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DENNIS O'NEILL
Originally published in 1900 |
DENNIS O'NEILL, of Hillsdale, is the son of Joseph O'Neill and Mary
Byrnes, and was born in Ireland on the 9th of June, 1839. He was educated in his native country. He left school when he was eleven years old
and for ten years worked for his father. At the end of that period, in
1860, he came to America and entered the employ of John A. Hopper, a
well known farmer of Bergen County, where he remained two years. Afterward
he was employed for thirty-three years by Garret S. Demarest. He
now owns a farm of his own in Hillsdale, and is honored and respected by
all who know him.
Mr. O'Neill has always taken a deep interest in local affairs, and as a citizen has been influential and serviceable in the community. He is public spirited, progressive, and enterprising, and one of the best known citizens in his section. He married Mary Ring and has eight children living two sons and six daughters.
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