Legislator Details
Image Description:
Portrait from Men of Progress, p.174
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 47
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/20/1833
City: Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
County: County Leitrim, Ireland
Country: Ireland, Republic of
Death
Date: 4/11/1904
City: Negaunee, MI
County: Marquette County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date: 4/13/1904
City: Negaunee, MI
County: Marquette County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery:
Marital Information:
married Marguerite Donaldson, 1864, in Marquette, she died 2/9/1893; married Bersha Mulvey, 1900
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: laborer, miner, contractor, real estate
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
attended common schools in Ireland
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Patrick and Catherine (Byern) Mulvey. Emigrated to Westchester County, NY, 1852. He took various jobs as he worked his way west. Located in Marquette County, 1854 or 1855, first working on the docks in Marquette and then as a coaler in the Marquette furnaces. He lost all of his savings when a Detroit bank he was using failed and he returned to Marquette in 1857 rather going to California. He worked in the mines for a time and then became a contractor and made successful real estate investments in Marquette county. Served as township clerk; township supervisor; common council member; city assessor, school trustee; village president of Negaunee [3 times]; and mayor of Negaunee (1886). He was president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in 1880 and organized several divisions of the Order in Michigan, including in Detroit.
Notable Facts:
Death certificate lists day of birth as 1/16/1832; Men of Progress gives birth year as 1835; 1887 Manual says 2/20/1833.
He changed parties in 1884.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Michigan Asylum for Insane , Mines and Minerals , Roads and Bridges
City of Residence: Negaunee
County of Residence Marquette
District Description: Cities of Marquette & Negaunee; townships of Chocolay, Forsythe, Marquette, Negaunee, Richmond, Sands, Skandia, Tilden and Turin
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Maritial Status: Widow/Widower
Committees Served On: Mines and Minerals , Railroads
City of Residence: Negaunee
County of Residence Marquette
District Description: Townships of Chocolay, Forsyth, Marquette, Negaunee, Richmond, Tilden and Turin; Cities of Marquette and Negaunee
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Immigration, Mines and Minerals , State Prison , Public Lands
City of Residence: Negaunee
County of Residence Marquette
District Description: Townships of Chocolay, Forsyth, Marquette and Negaunee;
cities of Marquette and Negaunee
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Bibliography:
Manual 1895 p. 576; Michiganology; Men of Progress p.174, includes portrait; USCen 1880; Manual 1887 p.628-29
