John Mulligan and Jennie were living in Peshtigo, Oconto County (now Marinette County), living in a boarding house. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, the wind was strong and the air became very hot. It was the start of the "Great Peshtigo Fire." Jane and husband John survived the fire and were instrumental in helping others to reach the river and escape the fire. After the fire, they tended to the survivors, organizing and distributing food and clothing, etc. At the time of the fire, Jane was pregnant with her only child, a son, John Mulligan, Jr. According to history, the Peshtigo Fire took the lives of more people than any other fire in U. S. History. It did not receive that much attention, as another fire occurred in Chicago at the same time. Johnny was attended to in his last days by two of his old army comrades, who dressed him in a dark blue uniform for burial.
He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Florence, WI with military honors in the section reserved for Civil War veterans.
He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Florence, WI with military honors in the section reserved for Civil War veterans.
John Mulligan and Jennie were living in Peshtigo, Oconto County (now Marinette County), living in a boarding house. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, the wind was strong and the air became very hot. It was the start of the "Great Peshtigo Fire." Jane and husband John survived the fire and were instrumental in helping others to reach the river and escape the fire. After the fire, they tended to the survivors, organizing and distributing food and clothing, etc. At the time of the fire, Jane was pregnant with her only child, a son, John Mulligan, Jr. According to history, the Peshtigo Fire took the lives of more people than any other fire in U. S. History. It did not receive that much attention, as another fire occurred in Chicago at the same time. Johnny was attended to in his last days by two of his old army comrades, who dressed him in a dark blue uniform for burial.
He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Florence, WI with military honors in the section reserved for Civil War veterans.
He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Florence, WI with military honors in the section reserved for Civil War veterans.
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