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WILLIAM DWYER, proprietor of a hotel and livery, was born December 16, 1840, in Ireland. His parents, John and Judith (Davern) Dwyer, were also natives of Ireland and had five children: Michael, deceased; Judith, residing in the old country; William; Bridget, married to E. Manning, and John. The father died when our subject was quite young; Mrs. Dwyer was married to Patrick Boland, by whom she had five children, and resides in New York, where they settled in 1866. William Dwyer was educated in the common schools of Ireland and emigrated to America about the year 1859. He worked from that time until 1862 on a dairy farm in central New York. During the last mentioned year he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fourteenth New York Volunteer Infantry, and served through all the battles with his company for three years. In 1864 he received a sun-stroke during the Red river campaign. On his return from the war he engaged in working at the landing at Oil City, but soon after went into the grocery business as one of the members of the firm of McCauley & Company. After two years’ successful business he sold out his interest and built the New York brick hotel, which he has since conducted. In 1873 he established a livery business in connection with his hotel. He was married to Margaret McGuigan, of Buffalo, New York, and has eight children, all of whom are living: John, William H., Mary, James, Mertie, Maggie, Joanna, and Daniel. He has been a member of the Oil City council almost continuously since its incorporation, and was for three years chief engineer of the fire department of the city. He is a member of the C. M. B. A., the Catholic Knights, the U. V. L., and the G. A. R. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln and has ever since been an unswerving Republican.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc. .
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