Feenan Family [RG2606.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID



RG2606.AM:  Feenan Family



Papers:  1862-1953

Omaha, Douglas County, Neb.:  Monument makers

Size:  3 boxes; 1.25 cu.ft.



BACKGROUND NOTE



Martin J. Feenan was born November 11, 1840, in Ireland. He later came to the United States and during the Civil War, served with Company M of the 6th Iowa Cavalry. In 1867 he came to Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a monument business, the first in that city and the only marble shop west of the Missouri River. Feenan was one of the founders and a past president of the Douglas County Association of Nebraska Pioneers. He was also a member of Custer Post 7, G.A.R. Martin Feenan died on May 18, 1928, in Omaha, and was survived by three sons, Martin Jr., Edward C. and Elbert F., and two daughters, Emma and Clara Feenan.



SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE



This collection consists of three boxes of manuscript material arranged in five series: 1) Correspondence, 1862-1953; 2) Iowa Cavalry Records, 1904-1926; 3) Sons of Union Veterans, Daughters of Union Veterans Records, 1896-1930; 4) Speeches and manuscripts, 1909-1924 and 5) Miscellany. This collection relates to the early history of Omaha, Nebraska; to the Douglas County Pioneers Association and to veterans of the 6th and 22nd regiments of Iowa Cavalry.



Note:  See the photo component [RG2606.PH] for related images.



DESCRIPTION



Series 1 – Correspondence, 1862-1953


Box 1

Folder

    1. White Stone Hill Battlefield, 1916-1924

    1. General, 1862-1932

    1. Clara Feenan, Emma Feenan, 1932-1941

    1. Letters to the Editor, 1926



Series 2 – Iowa Cavalry Records, 1904-1926




    1. Roster of Survivors, 6th Iowa Cavalry, 1916, 1918 and 1919

    1. Clippings and Roster, 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 1904-1914



Series 3 – Sons of Union Veterans and Daughters of Union Veterans Records, 1896-1930


Box 2

Folder

    1. Roster and Orders, 1930

    1. Bond and Application Daughter of Union Veterans, 1896

    1. Roster – Douglas County Association, Nebraska Pioneers, 1906-1919



Series 4 – Speeches and Manuscripts, 1909-1924




    1. Reminiscence of Omaha, 1909, 8 p.

    1. “Fifty years in the Monument Business,” 1910, 5 p.

    1. Reminiscences of Early Days in Iowa, 1916, 7 p.

    1. Douglas Co. Assoc. Nebr. Pioneers Speech, 1920, 7 p.

    1. Life of Lincoln, 1924, 10 p.

    1. Speeches, verse, miss., undated

    1. Speeches, notes for, undated

    1. Poems, 1914 and undated



Series 5 – Miscellany


Box 3

Folder

    1. Clippings removed from Minutes Book

      Women’s Relief Corps, 1892

      Item 1 Scrapbook – Miscellany

    1. Memorabilia

      Item 2, Scrapbook

      Item 3, 4, 5, 6, Autograph Albums Emma & Robert Feenan



 


ADDED ENTRIES:

Daughters of Union Veterans

Douglas County Association of Nebraska Pioneers (Omaha, Neb.)

Iowa — History

Feenan family

Omaha (Neb.) — History

Reminiscences

Sons of Union Veterans

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Regimental histories

United States. Army. Iowa cavalry regiment, 6th (1861-1865)

United States. Army. Iowa cavalry regiment, 22nd (1861-1865)

White Stone Hill, Battle of, 1863



 



JEP/ht   12-04-1972

Encoded TMM   04-01-2010

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