Thomas Heaghney

Thomas Heaghney, son of Charles and Rosa (McGurk) Heaghney, was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, in 1834. Twenty years later he moved to New York State, where he labored as a farm hand for two years, when he came to Illinois and worked on a farm here until 1861. In this year he married Miss Margaret Kinsley, of Stark County, rented a piece of land which now forms a part of his estate, and other tracts until 1861; when he purchased eighty acres, residing there in a 12x16 house until his lands were paid for, when he built his present residence. Mr. Heaghney has now a tract of 240 acres of excellent farm land, together with several quarter sections in the west. Of their eight children six are living. He has in little over twenty years wrung from labor a just reward, and today holds an enviable place in the esteem of his neighbors. In religious life he is Catholic, in political life Democrat, and in agricultural affairs a hard worker and close calculator.