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- J.D. Molloy
Jefferson D. Molloy, prominent citizen of Jackson township and long time school teacher, passed away at his home last Sunday, news of which brought sorrow to many people, especially those who have taken instructions from him during his services as their teacher.
Jefferson D. Molloy, son of P.B. and Mary Molloy, was born in Clay township, Linn county, Missouri, December 7, 1861, and died April 26, 1926, aged 74 years, 4 months and 19 days. He had been in failing health for the past five years, and the immediate cause of his death was a bladder ailment resulting in a hemorrhage. He grew to manhood in his native township and received his education in the local schools and at the Kirksville State Normal, finishing at a Valparaiso, Indiana College. Mr. Molloy taught in the schools of Linn and neighboring counties for a period of 51 years. He had the distinction of taking the examination for entrance at West Point at the same time General Pershing was examined and we have been told that the two men tied at first in their grades, but the tie was broken when you Pershing gave the most correct of the sentence: "It is just as near heaven by sea as by land."
On September 10, 1893 Mr. Molloy was united in marriage with Mary Hayes, of Jackson township who together with 6 children survives him. The children are Messrs. Bryan, Mack, Wilbur, John and Virgil, and one daughter, Blanche. One son, Cecil, died in 1917 while in the Coast Artillery service about the beginning of the World War. Mr. Molloy was a member of the Christian church, and had been affiliated with the Modern Woodman and Odd Fellows lodges. He was a man of superior intellectual attainments and had long been active in contributing to social, church and community welfare. Funeral services were conducted at Mount Olive church, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. C.E. Dunkleburger in the presence of a large assemblage of neighbors, relatives and friends of the deceased, and interment was made in the Mount Olive cemetery.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 7 May 1936.
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