According to the Omaha death register he was 46 years old, nativity Ireland, married, occupation editor, residence 18th & Chicago, former residence Plattsmouth, Nebr., died of gastric carcinoma on June 5, 1885, following an illness of 13 months, and was buried June 7 in Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
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Omaha Daily Bee, June 6, 1885, p. 2, col. 2
A BUSY LIFE ENDED.
The Death of Francis M. McDonagh Yesterday Morning – A Brief Sketch.
Francis M. McDonagh, who has been sinking slowly for the past two weeks, died at half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning at his residence on Eighteenth and Chicago streets. He was surrounded by friends and members of the family, and his passing away was so easy and painless that the approach of death was hardly discernible.
Mr. McDonagh has been suffering for the past year and a half from a disease which has existed with a variety of modifications, but which a probably correct diagnosis determined to be cancer of the stomach. About two months ago he went to New York, desiring to consult some of the prominent physicians of that state with reverence to his case. Medical advice availed him nothing, however, and he returned two weeks ago in a condition of health worse than before he went east. Since that time he has been sinking rapidly, during the past few days being in a state of unconsciousness most of the time.
The burial arrangements are not yet complete, but the funeral ceremony will probably take place Sunday afternoon.
Francis M. McDonagh was born in Loughrea, county Galway, Ireland, in 1839. At the early age of thirteen he had completed the national school course at his native town, being particularly distinguished as a mathematician, and at once entered the field of journalism. His early contributions, in the shape of stories, sketches and poems, were published in the London Penny Journal, the Dublin Magazine and other leading periodicals, and his clear cut, pungent writings soon gained him a prominent position in the profession. His earnings from this source were sufficient to carry him through a course in the Dublin agricultural college, and thus he became thoroughly versed in scientific farming, as well as botany, astronomy and medicine. At the age of nineteen he left Ireland for this country and at different times was connected with the New York Freeman's Journal, and the Times and Telegraph of the metropolis. His thorough knowledge of foreign history, and his aptitude as a newsgatherer and condenser gained him distinguished recognition on these papers. Drifting west at the breaking out of the war, he secured a position on the staff of the Chicago Times, and was one of the sturdy defenders of that paper when it was raided by a mob for its ultra-secession sentiments. Coming to Omaha in 1865, he took charge of the city department of the Herald, which started the following year, and by his pains-taking, thorough and racy pictures of those lively days of Omaha soon gave that paper a "habitation and name." Leaving Omaha in 1868 he was successively connected the press of St. Joseph and St. Louis, and was one of the pillars of the Sioux City Times, started in 1870 by Charles Collins. Near the close of that year, in company with P. F. Sullivan, present proprietor of the West Point Progress, he started the Dakota City Mail. He was chief clerk of the house of the eighth legislature of Nebraska, in 1871, and after the adjournment of that body sold his interest in the Mail and started the Nebraska Watchman, of Plattsmouth. Here he remained six years, removing the paper to Omaha in 1879, where he has since continued to publish it.
Mr. McDonagh was a thorough newspaper man, capable of filling creditably any department. A crisp, caustic and vigorous writer, versed in all the practical sciences, a voracious reader of works of that nature, and a theological disputant against whom many a pulpit lance was vainly hurled, he possessed the natural and practical elements of his profession to high degree. A man of strong attachments, he made and held warm friends in every walk and vocation of life, while wrongdoers and social hypocrisies often felt the sting of his vigorous pen.
The deceased was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1868, to Miss Maria Lysaght, who, with a family of five children, survives.
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Omaha Daily Bee, June 6, 1885, p. 2, col. 2
A BUSY LIFE ENDED.
The Death of Francis M. McDonagh Yesterday Morning – A Brief Sketch.
Francis M. McDonagh, who has been sinking slowly for the past two weeks, died at half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning at his residence on Eighteenth and Chicago streets. He was surrounded by friends and members of the family, and his passing away was so easy and painless that the approach of death was hardly discernible.
Mr. McDonagh has been suffering for the past year and a half from a disease which has existed with a variety of modifications, but which a probably correct diagnosis determined to be cancer of the stomach. About two months ago he went to New York, desiring to consult some of the prominent physicians of that state with reverence to his case. Medical advice availed him nothing, however, and he returned two weeks ago in a condition of health worse than before he went east. Since that time he has been sinking rapidly, during the past few days being in a state of unconsciousness most of the time.
The burial arrangements are not yet complete, but the funeral ceremony will probably take place Sunday afternoon.
Francis M. McDonagh was born in Loughrea, county Galway, Ireland, in 1839. At the early age of thirteen he had completed the national school course at his native town, being particularly distinguished as a mathematician, and at once entered the field of journalism. His early contributions, in the shape of stories, sketches and poems, were published in the London Penny Journal, the Dublin Magazine and other leading periodicals, and his clear cut, pungent writings soon gained him a prominent position in the profession. His earnings from this source were sufficient to carry him through a course in the Dublin agricultural college, and thus he became thoroughly versed in scientific farming, as well as botany, astronomy and medicine. At the age of nineteen he left Ireland for this country and at different times was connected with the New York Freeman's Journal, and the Times and Telegraph of the metropolis. His thorough knowledge of foreign history, and his aptitude as a newsgatherer and condenser gained him distinguished recognition on these papers. Drifting west at the breaking out of the war, he secured a position on the staff of the Chicago Times, and was one of the sturdy defenders of that paper when it was raided by a mob for its ultra-secession sentiments. Coming to Omaha in 1865, he took charge of the city department of the Herald, which started the following year, and by his pains-taking, thorough and racy pictures of those lively days of Omaha soon gave that paper a "habitation and name." Leaving Omaha in 1868 he was successively connected the press of St. Joseph and St. Louis, and was one of the pillars of the Sioux City Times, started in 1870 by Charles Collins. Near the close of that year, in company with P. F. Sullivan, present proprietor of the West Point Progress, he started the Dakota City Mail. He was chief clerk of the house of the eighth legislature of Nebraska, in 1871, and after the adjournment of that body sold his interest in the Mail and started the Nebraska Watchman, of Plattsmouth. Here he remained six years, removing the paper to Omaha in 1879, where he has since continued to publish it.
Mr. McDonagh was a thorough newspaper man, capable of filling creditably any department. A crisp, caustic and vigorous writer, versed in all the practical sciences, a voracious reader of works of that nature, and a theological disputant against whom many a pulpit lance was vainly hurled, he possessed the natural and practical elements of his profession to high degree. A man of strong attachments, he made and held warm friends in every walk and vocation of life, while wrongdoers and social hypocrisies often felt the sting of his vigorous pen.
The deceased was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1868, to Miss Maria Lysaght, who, with a family of five children, survives.
According to the Omaha death register he was 46 years old, nativity Ireland, married, occupation editor, residence 18th & Chicago, former residence Plattsmouth, Nebr., died of gastric carcinoma on June 5, 1885, following an illness of 13 months, and was buried June 7 in Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
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Omaha Daily Bee, June 6, 1885, p. 2, col. 2
A BUSY LIFE ENDED.
The Death of Francis M. McDonagh Yesterday Morning – A Brief Sketch.
Francis M. McDonagh, who has been sinking slowly for the past two weeks, died at half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning at his residence on Eighteenth and Chicago streets. He was surrounded by friends and members of the family, and his passing away was so easy and painless that the approach of death was hardly discernible.
Mr. McDonagh has been suffering for the past year and a half from a disease which has existed with a variety of modifications, but which a probably correct diagnosis determined to be cancer of the stomach. About two months ago he went to New York, desiring to consult some of the prominent physicians of that state with reverence to his case. Medical advice availed him nothing, however, and he returned two weeks ago in a condition of health worse than before he went east. Since that time he has been sinking rapidly, during the past few days being in a state of unconsciousness most of the time.
The burial arrangements are not yet complete, but the funeral ceremony will probably take place Sunday afternoon.
Francis M. McDonagh was born in Loughrea, county Galway, Ireland, in 1839. At the early age of thirteen he had completed the national school course at his native town, being particularly distinguished as a mathematician, and at once entered the field of journalism. His early contributions, in the shape of stories, sketches and poems, were published in the London Penny Journal, the Dublin Magazine and other leading periodicals, and his clear cut, pungent writings soon gained him a prominent position in the profession. His earnings from this source were sufficient to carry him through a course in the Dublin agricultural college, and thus he became thoroughly versed in scientific farming, as well as botany, astronomy and medicine. At the age of nineteen he left Ireland for this country and at different times was connected with the New York Freeman's Journal, and the Times and Telegraph of the metropolis. His thorough knowledge of foreign history, and his aptitude as a newsgatherer and condenser gained him distinguished recognition on these papers. Drifting west at the breaking out of the war, he secured a position on the staff of the Chicago Times, and was one of the sturdy defenders of that paper when it was raided by a mob for its ultra-secession sentiments. Coming to Omaha in 1865, he took charge of the city department of the Herald, which started the following year, and by his pains-taking, thorough and racy pictures of those lively days of Omaha soon gave that paper a "habitation and name." Leaving Omaha in 1868 he was successively connected the press of St. Joseph and St. Louis, and was one of the pillars of the Sioux City Times, started in 1870 by Charles Collins. Near the close of that year, in company with P. F. Sullivan, present proprietor of the West Point Progress, he started the Dakota City Mail. He was chief clerk of the house of the eighth legislature of Nebraska, in 1871, and after the adjournment of that body sold his interest in the Mail and started the Nebraska Watchman, of Plattsmouth. Here he remained six years, removing the paper to Omaha in 1879, where he has since continued to publish it.
Mr. McDonagh was a thorough newspaper man, capable of filling creditably any department. A crisp, caustic and vigorous writer, versed in all the practical sciences, a voracious reader of works of that nature, and a theological disputant against whom many a pulpit lance was vainly hurled, he possessed the natural and practical elements of his profession to high degree. A man of strong attachments, he made and held warm friends in every walk and vocation of life, while wrongdoers and social hypocrisies often felt the sting of his vigorous pen.
The deceased was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1868, to Miss Maria Lysaght, who, with a family of five children, survives.
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Omaha Daily Bee, June 6, 1885, p. 2, col. 2
A BUSY LIFE ENDED.
The Death of Francis M. McDonagh Yesterday Morning – A Brief Sketch.
Francis M. McDonagh, who has been sinking slowly for the past two weeks, died at half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning at his residence on Eighteenth and Chicago streets. He was surrounded by friends and members of the family, and his passing away was so easy and painless that the approach of death was hardly discernible.
Mr. McDonagh has been suffering for the past year and a half from a disease which has existed with a variety of modifications, but which a probably correct diagnosis determined to be cancer of the stomach. About two months ago he went to New York, desiring to consult some of the prominent physicians of that state with reverence to his case. Medical advice availed him nothing, however, and he returned two weeks ago in a condition of health worse than before he went east. Since that time he has been sinking rapidly, during the past few days being in a state of unconsciousness most of the time.
The burial arrangements are not yet complete, but the funeral ceremony will probably take place Sunday afternoon.
Francis M. McDonagh was born in Loughrea, county Galway, Ireland, in 1839. At the early age of thirteen he had completed the national school course at his native town, being particularly distinguished as a mathematician, and at once entered the field of journalism. His early contributions, in the shape of stories, sketches and poems, were published in the London Penny Journal, the Dublin Magazine and other leading periodicals, and his clear cut, pungent writings soon gained him a prominent position in the profession. His earnings from this source were sufficient to carry him through a course in the Dublin agricultural college, and thus he became thoroughly versed in scientific farming, as well as botany, astronomy and medicine. At the age of nineteen he left Ireland for this country and at different times was connected with the New York Freeman's Journal, and the Times and Telegraph of the metropolis. His thorough knowledge of foreign history, and his aptitude as a newsgatherer and condenser gained him distinguished recognition on these papers. Drifting west at the breaking out of the war, he secured a position on the staff of the Chicago Times, and was one of the sturdy defenders of that paper when it was raided by a mob for its ultra-secession sentiments. Coming to Omaha in 1865, he took charge of the city department of the Herald, which started the following year, and by his pains-taking, thorough and racy pictures of those lively days of Omaha soon gave that paper a "habitation and name." Leaving Omaha in 1868 he was successively connected the press of St. Joseph and St. Louis, and was one of the pillars of the Sioux City Times, started in 1870 by Charles Collins. Near the close of that year, in company with P. F. Sullivan, present proprietor of the West Point Progress, he started the Dakota City Mail. He was chief clerk of the house of the eighth legislature of Nebraska, in 1871, and after the adjournment of that body sold his interest in the Mail and started the Nebraska Watchman, of Plattsmouth. Here he remained six years, removing the paper to Omaha in 1879, where he has since continued to publish it.
Mr. McDonagh was a thorough newspaper man, capable of filling creditably any department. A crisp, caustic and vigorous writer, versed in all the practical sciences, a voracious reader of works of that nature, and a theological disputant against whom many a pulpit lance was vainly hurled, he possessed the natural and practical elements of his profession to high degree. A man of strong attachments, he made and held warm friends in every walk and vocation of life, while wrongdoers and social hypocrisies often felt the sting of his vigorous pen.
The deceased was married in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1868, to Miss Maria Lysaght, who, with a family of five children, survives.
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