Childs History of Waseca was published in 1905. It includes this biography of John Moonan and Rosemary Breen Moonan.
“Hon. John Moonan was born in the Township of Iosco, Feb. 9, 1866, the year before the present city of Waseca was founded. His parents, who had lived in Iosco since 1855 , moved to the Village of Janesville about 1870, where they resided until November 22, 1882, when they removed to Waseca, and built what is now known as the Waverly Hotel. John is a graduate of the Waseca High School and studied law in the office of Lewis Brownell Esq., being admitted to the bar March 21, 1887, by Judge Buckham. He at once took front rank at the bar of this county, and now has an extensive practice in this and adjoining counties.
He was married to Miss Rosemary Breen, of this city, February 12, 1850. Their children number 6 – three boys and three girls.
Mr. Moonan was elected Mayor of Waseca in 1897 and served one term. He was elected and served as county attorney two terms – from Jan.11899 to January 1902. He is now a member of the school board of this city and takes a deep interest in our educational affairs. Mrs. Rosemary Breen Moonan ix a daughter of the late Nicholas Breen of this city. She was born in Iosco, in this county in 1867, and came to Waseca with her parents when she was about four years of age. She is a graduate of the Waseca High School and was for a time a teacher in one of the departments of the same school. She is a woman of marked ability and force of character. This county can’t have too many such women.”
Childs History of Waseca, 1905.
Page 760 (could be 700)
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