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William Patrick O'Connor

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William Patrick O'Connor

Birth
Union County, South Dakota, USA
Death
7 Sep 1935 (aged 53)
Beresford, Union County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Beresford, Union County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Block 4, lot 43, grave 5
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William was born to Joseph and Mary Catherine (Jordan) O'Connor. He was born on a farm east of Paris, Dakota Territory (which later became the town of Beresford, SD). He was described as the second child to "see the light of day" in the newly incorporated town of Beresford.

In January 1905, he married Stella Mae McIllvenna at Emmet, SD. After marriage, William started an express line in Beresford but gave it up half a dozen years later to work for A. O. Stakke. After the death of Mr. Stakke, William worked at a number of jobs, the last of which was being a painter.

William was also reported to have been one of the more daring members of the Beresford volunteer fire department for more than twenty years. Ironically, his death was the result suffocation caused by a fire in the "one-room portable home mounted on wheels" in which William lived. The fire was believed to have been initiated by a cigarette stub. The fire was spotted by Almer Watson and Sam Burright at 2:00AM; and by the time the fire department arrived, William's home had turned into a furnace.
William was born to Joseph and Mary Catherine (Jordan) O'Connor. He was born on a farm east of Paris, Dakota Territory (which later became the town of Beresford, SD). He was described as the second child to "see the light of day" in the newly incorporated town of Beresford.

In January 1905, he married Stella Mae McIllvenna at Emmet, SD. After marriage, William started an express line in Beresford but gave it up half a dozen years later to work for A. O. Stakke. After the death of Mr. Stakke, William worked at a number of jobs, the last of which was being a painter.

William was also reported to have been one of the more daring members of the Beresford volunteer fire department for more than twenty years. Ironically, his death was the result suffocation caused by a fire in the "one-room portable home mounted on wheels" in which William lived. The fire was believed to have been initiated by a cigarette stub. The fire was spotted by Almer Watson and Sam Burright at 2:00AM; and by the time the fire department arrived, William's home had turned into a furnace.

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