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From: "Gwen B" <>
Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] Bio of E. P. Reilly
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 07:15:00 -0500
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Deb,
I was wondering if you had further information on E.P. REILLY in regards to
sibblings of Edward? I am trying to see if there maybe a connection to my
Thomas O'REILLY who was born I believe in Ireland father's name I believe
was Patrick or Micheal.
Gwen
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Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of E. P. Reilly


> IOWA
> ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
> VOLUME III
> 1804-1926
>
> E. P. REILLY
>
> One of the most prominent figures in the live stock business in Sioux
City
> is Edward P. Reilly, of the firm of Reilly & Sullivan, live stock
dealers, and
> president of the Traders Live Stock Exchange. He is a native son of
Iowa,
> born in Harrison county, on the 2d of July, 1866, his parents being
Joseph W.
> and Margaret (Long) Reilly, the former born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
> while the latter was a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland. In boyhood the
father
> ran away from home with a companion to enlist in the Mexican war. His
chum
> succeeded in enlisting but he was not accepted because of his age. After
teh
> war he came up the Missouri river to Kanesville, where he arrived in 1849
and
> early in the '50s he continued his journey to Sioux City. On the
outbreak
> of the Civil war he enlisted and was still in the army at the time of his
> marriage, in 1864. After his discharge from the army he and his wife
came to the
> Missouri valley, settling on a farm in Harrison county, where he resided
to
> the time of his death.
>
> Edward P. Reilly attended the public schools, though the greater part of
his
> education has been secured in the hard school of experience. He remained
on
> the home farm until nineteen years of age, when in 1885 he rented a farm
in
> Woodbury county, which he operated on his own account for fourteen years.
In
> 1899 he came to Sioux City and began trading in live stock, in which he
was
> so successful that in 1906 he formed a partnership with William Sullivan,
> under the firm name of Reilly & Sullivan, and they have continued in
business to
> the present time, dealing mainly in "stockers" and "feeders." They have
> prospered to a very gratifying degree and are regarded as one of the
leading
> livestock trading firms in this city. Mr. Reilly was honored by election
to the
> presidency of the Traders Live Stock Exchange, which position he is now
> holding for his twelfth year, and he has served twenty-two years as a
member of
> the board of directors of the Sioux City Live Stock Exchange. He is also
one
> of five members of the National Live Stock Exchange practice commission,
> appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, the other members of the
> commission being, Howard Gore, then assistant secretary of agriculture,
and now
> governor of the West Virginia; Everett Brown, of Chicago; Thomas Cross, of
Chicago;
> and William O. Tagg, of Omaha.
>
> Mr. Reilly is a member of Sioux City Lodge, No. 112, Benevolent
Protective
> Order of Elks, and Epiphany Council, No. 743, Knights of Columbus. He is
a
> communicant of Epiphany Cathedral Roman Catholic church, to which he
gives
> liberal support. He takes an interest in public affairs and has served
two years
> as a member of the city council. No worthy cause ever appeals to him in
> vain, for he is essentially public spirited, lending his influence to any
measure
> which promises to be of material benefit to the community. For these
> reasons, as well as for his friendly manner, he is well deserving of the
esteem
> which is accorded him throughout the city in which he lives.
>
>
> Debbie Clough Gerischer
> gerischer.rootsweb.com/
>
> Iowa History Site
> iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
>
> Scott County
> celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm
>
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