Marriage
Almost a year to the day after buying his farm, Hugh, now 30 years old, was married. On April 25, 1864, he married Margaret Durney. Margaret had come from Kilkenny Ireland and her family had also emigrated to Jersey County. She had brothers and sisters in the area. At the time of their marriage, she was 24 years old.
Nine months later, on January 24, 1865, their first child, Richard, was born. Soon more babies arrived; Margaret on October 17, 1867, Rosa on August 13, 1869, Thomas on December 22, 1870, and Hugh on March 5, 1873.
They started out on an 80 acre farm with an existing log cabin. But in time, Hugh built a new house. As his family was growing, so was his farm. Hugh saved and put his profits into buying more land. Eventually the boy who had grown up on a 17 acre rented farm in Ireland owned a 360 acre farm in America.
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