James Corcoran
was born in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa., July 22, 1859.
His father was born in Ireland in 1822. He came to
America in 1847, landed at New York, thence to
Carbondale, Pa., and from there to Pittston. He was
married to Mary Lunny in 1851, in Pennsylvania, where she
was born in 1832. Eleven children have been born unto
them-- Mary, Catherine, Bridget, John, James, Anna,
Theresa, Frank, Nellie, Edward and Grace. The family came
to Clayton County in 1867. They resided in McGregor six
months, then removed to Waucon, and from there to
Postville. Mr. Corcoran, Sr., followed the mercantile
business some twenty years, but has now retired, and is
living on his farm. He is a member of the Catholic
church, and in politics a Greenbacker. The subject of
this sketch owns a finely cultivated farm of 457 acres on
section 10, Grand Meadow Township, and is extensively
engaged in farming and stock-raising. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 826-827 |