Kouchibouguac in 1932, aged 67. 6 On the day of his death practi— cally all activities were suspended in Richibucto out of respect for the man who for so long had been the community's leading figure. At his funeral men and women came from all parts of New Brunswick to join in a final tribute to this leading son of Kent County, industrial magnate and great friend of the poor whom he had helped in numerous ways through his charitable givings. A large concourse of mourners, both the high and the low, accompa- nied to the parish cemetery the remains of this eldest son of one of New Brunswick's greatest pioneers. 7

Henry O'Leary's only daughter, Christina, brother of the above mentioned Richard, in 1882 married George McInerney of Rexton who was a member of an Irish-immigrant family whose name was prominent in New Brunswick affairs for many years. George was a Harvard—educated lawyer and also enjoyed an illustrious parlia- mentary career in Ottawa, representing Kent County. A speaker of note, he was dubbed the "silver-tongued orator". George McInerney died at age 50in Saint John where he was a leading bar- rister. He and his wife had five sons and three daughters.8

In 1874, two years after the death of his wife, Henry O'Leary married Mary O'Leary (no relation) of St. John in Immaculate Conception Cathedral there. 9 Mary's brother, Father William O'Leary, was at the time parish priest at Kingsclear. Of this mar— riage were born four sons: William, Louis, Henry and Frederick. Of these, Louis and Henry are the most notable for this story since each became in turn bishop of Charlottetown.

A glimpse of the O'Leary family's early connection with Prince Edward Island is revealed in this little tale which unfortunately is undated. It concerns a trip in William Long's schooner, the "Minnie Long". The party was made up of John Wheaton, later Msgr. Wheaton of Bathurst, Henry O'Leary, later archbishop of Edmonton, Louis O'Leary, later bishop of Charlottetown, William O'Leary, brother of the latter two and later electrical engineer in Montreal and Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Stephen MacDonald and Art

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