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Bridgett Smith Monahan

Birth	:	1827 County Kildare, Ireland
Death	:	7 Apr 1896 South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Saint Johns Cemetery, Jackson, Dakota County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4706001, -96.5658035
Inscription	:	"They steered their courses to the same quiet shore; Not parted long and now to part no more."
Description	:	Warner's History of Dakota County, Nebraska, Settlers of 1857, By M. M. Warner, pgs. 225-226 Settlers of 1857 Patrick Monahan was born in Ireland in 1826 and crossed the ocean to America in 1849, leaving at New York City. Moved to Ohio and lived seven years in Sandusky and and Dayton. Was fireman on a railroad. Was married in Dayton in 1854. to Miss Bridget Smith. Has six children, two of whom are dead. Three daughters, Katie, Mary and Bridie, and one son, Thomas, are living. Mr. Monahan had heard... Read More	Warner's History of Dakota County, Nebraska, Settlers of 1857, By M. M. Warner, pgs. 225-226 Settlers of 1857 Patrick Monahan was born in Ireland in 1826 and crossed the ocean to America in 1849, leaving at New York City. Moved to Ohio and lived seven years in Sandusky and and Dayton. Was fireman on a railroad. Was married in Dayton in 1854. to Miss Bridget Smith. Has six children, two of whom are dead. Three daughters, Katie, Mary and Bridie, and one son, Thomas, are living. Mr. Monahan had heard wonderful stories about the rich and fertile prairies of the west and determined to seek a home there. In May 1857 he bid farewell to his Ohio home and turned his face toward the western land, and the 21st day of May found him on board of a steamer, with all his wordly possesions, winding along up the Big Muddy through what is to-day Crystal Lake. He informed the captain of the boat that his destination was St. Johns. But the captain said the landing was unsafe at that place and he would have to either get off at Logan or Ponca and he chose the former, and so he was left at Logan among strangers in a strange land, except John Finnerty and family who had come with him. Alfred Elam agreed to take him to St. Johns for $7.50. His hired hand, J. O. Fisher, was called in and told to hitch up the driving team (a good steady group of oxen) and the outfit was soon winding their way toward their long looked for home. They had not proceeded far until they ran into a mud hole and the oxen "got stuck" and all hands had to climb out into the mud and water and wade to the shore. Mrs. Finnerty had to carry her son Dennis and get to the shore with him the best she could. Mr. Monahan took a claim on Pigeon creek, joining John Howard on the southwest. He got some breaking done at the rate of $10.00 per acre and raised a small crop that year. Moved down to Covington that fall, and he and John Finnerty bought two lots of John Feenan and built a house to live in. In the spring of 1858 he bought the place where he is now living and when South Sioux City took its boom sold all his farm except five acres to be laid out in town lots. How vast are the changing scenes which Mr. Monahan has witnessed since his advent to the wild primeval lands of Dakota county. He has lived to see towns and villages rise up and flourish and crumble and decay until they are known today only in history. He has lived to see a once wild and once uninhabitated land transformed into a rich and prosperous community. He saw the rise and fall of Pacific City, which was situated on the present site of South Sioux City, in township 29, range 9 east.

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Bridgett Smith Monahan's memorial is located at: Saint Johns Cemetery, Jackson, Dakota County, USA.
When did Bridgett Smith Monahan death?
Bridgett Smith Monahan death on 7 Apr 1896 in South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.4706001
Longitude: -96.5658035

Family Members:

Parent

Catherine Dunn Smith

(1789 - 1859)

Spouse

Patrick Monahan

(1826 - 1896)

Children

Robert Monahan

(1857 - 1866)

Catherine Irene “Kate” Monahan Foley

(1860 - 1902)

Thomas Francis Monahan

(1862 - 1948)

Bridget “Bridie” Monahan Rooney

(1867 - 1953)

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Coordinate: 42.4706001, -96.5658035

2. Boals Family Plot
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Coordinate: 42.4345000, -96.5151000

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Coordinate: 42.4939003, -96.4543991

6. Saint Michaels Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.4552994, -96.4503021

7. Saint Mary's Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3764000, -96.5894012

8. McCook Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5538460, -96.4886070

9. Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5205994, -96.4424973

10. Salem Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5251900, -96.6938800

11. Omadi Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3651000, -96.6090000

12. Civil Bend Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5769005, -96.6061020

13. Taylor Cemetery
Homer, Dakota County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3643990, -96.5205994

14. Taylor Family Plot
Homer, Dakota County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3627500, -96.5198000

15. Old Log Church Cemetery
Dakota County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4243400, -96.7063800

16. Hilltop Cemetery
Hubbard, Dakota County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3561200, -96.6149100

17. Logan Park Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5377693, -96.4304810

18. Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Columbarium
Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5031000, -96.4063000

19. Dakota City Cemetery
Dakota City, Dakota County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4216500, -96.4143100

20. Woods Cemetery
Dakota County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4011002, -96.7067032

21. Saint Peters Cemetery
Jefferson, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6045799, -96.5594025

22. Charles Floyd Monument
Sioux City, Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4626480, -96.3779330

23. Holmes Family Cemetery
Ponca, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5389300, -96.7316200

24. First Brides Grave
Sioux City, Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4579500, -96.3756500