Biography - LOUIS PATRICK DALEY

Louis Patrick Daley, a well known agriculturist of Macoupin county, who is now serving his second term in the state legislature, was born in Carlinville, this county, on the 17th of June, 1868. He is a son of Henry and Catherine (Purcell) Daley, natives of Ireland, whence the father emigrated to the United States in 1849. Upon his arrival here he first located in Pennsylvania, where he remained for three years. In 1852 he came to Macoupin county, where he was employed in building the Chicago & Alton Railroad. Two years thereafter he engaged in the grocery business in Carlinville, continuing to follow this line until 1897, when he withdrew from business activities. He lived in retirement from that time until his death which occurred in 1905.

Reared in the village of Carlinville in the acquirement of his preliminary education Louis Patrick Daley attended St. Mary’s parochial school, following which he was for a time in the Christian Brothers’ school in St. Louis, St. Mary’s College, Kansas, and Notre Dame University, Indiana. He terminated his studies at the age of eighteen years, and entered his father’s store, remaining there until 1900. Withdrawing from mercantile pursuits, he engaged in farming in Macoupin county, in which activity he continues to be interested, but now spends the most of his time with his family in Carlinville.

Kansas City, Missouri, was the scene of Mr. Daley’s marriage on the 16th of April, 1890, to Miss Minnie Keyes of Carlinville, a daughter of Christ and Margaret (Wendt) Keyes, the father a native of Ireland and the mother of Pennsylvania. Four children have been born to them, two sons and two daughters, the order of their birth being as follows: Henry C., Catherine, Elizabeth S. and Donald P.

The family affiliate with St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church, of which the parents are communicants, while Mr. Daley belongs to the Knights of Columbus, Carlinville Council, of which he has been grand knight. He also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Litchfield Lodge. An ardent democrat, Mr. Daley always gives his support to the men and measures of that party. He takes a prominent and active part in all local political affairs, and is now serving his second term as a member of the legislature from the thirty-eighth senatorial district. Before elected to his present position he held various local offices, in all of which he gave evidence of possessing the ability he has shown in representing the interests of his community.

Extracted 17 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 566-567.