Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Lyman Hugh O'Donnell
History of the Catholic Church in Indiana
Logansport:Bowen,
1898
Lyman Hugh O'Donnell, chief clerk for M. J. Carnahan & Co., of Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, October 28, 1869, and is a son of James F. and Clara J. (Jackson) O'Donnell, who were the parents of four children, viz: Maggie, wife of William E. Thimmes, of Ohio; Mamie, married to J. M. Rutherford, of Columbus, Ohio; Lyman H., and Jay F., a printer of Columbus. James F. O'Donnell, father of Lyman Hugh, the subject, was a native of Ireland and came to the United States in 1853. He first located at Zanesville, Ohio, where he engaged in the monument and stone cutting business until 1868, when he removed to Lancaster and engaged in railroading, mining, and the iron trade until his death in 1872, a member of St.Mary's parish and a democrat in politics. He had accumulated property worth $50,000, but through mismanagement this large sum has been lost to his widow, who still resides in Lancaster, and to his children who have, however, been able to make their way through the world. Lyman H. O'Donnell was educated in the parochial schools of Lancaster, Ohio, and at the age of thirteen years entered a hardware store as clerk, and held his situation seven years. He then went to Omaha, Neb., clerked in a hardware store one year, and in 1892 came to Washington, Ind., and was employed by M. J. Carnahan & Co., as chief salesman and bookkeeper, and this position he has satisfactorily held until the present time. Mr. O'Donnell was most happily united in marriage, in Washington, September 18, 1894, with Miss Lillian Signor, a native of the city and a daughter of George F. and Abigail Signor, the former of whom was born in Dakota and the latter in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell are now blessed by the presence of a little daughter Margaret. The parents own a pleasant home on Main street. Mr. & Mrs. O'Donnell are members of St. Simon's Catholic church. Mr. O'Donnell is also a member of the Catholic fraternal association known as the Young Men's institute
Contributed by: John D. McMullen