Daniel O’Leary Biography


	This biography appears on page 1208 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	DANIEL O'LEARY, one of the prominent young business men and 
popular citizens of Albee, Grant county, being a member of the 
mercantile firm of O'Leary & Cahill, comes of staunch old Irish stock 
and is a native of Watford, province of Ontario, Canada, where he was 
born on the 21st of February, 1871. He is a son of James and Johanna 
(Ring) O'Leary, both of whom were born in the Emerald Isle, whence they 
came to America when young, while both are now deceased. Of the ten 
children all are living except one, the subject of this review having 
been the youngest in order of birth. 

	Daniel O'Leary received his early educational discipline in the 
public schools of his native province, continuing his studies until he 
had attained the age of seventeen years, after which he devoted his 
attention to various pursuits until 1894, when, as a young man of 
twenty-three years, he came to South Dakota and cast in his lot with the 
people of the state. He located in Albee and was here engaged in the 
buying of grain until 1896 when he became a member of the firm of 
Tenneson, O'Leary & Company, the other interested principal in the 
enterprise being Alfred Tenneson, concerning whom individual mention is 
made on another page of this work. This firm was dissolved January 1, 
1904, since when he has been associated with John C. Cahill, general 
hardware, implements and grain. The subject is essentially an alert and 
public-spirited citizen, and takes a deep interest in local affairs, 
especially in the advancement of the thriving town of which he is a 
resident. He accords allegiance to the Republican party, and while he 
has never been an aspirant for public office he has been loyal to the 
duties of citizenship and has served for a number of years as a member 
of the local school board, being a zealous worker in the cause of 
popular education and aiming to secure the best possible advantages in 
this line for his home town. He is a member of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America, being affiliated with the 
local organizations of the same. January 1, 1904, Mr. O'Leary received 
the appointment of postmaster of Albee. 

	On the 5th of November, 1896, in Albee, was solemnized the 
marriage of Mr. O'Leary to Miss Elizabeth Cahill, a daughter of John and 
Margaret Cahill and a sister of his partner, the family being one of 
prominence in Grant county Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary have three children, 
namely: Frank J., Roy K. and Elmer W.