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How Parnell came to be

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Parnell, in Fillmore Township, Iowa County, Iowa, was named after Charles Stewart Parnell, a noble Irish statesman who had come to the American people to plead the cause of Ireland's land-impoverished peasants.

The Milwaukee Railroad helped to create Parnell. In 1884, the people of the little Irish town of Lytle City moved residences, stores, buildings, and families three miles west to where the railroad was beginning.

The people of Lytle City, who were mostly members of the Catholic Church, then became residents of Parnell. The town was incorporated on March 24, 1891, with a population of 156.

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Parnell, 1884 to 1930

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  1. 19th century
  2. 1884
    FoundingParnell is established
  3. 1892Born herePatsy Gharrity is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1930Born hereWilliam Edwin Franklin is born here
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William Edwin FranklinAmerican Roman-Catholic priest, seventh bishop … · b. 1930
Patsy GharrityAmerican baseball player · b. 1892

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