Francis McNulty (Kansas politician)
Francis "Frank" McNulty (born 1842 or 1846 - died 1885)[1] was an American pioneer and a member of the Kansas Legislature in 1875.[2] One of five Canadian born brothers ( the others being James McNulty, Thomas McNulty, Joseph McNulty, and John McNulty), who were the first to settle Rooks County, Kansas in January 1871, Francis, a lawyer, was in November, 1874 elected to a term in the Kansas House of Representatives.[3] He was present as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for Rook's County for the House's fifteenth annual session, which opened on January 12, 1875.[4] The McNulty brothers erected Stockton Township's, today, Stockton, Kansas, and Rook County's first house,[3] a lodging establishment,[5] in February, 1871 and the first child born in Rooks County was Myrtle Maud McNulty, born to Thomas McNulty and his wife Mary Dillon on Christmas evening 1871.[3]
References
- Find A Grave
- , copy of page of 1880 U.S. Census for Stockton City, Rooks County, Kansas
- History in Rooks County, sections "Early Settlers" and "Organization and County Officers"
- House Journal (1875) Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Works, "Members of the House", p. 4
- Cutler, W.G. History of the State of Kansas, "Biographical Sketches."