Patrick Athanasius Dwyer (b. May 02, 1836, d. October 15, 1908)
Patrick Athanasius Dwyer (son of James Dwyer and Margaret Buckley) was born May 02, 1836 in County Cork, Ireland, and died October 15, 1908 in Graceville, Minnesota. He married Margaret Lynch on June 08, 1856 in St. Mary's Church, Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Michael J. Lynch and Margaret Harrigan.
Notes for Patrick Athanasius Dwyer: Patrick A. Dwyer
Patrick A. Dwyer, born 1835 Ireland; married c. 1866 Margaret b.1837 Ireland. He immigrated to Massachusetts in 1849 at the time of the great famine. He joined the Graceville, Minnesota colony in 1879. Graceville, Minnesota, township and village, was founded by Catholic colonists in 1877-8 and named in honor of Thomas Langdon Grace, who for 25 years was the Bishop of St. Paul (1859-84). It is situated in Big Stone County, established in 1862 and organized in 1874. (Jame s P. Shannon, Catholic Colonization on the Western Frontier. New Haven,1957). Archbishop John Ireland, Minnesota's leading Irish colonizer, had for his lieutenant Dillon O'Brien, editor of the Northwestern Chronicle, the weekly diocesan newspaper. He became the agent of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad and contracted for 369,000acres in SW. and W. central Minnesota. Graceville was a business center for one of his colonies. Patrick is in the Index to the1880 federal census for Big Stone county. Patrick and his wife Margaret are in the 1885 state census and their four children, John 18, Mary 12, Joseph 10, and Katie 8, are all given as born in Massachusetts. In the 1895 state census, Patrick's occupation is given as farmer and his and his wife's birthplace as Ireland. His son John's wife, Leontina Rose Anderson, is listed as born in Sweden.
Historically, the more fortunate Dwyers or O'Dwyers, were lords of Kilmanagh in county Tipperary, a picturesque mountain and valley area lying between Thurles and the borders of county Limerick. Their name, which in Gaelic was O'Dubhiir, meant the "descendant of black skirt"(from the Gaelic words "dubh" meaning "black" and "fire" meaning "skirt.") Early annalists trace it back to a pre-historic chieftain, Ugane More, of the line of Heremon. The surname may have been adopted from a later chieftain, Odhar, called Dubhodhar, "black Odhar." Hencethe Gaelic, "O'Dubhuidhir" or "O'Duibhir" means the descendants of "black Odhar." The Dwyers were closely related to the powerful O'Connor sept and are said to trace their ancestry back to Cucord, King of Leinster. They were renowned as great warriors who were especially noted for being fleet-footed. One bit of Irish folklore tells of a Dwyer who overtook an English horseman at full speed and pulled him off his horse. Except for a few members of the family who cozied up to the Anglo-Norman ascendancy, the Dwyer history refers constantly to resistance to the English and their rule. Philip and Owen O'Dwyer were noted leaders in the heroic struggle against Cromwell, and were attainted in the Act of 1652. With the dissolution of the ancient Gaelic order and the confiscations of lands that followed the defeat of the Stuart cause, the leaders of the O'Dwyer family took service in continental armies. Major Philip O'Dwyer of the Irish Brigade in the French army of James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick, died fighting his hereditary foes at the battle of Almanza in Spain in 1707. Severalother O'Dwyers were enobled by the kings of France. In the service of Austria, General O'Dwyer was Governor of Belgrade. Another O'Dwyer of the "Wild Geese" was an Admiral of the Russian navy under Empress Catharine the Great.
Michael Dwyer (1771-1825) resisted the English valiantly in the Wicklow hills (the glens of "Wild Imall") for five years at the turn of the 19th century. In 1803, he and a band of Irishmen made an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the famed Irish partisan and patriot Robert Emmett. He was tried, convicted, and transported to the penal colony of Botany Bay, Australia. He later served as Commissioner of Police in the city of Sidney until his death in 1825. In our own day, the courageous Bishop Edward O'Dwyer of Limerick(1842-1917), endeared himself to the Irish by his defense of the martyred patriots of 1916. In the United States, Dr. Joseph Dwyer(1841-1898) was a noted physician who pioneered in the treatment of diphtheria. William O'Dwyer (b. 1890) started as an emigrant laborer from Co. Mayo and became Mayor of New York and one of the most notable of U. S. ambassadors. Robert Joseph Dwyer, the Bishop of Reno, is the author of The Gentile Comes to Utah. At last count there were over 30,000 Dwyers in the United States. A very full account of this sept is given in The O'Dwyers of Kilnamanagh by Sir Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant General of the Punjab. 1 Birth: 1835 in Ireland Emigration: 1849 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2
Marriage 1 Margaret b: 1837 in Ireland · Married: ABT 1864 in Massachusetts Children 1. Margaret DWYER b: ABT 1865 in Graceville, Big Stone County, Minnesota 2. John Joseph DWYER b: 1867 in Massachusetts 3. Mary DWYER b: 1873 in Massachusetts 4. Joseph DWYER b: 1875 in Massachusetts 5. Katie DWYER b: 1877 in Massachusetts
1 Patrick A. DWYER b: 1835 + Margaret b: 1837 2 Margaret DWYER b: ABT 1865 + August KRUGER
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1. Abbrev: Alien Passengers Title: List of Alien Passengers, Bonded Jan. 1847-1851. Author: Massachusetts. Supt. of Alien Passengers Publication: Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc., 1971. Reprint Text: [Dwyer] "Patrick, age 16, arrived in Boston in 1849. Pg. 33" Page: p. 33 2. Abbrev: Alien Passengers Title: List of Alien Passengers, Bonded Jan. 1847-1851. Author: Massachusetts. Supt. of Alien Passengers Publication: Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc., 1971. Reprint Text: [Dwyer] "Patrick, age 16, arrived in Boston in 1849. Pg. 33" Page: Pg. 33
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of Regiment Date of Organization Muster Date Regiment Type 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts 01 September 1863 03 September 1865 Heavy Artillery Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded Officers Died of Disease or Accident Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident 0 4 15 363
List of Soldiers
Regimental History SECOND REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY THREE YEARS
The recruiting of the 2d Regt. Mass. Vol. Hy. Arty. was authorized by Governor Andrew as early as May, 1863, and Major Jones Frankle of the 17th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf. was designated as its colonel. It was originally intended as a veteran regiment to be recruited from the members of nine months organizations whose terms of service were about to expire, but in the end its recruits were gathered from a much wider field.
At its rendezvous, Camp Meigs, Readville, recruiting proceeded slowly through the summer and fall of 1863. In July and August, Companies "A", "B", "C", and "D" were enlisted and mustered into the service, and on Sept. 5, these four companies sailed from Boston on the steamer GUIDE bound for Newbern, N. C. Companies "E" and "F" were mustered largely in October and were sent, Nov. 7, to the same destination. The remaining six companies, "G", "H", "I", "K", "L", and "M", were mustered in December, and were sent to Fort Monroe to report to General Butler.
The six companies sent to Newbern were assigned to do guard and garrison duty at various places in eastern North Carolina, while the last six were held during the fall and winter in the vicinity of Norfolk. The monthly reports for March, 1864, show that Companies "A" and "D" were stationed at Fort Macon, N. C., Company "B" at Newport Barracks, Company "C" at Morehead City, Companies "G" and "H" at Plymouth, N.C., and Companies "I", "K", "L", and "M" at Norfolk, Va.
After a brave resistance Companies "G" and "H" at Plymouth, N. C., were made prisoners almost to a man on April 20 by a Confederate force under General Hoke, about 275 being carried into captivity, a very large majority of whom died in Confederate prisons.
In May, 1864, of the eight companies in North Carolina, all were at Newbern excepting Company "B", which was still at Newport Barracks, while the companies in Virginia were stationed near Portsmouth. The headquarters of the regiment were now at Newbern. In July all the companies with the exception of "B" and "K" were at Newbern.
During the months of August and September a large number of recruits arrived, raising the total number of men in the regiment to nearly 2000. By various orders of the War Department, issued during the winter of 1864-65, all the men in excess of the legal maximum standard, about 435 in number, were transferred to the 17th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf.
In the fall of 1864 an epidemic of yellow fever visited Newbern, and the 2d Hy. Arty. lost a large number of men who contracted the disease while doing guard duty in the stricken city.
At the beginning of the year 1865 six companies, "B", "C", "F", "G", "I", and "M", were in the vicinity of Newbern, N. C., four, "A", "D", "E", and "H", were at Plymouth, N. C., while Companies "K" and "L" were in Virginia. These two companies joined the main body at Newbern in April.
Meanwhile on the 8th of March, 1865, Companies "B", "C", "F", "I", and "M" had participated in the battle of South West Creek, near Kinston, losing five men killed, 20 wounded, and two missing.
June, 1865, found the entire regiment at Camp Chattanooga, near Newbern. In July it was transferred to Wilmington, N. C., and during the month of August it garrisoned Fort Fisher and other defenses of the Cape Fear River.
On Sept. 2 the regiment was ordered home, and on the following day, Sept. 3, it was mustered out of the service and embarked for Boston. Arriving at Galloup's Island, Boston Harbor, Sept. 15, on the 23d the regiment was disbanded and the members departed for their homes.
Battles Fought
Fought on 02 February 1864 at Newport Barracks, VA. Fought on 11 February 1864 at Newport, NC. Fought on 18 April 1864 at Plymouth, NC. Fought on 20 April 1864 at Plymouth, NC. Fought on 15 May 1864. Fought on 15 June 1864. Fought on 15 July 1864. Fought on 10 December 1864 at Plymouth, NC. Fought on 11 December 1864 at Near Forster's Mills, NC. Fought on 12 December 1864 at Hamilton, NC. Fought on 26 January 1865 at Colerain, NC. Fought on 27 January 1865 at Colerain, NC. Fought on 28 January 1865 at Colerain, NC. Fought on 03 March 1865 at North Carolina. Fought on 08 March 1865 at South West Creek, NC. Fought on 08 March 1865 at Southwest Creek, NC. Fought on 09 March 1865 at Southwest Creek, NC. Fought on 10 March 1865 at South West Creek, NC. Fought on 10 March 1865 at Southwest Creek, NC. Fought on 18 March 1865 at Near Goldsboro, NC. Fought on 01 April 1865 at Janesville, NC.
More About Patrick Athanasius Dwyer: Burial: October 16, 1908, Graceville Catholic Church. Emigration: August 20, 1849, Arrived in Boston, MA. Military service 1: September 20, 1864, C 2 Massachusetts Heavy Artilery. Military service 2: January 09, 1865, E 17 Massachusetts Infantry. Occupation: Tailor.
More About Patrick Athanasius Dwyer and Margaret Lynch: Marriage: June 08, 1856, St. Mary's Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
Children of Patrick Athanasius Dwyer and Margaret Lynch are:
Mike J. Dwyer, b. April 06, 1857, Boston, MA, d. date unknown.
+Margaret A. Dwyer, b. December 17, 1860, Marlborough, Massachusetts, d. September 04, 1899.
Patrick Athanasius Dwyer (b. May 02, 1836, d. October 15, 1908)
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