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JOHN KEHOE
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JOHN KEHOE, of Lyndhurst, N. J., was born in Newark, March 28, 1536.
His father, Patrick Kehoe, a native of Wexford, Ireland, came to America
when a youth and engaged in the clothing business, which he carried on
successfully for forty years. His mother, Mary Anne Hopper, was a descendant of some of the first Dutch settlers of New Jersey. Both of her
grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Kehoe was educated in the Newark public schools, and previous to going in the army carried on a large meat business in Newark. In the Civil War he went to the front with Company B, Second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, in May, 1861, served the full term, and re-enlisted in 1864 in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment. He lost his right leg in the battle of Petersburg. During the next few years he served successively as assistant superintendent of the Soldiers' Home and meat inspector of the City of Newark. Having always had a fancy for horses, he became a veterinarian, being admitted to the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association on August 12. 1886. Mr. Kehoe is a Democrat in politics, and has had much to do with the success which has marked the recent career of the Democracy in Union Township. He has actively promoted the many public improvements which have taken place at Lyndhurst since he became a resident there. He is a member of the Union Township Democratic Club and a charter member of Gershom Mott Post. G. A. R., at Rutherford, N. J. He has served as a member of the Democratic County Executive Committee, as a member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders, and for seventeen years was a member of the Township Committee of Union Township. February 16, 1856, Mr. Kehoe married Sarah Westwood at Cleveland, Ohio. They have eleven children, one of whom, Henry W. Kehoe, is a leading criminal lawyer of Bergen County.
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