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John Dooley

John E. Dooly

8 June 1841—24 October 1911

Born 8 June 1841 in Benton Township, Lake Co., Illinois.1 Son of Richard W. Dooly and Catherine Lonergan.2 Banker with Wells Fargo & Company in California and Utah, 1865–1902; co-organizer and president of the Utah National Bank of Ogden, 1883–1911.3 Married first Eleanor M. Taylor, 17 Sept. 1876.4 Treasurer of Star Mining Company, 1886.5 Owned Antelope Island and imported a buffalo herd there, ca. 1886.6 Chair of the board of public works in Salt Lake City, 1891.7 Chair of the Territorial Board of Equalization, 1893.8 Elected chair of the Republican State Committee; EBW elected vice chair, 1896.9 Met with EBW while serving together on the Republican State Committee, 1896–1898.10 President of the Salt Lake City board of education, 1897.11 Wife died; married second May V. Cavanaugh, 19 Oct. 1897.12 Authored a discourse on marriage in politics published by EBW in the Woman’s Exponent, 1900.13 Excoriated in press for malpractice, 1902.14 Died 24 Oct. 1911 in Salt Lake City.15

Footnotes

  1. 1 “Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms,” database, FindMyPast.com (http://findmypast.com, accessed 17 Feb. 2021), John Dooly; from Birth, Marriage, and Death (Parish Registers), 1829–1860, Archives of the Archdiocese of Chicago. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Mar. 2021), John E. Dooley (LH24-W2S).

  2. 2 “Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms,” database, FindMyPast.com (http://findmypast.com, accessed 17 Feb. 2021), John Dooly; from Birth, Marriage, and Death (Parish Registers), 1829–1860, Archives of the Archdiocese of Chicago. “Utah State Archives Indexes,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 15 June 2021); Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 1380/400 (1911), John E. Dooly.

  3. 3 “The Passing of John E. Dooly Has Begun,” Truth, 9 Aug. 1902, 13. “Pioneer Banker of Utah Is Dead,” Salt Lake Telegram, 24 Oct. 1911, 1. 

  4. 4 “Pioneer Banker of Utah Is Dead,” Salt Lake Telegram, 24 Oct. 1911, 1. Sketches of the Inter-Mountain States Together with Biographies of Many Prominent and Progressive Citizens Who Have Helped in the Development and History-Making of This Marvelous Region (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Tribune, 1909), 90–91.

  5. 5 “Two Million Dollars, Incorporation of Star Mining Company,” Salt Lake Herald, 1 Jan. 1886, 8.

  6. 6 “Buffalo Hunt in Utah,” Park Record (Park City, UT), 19 Nov. 1926, 6.

  7. 7 “Dooly’s Side of the Case,” Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Jan. 1901, 8.

  8. 8 “Value of the Railways,” Salt Lake Herald, 7 June 1893, 8. EBW, Diary, 2 Nov. 1895.

  9. 9 “J. E. Dooly Chairman, Mrs. Wells Vice-Chairman,” Salt Lake Herald, 27 Mar. 1896, 3. EBW, Diary, 18 Mar. 1896.

  10. 10 EBW, Diary, 29 Apr. 1896; 1 May 1896; 10 Nov. 1896; 23 Oct. 1897; 26 Nov. 1897; 13 Jan. 1898; 20 Jan. 1898.

  11. 11 “The City Tax Levy,” Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 1897, 4. “Ringing of Marriage Bells,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 20 Oct. 1897, 2.

  12. 12 “Ringing of Marriage Bells,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 20 Oct. 1897, 2. “Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860–1920,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed 17 Feb. 2021), John Edward Dooly; from Illinois State Marriage Records, Illinois State Public Record Offices, Springfield.

  13. 13 “Notes and News,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 June 1900, 8.

  14. 14 “The Passing of John E. Dooly Has Begun,” Truth, 9 Aug. 1902, 13.

  15. 15 “Utah State Archives Indexes,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 15 June 2021); Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 1380/400 (1911), John E. Dooly.