Immigrant Buys 30,000 Acres

Michael Scully>LPL Interviews N-Z>LPL Interviews K-Z, Segment 8

Immigrant Buys 30,000 Acres,

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IMMIGRATION
William Scully, grandfather, was ninth in a large Irish family and never had a good income. In 1850 he read about rich land in Midwest US. Brother lent him ten thousand pounds to emigrate. Came to Logan County and bought thirty thousand acres.