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John Joseph Early

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John Joseph Early

Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Death
27 Nov 1910 (aged 60)
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Askeaton, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.2639375, Longitude: -88.0911278
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Greg Watts concerning John Early's grave:
John Early is not marked yet their is room for his name with Mary Brogan and Annie.

He was the oldest of two boys and came to the United States from Ireland when he was about 14 years old. He received his citizenship in New York when he was 27 years old in 1865, married Mary Brogan in 1882, was working in Chicago in 1883 and then bought a home in Green Bay in 1885. After his wife died in 1897, he bought a farm and gave up all work except being a farmer according to his grandaughter Betty Early Andrews. He hired housekeepers to help with the children and never remarried. All of John Early and Mary Brogan's children were very saintly.

FROM THE HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY, VOLUME 2, PAGE 342, S.J. CLARKE
PUBLISHING COMPANY 1913 CHICAGO:

John Early died in Green Bay on the 27th of November, 1910 in the seventy-second year of his age. His death was deeply deplored and widely regretted by his fellow citizens for he stood high in the community, and his passing deprived the city of a man who for many years was prominently connected with municipal development in the promotion of laudable business enterprises. Mr. Early was of Irish parentage. His father, Timothy Early, was born in the Emerald isle and came to New York City at an early date. On removing to Wisconsin in 1852 he settled in Hollandtown, Brown County, where he farmed successfully for a number of years. His wife bore the maiden name of Bridget White. John Early received an ordinary country-school education in New York state and accompanied his parents on their removal to Hollandtown, Wisconsin, where he resided until about 1894. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and was also extremely interested in the buying and selling of land. He made real estate one of the important features of his commercial life and when he removed to Green Bay he continued to engage in that business in addition to his duties as mechanical and stationary engineer for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. He subsequently severed that connection and turned his attention to the retail liquor business, always keeping up his identification with real-estate activities. His business life was distinguished by an intelligent knowledge of land values in the various states in which his real-estate connections extended, and by standards of commercial integrity and honor which are rare in this day and age.

In 1882, Mr. Early was united in marriage to Miss Mary Brogan, a daughter of John and Bridget Brogan. Her father, a prominent farmer in Hollandtown, was among the original settlers of that village and is still living there at the age of ninety-two years. Her mother died in 1911 at the age of ninety. Mr. and Mrs. John Early became the parents of five children: William, who maintains his residence in Chicago, Illinois; Edward J., who lives in Green Bay where he is prominent in the affairs of the Early Real Estate Company with offices at 109 West Walnut Street; Mary, who holds the responsible position of superintendent of the Nurses' Training School in New York City; and James and Ella, both residing in Green Bay. Mrs. Early passed away in 1897. During his life Mr. Early gave his political allegiance to the Democratic party and served his city as a member of the board of aldermen from 1906 to 1910. His public life like his industrial career was distinguished by energy and resourcefullness directed along worthy lines and won for him a still better place in the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens. He was prominent in the Catholic Order of Foresters but beyond this had no fraternal affiliations. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. His life was molded along honorable and upright lines, and he attracted to himself numerous friends among the representative citizens of Green Bay, being held in universal respect for his exemplary personal life, his high sense of honor and his rare qualities of citizenship.

Occupation: Liquor Store, Real Estate
Lived in Ireland, New York, Askeaton, Green Bay
Citzenship: 27 years old, Hillsdale, Columbia City, NY, Nov. 6, 1865
Book 2 of Naturalization Records, p.41: Columbia County Court: applied for citizenship, admitted 11/6/1865
Schools: NY State Country School
To America in 1852? 1850?
Jersey City, NJ, April 1871: James K. Thompson & Co. Steel Works
Fordham, NY, June 1, 1874: Home for the Incurables
New York City, Aug 16, 1874: Geo. H. Kitchen & Co., 591 Broadway: Steam Fitter
New York City, Feb. 8, 1878: Police Dept.: Engineer's Certificate
Chicago, Feb 22, 1883: Woodman & Warner, 226 Lake St., 22 Franklin St., Steam Fitter
Green Bay, 1885: Bought home
Farmer
Real Estate
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Saloon
Alderman, 1906 - 1912 (2 terms) 8th Ward, Green Bay
Living at 800 So. Broadway, Green Bay at the time of his death; died Nov. 27, 1910, of pneumonia. Buried Nov. 30, 1910 at St. Patrick's Church, Askeaton, WI.
State of Wisconsin Dept. of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics: Vol. 14, p. 523

GREGORY WATTS:
Timothy Early's sons, John and Thomas, had neighboring 80 acre farms on the north side of Hill Road East of PP Highway in Holland and east of Highway 57 road, which was built by John Brogan Jr. to connect Holland with Greenbay. Ultimately Hwy 57 became known as Green Bay Ave. connecting Green Bay with Milwaukee 100 miles south.

1880 Census
#1418 R3177S-U5717
Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 Brown & Calumet
P.3
Reel 1702 - 1910 Census
Sheet 4B
Ward of City -

FROM WRIGHT'S DICTIONARY:

1896 - 1897 Early, John, bolt cutter, residence 707 S. Broadway

1900 - Early, John, Saloon, 705-707 S. Broadway, residence - same.

1907 - Early, John - Common Council - 1 year
Standing Committees
Public Grounds
Poor Board

1905 - Early, John, Saloon, 705 S. Broadway
Home - 707 S. Broadway
Early - William - home, 707 S. Broadway

1907 Early, John, Saloon, 705 S. Broadway
Home - 908 S. Broadway
Early - William - Barkeeper, Home, 908 S. Broadway

1915-1916 Early, Edward J. (Early Real Estate Co.)
Home - 1115 So. Webster
Ella, Miss, Home 1201 Shawano
James - Clk, Home - 1201 Shawano
Mayme, M., Nurse, home 1201 Shawano
Early Real Estate Co. (Edw. J. Early)
198 W. Walnut St.
Wm. J., Real estate, home 1201 Shawano

1914-1915 Edw. J. (Real Estate Co. ) Home 800 S. Broadway
Early - Helen C. (Ella) Student, home 800 S. Brdwy.
James J., Saloon, 705 S. Broadway, Home 800 S. Brdwy.
Mayme M., Nurse, 800 S. Broadway
Early Real Estate Co., Edw. J. Early (Prop)
198 W. Walnut St.
Wm. J., Physician, Home 800 S. Broadway

1918 - Early, James W., U.S.A., home 1201 Shawano
William J., Foreman, home 1201 Shawano

1921 - City Directory -
Early, James (Early Tire & Repair) 700 Dousman

1927 - Early Battery Station (Wm. J. Early)
163 N. Broadway
Jas. W. (Arleen E. ) Early Tire & Supply
Home - 534 S. Monroa Ave.
Margaret C., Nurse, Bellin Hosp., 1239 Howard
Wm. J. (Early Battery Station ) Home, 215 N. Norwood

1929 - Early, Jas. W. (Arleen E, Early Tire & Battery)
Home 830 Hubbard
Marguerite C., Nurse, Room, 1239 Howard
Early Tire and Battery (Jas. W. Early) 163 N. Brdwy.
Wm. J. Early - Forman - Home 818 Oregon

More About JOHN J. EARLY:
Burial: November 30, 1910, St. Patricks in Askeaton, Wisconsin
Emigration: Citizenship: Columbia County, New York, November 6, 1865
Occupation: Farmer, Real Estate and Liquor Retailer
Places Lived: Ireland, New York, Askeaton, Wisconsin and Green Bay, Wisconsin.


Name: John Early
Residence: Humboldt, Brown, Wisconsin
Birth date: 1853
Birth place: Ireland
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name:
Spouse birth place:
Father name: Timothy Early
Father birth place: Ireland
Mother name: Bridget Early
Mother birth place: Ireland
Race or color (expanded): White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Age: 27 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA film number: T9-1418
Page: 237
Page letter: C
Entry number: 1206
Film number: 1255418
Collection: 1880 United States Census

Name: John Early
Residence: Green Bay city, Brown, Wisconsin
Birth date: Jan 1850
Birth place: Ireland
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name:
Spouse titles:
Spouse birth place:
Father name:
Father titles:
Father birth place: Ireland
Mother name:
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: Ireland
Race or color (expanded): White
Head-of-household name:
Gender: Male
Marital status: Widowed
Years married:
Estimated marriage year:
Mother how many children:
Number living children:
Mary Early
Ellen Early
James Early
William Early
Edward Early
Immigration year: 1855
Enumeration district: 0021
Sheet number & letter: 1A
Household id: 5
Reference number: 31
GSU film number: 1241778
Image number: 00888
Collection: 1900 United States Census
Greg Watts concerning John Early's grave:
John Early is not marked yet their is room for his name with Mary Brogan and Annie.

He was the oldest of two boys and came to the United States from Ireland when he was about 14 years old. He received his citizenship in New York when he was 27 years old in 1865, married Mary Brogan in 1882, was working in Chicago in 1883 and then bought a home in Green Bay in 1885. After his wife died in 1897, he bought a farm and gave up all work except being a farmer according to his grandaughter Betty Early Andrews. He hired housekeepers to help with the children and never remarried. All of John Early and Mary Brogan's children were very saintly.

FROM THE HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY, VOLUME 2, PAGE 342, S.J. CLARKE
PUBLISHING COMPANY 1913 CHICAGO:

John Early died in Green Bay on the 27th of November, 1910 in the seventy-second year of his age. His death was deeply deplored and widely regretted by his fellow citizens for he stood high in the community, and his passing deprived the city of a man who for many years was prominently connected with municipal development in the promotion of laudable business enterprises. Mr. Early was of Irish parentage. His father, Timothy Early, was born in the Emerald isle and came to New York City at an early date. On removing to Wisconsin in 1852 he settled in Hollandtown, Brown County, where he farmed successfully for a number of years. His wife bore the maiden name of Bridget White. John Early received an ordinary country-school education in New York state and accompanied his parents on their removal to Hollandtown, Wisconsin, where he resided until about 1894. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and was also extremely interested in the buying and selling of land. He made real estate one of the important features of his commercial life and when he removed to Green Bay he continued to engage in that business in addition to his duties as mechanical and stationary engineer for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. He subsequently severed that connection and turned his attention to the retail liquor business, always keeping up his identification with real-estate activities. His business life was distinguished by an intelligent knowledge of land values in the various states in which his real-estate connections extended, and by standards of commercial integrity and honor which are rare in this day and age.

In 1882, Mr. Early was united in marriage to Miss Mary Brogan, a daughter of John and Bridget Brogan. Her father, a prominent farmer in Hollandtown, was among the original settlers of that village and is still living there at the age of ninety-two years. Her mother died in 1911 at the age of ninety. Mr. and Mrs. John Early became the parents of five children: William, who maintains his residence in Chicago, Illinois; Edward J., who lives in Green Bay where he is prominent in the affairs of the Early Real Estate Company with offices at 109 West Walnut Street; Mary, who holds the responsible position of superintendent of the Nurses' Training School in New York City; and James and Ella, both residing in Green Bay. Mrs. Early passed away in 1897. During his life Mr. Early gave his political allegiance to the Democratic party and served his city as a member of the board of aldermen from 1906 to 1910. His public life like his industrial career was distinguished by energy and resourcefullness directed along worthy lines and won for him a still better place in the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens. He was prominent in the Catholic Order of Foresters but beyond this had no fraternal affiliations. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. His life was molded along honorable and upright lines, and he attracted to himself numerous friends among the representative citizens of Green Bay, being held in universal respect for his exemplary personal life, his high sense of honor and his rare qualities of citizenship.

Occupation: Liquor Store, Real Estate
Lived in Ireland, New York, Askeaton, Green Bay
Citzenship: 27 years old, Hillsdale, Columbia City, NY, Nov. 6, 1865
Book 2 of Naturalization Records, p.41: Columbia County Court: applied for citizenship, admitted 11/6/1865
Schools: NY State Country School
To America in 1852? 1850?
Jersey City, NJ, April 1871: James K. Thompson & Co. Steel Works
Fordham, NY, June 1, 1874: Home for the Incurables
New York City, Aug 16, 1874: Geo. H. Kitchen & Co., 591 Broadway: Steam Fitter
New York City, Feb. 8, 1878: Police Dept.: Engineer's Certificate
Chicago, Feb 22, 1883: Woodman & Warner, 226 Lake St., 22 Franklin St., Steam Fitter
Green Bay, 1885: Bought home
Farmer
Real Estate
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Saloon
Alderman, 1906 - 1912 (2 terms) 8th Ward, Green Bay
Living at 800 So. Broadway, Green Bay at the time of his death; died Nov. 27, 1910, of pneumonia. Buried Nov. 30, 1910 at St. Patrick's Church, Askeaton, WI.
State of Wisconsin Dept. of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics: Vol. 14, p. 523

GREGORY WATTS:
Timothy Early's sons, John and Thomas, had neighboring 80 acre farms on the north side of Hill Road East of PP Highway in Holland and east of Highway 57 road, which was built by John Brogan Jr. to connect Holland with Greenbay. Ultimately Hwy 57 became known as Green Bay Ave. connecting Green Bay with Milwaukee 100 miles south.

1880 Census
#1418 R3177S-U5717
Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 Brown & Calumet
P.3
Reel 1702 - 1910 Census
Sheet 4B
Ward of City -

FROM WRIGHT'S DICTIONARY:

1896 - 1897 Early, John, bolt cutter, residence 707 S. Broadway

1900 - Early, John, Saloon, 705-707 S. Broadway, residence - same.

1907 - Early, John - Common Council - 1 year
Standing Committees
Public Grounds
Poor Board

1905 - Early, John, Saloon, 705 S. Broadway
Home - 707 S. Broadway
Early - William - home, 707 S. Broadway

1907 Early, John, Saloon, 705 S. Broadway
Home - 908 S. Broadway
Early - William - Barkeeper, Home, 908 S. Broadway

1915-1916 Early, Edward J. (Early Real Estate Co.)
Home - 1115 So. Webster
Ella, Miss, Home 1201 Shawano
James - Clk, Home - 1201 Shawano
Mayme, M., Nurse, home 1201 Shawano
Early Real Estate Co. (Edw. J. Early)
198 W. Walnut St.
Wm. J., Real estate, home 1201 Shawano

1914-1915 Edw. J. (Real Estate Co. ) Home 800 S. Broadway
Early - Helen C. (Ella) Student, home 800 S. Brdwy.
James J., Saloon, 705 S. Broadway, Home 800 S. Brdwy.
Mayme M., Nurse, 800 S. Broadway
Early Real Estate Co., Edw. J. Early (Prop)
198 W. Walnut St.
Wm. J., Physician, Home 800 S. Broadway

1918 - Early, James W., U.S.A., home 1201 Shawano
William J., Foreman, home 1201 Shawano

1921 - City Directory -
Early, James (Early Tire & Repair) 700 Dousman

1927 - Early Battery Station (Wm. J. Early)
163 N. Broadway
Jas. W. (Arleen E. ) Early Tire & Supply
Home - 534 S. Monroa Ave.
Margaret C., Nurse, Bellin Hosp., 1239 Howard
Wm. J. (Early Battery Station ) Home, 215 N. Norwood

1929 - Early, Jas. W. (Arleen E, Early Tire & Battery)
Home 830 Hubbard
Marguerite C., Nurse, Room, 1239 Howard
Early Tire and Battery (Jas. W. Early) 163 N. Brdwy.
Wm. J. Early - Forman - Home 818 Oregon

More About JOHN J. EARLY:
Burial: November 30, 1910, St. Patricks in Askeaton, Wisconsin
Emigration: Citizenship: Columbia County, New York, November 6, 1865
Occupation: Farmer, Real Estate and Liquor Retailer
Places Lived: Ireland, New York, Askeaton, Wisconsin and Green Bay, Wisconsin.


Name: John Early
Residence: Humboldt, Brown, Wisconsin
Birth date: 1853
Birth place: Ireland
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name:
Spouse birth place:
Father name: Timothy Early
Father birth place: Ireland
Mother name: Bridget Early
Mother birth place: Ireland
Race or color (expanded): White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Age: 27 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA film number: T9-1418
Page: 237
Page letter: C
Entry number: 1206
Film number: 1255418
Collection: 1880 United States Census

Name: John Early
Residence: Green Bay city, Brown, Wisconsin
Birth date: Jan 1850
Birth place: Ireland
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name:
Spouse titles:
Spouse birth place:
Father name:
Father titles:
Father birth place: Ireland
Mother name:
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: Ireland
Race or color (expanded): White
Head-of-household name:
Gender: Male
Marital status: Widowed
Years married:
Estimated marriage year:
Mother how many children:
Number living children:
Mary Early
Ellen Early
James Early
William Early
Edward Early
Immigration year: 1855
Enumeration district: 0021
Sheet number & letter: 1A
Household id: 5
Reference number: 31
GSU film number: 1241778
Image number: 00888
Collection: 1900 United States Census


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