In 1860
Ottumwa has a population of 1,632 that grew
to more than 5,000 people by 1870.
At one time, there were 57 passenger trains on
seven lines crossing Wapello County every
day. In its heyday, the Burlington Railroad
alone handled 40,360 freight cars each month
through its Ottumwa terminal. Sept. 1,1859.

Civil War. CO 1 17th INF Iowa
Mustered out at Jefferson County Iowa 1863
He and my family are in Ottumwa 1870 Census.

Died 1870~1880
He is in the 1870 census but not the 1880 census.

1860 Jefferson County IA LOCKRIDGE census
RECORDS GENEALOGIES CATALOG BOOKS WIKI
Back to Search ResultsCopy Print
John Larrigin, "United States Census, 1860"
Name: John Larrigin
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Lockridge Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Birthplace: Ireland
Page: 90
Household ID: 601
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803328
Digital Folder Number: 004218136
Image Number: 00098
Household Gender Age Birthplace
*John Larrigin M 32 Ireland
Mary Larrigin F 24 Ireland
Sarah Larrigin F 2 New York