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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 638-639]

    H. H. CARNAHAN, dealer in general merchandise at Larrabee, Iowa,
    is one of the enterprising and energetic men of the village. He
    was born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and is a son
    of CHARLES STUART and ELIZABETH (WOLF) CARNAHAN.  The parents, full
    of courage and bravery to encounter the dangers and hardships of a
    pioneer life, removed to Lee County, Illinois, in 1850, and settled
    at Malugin's Grove.  There H.H. grew to manhood, receiving his edu-
    cation in the common schools.  In 1865 he engaged in the mercantile
    business at Malugin's Grove, which business he followed for fifteen
    years.  In 1882 he decided to make a change in his place of residence,
    and located in Cedar Township, Cherokee County; he has a farm in an
    advanced state of cultivation, well improved with good buildings.
    All the surroundings bespeak thrift and wise management on the part
    of the owner.  Mr. CARNAHAN was married in 1859, in Lee County,
    Illinois, to Miss MATILDA BERINGER.  By this union twelve children
    have been born, six sons and six daughters: ELSIE I., MARY E.,
    MARGARET I., EDWIN, ELIZA, CHARLOTTE, WILBERT, MINNIE, HARRY, CLYDE,
    WALTER and HERBERT.  Politically Mr. CARNAHAN affiliates with the
    Republican party.  The people of his township have attested their
    confidence in him by calling him to fill the offices of township
    treasurer, clerk and justice of the peace, acquitting himself with
    much credit, and to the entire satisfaction of the public.  He was
    made a Mason in Illinois in 1859 by Brooklin Lodge, No. 282.  He is
    also a member of the I.O.O.F.  Mr. CARNAHAN is a worthy and respected
    member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a man strong in his
    convictions of right and wrong, and lives a life accordingly.  He
    represents the Phoenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, and the Etna
    of Hartford.

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