Who is Mr. Thomas McNulty?

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I believe that Thomas Francis McNulty was born May 4, 1889 and passed away July 1, 1958 at the age of 69.

His parents were Thomas McNulty b.1855 and Mary McNulty who migrated to Eagle, Colorado from Ireland in 1882 and were farmers. They settled in an area known as Cattle Creek.

Thomas was the oldest followed by Margaret E, Harriet A, James J and Mary A. Each child born two years apart with Mary A. being the last born in 1897.

Thomas enlisted in the military June 5, 1917 at the age of 24. He was a Pvt. 1st Cl. 13 Company in the Trans Corps. Interestingly Thomas listed his address in Carbondale which is now a ghost town!

He married Elizabeth Frances "Lizzie" Shea sometime between 1925 and 1930. She was born in either Nebraska or Colorado (conflicting info) March 25 1909 and passed away at the age of 86 on August 10, 1995. Lizzie was 20 years younger than her husband.

I believe they had one daughter but I'm still looking into that.

Thomas and his siblings were born in Colorado in Garfield County, named after President James A. Garfield. Thomas spends most of his life in the city of Glenwood Springs.


There is still much to know and I can tell I'm just scratching the surface. I have spent my time up until now learning about Thomas and his immediate family in Colorado. My next step is to research his parents who migrated from Ireland and is the obvious connection to the Teresa, who wrote the letter in Ireland.


Here is a great link describing Garfield County, Colorado .... click here