. A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, , Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records. county Limerick, Ireland, May 16, 1
. A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, , Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records. county Limerick, Ireland, May 16, 1819, became the wife of Robert McGrath onFebruary 16. 1847; sailed for America two years later and reached the state ofNew York, by way of Quebec, Canada, and Mr. McGrath. with his brother-in-law,Thomas Dwyer, engaged in contracting in the building of the Erie railroad. In1850 the family moved to Ohio, and lived there eight years. It was in the springof 1858 that Robert and Alice McGrath landed at Arrow Rock, on the Missouririver, below Saint Louis. From there they traveled behind ox teams to Linncounty, Kansas. Mr. McGrath bought a claim for $ and pre-empted thisquarter section of 160 acres. Through the war the family lived in Linn countyand in 1866 they moved to the old Baptist Mission farm, just east of this city,which Mr. McGrath bought. It was here that he died in 1870. The wife hadnine children to look after at the time of his death, the youngest only three yearsof age. Then came the test of excellence, of her ability to manage, and of her. SISTER MARY CHARLES McGRATHGRANDDAUGHTER. 80 THE HISTORY OF OUR CRADLE LAND patience. She proved equal to eveiT emergency. Industrious, religious and ob-liging, she quietly but firmly followed her own plans. The result was she rearedsons and daughters to bless her life, cherish her memory, and keep the nameclean before the world. In 1898, the family being all grown and married, she went to make her homewith her daughters and her s
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