Legislator Details
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Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Ann Costighan, 2/2/1852, in Detroit; children: 12, Thomas L., Harry [or Henry], Jeremiah B., Francis A., John, Joseph R., Eugenie, Charles E., Hellen G. (Ostiander), Sylvester, Margaret (McGill), and Anna (Nolker)
Number of Children: 12
Background
Education:
Biographical Sketch:
Son of William and Margaret (Lynch) Nolan. He landed in Detroit in 1840, working in an iron foundry for 30 cents per day, eventually becoming an iron molder. He was a foreman at the Jackson & Wiley foundry. Later he was in charge of the locomotive works in Detroit [later known as the Buhl Iron Works]. He worked there for 26 years and was a partner for the last 3, by then known as the O'Connor, Nolan & Fitzgerald. They made castings for the Chicago rolling mill engines; also made the pumping engines and 42 inch water mains for the Detroit waterworks. Around 1889, he retired from active foundry business and engaged in the real estate business. He was a strong supporter of union principles and paid a higher scale than the union wages to good men; he was one of the charter members of Iron Molders' Union No. 31, and was a delegate to the trades assembly in 1861.
Notable Facts:
Death record gives year of birth as 1824, 1891 Manual says 1827.