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Isaac Newman O'Brien

Birth	:	29 Mar 1835
Death	:	10 Feb 1903
Burial	:	Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.8202800, -95.4263600
Plot	:	Blk C Lot 86 Sp 6
Description	:	Source: History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (1902) Isaac N. O'Brien -- Tireless energy, well directed by sound business judgement, has brought to Mr. O'Brien very gratifying success in the affairs of life. He resides in Humboldt township, where he owns and occupies a fine farm. He was born in Pike County, Ohio, March 29, 1835, and was about twenty-three years of age when he came to this State. His father, Cornelius O'Brien, was born in the Buckeye State in 1808, and having arrived at years of maturity he married Leah Newman, of Adams County, Ohio. In the... Read More	Source: History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (1902) Isaac N. O'Brien -- Tireless energy, well directed by sound business judgement, has brought to Mr. O'Brien very gratifying success in the affairs of life. He resides in Humboldt township, where he owns and occupies a fine farm. He was born in Pike County, Ohio, March 29, 1835, and was about twenty-three years of age when he came to this State. His father, Cornelius O'Brien, was born in the Buckeye State in 1808, and having arrived at years of maturity he married Leah Newman, of Adams County, Ohio. In the year 1857 he came with his son William to Allen County, Kansas, and preempted the quarter section of land upon which his son Isaac now resides. The country was wild and the Indians far out-numbered the white population. It required considerable courage for an eastern man to settle among the red-skinned people, and also face the trials and hardships incident to life on the frontier, but for many years the father carried on farming and was regarded as one of the reliable citizens of the community. He died in 1872, at the age of sixty-four years. His wife was born in 1807 and passed away in 1866 at the age of fifty nine. They had but two children; William C., of Mound Valley, Kansas, and Isaac N. Isaac N. O'Brien spent the days of his childhood and youth in Ohio and at the time of his father's removal to Kansas was serving as Clerk of Common Pleas court. He served from 1856 to 1858 and accordingly did not come to the Sunflower State until April 9, 1858, at which time he took up his residence in Humboldt and engaged in freighting from Leavenworth and Kansas City. When the war broke out he joined the army and was detailed as a teamster. He was discharged in September 1862, and went back to Ohio, and when the war was nearly over re-enlisted as a substitute, receiving sixteen hundred dollars for his services. As his command was proceeding down the Ohio River, they received word that Lee had surrendered and were ordered back to be discharged, so that Mr. O'Brien was only out four weeks the second time. Throughout the greater part of his business career he has carried on farming. He spent five years, however, in Chanute, where he operated the electric light plant and mills, and was also engaged for a time in the grocery business. In due time he returned to his farm where he is now extensively and successfully engaged in the raising of wheat, corn and hogs. His place comprises a tract of rich, never-failing bottom land on the Neosho River. Mr. O'Brien has been twice married. First May 29, 1859, he wedded, in Ohio, Miss Mary E. Were, and to them were born a son and daughter: Cornelius, born April 14, 1864, is now engaged in the transfer business in Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary E., born May 13 and died July 16, 1867. The mother died June 5, 1867, and Mr. O'Brien was again married February 11, 1872, his second union being with Miss Maggie P. Moore, of Pike County, Ohio. By this union six children were born: J.M., a prominent merchant in Humboldt; Grace and Hattie, both of whom have been college students and are now teachers in Allen County; Bertha, George, and Perlie. In his political affiliations Mr. O'Brien has always been a Republican. The honors and emoluments of public office have had no attraction for him, his attention being given to the farm, which has been the means of securing for him a comfortable competence. He has long been a witness of the growth and development of southeastern Kansas, and Allen County numbers him among her valued early settlers. Contributor: J R MEEK (50895521) March 2022 Source for following: History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas", edited and compiled by L. Wallace Duncan and Charles F. Scott, 1901 "Cornelius O'Brien, was born in the Buckeye State in 1808, and having arrived at years of maturity he married Leah Newman, of Adams County, Ohio. In the year 1857 he came with his son William to Allen County, Kansas, and preempted the quarter section of land upon which his son Isaac now resides. The country was wild and the Indians far out-numbered the white population. It required considerable courage for an eastern man to settle among the red-skinned people, and also face the trials and hardships incident to life on the frontier, but for many years the father carried on farming and was regarded as one of the reliable citizens of the community. He died in 1872, at the age of sixty-four years. His wife was born in 1807 and passed away in 1866 at the age of fifty nine. They had but two children; William C., of Mound Valley, Kansas, and Isaac N." [Editor note: two children surviving to adulthood; five others died in infancy back in Ohio] Contributor: J R MEEK (50895521) March 2022

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Latitude: 37.8202800
Longitude: -95.4263600

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Margaret Parrill “Maggie” Moore O'Brien

(1845 - 1904)

Siblings

Children

Joel Moore O'Brien

(1872 - 1943)

Grace O'Brien

(1874 - 1950)

Harriet Lulu O'Brien

(1877 - 1964)

George Higginbotham O'Brien

(1884 - 1966)

Margaret Pearl O'Brien Squire

(1888 - 1965)

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Coordinate: 37.8202800, -95.4263600

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Coordinate: 37.7762100, -95.3973100

8. DeWitt Cemetery
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9. Maple Grove Cemetery
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10. Cottage Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.8563500, -95.3358400

12. Ellison Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.7877998, -95.5242004

13. Brubaker Family Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9201600, -95.4557500

14. Iola Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.9225100, -95.4140700

15. Winstead Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.7176140, -95.4097240

16. Burnham English Infant Burial Site
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9237930, -95.4009080

17. Preston Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.9265976, -95.4773712

18. Leanna Cemetery
Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7328600, -95.3240200

19. Highland Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9385986, -95.4021988

20. Swede Center Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7186012, -95.5072021

21. Iola Township Cemetery
Iola, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9219700, -95.5187500

22. Gas City Cemetery
Gas, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9255486, -95.3362656

23. Reeves Cemetery
Chanute, Neosho County, USA
Coordinate: 37.6966553, -95.4754868

24. La Harpe Cemetery
La Harpe, Allen County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9067001, -95.3022003