Past and present of the city of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois . e to Miss^laria Wilcox, a native of Cornwa-11. England,their wedding I>eing celebrated at Beloit, Wiscon-sin, in 1853, but he made his home in Rockford,however. Mrs. Searl departed this life aboutnine vears ago. when more than sixty years ofage. In politics Mr. Searl has always been arepul)lican, giving his support to the party sinceIxcoming a naturalized citizen of the L^nitedStates. The hojic that led him to seek a homein America has been more than realized and hehas never had reason to regret his determinationto cr
Past and present of the city of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois . e to Miss^laria Wilcox, a native of Cornwa-11. England,their wedding I>eing celebrated at Beloit, Wiscon-sin, in 1853, but he made his home in Rockford,however. Mrs. Searl departed this life aboutnine vears ago. when more than sixty years ofage. In politics Mr. Searl has always been arepul)lican, giving his support to the party sinceIxcoming a naturalized citizen of the L^nitedStates. The hojic that led him to seek a homein America has been more than realized and hehas never had reason to regret his determinationto cross the .Atlantic for here he found the busi-ness opportunities he sought and which are al-wavs open to voung men of ambition and deter-mination. Thus making the most of his ad-vantages he steadily worked his way upward toa position of afiluence. ST, MARYS PARISH. PECATONICA. St. ^farys Parish, at Pccatonica. had its firsthouse of worship erected in 1841. From that datemitil 1871 the ]>arish was served by pastors fromGalena. Freejiort and Rockford and the first per-. MR. AND MRS. JOHN SEARL. PAST AND PRESENT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY. 345 manent pastor was appointed in 1871. Thechurches in the parish inckule St. Alarys. atPecatonica, built in 1882 by Rev. John Ryan; , at Seward, built in 1870 by Hon. ; St. Marys, in Durand, built in 1869by Rev. M. Hauley; and St. Patricks, at RockRun, in 1895, by Rev. M. J. Sullivan. St. Marys parish is the most expensive in thearchdiocese, of Chicago, being thirtv-eight mileslong and about twenty miles wide and includingparts of Ogle, Winnebago and Stephenson coun-ties, Illinois. The list of its permanent pastors isas follows: Rev. Father Birch, 1871-75; OCallahan, D. D., 1875-78; Rev. , 1878-79; Rev. John E. Shanahan, 1879-83 ; Rev. John H, Ryan, 1883-86; Rev. RichardMcGuire, 1886-90; Rev. Thomas Kearney, 1890-94; Rev. Michael J. Sullivan, 1894-99; and Cotter, 1899. Rev. Charles OCallahan, D.
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