John Edward Dargan b. 17 Aug 1799 Parish of Climbroney, Lonford Co. Ireland. d. 1901 or 1902 in Riceville, Iowa, burried in Cresco, Iowa. Was in Ripley's Believe it or Not for having lived in 3 centuries. He and Hannah (?) had 8 children:
Mary Dargan
Bridget Dargan (married Condon)
Margaret Dargan
Michael Dargan
Kate Dargan
Ann Dargan (married John McDonough)
William Dargan
John Ed. Dargan, Jr. b. ~ 1840 (married Mary Ellen Conlin in Watertown, Wisc)
John Ed. Dargan, Jr. and Mary Ellen Conlin had 11 children:
Kate Dargan b. 1860 (nun Sister Josephine, Visitation Convent, St. Louis, MO)
Tom J. Dargan b. 27 Nov 1868 Columbus, Wisc (m. Mary Maruska)
Elizabeth Dargan b. 8 Jan 1870 (my great grandmother, married Tom Bohan)
Francis Dargan (married Topp)
Nell Dargan b. ~1860 (m. Jim Monohan)
Gertrude Dargan (m. Tom Andrew O'Gorman)
Agnes Dargan (single)
James Dargan b. 20 Jun 1882 (m. Emma Auringer)
Aloysius Cletus Dargan b. 1887 (m. El-leva Schwin)
Mary Dargan b. 1 Jan 1892 (m. Mark Sloan)
Any cousins out there? - Sarah Broadbent
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