Martin J. Feenan
1840-1928
U.S. soldier during the Civil War
- About the creator
Martin J. Feenan was born November 11, 1840, in Ireland. He later came to the United States and during the Civil War, served with Company M of the 6th Iowa Cavalry. In 1867 he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a monument business, the first in that city and the only marble shop west of the Missouri River. Feenan was one of the founders and a past president of the Douglas County Association of Nebraska Pioneers. He was also a member of Custer Post 7, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic). Martin Feenan died on May 18, 1928, in Omaha, and was survived by three sons, Martin Jr., Edward C. and Elbert F., and two daughters, Emma and Clara Feenan.-- History Nebraska website
- About the collection
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Manuscript account of the Sully campaign against the Indians of the West, 1863-1865, written in 1920 from memoranda, notes and correspondence; manuscript account of the Feenan genealogy; photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, documents, etc.
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