Thomas Byrne came to this country with his parents and assisted in establishing the home in Muscatine county. He was a man of great energy and perseverance and became a highly successful farmer. Politically he was in sympathy with the democratic party, and although he was not an office seeker, preferring to devote his life to private affairs, he served acceptably as assessor of his township for seven years and also held other township offices. His wife is still living at the old home. There were eight children in the family: John, a farmer of Seventy-six township; Frances, at home; Peter, our subject; William, an electrical engineer, and Lawrence, both at home; Stephen and Paul, deceased; and Felicitas, at home. He married Catherine Grant.
Thomas Byrne came to this country with his parents and assisted in establishing the home in Muscatine county. He was a man of great energy and perseverance and became a highly successful farmer. Politically he was in sympathy with the democratic party, and although he was not an office seeker, preferring to devote his life to private affairs, he served acceptably as assessor of his township for seven years and also held other township offices. His wife is still living at the old home. There were eight children in the family: John, a farmer of Seventy-six township; Frances, at home; Peter, our subject; William, an electrical engineer, and Lawrence, both at home; Stephen and Paul, deceased; and Felicitas, at home. He married Catherine Grant.
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