Mrs. Mary Quinn
Mrs. Mary Quinn came to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1868, direct from Ireland, with her mother, her father having died three years before. After living in Mansfield ten years she was married to Bartholomew Flannery, a prominent and influential citizen of Mansfield. That he was also a popular citizen was attested by the fact of his being elected sheriff of the county in 1885 and again in 1887, serving two terms in that office. He was a lifelong Democrat, and died in 1893. Mrs. Quinn was married to her present husband, Mr. R. C. Quinn, September 5, 1899, and has lived at her present home, No. 236 North Main street, for the past thirty-five years. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Hogan, died September 15, 1897, at the home of Mrs. Quinn, where she had been living for fifteen years.
R. C. Quinn is a prominent farmer of Richland county and is an ex-soldier of the Civil war, having served in the Union army from 1862 to 1865. Mrs. Quinn has had the care of fourteen children, several of them being the children of her brother. Her nephew, Bartholomew Flannery, is living in Mansfield. He is thirty-one years of age and is a well educated young man, having attended college after getting through with his common-school course. Mrs. Quinn, like all the rest of her family, is a devout Catholic, and well remembers the burning of old St. Peter's church during the second term of Mr. Flannery as sheriff. Mrs. Quinn has two sisters and two brothers. Mrs. Catherine Agan, one of the sisters, is a widow, living on East Sixth street. She had eleven boys, seven of whom are still living. Mrs. Annie Burk, the other sister, is living on Diamond street, Mansfield. She also is a widow, and has one boy, eighteen years of age, and one daughter, twelve years of age. The brothers, Patrick and Cornelius Hogan, also live in Mansfield. Mrs. Quinn is enjoying the best of health and is one of the most useful communicants of St. Peter's church. She is an excellent woman in every way and has a host of friends.
From A Centennial Biographical History of Richland County, Ohio; A. J. Baughman, Editor; Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago; 1901